Ye Fan quickly returned to his small courtyard and took out a set of rune pens worth a thousand taels of silver that he received as a reward for becoming the top player in the runes department. It included pens, ink, paper, and inkstones.
On the desk, spread out the talisman paper.
Use a square of black talisman ink to grind some thick blood-colored ink in an inkstone.
"Start 'Martial God's Martial Arts' and write the runes of 'Phantom Art'."
Ye Fan closed his eyes to brew for a while and adjusted his breath. Then he opened his eyes, dipped his rune pen in full ink, and took a deep breath.
For a moment, he entered a magical state.
His mind was completely immersed in the writing of runes. The runes in his hand flew freely as if with divine help, and he quickly wrote three elementary martial arts runes. They are the Flashing Fist Technique, Flashing Leg Technique, and Flashing Step Technique, and they are all nine consecutive flashing country-level runes.
Writing three primary runes in a row is not difficult for Ye Fan, who is currently at the ninth level of the warrior stage. His physical strength and energy are enough to support such a huge consumption.
The really difficult thing is to combine these three originally completely independent primary flash spells into a new high-level rune. This level of difficulty is undoubtedly hundreds of times more difficult than writing flash tactics.
"Snapped!"
Ye Fan was stunned. The rune ink line he was writing quickly in his hand unexpectedly broke.
The rupture of this connection immediately caused the entire high-level rune writing to fail, and all previous efforts were wasted. The runes on this rune paper cannot be used at all.
He immediately withdrew from the magical writing state before.
"How could it fail?"
Ye Fan was surprised. This was something he had never done before when he started Shang's "Martial Arts Performance". Every time he started it in the past, it was 100% successful.
Shang shook his head and said with some helplessness: "The highest level that my 'Martial God's Martial Arts' can achieve can only reach the same level as the person who originally created this method. The Rune Martial Saint who created the "Phantom Art", The success rate is only 30%, and it uses very high-end rune pens. Moreover, the set of rune pens we are using now is of very low grade, and the ink is easy to break during the writing process, and only less than 10% of the writing is possible. Chances of success."
Ye Fan understood, nodded slightly, and muttered: "It seems that I need to borrow a better rune pen. In Luyang Mansion, only the Mu Family and the Rune Guild of the Mu Mansion have the best rune pens. Tool."
Mu Mansion is a private residence, so you definitely can't go there.
The only place he could go to was the Rune Guild in Luyang Mansion.
The Luyang Mansion Rune Guild is located in a building on the main street. Many rune masters and rune apprentices come in and out on weekdays to practice rune skills here.
Ye Fan failed once to activate "Martial God Yan Wu" to write high-level runes, which consumed a lot of physical strength and energy. He could not start writing again, so he rested at home for a day.
The next day, Ye Fan came to the Rune Guild Building.
He is the top rune expert in Luyang Mansion, so he has a rune apprentice token. After showing a rune apprentice token to the gate guard, he successfully entered the second floor of the rune guild building.
This is a place for many rune apprentices to practice writing runes and exchange ideas.
The rune system is known as the "aristocratic system". Children who are not from wealthy families dare not practice the rune system easily. Because practicing this system consumes too much money.
Although most rune apprentice families are wealthy, there are still some rune apprentices who cannot afford expensive rune pens and need to borrow pens from the guild here at "low prices".
The minimum one-time borrowing fee is two taels of silver, which is not cheap. But compared with a set of pen sets that cost hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, it's still very cheap.
Therefore, there is a special counter on the second floor of the Rune Guild. Lending rune pens to rune apprentices in need. But it cannot be taken away from the Rune Guild building.
"What, you want to borrow the best set of rune pens?"
In front of the counter, a steward who was responsible for lending pens looked up in surprise when he heard this. His slightly cloudy eyes looked at the rune apprentice in ordinary green clothes in front of him, full of doubts.
He recognizes all the rune apprentices who come here often.
But the young rune apprentice in front of him has never been seen before, and it is obviously the first time he appears here.
It was so daring that he borrowed the best quality set of rune pens in the guild without asking. Don't you know that high-end rune pens and pens are ridiculously expensive?
"Yeah! The best set!"
Ye Fan nodded and looked at the old man.
"A set of rune pens of the first to ninth grades of the first-order rune masters cost between 20 taels and 20 taels of silver each time. For the second-order rune masters, the starting price of the rune pens is 100 taels of silver. Of course. Those are not the best. We also have a set of third-level rune lord level, very rare purple black bird rune pens, which can be borrowed for one thousand taels of silver. This is the treasure of my rune guild, who Dare you come to borrow it easily? I think you should forget it, you are just a little rune apprentice. Ugh!"
The old man smiled softly and said with a hint of pride.
But before he finished speaking, his eyes changed.
A banknote worth one thousand taels of silver was placed on the counter with a bang, interrupting the old man's unfinished words.
Ye Fan put the banknote on the counter, said nothing, and looked at the old man calmly. He just came to borrow a pen, so why did he come up with so much nonsense?
The old man twitched the corner of his mouth twice, looked at Mark in shock, and finally understood that this man in front of him was not an ordinary rune apprentice, so he wisely closed his mouth.
The old man took out a simple key from his waist, turned around and opened the innermost steel cabinet from a row of secret cabinets that stored rune pens at the back, and took out an exquisite and beautiful small wooden box.
But he was still very dissatisfied.
The success rate of writing runes has always been extremely low.
Although using a set of higher-end rune pens will help increase the chance of successful writing. But it's only a small percentage increase.
If the rune writing skills are not good enough, there is only a 5% chance of success. Even if the success rate is doubled to ten percent with the help of high-end rune pens, writing will continue to fail.
This is simply setting fire to burning banknotes, there is no difference.
"All lent rune pens can only be used on the second floor of this rune loft and cannot be taken out. There is only one piece of third-level rune paper, which means that whether you succeed or fail, you can only write once. After writing The talisman can be taken away, but the rest of the items must be returned in their original form!"
The old man was worried that Ye Fan didn't understand the rules, so he gave a few special instructions.
"I understand! Thank you!"
Ye Fan took the small wooden box and came to a quiet seat by the window in the hall on the second floor.
There are three or three rune apprentices in the hall at this time. They are practicing writing their own runes quietly in their respective seats without disturbing each other.
Ye Fan opened the small wooden box and took out this precious pen set from the box.
Ye Fan soon discovered that this set of purple black bird rune pens was indeed different from the low-level rune pens. This pen is made from the sharpest tail feathers of the purple blackbird. It is as straight and sharp as a cone, and the side is as sharp as a knife. The valuable thing is that it is extremely elastic.
Holding this rune pen is like holding a rare sword. In fact, its toughness completely exceeds that of a warrior's treasure weapon, and it is already at the level of a mysterious weapon.
Writing runes with this pen requires strong control, but it is not easy to break the thread of ink.
The rune paper is also very flexible and strong, and can withstand the writing of the purple blackbird rune pen without being punctured. I don't know what material it is made of, but it is obviously very high-end and precious.
One thousand taels of silver can only be written once. It is indeed expensive, but it is also worth it.
Ye Fan began to grind the ink, dipped the purple black bird rune pen into the full ink, silently chanted "Martial God Performs Martial Arts" in his heart, and began to write quickly on the rune paper.
The old man was very curious and stood next to Mark and watched.
"The runes of the elementary martial art "Flash Fist Technique"! To use a third-level rune pen to write such low-level runes is simply an insult to this set of rune pens!"
The old man curled his lips and laughed secretly.
But soon, his yellowish eyes widened, and the sparse beard on his chin trembled with excitement.
"Five consecutive dodges, six, seven consecutive dodges. No! It's eight~! No, it's nine~nine consecutive dodges! Isn't this the legendary nine consecutive dodges, a national-level martial skill! Use this purple black bird rune pen to It's worth writing this rune!"
But he found strangely that the "Nine Flash Fist Techniques" written by this young man only occupied one-third of the talisman paper, and there was a lot of blank space around it.
What are these places reserved for?
The old man was still wondering.
Ye Fan's pen has already crossed over, and there is another "Nine Continuous Flashes of the Flashing Leg Technique", followed by a "Nine Continuous Flashes of the Flashing Step Technique", each occupying one third of the talisman paper.
These three flashes formed a tripartite force, but were connected together by a thin line.
But it's not enough. This is just a simple connection. More lines of runes need to be written down to perfectly combine them to form a whole.
Under this whole, the three flashes no longer work alone, but can exert a magical linkage effect.
Ye Fan continued to write.
"Three copies. Nine consecutive flash-level flash techniques written on the same talisman paper? I have never seen anyone do this! Isn't this a waste of these three country-level flash techniques!"
The old man was so shocked that his whole body became cold and he was completely confused.
He couldn't come to his senses.
In the building of the Rune Guild, several rune apprentices came to borrow pens and saw an old man standing next to a young man staring at him. They couldn't help but be surprised and walked over to watch.
"This, this is? A rune of nine consecutive flash levels?"
"Oh my God! How can you achieve this level! Even the elementary martial arts runes cannot be written to nine consecutive flashes! Besides, there are three nine consecutive flashes written here, on the same rune paper."
"Usually one talisman paper contains only one martial skill, so as not to interfere with each other. He put three copies of Nine Flashes on the same talisman paper. What is he doing?"
These rune apprentices could not help but exclaim in low voices.
Soon, more rune apprentices were alerted. They found that there were many people around here, and almost no one was willing to leave even half a step, so they couldn't help but gather around here.
"This is "Nine Continuous Flashes of Flashing Fist Technique"! Isn't this the stunt that Ye Fan used in the Rune Department Examination Hall that shocked the whole city in one fell swoop!"
"Ye Fan! He is Senior Brother Ye Fan from Luyang Mansion! Although his current appearance has changed a lot from before, I saw him writing runes in the examination room back then. The impression was so deep that I still remember him. I remember him most. Besides him, who else could write the Nine Flashes in a Row!"
"It turns out to be Senior Brother Ye Fan, the leader of the five departments in Luyang Mansion, the astonishing priest of the Holy God Department! He disappeared for three whole years, and finally came out again! After he came out, he came here and wrote three words. Continuous flash level runes."
The faces of all the rune apprentices were filled with shock and reverence.
Many of them passed the rune department exam three years ago and became rune apprentices. Although I'm not too sure about Ye Fan's appearance, seeing these nine consecutive flashes, I don't have any doubts!
Ye Fan finished writing this new combined rune in one go.
The moment the writing was successful, the entire talisman paper bloomed with a rich blood-colored light, extremely gorgeous.
It went more smoothly than Ye Fan imagined. Perhaps it was a small outburst of character that did not lead to failure. If the writing fails, I'm afraid I will have to waste a lot of money to get this new type of rune.
Completed!
Satisfied, Ye Fan carefully rolled up the rune paper, put it in his arms and put it away. The rest of the purple black bird's pen and ink were put into a small wooden box and handed over to the old shopkeeper.
The surrounding rune apprentices were still immersed in that rune, thinking hard, desperately trying to absorb some writing skills from it, and they could not come back to their senses.
"Master Ye, what is the name of the rune you just wrote?"
The old man held the small wooden box and asked hurriedly with shock on his face.
"High-level combined martial arts rune, "Phantom Technique"!"
Ye Fan drifted away and left the Rune Guild.
There was a sudden uproar in the Rune Guild.
Everyone was shocked by this strange rune.
The rune apprentices had never heard of this name and did not know what "Phantom Technique" was. They hurriedly went to the rune guild's library to check it out, but the result made them feel dizzy and shocked.
"The "Phantom Technique" is a unique rune secret technique created by a rune martial saint in the past. The three flashes combined into one become the "Phantom Technique". It is known as a rare martial art, even more powerful than the national martial arts! But it is almost No one has seen the power of this "Phantom Technique" with their own eyes."
"Did Ye Fan inherit the rune heritage of this martial saint? This is much more powerful than any rune family!"
"I'm afraid that's probably the case, otherwise how can I explain that his rune skills are so superb! I must find an opportunity to ask Senior Brother Ye Fan to teach me runes! Even if he teaches me a little bit, I will benefit from it all my life!"
"In two days, it will be the graduation ceremony of Luyang Mansion. We will also have a chance to meet Senior Brother Ye Fan!"