CHAPTER 162 THE REQUEST FROM A TREASURE HUNTING TEAM

Darren turned a page of the ancient book. Written on the title page was the name of the book—the

Rule Formula.

He began to peruse a page from the book. "The Thunder Leading Skill, the Fire Controlling Skill, the

Wind Controlling Skill, the Sketch of the Underground Fleeing Skill, the Taboo Region…"

It was the book's table of contents.

There was a few basic information about the rule cultivator on the next page.

"The most basic skill a rule cultivator is able to use is the power of heaven and earth. Every strong rule

cultivator is able to control the nature power, namely the wind and the thunder. Their rule spells carry

an extremely tremendous power. Those who cultivate the taboo rule spell will even be able to kill a

Grand Realm master,"

Darren mumbled as he continued to read the texts.

It only took him an hour to finish reading the entire book.

'The book introduced the elementary martial formulas used for offense by the rule cultivators, ' he

concluded in his mind.

However, regardless of how basic the knowledge was, it could not be learned that easily. It required

cultivators to have at least a level ten Spirit Power.

When Darren first came to the Holy Land, he had met a number of rule cultivators, but as he came to

think of it, their abilities were not even regarded as rudimentary. They were not very powerful

considering they had only learned a small handful of martial formulas.

'Disappointingly, I only reached level six after assimilating the Spirit Power of those rule cultivators.

Even if I learn a few more martial formulas, it probably won't help much.' Darren felt somewhat

unsatisfied.

"Wait," he uttered as a thought suddenly came to his mind.

"On the day, when I was tested in the Black Cliff of Sword Intent, the Sword Type Creatures that

appeared in the first pass have the attributes of fire and thunder. But I was rejected when I tried to

assimilate them. Can these attribute rules be attached to the sword intent?" Darren wondered aloud to

himself.

He then immediately summoned the inheritance skill with his spiritual sense and entered the World of

Rule.

The entire World of Rule was in silver color and was covered in rules, mostly Avatar Rule and a few

other rules.

He tried to recall everything he learned from the Rule Formula. Soon, he began to mobilize his Spirit

Power according to what was mentioned in the book.

"Alright, there it is," he said as the rule lines materialized. "The purple lines should be the rule of

thunder element, the dark grey lines should be the rule of earth element, and those are the rules of

wind and fire."

Darren was able to make the lines appear by using his Spirit Power in the silver World of Rule.

He tried to let his Spirit Power come into contact with the rule lines.

"Ah!" he suddenly cried out. As he touched the Thunder Rule, he felt a sharp pain in his brain and a

numbness all over his body, so he promptly withdrew his Spirit Power.

'The Thunder Rule is too violent. It's probably better if I try the Wind Rule first, ' he thought.

Darren directed his Spirit Power towards the pale green lines.

As if they had a life of their own, the green lines started to move at a blistering speed, evading his Spirit

Power.

However, he didn't give up. He kept chasing the green lines.

After a while, he finally succeeded in trying to communicate with the green lines.

A door opened and numerous green lines were spread out in front of him.

But then, a sudden feeling of fatigue washed over him. He used up quite a lot of his Spirit Power while

he was chasing the lines and it was starting to run out.

So he immediately stopped using the Spirit Power and he reverted back to his normal state.

"Very well. It seems I've successfully communicated with the Wind Rule. As long as I practice

according to the book's instructions, I will soon be able to command the Wind Rule," Darren said,

pleased with himself.

However, it was not an easy task to command the rules. It required very strong Spirit Power.

"Let me have a try!" Although he was extremely tired, he still couldn't control his curiosity.

Following the description in the book, Darren released his Spirit Power and a feeling of lightness

spread all throughout his body; it was the Wind Rule helping accelerate his speed.

At the same time, he also released his sword intent. Mobilizing his Spirit Power, he tried to attach the

Wind Rule to his sword intent.

To his dismay, he failed.

'It didn't work. The sword intent came from my own body while the Wind Rule came from nature; the

two can't be mixed at all, ' he thought, disappointment evident on his face. He had expected that after

communicating the Wind Rule successfully, he could integrate it into the sword intent right away.

"So, what can I do to make it happen?" he desperately asked himself. However, he suddenly suffered a

terrible headache because he had overused his Spirit Power.

He wasn't able to hold on any longer and collapsed on the floor, slipping out of consciousness.

*

A day and a night had passed and Darren finally awoke from his deep sleep.

"Ugh… God. I'm so tired," he croaked out in a weak voice. Even after such a long sleep, he was still

drowsy and his head felt heavy.

He began to recall what he had been doing before he lost consciousness and thought, 'Now that I've

successfully communicated with the Wind Rule, my speed may be faster when I activate Shadow

Lightness.' He tried out his theory and just as he thought, his speed increased by at least thirty percent,

but the downside was that it used up too much Spirit Power.

'It seems that the Spirit Power is the critical element in becoming a rule cultivator. In that case, I have to

practice more to improve my Spirit Power, ' he mused.

Darren knew how to strengthen his Spirit Power. There were two options for him to choose from: one

was to kill those who had Spirit Power and assimilate their Spirit Power, and the other was to take pills

which had the effect of improving one's Spirit Power.

He certainly didn't want to go with the first option. As much as possible, he didn't want to kill any

innocent people.

Therefore the second option was obviously the only favorable option left. And so, he then decided to go

to the Medicine Pavilion to buy some strengthening pills.

Within a minute, he was out the yard and was headed for the Medicine Pavilion.

*

"Look! It's Darren, the only supreme disciple of the Holy Land!"

"Oh, yeah! You're right! I heard that he defeated the gifted disciple of the Ancient Families in the

competition. His cultivation level is now close to the Wonder Realm."

The attention of the Holy Land disciples was all on Darren as he walked through the Holy Land Square.

They were all talking about him.

Darren averted his eyes from the disciples and walked with his head down, pretending he didn't hear

them. As he was walking, someone approached him. "Are you Darren?" the person asked.

Several people soon followed and blocked his way.

They were three men and a woman, all in their twenties. Darren sensed their powerful energies,

especially from one of them. The person's cultivation level was supposed to be in the Wonder Realm.

"Yes, that's me. What do you want?" Darren replied, scowling at them. He really wasn't in the mood to

deal with people who wanted to mess with him.

"Hi, Darren! Nice to meet you!" "Darren, we've been looking for you for several days now!"

And their greetings came, one after another. Darren was relieved once he saw the friendly expressions

on their faces. "I don't mean to be rude, but I think you're all older than me. Why are you all acting so

polite towards me?" he modestly asked.

"Brother, you're a supreme disciple and we're inner disciples. You're higher than us in status, so we

should show respect to you," one of them replied.

Darren smiled, "Well, what can I do for you? You said you've been looking for me."

"We have good news to tell you," the only young woman enthusiastically announced in a gentle voice.

"Brother, haven't you heard the news of the Fire Cave yet? We are hoping to go to find the treasures

with you," one of the young men stated with much courtesy.

"Please! Don't be too polite. You can call me by my name," Darren cheerfully exclaimed. "So, why did

you want to go with me?" he added with a naive look on his face.

"Why else? Because you're strong, of course!" a young man declared as he stretched out his hand

towards Darren. "I'm Hayes Su, by the way. It's my pleasure to meet you, Darren!" he added. NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

He was the young man who had most powerful energy among them.

Darren shook his hand and said, "Excuse me, you're all really nice people, but I really have to go now. I

have something urgent to do in Lotus City. Let's talk about this later. See you!"

Darren hurriedly said his goodbyes and went on his way.

"Time is running out, so make sure to come back soon! We've heard that many superior talents from

other sects are also planning to take part in it—it must be a great treasure! Our Lotus Holy Land can't

miss this opportunity!" the young woman anxiously shouted behind him.