Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 – From Dream To Reality
Chapter 3 – The Forbidden Stances
Chapter 4 – Triple Tidal Palm Technique
Chapter 5 – Soul Perception
Chapter 6 – Three Mistakes
Chapter 7 – Refinement
Chapter 8 – Perfection, Quintuple Tidal Palm
Chapter 9 –Dragons Don’T Associate With Snakes
Chapter 10 – Fiery Sun Quencher
Chapter 11 – Two Star Student
Chapter 12 – Perfect Falling Star
Chapter 13 – The Du Family
Chapter 14 – The Ye Family
Chapter 15 – Dinner Party
Chapter 16 – The White Tiger’S Assault
Chapter 17 – Minor Changes
Chapter 18 – Perfect Assault
Chapter 19 – Gift From The Heavens
Chapter 20 – Myst Stance
Chapter 21 – Bothersome
Chapter 22 – Seven Star Condensed Prime
Chapter 23 – Runicle
Chapter 24 – From Whom?
Chapter 25 – Ye Wei’S Talent
Chapter 26 – Entry Exam
Chapter 27 – Peerless
Chapter 28 – Flaming Golden Lotus Stance
Chapter 29 – Master Yi’S Dilemma
Chapter 30 – Blossom
Chapter 31 – Best Served Warm
Chapter 32 – Trump Card
Chapter 33 – Forbidden Swords
Chapter 34 – Butterfly Effect
Chapter 35 – Mystic Tiger
Chapter 36 – The Rise To Fame
Chapter 37 – Mysterious Youth
Chapter 38 – Seven Star Warrior
Chapter 39 – Concession
Chapter 40 – Bones
Chapter 41 – The Ichor Palm
Chapter 42 – Master Yi
Chapter 43 – Rain
Chapter 44 – Legacy
Chapter 45 – It’S Not Fair
Chapter 46 – One Point Six Million
Chapter 47 – Four Star Student
Chapter 48 – Proposal
Chapter 49 – Decision
Chapter 50 – Cracks
Chapter 51 – Return To South Star
Chapter 52 – Conflict
Chapter 53 – Martial Families
Chapter 54 – Punishment
Chapter 55 – Gifted
Chapter 56 – Dragon
Chapter 57 – Sealed
Chapter 58 – Sorry
Chapter 59 – Caretaking
Chapter 60 – Promise
Chapter 61 – Bloodmist Valley
Chapter 62 – Talents From Ning City
Chapter 63 – Rune Barrier
Chapter 64 – Silver Moon
Chapter 65 – Bulwark
Chapter 66 – Prodigies
Chapter 67 – Iron Talisman
Chapter 68 – Purple Chiffon
Chapter 69 – Deeper
Chapter 70 – Effigies
Chapter 71 – Impasse
Chapter 72 – Green Veil
Chapter 73 – Golden Puppets
Chapter 74 – Last Resort
Chapter 75 – Functions
Chapter 76 – Blood Cocoon
Chapter 77 – Seven-Star
Chapter 78 – Jade Crystal Wall
Chapter 79 – Crazed Scramble
Chapter 80 – Mirages
Chapter 81 – Interspatial Runes
Chapter 82 – Rewards
Chapter 83 – Secret Realm
Chapter 84 – Scrolls
Chapter 85 – Primate
Chapter 86 – Frozen In Time
Chapter 87 – Woods
Chapter 88 – Eighty-One
Chapter 89 – Abyss
Chapter 90 – Glacial Temple
Chapter 91 – Close Combat
Chapter 92 – Enter The Temple
Chapter 93 – Understanding
Chapter 94 – Supernova
Chapter 95 – Results
Chapter 96 – Second
Chapter 97 – First Round Elimination
Chapter 98 – Breakthrough
Chapter 99 – Stars
Chapter 100 – Karma Tower
Chapter 101 – Second Chamber
Chapter 102 – Temptation
Chapter 103 – Four Chambers
Chapter 104 – Home
Chapter 105 – Farewell
Chapter 106 – New Face
Chapter 107 – Polaris Academy
Chapter 108 – Seven-Star Warrior
Chapter 109 – Crossfire
Chapter 110 – Root Prison
Chapter 111 – Lineup
Chapter 112 – Qi Xiu
Chapter 113 – List
Chapter 114 – Tri-Solar School
Chapter 115 – Chosen Ones
Chapter 116 – Floating Light
Chapter 117 – First Opponent
Chapter 118 – Gathering Of Talents
Chapter 119 – City Lord Chen Yuan
Chapter 120 – Materializing
Chapter 121 – Selenic Descend
Chapter 122 – Triple Selenic Punch
Chapter 123 – Star Shifter Formula
Chapter 124 – Black Flare
Chapter 125 – Searing Selenic Palm
Chapter 126 – Fame
Chapter 127 – Demon
Chapter 128 – Selenic Ironbark Seal
Chapter 129 – Black Scale Progenitor
Chapter 130 – Three-Headed Jackal
Chapter 131 – New Challenges
Chapter 132 – Class
Chapter 133 – For The Title
Chapter 134 – Lion’S Fall
Chapter 135 – Monument Stance
Chapter 136 – The Jade Quest Walls
Chapter 137 – Round One
Chapter 138 – Sensitive
Chapter 139 – Creative
Chapter 140 – High-Level Spirit Stance
Chapter 141 – Rites Of Righteousness
Chapter 142 – Runic Badge
Chapter 143 – Sky Stance, Zodiac Sword
Chapter 144 – Sonic Runes
Chapter 145 – Jian Chen
Chapter 146 – Zhoutian Sword Notion
Chapter 147 – Half Bloodmoon Assassination Sword
Chapter 148 – Zodiac Sword, Peerless Presence
Chapter 149 – High Level Myst Stance
Chapter 150 – Flesh And Bone
Chapter 151 – Third
Chapter 152 – Reveal
Chapter 153 – Demon King
Chapter 154 – Qing State’S Seven
Chapter 155 – Vermillion Essence Runes
Chapter 156 – The First Rune
Chapter 157 – Exchange
Chapter 158 – Lu Family, Qing State
Chapter 159 – Forgotten Treasure
Chapter 160 – Supreme Dragon Ridge
Chapter 161 – A Young Runemaster’S Past
Chapter 162 – Cultivate
Chapter 163 – Slippery
Chapter 164 – Ye Wei Strikes Back
Chapter 165 – Line
Chapter 166 – Madman
Chapter 167 – Joint Force
Chapter 168 – Depth
Chapter 169 – Four
Chapter 170 – Spirit Flame
Chapter 171 – No Survivors
Chapter 172 – Five
Chapter 173 – Supreme Palace
Chapter 174 – Ambush
Chapter 175 – Brutal
Chapter 176 – Escape
Chapter 177 – North Barren Mountains
Chapter 178 – Pack
Chapter 179 – Split
Chapter 180 – Thundercrack Stamp
Chapter 181 – Mind Compass
Chapter 182 – The Gathering
Chapter 183 – Huyan
Chapter 184 – Report
Chapter 185 – Starfall
Chapter 186 – Exposed
Chapter 187 – Cosmic Rage
Chapter 188 – Result
Chapter 189 – Chase
Chapter 190 – Blood Shadow Stance
Chapter 191 – Seventh Selenic Stance
Chapter 192 – Helian
Chapter 193 – Speed Of Light
Chapter 194 – Help
Chapter 195 – The Battle Of Green Moon City
Chapter 196 – Secret Weapon
Chapter 197 – Demon Lotus
Chapter 198 – Greater Transmutation Array
Chapter 199 – Lu
Chapter 200 – Heritage
Chapter 201 – Eternal Star
Chapter 202 – Sacred Marks
Chapter 203 – The Tenth Mark
Chapter 204 – Beast Wisdom
Chapter 205 – Quiet Departure
Chapter 206 – Number Ten
Chapter 207 – Onwards
Chapter 208 – Million Stars Palace
Chapter 209 – The Black Dragon Listing
Chapter 210 – There Are Rules
Chapter 211 – Stepping Up
Chapter 212 – First In Ten Years
Chapter 213 – Ice Sword Print
Chapter 214 – Next
Chapter 215 – Precursor
Chapter 216 – Black Dragon Valley
Chapter 217 – A Gathering Of Stars
Chapter 218 – Grave Purging Strike
Chapter 219 – Amplification
Chapter 220 – Not So Special
Chapter 221 – The Dragon'S Howl
Chapter 222 – Muse
Chapter 223 – Wu Shuanger
Chapter 224 – Against The High-Graded
Chapter 225 – The Qing Family
Chapter 226 – Recruit
Chapter 227 – Four Bolts
Chapter 228 – Please Stay
Chapter 229 – Mid-Grade Earth Stance
Chapter 230 – Is It Easy?
Chapter 231 – Ancient Cloud Realm
Chapter 232 – Interception
Chapter 233 – Return Prime Stone
Chapter 234 – Return
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Mature, Ongoing, Romance, Xuanhuan Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Sacred Rune Way, Shén Wén Dào, 神紋道, ______
Total Chapters in book: 234
Estimated words: 437645 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2188(@200wpm)___ 1751(@250wpm)___ 1459(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 437645 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2188(@200wpm)___ 1751(@250wpm)___ 1459(@300wpm)
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Chapter 14 – The Ye Family
After trashing Ye Wei’s room and emptying themselves, Du Ming Ze and his gang left Ye Wei’s room behind.
A few hours later, Ye Wei finally arrived at the Ye Manor’s front gate after walking through the streets that were lit up by starlightt.
The Ye family was not quite that known in Green Moon City, but they were relatively well established in the southwestern district as their manor encompassed ten acres of bright and open land. The blood-red wooden gate was adorned with two well polished copper ring handles. Two grand marble lion statues decorated each side of the gate and standing in front were four sharp looking guards dressed in fancy uniforms.
To regular citizens, the Ye manor looked grand and majestic, but to Ye Wei it did not. He frowned in confusion as he looked at the four guards.
“Ehm, Why are there only four guards guarding the gate?”
Social status was very important for most families, and the strength, or more importantly the quantity, of guards symbolized the power and influence a family held; it was a show of vanity, after all.. ‘Usually there are eight four star Students guarding the gates. Why are there only four guards today?’
“Master Ye Wei!” They all called out.
The guards bowed and greeted the young master of the household. Ye Wei nodded back, wondering what happened to the rest of the guards as he headed towards the courtyard.
He stopped, however, when he overheard a loud conversation whilst entering the courtyard.
“Fu Shun, why is he only getting fifty silver? Our little Ye Wei is living and studying at South Star Academy, how could fifty silver possibly be enough? Don’t we normally send him a hundred and fifty silver? Why are we only giving him one third of what he usually receives?”
“Madame, truth be told, the family… We don’t have much money left! The master even sold his green-maned unicorn with the carriage and he had to let go of a handful of guards…”
“What?! This is outrageous! Are we really in such a desperate position?” Being on the other side of the wall, Ye Wei could only hear the muffled voices intermittently due to the noisy street. He frowned in puzzlement upon understanding what was being said…
The Ye family had always been financially stable and actually didn’t do too bad for themselves. Hearing about the financial instability of their family and how the master of the house sold his beast carriage, Ye Wei was shocked to the extreme as this had to be a fantasy.
Although Ye Wei had almost no presence in the Ye family, the family never forgot about him. His allowance always arrived on time and everyone in the family was very friendly towards him.
“Creak…”
Ye Wei, despite the heaviness he felt, pushed open the wooden door in front of the little yard.
“Pa, Ma, I’m home!” he said as he walked towards the house.
“Little Wei!”
The front door popped open, and a woman in her thirties threw herself at Ye Wei. She was plainly dressed, but it worked together with her light and natural makeup complimenting her well as she gave off a warm and pleasant air.
She was Ye Wei’s mother, Joe Wan!
“Young master Ye Wei has returned.” Fu Shun, the butler, stood beside Joe Wan and respectfully greeted Ye Wei as he squeezed a smile out of his tired face.
Ye Wei was not naturally talented — not in his built nor his Sentient. The Ye family, with that in mind, did not mock or bully him. He was just inadvertently ignored from time to time because he had no chance of becoming a Warrior. The elders’ focus in the family fell on the more talented kids his age.
The Ye family didn’t have to worry about having a roof over their heads or food on the table, but these new internal and external problems made it more important than ever to stick together.
“Mister Fu!” Ye Wei was happy to see familiar faces again and greeted the butler with a smile on his face.
“Ma’am, excuse me.”
Fu Shun left the grey money pouch with Ye Wei’s mom, then bowed and left the house.
“Little Wei, why are you so sweaty? Did you walk all the way home? Come sit here and rest. You silly child, how many times do I have to tell you that the journey is too long a walk for your body? Your should have just rented a horse carriage for this trip. It’s just money, our family is fine and eating well!” Joe Wan raised her eyes and gazed at her son, nagged him while looking for a handkerchief for his sweaty face then she poured him a cup of tea.
“Where’s dad?” Ye Wei asked, glancing at the deflated money pouch butler Fu left his mom and started imagining the horrible situation in his head.
“Your father has been busy dealing with family business. He hasn’t been home for five days now he’s working on something… Don’t worry about him. Are you hungry? Mommy will go make you some food,” Joe Wan said with a smile.
Currently, the seventy-two year old three star condensing prime stage Warrior Ye Zheng Qing, Ye Wei’s grandfather, was the head of the family.
Ye Zheng Qing had four sons and three daughters. Ye Wei’s father, Ye Yi, was the oldest among his siblings and was responsible for the Ye family’s cloth trade. The oldest and second oldest sons were responsible for mystic arms and scrolls respectively, while the youngest son ran a restaurant. All three of Zheng Qing’s daughters except the youngest aunt were married.
“Mom, I’m not hungry stop making a fuss. Is the family doing okay?” Ye Wei couldn’t stand his mother acting as if everything was fine, as he stood up and looked right into his mother’s eyes as he asked sincerely.
Ye Wei saw and felt something was not right with the family, having overheard the conversation between his mom and the butler, Ye Wei came to a conclusion: The Ye family is going through a crisis!
And it was not a minor one, or his father would not be away for five days, nor would they have only four guards at the front gate instead of normal eight, nor would grandad have sold his green-maned unicorn and carriage!
“My child, why are you worrying about these little matters? You should just pay attention in school and focus on your own problems!” Joe Wan wanted to change the topic, flustered her eyes were darting around.
“Mom, I am grown up and Ye is my last name so the family’s business is my business!” Ye Wei declared solemnly in a deep voice while keeping eye contact with his mom.
“Oh my child, if you insist…” Joe Wan walked to her son. Patting his head and sighed, mumbling to herself as she was still a little hesitant wondering if it was the correct thing to do, being completely open to Ye Wei.
“Have you heard of the Du family?” Joe Wan asked after taking a deep breath.
“The Du’s are one of the ‘Big Three’ in Green Moon City, right? Is our family business being challenged by the Du’s?” Ye Wei asked with a big frown on his forehead.
“Unfortunately,” His mom nodded.
“Mystic scrolls, arms, restaurant, cloth and the horse ranch, everything was affected, especially our scoll business, seventy percent of our family’s revenue comes from scrolls. The Du family just hired a Runemaster’s first apprentice to personally inscribe all the scrolls in their shops. Whereas the scrolls on our shelves were inscribed by a regular student from the Runemasters’ Union. On top of that, they are undercutting our price by thirty percent, the scrolls are basically stuck on our shelves.” Joe Wan was upset and it was visible all over her face.
“We had to lower the price because the scrolls weren’t selling. but we won’t be making any profit on them. We are not as wealthy as the Du family, they can use their money like this to hit the Ye family’s business, but we can’t do anything about it!”
“We have been struggling for two months now and the family is running low on resources, your grandpa even had to sell his unicorn carriage. It is a crisis like none we have faced before.”
“Little Wei, your grandpa, dad, and uncles are supporting the family so you should not worry about the ins and outs of everything just focus and practice on your studies at South Star. Because only when you are strong will you be able to help the family, when you are as strong as say… your cousin, Ye Zhong!
“Nor should you worry or feel guilty about your expenses if worse comes to worst your mom’s dowry will be enough to support you until you finish your education!”
Joe Wan patted her son’s shoulder, trying to comfort and reassured him with transparency and proposing a backup plan.
“Why did the Du family do this to us all of a sudden? Did one of us step on their toes?
Ye Wei wasn’t really worried about his expenses. All he cared about was his family’s wellbeing, because he knew he could trust Lin Zi Yan to put in a good word with the right people and that she will inform the vice principal when school starts again, which could possibly score him a scholarship making money not a problem.
‘There are around three hundred people under the Ye’s roofs including family members and employees, if the family collapsed what would grandpa do? What would dad and my uncles do?’
Ye Wei felt the weight on his shoulders wishing to be of help in the dire situation.
‘Although I am just a two star Student, and though I am far from as useful as my cousin Ye Zhong, I should be able to do something with my excellent soul sensitivity!
It’s not impossible for the family to get out of this slump, what bothered Ye Wei was the mysterious motive behind these economic attacks from one of The Big Three. The Ye family is hardly big enough to be considered a threat to the Du family and their bullying simply did not make sense.
“We didn’t and are in no position to mess with them, the dispute started when grandpa refused to sell our plot of land next to North Hill Bay. That land was passed down through generation after generation selling it was out of the question for your grandpa, which was more than reasonable and should be respected. Do you understand?”
“Ever since the refusal, the Du family started to take action against us. They started by ruining the restaurant, horse ranch, and other minor sources of income which was not a huge problem. But two months ago they started undercutting our scroll business, the lifeblood of the Ye family!” Joe Wan was filled with indignation.
“What kind of behavior is that!?”
Ye Wei too, got emotional. ‘Just because you want to buy it we have to sell it? That is a disgusting attitude! They know very well that plot of land belonged to us since forever and that our family’s tomb is there at North Hill Bay. I know technically it’s grandpa’s decision not to sell it, but I am sure the rest of the family would think the same in the name of our heritage and family history!’
“Don’t worry about it son we have something to celebrate tonight! Your little aunt Ye Jing Jing has broken through, she just became a seven star Warrior, and we are throwing a dinner party tonight for the occasion!” His mom smiled.
“Little aunt is that good now?!”
Ye Wei too, smiled enthusiastically. Like star levels with Students, breaking through the fifth and seventh star level are major obstacles, but the power one gain after breaking through is significant.
Students can perform stances once they reach seven stars. When Warriors reach the seven star level they gain a thin layer of Qi, primal feathers, which will permanently cover their body as an extra layer of armor, and it grants them the ability to levitate making them stronger and faster fighters!
Some say it takes more than a dozen six star Warriors to take down a seven star Warrior.
Ye Jing Jing was Ye Wei’s youngest aunt, she was twenty-five years old and she is even more gifted than Ye Zhong, because condensing prime stage was within reach for her now that she is a seven star, only three stars away!
To establish a family, getting to condensing prime stage was an unwritten cultivation requirement, and there were only two Warriors at that stage in the entire family: grandpa, a three star condense prime Warrior and big uncle Ye Hai at one star.
Other than his parents, Ye Jing Jing was the closest to Ye Wei in his family because of this Ye Wei was ecstatic about his little aunt’s progress.
Total Chapters in book: 234
Estimated words: 437645 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2188(@200wpm)___ 1751(@250wpm)___ 1459(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 437645 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2188(@200wpm)___ 1751(@250wpm)___ 1459(@300wpm)
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