"Big Brother... this really seems like runes... but it doesn't seem to be arcane runes... although it's somewhat similar..."
Xiao Xiao's surprised voice sounded.
"Indeed... this set of runes is more similar to the runes on the Angel Armor, but it doesn't seem to be... This... This... Could it be..."
Qiao Ying finished his sentence, and as she spoke, she seemed to recall something, her expression suddenly changed.
"Qiao Ying, what's wrong?"
Ye Feng turned his head and looked at Qiao Ying with a questioning gaze.
"Ye... Ye Feng, if I'm not mistaken... this... might be the legendary Divine Runes!"
Qiao Ying swallowed, her face filled with disbelief.
"Divine Runes?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly. "What are those?"
"Swish~ Swish~"
Qiao Ying didn't answer immediately. She quickly put away the paper and scanned her surroundings vigilantly before looking at Ye Feng and slowly saying, "Ye Feng, Divine Runes are one of the two mystical power scripts, an extremely special type of rune!"
"Legend has it that the arcane runes of the Arcanists and the runes on the Angel Armor derive their immense power from Divine Runes! But this is only a small fraction of the power of Divine Runes..."
"When I was young, I heard Her Majesty the Queen talk about this... I never thought I'd actually see the legendary Divine Runes..."
"The other of the two mystical power scripts is Nether Runes, which are said to contain the power of demons... The script in the Dark Tome is Nether Runes..."
Qiao Ying quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Divine Runes?"
"Those mysterious runes in the Fire Seed Record that I couldn't understand... and the rune arrays between the eighth and ninth floors of the Dawn Academy... The mysterious runes on them are all Divine Runes..."
Ye Feng's brows furrowed tightly as he muttered to himself.
"Qiao Ying, how are you sure these are Divine Runes?"
After a pause, Ye Feng spoke again, and Xiao Xiao also cast a curious glance.
"The meaning of this set of Divine Runes is... Unseal... Her Majesty the Queen told us to remember it no matter what..."
"I'm also having trouble believing it when I see the Divine Runes on this..."
Qiao Ying pointed to the green marked lines on the table and said.
"Unseal..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly. "The Flame Ranger left Divine Runes in the Golden Medal to unseal... The treasure is placed in the Golden Tower? Or perhaps..."
Suddenly, a bold guess flashed through Ye Feng's mind. He turned to Qiao Ying, "Qiao Ying, since Divine Runes have... unsealing, then there should be corresponding seals, right? Can Divine Runes seal divine artifacts? Are Divine Runes the so-called script of the gods?"
"This..."
Qiao Ying's beautiful eyebrows curved. "There should be Divine Runes that correspond to sealing. As for sealing divine artifacts, I heard Her Majesty the Queen mention that she has seen it. Some human cultivators have indeed achieved it, but it's uncertain if it's related to Divine Runes..."
"And Divine Runes are not the so-called script of the gods!"
"The so-called gods are also searching for complete Divine Rune scrolls... They also want to obtain the power within Divine Runes..."
Qiao Ying quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Is that so... Sealing... Unsealing..."
After listening to Qiao Ying's words, Ye Feng became even more convinced that his recent guess was reasonable.
That is, the Flame Ranger somehow obtained Ares' Counterattack Divine Armor from the Twelve Main Gods, as well as Cynthia's Wind Whisper Bow... and both divine artifacts were sealed... The Flame Ranger took them away... and the astonishing treasure left in the Golden Medal was the method to unseal the two divine artifacts...
"In fact, it's not just the gods, but also us angels, human cultivators... even demons, have openly and secretly searched for complete Divine Rune scrolls... but without much success..."
After a pause, Qiao Ying spoke again, "However, there have been clues about Divine Runes among humans. There's a book called the Fire Seed Record... but the truthfulness of the information is hard to discern..."
"Holy hell..."
...
The next day,
Ye Feng woke up early because it was the day of the third round of selections for the City of Arcane Arts.
After breakfast, Ye Feng arrived at the City of Arcane Arts, the Golden Hall.
As Jiang Si Shan had said before, the second round didn't eliminate many people, and the vast Golden Hall was still quite crowded.
Unlike last time, this time the judges had increased to nine, with Shui Ling still seated in the center. The remaining eight were all different from the judges in the second round. However, Ye Feng recognized one of them, Luo Ming.
"Hello everyone, I am your host Gou Sheng. Congratulations to everyone for passing the second round of selection for the young talents of the City of Arcane Arts. Today, we will be holding the third round of selection!"
"The judges for this round of selection assessment are Lord Shui Ling, one of the Five Arcanists, and the Arcanist Supreme Academy's..."
After the host introduced all the judges, he turned to the judges' stand.
Shui Ling, seated in the center of the judges' stand, stood up. With a flash of light, a large pile of white objects appeared in front of the Golden Hall.
"The content of this round's selection assessment is embroidery! The time limit is two hours. Please embroider the pattern you can best manage!"
As Shui Ling's voice fell, the staff began to act, stepping forward to collect embroidery materials and distribute them.
In a short while, all the candidates received the materials needed for embroidery.
"Clang!~"
As a crisp metal bell rang from the side of the judges' table, the candidates picked up their fine needles, gathered arcane energy, and began to embroider on the canvas.
"To test the candidates' fine control of arcane energy... and mental power, perhaps..."
Ye Feng muttered as he looked at the embroidery cloth in his hand.
Embroidery initially only required attaching arcane energy to the fine needle. Subsequently, it required condensing arcane energy into very fine threads, threading them through the eye of the needle, and embroidering!
Embroidery began with simple circles, followed by polygons, then flowers and birds, then insects, and then complex patterns, or three-dimensional patterns...
Coupled with the limited area of the handkerchief, the more complex the pattern, the finer the threads required, and the higher the demand for arcane energy control...
Furthermore, when embroidering advanced patterns, the rune arrays etched on the metal hoop around the edge of the embroidery cloth would spontaneously activate, interfering with the embroiderer's arcane energy and increasing the difficulty of embroidery...
After glancing at the surrounding candidates, Ye Feng also began to act.
His movements were quite fast. He had received similar handkerchiefs from Shen Yun Yao when he was in the ancient ruins, and he had embroidered many times to train his fine control of arcane energy...
"Hmm?"
In a short while, Ye Feng stopped because he had reached the strange beast with fangs and a somewhat complex pattern all over its body.
He didn't continue embroidering rashly. Although the pattern of the fanged beast was much simpler than the vulture before it, its difficulty was actually much higher.
Because the eyes of the fanged beast seemed to stare directly at the embroiderer from any angle, making it difficult to place the needle. Ye Feng had also tried for a long time back then before he understood...
Ye Feng didn't want to stand out too much. He just wanted to successfully advance to the next round...
Immediately, Ye Feng's peripheral vision began to scan the situation of the surrounding candidates...
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