Spirit Stones and the Spirit-Gathering Array

In the Chakra storage box and conversion core, Lu Zeming discovered a great many Runes he had never seen before.

Like a bookworm finding new books or a starving man finding a feast, Lu Zeming copied down the Runes one by one and studied them closely.

"This energy-storage Rune is completely new. It looks like a coiled snake, nothing like the ones I've seen before. It's sturdier, more stable, and has a greater capacity. And these flow-guiding Runes are new too. My god, I've found a treasure chest!"

Lu Zeming became so absorbed in studying the Runes that he forgot to eat and sleep.

He knew all too well what Runes could do. They were a power capable of changing the world.

Lu Zeming began repeatedly working out their functions in his Inner Landscape. Only after more than half a month did he master them completely.

When he prepared to carve another "Spirit Stone," his confidence had soared.

Lu Zeming took a deep breath and brushed his fingertips over the surface of the Bluestone. He did not bring down the blade just yet.

In his Inner Landscape, he had already taken those dozen or so unfamiliar Runes apart and reassembled them hundreds of times.

The coiled-snake energy-storage Rune was no longer a set of simple lines in his eyes, but a "spiritual-pressure spiral staircase." Every bend shared the strain, and every groove sealed in Spirit Energy.

The flow-guiding Runes were no longer rigid channels, either. They formed a "Spirit Energy network" that could contract and expand on its own according to the density of the Spirit Energy.

"Carving Explosive Stones was like drawing on a rock. This time, I'm building a reservoir inside one."

He picked up his specially made spirit-carving knife. Its tip gleamed cold blue beneath the dim