Chapter 163 - Creating Blood Rune

They walk inside the main building then they walk past the long hall Before they reach at the end of the room, Yang Xi Yinh knock twice then she opens the door while invite Lory and Zhao Li Xin to enter, immediately she smelled the light scent of incense and Jin Hao stand at the end of the bed while talking with a pale young man who sits weakly on the bed while cover with blanket.

"Brother Li, Miss Luo, and Lord Long Ming are here," Yang Xi Ying said gently.

Li Mong Zi faces brighten up when he sees Lory and Zhao Li Xin "Miss Luo I don't know how to say thank you for your kindness" Li mong Zi genuinely thankful for her.

"Save it for later master Li, I only hold your situation for a few days only after we found the source you can be released from this…affliction" Lory reminds him.

"Still, you give me a chance to say my last word to my loved one" Li Mo Zhen smiles peacefully without sadness or fear.

"Brother Li please don't say something like that, the elders would cry if they hear you!" Yang Xi Ying glare angrily at him but her eyes filled with sadness.

"She's right Master Li, we still have a few more days to save you so don't give up yet!" Lory encouraged him "Now tell me, do you touch anything that might seem weird or dangerous?"

Li Mo Zhen sighs "I…found a sword from a ruin"

"Ruin?" Lory frowned.

"Yes, not far from here actually, but is not old ruined perhaps only a few hundred years old" Li Mo Zhen pinch his chin "I heard about a swordmaster clan lived there a few hundred years ago, someone called the 'Immortal sword warrior' lives there with all his family but then something happened the place is burned and everyone dies"

"Then…you find the sword?" Lory's eyebrows creased deepen.

"Yes, but then everything becomes a blur after that, do you think the sword is the cause?" Li Mo Zhen disbelieved, the worst divined weapon can do is killed the person who wanted to touch it but not drive them crazy and he already examined the weapon and he doesn't feel anything wrong with the sword.

"Let me see the sword!" Lory got suspicious.

"I'll get it for you!" Yang Xi Ying turns around to leave but suddenly Lory called her.

"Make sure not to touch it with your bare skin!" she warned her firmly.

Yang Xi Ying becomes uneasy she nervously says "But I….I already touch it, and so the elders…"

Lory pinches her temple then heaved "Okay….don't touch it again then…"

Yang Xi Ying nods her head then she exits the room, Li Mo Zhen becomes apprehensive "Miss Luo, what would happen if they touch it?" Li Mo Zhen feels guilty because he is the one who brought back that sword.

Lory shakes her head helplessly "I'm not sure…."

'I hope I'm wrong' Lory lament to herself inwardly when magic becomes useful is called 'Gift' but when it hurt you it would become 'Cursed' there so many types of cursed some low level cursed can be easily handled but some high-level curse is almost impossible to handle.

The way to break the cursed depend on how the cursed created in the first place, you must know the reason and the source of it curse only then you can break the cursed.

Not long after the tree elders and Yang Xi Ying returned, all of them eager to know what cause Li Mo Zhen to become like this. Elder Wang comes with a long wooden box he put down the box on the table carefully then they all look at Lory with puzzle expression, Lory didn't take notice they questioning expression on her since her eyes remain on the box the moment that wooden box come into the room.

"Ri Yi what's wrong?" Zhao Li Xin aware her sudden change the moment that box coming.

Lory didn't know how to explain it but there something wrong inside that box, Lory take a deep breath then Girsha fly inside he perch on Lory's shoulder, his clear blue eyes become darker he can feel a threat from inside the box.

[Lory, there something bad inside the box] he hissed.

[I know…] Lory sigh deeply.

Zhao Li Xin didn't know anything about magic but he can feel something malice from that box, he hides Lory behind him he feels something is terribly wrong with that box he even has an urged to smash that wooden box into pieces.

Lory shoves Zhao Li Xin lightly "Don't get close to it…" on the other hand Lory also worried for Zao Li Xin safety, some cursed can affect people who get closed to the source, she worried if the box is the source so she needs to protect everyone first.

"Then you don't get close too!" Zhao Li Xin becomes tensed he worried she would do something dangerous again and his right!

"I promised I'll be fine" she calmed him down.

Zhao Li Xin sarcastically says "We both know that is the promised you cannot keep" he smiles who didn't reach his eyes.

"….." well, he's not wrong, even Girsha cheering for him if only Zhao Li Xin could understand his chirping.

Lory scratches her head "If I don't do this all of you will be in danger!" she explained it to him.

"So?" Zhao Li Xin asked indifferently.

"..." there's a long silence in the room, they want to say something but nothing comes out…Zhao Li Xin expression is genuinely not cared for everyone's safety, they feel wronged only the Hei Shen sect member who didn't change their expression, they used to it.

"If it's dangerous to everyone then I'll be in danger too..." it's a lie but she needs to coax him.

Fortunately, her little trick is work Zhao Li Xin waver but he still not convinced "Really?" he scrutinizes her expression.

'Sorry…..'

"YES!" she said as firmly as she could.

Zhao Li Xin clicked his tongue with annoyance "Fine…."

Lory smiles widely, she pushes him to the side then she walks closer to the wooden box on the square table, the closer she gets the more animosity she felt Girsha land on the table beside the box, his beautiful appearance draw everyone attention they never saw a beautiful bird like him but he can feel any kind of power from the beautiful bird which is odd because the bird didn't look ordinary, their eyes back on Lory they all conclude the same thing

'This girl is more than meets the eyes'

Meanwhile, Girsha and Lory chat through telepathic and like always they are bickering about what should and shouldn't do.

[You gonna make blood rune to shield the malice, don't you?] Girsha grimaced.

[With my condition what else I can do?] Lory stated the obvious.

[You can do...nothing] he scowls at her.

[Not when I can do something….] she rebuked.

[Hump, his going to be very angry!] he reminds her.

[...] Lory froze.

'S***T, I forgot about him!' she glances at Zhao Li Xin who standing a few steps behind her while crossing his arms on his chest she looks stern and very unhappy, Lory guilt make her turn her gaze away from him but that only make Zhao Li Xin suspicious even more, to make a blood rune, of course, is gonna need blood but not just ordinary blood but a 'Gifted' blood meaning is her blood.

'Mana' who is the source of magic come from within is in their blood something they are born with it and the stronger their 'Gift' is the stronger their blood is. Lory can't use her power but that doesn't mean she had no power, her power is blocked by a curse so she can't access her power but that doesn't change the fact her power is still within her, inside her 'Gift' flowing within her blood and her blood is more special than any 'Gifted' blood.

she got Lucient blood run through her vein.

Lory contemplating, for someone who can only use ten percent her power it's a joke for her to make a shield even the low grades type of shield, blood rune is her only option, it's an ancient practice to created magic by manipulated the blood, this practice has long abandoned because the difficulty and the impracticality.

Lory found empty bowl not far from her then she put the bowl on the table she takes out the dagger from her sleeve she looks at Zhao Li Xin with sorry expression all of the sudden Zhao Li Xin feel something bad is about to happen and before he had time to ask Lory make a deep cut on her hand.

"RI YI!!" Zhao Li Xin shouted.