[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 122

122 - Rune-Carving Shop

Kou Wei just said, "There's no hurry."

The next day, he was taken aback.

The banner outside the Hall of Immortals had been taken down, there was nothing on the elevated stage, and the announcer and the boss were in a panic.

The various spectators were in chaos too.

The pharmacology arenas weren't as interesting as the martial art arenas, so it was hard to get an audience to watch. More than half of the spectators here today came after hearing about the miracle that happened yesterday, but nobody expected that the host wouldn't show up!

"Where does Miss Lu stay? 'I don't know'? What the hell do you mean by 'I don't know'!?" the boss shouted.

Ever since their own Pharmacologist Qin lost, the boss planned to invest in Miss Lu and make her famous. She was young and incredibly powerful, so there was no doubt that she would attract a huge audience and make the Hall of Immortals famous just the way the boss wanted. That would be the best way to make up for the loss of Pharmacologist Qin.

Even the boss was shocked at how fast he came up with a plan to cover such a huge loss.

But unexpectedly, after a mere day, a child came in the morning with a letter from Miss Lu saying that she was going to ditch the arena.

"But... she didn't tell me where she lives!"

"Haven't you heard of 'asking,' you idiot?"

The announcer sighed in exasperation. How is this my fault? Why would I ask when I had no clue she would disappear after a single day? Besides, Miss Lu was in the Harmonization Realm, he didn't dare to offend her.

On the other hand, Kou Wei and the rest were taken aback by this information.

"Didn't the rules say three consecutive days?"

"Yeah!" Qi Sheng was also confused by this situation.

"What does she want? Who in the world would do such things?"

"I want to know too!"

All eyes turned toward Shao Zhengyang.

Shao Zhengyang smiled bitterly, "I haven't seen Junior Sister Lu these past few days."

The best juniors of the various clans just stood there looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

Meanwhile, at a rune-carving shop down the street, there were two children standing near the door.

One of them sighed dejectedly, "Haish, why do other arenas have customers, but we don't?"

The other child pouted, "Carving runes isn't as interesting as martial arts, that's why nobody wants to watch us."

Rune-carving was a skill lost to history. In the past, the making of medicine, weapons, and runes were the three biggest industries in China. But now, after many years, the medicine industry was on the rise, the weapon industry remained the same, while the rune-carving industry was basically gone.

Rune-carving was the practice of carving a certain rune on a weapon to allow it to possess a certain ability. Back during the war between mankind and the barbarians, rune-carving was very popular. Even a basic amulet equipped by commoners could be used to fight in the war.

As time passed, martial arts became more and more popular, and rune-carving slowly became more and more unpopular. Compared to martial arts, the ability of a rune varied depending on the day, and sometimes it might've even hurt the user as well. Thus, people chose martial arts over rune-carving. To this day, the rune-carving shops all survived by carving basic runes on weapons, which all weapons had.