Dragon Inscriptions

Dragon Inscriptions (Chinese: 龙语铭文 *longyu mingwen*), dragon language, Chen learns to help free Paglio

## Mechanics

Inscriptions referred to engraved text, which was divided into yin and yang texts according to the concave and convex forms. The Dragon Inscription was an incantation carved by a special spell of the ancient dragon. Every single inscription contained abstruse meaning; it was able to exhibit great power. As the user’s strength and the understanding of the inscription increased, the power of the inscription increased. As it was too abstruse, there weren’t many dragons could master this.

A series of inscriptions arranged according to certain rules could exert a power that was several times the total of individual inscriptions. Although the power of the Dragon Inscription was strong; due to its relationship with creators’ power, the inscriptions were much weaker against the dragons than to other creatures.

Paglio first taught him some basic decomposed glyphs. Chen Rui’s memory was very well, so he remembered very quickly. However, he felt that it was very difficult to understand. He could only memorize them for now and slowly digest later. Noticed Chen Rui’s good memory, Paglio simply taught several more complete inscriptions.

Chen Rui thought and his gaze focused on the inscription behind him. Dragon Inscriptions weren't an intelligent “program”. Unless it was a special inscription like an individual bloodline, as long as someone triggered it, it would produce the corresponding effect even if that someone was its creator.

## Types

* Hidden, Mute, Mirror
* Mirror Image (镜像): Create multiple illusions of the user. <Echo> Magnify voice. At first, the initial illusion was meant to just confuse Broc. The effectiveness was quite limited. It was considered the weakest Dragon Inscription in the world because these inscriptions were used by the dragon race. Even a newborn young dragon had the powers of a Demon King.
* That tent was not an illusion, it was real. Chen Rui removed only the <Disguise> inscription from the outside of the tent. The real trap was the <Trigger> inscription outside the tent. This <Trigger> caused the thunderball to explode the moment Broc threw a punch. Even if Broc did not attack the tent, as long as he stepped on the surrounding soil, the same thing would happen. Those aside, there were two key inscription <Magnify> and <Imitate> inside the tent to magnify a life source to imitate Christina.
* Teleportation (dragon inscription) (传送): random Teleportation, does not teleport to same place twice (Chen, Delia, Roman use one to escape from Broc in Silent Night arc)
* Chain Explosion (连锁爆裂): it could trigger the continuous explosion of runes that were chained, especially those that were extremely powerful when combined together.
* Illusion (幻家)

## Paglio

Chen looked at the two markings, "What are those two?"

"You even forgot about the **Dragon Inscriptions**?" Paglio scolded, "Such an ignorant guy, but you are also extremely lucky at the same time! The secret technique just now must be the grand master's inheritance. It's really amazing. However, it such a waste in your hands! The one that you attacked just now was <Reflect> inscription. Unless you can completely destroy it, otherwise, the reflected damage increases as your damage increases. I am now at the strength of Great Demon King, so the inscription manifests the strength of a Demon King. With your current strength, you can't break the inscription no matter how strong your secret technique is. If I didn't stop you, you would've born the damage of your secret technique just now!"

"Speaking of which, you haven't been learning the inscriptions." Paglio pointed at another marking, "Do you remember what this is?"

"This is..." Chen Rui's understanding of inscriptions remained at memorizing, and his understanding was barely the basics. While he was going through the memorized inscriptions in his memory, a notification suddenly appeared in his mind. "Unknown metadata is found. Do you want to activate <Deep Analysis>?"

Chen Rui was stunned. <Deep Analysis>. It's that incomprehensible expensive skill. 10,000 auras per usage, and it only lasts for half an hour. Now, I have 110,000 auras. To uncover more mystery of the Super System, I'll give it a try!

"Activate!"Chen Rui shouted, "Paglio, tell me all the inscription knowledge you know now. Don't ask me why! Quick!"

Paglio was stunned, and he immediately responded. He began to teach while drawing on the ground. After he talked for a while, he wanted to pause and rest, but the human eyes' were staring at him and urged, "Quick! Keep talking, the faster the better. It's best to finish it all!"

When did this guy become so eager to learn? The poison dragon knew there was something odd, but he couldn't care less and told everything he could think of while drawing everything in the air.

Chen Rui wasn't trying to comprehend at all, but he was concentrating to memorize everything. Soon, half an hour passed. He didn't care much and activated <Deep Analysis> again until the poison dragon finished talking.

"Okay, don't disturb me now!" Chen Rui felt that his brain was like a computer, quickly storing, analyzing, calculating, and even cracking the data that was memorized!

He picked up a branch and started drawing on the ground.

Paglio was shaking his head at first, but he was more surprised toward the end. Although the inscription that Chen Rui drew was far less powerful than Paglio expected, the accuracy was increasingly higher and eventually flawless!

The effective time of the second <Deep Analysis> was finally over; the data was completely analyzed – perhaps it should be called that the analyzed information formed a brand-like thing that engraved deeply in Chen Rui's mind. It was as if he had mastered the knowledge, and he was able to use it freely.

"Your two inscriptions, one of them is <Reflect> and the other is <Hide>. As for my drawings... this represents <Flame> while this stands for <Explode>. Then, this string represents <Poison and Teleport>, am I right?" Chen Rui asked Paglio.

Paglio nodded subconsciously. "I have more reason to suspect that you are a dragon rather than a damn human!" Paglio said while clenching his teeth. "Even a dragon can't master the Dragon Inscription so fast!"

Paglio was good at Dragon Inscription. He had immersed himself in the field for nearly 10,000 years of knowledge and experience. Thus, he was also quite famous among the dragons in the Demon Realm. Yet, he never expected this human rookie to truly master the fundamentals in the blink of an eye. It wasn't mere memorizing like before, but it was truly understanding!

"Grand master! It must be the inheritance of the grand master!" Paglio reacted very quickly and started at Chen Rui fiercely. "It seems that this Master Sun Wukong is definitely a dragon! Or the legendary dragon's primogenitor! Why did the primogenitor care for such a shameless human? Yet, I, Master Paglio, a powerful, handsome and talented dragon is ignored!"

"You're jealous again! That's not a virtue of the dragon." Chen Rui protruded his lips disdainfully, but he was overjoyed in his heart. So this is the mystery of <Deep Analysis>! The 20,000 auras spent are absolutely worth it as it could actually deal with the most troublesome Dragon Inscription. Based on this, if I can learn anything, wouldn't I be a superman?

However, I still don't understand what "unknown metadata" means. Perhaps there are some restrictions on the target of <Deep Analysis>.

The Super System was like a huge treasure. Chen Rui had gotten the key now, but he was only digging at the shallowest level. The latter would definitely be worth looking forward to.

When he heard that Paglio was complaining to Brother Wukong about what he couldn't get, Chen Rui shook his head: What's with the primogenitor of the dragons? It's just a monkey. Moreover, it's one of the biggest monkey-exclusive brands in the primeval age store, Spiritual Stone Monkey!

Right at that moment, Chen Rui suddenly felt a strong dizziness in his head as if the world was spinning around. The heightened spirit during <Deep Analysis> previously actually showed an unprecedented feeble. His entire body was staggering; he was going to fall to the ground.

<Deep Analysis> wasn't a skill that could be used casually. The demand on spirit was quite high. Using it twice consecutively just now actually emptied his spirit.

## Diudiu

Dodo pretends to be a ghost dragon and uses some illusion inscriptions.

These inscriptions should be engraved deep in the ground. As many years had passed, plants had been growing on the inscriptions. However, their power and effect weren't weakened at all. Instead, they made use of these plants to produce more peculiar effects. These were the dragon's most mysterious ancient inscriptions.

There was a lack of light in the jungle at night; there were places where even the moonlight could not penetrate. Chen Rui carefully followed the detection method taught by Paglio, then he successfully found the safe spot within the inscriptions and passed through another "big tree".

However, that was just the beginning. Chen Rui could feel that there were a lot of hidden inscriptions in front. Together with the scary ghost dragon with unpredictable strength, it could be considered as a crisis.

Since Chen Rui discovered the mystery of the big tree, Athena didn't dare to move abruptly after Chen Rui shouted at her. Chen Rui carefully walked to her front, bent down and looked carefully, "This is likely to have the power of <Expulsion> (驱逐). If you take a few more steps, I don't know which part of the jungle will you be teleported to. However, we have to pass it. Give me your hand, I'll lead the way."

Athena didn't hesitate to hold Chen Rui's extended hand. When their hands were held together, both of their hearts had a strange feeling simultaneously. Athena felt a temporary blank in her mind. After the blank, it was an unprecedented feeling with a little nervous and a little sweet. Although her face started to heat up again, she hoped that she could always hold his hand.

After passing through the <Expulsion> inscription, both Chen Rui and Athena felt a strong repulsive force flowing past their entire body. It was kind of like passing the river by stepping on the rock mounds. One misstep would result in being carried far away by the "river". After successfully passing the inscription, Athena was fully convinced with Chen Rui's capability. In her opinion, it was definitely another grand master's thought that came handy in time. If it weren't for him, she couldn't come to such a place at all by herself.

I truly don't know how much more miracles can this human man create.

Chen Rui passed the effective area of several inscriptions in a row and felt a little more confident. If it weren't the threat of Ghost Dragon, it could easily be taken as a Dragon Inscription exam before going to the Silent Night Wetland.

## Xilang

The sky was getting darker, and Chen Rui began his action. His cover was the Dragon Inscription. He only knew some basic inscriptions now. Inscriptions like Reflect that Paglio used at the Blue Lake the other day belonged to the top inscription, which wasn’t only difficult, but it also had various restrictions. One of them was it needed the user’s blood as support and it could only last a certain time. Chen Rui’s current strength was too low. He had troubles even with the basic inscriptions. Besides, he took a long time even to write the inscriptions. However, those who saw him at the foot of the mountain only thought he was doing something to the tent.

He used three inscriptions, namely <Hidden>, <Mute> and <Mirror>. The inscriptions were the great effort of the strength of Higher Demon with the understanding using <Deep Analysis>. After activating, it could only last for a few hours. He didn’t have any other choice anyway. Demon Realm was also a world that depended on who you were born as, for example, the dragons were born with the Demon King’s strength.

However, Chen Rui didn’t need the power to damage enemies. He only needed to create a certain illusion. From the outside, the summit still had a tent and two wyverns. In reality, one of the wyverns was already in the sky flying toward Mount Xilang. His servant, Dodo who had been hiding in a baggage on the wyvern also accompanied him.

With the help of map and magic compass, Chen Rui quickly found the location of Mount Xilang. It was indeed the largest mountain in the Xilang mountain range. He was really surprised by the huge size of the mountain.

After the wyvern flew for a while, they finally found a faint light below, which should be the camp of the Red Devil Bandits.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 15 (Steambun)
2. ↑ Chapter 83
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 128
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 214 (Steambun)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 75 (Steambun)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 83 (Steambun)
7. ↑ Chapter 88 (Steambun)