Without anything else to do for the next two hours until she had to prepare her lunch, Anji read the book her shifu gave her. Yan Ping did not require Anji to sit at the table when she studied, so Anji left with her beginner book to sit on the veranda, staring at the front garden with a big smile. It was nice to feel the slight breeze and have natural sunlight while reading. This had been Anji's dream for a while. However, Lizi was an overprotective mother hen who would not allow it.
Studying the generic diagram of the five elements, Anji committed the five basic elemental runic symbols into her head. She would most definitely need them later.
According to the guidebook, runes required a medium to be drawn on. Many of these spells used a cultivator's qi as an energy source to sustain itself or activate. The medium could come from trees, the ground, rocks or even blood. However, human sacrifices were frowned upon. Any spells that consumed life force were considered dark arts.
