Chapter 0430: The Gathering Sun Array

Chapter 0430: The Gathering Sun Array

Qin Yun had the Nether Sun Martial Soul, but he couldn’t sense the mystical power of the sun on his own. He could only achieve this with the help of others.

Sensing the power of the sun by oneself was extremely difficult. Even with the old lady’s assistance, Qin Yun still couldn’t sense it in a short time.

Three days had passed!

"Grandma, why isn’t it working yet?" Qin Yun asked.

"Don’t worry, it will work, it just takes a bit longer!" the old lady said. "Actually, this is mainly because of the different environment you were born into."

Qin Yun had no choice but to wait patiently.

During these days, he had also asked the old lady for her name, but she refused to tell him, as if she didn’t want anyone to know her name.

Every day, the old lady would channel a peculiar warm energy into Qin Yun’s Nether Sun Martial Soul.

Qin Yun didn’t know what kind of energy it was, but he felt that the Nether Sun Martial Soul seemed to enjoy absorbing it.

Originally, he thought it would only take about ten days to complete.

But later, it took two months for him to successfully sense the power of the sun!

"This is considered quite fast!" the old lady smiled and said. "You should know that you can now channel the power of the nine suns into your energy core (dantian)!"

Qin Yun was a bit confused. He had thought that absorbing the power of the sun into his body would quickly enhance or restore him.

But he didn’t expect that it would consume the inner energy (neili) of three dantians just to absorb a bit of the sun’s power.

He anxiously said, "If this continues, when will I be able to evolve my Nether Sun Martial Soul?"

"Xiao Yun, these things can’t be rushed!" the old lady said. "You are cultivating two Nether Sun Martial Souls, how could they both evolve in a short time?"

Qin Yun then thought of the grand array at the Soul-Guiding Star Peak. He felt that there must be some grand array that could speed up the absorption of the sun’s power!

He hurriedly took out a booklet and flipped through the StarMoon Sigil (a mystical pattern).

"The StarMoon also grows by absorbing the power of the sun, so there must be a StarMoon Sigil that can absorb the sun’s power!"

Qin Yun studied it closely, and soon found a very complex star sigil (a celestial pattern) and Moon Runes (lunar patterns). If they were combined, they could capture the power of the sun.

He quickly grabbed pen and paper to practice.

Mo Mo was still fixing the teleportation array, and it would take four more months to complete.

Qin Yun also made use of this waiting time to create a beast hide array.

"The Sun-Gathering Star Sigil and the Sun-Gathering Moon Runes can be engraved together to form an array, but I don’t know how much it will consume!"

He started by practicing the star sigil, continuously drawing it on paper.

Drawing it a hundred times wasn’t enough to get the hang of it, so he drew it a thousand times until he was proficient.

Qin Yun spent a month getting the hang of these two complex sigils to a relatively familiar level, and then began refining the beast hide to start engraving.

He quickly prepared a piece of beast hide, big enough for him to sit on, and it was six-sided, with a large bead on each corner.

The beads contain storage space, used to store Purple Crystal Coins or other energy-rich items, to power the formation.

The old lady stood by, watching. Although her cultivation was strong, she wasn’t well-versed in runes.

After two months of effort, Qin Yun finally succeeded in creating the formation, leaving him utterly drained.

He hadn’t worked this hard even when refining the flag formation before.

"This Sun-Gathering Power Formation is incredibly energy-intensive. The 600,000 Purple Crystal Coins I have won’t last long!"

Qin Yun’s storage space held only 600,000 Purple Crystal Coins. The rest were stored on his crystal coin card, requiring exchange at the Runes Hall.

He loaded 100,000 Purple Crystal Coins into each of the formation’s six beads, then activated the formation, taking his place at the center.

As soon as the formation activated, it was bathed in a nine-colored radiance.

Qin Yun’s Nether Sun Martial Soul surged with activity, drawing in the nine-colored light.

"It’s absorbing solar energy at an incredible rate—energy from nine suns!"

Qin Yun was overjoyed. He wasn’t sure if it was due to his Nine Sun Divine Pendant, but channeling the nine streams of solar energy felt surprisingly effortless.

The old lady had warned him that controlling solar energy was no easy feat.

The Nether Sun Martial Soul absorbed the solar energy, which then slowly released the energy of the nine suns, sparing his body from harm.

Otherwise, the nine streams of solar energy raging within him would wreak havoc.

With closed eyes, Qin Yun used the Nine Sun energy to temper his body, which grew searingly hot.

Despite the Nether Sun Martial Soul regulating the solar energy’s intensity, even the weakest stream felt like molten lava coursing through his veins.

The old lady watched, awestruck. She hadn’t expected Qin Yun to actually find a way to quickly temper his body.

Half an hour passed, and the formation, enveloped in the nine-colored glow, dimmed.

The energy was depleted, and the formation stopped!

Qin Yun’s Nether Sun Martial Soul still had a considerable amount of solar energy, allowing him to continue tempering his body. However, it would only last for a little over five hours.

"600,000 Purple Crystal Coins only last half a day!" Qin Yun was speechless. If he wanted to temper his body for a full day, he would need a million Purple Crystal Coins.

That would be 30 million Purple Crystal Coins a month!

Originally, he thought having tens of millions of Purple Crystal Coins was quite a lot, but now it seemed it would only last him ten days!

"Alright, alright, who told me I have two Black Martial Souls to nurture!"

Qin Yun felt that as a Runes Master, earning Purple Crystal Coins should still be relatively easy.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and Mo Mo finally repaired the teleportation formation, but it could only be activated once.

She didn’t perform a deep repair, and after one use, the runes would be torn apart by the powerful energy, causing damage again.

The teleportation formation was also very complex, and the energy it absorbed came from the Ice Immortal Vein, so there was no need to worry about energy.

The old lady had been alone here for many years, and now that Qin Yun was leaving, she felt very reluctant.

"Grandma, I have a few Monster Beast Crystal Eggs here. If they can be hatched, the monsters that come out can keep you company!" Qin Yun took out a few Monster Beast Crystal Eggs and handed them to the old lady.

"Thank you, Xiao Yun! You must give the Black Moon Martial Spirit to the Young Palace Master!" the grandmother urged.

"Got it!" Qin Yun placed Mo Mo into his storage space and stepped onto the teleportation circle.

"See you later, Grandma, we will definitely meet again!" He waved farewell to the grandmother.

"Stay safe!" The grandmother smiled warmly and waved back.

The teleportation circle activated, shaking slightly.

Qin Yun saw a flash of white and found himself in a familiar place.

Here, he could directly absorb the spiritual energy of the Nine Sun—he had returned to Wuhuang!

The teleportation circle had only sent him into Wuhuang, without pinpointing a specific area.

"Which region am I in? I need to ask someone for directions fast!"

He was eager to return to the Nine Profound Gate to have the Jade Rabbit cure Feng Honglan's poison.

Qin Yun took out a directional compass, a small gift given to him by Mu Fengxiao in the Rune King's City, which could point to nearby cities.

Following the compass needle, he activated the power of the Dragon Boots and dashed forward at full speed.

He needed to reach a city to confirm his location and find his way to the Nine Profound Gate.

...

After journeying through the night, Qin Yun took a short rest as dawn broke.

By the time he resumed, morning had arrived.

He took out the directional compass to confirm the direction and continued soaring through the sky.

After flying for half an hour, he suddenly detected the powerful aura of a Magic Warrior ahead.

"Why would there be a Magic Warrior here? Am I near the Demon Path?" Qin Yun wondered, then landed in the forest below and crept forward.

The forest had many traces of frequent passage, indicating that people often walked here.

Qin Yun carefully hovered in the air, detecting the demonic aura as he inched closer.

Soon, he saw a crowd gathered in the woods ahead.

From a distance, they seemed mostly young.

"So many Magic Warriors! What's going on here?" Qin Yun was puzzled as he drew closer.

Quickly, he noticed that the group was surrounding a family—an elder, a middle-aged couple, and a youth they shielded from attacks.

The elder and the middle-aged couple were at the Martial Dao realm, while the youth was at the Martial Body realm.

Except for the youth, the rest of the family was badly wounded!

Several youths dressed in red stood nearby, their faces contorted with malice.

Qin Yun was about a hundred meters away from the group and had almost figured out what was going on.

He could hardly believe that there were so many disciples of the demonic clans in Wuhuang!

Moreover, these disciples of the demonic clans were actually interacting with the righteous disciples of Wuhuang!

There were about a hundred disciples from both the righteous and demonic factions, all at the Martial Dao stages, ranging from the first to the fifth level.

"You disciples of the righteous sects must have heard about us demonic disciples consuming humans long ago, but you've never seen it, right?" A burly youth in black clothes laughed maniacally.

A disciple from a righteous sect laughed, "I heard about it when I was very young, but I never had the chance to see it!"

There were dozens of demonic disciples here, and they burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"We have many ways of devouring humans, and you'll surely get to see it often in the future! Now, I'll consume that little devil! That old man and the two middle-aged ones are too old, I can't consume them!"

The demonic disciple in red clothes laughed heartily as he walked over.

Qin Yun, hiding in the tree canopy, was shocked by the scene ahead!

The demonic disciples and the disciples of the renowned righteous sects seemed to be on friendly terms.

"What’s been going on in Wuhuang over the past six months?" Qin Yun was furious upon seeing the demonic disciples about to consume someone and quickly leapt over.

He landed with a thud in front of the burly demonic disciple!

The disciples were taken aback to see a black-clad youth suddenly appear, and one with considerable strength at that.

"Haha, here comes the meal! Such a young Martial Dao realm is the tastiest!" The burly demonic disciple roared with laughter.