Chapter 0772: Ideas Becoming Reality

Chapter 0772: An Idea Takes Shape

Qin Yun took out four pieces of beast hide and layered them atop one another.

No one understood his intentions, only that it looked strange.

Jian Linglong, not far away, sent a voice transmission via mental transmission: "Qin Yun, what are you doing? Stop wasting time—get carving, or you won’t make it into the top three!"

She had already seen Qin Yun carving the crystal orb earlier, and his speed was relatively slow. There was no hope of him making the top three, so her words were just empty encouragement.

Qin Yun was even more aware of the gap between himself and the other Mystic Rune Masters, so he had to resort to another approach.

"Linglong, I probably won’t make the top three—it’s up to you now!"

After saying this, he began etching the runes onto the stacked beast hides.

Since he couldn’t be sure whether this would succeed, Qin Yun had no choice but to put success or failure out of his mind and focus entirely on etching the runes.

Only by doing so could he ensure the highest precision in his work.

While carving, Qin Yun harnessed the power of the Piercing Mystic Art and released even more Blood Soul Power, allowing him to etch the runes onto all four pieces of beast hide simultaneously.

After a short while, his heart leaped with excitement—this method was indeed feasible.

"Though it consumes a lot of mental energy, it greatly increases speed. Maybe I can use this method for churning out talismans in the future!" Qin Yun thought to himself.

"If you get used to it, you’ll definitely become even faster! It’s perfect for mass-producing Mystic Runes!" Ling Yuner laughed. "Little Yun, the Way of Odd Patterns is as boundless as martial arts. You must combine what you’ve learned and master it all!"

Qin Yun nodded.

His actions at this moment caught the eye of many Mystic Rune Masters.

Especially the spectators—they were all eager to know what Qin Yun was doing.

At first glance, it seemed as though Qin Yun had given up on the competition.

Yet, he was working with single-minded intensity.

Soon, over an hour slipped by.

Most of the Mystic Rune Masters had finished carving two crystal orbs, while a few had completed three and were now working on their fourth.

Jian Linglong had also started her fourth, though she was a step behind the others.

Meanwhile, Qin Yun used the Piercing Mystic Art to etch the runes onto the four stacked pieces of beast hide.

He then got four crystal orbs from Jian Shitian!

"Little devil, how did you manage this? You etched identical runes onto four pieces of beast hide at once!" asked a supervising Runes Master, a Half-Immortal, who was completely floored.

"That’s my secret technique!" Qin Yun replied before slapping one piece of beast hide onto a crystal orb.

At this moment, the penny dropped, and everyone finally understood what he was trying to do—

He was trying to imprint the runes from the beast hide into the crystal orb!

If he succeeded, he would also complete four orbs.

This method was something no Runes Master had ever heard of before now.

Jian Linglong was also astonished, never expecting Qin Yun to master such an esoteric art.

"Young man, there are no shortcuts in this craft! Your idea is creative, but far too naive!" mocked a Mystic Rune Master.

"Being able to engrave runes on four beast hides simultaneously is indeed an impressive skill! But transferring the runes from the hides into artifacts? That’s sheer fantasy!"

"Kid, this isn't some original idea—many have tried it before, yet no one has ever succeeded!"

"Hah, reminds me of my younger days!"

"Who wasn’t like this in their youth? Always dreaming up bizarre tricks for a shortcut!"

A group of Mystic Rune Masters watching from the sidelines couldn’t help but swap stories about their own harebrained schemes from the past. After stumbling too many times, they had learned to accept reality and follow time-tested methods.

Qin Yun placed the beast hide over a waist-high crystal orb and employed a secret method from the *art of soul refinement*, condensing a unique soul-transference energy to transfer the runes into the orb.

Since the runes were originally engraved using his *Blood Soul Power*, the shifting process proceeded smoothly.

To maintain the stability of the runes, Ling Yuner released a special stabilizing field to encase them, shielding them from any external disturbances.

This transfer was the most critical step.

Even the slightest fluctuation could drastically reduce the precision of the runes or even ruin an entire set.

Moving them flawlessly required extreme mental focus and pinpoint control of his mental energy.

Beads of sweat were forming on Qin Yun as he worked.

Despite the noisy surroundings and fluctuating energies, he entered a heightened state of awareness.

At that moment, he felt as though he stood in a featureless white expanse—only he, the crystal orb, and the runes existed. Everything else had vanished.

In this world, he was utterly calm and focused, even able to see streams of colored energy swirling around—the very essence of heaven and earth and various spiritual forces.

By clearly perceiving these currents, he could block them from disrupting his focus.

This allowed him to transfer the runes with even greater precision!

When Qin Yun first learned the *art of soul refinement*, Grandma Qiao had told him that combining rune mastery with soul refinement was ideal. Now, he finally understood what she meant.

Suddenly, the runes on the beast hide covering the crystal orb disappeared—while identical runes materialized inside the orb.

He had succeeded!

The onlooking Runes Masters were gobsmacked, their jaws hanging open in disbelief.

Even Jian Linglong and the other Runes Masters, who had been painstakingly carving their own runes, were compelled to look at the runes inside Qin Yun’s orb.

Precision aside, he had achieved what many had only dreamed of in their youth—transferring runes from beast hides into artifacts!

This once-fanciful idea, toyed with by generations of Runes Masters, had finally been realized.

Qin Yun flashed a triumphant grin and dove straight into the next one.

With this method, his progress shot ahead dramatically. Given the remaining time, he could potentially finish a full five orbs!

This instantly put the top Mystic Rune Masters on edge.

They had initially thought the young man had given up and took shortcuts.

But now, it seemed those shortcuts actually worked!

After nailing it once, Qin Yun found the subsequent attempts much smoother. Though it drained his energy greatly, he managed to push through until the end.

As the competition neared its conclusion, Qin Yun successfully transferred the mystic runes from four beast hides into four beads!

Including the one he had completed earlier, he had finished a total of five!

Meanwhile, the leading Mystic Rune Masters had only managed to complete four at most.

"Finished!" Qin Yun grinned at Jian Shitian, though exhaustion was evident in his weary eyes. Fortunately, his quick bounce-back allowed him to keep going.

The other Mystic Rune Masters, who had been working frantically, were dumbfounded and cursing under their breath.

Despite their backbreaking work, they could only complete four at most. Yet this little devil, who wasn't even Profound Martial Realm material, had completed five by resorting to unorthodox methods.

This meant the first place in the competition would go to a little devil!

Though Jian Linglong was delighted, she was even more astonished and eager to learn that secret method.

Now, everyone was dying to know what kind of secret art could achieve the impossible.

Finally, time was up. Jian Linglong and five other Mystic Rune Masters had completed four beads each.

But Qin Yun had five, making him the clear winner!

"Sword Elder, are his beads qualified? Is the precision sufficient?" one elder asked resentfully.

"I don’t know. I’ll check!" Jian Shitian took out a device that looked like a mirror and went to inspect them.

After testing, his face fell in shock as he exclaimed, "Seventh-level precision!"

Achieving seventh-level precision with the King-grade mystic runes was an insanely high level.

The other Mystic Rune Masters were in disbelief and came forward to check for themselves.

After their own examinations, the results were the same—all five beads had seventh-level precision!

This was absolutely mind-blowing!

"Does this little devil possess a Grandmaster's Rune Soul? How can someone so young have such high precision?"

"It must be so! He carves runes so quickly, with such precision, and can even transfer them—it’s definitely because he has the Mystic Rune Soul!"

"That damn brat! He actually has a Rune Soul!"

"Damn it! We’ve put in millennia of study, yet we can’t compare to a freaking little devil with a Rune Soul!"

"Ah, that's just how it goes!"

The Mystic Rune Masters let out bitter sighs.

This way, no one could say they were inferior to a mere little devil—after all, he had a Rune Soul.

The Mystic Rune Soul is an astonishingly powerful thing. Once mastered, it not only speeds up the carving of corresponding mystic runes but also ensures high precision.

Thus, everyone is now convinced that this freakishly talented youth has mastered the Mystic Rune Soul.

Even Jian Linglong, Yang Shiyue, and others believe Qin Yun truly possesses a Mystic Rune Master's soul.

Qin Yun actually doesn’t have it, but he didn't deny it, since otherwise, his extraordinary prowess would seem too unreasonable.

Since several people had completed four beads, they had to rank them by precision.

After the inspection, those unfamiliar with mystic runes finally understood why the Mystic Rune Masters were so devastated.

Their rune precision was just level five or six!

In their rush for speed, they neglected precision control.

For Mystic Rune Masters, carving runes with only five or six levels of precision is downright shameful.

Only Jian Linglong managed slightly better, with one bead at level seven precision and the rest at level six, landing her in second place!

Qin Yun was also shocked by the poor precision of those Mystic Rune Masters.

His ability to maintain precision relied on the Spirit Insight Pen.

The Spirit Insight Pen gave him at least a level or two precision boost—truly a miraculous tool.

Qin Yun and Jian Linglong’s group swept first and second place.

First place won the Sun Pattern, while second place received the Moon Pattern and Dao Rune. Being so close, they would surely swap these magical patterns.