Chapter 144: The Mystery of the Nine Yin

Chapter 144: The Mystery of the Nine Yin

Qin Yun immediately pondered why the ghost beasts were coming after him.

The ghost beasts they had encountered near the Yunlong River before were all under the command of a Ghost King, but now the Ghost King was dead.

"Could there be many Ghost Kings here? But why are they coming after me?" Qin Yun stood at the cave entrance, looking ahead.

The cave he was in was located halfway up a five-thousand-meter-high peak, accessible only by flying ghost beasts, as if they were specifically sent to deal with him.

When Xiao Yuemei landed at the cave, she was quite anxious: "While I was flying outside, I sensed a large number of soul entities rapidly moving towards you, and then I saw a group of black birds flying over. They must be ghost beasts."

Qin Yun stood at the cave entrance, gazing into the distance, and indeed saw a group of large black birds in the distance.

Upon closer inspection, they were a flock of crows!

"These large crows must have flown over from the Yunlong River! Could they be seeking revenge for the Ghost King?" Xiao Yuemei stood behind Qin Yun. "Should we fight this time?"

"Let's see first! We have the Ghost Suppressing Talismans and Spirit Essence Treasures, so we don't need to fear these ghost beasts." Qin Yun carefully observed the approaching flock of crows.

These crows were all very large, with wingspans of three to four meters, blood-red eyes, and a fierce aura of malevolent spirit energy, clearly indicating they were ghost beasts.

"Brother, why can they sense your presence from so far away?" Xiao Yuemei was very puzzled. "There doesn't seem to be anything about you that could be sensed. Could it be that you have something that attracts these ghost beasts?"

Qin Yun suddenly remembered his Nine Yang Divine Soul, the strangest thing about him, given to him by Grandmaster, who possessed the Burial Immortal Map!

He felt that the Nine Yang Divine Soul might have some connection to the Burial Immortal Land, and the ghost beasts were all evil souls from within it.

"These crows are at the level of sixth-stage evil beasts. I'll go first and use the Ghost Suppressing Talismans to subdue them, and then you can come and finish them off." Qin Yun stepped on the Fire Cloud Step, swiftly moving through the air, and then took out several Ghost Suppressing Talismans.

He activated one talisman first, releasing a Ghost Suppressing Force to envelop his body, which kept the crows from getting too close.

The crows were very strange; they didn't make any sound. When they saw Qin Yun approach, their wings trembled, releasing waves of black mist.

In an instant, the black mist released by the more than a hundred large crows formed a vast cloud in the sky.

"Poison!" Qin Yun shouted in alarm, quickly throwing out a Gale Talisman to release strong winds that blew away all the poisonous black mist, even forcing the large crows to retreat.

At the same time, he scattered over twenty Ghost Suppressing Talismans, which exploded among the disordered flock of crows.

The Ghost Suppressing Force, combined with the strong wind, enveloped the crows.

The crows, struck by the Ghost Suppressing Talismans, fell to the ground one by one.

"Yuemei, these crows can release poison gas, so be careful," Qin Yun called out, diving down and taking out his Spirit Essence Treasure Blade, controlling it to fly down and chop off the heads of the crows.

Xiao Yuemei flew swiftly on her sword, leaping down from a height of over a hundred meters, and then controlled the Moon Soul Sword, which shot like a beam of light towards the falling crows.

Swish, swish, swish!

Xiao Yuemei's Moon Soul Sword was extremely sharp and skillful. With each thrust, it pierced multiple crows, and with a few swift movements, she had killed most of them!

She controlled the Spirit Essence Treasure with Divine Control Technique much more proficiently than Qin Yun and could even release waves of concentrated spirit energy through her flying sword to attack the ghost beasts.

Qin Yun was amazed, feeling that Xiao Yuemei was truly a bane to ghost beasts.

"This little girl seems to have reached the minor accomplishment stage in Divine Control Technique! And I'm still just at the entry level!"

At the entry level of Divine Control Technique, one could control weapons to dance and attack at will within a range of dozens of meters. If one reached the minor accomplishment stage, they could control weapons from hundreds of meters away.

Moreover, the controlled weapons would move faster and strike with greater force.

Before the crows even hit the ground, they were all killed by Xiao Yuemei and Qin Yun.

"There's poison, let me handle it!" Qin Yun took out a large storage bag and walked over.

This bag was made during the process of refining Spirit Essence Treasures, using a considerable amount of Void Spirit Stones, so it had a large internal space, capable of holding three or four hundred elephants.

Now, they had a total of over two hundred and forty ghost beast corpses.

After Qin Yun approached with the large bag, a black mist suddenly emanated from the bodies of the crows, but it wasn't poison; it was a thread of malevolent soul intent!

"Human, you'd better hand over the Nine Yang Divine Soul to me quickly, or you will be killed by someone with the Nine Yin Divine Soul!"

Qin Yun heard the voice in his mind and was startled, confirming his earlier suspicion that the ghost beasts were indeed coming after him.

After his initial shock, he quickly threw out a Ghost Suppressing Talisman, tearing the thread of malevolent soul intent apart.

"Nine Yin Divine Soul? What is that? It seems the Nine Yang Divine Soul really has a significant connection to the Burial Immortal Land!" Qin Yun thought to himself.

He hurriedly put all the crow corpses into the bag and then threw in a few more Ghost Suppressing Talismans to completely eliminate the malevolent souls within the crows.

"Let's head back to the valley quickly; the Yunlong Mountains are becoming increasingly dangerous." Qin Yun was worried that even more powerful ghost beasts might come after him because of his Nine Yang Divine Soul.

If a truly powerful ghost beast came, and he couldn't defeat it, it would be very dangerous.

"Okay!" Xiao Yuemei was also concerned about encountering something like a Ghost Beast King.

They had already killed enough ghost beasts, as Du Gui had previously mentioned that having over a hundred would be very good.

Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei ran on the ground, their minds heavy with worry.

He suspected that being too close to the Yunlong River might have caused them to be detected, leading to the pursuit by the crows.

Xiao Yuemei, following behind, suddenly said, "Brother, the ghost beasts in the Yunlong Mountains will continue to increase. They might not know the reason yet."

Qin Yun replied, "We mustn't mention our encounter with the Great Lion. Actually, they might already suspect that the large number of ghost beasts appearing is related to the Burial Immortal Land."

He was now worried that even if he moved far away from the Yunlong Mountains, the ghost beasts might still find him.

"This time we will definitely come in first. The bastards from the Heavenly Profound Martial Academy have been wiped out, leaving only the Ling Martial Academy, but they only have seven people, so they can't kill many ghost beasts." Xiao Yuemei said with a very happy smile. "I've gained a lot from this training... of course, the biggest gain is getting to know you, big brother."

Qin Yun smiled. "You little girl, you didn't look down on me like the others, which shows you have good judgment. Otherwise, if you had given me a hard time, your fate would have been quite miserable."

Xiao Yuemei stuck out her tongue, thinking about Qi Xue and the others who had been severely punished by Qin Yun, either dying or being crippled. Initially, she had also looked down on Qin Yun, but her affection for him was all because of her sister...

The ghost beast hunting trial lasted a month, and Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei returned to the valley five days early.