Chapter 0204: Departure

Chapter 0204: Departure

"Qin Yun has... passed the assessment and obtained the pass." said the elder overseeing the assessment, surprised.

However, there was no joy on Qin Yun's face!

"Teacher, I... I accidentally broke the bell. Do I need to pay for it? I'm very poor and can't afford it!" asked Qin Yun worriedly.

The fact that he accidentally broke the bell used for strength testing left everyone speechless and amused!

Of course, everyone secretly scorned him. It was well known that he had scammed over 400 million crystal coins in the Tian Qin Hall. Most likely, none of the Black Tortoise Academy students had as many crystal coins as he did.

"No need to pay. Similar incidents have happened before, so we have spare bells!" said the elder. "But they were all broken by students at the eighth level of the Martial Body realm. This is the first time a bell has been broken by a student at the seventh level."

Qin Yun sighed in relief, then went to receive the pass, dripping his blood on it to complete the assessment.

Meng Feiling smiled coquettishly, "Little Yun, you really didn't disappoint your sister. Let me massage your cheeks, hehe..."

The charming enchantress lightly flew over, extending her smooth jade hand to massage Qin Yun's handsome face, making everyone envious. Of course, they were envious of Qin Yun, being able to have his face touched by Meng Feiling's soft hands, which also showed how intimate their relationship was.

An elder asked, "Qin Yun, you just unleashed a powerful force of purple-gold lightning and fire! Don't you no longer have a Martial Soul? And your Heavenly Lion arm is of the fire attribute, the Heavenly Lion Totem also has no soul, so how were you able to unleash such a powerful inner force?"

"Well, my Heavenly Lion arm mutated and suddenly gained the power of the lightning attribute, I'm not sure why!" Qin Yun said with a smile.

Many people didn't understand much about the Heavenly Lion Totem, so he could say anything he wanted. Even the elders of the Blue Spirit Star Palace weren't very knowledgeable about totem patterns; otherwise, they wouldn't have rashly declared Qin Yun's totem pattern useless.

The students here had just seen Qin Yun unleash tremendous power using his Heavenly Lion arm, but they weren't envious. Because everyone knew that Qin Yun would eventually be burdened by the Heavenly Lion arm.

The Heavenly Lion Totem had no soul, and as it grew stronger, it would consume the host's soul, turning the host into a soulless fool!

"Hmm, since Du Gui is your teacher, he should be aware of your situation, so there's no need for us to worry. Be careful when you go out," said the elder, who was quite pleasant towards Qin Yun, which made many people secretly unhappy. The elder was usually cold and extremely strict with them.

Meng Feiling, holding Qin Yun's hand, left the plaza with a coquettish smile, heading to the Profound Point Store with the Lis.

Yu Zhen, along with a group of students who failed the assessment, looked at Qin Yun's back with jealousy, gritting his teeth in envy. What angered him most was that Qin Yun hadn’t even glanced at him, making him feel disdained.

"Brother Yu, let's go drink. Let’s not return until we’re thoroughly drunk. Failing the assessment is no big deal; we can try again next year."

"Let's go, let's go drinking!"

And so, Yu Zhen and his so-called friends consoled themselves and headed to the tavern for a heavy drinking session!

...

On the way, Brother Li inquired, "Brother Yun, can you help us forge a storage spirit artifact? We can earn Profound Points as your reward. Feiling just mentioned that you're in great need of Profound Points."

Brother Li and Sister Li, both in their thirties, still didn't have a storage spirit artifact.

"Little Yun, is it too much to ask? After all, there are issues with your inner element, and it’s rumored that you can’t forge anymore," Sister Li said with a reproachful glance at her husband.

"It is a bit of an issue, but I'm not completely unable to forge. It’s just that forging is somewhat challenging and I need to rely on external flames," Qin Yun said with a smile. "Since Big Brother and Big Sister are people Feiling trusts, I’ll give you these two storage bags."

He took out two very exquisite white storage bags, made from animal skins through a simple process, each capable of holding the equivalent of a hundred elephants.

Brother Li and Sister Li didn't expect that Qin Yun would be so straightforward, giving them the storage artifacts immediately and in public.

After dripping their blood on them and seeing the spacious interior, they were extremely excited and thanked Qin Yun profusely.

Qin Yun smiled, "Big Brother, Big Sister, how many Profound Points are you planning to earn for me? Let’s agree on a number that satisfies both sides."

"Two hundred million! But it definitely won't be possible in a short time. We need to check the profound point missions released by the Profound Point Shop first to get a specific timeframe." Elder Brother Li's cultivation was also nearing the eighth level of the Martial Body stage, and he often went out to hunt vicious beasts, having extensive experience.

Meng Feiling said, "Big Brother and Big Sister have accumulated three hundred million profound points, but they earned them for others, mainly exchanging for spiritual artifacts or pills."

Some items were not available in the Profound Point Shop, so they were exchanged privately in this manner, which was allowed. Essentially, they helped employers complete tasks and then handed over the missions.

Qin Yun nodded and said, "Let's go to the Profound Point Shop first. I'll take a look at the product catalog while I'm there!"

The Profound Point Shop was large, with only one floor. It was a huge square stone house, over a hundred meters wide and long.

Inside, there was a very spacious mission hall with many huge square pillars. Around each pillar were four counters, where elders sat to handle mission exchanges.

There were no products displayed in the Profound Point Shop, but there was a row of bookshelves along the walls, holding many volumes of product catalogs.

Qin Yun picked up a volume and flipped through it, finding many things that surprised him.

"There are profound pills for sale, requiring ten billion profound points and one hundred million crystalline coins!" Qin Yun exclaimed in surprise.

"There are also storage spiritual artifacts for sale, requiring five billion profound points and five million crystalline coins!" Elder Brother Li said with a bitter smile. "Both crystalline coins and profound points are hard to come by!"

They needed ten billion profound points to get a storage spiritual artifact! The fact that Qin Yun gave them the storage bags first surprised and delighted them.

As Qin Yun flipped through the profound point product catalog, he found that many precious pills required a large number of profound points, with crystalline coins being secondary.

To earn profound points, one had to continuously help the Star Profound Martial Academy complete various tasks and keep improving their strength to take on more profound point-earning missions.

In this process, only those with exceptional talent could earn a large number of profound points independently; otherwise, they had to rely on the support of their backing forces.

Qin Yun also discovered that many rare pills were not for sale and could only be obtained with profound points. This encouraged many students to complete tasks for the Martial Academy, indirectly earning a large number of crystalline coins to sustain its operations.

A white-robed elder with short white hair, who looked very energetic and had cold eyes, a very strict man, suddenly walked into the hall.

"This is our Martial Academy's new vice principal, Xia Yuan!" Elder Brother Li said. "He must have something important to announce."

The people in the hall immediately quieted down, watching as Xia Yuan walked to the center of the mission hall.

Xia Yuan said loudly, "According to the meeting's discussion, our Star Profound Martial Academy has decided to acquire a large number of magic crystal cores from magic beasts for research!"

"Among them, the magic crystal core of a seventh-tier magic beast can be exchanged for one hundred thousand profound points, an eighth-tier magic crystal core for one million profound points, a ninth-tier magic crystal core for five million profound points, and the magic crystal core of a spirit beast, equivalent to a Martial Path realm beast, can be exchanged for fifty million profound points."

"Additionally, any magic beast crystal egg can also be exchanged for fifty million profound points."

The students who had received their pass tokens in the mission hall began to discuss excitedly after the announcement, making the hall very noisy.

"We only accept crystal cores; we do not accept other parts of the magic beasts." Xia Yuan added loudly, and the hall became quiet again.

He scanned the students whose eyes were filled with longing and said, "When you go out, be careful. Spirit beasts are usually the leaders of beast hordes and have their own territories. Within these territories, there are dozens of seventh, eighth, and ninth-tier magic beasts. The rest are mostly fifth and sixth-tier magic beasts, which do not have crystal cores and are of no value to us."

"You need to be careful not to enter the territories of beast hordes. If you approach the outskirts of a beast horde's territory, many low-tier magic beasts will come out, and you should immediately retreat."

The core of the territory was the powerful spirit beast, which even those with Martial Path realm cultivation might not be able to defeat.

Afterward, Xia Yuan talked about many things related to magic beasts, which everyone noted down.

Because the Martial Academy was acquiring a large number of crystal cores, there was no need to take on missions. Students just needed to go out, hunt magic beasts, obtain their magic crystal cores, and bring them back.

After discussing, Qin Yun's four-member team decided to set out.

Like many other students, they headed towards the gate.

The main gate was tightly closed, leaving only a small door for the students to leave.

After Qin Yun and the others went out, they looked at the dark, calm lake surface, which suddenly seemed terrifying in the night.

No one knew whether there were monster beasts in the lake, but fortunately, there were several martial arts realm instructors who used flying spiritual artifacts to carry the students away from the central island to the lake shore.

The monster beasts on the lake shore had been completely cleared by the Star Profound Martial Academy’s instructors, making the monster beasts afraid to approach. In the Martial Academy, there were also many retired elders who had emerged from seclusion due to the appearance of the monster horde, and they were responsible for patrolling the surroundings of Wanxing Lake.

It was only now that Qin Yun realized the power of the Profound-level Martial Academy, which had a large number of martial arts realm warriors. He also understood why these academies did not fear any empire or kingdom.

"The Cloud Dragon Mountains have rich resources, and the natural resources not yet discovered by humans, if discovered by the monster horde, would certainly become their territory, so we should avoid entering the Cloud Dragon Mountains," said Brother Li after arriving at the shore, glancing towards the Cloud Dragon Mountains.