Chapter 0231: Waves Stir on Wanxing Lake

Chapter 0231: Waves Stir on Wanxing Lake

"Teacher, the Wanxing Lake is stirring with waves, what's happening?" Qin Yun asked urgently, seeing Du Gui looking visibly shaken.

Du Gui and several other elders from Star Profound Martial Academy shared the same expression of surprise mixed with a hint of fear.

Lan Fengjin, who was hovering in the air, frowned as she looked at the waves below and said solemnly, "The waves stirring on Wanxing Lake are a bad omen, foretelling a disaster. However, it may not happen soon; it could be decades or even centuries from now."

"The lake stirs with waves, the Nine Yang will gradually fade, and only the Mingyang hangs in the sky... This is an ancient prophecy!" Du Gui's voice trembled with fear. "It means that the Nine Yang will gradually disappear, leaving only the Mingyang in the sky, a black sun that devours everything, leaving only darkness behind."

Qin Yun's heart skipped a beat. He had a Mingyang Martial Soul within him!

"Is this true?" Qin Yun asked Lan Fengjin, feeling an inexplicable unease.

Lan Fengjin took a deep breath and said, "I don't know if it's true, but this prophecy has been circulating in our Blue Spirit Star Palace for a long time! It says that the nine suns will disappear one by one, and no one knows exactly how long it will take. Each time a sun disappears, a great disaster will occur. When all nine suns are gone, a black Mingyang will appear and devour everything in the Jiuhuang land."

The other students and mentors heard this and were immediately filled with fear.

Du Gui said, "The prophecy mentions that the Nine Yang will gradually vanish because it has no soul and no spirit. Whether this is true, we cannot be certain; perhaps only the gods know what this is about."

"In any case, the waves rising on Wanxing Lake are no ordinary event," Lan Fengjin said.

"Let's return to Star Profound Martial Academy first," Headmaster Bai said.

At this point, everyone was in a state of panic. If the Nine Yang were to fall, the Jiuhuang land would be plunged into darkness!

Qin Yun was deeply troubled, constantly recalling Du Gui's words in his mind—Nine Yang has no soul and no spirit... And he happened to have a Nine Yang Spirit Soul in his possession. Was it related to the soul of the Nine Yang?

In addition, there was the Nine Yin Spirit Soul, which was in Xie Qirou's hands.

"Grand Tutor elder sister, what is really going on? Who are you really, and what is your connection to the Land of Immortal Bones?" Qin Yun felt that Xie Qirou held many secrets.

After returning to Heavenly Prodigy Academy, as soon as Qin Yun entered the small building, he immediately went into his room, closed the door, and placed the Burial Immortal Diagram on the table, then dripped blood onto it.

"Grand Tutor elder sister, please say something!" Qin Yun kept dripping blood, repeating in his mind.

His blood was quickly absorbed by the snow-white Burial Immortal Diagram, and half an hour passed. Qin Yun became very weak and leaned back in his chair, restoring his strength with Nine Yang spiritual energy.

"It seems this method won't work. I'll need to gather Little Meilian’s, Yuelan’s, and my Burial Immortal Diagrams together to see if it works, but Little Meilian is currently in closed-door cultivation, and who knows when she'll come out." Qin Yun had previously learned that Qi Meilian was highly valued by her teacher, receiving extensive cultivation resources.

Qin Yun was genuinely happy for Qi Meilian and hoped she would become stronger.

For now, he could only wait for Qi Meilian to finish her cultivation, then contact Xiao Yuelan to come over and try putting the three Burial Immortal Diagrams together to see if they could reach Xie Qirou.

The disappearance of the Nine Yang and the impending disaster would happen many years from now. There was no use in worrying about it at present. For Qin Yun, the most important thing was to defeat Xiao Yanglong within the next two years.

"I am currently at the eighth level of the Martial Body stage, in the Golden Soul realm. To advance to the ninth level, I need to master the art of condensing inner steel!" Qin Yun recalled the content Du Gui taught him about cultivating inner steel.

The difficulty lay in continuously releasing Diamond Inner Energy to wash over the Diamond bone marrow, nurturing inner steel.

"Continuously releasing Diamond Inner Energy? The energy cost will be massive!" Qin Yun followed what Du Gui said and began to release Diamond Inner Energy.

Before long, waves of Diamond Inner Energy surged out from his three Inner Elements, continuously seeping into the bone marrow to refine the Diamond bone marrow. To achieve the refining goal, he had to release the Diamond Inner Energy fully, flooding his bones.

The energy consumption was extraordinarily high!

During combat, he would only release a single burst of Diamond Inner Energy, and even then, the consumption was immense. Therefore, Diamond Inner Energy was not used casually unless there was a strong certainty of defeating the opponent, as it could easily drain one's inner energy.

Now, Qin Yun fully unleashed his Diamond Inner Energy, releasing it uncontrollably to flood his entire skeleton.

During the tempering process, his entire body emitted a faint golden light, all because his bones were filled with Diamond Inner Energy. This was also the moment when he released his strongest aura.

An hour had passed!

Qin Yun, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly opened his eyes and then immediately lay back down. He was exhausted, having drained all the inner energy from his three inner elements.

This was the most extreme release of inner energy he had ever experienced! Moreover, the frantic stimulation of his bones and flesh by the Diamond Inner Energy left him extremely fatigued. His bones and flesh needed time to recover after undergoing such intense refinement.

Despite his fatigue, Qin Yun had to eat some beast meat; otherwise, his flesh and bones wouldn't have enough nutrients to recover. Fortunately, he had the Nine Yang Spirit Soul and was in the Star Yang Treasure Tree, which allowed him to absorb more refined spiritual energy to recover his strength.

It took a day and a night for Qin Yun to return to his peak state.

"Just half an hour of extreme cultivation, and it takes a full day to recover. No wonder so many people are hindered from advancing from the eighth level of the Martial Body stage to the ninth level," Qin Yun thought, feeling a deep sense of amazement.

Since this was his first time training in this manner, his Diamond bone marrow still needed repeated tempering to nurture inner energy. Du Gui had mentioned that those who had just entered the eighth level of the Martial Body stage needed to undergo at least dozens of these training sessions to cultivate even a little inner energy.

"If I continue like this, I won't be able to reach the ninth level of the Martial Body stage within two years! Even if I cultivate inner energy, there's still a long way to go before I can break through."

Qin Yun naturally understood that following this rigid method of cultivation would not lead to a breakthrough in a short period of time.

Xiao Yuelan and Yang Shiyue were able to reach the ninth level of the Martial Body stage at a young age, so they definitely didn't use such a rigid method.

"A grand formation!" Qin Yun suddenly thought of a solution and felt a secret joy in his heart: "I need to set up a better Nine Yang Spirit-Gathering Formation."

He had made one before, but the conditions were harsh at the time, so it wasn't the best he could make.

Now, with hundreds of millions of crystal coins and many high-grade beast skins, he could definitely create a beast skin formation!

Qin Yun entered the hall and saw Lan Fengjin guiding Huo Zhong and the other two in their martial techniques, focusing mainly on their application.

He was highly skilled in martial techniques and didn't need to learn them specially. For example, he had mastered the Six Forms of Wind Slash to the level of great perfection and could use Diamond Inner Energy to execute them.

However, he couldn't reach the state of transcendence; some martial techniques didn't have this level, and one could only rely on personal insight.

"Sister Lan, have there been any field trials at the Heavenly Prodigy Academy recently? If not, I need to attend to my own matters," Qin Yun asked.

"No, the Heavenly Prodigy Academy only holds large events every three months. Even if there is one, it will be in three months. You can go ahead with your plans," Lan Fengjin replied. She was aware that Qin Yun was preparing to challenge Xiao Yanglong.

Qin Yun smiled and said, "That's good. I need to exchange some Xuan points. The nine-star magic crystal cores in my possession can be exchanged for over two hundred million Xuan points."

"The Star Profound Martial Academy and Blue Spirit Star Palace have just implemented a new rule," Murong Daren sighed. "If you exchange magic crystal cores for Xuan points, you can only exchange up to one hundred million Xuan points per year!"

"Darn it!" Qin Yun cursed under his breath.

Xue Ziyeh said, "They no longer need as many magic crystal cores, so they've limited the exchange. However, they haven't restricted the exchange of demon beast crystal eggs, probably because it's very difficult to obtain them."

"Well, I can still exchange one hundred million Xuan points using magic crystal cores," Qin Yun said helplessly. He hurriedly left the small building to find other mentors.

Some mentors needed him to carve space runes, and for each carving, he could earn four nine-star magic cores. The space runes he carved were simplified and considered mid-grade space runes.

Even so, those mentors were very satisfied. In just one morning, he successfully carved runes five times, earning a total of twenty nine-star magic cores.

At the center of the Star Profound Martial Academy, the Profound Point Store was bustling. Pan Dawei, the manager there, would occasionally inspect the hall.

As soon as Qin Yun entered the Xuan Point Hall, he saw Pan Dawei.

Pan Dawei also spotted Qin Yun and smilingly led him into a VIP room.

"Fatty, could you do me a favor and let me exchange for more Xuan points?" Qin Yun placed sixty nine-star magic cores on the table.

Pan Dawei's round face was filled with a troubled expression, and he sighed, "Qin Yun, to be honest, when you exchanged for so many Xuan points all at once last time, the other Martial Courtyards and the Blue Spirit Star Palace found out. Now that you're in the Heavenly Prodigy Academy and go to other Martial Courtyards to exchange items... Well, the reason for this new rule is partly aimed at you."

With his storage spirit artifact, Qin Yun could quickly gather many Demon Beast cores, allowing him to easily accumulate a large number of Xuan points. Many people thought this method would throw off the balance of the Xuan point system, so they put some limits on him.

In fact, the limit of exchanging 100 million Xuan points per year was only applied to him, as most students can only exchange for 30-50 million Xuan points each year.

After Pan Dawei explained, Qin Yun understood.

"Fine, I'll just exchange 100 million Xuan points!" Qin Yun already had 100 million, and after winning first place in the trial competition, he was rewarded another 100 million. Now, with this additional 100 million, he had 300 million Xuan points, which wasn't bad.

A ninth-grade Demon Beast core could be exchanged for 5 million Xuan points. Pan Dawei took twenty Demon Beast cores from the table and transferred 100 million Xuan points to Qin Yun.

"Qin Yun, I've also heard about your challenge against Xiao Yanglong! If they hadn't put a cap on your Xuan point exchanges, I really think you could hit the martial realm within two years. But now, sigh... Sorry, there's nothing more I, Fatty, can do to help you." Pan Dawei was very helpless, letting out a long sigh, showing that he too wished to obtain ninth-grade Demon Beast cores from Qin Yun.

Qin Yun carefully stored the Demon Beast cores and smiled, "Don't worry, where there's a will, there's a way!"

Pan Dawei's eyes lit up, and he added, "Hey, you should check out the Runes Hall. You haven't been to the main hall of the Runes Hall yet, have you? They have a lot of resources there too. If crystal coins can't get you what you need, the Runes Hall might have what you're looking for."