Chapter 0235: Lost Spirit Formation

Chapter 0235: Lost Spirit Formation

Qin Yun began smelting the materials. While the crucible seemed to be filled with surging purple flames, a pitch-black Yin-Yang Flame was actually burning within.

The Yin-Yang Flame was incredibly mysterious. When it burned things, it didn’t produce intense heat, but it had the ability to dissolve materials. Qin Yun channeled his inner energy to fuel the Yin-Yang Flame, burning the Giant Spirit King Iron and the spirit beast bone. After a little over an hour, both the iron and the bone showed signs of softening.

This was also due to Qin Yun’s cultivation level. If he were at the Martial Body stage, the Yin-Yang Flame he released would melt the Giant Spirit King Iron and spirit beast bone into liquid in no time.

Of course, there was no need to melt them into liquid now. As long as they were softened enough, it would be sufficient for him to forge the iron and bone into one piece.

Under the guidance of Zhuochuan, everyone was discussing various alchemy insights. So, no one felt bored. They exchanged ideas while waiting for Qin Yun’s result.

While discussing, everyone would occasionally check on Qin Yun.

By now, Qin Yun had been working for five hours without any movement. Many people began to relax, convinced that Qin Yun had already lost. Since half the time had passed and he hadn’t started the forging process, there definitely wouldn’t be enough time.

"I thought he was capable of something great, but he’s just like that!" a youth muttered under his breath.

"Exactly, he’s just relying on his mastery of high-grade spirit runes to gain the regional elder’s favor."

"After all, he’s only a junior Runes Master. Even my master, a senior Runes Master, couldn’t do it. There’s no way he could, and now he’s lost for sure!"

"His loss is a good thing for us. Our masters will get high-grade spirit runes!"

While everyone was mocking Qin Yun, he suddenly opened the lid of the crucible and took out the golden spirit beast bone and Giant Spirit King Iron, which had turned into a soft mass. He placed them on the table provided by Zhuochuan and began to forge them.

Qin Yun gripped the Giant Spirit King Hammer in his left hand and, using the Heavenly Lion Arm, unleashed the Six Dragon Forging Techniques, hammering the golden mass with fierce intensity.

The crowd, who had been discussing alchemy, were instantly stunned.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each strike from Qin Yun was so powerful that it sent shockwaves through the crowd.

The high-grade spirit rune on the Giant Spirit King Hammer generated alchemical power, smashing onto the spirit beast bone and Giant Spirit King Iron, creating bursts of golden flashes.

Qin Yun used the Flame Fist, turning the scorching hot material with his bare hands. After flipping the material, he followed up with another set of the Six Dragon Forging Techniques.

He continuously folded and hammered the material dozens of times, repeating the forging process until the iron and bone were perfectly fused.

And all of this had only taken seven hours!

The forging process itself had only taken two hours!

The Giant Spirit King bone steel turned out to be blue, like a blue crystal, incredibly beautiful.

What Qin Yun had forged was a strip of Giant Spirit King bone steel, only the size of a little finger, but he had indeed forged Giant Spirit King bone steel.

Although the senior Runes Masters couldn’t forge Giant Spirit King bone steel themselves, they had seen it before. Just by its appearance, they could tell it was high-quality Giant Spirit King bone steel!

Everyone was dumbfounded, staring at the blue Giant Spirit King bone steel in Qin Yun’s hand. Even Lan Fengjin, who was very familiar with Qin Yun, found it hard to believe.

Zhuochuan took a deep breath, breaking the silence as he took the Giant Spirit King bone steel from Qin Yun. He said, "This is indeed Giant Spirit King bone steel. It looks very transparent and is free of any impurities. This is high-quality Giant Spirit King bone steel!"

"Is it really possible? How could he have forged it so quickly? He’s only in the eighth level of the Martial Body stage and is only sixteen years old!"

"That's right! Grand Elder, we don't believe this is real. Please examine it more carefully," said one of the men.

"A kid who isn't even fully grown—there's no way he could refine Royal-grade Bone Steel. He must have cheated!"

Zhuochuan walked up to an elder and handed him the Royal-grade Bone Steel.

As soon as the elder received it, he shouted, "It's very hot! The residual internal heat hasn't dissipated yet!"

Another elder also took hold of it and exclaimed for the same reason—the intense heat of the Royal-grade Bone Steel.

These elders were no strangers to heat, but even they found it unbearable this time and had to return the Royal-grade Bone Steel to Zhuochuan.

"If you still don't believe it, there's another way to test the Bone Steel—a hardness test!" Zhuochuan took out two blue pressure plates and said, "Everyone knows this tool. If you place an item between the plates and continuously increase the pressure, you can test the hardness of the item."

Zhuochuan placed the Royal-grade Bone Steel that Qin Yun had refined between the two plates and began to apply pressure.

Immediately, numbers appeared on the gauge: one, two, three… eleven!

The hardness value of Royal-grade Bone Steel was usually only ten, but Qin Yun's had reached eleven, indicating superior quality!

Lan Fengjin smiled and said, "Everyone has seen it! Qin Yun is a master alchemist! We are far from his level. Yet, just now, some people looked down on him and said he didn't belong here. Clearly, it's you who don't belong on the same level as him, since none of you could refine Royal-grade Bone Steel!"

Qin Yun, with a smile on his face, walked around the circular hall, collecting the beast bones from the ground.

The senior Runes Masters watched in fury as their materials were taken by a mere kid.

Even now, they couldn't accept that Qin Yun, a sixteen-year-old, had refined Royal-grade Bone Steel!

Zhuochuan was also shocked, looking at the smiling Qin Yun, sensing that this youth was terrifying, hiding immense potential within him.

The proud senior Runes Masters had lost all their arrogance toward Qin Yun.

Though Qin Yun's cultivation was low, his ability to refine Royal-grade Bone Steel using the Purple Gold Flame at such an early stage demonstrated his strength. These senior Runes Masters weren't stupid, and they knew Qin Yun's future as a Runes Master would be promising.

At that moment, they regretted having offended Qin Yun earlier. Yet, their pride made it difficult for them to apologize.

"Grand Elder, thank you for the invitation. I've made quite a bit of money! I'm very tired now—could you arrange a place for me to rest?" Qin Yun said with a grin.

"Of course!" Zhuochuan nodded immediately and had someone escort Qin Yun and Lan Fengjin away.

Qin Yun and Lan Fengjin were taken to a suite on the twentieth floor. From the window, they could see the golden sea of clouds outside.

"Qin Yun, how did you do it? They don’t understand the power of the Purple Gold Flame, but I do, and it shouldn’t be this intense!" Lan Fengjin approached Qin Yun and playfully poked his waist.

Qin Yun smiled mysteriously. "It's my secret! Even if I told you, you wouldn't be able to do it, so there's no use in knowing!"

Lan Fengjin’s curiosity was piqued, but she knew Qin Yun wouldn’t budge, so she huffed in frustration and stomped her foot.

"Sister Lan, I'm very tired. I'm going to rest now," Qin Yun grinned and entered the room, throwing himself onto the soft bed, falling asleep instantly.

Lan Fengjin went to the window in the hall, looking out at the golden sea of clouds, feeling more and more that Qin Yun was mysterious.

"Qin Yun, what secret is he hiding? He's fallen into desperate situations several times but managed to escape each time, and even improved his strength!"

"Forget it, I'll rest too!"

Lan Fengjin had her secrets as well, and since Qin Yun had been curious about hers but didn't ask, she wouldn't pry into his either.

After a day of rest, Qin Yun emerged from his room to find Lan Fengjin, dressed in a light blue gown, drinking tea with Zhuochuan in the hall.

"Qin Yun, you're awake! Your performance yesterday was so shocking. I even thought you were pulling some kind of trick!" Zhuochuan said with a laugh. "But you weren't cheating, because we all saw the process with our own eyes."

Qin Yun sat on the chair opposite Zhuochuan and smiled. "Elder, you've got some good news for me, right?"

He had already asked Zhuochuan to help find a way to purchase some elixirs yesterday.

"Yes, I have good news. I've found out that someone is selling the Solid Essence Spirit Pill!" Zhuochuan nodded.

"That's the top-tier King Grade Spirit Pill!" Lan Fengjin exclaimed. "It can condense the Inner Element into an Adamantine Inner Pearl. No matter what, we have to get this pill!"

"The seller is a good friend of mine. He needs ten million crystal coins for it. Do you think you can come up with that much?" Zhuochuan asked Qin Yun.

"How much would forty ninth-grade magic crystal cores fetch?" Qin Yun asked.

"About four hundred million," Zhuochuan replied.

"I have another three hundred million crystal coins on me. Adding that to the four hundred million from selling the ninth-grade magic crystal cores, that's seven hundred million. I'm still three hundred million short, though." Qin Yun looked at Lan Fengjin.

"I'll lend it to you!" Lan Fengjin said, handing thirty ninth-grade magic crystal cores to Zhuochuan.

If she hadn’t lent it, Zhuochuan would have stepped in to help.

"I'll be gone for a few days. My friend lives quite far away," Zhuochuan said. "Please be patient and wait here."

After Zhuochuan left, Lan Fengjin patted Qin Yun on the shoulder and smiled. "Qin Yun, how are you going to thank me?"

"What if I gave you my first kiss?" Qin Yun joked.

"Get lost!" Lan Fengjin laughed and scolded.

Qin Yun suddenly remembered something important and said seriously, "Sister Lan, I previously mentioned that I was going to refine a beast skin array. Let’s get started!"

"Alright!" Lan Fengjin was also eager to see what powerful thing Qin Yun was going to refine.

Qin Yun had many ninth-grade beast skins and even some spirit beast skins. He and Lan Fengjin entered a spacious stone room and took out all the beast skins.

Lan Fengjin asked, "What kind of array are you going to refine? Can you tell me? That way, I can give you some suggestions!"

"The Nine Sun Spirit Gathering Formation," Qin Yun said softly.

"What? You know the Nine Sun Spirit Gathering Formation?" Lan Fengjin was startled and exclaimed.

"Is that surprising?" Qin Yun thought Lan Fengjin would know about it too.

Lan Fengjin tied up her loose black hair and said, "You may not know this, but the Nine Sun Spirit Gathering Formation has been lost to time! It was once a famous formation in our Blue Spirit Star Palace, but because of the Mysterious Rune Sect... it was lost. However, some ancient Nine Sun Spirit Gathering Formations are still circulating in some Martial Courts around here."

Qin Yun was able to grasp the Nine Sun Spirit Gathering Formation by deciphering the hidden runes from the visible ones, thanks to his thirty-six spiritual runes.

"How did you obtain it?" Lan Fengjin asked curiously. "Even our Blue Spirit Star Palace doesn't have it, yet you've mastered it!"

"It was passed down to me by my Grand Tutor!" Qin Yun said.

"The female Grand Tutor?" Lan Fengjin was even more surprised.

Qin Yun nodded. "My runes were also passed down to me by her! My elder sister, who was a Grand Tutor, is quite mysterious and beautiful—maybe even more so than you!"