Chapter 0268: Spirit High Priest

Chapter 0268: Spirit High Priest

Qin Yun's hair was a mess from Mo Mo's playful antics, and he was starting to get annoyed. He grabbed the mischievous little thing off his head.

"Mo Mo, you really aren't holding back at all!" Qin Yun said as he placed her on the table.

Mo Mo stuck out her tongue and laughed, "You gave me such valuable food, so you must be a good person who wouldn't hurt me."

"That's right!" Qin Yun nodded, "I'm a good person, so please don't take advantage of me! To be honest, do you really need to eat only the crystal cores of spirit Demon Beasts or Demon Beast eggs? If you keep eating like that, it'll be quite hard for me to support you!"

"By the way, how long can you stay full from one meal?"

Mo Mo lowered her head and said softly, "Eating one crystal core of a spirit Demon Beast can keep me full for about ten days! A Demon Beast egg can last a month... Please don't abandon me, or I'll starve to death out there."

"It's impressive that you've managed to survive without starving, considering how much you eat!" Qin Yun said, feeling a bit speechless.

Mo Mo hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, if you keep me full, I can bring you great benefits too! The reason I can only eat Demon Beast eggs and crystal cores of spirit Demon Beasts is because my bloodline is noble, different from other demon spirits... If you didn't have the totem bloodline inheritance, I wouldn't even speak to you. We demon spirits generally refuse to interact with humans."

"Why is that?" Qin Yun asked, growing more interested.

"We demon spirits are born from totems! Since you have the totem bloodline, it means you've gained the totem's recognition, and thus, our recognition as well," Mo Mo explained as she flew onto Qin Yun's left arm, "Your totem is on this arm, right?"

Qin Yun rolled up his sleeve, surprised, "Indeed, I originally obtained the totem inexplicably, and later, with the help of a great fire lion, this arm gained the heavenly lion bloodline."

"That's it! From the start, you gained the totem's recognition, and later, you gained the recognition of the totem beast race," Mo Mo said as she looked at the totem on Qin Yun's arm, "Your totem is still in its nascent stage and can evolve in the future. My power can help your totem evolve! Once the totem evolves, you'll understand it better, and the power it gives you will be much stronger."

"Really?" Qin Yun asked, pleasantly surprised, "I've heard that you demon spirits can summon totems, which is why many people scramble to buy you! But you eat a lot and don't summon totems, so they gave up on you."

"Yes, I can't summon totems, so they starved me for a long time. I hate them!" Mo Mo puffed her cheeks angrily, looking very cute.

Qin Yun placed her on his palm and smiled, "Don't worry, as long as I don't die, I won't let you starve! But I need to have enough strength to get food for you... You should know that Demon Beast eggs and crystal cores of spirit Demon Beasts aren't easy to come by."

He said this to establish a cooperative relationship with Mo Mo. Even if he couldn't obtain a totem, evolving one would still be incredibly valuable.

"I promise you, I will help you," Mo Mo nodded, "Even though I don't have a totem, my abilities are far stronger than other demon spirits! They have totems, but they can't help them evolve, so their power is quite limited! In the demon spirit tribe, I am the high priest, mainly responsible for totem evolution."

Qin Yun laughed, "So, those who let you starve didn't recognize your true value and abandoned a high priest like you, leaving me to pick up the bargain."

Mo Mo smiled slightly, "Because you're a good person, and good people have good fortune! Incidentally, I sense that there's another totem within you, but it doesn't seem to be well-integrated with you!"

She flew to Qin Yun's chest, her delicate little face filled with confusion.

Inside Qin Yun's heart, there was a pulsating inner core, which had absorbed the dragon-tiger totem martial soul. Hence, the dragon-tiger totem resided in his heart.

For many days, Qin Yun had felt a sense of estrangement from this dragon-tiger totem. Although it was in his heart, he couldn't control it.

"Well, this is a totem martial soul I devoured..." Qin Yun briefly explained the situation to Mo Mo.

After listening, Mo Mo stretched out her little hand, placed it on Qin Yun's chest, and released a faint blue energy. She closed her eyes and said, "Don't resist, let me see if I can fix this."

Qin Yun was quite proficient in the art of soul refinement, but he was at a loss when it came to totems.

He suddenly felt that spending over a billion Xuan points to buy this little one was well worth it.

Even without flapping her wings, Mo Mo could hover in the air. At this moment, she remained motionless, suspended in the air, her hand pressed against Qin Yun's chest, injecting a faint blue energy to control the totem inside the heart.

Soon, Qin Yun felt a stirring in his heart, as if an ancient and powerful beast force within the pulsating inner core was roaring.

"Is this the power of the ancient beast totem? It's truly awe-inspiring!" Qin Yun could almost see, in the distant ancient times, a giant beast in that desolate land...

Mo Mo closed her eyes, furrowing her brows tightly, looking very strained.

Qin Yun suddenly felt that it was only natural for Mo Mo to have such divine abilities and to have a bigger appetite and be a bit picky. Moreover, she was a high priestess among the Demon Beasts.

Half an hour passed before Mo Mo opened her eyes, looking very tired, and yawned.

Qin Yun quickly extended his hand, allowing her to land on his palm.

"I'm hungry!" Mo Mo lowered her head, her voice as tiny as a mosquito's, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Not long ago, she had consumed the crystal core of a spirit Demon Beast, and now she felt bad about asking for more food so soon.

Qin Yun rubbed her little head with his finger and smiled, "It's fine, you've been a huge help. After all that effort, it's only natural you're feeling hungry."

He took out a crystal core of a spirit Demon Beast and placed it on the table, then put Mo Mo on top of it.

The little girl, who had been listless, immediately perked up and began to eat voraciously.

This was the last crystal core of a spirit Demon Beast that Qin Yun had. He was already worried about where to find her next meal.

Although Mo Mo ate a lot, her abilities were also very strong.

He could now see a glowing tiger-dragon totem pattern on his heart, which meant that in the future, he could comprehend the tiger-dragon totem just like he had comprehended the Heavenly Lion totem.

"Mo Mo, can you really not eat a Nine Sun Demon Beast crystal core?" Qin Yun couldn't help but laugh as he watched her devour it hungrily.

"I can eat it, but my stomach will hurt afterwards, and it hurts quite badly... Unless absolutely necessary, I won't eat it! Brother Qin Yun, I don't want a stomach ache, so please don't give me that stuff, okay?" Mo Mo said in a soft, pleading voice, looking pitifully adorable.

"Alright, alright, my sweet little one, I'll do my best to find the best food for you." Qin Yun grinned, "By the way, you should be very knowledgeable about Demon Beasts, right? Since you like eating Demon Beast crystal eggs so much, can you sense any nearby Demon Beast crystal eggs?"

"Of course!" Mo Mo nodded immediately, "But... with your current strength, trying to steal Demon Beast crystal eggs is too dangerous, and you could die. I've rarely met someone as kind as you, and I don't want you to get into danger... If it's really impossible, I'll endure a stomach ache and eat Nine Sun Demon Beast crystal cores for a while. I'd rather have a stomach ache than have you risk your life for me."

"You're such a kind little sweetheart." Qin Yun smiled with great satisfaction.

Mo Mo was really hungry, so she ate very quickly, and in no time, she finished off the crystal core of a spirit Demon Beast that was much larger than her.

Her digestive abilities were evidently strong, allowing her to rapidly convert the energy she consumed.

"Brother Yun, I don't want to stay in that thing!" Mo Mo pointed to the transparent crystal box and then to the beast bag, "It's dark and stuffy inside, and it's not comfortable at all."

"Where do you plan to live then?" Qin Yun asked.

The beast bag was a special storage spirit artifact designed to hold living creatures, quite different from ordinary storage spirit artifacts. It required unique life spirit patterns to forge, and refining it was also very difficult.

Qin Yun also possessed life spirit patterns, so if he needed to refine one, it wouldn't be a problem.

"There's a powerful item on you with an internal space that's perfect for me to live in." Mo Mo gently patted Qin Yun's wrist and said, "I can sense it right here."

Qin Yun immediately released his Nine Sun Divine Soul and smiled, "All my little secrets have been discovered by you. Let me see if I can get you inside."

The first bead of the Nine Sun Divine Soul was a large storage space, originally quite small, but as the owner's strength increased, the interior gradually expanded. Now, it was a space 100 meters long and wide, bright and white, not dark at all.

With a thought, he successfully placed Mo Mo inside.

Mo Mo was very happy flying around inside, praising it non-stop.

The Nine Sun Divine Soul could gather the essence of the Nine Suns, so the first bead was filled with vibrant energy.

"Brother Yun, could you find a small tree for me? I like living in trees." Mo Mo asked.

"No problem. But you have to promise me that you won't misbehave inside and don't touch my things." Qin Yun instructed. Inside the first pearl, he had many high-grade beast hides and bones, all of which were materials for refining tools and making talismans.

"Got it!" Mo Mo nodded her head vigorously like a little chick pecking at rice.

As Qin Yun walked out of the Star Sun Treasure Tree, he saw Du Gui rushing over from afar.

"Kid, did you buy that little thing?" Du Gui shouted from afar. Since he and Pan Dawei are close, he found out about it right away.

"Yes, Teacher, is there a problem with that?" Qin Yun asked. He was now sure that Mo Mo wasn't just some ordinary spirit—she was a very powerful magical spirit.

Du Gui hesitated before saying, "Well… the little thing you bought is apparently a top-tier magical spirit. The senior members of Star Profound Martial Academy want you to return it."