Chapter 0289: Dragon Demon Lion

Chapter 0289: Dragon Demon Lion

Once Xie Wufeng and the others were out of sight, Qin Yun hurriedly changed his location to hide. He waited until nightfall to resume his journey.

"That squad from the Blue Spirit Star Palace must be here to hunt demon beasts! These powerful experts no longer need training. But why would they hunt demon beasts? Could it be that the Blue Spirit Star Palace urgently needs a batch of demon beasts right now?" Qin Yun speculated as he walked.

The Blue Spirit Star Palace didn't lack demon beast cores, yet they had sent such a strong team. Clearly, they had another significant mission.

That night, Qin Yun hurried along for over two hours before abruptly halting.

In front of him, the sounds of battle had erupted!

"There's a fight! It seems to be humans versus demon beasts. I’ll check it out—maybe I can grab something in the confusion!" Qin Yun thought happily as he cautiously approached the battlefield.

In these chaotic battles, if you’re strong enough, you can dive in and score some loot.

Soon, Qin Yun approached the battlefield. Just as he was about to capitalize on the chaos, he sensed a familiar presence and felt a rush of excitement.

"It's Lao Tan and the others! Didn’t expect to run into them here!" Qin Yun also sensed the presence of Elder Zhou and his two sons.

Qin Yun also noticed that besides Lao Tan's group, there were other people, totaling several dozen.

"Retreat quickly, other demon beast hordes are coming!" someone yelled, making everyone scatter in all directions.

The worst part of fighting demon beast hordes was when more showed up unexpectedly.

Lao Tan and his group fled too, and Qin Yun followed their trail to catch up.

This was a temporary alliance of several squads, now breaking apart to escape individually.

Qin Yun followed them for a while before Lao Tan and the others finally stopped.

Lao Tan and the others entered an empty, desolate village and hid inside a cave on a stone mountain.

"Man, our luck stinks. We almost had that demon beast horde, but then another group of demon beasts showed up out of nowhere!"

Lao Tan muttered angrily, "Damn it, those idiots couldn’t coordinate at all, causing such a ruckus. If we’d snuck in to take out the demon beasts quietly from the start, we could’ve wiped out the seventh and eighth rank ones in no time. It would’ve been much easier to deal with the ninth rank and spirit demon beasts—we could’ve finished the fight quickly."

Elder Zhou and the others were equally frustrated, swearing at the other teams.

Hearing their griping as he walked through the cave, Qin Yun figured Lao Tan and the others had been stuck with a bunch of deadweight.

Right as Lao Tan and the others were grumbling, Qin Yun made his appearance.

"Who’s there!" Lao Tan shouted in surprise, releasing his Martial Warrior aura.

Following that, Elder Zhou and his two sons also released a strong aura; they were Martial Warriors as well.

"It’s me, Ah Yun!" Qin Yun grinned. "Long time no see! Looks like you’re all Martial Warriors now!"

Lao Tan and the others recognized Qin Yun’s familiar face, though it had matured over time.

"Ah Yun! It’s really you! This is fantastic!" Lao Tan said excitedly, laughing out loud.

"Haha, our ace teammate has finally shown up!" Elder Zhou was also very happy and quickly walked over, patting Qin Yun on the shoulder.

Zhou Da and Zhou Er quickly brought out some tasty food and drinks to welcome Qin Yun.

Despite looking elderly, Elder Zhou and Lao Tan were brimming with energy.

"I thought I'd have to head to the shelter to find you guys, but instead, I ran into you fighting demon beasts and just tagged along quietly!" Qin Yun said with a smile, taking a bowl of wine and drinking it down.

"Haha, even though we couldn't take down that demon beast horde, running into you, Ah Yun, is a big win!" Lao Tan said happily, also drinking several bowls of wine.

Even though Qin Yun wasn’t in the Martial Dao Realm, Lao Tan and the others never underestimated him.

"By the way, have you guys found that shelter?" Qin Yun asked. He came to First Town precisely to find the shelter.

"We did! We also found the legendary Shaman Healer, who helped us smoothly reach the Martial Dao Realm!" Lao Tan said with a grin.

Lao Tan stroked his beard stained with wine and continued, "The Shaman Healer is a close friend of my grandpa, so he was happy to help us reach the Martial Dao Realm. For anyone else, he wouldn’t even lift a finger!"

Qin Yun, feeling very happy, asked, "Lao Tan, I’m in urgent need of entering the Martial Dao Realm. Can you help me find that Shaman Healer?"

"No problem! But he does require two demon beast crystal eggs!" Lao Tan said.

Two demon beast crystal eggs were nothing to Qin Yun.

"Yes, I have them!" Qin Yun said with a smile.

"Alright, tomorrow we’ll head out for Jing Long City, where the shelter is!" Lao Tan said with a smile. "If you enter the Martial Dao Realm, your strength will definitely increase by leaps and bounds!"

Elder Zhou said with a smile, "Ah Yun, by then, the Restriction Talismans you make will definitely be much more powerful!"

"Let's take a break, and I’ll make some top-grade immobilization talismans," Qin Yun said with a smile. "If we encounter demon beast hordes on the way, we’ll be able to deal with them more easily!"

"Absolutely! Having Ah Yun on board will really boost our team's strength!" Lao Tan said with a hearty laugh. "Come on, let’s drink first, and we’ll plan tomorrow!"

Qin Yun was thrilled to meet Lao Tan and the others and to learn that the Shaman Healer could help people reach the Martial Dao Realm. He drank very freely.

They drank until late at night before resting.

The next morning, as soon as Qin Yun got up, he started making top-grade immobilization talismans. Now, with Lao Tan and the others being Martial Dao Realm cultivators, infusing energy into the talismans would make them much more powerful.

Before, when Qin Yun made talismans, he always held back some power to conserve energy since he needed to save some for his own survival. But now, with Lao Tan and the others protecting him, he could go all out in making talismans and quickly produce top-grade immobilization talismans.

He could make six a day, and once there were enough for everyone to have eight each, they would set off toward Jing Long City.

Mo Mo could sense the general direction of Jing Long City but didn’t know the exact location.

After meeting Lao Tan and the others, Qin Yun learned that Jing Long City was still far away, and it would take more than ten days to reach it. The main issue was that they couldn’t travel in a straight line because they had to avoid many large demon beast hordes.

"Ah Yun, take this Spirit King Cannon. Here are twenty shells!" Lao Tan handed the Spirit King Cannon to Qin Yun and said with a smile, "You use this better than I do! I’m more at ease having you use it!"

Qin Yun took it and grinned, "Lao Tan, do you have the blueprint for the Spirit King Cannon? I’ll study it and see if I can replicate one!"

"Too bad I don’t have don't have it! If I did, I’d definitely hand it over!" Lao Tan sighed, feeling very regretful.

Qin Yun, being so young, could already refine top-grade immobilization talismans, so he was definitely talented in artifact refining. That’s why Lao Tan felt it was such a pity that if he had the blueprint, Qin Yun could have refined a few Spirit King Cannons.

"No worries!" Qin Yun grinned. "I’ll study your Spirit King Cannon and see if I can replicate one myself!"

Elder Zhou said with a smile, "Ah Yun, if you can successfully refine one, you must sell me one!"

"No problem, but it definitely won’t be as strong as Lao Tan’s original version!" Qin Yun wasn’t sure if Mo Mo could really see through the hidden patterns of the Spirit King Cannon.

"For now, I’ll leave this with you. Take a good look at it! Let’s get going and head to Jing Long City ASAP so that Ah Yun can reach the Martial Dao Realm." Lao Tan treated Qin Yun very well because Qin Yun was a very promising Runes Master.

In this chaotic land, it's not easy to encounter such a Runes Master, and he even gave us a high-grade immobilization talisman!

They left the cave and set off towards Jinglong City.

With Lao Tan and the others around, Qin Yun wasn't so worried and could run much more confidently.

At noon, the nine blazing suns were like fierce fire beasts, emitting unbearable heat.

Qin Yun had not come out much during the day since he entered the First District, so he never knew the sunlight there could be so harsh.

"I'm going to be roasted black!" Qin Yun said with a wry smile.

"You'll get used to it! This is how the First District is. Though the sun is fierce, the Nine Sun spiritual energy here is unique and contains strong vitality. If an injured person heals here, their recovery speed will be much faster than outside!" Lao Tan said. He was indeed used to it, so he wasn't sweating profusely like Qin Yun.

Elder Zhou looked serious and said in a low voice, "The residual aura here seems to come from a demon beast horde! A horde is on the move!"

"Is this demon beast horde special?" Lao Tan asked.

"Yes, from the aura, I sense a trace of dragon beast aura! If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Dragon Lion Beast horde!" Elder Zhou said, a little excited.

Zhou Da and Zhou Er secretly got excited as well. Zhou Da said, "The Dragon Lion is a demon beast with a dragon bloodline! They just wiped out a human team of a hundred people, a very famous demon beast horde!"

"So, the Dragon Lion Beast horde often fights with human teams? They must be scarred!" Qin Yun said with a smile. "Let's chase them and wipe out this demon beast horde!"

Lao Tan frowned. "No, the Dragon Lion Beast horde, with its dragon blood, has strong regenerative abilities. This is the First District; their regenerative power is stronger here, even if they are injured, it won't be too severe. Moreover, this demon beast horde is enormous, with rumors of five spiritual beasts and over a hundred ninth-tier demon beasts!"

Elder Zhou said, "In that human team, there were five martial warriors, but they were still defeated, with only a few surviving and escaping! That team was unlucky and accidentally entered the territory of the Dragon Lion, so they were chased and attacked. Even martial warriors couldn't escape unscathed!"

In the storage space, Mo Mo whispered, "Brother Yun, I smell the scent of demon beast crystal eggs, and they contain dragon blood... The Dragon Lion Beast horde has quite a few of these eggs!"

"Are dragon demon beast crystal eggs very precious?" Qin Yun looked at Lao Tan and asked.

Lao Tan nodded. "Of course! Ten ordinary demon beast crystal eggs can't compare to one dragon demon beast crystal egg. Those are non-sellable items, kept for personal use!"