Chapter 0373: Mystical Moon Blade

Chapter 0373: Mystical Moon Blade

Hong Mengshu suddenly remembered something and lowered her voice to ask, "Are you Xiao Yuemei? Was it you who crippled Yue Sha?"

As the son of a Martial King, someone actually dared to cripple Yue Sha. Even a princess like Hong Mengshu wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

Xiao Yuemei smiled mischievously, "Yeah, I almost finished off that bastard!"

Surprised, Hong Mengshu quickly moved to cover Xiao Yuemei's mouth, "Kid, don't say any more. It wouldn't be good if someone knew your identity!"

Xiao Yuemei broke free from Hong Mengshu and snorted, "It's no big deal crippling a piece of trash, right? That guy was extremely vicious, using live people for target practice!"

Hong Mengshu looked around and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. In the future, make sure to hide your identity properly, or you won't live past twenty!"

Qin Yun gave Xiao Yuemei's hand a firm squeeze.

Xiao Yuemei whispered, "Why are you being so nice to me?"

"I'm just a warm-hearted princess, okay?" Hong Mengshu snorted, then headed towards the door, intending to leave the Runes Hall.

Just as she was about to leave, an elder called out suddenly, "Princess Mengshu, there's a small gathering of Runes Masters on the second floor. There might be a few Grandmasters and about a dozen Spirit Masters attending. Aren't you looking for a Runes Grandmaster?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Mengshu's face lit up with joy, "Good! I'm going right away!"

Xiao Yuemei hurriedly pulled Qin Yun and said, "Princess Mengzhu, take us with you, we want to join the fun!"

"You dead girl, stop giving me weird nicknames!" Hong Mengshu was annoyed and immediately went to pinch Xiao Yuemei's cheek.

Xiao Yuemei quickly swatted Hong Mengshu's hand away, "Take us up already, we want to grab some food too!"

Hong Mengshu looked at the elder in the Runes Hall, who nodded, "You can bring them up, as long as they behave!"

Xiao Yuemei, shamelessly holding onto Hong Mengshu's hand, swung it back and forth.

Helpless, Hong Mengshu could only bring Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei up.

"Sister Mengzhu, why are you looking for a Grandmaster? Don't you have any in your palace?" Xiao Yuemei asked, following behind Hong Mengshu.

"It's Hong Mengshu!" The usually somewhat spoiled ninth princess now ground her teeth in anger.

Qin Yun couldn't help laughing behind them.

Walking up the stairs, Hong Mengshu said, "I just obtained a mystical weapon, but the internal patterns are severely damaged. I'm looking for a Runes Grandmaster to help me repair it! The Runes Masters in the Hongwu Palace all say they don't have time, so I had to find help elsewhere!"

"Sister Mengzhu, you're amazing! You already have a mystical weapon at just over thirty!" Xiao Yuemei said enviously, wrinkling her delicate eyebrows.

Hong Mengshu, realizing she couldn't get Xiao Yuemei to stop calling her that, could only accept it and snorted, "I had to sell everything for this, and it's still a broken mystical weapon! I've spent over ten million purple spirit coins on it! You'll have to wait until your brother becomes a Grandmaster if you want a mystical weapon!"

Xiao Yuemei pouted, thinking to herself that she had the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, which was a Dao artifact. But she didn't say it out loud.

On the second floor, there were many rooms and halls for gatherings.

An elder guided Hong Mengshu and the others into a spacious hall.

Inside, most of the people were elders, each holding various spiritual weapons they had refined themselves, exchanging and commenting on them.

When Hong Mengshu and her group entered, the elders were somewhat surprised.

However, they quickly realized that this was the ninth princess of Hongwu Country, Hong Mengshu!

"Greetings, esteemed elders!" Hong Mengshu politely greeted the Runes Masters.

The Runes Masters here were all of the Runes Grandmaster and Runes Spirit Master levels, and they were all rather haughty individuals. They merely nodded slightly.

Although Hong Mengshu was the Nine Princess with a title, she wasn't even at the Spirit Martial realm, so these Runes Masters didn't see much value in forming a connection with her.

"Princess Mengshu, what is it you need? Please hurry up and tell us, don't disturb our leisure!" said an elder with a smile.

"If you're asking us to refine a mystical weapon, forget it. We're booked for over a decade! So if you're waiting for us to craft a mystical weapon, you'll have to wait more than ten years."

"Princess Mengshu, have you come here to seek apprenticeship?"

Qin Yun took a quick glance at Hong Mengshu and saw her clench her fist—she was obviously a little angry.

Without wasting any more time, Hong Mengshu quickly took out a red crescent blade!

A red crescent blade shaped like a crescent moon. If held up at night, it would resemble a crescent moon.

"This is an ancient mystical weapon I obtained not long ago, called the Mystical Moon Blade. However, the runes inside are severely damaged, rendering it unusable. I've come to ask the masters here to help repair the Mystical Moon Blade! If it can be successfully repaired, I will not disappoint any of the masters." Hong Mengshu handed the Mystical Moon Blade over.

Qin Yun had taken a quick glance and noticed that the bright runes on the surface of the blade were mostly Moon Runes.

Mystical weapons inscribed with Moon Runes were far more powerful than ordinary ones!

Several Runes Grandmasters gathered, frowning as they inspected it.

After a while, they said, "Princess Mengshu, this blade of yours is severely damaged. Whether it can be repaired, we can't be sure. The process of attempting to repair it will take a lot of time, at least one year!"

"If we end up unable to repair it and waste a lot of time, and you don't compensate us, we'll be at a loss!"

"You should seek other masters!"

The Runes Grandmaster in white clothing returned the blade to Hong Mengshu.

Hong Mengshu took it back, looking upset, and bit her lip. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "If you're willing to try, even if you can't repair it successfully, I'll still give each of you 200,000 purple spirit coins as compensation!"

The Runes Grandmasters looked at each other upon hearing this.

The elder in white said, "Well... This mystical weapon of yours is too damaged, so we'll need five of us to work together. If we can't succeed, how about you compensate us with 200,000 purple spirit coins each?"

Hong Mengshu gazed at the red Mystical Moon Blade in her hand and nodded slightly. It was clear she cherished this blade deeply and had invested a lot of effort into it.

"It's settled then!" said the elder in white with a laugh.

Hong Mengshu immediately handed over the blade, but Xiao Yuemei suddenly stepped forward and snatched it back.

Xiao Yuemei said, "Dream Pig Sister, are you really that clueless? These old foxes are trying to swindle you out of your purple spirit coins!"

Her words immediately enraged the dozen or so Runes Spirit Masters.

"Little girl, do you have any idea what you're saying?"

"You're insulting our Runes Masters!"

"A girl like you will never have a mystical weapon crafted by us in the future!"

Hong Mengshu was also dumbfounded; she had previously told Xiao Yuemei not to stir up trouble.

Xiao Yuemei snorted coldly, "You old foxes are probably planning to take the blade and leave it sitting there, only to collect the purple spirit coins a year later!"

"You guys are unable to repair this blade, yet you don’t dare to say it in front of so many people. Isn't it because you're afraid of embarrassment? And you're scheming to swindle Sister Mengshu's purple spirit coins. You bunch of old frauds!"

Hong Mengshu thought about it carefully and also thought it was possible, not knowing what to do.

The white-robed elder also said angrily, "Little girl, you better get this straight! We also said just now that we're not certain we can repair it and can only try!"

"We are only intermediate Runes Masters. Even a Runes Grandmaster wouldn’t dare to guarantee success!"

"As respected Runes Masters, do we need to scam her for those few purple spirit coins?"

Xiao Yuemei, who was naturally straightforward, quickly said, "You guys are greedy and would seize any opportunity to make a quick buck!"

The Runes Masters were so angry they felt like slapping Xiao Yuemei.

However, this was the Runes Hall, and killing someone here, especially a young girl, would look bad if it got out.

The Runes Masters were all indignant, accusing Xiao Yuemei of thinking the worst of them.

"Little girl, you should leave quickly! You’re insulting our Runes Masters!"

"As Runes Masters, when we handle a mystical weapon, it's usually an income of millions of purple spirit coins. Do we need to scam for these 200,000 purple spirit coins?"

"Some mystical weapons are severely damaged and indeed difficult to repair, which is quite normal!"

"A girl who knows nothing about mystical weapons is spouting nonsense!"

Seeing Xiao Yuemei being attacked, Qin Yun was also a little unhappy and quickly said, "Everyone, as Runes Masters, you should be able to see that the runes on the Mystical Moon Blade are severely damaged!"

"Without the corresponding runes, you can't repair it at all, so why won’t you admit that you can't repair it?"

This made everyone in the hall fall silent!

Just by looking, Qin Yun knew that the Mystical Moon Blade's runes were severely damaged and essentially beyond repair.

However, these Runes Masters were being ambiguous and not admitting they couldn’t repair it. On one hand, it was to avoid Hong Mengshu’s disdain, and as Xiao Yuemei said, they were trying to make a little profit from this.

Hong Mengshu looked at Qin Yun in surprise because Qin Yun knew so much without even touching her blade. She suddenly realized why the Runes Masters in the palace all said they were too busy to help her repair the Mystical Moon Blade: it was beyond repair!

Seeing that the Runes Masters had no response, Xiao Yuemei mocked, "As my brother said, why aren't you guys saying anything now? Trying to scam us who don't know the trade!"

"Kid, you're right! The damaged runes on this blade are quite severe, and normally, it indeed can’t be repaired!" the white-robed elder said. "However, if we have the corresponding damaged runes, it might be possible to repair it!"

The others also nodded.

"Kid, you only know a little! We have many runes, and if they match, we can repair it!" an elder sarcastically said. "So don't pretend to know everything here, I am a Runes Master after all!"

"The damaged runes on the Mystical Moon Blade are Moon Runes, and ancient Moon Runes at that! How could you possibly have them?" Qin Yun's words silenced the hall again.