Chapter 0518 Demon Moon’s Invitation

Chapter 0518: Invitation from Demonmoon Island

The overall strength of the three moon-themed sects is highly mysterious. Some say they match the Five Immortal Sects, while others claim they are as strong as the Five Star Gates.

In any case, these three all-female moon sects are groups even the Five Immortal Sects avoid crossing.

If Demonmoon Island helps issue the bounty, it will carry some credibility, and folks in the Spirit Wasteland will trust them.

In the afternoon, a woman from Demonmoon Island arrived—a Xuan Martial realm Martial Lord.

She wore a veil and a snow-white gown, with a long snow-white tail visible behind her waist. She was a fox spirit.

Though veiled, this Martial Lord from Demonmoon Island had a pair of enchantingly foxy eyes.

"Master Qin, I am an elder from Demonmoon Island—Hu Jingxian!"

"Can we talk alone? Though I am a fox spirit, I have never eaten human flesh. You don’t have to be afraid of me!"

Hu Jingxian's voice was soft, sweet, and laced with laughter.

"Very well."

Qin Yun motioned politely and led Hu Jingxian into his room, entering the secret chamber.

As soon as she stepped inside, Hu Jingxian chuckled lightly. "Qin Yun, I didn’t expect you to still be crafting artifacts even after coming here!"

"You know about me?" Qin Yun's expression darkened as he asked.

"The big mess you made in Wuhuang—it was hard for us not to know!" Hu Jingxian smiled faintly. "Don’t worry. Though the major factions are aware, they are too busy with bigger things to bother with you."

"In their eyes, you’re just a pretty weak little devil. As long as you’re not a Martial King, you’re beneath their notice!"

"What about my Sky Lion bloodline, Sky Lion totem, and the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron? They don’t care about those either?" Qin Yun asked doubtfully.

"That, I don’t know. But they are busy with other affairs, which is why they’ve kept your actions quiet. They’ll likely deal with you once they’ve finished their current tasks."

Hu Jingxian laughed gracefully and settled into a chair, radiating charm.

"Qin Yun, how about coming to our Demonmoon Island? We can bend the rules for a man like you!"

Hu Jingxian gazed at Qin Yun, her playful expression turning serious.

"My goal is to join one of the Five Immortal Sects," Qin Yun replied. That’s what Xie Qirou told him to do.

As for why, Xie Qirou hadn’t explained, and he hadn’t been able to contact her recently.

"Our Demonmoon Island is tied to the Demon Immortal Cave Heaven. Once you join us, when the moment’s right, we will recommend you to the Demon Immortal Cave Heaven."

Hu Jingxian was well aware of Qin Yun’s incredible potential—otherwise, Demonmoon Island wouldn’t go against tradition to take in a male disciple.

"I’m not ready to go yet. Once I’ve thought it through, I’ll contact you."

Though tempted, Qin Yun still wished to stay at the Sword and Blade Manor for further training.

His rapid ascent to the Ninth Layer Martial Path had left his cultivation unsteady, without proper grounding.

"Regardless, Demonmoon Island will always welcome you."

Hu Jingxian removed her veil, revealing a soft, pale, and mesmerizing face.

"Qin Yun, Xiao Yuelan is your wife, and she's wasting her talents in Darkmoon Palace! If you see her, you should convince her to join us at Demonmoon Island. We can offer her better treatment than Darkmoon Palace!"

"Although Demonmoon Island has many demons, we also have human women! Any woman you recommend will be accepted without any assessment!"

Qin Yun stared at Hu Jingxian's smooth, porcelain-like face and asked with some confusion, "Why do you trust me so much?"

"Because of your potential! Your Sky Lion bloodline is an ancient bloodline thought to be extinct. In the Spirit Barrens, there are Phoenix bloodlines, Dragon bloodlines, Qilin bloodlines... all kinds of powerful ancient beast bloodlines exist—except for the Sky Lion bloodline!"

Hu Jingxian let out a wistful sigh, "We also hope to uncover some secrets from this."

Qin Yun didn't quite buy it. He took out his purple crystal card and said, "I want to issue bounties for the heads of the Long and Yang family heads. Whoever brings me their heads will receive two Dao Artifacts!"

"I don’t need your pledged purple crystal coins, and I’ll help issue the bounty notice for you."

Hu Jingxian lightly squeezed Qin Yun’s hand with her soft, boneless fingers.

Qin Yun silently cursed the fox demon, knowing she wasn't doing it intentionally. This vixen always had a way of charming men without trying.

"By the way, what are those big organizations so busy with?" Qin Yun asked curiously.

"Not telling!" Hu Jingxian replied teasingly.

With that, she hurriedly left the secret chamber.

Qin Yun followed her out, wanting to ask more, but she swiftly exited the courtyard.

He stood frozen in confusion, pondering Hu Jingxian’s words.

"Little Yun, what’s on your mind? Did you fall for that pretty fox sister?" Yue Wulan asked with a hint of jealousy, patting Qin Yun’s shoulder.

"Of course not!" Qin Yun shook his head.

The way Demonmoon Island treated him was way too good!

Since he hadn't figured out the situation yet, he wasn't planning to join them.

"How did the talk go?" Tian Ruoleng asked.

"It was successful!" Qin Yun nodded, then turned to Dao Fan. "Thank you, Old Fan!"

"By the way, Old Fan, I have another request for you. During the Blade and Sword Offensive-Defensive Battle, anyone who cripples a disciple of the Long or Yang family will be rewarded with a mystical armament!" he added.

Qin Yun’s words made Old Fan's jaw drop.

Tian Ruoleng and Yue Wulan weren’t surprised, as they both knew Qin Yun was a Royal-Class Runes Master. Once he reached the Spirit Martial Realm, he could forge mystical armaments.

Qin Yun had previously eliminated many martial artists in the Ancient Martial City and had acquired plenty of mystical armaments.

"Good!" Dao Fan exclaimed after recovering from his shock. "The Long and Yang families put bounties on you, and now you’re giving them a taste of their own medicine!"

Dao Fan’s own Blade School only had three disciples, yet they had bounties placed on them by the Long and Yang families. Naturally, he was seething but helpless.

Now, Qin Yun’s bounty using mystical armaments against the Long and Yang disciples was perfect payback.

The Blade and Sword Offensive-Defensive Battle would officially begin tomorrow, and today’s bounty announcement had already set everyone abuzz among the disciples of the Blade and Sword Schools!

First, the Long and Yang families issued a bounty decree to neutralize Qin Yun, Tian Ruoleng, and Yue Wulan.

Anyone who participated could earn 20 million purple crystal coins.

Shortly after, Qin Yun issued his own bounty decree.

Any disciple who neutralized someone from the Long or Yang family would receive a mystical armament as a reward!

If a major hall had over a dozen disciples, selling that mystical armament could potentially earn them tens of millions of purple crystal coins.

On the very night Qin Yun’s bounty was announced, disciples from the Long and Yang families freely withdrew from the Blade and Sword Siege for various reasons.

This was only possible because their families had elders in the Elder Hall, allowing them to withdraw at will.

For anyone else, escaping participation would have been impossible.

It was clear—the Long and Yang families couldn’t stand their ground.

Qin Yun’s bounty was far too provocative, enough to make some people willing to take the risk.

"Blast it! How can the Yang and Long family disciples just quit?" Old Fan cursed irritably in a small hall.

"Old Fan, the effect I wanted has already been achieved! I just wanted the Long and Yang families to know we aren’t easy targets!"

Qin Yun served tea for Old Fan beside him and smiled faintly.

Old Fan nodded. "They’ve always thought they could bully others without facing retaliation. Now, your counterattack has been so fierce that it scared them!"

Tian Ruoleng said, "What a shame. Otherwise, we could’ve dealt with them ourselves during the battle."

"Old Fan, their withdrawal from the competition is unfair. How can the Saber and Sword Villa have no principles? Letting disciples quit so freely?"

"This is a mandatory event. If they withdraw, aren’t they just dodging the mining rotation?"

Yue Wulan was aggrieved—she had been eager to use her Willow Crescent Blade to neutralize Long and Yang family disciples in the battle.

"Many disciples will surely complain about this!" Qin Yun said. "Normally, the elders might turn a blind eye, but with such a big issue now, I doubt the Long and Yang family elders can hush this matter!"

Old Fan said, "We’ll see tomorrow! Tonight, let’s first settle on a name for our hall. I’ll commission a plaque and hang it at the gate."

"How about Fandao Hall? We all practice the Mortal Saber Manual," Qin Yun suggested quickly.

"I agree!" Yue Wulan said.

Tian Ruoleng also nodded.

"Alright!" Old Fan smiled, pleased. "Get some rest. The battle begins tomorrow!"

...

The next morning, Qin Yun, Tian Ruoleng, and Yue Wulan, dressed in black, stood in the center of the warded arena in the courtyard, waiting for their attackers.

Old Fan, outside the warded arena, said, "As defenders in the battle, you can use weapons to block, but they must be below mystical armament tier."

"If your weapons contain arcane inscriptions, the barrier will sense it!"

Old Fan was still worried about his three disciples—they were sorely outnumbered, while many mid-rank and elite halls had over a dozen members.

Suddenly, a group of white-garbed warriors marched through the main gate of the hall!

The disciples of the Sword Academy were all dressed in white!

After the group of white-clad figures entered, a formidably imposing black-robed middle-aged man also followed them in.

Mighty Blade had arrived as well!

In addition, several golden-robed elders from the Elder Hall also entered this Fandao Hall.

"Azure Thunder Sword Academy, you are a premier academy. How shameless of you to attack our lower-tier sabre academy—aren’t you afraid of being ridiculed?" Dao Fan scoffed coldly upon seeing the group of white-clad figures.

Indeed, the first battle Qin Yun and the others faced was an assault from a top-tier academy!

The disciples of the top-tier academies, though all at the Ninth Layer Martial Path, were senior disciples with abundant accumulated resources.

Each month, they received allocations of profound pills and access to various cultivation chambers—all were martial artists at the peak of the Ninth Layer Martial Path.

Most of the disciples from the Azure Thunder Sword Academy appeared to be middle-aged, with only two youths among them.

The instructor of the Azure Thunder Sword Academy was a hunchbacked elder, who chuckled with a sinister chuckle, "We spent 1.3 million purple crystal coins just to secure the first strike privilege. Of course, we must recoup our investment!"

Among the attacking sword academies, the order was determined by drawing lots.

The academy that drew first would have the initial choice of which sabre academy to attack.

If a sword academy wished to be the first to select their target, they could also purchase the right with purple crystal coins!

That's why, to compete for the first attack rights,

the various sword academies on the Sword Hall side had engaged in a heated bidding war!