Chapter 0533 Star Lord and Moon Maiden

Chapter 0533 Star Monarch and Moon Princess

Mu Fengxiao did not answer Qin Yun immediately, instead sipping his tea slowly.

Only after finishing his cup did he slowly say, "I came to see you mainly for two things!"

"First: Did you also see a blood moon earlier?"

Qin Yun quickly nodded. Yang Shiyue had left right then.

After cultivating his Dao Spirit Fairy (a spirit entity), he had also learned that the appearance of a blood moon signaled the emergence of a *Rune Soul*.

"A *Rune Soul* has appeared. Are you interested?" Mu Fengxiao chuckled. "This *Rune Soul* is an exceptionally powerful one—any Runes Master would desire it!"

"The Spirit Wasteland is vast, and the strong are as numerous as clouds. As a lowly Ninth Layer Martial Path cultivator, I won’t get involved!" Qin Yun was tempted to go, as Yang Shiyue might very well be there.

But he was also worried he might stir up trouble and drag others into it.

"You’re far from weak! As long as you don’t run into those genius Spirit-Martial Realm warriors, you’ll be perfectly fine!" Mu Fengxiao said.

"What’s the second thing you came to discuss?" Qin Yun asked.

"Well, I recall Hong Mengshu had a Moon Blade with damaged moon runes, which were later repaired—was that your doing?" Mu Fengxiao inquired.

"Correct!" Qin Yun nodded.

Mu Fengxiao quickly produced a large bell.

"Help me fix/repair this, and I’ll reward you!"

Qin Yun examined the bell. It indeed had some moon runes, though they weren’t particularly complex.

"What’s in it for me?" Since he knew Mo Mo could handle the repairs, Qin Yun went straight to negotiating.

"What do you want right now? Name your price, and I’ll try to get it!" Mu Fengxiao knew Qin Yun wasn’t lacking in Purple Crystal Coins.

"*Bone Spirit Mystic Pill*!" Qin Yun happened to need this very pill at the moment.

Mu Fengxiao shook his head upon hearing this. "I can’t get my hands on that. Such items are mostly found in the major Star Sects and Immortal Sects. Other sects and noble families hoard them like treasures!"

"Sigh..." Qin Yun pondered, then added, "What about the ingredients needed for the *Bone Spirit Mystic Pill*? Can you get those?"

"That depends on the ingredients! The recipes for *Bone Spirit Mystic Pills* vary among the major sects." Mu Fengxiao said. "What ingredients does your Sword and Blade Villa’s recipe require? I’d need to see first."

Qin Yun’s Alchemy Scripture recorded a recipe for this pill, but he wasn’t sure if it was reliable.

From memory, he listed three types of Mystic Herbs, all of low-grade quality.

"Mystic-Beast Bone, *Night Lotus*, *Moon Spirit Rose*!" Mu Fengxiao frowned as he read the names. "This is really the recipe?"

"Why? Doesn’t it seem right?" Qin Yun wasn’t certain whether the Alchemy Scripture’s record was accurate.

"Mystic-Beast Bone is easy to obtain! *Night Lotus* and *Moon Spirit Rose* can also be acquired, but they’re low-grade Mystic Herbs. The *Bone Spirit Mystic Pill* is a mid-grade Mystic Pill—can these ingredients really refine it?" Mu Fengxiao was deeply skeptical.

"Just get them for me. How long will it take, and how many Purple Crystal Coins?" Qin Yun asked.

"Mystic-Beast Bone is cheap! *Night Lotus* and *Moon Spirit Rose*, however, cost around one or two million per flower—pretty expensive!" Mu Fengxiao tucked away the note and grinned. "If you help me repair this bell, I’ll fetch you a set!"

"Only one set?" Qin Yun sneered.

"Besides the Mystic Beast Bone, the other two are rare treasures that take two to three thousand years to mature! Just getting one batch is impressive enough!" Mu Fengxiao said.

"Alright then!" Qin Yun thought for a moment and nodded.

After Mu Fengxiao left, Qin Yun quickly called Mo Mo out to repair the large bell.

He had no idea what the bell was for.

But the mischievous Ling Yuner knew.

"This big bell is a Dao Artifact. The strange patterns on it... mainly produce a unique sound wave that can attract many powerful beasts. It must be used for hunting strong creatures," Ling Yuner explained.

Inside the storage space, Mo Mo was living it up with the Little Jade Rabbit and Yang Yang, enjoying life to the fullest.

After obtaining the Moon Totem, she could condense plenty of Moonlight Nectar on her own.

She no longer needed to eat monster beast crystal eggs to stay full all day long.

Qin Yun looked at Mo Mo and mused, "Mo Mo’s just the cutest. I wish Ling Yuner were like her!"

Hearing Qin Yun's thoughts, Ling Yuner chuckled lightly, "Xiao Yun, I’m adorable too, you know!"

"Mo Mo calls me 'big brother,' but you keep calling me 'Xiao Yun' all day!" Qin Yun shot back unhappily.

"Oh, you dummy... I'm much older than you, so of course I'll call you Xiao Yun!" Ling Yuner teased. "By the way, the Nine Heavens Black Sparrow—this little duckling—is a handful to raise. You’d better be prepared!"

"Really?" Qin Yun suddenly felt a bit worried.

"Yang Yang has a huge appetite! The Little Jade Rabbit and Mo Mo can stay full on Moonlight Nectar, but that little duckling needs dragon meat. Once it finishes this ton of dragon meat, you’ll be in trouble!" Ling Yuner said.

"What should I do then? I can’t just abandon her!" Qin Yun couldn’t bear to part with the cute little duckling either.

Besides, he had already raised her for a while and fed her quite a bit of dragon meat—it would be a waste to give up now.

"This is a divine beast, of course you can’t release her!" Ling Yuner said. "You’d better learn how to refine King-Rank Mystic Pills. Then you can just feed her those!"

Qin Yun also remembered that the Alchemy Manual recorded pills specifically for beasts.

He was torn—he himself desperately needed pills, yet now he had to feed them to Yang Yang too.

"Mo Mo’s just the cutest, so innocent and beautiful. It’s a shame I can’t come out, or I’d spend all day squeezing her cheeks!" Ling Yuner said pitifully.

Mo Mo only took a day to fully repair the large bell.

Qin Yun also took the Bone Spirit Mystic Pill and started refining it.

The Bone Spirit Mystic Pill didn’t strengthen the Dao Bones directly but released a strange energy that seeped into them.

Once the Dao Bones absorbed enough of the medicinal power, they would gradually awaken their spiritual power.

Ling Yuner had also mentioned that when awakening the spirit, one needed to prepare a powerful beast soul.

At the moment of awakening, absorbing the beast soul would make the Bone Spirit incredibly powerful, granting it the special powers of the beast.

The choice of beast soul also needed to have some compatibility with one’s own Martial Soul.

It hit Qin Yun just how difficult it was to step into the Spirit Martial Realm.

And cultivation within the Spirit Martial Realm was a grind in itself.

Several days passed, and he had finished refining the Bone Spirit Mystic Pill.

Because his cultivation bones were too strong, a single Bone Spirit Mystic Pill had a negligible effect.

Mu Fengxiao was also waiting in the outer hall.

Qin Yun went out and ushered him into the room, saying, "It's repaired!"

"So fast! How did you repair it?" Mu Fengxiao was extremely curious.

"That’s a secret!" Qin Yun laughed. "What about my things? Did you bring them?"

"Here! Mystic Beast Bones aren’t expensive, so I got you quite a few—think of them as a gift! As for the Night Lotus and Moon Spirit Rose, there’s only one of each."

Mu Fengxiao handed Qin Yun two jade boxes, inside of which lay two flowers that looked rather unimpressive.

The Night Lotus was black, and the Moon Spirit Rose was silver, neither emitting light nor spiritual energy, appearing lifeless.

"These are all inferior quality!" Qin Yun said with some dissatisfaction.

"To be honest, these are discards from the Five Immortal Sects! The medicinal herbs from your Blade and Sword Villa are probably the same!" Mu Fengxiao sneered. "Getting these is already quite good."

Qin Yun had no choice but to accept them, planning to improve them later using the Sun and Moon Divine Bowl.

"Qin Yun, are you really not planning to go after the Pattern Spirit? From what I know, it might be either 'Star Lord' or 'Moon Maiden'!" Mu Fengxiao said.

Qin Yun already possessed the *Beast King* Pattern Spirit.

This allowed him to engrave beast-themed patterns or beast totems with twice the efficiency.

"If you obtain the 'Star Lord' or 'Moon Maiden' Pattern Spirit, carving star patterns or moon patterns will become much easier!" Mu Fengxiao said.

"Not yet!" Qin Yun knew Yang Shiyue had gone. If she failed, he could still go later.

He was worried that going now might just complicate things.

Yang Shiyue had the memories of her past life as the Young Palace Master, so she surely had a way to obtain the Pattern Spirit.

"Well, the Pattern Spirit is hard to come by as it is. Waiting a bit longer won’t hurt." Mu Fengxiao said. "Right now, people from all the major sects are searching for this Pattern Spirit, so they’re too busy to deal with you!"

"Mess with me? Even if they had time, what could they do to me?" Qin Yun wasn’t afraid at all.

"I don’t know either!" Mu Fengxiao shook his head. "I’m leaving. If you want to find me, you can go to the Strange Patterns Hall in Immortal Weapon City—I’ve got a good thing going there!"

After Mu Fengxiao left, Qin Yun quickly took out the Sun and Moon Divine Bowl.

Ling Yuner exclaimed, "Xiao Yun, this isn’t a mystical weapon—it’s called the Sun and Moon Divine Bowl, a divine relic! It’s a real treasure!"

"The Xiao family really hit the jackpot back then, but it was damaged and could never unleash its full power, making it seem like just a mystical weapon."

"A divine relic? Such things should belong to the Divine Wasteland. How did it end up in the borderlands?" Qin Yun was both thrilled yet puzzled. "Why didn’t I notice before?"

"You couldn’t tell because the divine patterns are hidden—they’re a mix of various levels of strange patterns!"

"Why it ended up in the borderlands, I don’t know. But this is definitely a treasure! If Mo Mo were strong enough, she could fully repair it! But with her current strength, she can’t fix the divine patterns yet!"

Ling Yuner had only known of this item through Qin Yun’s memories before, but now that she saw it in person, she realized it was a divine relic.

Filled with excitement, Qin Yun placed the Sun and Moon Divine Bowl on the table, letting it absorb solar and lunar essence.

"The condensed essence of the sun and moon can accelerate plant growth, though I'm not sure by how much," Ling Yuner said. "This bowl is amazing—it still works even though it's so badly damaged!"

Qin Yun now had the medicinal herbs but still lacked an alchemy mystical weapon.

In his Pill Alchemy Manual, there was a specialized mystical weapon for refining the Bone Spirit Mystic Pill, which required engravings of the Star-Moon Sigil along with some other mystical patterns.

Crafting it was still quite difficult.

Qin Yun had only just reached the Ninth Layer Martial Path and had barely cultivated his Dao Spirit—nowhere near strong enough for the Spirit Martial realm’s power.

Just as Qin Yun was racking his brains over this matter, he heard Yue Wulan calling softly from outside, "Xiao Yun, Elder Hu from Demonmoon Island is here!"

"Hu Jingxian is a Martial Lord of the Xuan Martial realm—might as well put her to work!" Qin Yun thought gleefully, quickly pushing the door open to step outside.