Chapter 0551: Celestial Beast Bone

Chapter 0551 Celestial Beast Remains

Qin Yun was a little worried about Xiao Yuelan and the others, hoping they would remain safe.

He had only managed to get just a few thousand pounds of Celestial Beast remains, while Ke Mingjiang had acquired hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Nobody expected that the stone houses in this mansion would be filled with the bones of different Celestial Beasts!

Only Qin Yun knew that this was the Sky Lion Immortal Mansion, built by the former Sky Lion ruler.

Back then, the Sky Lion must've killed many Celestial Beasts, hence storing their bones here.

Only the main house contained no Celestial Beast bones.

"There aren’t many Celestial Beasts in this Celestial Beast Wastelands—perhaps most were killed by the Sky Lion!" Ling Yuner said. "Only the plant-eating Celestial Beasts might have survived!"

The Little Deer Qin Yun had encountered earlier was one such living Celestial Beast.

The disciples of the Medicine Immortal Valley were extremely arrogant, even trying to rob Ke Mingjiang from the Immortal Soldier City.

"You better think twice, Medicine Immortal Valley. If you try robbing us here, it means your sect is picking a fight with our Immortal Soldier City! Do you really have the confidence to defeat us?"

Ke Mingjiang wasn't afraid of the Medicine Immortal Valley.

Another disciple from the Immortal Soldier City added coldly, "Medicine Immortal Valley, you're pushing your luck, daring to target us! Go rob the Five Star Gates or the three Moon Sects instead! We're not pushovers!"

"Hah! What's wrong - did you idiots waste so much time suspecting that bearded man had something, missing your chance to get out first?" Ke Mingjiang laughed loudly.

Now, everyone was certain that the large house truly contained nothing.

If there had been anything, the scent of Celestial Beast bones would have been present.

"Your Immortal Soldier City cleaned out three warehouses! You got the most bones—shouldn't you split them fairly?" a Medicine Immortal Valley disciple said coldly.

The main issue was that the Medicine Immortal Valley disciples had gone to smaller warehouses and got into fights with other sects, wasting much time.

The three squads from the Immortal Soldier City cleared three warehouses quickly because they possessed big storage magic items.

Qin Yun, following Ke Mingjiang, also scored some loot and was quite satisfied.

"Move. If you want our Celestial Beast bones, you’ll have to step over our corpses!"

Ke Mingjiang gave a cold smirk and walked toward the warehouse door.

The Medicine Immortal Valley disciples blocking the entrance, seeing Ke Mingjiang’s killer look, could only grit their teeth and make way.

If a fight broke out, they might win, but the incident would surely spread.

If word reached the Immortal Soldier City, it would inevitably lead to a full-scale war between the two sects.

Unless the Medicine Immortal Valley wanted war, they would have to punish those who provoked the conflict.

Qin Yun now saw how privileged the core disciples of major sects were—keeping others from messing with them.

Following Ke Mingjiang outside, Qin Yun spotted Xiao Yuelan and the others.

"Yuelan, did you get any bones? I got some—if you didn’t, I can share mine with you!" Qin Yun said.

"Don't worry, we've secured ours!" Xiao Yuelan said. "You can safely return with the people from Celestial Armory City. We'll stay in contact later!"

They were all concealing their identities now and could only communicate secretly.

Before long, all dozen or so warehouses in the estate were emptied!

"Celestial Armory City, you took the three largest warehouses of Celestial Beast bones. Hand some over to share!" The speaker was a main gate disciple of Canghuo Immortal Mountain.

"The Celestial Beast bones from the largest warehouses are also the best! The ones you got are of higher grade than ours. Hurry up and share them!" The disciples of Medicine Immortal Valley also shouted.

Only the Demonic Immortal Grotto and Sword Immortal Pavilion didn’t join in—these two sects had good relations with Celestial Armory City.

Especially Sword Immortal Pavilion, whose weapons were supplied by Celestial Armory City.

Medicine Immortal Valley and Canghuo Immortal Mountain had long-standing conflicts with Celestial Armory City, so they were being particularly aggressive now.

Eventually, more people arrived one after another!

Liu Chongsheng finally made it!

His status in Medicine Immortal Valley was extremely high, and his presence boosted the confidence of the sect’s disciples.

Soon, several more teams from Celestial Armory City arrived, including Jian Mang.

The blind Jian Mang sensed Qin Yun’s presence as soon as he arrived. Though surprised, he said nothing.

Thus, the disciples of Medicine Immortal Valley and Canghuo Immortal Mountain united to demand Celestial Beast bones from Celestial Armory City.

The other eight Star-Moon sects stood by, watching the show.

"By the way, that Bearded Man earlier caused the death of one of our senior brothers. What do you have to say about that?" A youth from Medicine Immortal Valley pointed at Qin Yun angrily.

Qin Yun quickly explained what had happened.

"That guy was killed by the barrier—it’s not his fault!" Ke Mingjiang chuckled. "In fact, we should all thank this young man. Because he entered the mansion, the barrier came down, allowing us to obtain so many Celestial Beast bones. He’s our number one contributor!"

The onlookers nodded in agreement.

Liu Chongsheng, however, refused to accept this. He had arrived late and, upon learning that Celestial Armory City had secured three large warehouses of Celestial Beast bones, was burning with envy.

"Ke Mingjiang, no matter what, you must hand over some Celestial Beast bones today. Otherwise, this Bearded Man must die!" Liu Chongsheng drew a sword and pointed it at Qin Yun. "He caused the death of one of our senior brothers!"

"You want to kill him? Fine, go ahead—but only after you kill me first! As long as I, Ke Mingjiang, am alive, you won’t touch a hair on his head!"

Ke Mingjiang, a powerfully-built middle-aged man, released his Dao momentum—a terrifying force like a mighty river.

His martial spirit was the Great River Martial Spirit—a legendary one!

"Let's both compromise!" Liu Chongsheng thought for a moment before saying, "How about a duel? If you win, we’ll forget about the matter with the Bearded Man. If you lose, you have two choices: either kill him or give us one warehouse of Celestial Beast bones!"

"In your dreams!" Ke Mingjiang sneered. "If you're brave enough, attack us! Celestial Armory City has long wanted a justifiable reason to crush Medicine Immortal Valley!"

"You... you've got nerve!" Liu Chongsheng gritted his teeth in fury. "Fine, let’s bet on Celestial Beast bones instead! A duel—20,000 jin [~10,000 kg] of Celestial Beast bones!"

"That's more reasonable!" Ke Mingjiang grinned. "I haven't had a proper fight since entering the Celestial Beast Wastelands anyway."

"Let’s not have our Spirit Martial Stage masters fight. Have the *Ninth Layer Martial Path* juniors duel instead!" Liu Chongsheng glanced at a senior brother, who nodded in agreement.

Ke Mingjiang said, "Jian Mang, you’ll fight! If you win, you’ll get 10,000 jin of Celestial Beast bones!"

Jian Mang slowly stepped forward, his scarred eyes tightly squinted, dressed in white robes with a tall and lean figure.

He radiated an overwhelming sharpness.

This was a Jian clansman—many could recognize him just from this aura.

"Jian Mang, why didn’t you come to the Sword Immortal Pavilion? That would have been your best choice!" a middle-aged man from the Sword Immortal Pavilion asked.

"I have no connection with the Sword Immortal Pavilion. I always follow destiny," Jian Mang replied indifferently. "I entered Blade-and-Sword Manor and then obtained the chance to become a temporary disciple from there. That is my connection with the Immortal Armory City."

Ke Mingjiang laughed. "Good! Right now, there’s an opportunity for you to obtain Celestial Beast bone! If you defeat their fighter, you’ll become an Outer Disciple of the Immortal Armory City!"

"Just a blind man, what’s so impressive about him?" Liu Chongsheng sneered. "A'Qing, go finish him!"

Ke Mingjiang took out a mysterious sword and was about to hand it to Jian Mang when Liu Chongsheng shouted, "No weapons permitted! The rules of the duel are to incapacitate your opponent. Injuries or deaths are permitted, but no weapons, hidden tools, or poisons!"

The crowd quickly cleared a large area.

There was no barrier arena here—if they fought, the residual energy would destroy the entire mansion.

Everyone hovered in the air, watching the two below.

A'Qing was an Outer Disciple of the Medicine Immortal Valley, at the Ninth Layer of the Martial Path, with a burly build and a face full of rough features. Beneath his developed muscles, molten lava churned—he was a warrior specializing in flame cultivation.

Even before the fight began, A'Qing was already emanating scorching heat from his entire body!

"A'Qing has Six Spiritual Meridians, a Purple Gold Flame Martial Soul, aged twenty-five, and comes from the Xia family!" Liu Chongsheng said smugly. "A Jian without his sword is worthless. A'Qing can't lose!"

"Begin!" Liu Chongsheng shouted.

The moment the fight started, a blast of scorching heat surged outward—A'Qing’s aura.

But Jian Mang’s aura was even more terrifying. A sword phantom suddenly appeared in his palm.

The instant A'Qing threw his punch, he saw the sword phantom and was shocked. Strengthening his Hunyuan Dao Force, his fist erupted with a violent surge of Purple Gold Flame, striking toward the sword phantom.

The moment the flames erupted, the air within a hundred meters turned stifling.

Jian Mang remained steady, thrusting the phantom forward without dodging A'Qing’s punch.

Fist and sword phantom collided, unleashing a surge of purple-gold flames.

"Ah—!" The one who screamed was A'Qing.

His fist was pierced by the sword phantom, the phantom emerging from his back!

Jian Mang’s sword phantom was as sharp as a real sword, penetrating A'Qing’s entire arm and shattering the terrifying Hunyuan Purple Gold Flame.

More terrifying still, the sword phantom suddenly exploded, obliterating A'Qing’s arm!

Once his arm was gone, A'Qing screamed again in agony!

Then, Jian Mang condensed another sword phantom and swiftly stabbed at A'Qing, landing a dozen strikes on vital points in an instant.

"He no longer has the strength to fight back," Jian Mang said calmly, stepping back after the strikes.

Jian Mang’s strength even frightened the Spirit Martial Realm masters.

"We’ve won!" Ke Mingjiang laughed as he looked at the Medicine Immortal Valley disciples.

Liu Chongsheng stared at the severely injured A'Qing and said darkly, "This guy is a sword cultivator!"

"So what?" Ke Mingjiang grinned. "He is indeed at the Ninth Layer of the Martial Path. Now hurry up and hand over ten tons of Celestial Beast bone!"