Chapter 0576 The Bone Dragon is Mine

Chapter 0576 The Bone Dragon Is Mine

Qin Yun happily accepted the Flamefury Rune Soul, gave it a quick look, and then stored it away.

"Thank you, elder!" Qin Yun said with a smile.

"Don't mention it. You've earned this!" Ying Chengyu sighed deeply. "Perhaps this is my fate—to pursue a fine weapon yet never obtain one!"

"Your time will come!" Qin Yun chuckled.

"Qin Yun, you'd better stay alive. I will come for you again!" Ying Chengyu looked at Qin Yun with a serious expression. "Save that thing for me!"

"Let's go!"

Dejected, Ying Chengyu and his three disciples made a quick exit from the plaza.

This time, Ying Chengyu's greatest gain was Qin Yun, who had obtained the Flamefury Rune Soul.

The clan factions burned with envy.

An elder from the Long family, a Martial King, stepped forward and said, "Granny Ma, the rune soul Qin Yun obtained should be handed over to our Immortal Armament City! If not for us, he wouldn’t have had this opportunity at all!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yun snapped. "In your dreams! Want me to put a bounty on the heads of every Martial King in your Long family?"

"You wouldn’t!" The Long family elder was both shocked and furious.

"Try me." Qin Yun sneered.

The Long family elder shut his mouth.

Granny Ma cut in, "The rune soul was won by Qin Yun himself. We have no right to interfere."

At that moment, an elder from Immortal Armament City—of unknown affiliation—spoke up. "Granny Ma, Qin Yun obtained a powerful Bone Dragon in the Celestial Beast Fire Domain. According to the prior agreement, temporary disciples who enter must hand over everything they find!"

"Shut it!" Qin Yun shot back. "I entered the Celestial Beast Wild Domain through my own strength, not through that gate! Whatever I obtained inside belongs to me alone. If you disagree, then expel me from Immortal Armament City!"

Immortal Armament City would never expel him given Qin Yun’s exceptional skill in rune techniques, his extraordinary talent, and his mastery of two totems.

"Stop being selfish! We’re only asking you to hand the Bone Dragon over to the Dharma Protector Hall to strengthen their forces. Such an item would be best used by the Azure Dragon Protector," the elder said coldly.

They were just jealous of Qin Yun’s gains and wanted to see him forced to give them up. Even if they couldn’t possess these treasures themselves, they were content just watching Qin Yun lose them.

"Bastards! Even if I gave you the Bone Dragon, could you even control it?" Qin Yun retorted as he released the Bone Dragon.

The moment the Bone Dragon emerged, it unleashed an earth-shaking roar and hovered in the air.

Its massive skeletal body coiled above, its majestic skull glaring down at the crowd below.

Everyone stood awestruck at the sight of the mighty Bone Dragon, overwhelmed by its sheer presence.

Many burned with jealousy at Qin Yun’s possession of such a treasure.

The elders from the clan factions clamored for the Dharma Protector Hall to reclaim the Bone Dragon.

But the Bone Dragon was Qin Yun’s—refined into his Bone Dragon puppet—and he would never surrender it.

"What’s there to hesitate about?" The elder laughed heartily twice. "Watch me tame this Bone Dragon!"

The elder was overflowing with confidence as he soared into the air, taking out a storage mystical weapon.

Qin Yun scoffed and swiftly commanded the Bone Dragon to attack.

The massive body of the Bone Dragon moved with surprising agility, letting out a furious roar before whipping its tail fiercely, striking the elder with tremendous force.

Boom!

A deafening shockwave blasted out—it moved so fast it made the air explode.

"Ah!" The elder, struck by the tail, crashed heavily onto the ground.

The plaza's tiles shattered under the impact, leaving a deep crater. The elder was left battered and bloody, his bones fractured from the blow.

"Just a Spiritual Martial realm warrior dares to try and tame my Bone Dragon?" Qin Yun scoffed.

The crowd sucked in a sharp breath at the sight of the severely injured elder, their throats tightening in shock.

Qin Yun was only at the Ninth Layer Martial Path, yet the Bone Dragon under his control possessed such overwhelming power—clearly, this wasn’t some run-of-the-mill puppet.

If this were a puppet beast, its strength would have been limited by its master's capabilities.

What they didn’t know was that this Bone Dragon puppet had been crafted by Qin Yun himself, and a puppet’s strength depended heavily on its controller’s mental energy.

Qin Yun's mental energy surpassed that of most Spiritual Martial realm warriors, which was why his Bone Dragon puppet was so formidable.

A clan elder from one faction immediately stepped forward, berating Qin Yun angrily, "You disrespectful punk! How dare you injure an elder of our sect? This defiance can’t go unpunished!"

Qin Yun replied coldly, "He was the one who tried to take my Bone Dragon. My Bone Dragon fought back—if he was too weak to dodge, that’s on him. Who else is to blame?"

"Fine, I’ll do it myself!" The elder, a Martial Lord of the Xuan Martial realm, dashed forward.

The Bone Dragon attacked immediately, its strikes swift, but the elder managed to evade them.

Once in position, the elder pulled out his storage treasure, trying to trap the Bone Dragon inside—but he failed.

A puppet beast this strong wasn’t going down without a fight.

Granny Ma barked, "Enough! The Bone Dragon belongs to Qin Yun—we’ve got no claim to it! Qin Yun has already contributed tens of thousands of pounds of Celestial Beast bones to our Immortal Armory City. That’s already a huge contribution!"

Seeing Granny Ma's stern expression, the factions had no choice but to stand down.

They’d only demanded Qin Yun surrender the Bone Dragon to the Dharma Protector Hall, so Granny Ma couldn’t outright oppose them.

"It's over. Let's go back," Chu Binyu said, walking over and patting Qin Yun on the shoulder with a smile.

Granny Ma led Liu Jingmeng into the Immortal Armory Palace, while the other disciples gradually dispersed.

Representatives from various sects and factions also left the plaza outside the palace gates, still stunned by what they’d witnessed.

Qin Yun followed Chu Binyu to the outer sect area of the Immortal Armory Palace, arriving at a tranquil garden.

This beautiful garden had few structures—only about a dozen residences scattered throughout.

"Lord of the Manor, will I be living here from now on?" Qin Yun found the environment quite pleasant and smiled.

"This is the residence for the Outer Sect Elders and Instructors! I'm only letting you stay here temporarily. I'll arrange for you to be with Jian Mang!" Chu Binyu laughed. "You're just one step away from becoming a Rune Master, aren't you?"

"Lord of the Manor, you really tricked Hall Master Jian Lang. His puppet eagle was complete junk." Qin Yun said disdainfully.

"Well... I was backed into a corner at the time! I’ll make it up to him later!" Chu Binyu chuckled heartily. "Don’t let this give you a bad impression of me!"

"Of course not. At most, I’ll just be a bit more cautious around you to avoid getting tricked and ending up battered and bruised!" Qin Yun teased. "Hall Master Jian is a prime example!"

Chu Binyu, who became the Lord of the Manor, also served as a guest elder in the Rune Hall and made his mark in the outer sect of the Immortal Armament City, was undoubtedly a crafty old fox.

"What a shame. If you had a few more meridians, the Dharma Protector Hall might have taken you in!" Chu Binyu sighed.

"I don’t think it has anything to do with meridians!" Qin Yun scoffed. "The Dharma Protector Hall sticks strictly to the rules. Someone like me? They’d never want me!"

"True! I have to say, the Dharma Protector Hall is usually so rigid, yet they made an exception to pardon you!" Chu Binyu chuckled. "I thought they’d only reduce your sentence by a year or two!"

Qin Yun laughed loudly. "Lord of the Manor, I didn’t just get her to pardon me!"

"Oh? What else did you ask for?" Chu Binyu asked eagerly.

"In the dungeon, I couldn’t stand those clan disciples, so I got Granny Ma to agree to let me beat them up!" Qin Yun grinned. "And she actually agreed!"

"What a pity! If you had known how important that match was, you could’ve driven a hard bargain and made the Dharma Protector Hall pay dearly!" Chu Binyu sighed regretfully. "Such a missed opportunity!"

"Ah, I could tell the match was important, but I didn’t realize just how much!" Thinking about it, Qin Yun also felt it was a great loss.

"Enough of that. Rest well. I’ll arrange for you to go to Jian Mang tomorrow!" Chu Binyu said.

...

The next morning, Qin Yun was awakened by Chu Binyu and followed him out of the beautiful garden.

The Outer Sect Disciples' residences were rather ordinary, especially for newcomers.

"Back at the Sword and Blade Manor, I originally planned to join the Royal Blade Academy. Never thought I’d enter the Immortal Armament City so soon and become an outer sect disciple." Qin Yun mumbled under his breath as he walked behind Chu Binyu. "I wonder how Old Fan is doing. I miss him!"

"Qin Yun, if you seize the opportunity, you can smoothly enter the Immortal Sect. Chances like this come occasionally, but without enough strength, you won’t be able to grasp them!" Chu Binyu smiled.

Jian Mang’s residence was a very old, small brick house with a few low-ceilinged rooms. The courtyard was filled with hard, dry soil and overgrown with weeds.

Jian Mang had been injured before but had recovered quite well after treatment.

He wore a black outfit, his hair cut short, and his eyes covered in scars, making his pupils invisible. Yet, his presence was intimidating.

"Jian Mang, are you really blind?" Qin Yun walked over and waved a hand before Jian Mang's eyes.

"I may not have eyes, but I see things much more clearly than you!" The cold Jian Mang smiled faintly.

Having fought alongside Qin Yun before, Jian Mang knew him pretty well.

"Alright, you two will be a team from now on! In a few days, I’ll arrange for you to enter the Immortal Armament Illusory Realm. Focus on rising through the Martial Arts Ranking!" Chu Binyu said. "Only by entering the top ten in the Immortal Armament City's Martial Arts Ranking can you represent our city in the Martial Arts Championship!"

"What’s the Immortal Armament Illusory Realm? Where is it?" Qin Yun asked curiously.

"In your mind... It’s an amazing mystical realm, our Immortal Armament City's best-kept secret—the secret that makes disciples strong!" Chu Binyu said with a mysterious smile.