Chapter 0761: The Dragon Soul Refines the Dao Lord

Chapter 0761: Dragon Soul Tempering the Dao Monarch

Qin Yun pondered for a moment and felt that Mu Fengxiao's concerns had some merit.

Although he had helped the Sword Immortal Pavilion, only the Jian family from Ao Xing Province were grateful to him.

The Jian family from other states might not feel the same way.

Mu Fengxiao added, "Qin Yun, if you win first place, it might cause internal strife within the Jian family! Of course, this is just my guessing!"

Xiao Yuemei said, "Brother, you don’t need to win first place—just defeat Jian Nanhu!"

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it!" Qin Yun laughed. "I might not even make it to the top ten!"

Xiao Yuemei didn’t think so—she firmly believed Qin Yun was incredibly strong.

Mu Fengxiao said, "You can sign up for the Rune competition at the Rune Hall. Go register now!"

Xiao Yuemei was most familiar with this and quickly took Qin Yun downstairs to register.

Qin Yun used a fake name, one suggested by Xiao Yuemei—Xiao Yun!

"Chubby Mu is finally gone! Brother, we can start now!" Xiao Yuemei took out her small mirror and giggled.

She also knew Qin Yun had been thinking about this for a while.

Xiao Yuemei and Qin Yun entered a quiet and sturdy sealed chamber.

Qin Yun smiled. "Yuemei, I’ve obtained a new Rune Soul!"

Xiao Yuemei placed the small mirror on Qin Yun’s abdomen and giggled, "It’s the Star Monarch Rune Soul that Sister Yang gave you, right?"

Qin Yun chuckled but didn’t respond.

As Xiao Yuemei was copying the Star Monarch Rune Soul, she noticed another Rune Soul.

She seemed to recognize what it was; her eyes widened in shock and she stared at Qin Yun with her mouth slightly agape.

"Yuemei, though my cultivation hasn’t advanced, I’ve gained a lot!" Qin Yun pinched Xiao Yuemei’s surprised little face.

"Brother, you’re amazing, hahaha…" Xiao Yuemei burst out laughing.

"Shh!" Qin Yun quickly gestured for silence.

Xiao Yuemei lowered her voice. "Brother, how did you get the Moon Princess Mystical Pattern Soul? I heard there are fewer than three in all of the Nine Wastelands realm!"

"Yuemei, didn’t you know I had the Moon Princess Mystical Pattern Soul in my past life?" Qin Yun frowned.

"That was your past life—how's that relevant now?" Xiao Yuemei retorted.

"My past life passed it down to me!" Qin Yun smiled and briefly recounted the events involving the War Tribe.

"I knew Yue You wronged you! She’s so foolish—she couldn’t obtain the Dark Moon even after millennia. When I reach the Immortal Wasteland, I’ll definitely laugh at her!" Xiao Yuemei was astonished to learn Qin Yun had acquired the Dark Moon.

"Yuemei, that Dark Moon must be very important for rebuilding the Moon Palace, right? I want to return it to Sister Yang!"

"No need! Since you obtained it, it means you’re fated with it. Sister Yang won’t take it back!" Xiao Yuemei teased. "Sister Yang spoils you rotten!"

"Stop imagining things!" Qin Yun pinched Xiao Yuemei’s cheek. "Let's get started!"

Xiao Yuemei also became serious, holding her small mirror, and asked, "Brother, what kind of soul are you planning to refine?"

"Dao Lord Rune Soul!" Qin Yun said. "You must have copied it from Elder Linglong, right?"

"Yeah!" Xiao Yuemei nodded and whispered, "Brother, if you obtain the Dao Lord Rune Soul, wouldn't that make you a Mystic Rune Master?"

Qin Yun thought for a moment and shook his head. "I'm not sure! Let's get it first, then we can worry about that!"

Xiao Yuemei closed her eyes and said, "I'll make the Dao Lord Rune Soul appear in the mirror now!"

Soon, Qin Yun saw the Dao Lord Rune Soul—a swirling mass of intricate runes.

"Yuemei, remember when we helped Hong Lan condense her Hong Lan Martial Soul?" Qin Yun asked.

"Of course I remember! But this situation is different from last time. Back then, we condensed a Martial Soul, but now it's a Rune Soul—it's not the same!" Xiao Yuemei replied.

"Yeah. No idea if we’ll pull it off this time," Qin Yun said, taking out many Soul-Sealing Orbs, each containing a large number of Martial Souls.

These Martial Souls contained soul energy, which was essential for soul refinement.

Xiao Yuemei said, "A Rune Soul requires a ton of soul energy!"

She pulled out a bunch of Soul-Sealing Orbs too, which she had accumulated over the years.

The Soul-Sealing Orbs Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei brought out piled up into two big heaps.

"I still have some top-tier Martial Souls on hand, all of them Purple-Gold grade!" Qin Yun said. "I hope we won’t need to use those!"

Xiao Yuemei laughed. "No big deal if we do. I’ve got plenty to spare! Brother, I can now use the power of five Martial Souls simultaneously!"

Qin Yun smiled happily. "Yuemei, you’re getting stronger and stronger!"

"Here goes!" Xiao Yuemei said, focusing her energy to draw out the soul energy of the Dao Lord Rune Soul from the mirror.

Qin Yun quickly took out a custom-made Soul-Sealing Orb and guided the wisp of Dao Lord Rune Soul’s energy into it.

Xiao Yuemei chuckled. "My mirror’s the only one that can release soul energy for replicating souls!"

Qin Yun nodded. "Yeah. Even my Nether Sun Martial Soul can’t release this special regenerative soul energy."

The Dao Lord Rune Soul was white, and the leaked soul energy was barely detectable—almost invisible to the naked eye and only detectable through mental energy.

Drawing on the art of soul refinement’s secret techniques, Qin Yun began releasing the Martial Soul energy from the Soul-Sealing Orbs, converting it into nourishment for the Dao Lord Rune Soul’s energy to absorb.

Xiao Yuemei was at the Xuanwu Realm and specialized in mental energy, so she could keep this up nonstop.

"Brother, right now, it’s like we’re growing a plant from scratch—except we haven’t even formed the seed yet!" Xiao Yuemei said with a light laugh, looking at the empty Soul-Sealing Orb.

"Exactly! The Dao Lord Rune Soul’s in a league of its own!"

Qin Yun had already consumed over a hundred Martial Souls but still hadn’t even gotten a speck of a soul seed.

Once the soul seed was formed, it would mean they were halfway to success—the rest would be smooth sailing!

Xiao Yuemei continued to make the mirror release the Dao Lord Rune Soul’s energy, but it was exhausting. At first, she could still chat and laugh with Qin Yun.

But after half a day, her brows knitted, her face tight with focus.

Qin Yun was struggling too. Not only did he have to refine various Martial Souls, but he also had to burn through huge amounts of mental energy to channel the streams of Martial Soul energy to feed the Dao Lord Rune Soul’s energy.

After just two days, the large piles of Soul-Sealing Pearls Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei had brought out had all lost their color, meaning the Beast Spirits inside were all used up.

"So many Beast Spirits, yet we still couldn't cultivate a Soul Core!" Qin Yun gritted his teeth, reluctantly taking out his prized top-tier Beast Spirits.

"If we were cultivating a Legendary Beast Spirit or a Heaven-Sent Beast Spirit, we would have succeeded long ago!" Xiao Yuemei said. "Rune Souls are a pain to forge!"

Qin Yun let out a long sigh and painfully refined those precious Beast Spirits.

"Brother, why did you choose to refine a Dao Lord Rune Soul instead of a Totemic Runesoul?" Xiao Yuemei asked.

"I thought the resources I had would be enough for two attempts!" Qin Yun sighed. "I miscalculated!"

"I think the Totemic Runesoul would be even harder! From what I can sense about soul forms, the Totemic Runesoul is stronger!" Xiao Yuemei chuckled. "If you had chosen to refine a Totemic Runesoul, you’d have burned through even more!"

Qin Yun thought about it and found it unsurprising—Rune Souls were inherently extremely rare and undoubtedly harder to cultivate than Beast Spirits.

"My preparations were still insufficient!" Qin Yun quickly burned through those high-quality Beast Spirits.

Now, neither he nor Xiao Yuemei had any Beast Spirits left!

"Ah—oh!" Xiao Yuemei looked at Qin Yun's bitter smile and grew anxious. "Brother, if we stop now, all our efforts will be wasted! Those Beast Spirits were the result of years of hard work from both of us!"

"Guess I’ll have to rough up my own Beast Spirit!"

Qin Yun sighed deeply and had Ling Yuner control the Nether Sun Beast Spirit to release "Soul Essence."

Qin Yun's own Beast Spirit was powerful and could continuously regenerate, but overdoing it might piss it off—this was Ling Yuner's warning.

Xiao Yuemei didn't stay idle either and began releasing her own Beast Spirit's soul energy, pulling it from her little mirror.

"Xiao Yun, didn't you capture a dragon? That dragon's soul should be quite strong!" Ling Yuner said.

"The Beast Spirits I obtained earlier, including those from Emperor Wu Half-Immortals, were all fed to the Dao Lord Rune Soul, but none packed enough punch!" Qin Yun replied.

"Beast Souls work differently from human souls! The power of those Emperor Wu Half-Immortals isn't in their Beast Spirits but in their Dao Pills and Life Crystals! Beasts are different—their soul bodies contain serious power!" Ling Yuner explained.

Qin Yun recalled the Sky Lion Beast Spirit left to him by the Sky Lion Patriarch—it had been insanely strong.

Qin Yun quickly sent a voice transmission to Yao Fang in the third bead of the Nine Sun Divine Pendant: "Sister Yao Fang, could you do me a small favor?"

"Spit it out!" Yao Fang shouted.

"I captured a dragon. I need its dragon soul and dragon core! That dragon is quite strong—I have it locked up in the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron. I want to move it into the third bead and have you kill it!" Qin Yun said.

"Fine!" Yao Fang agreed readily.

"Sister Yao Fang, I might need the dragon meat to feed the Nine Heavens Black Sparrow," Qin Yun added.

"I have Xie Ying to absorb it—I don’t need your leftovers, don't worry!" Yao Fang snorted.

Qin Yun placed the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron into the third bead of the Nine Sun Divine Pendant, letting Yao Fang extract the dragon herself.

In no time, Yao Fang said, "Done. Just a little dragon—wouldn’t even make a snack!"

Qin Yun's mouth twitched. That dragon had been incredibly powerful, yet Yao Fang treated it with total scorn.

If that damn dragon knew, it would surely die pissed.

Qin Yun pulled out the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron and took out the dragon soul and dragon pearl inside.

"Brother... this is the dragon soul and dragon pearl, still fresh. Was it you who took the dragon that the Long family lost?"

Xiao Yuemei stared in surprise at the red dragon pearl, which contained the dragon soul.

"The Long family lost a dragon? How did you know about that?" Qin Yun frowned.

"It's a huge deal! Everyone’s talking about it! The Long family is investigating who did it right now! They suspect Long Qiaofeng, but doubt she could’ve done it alone—they believe she conspired with someone. And Long Qiaofeng has gone missing too!"

Xiao Yuemei smirked mischievously. "Brother, you helped Long Qiaofeng engrave dragon totem patterns on her martial soul. Heh, you two must’ve teamed up!"