Chapter 165: Bone Refinement Array

Chapter 165: Bone Refinement Array

Qin Yun practiced from morning till evening, making significant progress, especially in controlling his mental and spirit powers through the Spirit Jade, allowing him to wield them more freely and effectively.

He could secretly control a small knife, making it fly hundreds of meters to easily cut a branch or drill into the trunk of a large tree.

However, it wasn't strong enough to deal with vicious beasts yet.

The Starlight Treasure Tree was bathed in the fiery red glow of the setting sun.

At the entrance of Qin Yun's cave, Du Gui and a red-clad girl were waiting outside.

Du Gui called out, "Young man, your little sweetheart is here."

Hearing this, Qin Yun frowned inside the room, unsure who Du Gui was referring to. He hurriedly went out and saw Xiao Yuemei grinning widely.

He exclaimed, "Yuemei! Why are you here?"

Du Gui laughed, "To enter the Bone Refinement Array, of course. I have the array, and I just need to set it up somewhere. How about inside this big tree? I'll go set it up; you two lovebirds wait here!"

Du Gui chuckled and walked away, leaving Xiao Yuemei to giggle as she entered.

She plopped down on a table, grabbed a fruit from the surface, and started eating it greedily.

Xiao Yuemei wore a bright red dress, with a long braid hanging over her chest. Her cute little mouth was busy biting into a large pear.

Qin Yun said, "Yuemei, how did the storage bracelet I gave you end up in Xiao Yanglong's hands? And he even broke it!"

"It was that turtle Xiao Yanglong who took it! Humph, he was jealous that my storage bracelet was better than his, and he was also jealous of your good relationship with Teacher Yang Shiyue. When I mentioned that Teacher Yang takes good care of you, he flew into a rage, snatched my storage bracelet, and broke it."

Xiao Yuemei was still fuming about the incident.

She knew about Qin Yun's assessment and asked softly, "Brother, did you really lose your dual martial souls?"

Qin Yun raised his left arm and smiled, "I transferred them here; I'm fine!"

Xiao Yuemei was delighted and giggled, "That's great! That turtle Xiao Yanglong actually thought you were crippled! His precious A Kai met a terrible end; he was a loyal dog that Xiao Yanglong had worked hard to train, and he died beautifully!"

"Take it and don't let it be taken again!" Qin Yun handed her the repaired storage bracelet.

"Thanks, Brother!" Xiao Yuemei laughed happily, taking it and quickly dripping blood onto it.

Du Gui ran up at this moment, telling them the Bone Refinement Array was ready and leading them to a tree hollow over eight hundred meters high.

The hollow was spacious and quiet, as large as a hall.

After Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei entered, Du Gui activated the Bone Refinement Array and hurriedly left.

The Bone Refinement Array was a combination of flag and talisman stone arrays, with energy specially refined and a very complex overall structure.

Qin Yun had initially planned to try and replicate it, but after taking a look inside, he decided to give up and focus on practicing within the array.

Xiao Yuemei absorbed the energy released by the Bone Refinement Array and said excitedly, "Brother, I'm very confident I can reach the Seventh Rank Martial Body here!"

Qin Yun tried it too and found the energy of the Bone Refinement Array to be very peculiar, directly seeping into the bones and refining them.

Xiao Yuemei added, "Brother, I heard Qin Zhengfeng is about to break through to the Eighth Rank Martial Body. You need to catch up with that bastard before he marries my sister."

"Alright, I'll do my best to break through to the Seventh Rank Martial Body before their engagement," Qin Yun closed his eyes, relaxed his body, and absorbed the Bone Refinement Energy to refine his bones.

Xiao Yuemei asked, "Brother, didn't your Purple Gold Fire Martial Soul have a problem? What exactly was the issue?"

"My Purple Gold Fire Martial Soul was starving and fainted... It needs to merge with a powerful martial soul to be fed, but I don't know where to find a suitable one," Qin Yun said helplessly.

Xiao Yuemei pursed her lips and rolled her eyes, thinking for a moment before saying coyly, "Brother, once we finish our practice in the Bone Refinement Array, let's go into the Yunlong Mountains together to search for a martial soul. My mirror martial soul might be able to sense a good one."

"Alright!" Qin Yun knew they couldn't keep delaying this, as it would continue to limit his strength.

To gain greater power, they had to enter the Yunlong Mountains to find a martial soul.

Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei were now fully focused on absorbing the Bone Refinement Energy!

Xiao Yuemei was very confident; if everything went smoothly, she would reach the Seventh Rank Martial Body, which was a cause for celebration, as she would be a Seventh Rank Martial Body warrior at just fourteen years old, far surpassing Qin Zhengfeng's talent.

...

The energy inside the Bone Refinement Array was precise. After a month, the array stopped operating!

Xiao Yuemei sat cross-legged on the ground, her eyes closed, and a faint golden mist seeped through her red clothes.

When Qin Yun opened his eyes and saw the faint golden mist emanating from her, he was pleasantly surprised.

This state indicated that her bones had been transformed into diamond-like hardness!

Cultivating diamond bones marked the Seventh Rank Golden Body Realm of the Martial Body!

"Yuemei is truly remarkable... Once she wakes up, she will be a Seventh Rank Martial Body warrior," Qin Yun thought happily.

Over the past month, he had also refined his bones to a faint golden hue, nearing the stage of diamond bones.

He discovered that with his Mystic Yellow Diamond Heart, he needed more Bone Refinement Energy to transform his bones into diamond, causing a faint golden bone aura to emanate.

It wasn't that the Mystic Yellow Heart Sutra slowed him down, but rather that to refine stronger diamond bones, he required more energy than others. This meant that the diamond bones he would cultivate in the future would be far superior to others.

Suddenly, a thick golden mist surged from Xiao Yuemei's body. She opened her eyes, her pupils gleaming with golden light, and the powerful golden bone aura made Qin Yun tremble.

"Ha ha ha, I've broken through! I'm a Seventh Rank Martial Body warrior now!" Xiao Yuemei laughed joyfully. "Brother, let's head to the Yunlong Mountains right away!"

At this moment, Du Gui flew up and entered the tree hollow. He came to retrieve the Bone Refinement Array, which needed to be recharged using a very complex method before it could be used again.

"What are you going to the Yunlong Mountains for? It’s very dangerous in there… Oh, little girl, you’ve reached the Seventh Level of Martial Body!" Du Gui sensed the golden bone aura from Xiao Yuemei and exclaimed in surprise.

"I’m going to the Yunlong Mountains to practice! Teacher Du, you don’t need to worry. With me protecting your student, he’ll be fine." Xiao Yuemei patted her chest confidently, looking like a big sister ready to protect her little brother.

Du Gui said, "That’s good. You did so well last time when you hunted ghost beasts in the Yunlong Mountains. I’m not afraid that anything will happen to you, especially now that you’ve cultivated the Vajra Bone."

With Du Gui’s approval, Qin Yun took Xiao Yuemei back to his tree cave.

Inside, he refined Ghost-Taming Talismans. This time, he planned to refine more armor talismans to deal with powerful ghost beasts.

After several days of preparation, Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei changed into black nightclothes and left the Star Profound Martial Academy with Du Gui under the cover of darkness.

To avoid drawing attention, Du Gui was very cautious on their way out, ensuring they were safely away from the Star Profound Martial Academy.

The Yunlong Mountains were vast. Qin Yun and company entered the mountains from the direction of the Star Profound Martial Academy.

The Yunlong Mountains near Hualing Martial Arts Academy were in the northeast, and the Blue Spirit Star Palace was also located in the northeastern part of the Yunlong Mountains.

Entering from the Three Profound Academies led them to the northern part of the Yunlong Mountains.

From the Star Profound Martial Academy, it was the northwest direction.

Thus, the area of the Yunlong Mountains where Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei were heading was completely unfamiliar to them.

Du Gui led them flying through the air, and by midnight, they arrived at the foot of a high mountain in the Yunlong Mountains.

The mountains in the Yunlong Mountains were layered upon each other, giving Qin Yun an inexplicable sense of oppression every time he came here.

"Ghost beasts have also ventured into the northwest region of the Yunlong Mountains. Be careful once you go in," Du Gui warned.

"I understand, Teacher!" Qin Yun nodded seriously.

Du Gui patted Qin Yun’s shoulder and said, "Go in… Because of your special circumstances, I’ve arranged for you to be exempt from this semester’s assessment. You can take the regular assessment next semester along with the other students."

After bidding farewell to Du Gui, Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei flew toward the vast mountains ahead.

...

"Brother, you can’t participate in the assessments like normal students, that’s such a loss!" Xiao Yuemei flew steadily on her sword, frowning.

Qin Yun was puzzled and asked, "How is it a loss? Isn’t this quite good?"

Xiao Yuemei huffed, "Passing the assessment comes with rewards, specifically Xuan Points, which can be used to exchange for cultivation techniques, elixirs, and access to various arrays for practice… Usually, only by taking the assessment can one earn a large number of Xuan Points."

When Qin Yun first arrived at the Three Profound Academies, a new system of Xuan Point rewards had just been introduced. In the Xuan-level Martial Academies, this system had been in place for a long time.

He asked, "Are there any other ways to obtain Xuan Points? For example, I can refine artifacts. Helping to refine spirit artifacts should count, right?"

"Well… I’m not sure. Xuan Points are universal across the three Xuan-level Martial Academies. You can go to the Xuan Hall to get a Xuan Point Crystal Card!" Xiao Yuemei took out a transparent Xuan Point Crystal Card and placed it in her palm. She infused it with mental energy, and ‘100,000’ appeared; she had 100,000 Xuan Points.

"Is 100,000 Xuan Points a lot or a little?" Qin Yun asked.

"A little. To exchange for top-grade spirit elixirs, you need at least one million Xuan Points. I accumulated about nine million Xuan Points, but I’ve spent them all," Xiao Yuemei stuck out her tongue. "There’s a Xuan Point Wealth Ranking, which tallies the Xuan Points of students from major Xuan-level Martial Academies. The highest is Xiao Yanglong, that turtle, hmpf!"

Xiao Yanglong was Xiao Yuemei’s half-brother, but she had no affection for him and even hated him deeply. Last time, Xiao Yanglong stole her storage bracelet, which almost made her lose her temper.

"Xuan Point Wealth Ranking? Interesting!" Qin Yun smiled and asked, "Who’s second on the list?"

"Second is your teacher, Yang Shiyue! Third is my sister, fourth is the Crown Prince of Tian Qi, Qi Yu, and fifth is Qin Zhengfeng," Xiao Yuemei replied.