Chapter 0391: Ancient Expert

Chapter 0391: Ancient Expert

The martial soul Qin Yun extracted from that person's body was a pale red unique martial soul, which lived up to his expectations.

However, the martial soul was quite peculiar, being semi-transparent and red!

"What kind of martial soul is this?" Qin Yun murmured to himself, curious, as he placed the martial soul into a soul-sealing bead.

The person, having had his martial soul extracted, died with a look of hatred.

Qin Yun placed the corpse into the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, added beast oil, and continued the burning process.

"Beast oil is truly powerful, producing an intense heat. If it continues to burn, it’s hotter than the flames I can produce!"

Qin Yun suddenly thought of something and then took out the jade coffin.

The jade coffin had been ejected from the black mountain in the Ancient Jade Mountain Range, and inside lay an elder, encased in ice.

"If I pour in some beast oil, it might melt the ice!" Qin Yun murmured, gazing at the elder inside.

He then poured in a bit of beast oil but hesitated, muttering, "What if I overdo it and reduce him to ashes? Better wait for later..."

"No, burn it now!" Suddenly, a hurried voice appeared in Qin Yun’s mind.

Qin Yun was startled, his body trembling as he turned his gaze to the elder inside the jade coffin, asking in surprise, "Old man, is that you speaking to me?"

"Yes, it’s me! I didn’t expect you to have beast oil! Hurry, pour the beast oil into the coffin and light it!" The voice appeared again in Qin Yun’s mind.

Qin Yun frowned, "When I first obtained the jade coffin, why didn’t you talk to me? Did you look down on me back then?"

"Ahem, of course not... I was probably asleep at the time. It was the smell of the beast oil that woke me!" the elder said.

This elder, sealed inside the jade coffin, must be an ancient figure. To have lived for so long, his strength must be formidable.

Now, Qin Yun knew nothing about this elder, whether he was good or bad. If he recklessly freed him and ended up dead, it would be his own fault.

"What if you come out and kill me?" Qin Yun did not immediately pour in the beast oil.

"Why would I want to kill you? Not only will I not kill you, but I can also help you with something!" the elder laughed. "Even though I’ve been trapped here for ages, my strength is still quite powerful!"

Qin Yun quietly guessed that the elder’s strength might very well be at the Martial King realm!

If the elder inside the jade coffin was truly at the Martial King realm, then he might be able to save Wei Zhongzheng!

Wei Zhongzheng was trapped in the Hongwu Imperial City, watched closely by the peak Xuan Martial realm experts from the Totem Pavilion and the sect leader of the Fire King Sect, leaving him with no way out.

Unless a Martial King realm expert intervened, Wei Zhongzheng would surely be killed.

"How do I know I can trust you? I’m really worried that if I release you, you’ll kill me! There are too many bad people these days... I was almost killed by someone from the Totem Pavilion before!" Qin Yun said.

"Totem Pavilion? Young man, where are you now? Are you in the Demon Beast Wasteland?" The elder’s surprised voice came through.

"No, I’m in the northern state of Wuhuang. Why?" Qin Yun was also secretly startled.

The elder exclaimed, "The Totem Pavilion is a sect from the Demon Wasteland. When the Beast Wasteland was invaded by sects from the Demon Wasteland, it became the Demon Beast Wasteland... The Totem Pavilion is a sect from the Demon Beast Wasteland, but now they’ve actually gone to Wuhuang!"

Qin Yun was stunned!

The Totem Pavilion was actually a demonic sect, and they were dominating the northern state of Wuhuang. The thought alone was terrifying!

Qin Yun had previously learned about the Totem Pavilion from his father and thought it was an evil demonic sect, and now it turned out to be true!

"Kid, if the Totem Pavilion's after you, you must have something totem-related on you!" the elder added.

Qin Yun thought of the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, which had the Heavenly Lion totem pattern on it, but only Grand Master Mu Fengxiao knew about this!

Others wouldn't easily recognize it as a totem pattern.

"The Totem Pavilion aims to kill me and obliterate the very foundation of our Nine Profound Mystic Sect!" Qin Yun sighed, then told the elder about the disciples of the Nine Profound Mystic Sect being slaughtered.

After hearing this, the elder promptly inquired, "You mentioned nine pillars earlier... what are they like? Could you give me a detailed description?"

"Of course!" Qin Yun also felt that the patterns on the nine pillars were overwhelmingly powerful, far beyond what the forces of Wuhuang could produce, and were likely created by people from the Spirit Wasteland.

After Qin Yun detailed them, the elder was utterly astonished.

"The patterns on the nine pillars aren't yang patterns—they're Nine Sun totems!"

The elder's revelation struck Qin Yun dumb.

"It might not be all Nine Sun totems—maybe just one. I can't be certain. The Totem Pavilion is targeting you so much, it must be for the yang totems."

Qin Yun became even more curious about the elder's identity and quickly asked, "Elder, may I ask about your origins?"

"Can you let me out first?" the elder said, "I've drained much of my energy to project my thoughts through the ice and speak with you!"

"I'm not comfortable with this! You're probably at the Martial King realm—once you're out, you could take me down in a heartbeat," Qin Yun said with a pout.

The elder was very helpless and said, "Didn't you just say that your sect leader is in great danger? Being targeted by the Totem Pavilion? Release me, and I swear I'll save your sect leader!"

"As you are now, you're no match for the Totem Pavilion! Are you just going to watch your sect leader die? Why not roll the dice?" the elder said.

Hearing this, Qin Yun's heart wavered.

"How much beast oil is needed?" Finally, he made a decision.

"I don't know, just keep burning it, and once the ice layer melts, it should be about enough!" the elder said.

"This is going to eat up my beast oil!" Qin Yun pouted, pouring the beast oil from the black bottle and then lighting it.

Flames roared to life within the jade coffin.

After the poured beast oil burned out, there was no sign of the ice layer melting.

Qin Yun could only continue to pour in beast oil.

He poured beast oil continuously, filling the coffin and scorching the ice beneath.

"Hey, old timer, it's been burning for hours, and the ice isn't budging! Is the beast oil not working? If it doesn't succeed and I waste my beast oil, wouldn't I be at a huge loss?" Qin Yun complained.

"Young man, there's a lot of beast oil in that bottle of yours, don't think I don't know! You could burn that stuff for years, and you'd still have plenty left!" the elder chuckled.

Qin Yun was startled; the black bottle, brimming with beast oil, was a potent artifact, and now that someone knew about it, it could be very dangerous.

"You're worried I'll steal your bottle, aren't you?" the elder added.

"Better safe than sorry!" Qin Yun snorted.

"Smart move—caution never hurts," the elder said.

Qin Yun stood by idly, feeling quite bored, so he took out the Soul Sealing Orb and studied it closely.

"Elder, do you know what kind of martial spirit is inside this Soul Sealing Orb?" he casually asked, not expecting the elder to know.

"This martial spirit is a unique one, called the Transparent Martial Spirit. It can make objects transparent! Of course, it can also make oneself transparent!" The elder laughed. "Where did you get such a martial spirit?"

Qin Yun was taken aback and realized why the person from Totem Pavilion was able to follow Wei Zhongzheng into that room and quietly trail him out of the city.

"I found it. I didn’t expect it to be such a good thing!" Qin Yun decided to refine this martial spirit into a spirit artifact later, so he could use the martial spirit’s abilities through the artifact.

However, it would consume a lot of energy.

The elder smiled, "Try it. Infuse energy into the Soul Sealing Orb to activate the martial spirit’s power. You might just become transparent!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yun immediately tried it, injecting pure Diamond inner energy into it, and an invisible energy surged.

His body was enveloped by that energy and slowly turned transparent.

He didn’t need to refine it into a spirit artifact to use the Transparent Martial Spirit’s power to make himself transparent.

But it was indeed very energy-consuming!

"Just using it for a short while drained more than half of my energy!" Qin Yun stopped transferring energy. The energy drain was alarming.

"Only when you reach the Spirit Martial realm can you fully unleash the power of a unique martial spirit," the elder said, then yelled, "Quick, add more beast oil! It’s running out!"

Qin Yun took out the bottle and continued pouring beast oil into it.

It took a full five days for the ice layer to begin melting gradually.

Then, after another two days of burning, the ice layer finally melted completely. In total, it took seven days!

Splash!

The elder flew out from a large pool of beast oil, splashing it all over, with flames still burning on his body.

Qin Yun grimaced, "What a waste of beast oil!"

After saying that, he got ready to run. He was wearing the Dragon Boots, and if he ran as fast as he could, he would surely be fast.

"Young man, thank you!" The elder smiled. "Do you have any other clothes?"

The elder, who was originally covered in filth, somehow shook off all the beast oil using some kind of power, but his clothes were also burned and tattered.

Qin Yun quickly handed him a set of white clothes, "Here, wear this!"

After changing into the clothes, the elder looked much more lively. He only had white hair and some wrinkles on his face.

"My name is Qin Yun. Elder, what’s your name?" Qin Yun asked.

"Jiang Dazhu!" The elder grinned.

Qin Yun frowned, "Elder Big Pig? That’s quite a casual name! It doesn’t sound like the name of a strong person."

Jiang Dazhu’s smile froze, and he quickly explained, "It’s the 'zhu' as in 'to slay'!"

"Elder Big Pig, now that I’ve bet correctly, you didn’t kill me!" Qin Yun felt much more at ease.

"Um... don't call me Senior Big Pig, just call me Old Jiang!" Jiang Dazhu smiled slightly: "I already told you not to worry!"

Qin Yun hurriedly said: "Old Jiang, let's head to the Martial King's city. I've been out of the city for seven days, and I have no idea what's going on inside!"

"Alright, I'll go with you right away! By the way, do you have a storage spirit artifact or something? Give me one!" Jiang Dazhu said.

Qin Yun took out a rather worn-out storage bag and handed it to Jiang Dazhu.

Jiang Dazhu took the storage bag with a look of disdain, then placed the jade coffin inside.

"Old Jiang, you're really broke!" Qin Yun had originally planned to get some good stuff from Jiang Dazhu, but now it was Jiang Dazhu who was asking him for things.