Chapter 0550: Lion Soul Inheritance

Chapter 0550: Legacy of the Sky Lion

Xiao Yuelan and the others simply stood watching without speaking.

She didn’t worry at all about Qin Yun. Even if Qin Yun made it out, he could escape alone.

People kept pouring in.

Some were even freshly dispatched to investigate the mansion’s barrier.

Upon learning that someone had entered, they quickly passed the word back.

Other teams from Immortal Armament City were also present.

Since the one who entered was a provisional disciple of their Immortal Armament City, they paid close attention.

After entering the mansion, Qin Yun hurried into a large hall—the largest structure in the entire estate.

From the outside, he had scrutinized it carefully.

The hall was built from faded gold stones, but due to its ancient age, the color had almost entirely disappeared.

Thus, it now had a faint yellow tint.

"What exactly is inside this Sky Lion Immortal Mansion?" Qin Yun took out a glowstone to light up the darkness inside as he stepped in.

Once lit, the surroundings appeared utterly barren.

The stone walls were adorned with numerous Sky Lion reliefs.

These carvings were familiar to him, all bearing the characteristics of Sky Lion totems.

"I don’t know what this is either!" Ling Yuner gave a shake of her head. "It seems extremely ancient!"

"Aren’t you a Nether Yang Spirit?" Qin Yun said with a smirk.

"I’ve genuinely never heard of this so-called immortal mansion!" Ling Yuner sniffed. "Let’s go inside and see what’s there!"

The interior of the hall was just a vast, hollow hall with nothing in it.

When Qin Yun reached the center, he suddenly sensed a slight shudder.

Then, the dark hall flared to life with light.

The surrounding walls emitted a soft golden light, illuminating the entire space brightly.

"It has been so long… finally, someone has arrived!" A timeworn voice suddenly echoed.

"Who are you?" Qin Yun was utterly shocked and whipped his head around.

A spectral Sky Lion then materialized in the center, exuding an unexpectedly kindly and sage-like aura, like a benevolent elder.

Especially its eyes—filled with a spiritual glow, exuding profound wisdom and warmth.

The spectral Sky Lion wasn’t very large, a mere five or six meters long.

While it still looked quite imposing overall,

the Sky Lion's gaze put you at ease, like being with a kindly old man.

Chu Binyu seemed friendly too, but there was something different in his eyes—not the natural kindness one might expect.

But this Sky Lion phantom seemed naturally kind.

"Are you... a human?" Qin Yun saw a Sky Lion but felt as though it might be a person.

"What I am doesn't matter. What matters is that we can communicate peacefully!" The Sky Lion's aged voice laughed heartily.

"Then I'll call you Elder!" Qin Yun smiled. "Elder, what's this Sky Lion Immortal Mansion all about? Was it built by humans?"

"I built it back in my day," the Sky Lion replied. "I built this mansion to wait for descendants to find it."

"But I'm human - not one of your descendants!" Qin Yun had heard that Sky Lions were exceedingly rare, nearly extinct.

"I'm just as puzzled. How do you possess the Sky Lion bloodline inheritance? That bloodline shouldn't exist in humans. Even more puzzling is that you've cultivated the Sky Lion Mystic Body."

The Sky Lion sounded genuinely curious.

Qin Yun gave him the short version of how he obtained the Sky Lion bloodline to the elder Sky Lion.

After listening, the Sky Lion was amazed.

"Must've been some crazy luck!" the elder Sky Lion sighed deeply.

"Elder, were the Sky Lions wiped out?" Qin Yun asked curiously. "Why are there so few left?"

"It wasn’t complete annihilation, but rather, we got too lucky—and that doomed us!" The elder Sky Lion sounded wistful as he spoke of it.

"Here's the thing: We Sky Lions were once pretty much unbeatable in the Nine Wastelands, intimidating other beasts. Later, we were enshrined as a divine beast clan, and I got invited to the Divine Wasteland."

"At the time, it all seemed great. But later, I learned that after I left, the Sky Lions in the Immortal and Sacred Wastelands were slaughtered. I, too, was sealed within a sun, becoming the Guardian Sun Divine Beast."

"Guardian Sun Divine Beast?"

Qin Yun thought of the Nine Heavens Black Sparrow.

"Elder, is the Nine Heavens Black Sparrow a Guardian Sun Divine Beast?" Qin Yun asked.

"No, the Nine Heavens Black Sparrow is a Yang Spirit! My duty was to guard the Yang Spirit, preventing it from escaping. But in the end, I failed, and so I was punished—sealed forever within the sun."

The elder Sky Lion sighed helplessly. "Never thought someone would wake up the bit of soul I left behind."

Back then, the elder Sky Lion was merely a Celestial Beast. He took human form here, built this mansion, and laid powerful barriers before ascending to the Divine Wasteland...

That must've taken ages!

Qin Yun felt the mansion's survival was pretty much a miracle.

"For a human to cultivate both the Sky Lion bloodline and the Sky Lion Mystic Body, you're basically the last remnant of our Sky Lion lineage in the Nine Wastelands. Therefore, I'm giving you this remnant soul," the elder Sky Lion declared.

"Remnant soul?" Qin Yun didn’t understand its purpose.

"This remnant soul carries only a fragment of my spirit and will soon fade. Treat it as a beast soul—it also holds some of my cultivation insights, that might help you out."

The old Sky Lion said, "If you need it, you can temporarily borrow the Sky Lion’s holy power, which can greatly enhance your strength. However, your body will suffer excruciating pain, and you can only use it once after a certain interval!"

After speaking, the old Sky Lion's phantom gradually shrank until it transformed into a diminutive Sky Lion beast soul.

Qin Yun quickly caught the Sky Lion beast soul and absorbed it into his body using the Soul Refinement Art.

"Little Yun, this would be perfect as your Bone Spirit!" Ling Yuner suddenly said. "You have the Sky Lion bloodline, Sky Lion totem, and Sky Lion Mystic Body. If your Bone Spirit were a Sky Lion Bone Spirit, it would be perfect!"

When breaking through to the Spirit Martial Realm, after the Bone Spirit is awakened, one must merge it with a powerful beast soul to strengthen the Bone Spirit and gain the beast soul's power.

However, Qin Yun hadn’t yet reached the awakening stage.

For now, he could only temporarily store the Sky Lion beast soul within the Mingyang Dao Pill.

"Once I successfully awaken my Bone Spirit, I can immediately merge the Sky Lion beast soul and condense my Bone Spirit!"

Qin Yun was itching to refine more Bone Spirit Mystic Pills right away, but he was short on ingredients.

To his surprise, the barrier around the Sky Lion Divine Manor suddenly vanished.

Those outside sensed it and stormed inside.

They first charged into the large hall.

Upon entering, they found it empty, with only Sky Lion reliefs on the walls.

In the center stood Qin Yun alone.

"Beardy, you... you've cleaned the place out!" someone shouted angrily. "Fork it over!"

"I didn't take anything. I don’t have a single spirit artifact on me. If you don’t believe me, search me! I just accidentally triggered a mechanism, and the barrier deactivated!"

Qin Yun was getting a headache, trying to figure out how to escape.

A middle-aged man quickly stepped forward and said, "I am Ke Mingjiang, a disciple of the Immortal Weapon City's main gate!"

"Don’t worry, I’ll protect you! Whether you’ve obtained anything or not, our Immortal Weapon City won’t lay a finger on you!"

"Immortal Weapon City, you sound so righteous! Hahaha... Who knows, maybe once you return, you’ll torture him to hand over those treasures!" someone mocked.

Unfazed, Ke Mingjiang calmly replied, "Our Immortal Weapon City isn’t as despicable and cruel as you!"

"There really isn’t anything here. If you don’t believe me, you can search me!" Qin Yun had only obtained the Sky Lion beast soul.

"Those are your words! Ke Mingjiang, step aside!" A youth immediately approached, producing a jade tablet and running it over Qin Yun’s body.

Several other youths also used their artifacts to scan Qin Yun’s body.

If Qin Yun had any spirit artifacts on him, they would surely have been found.

Earlier, the deceased middle-aged man from the Medicine Immortal Valley had verified Qin Yun didn’t even have a storage spirit artifact.

After several sweeps, they found nothing on Qin Yun.

"This is really strange..." a middle-aged man grumbled, frowning.

They had seen Qin Yun enter the hall not long ago. If the hall had been packed with goodies, it would have been impossible to clean the place out that fast.

Everyone, there seem to be other major structures in this mansion. Why don’t you have a look around?" Qin Yun suddenly suggested.

"Yeah, yeah, let's hurry and check it out!" someone shouted, quickly exiting the central building.

Everyone, unwilling to let all the treasures be snatched away, immediately rushed to the other structures.

Even the members of the Medicine Immortal Valley no longer pursued Qin Yun for the death of their middle-aged companion, all hastily leaving the main hall.

Once outside, someone suddenly yelled, "Celestial Beast bones! I've found Celestial Beast bones... Hahaha..."

The buildings within the estate were massive stone structures, over a dozen in number, resembling large warehouses.

The discovery of Celestial Beast bones instantly sent everyone into a mad scramble, with everyone scrambling to open the doors of those enormous stone buildings.

Nearly every stone structure contained Celestial Beast bones.

Because of this, fierce fights broke out!

Though it was initially agreed that we wouldn't fight each other upon entering, who could care about that now?

The fighters were all disciples of the Five Immortal Sects and the Five Star Gates.

Qin Yun kept his cool and, amidst the chaos, quietly used his powerful mental energy to collect numerous Celestial Beast bones unnoticed.

He stayed close to Ke Mingjiang and saw him emerge from one of the stone buildings.

Ke Mingjiang was exceptionally strong, and the disciples of the Immortal Blade City under his leadership had gathered the most Celestial Beast bones.

At that moment, Ke Mingjiang obtained a Celestial Beast crystal core inside a large warehouse!

This was witnessed by the Medicine Immortal Valley disciples who had just burst in.

"Ke Mingjiang, hand over everything you've obtained!" The youth who spoke was radiating murderous aura.