Chapter 98: The Zhenhun Spear

The thought of escape had barely surfaced before Qin Yangjun acted.

He seized the opportunity, turned around, and fled the dreadful dinner without a moment’s hesitation.

Yueyao and Hua Yao didn’t seem to expect this.

They stared in the direction Qin Yangjun had disappeared, stunned for several seconds.

Then Hua Yao was the first to look at Yueyao.

“Senior Sister, it’s all your fault. You scared him away.”

Hearing Hua Yao’s words, Yueyao wasn’t angry. She smiled slightly.

“Junior Sister, what are you saying? I think you had a hand in it too.”

Hua Yao gritted her teeth and spoke softly.

“As the senior sister, can’t you give in to your junior sister?”

“What aspects are you referring to, junior sister?”

“…………”

Yueyao and Hua Yao were still bickering, but they didn’t notice that Yu Ling, who had been quietly eating, was already gone.

Qin Yangjun channeled his spiritual energy and ran wildly.

He didn’t stop until he was out of the city.

Looking around, he realized he had ended up on a hill.

Not sensing Yueyao or Hua Yao’s presence, Qin Yangjun let out a sigh of relief and plopped down on the grass.

Only then did he notice that Mihua was still dozing on his shoulder. A faint wisp of spiritual energy coiled around her feet.

That’s why she hadn’t fallen off despite all his movements.

Qin Yangjun felt helpless.

He couldn’t help but recall Mihua’s personality from the book.

In the book, Mihua had a strong possessiveness over Yu Ling, and Yu Ling doted on her.

That led to Mihua’s somewhat problematic personality.

Later on, she even joined in the jealousy games, causing Yu Ling endless headaches.

But things were different with Qin Yangjun.

He was firm with her and didn’t indulge her.

Now, her personality was starting to lean toward Ah Ling’s. She was completely obedient to him.

He wasn’t sure if it was because of her premature birth, but she wasn’t as sharp as in the book. She was thick-headed, nothing like the meticulous Ah Ling.

Looking at Mihua, who was still sleeping with her head down, Qin Yangjun suddenly sensed something was off.

She had been sleeping through all that commotion?

With that thought, he gently pushed her, but she didn’t react at all.

He furrowed his brow. A glimmer of spiritual energy appeared on his hand.

As he probed with his spiritual energy, his expression gradually turned serious.

In the book, Mihua’s hatching had been incomplete. That caused her memories to shatter and she even forgot parts of her inheritance.

Now, things were even worse. Not only had her hatching been interrupted midway, but she was also born prematurely.

On top of that, she had gone through a battle in Blackrock City that nearly drained her spiritual energy.

So her current state was a deep sleep.

Still, she was a divine beast. She was tough. She’d probably wake up by tomorrow.

Regardless, with the contract in place, Mihua was one of his people now. He couldn’t just let her be.

So he transferred some spiritual energy to her.

And since she was his, he would have to find a way to fix her problems.

But one step at a time. There was no rush.

After sending her spiritual energy, Qin Yangjun set Mihua aside. He sat on the grass and looked up at the starry sky.

The sky was dotted with stars. The distant city lights glimmered.

He let out a breath. Sometimes, being alone in silence was nice.

“The scenery is beautiful.”

But before Qin Yangjun could enjoy the quiet for long, a familiar voice sounded beside him.

He turned his head. Yu Lingyue had appeared beside him at some point, watching the stars with him.

How… I didn’t even sense her coming.

As if she could read his thoughts, Yu Lingyue pursed her lips and smiled.

“A seventh-rank movement technique, the Ethereal Step. It was hidden very deep, guarded by a blood corpse. If Senior Sister Yue hadn’t dropped that blood corpse, I wouldn’t have had a chance to get it. Unfortunately, it was an inheritance crystal, otherwise I could have let you take a look, Senior Brother.”

Ethereal Step?

That wasn’t in the original story. He didn’t think Yueyao’s mere presence could cause such a butterfly effect.

Besides this, were there other things he didn’t know about?

“Besides the Ethereal Step, what else did you get?”

Hearing his question, Yu Lingyue didn’t hide anything. She reached out with one hand, and a blood-colored long spear suddenly appeared in her hand.

The moment the spear appeared, the Golden Crow Banner in Qin Yangjun’s dantian seemed to sense something. It trembled.

The banner’s reaction made a flash of shock appear in Qin Yangjun’s eyes.

A celestial artifact?

Yu Lingyue looked at the spear in her hand and spoke as if to herself.

“Besides the Ethereal Step, we also obtained a purple egg and a mirror. Now the egg is with Senior Sister Hua, and the mirror is with Senior Sister Yue.”

“As for this spear, I found it quite early. The other factions hadn’t found us yet when I discovered it in an inconspicuous corner.”

As she spoke, she weighed the spear in her hand.

“This spear has ‘Zhenhun’ engraved on the shaft. It feels as heavy as a thousand jun. Senior Sister Yue and Senior Sister Hua couldn’t lift it, but somehow, in my hand, it’s extremely light. It handles very smoothly.”

With that, she even twirled the spear in a flourish.

Qin Yangjun stared at the Zhenhun spear in Yu Lingyue’s hand and didn’t know what to say. His mood was incredibly complicated.

He knew about that egg. It was a Death Soul Sparrow’s egg. In the book, it became Mihua’s food and never had a chance to hatch.

As for the mirror, it was called the Amber Spirit Mirror, a ninth-grade spiritual artifact. It contained a Primal Spirit that could simulate its owner’s power and create a clone of the same rank.

In the book, after Yu Lingyue ascended to the celestial realm, she reforged it and upgraded it to a celestial artifact.

But this Zhenhun spear had never appeared in the book.

Now that he thought about it, the remnant soul he had fought so hard to take had used a long spear.

This was probably its weapon in life.

But ‘inconspicuous corner’… That was too ridiculous.

This spear couldn’t compare to the Ghost God Bell, which was a supreme treasure of the Nine Nether Abyss. But it was still a genuine celestial artifact.

The fact that Yu Lingyue could take it meant that the spear’s artifact spirit had acknowledged her.

Now that he had destroyed that remnant soul, from now on, only Yu Lingyue could use this spear.

Its current state should be the same as the Golden Crow Banner. The artifact spirit hadn’t been fully awakened yet.

Its rank should also be ninth grade, just like the Golden Crow Banner.

Thinking this, Qin Yangjun couldn’t help but curse Yu Lingyue’s luck silently.

Was this the protagonist’s halo? He had already intercepted things, but she still got a celestial artifact.

With this spear, at her Foundation Establishment cultivation, she could probably fight an average Nascent Soul.

Wait, Foundation Establishment?

It was then that Qin Yangjun noticed that Yu Lingyue’s aura was abnormally thick. She was on the verge of breaking through to Golden Core.

She had just been at mid Foundation Establishment. How was she suddenly at peak Foundation Establishment?

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