Ten divine astral pellets were comparable to a hundred thousand astral pellets. However, no one would be willing to trade a hundred thousand or even a million astral pellets for divine astral pellets. After all, divine astral pellets were priceless.

The astral energy in the divine astral pellet was refined by astral flame, so the effects of using them to temper the body was incomparable to astral pellets.

“I meant ten pellets each, not ten pellets for the both of you,” said Lin Yun calmly. “Information about monarch demonic beasts is extremely important to me, so you guys have to obtain it no matter what. Also pay attention to those experts on the ranking for me, along with information on the Azure Dragon Forbidden Realm.”

Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong were dumbfounded because they never expected that Lin Yun would be so generous.

“Although I don’t think that you guys will tell anyone about me, I still have to give you guys a warning.” Lin Yun then directed his cold gaze at Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong.

In that split second, Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong felt their bodies being penetrated by Lin Yun’s sword intent. As long as Lin Yun wanted, he could solidify his sword intent and tear them into pieces. This caused fear to spread out in their hearts while their bodies were covered in cold sweat.

Just what kind of sword intent is this? It’s simply too terrifying! They had no idea how Lin Yun did that, so they became even more terrified.

“Go, I’ll be waiting. Oh, and this is your deposit.” Lin Yun removed his sword intent and tossed ten divine astral pellets to Chen Qiong and Xian Yunzhen. They felt relieved as they saw the dazzling golden flames on the divine astral pellets.

They knew that Lin Yun just tossed them genuine divine astral pellets. Divine astral pellets were hardly ever found in the Azure Dragon Region and they had only heard about it up to now. It was rumored that the Azure Dragon Ranking was ruled by the seven heads who excavated many divine astral pellets.

Judging from how generous Lin Yun was, Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong speculated that Lin Yun’s harvest was even larger than the seven heads.

“Don’t worry. We will definitely return with the information you need…” Xian Yunzhen smiled with lingering fear. “After all, we were there when you killed Kong Xuan. We naturally don’t have the guts to do anything.”

“That’s for the best,” replied Lin Yun while nodding his head. It didn’t take long before the two disappeared for the city. Lin Yun had always been a cautious person, so he naturally wouldn’t believe them easily. As a precaution, his gaze fell onto Lil’ Red who was on his shoulder. With the Void Blade in its hand, it was a lot easier for it to hide compared to Lin Yun.

Lin Yun and Lil’ Red had a lot of history, so Lil’ Red instantly knew what Lin Yun meant with the glance. Quietly, Lil’ Red turned into a blur and secretly followed behind Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong.

It would take some time for them to gather information, so Lin Yun sat down and started refining divine astral pellets. With the divine astral pellets, Lin Yun could sense that he was making swift progress in his cultivation. Hiis cultivation had already stabilized in the lesser first soul Heavenly Soul Realm.

Additionally, the greatest change was the Azure Firmament Sword Sutra that had touched the threshold of the tenth stage. The Azure Firmament Sword Sutra only had ten stages in total. If he could reach the pinnacle tenth stage, the power of the Three Heavenly Divides would reach a new height.

When his sword intent made a breakthrough earlier, the entire sky was covered by the Azure Firmament Tree and Iris Flowers. It greatly motivated Lin Yun to improve the Azure Firmament Sword Sutra.

If he paired it with his sword intent, he might be able to unleash a shocking power. Roughly six hours later, Lin Yun sensed two familiar auras approaching. Chen Qiong and Xian Yunzhen came back a lot faster than he expected. I guess their trip was smooth.

Lin Yun opened his eyes and put the half-devoured divine astral pellet into his interspatial pouch before he stood up. Soon after, Chen Qiong and Xian Yunzhen appeared before Lin Yun.

“We found the information you need. Many people are scouting the forbidden region every day, so it’s easy to find information about monarch demonic beasts. So what cultivation are you looking for?” Chen Qiong asked after letting out a breath. But the moment he was done speaking, a black figure flew over his head and landed on Lin Yun’s shoulder.

Chen Qiong and Xian Yunzhen instantly saw the Dragon-blooded Cat. Although there weren’t any changes on their faces, their hearts sank. They were felt fortunate that they gathered the information honestly.

Lin Yun might seem arrogant, but he was so meticulous, which left a chill down their spines.

“Third soul Heavenly Soul Realm,” said Lin Yun calmly. Monarch demonic beasts in the third soul Heavenly Soul Realm were dangerous. So the odds of Lin Yun beating a fourth soul Heavenly Soul Realm demonic beast wasn’t very high.

After all, overlord demonic beasts could suppress human cultivators of the same realm and monarch demonic beasts were practically invincible among the same cultivation.

“The Gold-furred Demonic Ape, a descendant of the Ancient Dracoape. After devouring a yang-attributed fruit, its bloodline underwent a transformation. That one fits your requirements perfectly,” said Chen Qiong after calming himself down.

Xian Yunzhen nodded in agreement and added, “But the Blazeyang Realm’s leader is also interested in the Gold-furred Demonic Ape and he even gathered six higher realms to hunt it down. The Blazeyang Realm might not be comparable to the Bloodbone Realm, but their leader, Mo Yan, is even stronger than Kong Xuan. Plus, the six higher realms he recruited aren’t weak.”

“I heard that his Flameyang Art already reached the pinnacle with his high attainments in flame intent. Rumor has it that he’s trying to use a monarch beast core to make a breakthrough in his flame intent.” Chen Qiong looked at Lin Yun solemnly and added, “He’s not easy to deal with.”

Mo Yang was indeed impressive since he could cultivate his flame intent to the pinnacle second stage. But it was a pity because it was nothing compared to Lin Yun’s sword intent. Out of all the martial intents, sword and saber intent were the strongest. Plus, Lin Yun even merged the immortal azure dragon intent into his sword intent. So even if he didn’t use his sky sword intent, he was confident that he could suppress Mo Yang with his martial intent alone. The only trouble would be the six higher realms.

Xian Yunzhen continued, “Unlike Kong Xuan who had just reached the third soul Heavenly Soul Realm, Mo Yang has already reached the greater third soul Heavenly Soul Realm. I heard that he even used six million astral pellets in his tribulation.”

If it was the past, Mo Yan would be a formidable opponent. But after absorbing 1,500 divine astral pellets in his first tribulation, Lin Yun didn’t have to worry.

“Alright, I got it.” Lin Yun didn’t say much and continued to enquire about the Gold-furred Demonic Ape’s location along with some other information. 

Then, they told Lin Yun that the Bloodbone Realm’s leader was undergoing his fourth tribulation to deal with him in the Azure Dragon Forbidden Realm. The Azure Dragon Forbidden Realm would start two months from now. At that time, all the geniuses from the Azure Dragon Region would be gathered, along with the other regions.

“Did you find out anything about Yue Weiwei?” Lin Yun asked.

Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong exchanged a glance before they shook their heads, “We found nothing.”

Lin Yun stopped asking after he heard that. It looked like Yue Weiwei’s trouble wasn’t simple. After all, Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong couldn’t even find anything out.

Xian Yunzhen hesitated briefly and said, “There’s one more piece of information that you might be interested in. The Glorymoon Spirit was taken by someone from the Profound Amber Realm. His name is Yu Haotian!”

Lin Yun was surprised to hear that. He never imagined that Yu Haotian would be alive and strong enough to steal the Glorymoon Spirit. This also meant that Yu Haotian could confront the geniuses from the higher realms as well. Just what did Yu Haotian experience in such a short period of time?

But there was something Lin Yun was sure about. The Azure Dragon Forbidden Realm would be interesting. Not only would Yu Haotian be there, but the Bloodbone Realm’s leader might also be there. It was even possible that he reached the fourth soul Heavenly Soul Realm already. And finally, there was the mysterious lady and the seven heads of the Azure Dragon Ranking. When the forbidden realm opens, things would become chaotic for Lin Yun.

Both Xuan Yunzhen and Chen Qiong were surprised to see the changes on Lin Yun’s face. After all, Lin Yun’s face didn’t even change when he heard how strong Mo Yan was or the fact that the Bloodbone Realm’s leader would undergo his fourth tribulation soon.

“That's for me to know. Farewell.” Lin Yun collected his thoughts before tossing the remaining ten divine astral pellets.

Looking at Lin Yun’s figure, Xian Yunzhen and Chen Qiong’s faces became complicated. Chen Qiong asked, “Yunzhen, what rank do you think Lin Yun can reach with his current strength?”

There was a threshold in the Azure Dragon Ranking that would get higher as time passed. The current threshold was the second soul Heavenly Soul Realm. So there was naturally no way Lin Yun could make it in with his current cultivation. However, the fact remained that he killed Kong Xuan who was ranked 46th on the Azure Dragon Ranking.

Xian Yunzhen pondered briefly and said, “He’s probably comparable to the top 30. As long as no one from the fourth soul Heavenly Soul Realm comes out, it will be hard for anyone to suppress him.”

The Gold-furred Demonic Ape’s location was pretty far from Lin Yun. Fortunately, the journey was much shorter since Lil’ Red was around. In about an hour, a mountain range appeared in front of Lin Yun. The mountain range was enveloped in an eerie fog that contained fatal poison. So aside from the higher realms, no one would dare to step into this region.

“This is the Ash Mountain Range?” Lin Yun spotted an entrance that was sealed off. It looked like Mo Yan was pretty determined to take the Gold-furred Demonic Ape down. However, the mountain range was so massive that it was impossible to seal off all entrances. Lin Yun could easily find a path without any guards if he tried hard enough.

“Let’s go.” Lin Yun landed on the ground as Lil’ Red transformed into its cat form. Then, they entered the mountain range.