"Ah-San, are you alright?"
Mu Jinyu looked at San Liu's expression of utter despair and glanced at the pellet drum in his hand, asking with a tone of uncertainty.
Because from the outside, San Liu didn't seem to have sustained even the slightest injury, yet mentally, he appeared to have suffered considerable devastation.
Could the pellet drum, produced through refining, not function as he had anticipated—to intimidate others' spirits and control them—but rather to attack the soul directly?
"Heh, heh…"
Having recovered a bit of his energy, San Liu shivered, gasping for breath, then struggled to his feet from the ground, and with resentful eyes, looked at Mu Jinyu and said, "Dragon Master, this magic treasure isn't quite what I had in mind?"
Mu Jinyu gave an embarrassed smile and said, "I'm not sure why it turned out this way either. Maybe that Nine-Eyed Bichan inherently had this kind of spiritual attack? Maybe it didn't get a chance to show it before I dealt with it, so that's why?"
"Forget it, just my bad luck!"
San Liu knew that he couldn't really blame Mu Jinyu and just sighed heavily, his face full of grievance.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu took out an elixir that could enhance spiritual power and threw it to San Liu, saying, "Try this pill; it might alleviate your pain."
"Gulp."
San Liu caught it, looked at Mu Jinyu with a skeptical gaze, but finally decided to trust him once more and swallowed the pill in one go.
The moment the elixir dissolved in his mouth, San Liu felt the headache as if his head were about to explode ease up. Then, he sat down with legs crossed and began to practice cultivation and regulate his breath; his face, as pale as paper, started to regain its color.
"It seems effective," observed Mu Jinyu, nodding to himself.
Meanwhile, as San Liu was regulating his breath, Mu Jinyu didn't waste time; he turned his head to look at the dragon bone that had been placed to the side!
The pellet drum magic artifact was just a trial product, and although its effect after completion vastly exceeded expectations, it still wasn't as valuable to Mu Jinyu as the dragon bone!
"I've gained some experience now; time to give it my all!" Mu Jinyu said softly to himself while looking at the dragon bone.
His eyes became confident and sharp.
Straight after, Mu Jinyu began to perform gestures for spells, circulated the Taoist Law, and conjured Taoist True Fire.
"Boom!!"
With roaring flames surging up and catching on the tail of the dragon bone, it immediately burst forth towards the dragon's skull like ignited gasoline!
The hundred-meter-long dragon bone was soon seared by the Taoist True Fire, becoming somewhat transparent.
In the faint view, one could even see the remnants of crystalline and translucent dragon marrow within the dragon bone!
"Ha!"
Mu Jinyu moved one hand to perform the spell, refining the dragon bone with true fire, while his other hand, with fingers together like a sword, stood at the tail of the dragon bone, starting to etch dense talismans into it!
"Crack, crack, crack…"
This process was painstakingly long, far longer than it took to refine the pellet drum magic artifact.
After two full days and nights, Mu Jinyu finally managed to etch dense talismans into every part of the hundred-meter-long dragon bone.
"Huff, huff… heh, heh..."
Mu Jinyu stopped moving his spell-casting hand, his face turned a bit pale as he caught his breath, at the same time wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Hiss!"
As Mu Jinyu stopped the spell, the Taoist True Fire that had been continuously burning the dragon bone extinguished all at once like a candle blown out by the wind.
Consequently, the dragon bone that was exposed to San Liu and Mu Jinyu looked completely renewed. Gone was its original pale bone texture; instead, it resembled something meticulously crafted from white jade fat, its entire body shimmering with a soft white lustre, which, along with the dense dark talismans on it, cast a mysterious and savage aura.
"Activate!"
Mu Jinyu took a short breath before consuming another pill to adjust his breath, then once again performed the spell, shouting.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
With Mu Jinyu's words, the hundred-meter-long dragon bone suddenly radiated a ghostly light, cloaking its jade-like brilliance. Following that, the sound of bones colliding could be heard.
One could see the hundred-meter-long dragon bone contracting rhythmically, eventually shrinking down to the size of a common jade bracelet.
The black talismans on it, under Mu Jinyu's urging, also completely vanished into the interior of the dragon bone, invisible to the naked eye.
"Crack!"
Finally, accompanied by a crisp sound, the exquisitely delicate dragon head opened its jawbone and bit into its own tail bone, turning into a Dragon Bite Tail Bracelet.
"It's a success."
Mu Jinyu saw this scene and smiled with satisfaction.
"Let's see the power of this magic treasure!"
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, San Liu's heart trembled fiercely, and he quickly shouted, "Don't use me for the test again, Dragon Master!"
The last 'Dragon Master' even carried a bit of pleading.
San Liu still had some lingering fears about the experiment with the Pellet Drum magic treasure two days ago. Now, with this Dragon Bone Magical Artifact that had taken two days and two nights to refine, he thought it must be more terrifying than the Pellet Drum magic treasure; he did not want to be the punching bag and continue to take hits.
Mu Jinyu looked silently at San Liu and said, "I didn't plan to test it on you again. What are you afraid of, man?"
Hearing this, San Liu chuckled awkwardly, feeling that he was indeed a little too nervous, "Sorry, Dragon Master. I was too tense!"
"It's okay, just relax," Mu Jinyu reassured San Liu with a smile, then turned his gaze back to the Dragon Bone Magical Artifact, gestured the spell, and shouted, "Go!"
"Shi!"
A soft chirp was heard as the Dragon Bone Jade Bracelet began spinning wildly, and with a fierce momentum, it hurtled towards the rock wall above their heads!
"Boom!"
With a loud blast, the rock wall above them was directly shattered, and numerous pieces of the rock fell down, instantly crushed into fine powder by the rotating Bone Ring!
"Rumble!!"
The Bone Ring charged upwards, and in no time, it had broken through to create a passage, allowing sunlight to cascade down from above.
"Let's go!"
Mu Jinyu packed up the Pellet Drum and the Shennong Cauldron, called out to San Liu, and stepped up the rock wall, quickly leaving the cave behind!
After a brief hesitation, San Liu also left the place.
"Go!"
He had just returned to the surface of Ruiyan Mountain when he saw Mu Jinyu issue a soft command, after which the Dragon Bone Jade Bracelet unraveled from its Dragon Bite Tail posture, starting to grow as it met the wind, reverting to a hundred meters in length, then like a dragon soaring in the sky, it hurtled towards a hawk in the high altitude!
"Screech!"
A cry sounded as the hawk was instantly minced, the Dragon Bone making a slight turn to shake off the bits of blood and flesh that had stuck to it!
"Go!"
Mu Jinyu gestured another spell, guiding the Dragon Bone down as it swept toward the nearby woods!
"Bang bang bang!"
Hundreds of trees, decades old, were struck by the Dragon Bone, all breaking in half at the trunk!
"Retrieve!"
Mu Jinyu, satisfied with the result, gestured another spell, and the Dragon Bone shrank back down, returning to the shape of the Dragon Bite Tail Bracelet.
"Let's head back."
Mu Jinyu put away the Dragon Bone Magical Artifact and said to San Liu.
Afterward, they both left Ruiyan Mountain, took a car to Rong City Airport, and boarded a plane back to Jiangnan Province.
Half a day later,
they returned to Yinlong Mountain.
"If you dare, don't trap me with formations, come out and fight me one-on-one!"
Mu Jinyu had just neared Yinlong Mountain when he heard a defiant roar from a distance!