Chapter 372: Tiger Head Star Continent, combat power rating!

The boundary boat, shaped like a sharp blade, lifted off from the dry land and vanished into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

On the boundary boat plaza, a large crowd of people seeing them off gazed into the sky, but they could no longer see anything.

"Stop looking. In the time it takes you to blink, the North Sea, which Zhao Xing is riding, has already passed through the boundary star barrier," Xia Jing said, patting Long Xiao on the shoulder.

Long Xiao withdrew his gaze and said with some envy, "When will I be able to participate in such a large-scale exploration mission and make big money too?"

"Once we break through to the Origin Realm, we'll be able to take on this mission through the Heavenly Star Martial Hall," Ye Yukong said. "We're only in the Ascension Realm right now, so don't think too much about it."

"If you don't reach the Origin Realm, adventuring outside is no different from courting death, especially in the public star sea area," Xia Jing said. "How much longer until your Origin Sword Embryo is refined?"

"Still a while, only 81%. How about you?" Long Xiao asked.

"My Origin Golden Body has already reached 87%," Xia Jing said with a faint smile.

"Damn it, you're showing off again," Long Xiao felt deep resentment in his heart.

"You shouldn't have asked him," Ye Yukong laughed. "He was just waiting for you to ask so he could tell you."

"Hahaha." Xia Jing couldn't help but laugh. In the dull years of cultivation, chatting with good friends was the only way to find amusement.

Ye Yukong, Long Xiao, Xia Jing, and Luo Houwang were all external members of the Heavenly Star Martial Hall. Back then, only these four from the Great Zhou had passed the expanded recruitment of the Heavenly Star Martial Hall's Qingyu branch.

Among them, Xia Jing had the fastest progress.

"It's really unfair. This kid is cultivating the Void Ancestor Golden Body Three Yang Chapter, which is supposedly even harder than our Great Zhou Heavenly Sword Body, yet his speed is still faster than ours," Long Xiao said sourly.

"There's no logic to cultivation talent," Ye Yukong shook his head. "Zhao Xing and Yun Tiandao—one had cultivated for less than three hundred years, and the other became an Origin Realm expert after only three hundred-plus years."

"Sigh, enough, enough. Let's go, back to the martial hall." Long Xiao didn't want to watch Xia Jing show off anymore.

With no tigers in the mountains, the monkeys claim to be kings. With Yun Tiandao and Zhao Xing gone, and Zi Gu not in Qingyu Star, Xia Jing was now the fastest cultivator among the Great Zhou's "left-behind children," and he would show off in front of his brothers from time to time.

Long Xiao steeled himself, vowing that he must surpass Xia Jing and show off fiercely in front of him in the future.

"Oh no!" Just as the three were walking out of the plaza, Ye Yukong suddenly looked terrified.

"What's wrong?" Xia Jing and Long Xiao looked at Ye Yukong.

"I didn't turn off the high-level Spirit Gathering Array I set up."

"Are you crazy? You could forget something like that?" Xia Jing said, shocked.

"Damn, we've been seeing Zhao Xing off, eating and drinking for half a month, and you're only thinking of it now?" Long Xiao was also startled.

"Sigh, drinking ruins things," Ye Yukong said, looking guilty.

"Quick, hurry back and turn it off... Damn, the bill is overdrawn, you're done for, Luo Houwang is going to scold you to death!" Xia Jing and Long Xiao urged.

The three quickly left the Boundary Star Plaza and flew toward the Heavenly Star Martial Hall.

"Master, he has left." In the Tianming Capital, on a high tower, Wu Feng watched the Star Boundary Instrument. "Number Thirty-Seven has left the boundary star and is entering the void navigation route."

"After this trip, he might never come back."

Zhaoyuanzi seemed to have some emotion: "Possessing the right of inheritance yet not making any moves, choosing such a risky mission so decisively—he does have some backbone."

After Zhao Xing broke through to the Origin Realm, his free resource supply stopped.

However, Zhao Xing was not like other Purple God Mansion members; he was, after all, a disciple of Qingyuzi, and he had brought back the remains of three members.

Zhaoyuanzi had been very conflicted about what mission to arrange for Zhao Xing.

A mission that was too poor would make him seem cold and ungrateful, but he didn't want to give him a good mission either.

After Zhao Xing broke through to the Origin Realm, Zhaoyuanzi thought he would come to beg him for a better job.

If Zhao Xing had really come to beg, Zhaoyuanzi would have found it hard to be too ruthless and really intended to give him a good job.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xing didn't even say a word and directly took the mission to 【Yueluo Cemetery】 himself.

Zhaoyuanzi instead thought more highly of Zhao Xing and reflected on whether he had been too mean.

He watched Zhao Xing board the boundary boat decisively, his mood quite complex.

In the end, he could only evaluate him with the words "has backbone."

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"Big Brother, you're too gutsy. The first mission after breaking through to the Origin Realm, and you dare to take 【Yueluo Cemetery】?" On the Qingyu Number Forty-Nine boundary boat, in a private manor, Zhao Xing was chatting with Zi Gu.

"Yueluo Cemetery is in the public star sea area. That place is said to be very strange. Let alone the Origin Realm, even those in the Dao Domain Realm don't dare to go too deep, only sending some Origin Realm experts to venture in first. They wait until they've gathered enough information before entering."

"I've looked at some intelligence, and it's all very sinister." Zi Gu said with admiration: "Big Brother, I really admire you for daring to pick such a mission."

"That's why I'm the Big Brother," Zhao Xing smiled. "Alright, let's not talk about this. Zi Gu, isn't your cultivation schedule full? You still have the leisure to chat with me?"

"Big Brother is going on an adventure, and I can't see you off in person, so I had to send my regards somehow," Zi Gu said ingratiatingly.

He and Zhao Xing hadn't seen each other for several hundred years; it was reasonable that their relationship would gradually fade if they didn't stay together often.

However, the fact was that Zi Gu was cultivating in the Tianqi Star System and was also alone, and the Great Zhou side was, after all, his hometown people.

He wasn't very close to other Great Zhou people, but he had always kept in touch with Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing knew a lot, and he always carried a sense of mystery to Zi Gu. Now that he had broken through to the Origin Realm so quickly, it deepened his status in Zi Gu's heart.

Besides, Zi Gu still remembered the benefits Zhao Xing had promised him.

"You cultivate hard and break through early. When you reach the Origin Realm and can go out to take on missions, I will tell you about a good place to go." Zhao Xing, of course, still remembered what he had promised Zi Gu back then.

"But don't be in a hurry. The conditions the Tianqi Mansion gave you are that cultivation resources are provided without limit before the Origin Realm. You'd better get stuck at this realm and get more materials to practice with."

"Once you break through, you'll have to be self-reliant."

A Mechanist is not like other professions; there are more branches, and the knowledge is more complex.

Zi Gu could completely get stuck at this realm and maximize the proficiency of other branches as much as possible: forging weapons, refining artifacts, Shenluo, Juzi, boundary boats, war fortresses... Now that materials are free, of course, he should take more and ask for more, frantically brushing up on proficiency.

"Big Brother, I know." Zi Gu nodded, "Don't worry. My Heart of the World and Origin Juzi have already reached 90% progress, but I have deliberately slowed down the improvement of my Dao Body and turned to learning laws, artifact refining, arrays... I'm learning everything!"

"Hehe, even if I have to be thick-skinned, I'll grind here for another few hundred years."

Zi Gu's situation was the same as Zhao Xing's; he wasn't well-liked either.

But that was the word of the Tianqi Mansion Master, so no one dared to withhold his current resources.

Zi Gu, in that state, didn't have any friends in Puta Star either. Apart from cultivation, he often looked for Zhao Xing to chat and talk about his heart.

"Hum~" Just then, two purple light shadows appeared outside the manor. Zhao Xing sensed it and said to Zi Gu: "I won't talk to you for now."

"Alright Big Brother, take care."

Hanging up the communication, Zhao Xing walked out of the courtyard.

Zi Gu didn't have friends in Puta Star, but he had made a few over the years.

After Wu Feng took over the teaching, Zhao Xing also often went to the Tianming Capital's dojo to attend lectures.

On the Qingyu boundary star, he also met many geniuses, two of whom had also taken on this mission to 【Yueluo Cemetery】.

"Fairy Leyao." Zhao Xing first greeted a fairy-like woman in white outside the manor.

Then he looked at the burly man beside her: "Huazi."

"Why have you come?"

"Brother Cen and I just finished settling in, so we came to see Brother Zhao." Le Yao's smile was like water, graceful and poised.

Cen Qionghua, however, had a strange expression as he said, "Brother Zhao, I keep feeling like there's some other meaning when you call me 'Hua-zi.' My Daoist name, Qionghua, is perfectly fine—how does it end up sounding like street-stall slang in your mouth?"

"What exactly does 'Hua-zi' mean in your hometown?"

"Haha, come in and let's chat." Zhao Xing waved his hand, and the light shrouding the edge of the manor dissipated.

Private land is not to be entered without invitation; Zhao Xing had adopted that policy from the Great Ancestor as well.

Daoist Qionghua and Fairy Le Yao entered Zhao Xing's manor and began to discuss the mission at the Yueluo Mausoleum.

Qingyu Star is rich in Agricultural Officials. Cen Qionghua is a typical Heavenly Time-school Agricultural Official, though the cultivation technique he practices is the "Purple Yang." He reached the Origin Realm in three thousand years and is also a formal member.

Le Yao's profession is relatively rare; she is an Origin Musician, and she reached the Origin Realm five hundred years faster than Cen Qionghua.

Musicians are not common in the cosmic version; one could even say they are a niche profession. Those who can actually cultivate it to success are all geniuses.

The cultivation status of niche professions is highly polarized: either they are so bad they can't even ascend, or they are the cream of the crop among their peers, the type who can take on ten at once.

Le Yao had heard that the Yueluo Mausoleum was suitable for Musicians, which is why she chose this mission.

"Zhao Xing, have you heard?" Cen Qionghua said mysteriously after sitting down.

"Heard what?"

"Just today, 950 million kilometers away from the 'Boka' star land of the Yueluo Mausoleum, the Heavenly Pivot Prince moved a small Sun-star over."

"Oh?" Zhao Xing raised an eyebrow. Regardless of size, a Sun-star requires at least the Dao Domain Realm to be moved.

Due to its unique geographical location, the Phantom God Star System's public star sea area has almost no Sun-stars; they are all Moon-stars.

Such an environment is extremely unstable, which also prevents many practitioners who rely on the Sun Origin from unleashing their full power.

However, it is usually only after a discovery is made that a Dao Domain Realm expert would go to the trouble of moving a Sun-star from another location.

"Is there a major discovery at Boka star land?"

"It is rumored that a tomb of a Five Elements Dao Domain Realm expert was discovered, though the source of the news remains to be confirmed," Le Yao said. "But Boka star land has been cordoned off by the Heavenly Pivot Prince, and the Yuanhai Imperial Family, the Taiyue Ancient Clan, the Heavenly Star Martial Hall, and the Purple God Prefecture have all intervened. This news still carries a certain degree of authenticity."

"Let's not go to that kind of area," Zhao Xing shook his head. "When gods fight, mortals suffer. The concentration of powerhouses is too high; it's not something we in the First Realm can participate in."

When the benefits of an exploration area are generally determined, what remains is war.

Only in those areas where the benefits are unknown can those in the First Realm go and try their luck.

In a place like Boka star land, where even Dao Domain Realm experts have interfered, both First Realm and Second Realm practitioners are cannon fodder. Even those in the Third Realm might not dare to say they can survive the struggle.

"Of course we won't go. There hasn't been any major movement at Boka star land yet. If the location of the Dao Domain Realm tomb is confirmed, the fighting will become intense. It won't just be the forces of our own country; other ancient kingdoms will all come to get a piece of the action," Cen Qionghua said. "If there really is some great treasure, even Dao Domain Realm experts might die, but as it stands now, that possibility is still remote."

At present, the interests involved in the Yueluo Mausoleum are not yet high. Even if Dao Domain Realm experts appear, they are at most just beating the drums on the sidelines.

It is mainly for the various stages of the Origin Realm to explore.

If too many First Realm practitioners die in one place, then a large number of Second Realm practitioners will be sent. If too many Second Realm practitioners die as well, then the Third Realm will follow.

If the mortality rate of the Third Realm is also high, then it can basically be confirmed that there is treasure in this place, and the Dao Domain Realm will enter the fray. It is a very simple and crude method of exploration.

Sending in Dao Domain Realm experts directly—if they capsize in the gutter, the losses for the ancient kingdom would be huge. Letting those below go first to test the waters and collect information is meant to increase the survival rate of the Dao Domain Realm experts.

This is the purpose of the ancient kingdom distributing Origin Realm missions to major forces.

"By the way, Brother Zhao, which exploration method do you intend to choose?" After chatting for a while, Cen Qionghua began to probe Zhao Xing's intentions. "If you don't plan to join a legion, why don't you and Le Yao join my team?"

"Sure," Zhao Xing smiled. "I couldn't ask for more."

Cen Qionghua is in the middle stage of the First Realm, and Le Yao is even more impressive, already in the late stage of the First Realm.

Zhao Xing did not intend to act alone upon arrival; he wanted to familiarize himself with the place first.

"Good, then it's settled," Cen Qionghua said with satisfaction. Although he had never sparred with Zhao Xing, the sheer weight of going from the Ascension Realm to the Origin Realm in just over three hundred years was no empty reputation.

"Brother Cen, are you that confident you can get the right to form a team?" Le Yao said. "I heard that most First Realm practitioners are assigned to legions."

There are three ways to explore the Yueluo Mausoleum: first, follow the exploration legions sent by the ancient kingdom; second, form small teams; third, explore alone.

How one chooses is not up to oneself; it depends on strength.

Those who are inferior are assigned to temporarily formed legions to act with the main force; those who are slightly more capable gain the right to form teams.

Generally, only those in the Second Realm have the right to act alone, and even that depends on the location.

The ancient kingdom sends people to explore, not to die. Of course, they want to minimize the casualty rate of their own practitioners.

"Can't get the right to form a team? Hmph, Fairy, don't underestimate yourself," Cen Qionghua scoffed. "You and I are formal members of the Purple God Prefecture, and our family backgrounds are not mediocre. A single piece of equipment is worth more than the lives of those ordinary First Realm practitioners."

"As long as we don't go to places that are too dangerous, getting the right to form a small team is a piece of cake."

Cen Qionghua's words were not false; if a First Realm practitioner dies during exploration, they are entitled to compensation according to regulations.

The compensation standards for various forces differ, but based on the ancient kingdom's unified standard, the early, middle, late, and perfection stages of the First Realm receive 400, 600, 800, and 10 million respectively.

Even the compensation for a First Realm perfection stage practitioner cannot compare to the price of the "Heavenly Sound Bamboo" in Zhao Xing's Origin Space.

Cen Qionghua was not being arrogant when he said that; he had the confidence to back it up.

There are over 30, 00 Origin Realm practitioners on the Qingyu No. 49 World Ship, but not all of them are going to the Phantom God Star System.

Only about a thousand are going to the Phantom God Star System; the World Ship stops in the middle, with people getting on and off.

Every time it arrives at a place, a notification sound echoes above the passengers' manors.

Zhao Xing directly activated the magic array to block the daily broadcasts, because the final destination of this World Ship is the Phantom God Star System, so he just needs to stay until the end.

The journey lasts three months. Zhao Xing did not spend this time idly; he did not have the bad habits of some cosmic citizens and always squeezed every bit of time to use.

If a vacation is only one day, one might do many things; if a person can only live to eighty, they will consider marriage in their early twenties.

If one possesses a long lifespan, it leads to changes in behavior. Today's book is pushed to tomorrow, tomorrow's to the day after... Le Yao and Cen Qionghua would come to find Zhao Xing for drinks from time to time, inviting him to listen to music at Le Yao's place.

But Zhao Xing would at most send a clone to handle it, spending the vast majority of his time in cultivation.

"Currently, I have a total of eight Heavenly Time-school Origin Laws."

"'Fetal Breath' and 'Purple Wind,' two types of Wind Laws, one Yin and one Yang, both are Seventh-Tier Origin Laws."

"The former is self-created, the latter is an Origin Law provided for free by the Purple God Prefecture, pointing toward the Void Law 'Wind of Nothingness'."

Zhao Xing lay on the ground with his eyes closed, and all the grass and trees around him pulsed with his breathing.

The self-created Wind Law—"Fetal Breath"!

"A person's mouth and nose are merely the gateways for breath; the dantian is the origin of Qi."

"The Dao of Wind Laws is the flow of Origin Qi. The characteristic of the Yin Wind Law lies in targeting people, silently and without a trace."

"This self-created Yin Wind Law of mine focuses on the minute details, interfering with the human body's origin of Qi!"

"It is as if a wind is blowing inside the human body."

Compared to what he learned in the Purple God Prefecture, Zhao Xing valued his own self-created spells more!

"The Yang Wind Law, 'Purple Wind,' is vast in power, swift and fierce."

"The Yin Wind Law, 'Fetal Breath,' kills invisibly, imperceptibly." Zhao Xing opened his eyes and looked at the flowers, grass, and trees in the manor.

The inner-world residence allocated inside the World Ship was very large. He took a look and found that the flowers, grass, and trees within a radius of twenty kilometers, while appearing fine on the outside, had already lost their vitality, their interiors completely destroyed.

"This is 'Fetal Breath'!" Zhao Xing blew a gentle breath.

All living matter around him shattered, turning into powder.

"However, I have now practiced to the Seventh-Tier Origin Law and have reached a bottleneck; I cannot affect non-living matter."

Non-living matter has no Qi inside; how can it be affected? This is the direction for his future creation of laws.

Otherwise, if the opponent wears inner armor that is airtight, it would be very difficult to kill them using the Yin Wind Law.

Putting the Wind Law aside, Zhao Xing continued to organize what he had learned.

"The Thunder Law has 'Yin Thunder Star' and 'Meta-Magnetic Thunderstorm,' one Yin and one Yang. The former is self-created, the latter is a secret technique of the Purple God Prefecture, pointing toward the Void Law 'Heavenly Thunder River'."

"Both have also reached the Seventh-Tier Origin Law."

Zhao Xing gently spread his right palm, and a blue ball of light, gentle as water, appeared in his palm.

The blue ball of light was large, with a radius of about one meter.

After being born, it orbited Zhao Xing, as if a planet were orbiting the sun. "The self-created Yin Thunder Law, 'Yin Thunder Star,' was inspired by the Thunder Sword."

"Constantly compressing the power of thunder, attempting to compress the thunder equivalent of a planet into the size of a pellet."

"Only the power of Yin Thunder is easy to compress; Yang Thunder is too active. If one were to compress Yang Thunder, it would explode on its own at a radius of fifty kilometers, and the spell would not be established."

"Although the Yin Thunder Law hasn't reached a bottleneck, my current path of law creation has only increased the quantity; how to turn it into a Void Law remains an unknown."

With a thought, a second ball of light condensed from Yin Thunder appeared beside Zhao Xing, then a third, a fourth... eventually, seven were orbiting him.

"If I reach the Ninth-Tier Origin Law, then 'Yin Thunder Star' should have nine, combining both offense and defense."

"With me as the center, the stability coefficient of this law is also very high; I can stably perform it even in unstable voids."

Compared to the Yang Thunder Law "Meta-Magnetic Thunderstorm," most spells of the Yin Origin develop in a small and hidden direction, while Yang Thunder Laws develop in a large and fierce direction.

Zhao Xing did not practice Meta-Magnetic Thunderstorm; this law would affect a planet at the slightest movement and is not suitable for cultivation on the World Ship.

Hum~

Clouds formed under Zhao Xing's feet, and he began to move within his manor.

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"There are two types of Cloud Laws. One is 'Folding Cloud,' mainly for escape. This is an Origin Law I self-created based on the Cloud Heaven Dao's 'Starry Cloud'."

Master Zhao was very envious of that small divine ability of the Cloud Heaven Dao, but unfortunately, Old Cloud's small divine ability technique had no Void stage or Origin Law stage.

Old Cloud himself could do it, but he couldn't teach others.

Consequently, he could only create it himself.

"The Cloud Heaven Dao's Cloud Law is grand and magnificent. How does this Cloud Law of mine feel like a side-door path when performed?" Zhao Xing finished practicing once and watched the playback.

When he performed the Folding Cloud Law, there was no immortal aura at all; it looked like a point of light darting around inside a sphere.

The trajectory was unpredictable, and it had a bit of the shadow of "Inch-by-Inch Distance" within it.

When performed, the entire space was filled with figures walking on clouds.

The clouds of the Cloud Heaven Dao combined speed and defense, as if they could traverse space, with no light or shadow at all.

He had performed it many times in stable voids, and Zhao Xing's impression could be said to be very deep.

"Forget it, mine is practical; what do I need it to look good for?" Zhao Xing shrugged. "The Blood Cloud Realm doesn't look good either, but it's powerful."

The second type of Heavenly Time Cloud Law is "Blood Cloud Realm," also learned in the Purple God Prefecture.

Blood mist permeated, and the cloud layer looked like a ball of blood wriggling, swallowing the earth, with matter being rapidly pulverized and turned into part of the blood mist.

"When I can practice it to the point of turning red to purple, that will be the Void Law 'Purple Cloud Realm'." Zhao Xing put away the spell.

Finally, there is the Rain Law.

"The Yin Rain Law is 'Golden Body Erosion,' self-created, Seventh-Tier Origin Law, focusing on penetration. When adventuring in the universe, everyone desperately stacks armor on themselves."

"As soon as they see the slightest sign of trouble, they run away immediately, especially martial artists; they are truly troublesome."

Zhao Xing's Rain Law, "Golden Body Erosion," is tailor-made for martial artists; it can be called an "Anti-Golden Body Battle Tactic."

"The Yang Rain Law, 'Heavenly Tide'." Zhao Xing pointed his hand, and dense raindrops suddenly appeared in the sky.

In every raindrop, light was contained, as if a sun were stored inside.

"It usually doesn't rain when the sun is out; sun-rain is scorching and fierce, making people feel restless."

Zhao Xing did not let the rain fall, only letting them collide in the air.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom~" The rain fell as if a group of bombs had been dropped, with great momentum.

After practicing for a while, Zhao Xing sat cross-legged.

"Among the Heavenly Time Laws, only the Hou Bian direction lacks combat-type Origin Laws."

He did have an auxiliary-type Hou Bian law, which was the "Heavenly Gu Hou Bian Law." After joining the Purple God Prefecture, this Hou Bian law obtained a complete version.

However, it was of no use for combat; the Heavenly Gu beast was used for farming.

Both the Purple God Prefecture and the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom stipulated that one must reach the Second Realm to learn combat-type Hou Bian spells.

The reason for such a regulation is, first, that those Hou Bian objects are mostly of extremely large size, and their life structures differ greatly from the human race.

For a Dao body in the Origin Realm, practicing Hou Bian laws is quite dangerous.

If one encounters slightly unstable factors and is interfered with, one will collapse on one's own.

If it cannot be performed in an unstable void, then it has no meaning, so Hou Bian laws usually can only be learned upon reaching the Origin Second Realm, the Void Realm.

"There are two types of Earthly Benefit Origin Laws. One is the Earth-Splitting Law 'Treading Stars,' which originates from the 'Treasure Mountain Technique' I bought; it is a supporting spell." Zhao Xing looked at his right foot. "Now my 'Treasure Mountain Technique' first layer progress is just over half; one step with my right foot can collapse the earth veins on a star land."

The progress of the "Treasure Mountain Technique" is 54%. If it were 100% and the first layer were mastered, both feet would be like pillars supporting the sky, extremely hard; one step down would be like star worlds colliding.

Of course, he hasn't mastered it yet, and this Earthly Benefit school's "Treasure Mountain Technique" is not so easy to practice. In a mere three hundred years, if he had already mastered the first layer of the "Treasure Mountain Technique," this speed would not be that of an ordinary genius.

"The second type is the self-created Origin Law 'Mysterious Earth Divine Concealment,' an escape and concealment technique."

As for the Earth Palace Law, Zhao Xing had no time to learn it; currently, only one ultimate law, "Return to Ruins Earth Palace," could be used.

The first layer of "Extreme Land" had not yet officially begun, and the supporting resources had been kept in his inner-body space. In over three hundred years of the Ascension Realm, the progress of "Extreme Land" was not even 1%.

Zhao Xing estimated that he would have to wait until the first layer of the "Treasure Mountain Technique" was mastered, and then use that as a springboard to comprehend the first layer of "Extreme Land," before it would be possible to embark on the path of grinding progress.

"Whoa~" At this moment, Cen Qionghua appeared in the manor. He looked at everything around him in surprise. "Brother Zhao, I know you are diligent in cultivation, but I didn't expect you to be this diligent."

"Look at what you've done to the surroundings; all the perfectly good flowers, grass, and trees have been killed by you, and even the earth has cracked. Don't go breaking the World Ship."

"Just practicing casually, relaxing a bit," Zhao Xing smiled.

Cen Qionghua did not understand Zhao Xing's spirit of diligence. It felt like everyone was taking a high-speed train on a business trip, and this person insisted on doing a set of Tai Chi in the train seat.

"This can be called relaxing? You haven't stopped since you started cultivating," Cen Qionghua looked at Zhao Xing with a very strange expression.

"Alright, did you come to find me for something?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Something? We've arrived," Cen Qionghua said. "Le Yao even said there was no need to come and notify you specifically, saying you would naturally come to rendezvous."

"Look, what did I say? You really are too immersed in cultivation, even blocking the magic array's broadcast notification." Cen Qionghua knew Zhao Xing hadn't noticed the stop as soon as he saw his expression.

"Arrived? So fast." Zhao Xing realized. He opened the broadcast magic array and simultaneously turned on the World Ship's exterior view function.

He saw the brilliant sky above disappear, and the dark starry sky appeared overhead.

Directly in front of his field of vision, a huge landmass appeared.

Openings appeared in the sky; these were the channels for the next stop opened in various parts of the World Ship.

"Tiger Head Star Land, one of the twenty explorer bases controlled by the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom."

"It is a large star land, with an area larger than a high-level star world, named because the plate resembles a tiger's head."

"Let's go, Brother Zhao, we should get off the ship," Cen Qionghua urged.

"Hurry up and complete the rating test. After gaining the right to form a team, we can choose people. The earlier we finish, the earlier we choose. I've looked at the intelligence; new explorers have recently come to Tiger Head Star Land, so maybe we can choose some good teammates."

"Alright, let's go." Zhao Xing tidied up a bit and then got off the World Ship.

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In the World Ship plaza, just after getting off the ship, Zhao Xing felt that the surrounding earth vein gravity was extraordinary, much greater than on the Qingyu Star World.

There were many people getting off the ship in the World Ship plaza; many World Ships had arrived, not just the one they were on.

"Hmm? Are those members of the Purple God Prefecture? Looking at the logo, they seem to be members under the Purple Moon Prefecture. The Purple Moon Prefecture is rich in Agricultural Officials; if only I could form a team with a powerful Agricultural Official."

"Don't dream, brother. Look at what that person is holding—a 【Heavenly Travel Staff】 worth 25 million. Even if we sold our lives, we wouldn't be worth as much as the staff in their hands. How could we join?"

"I'm just thinking about it. Let's go, report to the Star Fortress and see if we can follow a more powerful legion."

"……"

The three of them got off the ship, attracting the attention of many people nearby.

It was mainly because of what Cen Qionghua and Le Yao were wearing and using; it looked expensive at a glance.

Zhao Xing was relatively low-key. Apart from the fact that his formal member uniform of the Purple God Prefecture was worth a million in itself, the World Law Compass, the Diamond Ring, and the Boundary-Breaking Beast were all kept in his Universe Bag.

"Hum~ Hum~ Hum~"

Rays of light lit up in the plaza; these were First Realm practitioners flying at the speed of light to report to the Star Fortress set up by the ancient kingdom after getting off the ship.

"Our Purple God Prefecture has a big shot guarding Tiger Head Star Land, called Du Yun. He is a Third Realm Great Divine Ability user."

"Du Yun is the candidate for the next Prefecture Master, and he is also the youngest Third Realm in the history of the Purple God Prefecture."

"However, we know him, but he doesn't know us. There is no need to go find Lord Du for such a small matter as reporting."

"We can just find any Star Fortress to report to. Unless we encounter other forces bullying us or unfair things happening, then we can ask Lord Du to come forward," Cen Qionghua is now over four thousand years old; after all, he is a member of the Purple God Prefecture who has lived for thousands of years more, and he is clear about some things. "When we adventure in the public star sea, even forces within the ancient kingdom will have competition; this is very common. As long as we don't encounter obvious unfair treatment, everyone relies on their own ability to grab a meal."

Le Yao, Zhao Xing, and Cen Qionghua were all First Realm practitioners who had mastered the speed of light. Without chatting for long, they arrived at a nearby Star Fortress.

The massive Star Fortress was the pinnacle skill of a Mechanism Master; it looked like countless palaces stacked together, forming a Star City.

On its periphery, several circles of 【Ring Lands】 were sleeved. When Zhao Xing and the others arrived, they could see meteors flashing across the Star Fortress from time to time.

Those were warships accelerated by the 【Ring Lands】 flying to various parts of the Yueluo Mausoleum.

"Three formal members of the Purple God Prefecture, hello. I am 'Cang Yu,' the artifact spirit of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom's twentieth Star Fortress."

As soon as they entered the Star Fortress, a mechanism puppet in military uniform stepped forward to entertain the three of them.

"Since you are here for the first time to carry out a mission in the Phantom God Star System, please undergo a strength assessment first."

"Lord Cang Yu, please lead the way," Cen Qionghua said respectfully.

The mechanism puppet led Zhao Xing into a separate space, an independent space created from fragments of a small world that had been cut out.

"See that target star in the center?" Cang Yu pointed forward. "Attack that target star, and you will get your approximate combat power."

"You can attack multiple times; the more secret techniques you use, the better, and the higher the comprehensive combat power evaluation will be."

"You can also use the Dao weapons you carry, but it is forbidden to use one-time consumables to attack, because Dao weapons can be activated by yourself—that is your strength—but one-time consumables are inevitably limited and cannot be counted as conventional matching combat power."

Cang Yu introduced: "Finally, I will state one more point."

"In adventure and exploration, hiding one's strength is a very normal self-preservation behavior. However, hiding strength will also bring a certain degree of inconvenience."

"For example, in the following test, if your comprehensive combat power does not exceed 10, you can only follow the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom's legion to act and cannot obtain the right to form a team or the permission for independent exploration."

"After obtaining your combat power, if you want to form a team, I will only match you with teammates of similar combat power. Do you understand?"

"Understood." Cen Qionghua, Le Yao, and Zhao Xing all nodded.

If one hides their strength too much—for example, a First Realm practitioner whose actual combat power is 100 only shows 10 in this test—then the artifact spirit 'Cang Yu' will only match them with teammates with a combat power of 10.

Doing this is not impossible; it just depends on whether one is willing to be one god leading four pits.

Being willing to take burdens on an adventure is also a personal freedom; Cang Yu will not interfere, only remind.

"Combat power 1 is the minimum standard for combat personnel."

"If you cannot even reach this standard, you cannot become combat personnel, but you can choose to become auxiliary personnel."

"For example, since you two are Agricultural Officials, you can choose to become transport personnel escorting logistics; you can also obtain contributions and rewards."

Combat power lower than 1? Then one basically cannot receive any missions and cannot go to certain areas.

Zhao Xing and the others would not come here either. If they wanted to be administrative personnel, there were plenty of opportunities to stay in the country; there was absolutely no need to come here to adventure.

"If you are ready, you can start. Who will come first?" Cang Yu asked.

Cen Qionghua, Le Yao, and Zhao Xing looked at each other.

"I'll go first," Cen Qionghua said confidently.

Zhao Xing and Le Yao stepped aside, and then Cen Qionghua waved the Heavenly Travel Staff in his hand and began the strength assessment.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Cen Qionghua practices the "Purple Yang." The wind, rain, thunder, and cloud spells he learned basically all start from the "Sun Origin," and his battle tactics are all of the fierce type.

The Heavenly Travel Staff is worth over 20 million, and its amplification coefficient is quite high, already reaching six.

Added to the Purple God Prefecture's cultivation technique and the unique environment, there is also a bonus to the spells.

This makes the power of Cen Qionghua's spells much fiercer than that of an ordinary First Realm practitioner.

"Lord Cang Yu, I have finished the test." Cen Qionghua flew back after a flurry of operations.

"Comprehensive combat power rating: 19. ." Cang Yu nodded. "Not bad, you can obtain the right to form a small team."

Hua-zi really has some skills, and he didn't hide anything. This combat power is not much different from the result obtained by Zhao Xing's detection function.

"Most of his Origin Laws have reached the Sixth Tier, and his equipment is good. His combat power is about 20 times that of a standard First Realm practitioner. This value detection is about the same as I estimated," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Of course, target practice is one thing, and actual combat is another.

Stress resistance, combat experience, technique combinations, and the grasp of battle opportunities—these cannot be tested and cannot be measured by values.

In addition, many people's trump cards are one-time use—after all, those are more powerful—and these are also not included in the comprehensive combat power assessment.

The second to test was Le Yao; her fighting style was very unique.

When she approached the target star, she first performed a clone technique, splitting thirty-six clones with spiritual power.

Each clone held one or two musical instruments, or a flute, or a zither, or bells and drums... each one was a Star World Dao weapon!

Thirty-six clones, a total of sixty-four Star World Dao weapons!

"Musicians who dare to come out and adventure are all rich people," Zhao Xing couldn't help but click his tongue.

Among the weapons Le Yao used, three were mid-grade Star World Dao weapons.

Among them was a Star World Dao weapon named "Lying Konghou," resembling a zither. It was fifty meters long, and Le Yao had four clones appearing beside the Lying Konghou.

Zhao Xing recognized this most classic weapon at a glance.

"The Lying Konghou starts at at least 30 million, and her other mid-grade Star World Dao weapon, the Eight-Pillar Zither, is also at least 20 million."

"The third, slightly cheaper one, is the Star River Flute, which is also 13 million."

"No wonder they say nine out of ten musicians are rich, and the other one is a super-rich person; it really lives up to its reputation," Zhao Xing stared carefully.

Under Le Yao's attack, the target star for testing was completely covered, continuously emitting humming sounds.

Zhao Xing's soul could keenly perceive that Le Yao's attack was multi-dimensional, with both soul attacks and physical attacks.

After Le Yao finished casting the spell, she retracted all the musical instruments and clones and flew back gracefully.

Cang Yu nodded: "Not bad, your comprehensive combat power reached 35, which is already quite excellent in the First Realm."

"What? Le Yao, you are this strong?!" Cen Qionghua was somewhat astonished. Although they were good friends, they wouldn't spar with full force usually.

Now that it was time to do serious business and show a hand, Le Yao directly dropped Cen Qionghua's jaw.

"I just took advantage of the Dao weapons. I am following the Ten Thousand Dao flow; I can only control thirty-six musical instruments to play together now," Le Yao said modestly. "This kind of fighting style cannot be sustained."

"You musicians really don't show your faces in the universe; when you do, you are all experts," Cen Qionghua couldn't help but sigh. "Zhao Xing, it seems we all have to hug Fairy Le Yao's thigh."

"That's not necessarily true," Le Yao blinked her big eyes. "We haven't seen Brother Zhao make a move yet."

Zhao Xing smiled slightly and flew toward the target star.