Chapter 125

"Xu Jin, this is all the information regarding the second-tier star domain and where the dangers lie. Do you have any questions? If so, ask immediately."

On August 8th, in the small courtyard of Ning Ning Yuchan at the Hu Jinshan Academy, Ning Ning Yuchan was giving Xu Jin individual tutoring before his star-forging.

This included all the information related to the second-tier star domain, where the dangers lay, and some precautions for star-forging.

"Teacher, according to what you said, is it true that if my strength permits, as long as I can withstand the attacks and ensure my own safety, I can keep cultivating in the second-tier star domain?" Xu Jin asked.

"No, no, no. In the second-tier star domain, in theory, you can cultivate up to the ninth layer of Star-Refining, but that is absolutely not allowed. If your cultivation base breaks through to the Star-Refining Realm within the second-tier star domain, you won't be able to come out and will be trapped in the second-tier star domain forever.

Remember what I just said: don't be reckless. If you feel there is danger you can't handle, return immediately!"

For Xu Jin's one question, Ning Ning Yuchan gave another round of exhortations.

Until the time was almost up, Ning Ning Yuchan said, "It's almost time for the assembly for the opening of the second-tier star domain. Let's go; I'll send you to the Star-Picking Tower."

The Star-Picking Tower that Ning Ning Yuchan mentioned at this time was not the Star-Picking Tower that one enters through the Star-Picking Token.

Usually, Ning Ning Yuchan and the others call the Star-Picking Tower entered through the Star-Picking Token the Star-Picking Secret Realm.

And the physical body of the Star-Picking Tower in the world is called the Star-Picking Tower.

But what Ning Ning Yuchan was taking Xu Jin to at this time was the physical body of the Hu Jinshan County Branch of the Star-Picking Tower.

Xu Jin had heard this information before, but he had never really seen the physical body of a branch of the Star-Picking Tower.

Xu Jin followed along with a happy expression.

Ever since receiving Old Qi's starlight message yesterday, Xu Jin had felt much more relaxed!

Old Qi is still alive!

This is the first piece of good news!

One piece of great good news is enough!

This made Xu Jin's mood become quite relaxed since yesterday.

But Xu Jin also understood that from beginning to end, Old Qi had only sent him one starlight message.

This meant that Old Qi's situation shouldn't be very good.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent only one.

But as long as he is alive, there is hope!

Now, he needs to seize every opportunity to quickly improve his strength.

Half a moment later, Ning Ning Yuchan brought Xu Jin to an empty square at the foot of the outer mountain of the Hu Jinshan Academy.

The Dean, Dong Zhao, as well as Lu Lu Xianbing, Han Yue Han Yue Daqi, Wang Wang Weisheng, Zhang Han, and others were already there.

"Is everyone here?" Seeing Xu Jin come over, Dean Dong Zhao asked.

The supervisor, Tian Zhang, who was waiting on the side, nodded, "Dean, the nine people entering the star domain for star-forging have all arrived."

"Hmm, the equipment, the pills for recovery, and the most important pills, have you all brought them?" Dean Dong Zhao asked the crowd.

This time, the star domain they are going to for star-forging is a real battle, so they need to bring their own star-soldiers and pills for recovery.

While everyone nodded, Dean Dong Zhao took out his Star-Picking Token and drove it slightly.

In an instant, starlight flickered in front of everyone, and a seven-story star tower appeared out of thin air in front of them.

It looked somewhat like the Star-Picking Tower that appeared in the autumn examination secret realm that day, but it was much shorter.

The Star-Picking Tower that appeared in the autumn examination secret realm seemed endless, while the branch tower in front of them had only seven stories.

"This is the Return Jade Tablet; keep it well. If you finish star-forging or encounter a life-threatening danger, crush this Return Jade Tablet immediately, and within one breath, it will send you out of the star domain you are in."

While speaking, Dean Dong Zhao solemnly handed the Return Jade Tablets to everyone one by one, and finally, a different second-tier star domain Return Jade Tablet was given to Xu Jin.

"Remember, don't be greedy; safety first!

Although it is said that the first and second-tier star domains you are going to will not encounter dangers you cannot handle within a certain period of time, if there is a real life-threatening danger, return immediately!

As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood!" Dean Dong Zhao instructed again.

The disciples, who had already been instructed over and over again by the instructors and supervisors, were not impatient, because everyone knew that the Dean was truly good to them.

After waiting for half a quarter of an hour, Dean Dong Zhao's Star-Picking Token flashed with light, and Dean Dong Zhao said, "Alright, the first-tier star domain is open. You eight, go in first! After entering, hold the Return Jade Tablet, and you will see the corresponding star gate; step into it, and that's it.

Then, according to the previous instructions, quickly find a suitable place to forge your star."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Wang Wang Weisheng was the first to hold the Return Jade Tablet and step into the Star-Picking Tower branch, disappearing instantly, followed by Lu Lu Xianbing, Zhang Han, Han Yue Han Yue Daqi, Zhang Ming, and others.

After the eight disappeared one by one, Dean Dong Zhao looked at Xu Jin.

"Xu Jin, I promised you before that as long as you entered the top ten in the autumn examination, I would personally reward you with a second-tier star-soldier. Tell me, what kind of star-soldier do you want?" Dean Dong Zhao asked suddenly.

Xu Jin was somewhat stunned.

If Dean Dong Zhao hadn't mentioned this, Xu Jin would have almost forgotten about it.

"Dean, there's no need; you saved my sister before, and this is also my duty as a disciple..."

"What, do you look down on me as a Dean? You won't even accept my reward?"

"No, no!"

"Then choose; a gift from an elder should not be declined!"

With Dean Dong Zhao's words, Xu Jin had no way to decline.

"Xu Jin, I'll give you a direction to choose. I watched your previous battles, and your star-arts are very sharp. In battle, you focus on star-arts, so weapon-type star-soldiers are not very useful to you at the moment.

I have a pair of second-tier star-boots here, the Star-Chasing Boots, which can increase the speed of your Flying Fei Xing Bu by thirty percent, and a second-tier arm-shield, which is very good for hard-blocking and saving your life at critical moments. With just a little star power, you can easily block attacks from the Meal of Mist Realm, and attacks from the peak of Star-Forging can also be blocked for a few hits.

Attacks from the early Star-Refining stage can be blocked for at most five hits before this arm-shield shatters," Dong Zhao said.

Since the Dean had even said "a gift from an elder should not be declined," Xu Jin prepared to choose one.

To be honest, Xu Jin wanted both.

The second-tier Star-Chasing Boots go without saying; they increase the power of the Flying Fei Xing Bu by thirty percent.

The first-tier Wind-Chasing Boots he used before increased the power of the Flying Fei Xing Bu by twenty percent.

In Xu Jin's current tactical system, speed occupies a huge proportion.

The improvement of the second-tier Star-Chasing Boots to Xu Jin's combat power is still very important.

But the second-tier arm-shield, as Dean Dong Zhao said, is very useful for hard-blocking and saving his life at critical moments.

Xu Jin had previously killed a Blood God Sect demon and only obtained one arm-shield, which was a first-tier one.

Although he had only used it once during the last mountain picking, it was indeed quite useful.

Especially since he was about to enter the second-tier star domain for star-forging, which is a real battle, these two second-tier star-soldiers are very useful, no matter which one.

But if he could only choose one, Xu Jin still intended to choose the second-tier Star-Chasing Boots.

The importance of speed goes without saying; even if it's just a ten percent increase, it could play a decisive role in a battle.

Just as Xu Jin made up his mind and prepared to choose the second-tier Star-Chasing Boots, Ning Ning Yuchan suddenly spoke, "Dean, when did you become so stingy?

You don't need two second-tier star-soldiers.

Since you've already said it, why not give both to Xu Jin!

It just so happens that Xu Jin is basically fighting alone this time entering the second-tier star domain, so it's better to give them to him for protection."

As soon as these words came out, Dean Dong Zhao was stunned.

And the supervisor, Tian Zhang, looked at Ning Ning Yuchan in astonishment; is this still the Ning Ning Yuchan he knows?

Taciturn, and ready to hammer someone at the slightest disagreement!

If it weren't for the real person in front of him, supervisor Tian Zhang would have thought that the Ning Ning Yuchan of the past hadn't come. Xu Jin was surprised, secretly praising Ning Ning Yuchan's divine assist, but also felt a bit embarrassed.

He didn't want one before.

Now, with Ning Ning Yuchan's divine assist, he had a bit of an intention to take both.

This seems a bit shameless.

As for Dean Dong Zhao, he pointed at Ning Ning Yuchan and laughed bitterly, "Ning Yuchan, you, you..."

Suddenly, Dong Zhao had no voice, but he had sent a voice transmission to Ning Ning Yuchan, instantly making Ning Ning Yuchan blush deeply!

"Dean, if you're stingy, just be stingy; why drag me into it!" Ning Ning Yuchan, who had been accused of favoring an outsider by Dong Zhao's voice transmission, retorted directly with a deeply blushing face.

Fortunately, she was wearing a veil; otherwise, this blushing face would have been seen by Xu Jin and the Dean and others.

"Hahahaha!"

Dean Dong Zhao laughed, then reached into his arms and took out two second-tier star-soldiers flowing with starlight, a pair of boots and a set of arm-shields, and handed them to Xu Jin.

"Since Ning Yuchan has said so, if I don't give them to you, I'll really become a stingy Dean!

Alright, I'll give you both!

I'll tell you this: you brat, you must forge two top-grade star-cores for me!

Otherwise, I won't spare you!" Dean Dong Zhao laughed.

Since things had reached this point, Xu Jin didn't decline and took them directly, putting them on on the spot.

With a slight input of star power, the Star-Chasing Boots fit perfectly.

With a burst of the Flying Fei Xing Bu, he instantly crossed a distance of seventy meters.

This display caused the expressions of Dean Dong Zhao, Tian Zhang, and Ning Ning Yuchan to change simultaneously.

A seventy-meter Flying Fei Xing Bu; even those at the late Star-Forging stage don't have this speed.

Even with the help of second-tier star-soldiers, it definitely wouldn't be this exaggerated.

In fact, this was already Xu Jin holding back his strength.

Yesterday, after the nine marrow-cleansings, Xu Jin's limit speed using the first-tier Wind-Chasing Boots was over seventy-five meters.

Xu Jin felt that if he used the second-tier Star-Chasing Boots, his limit speed should easily exceed eighty meters.

"Thank you, Dean, for the treasure."

Dong Zhao waved his hand with a smile, looked at the Star-Picking Token, and said suddenly, "Alright, go in. For the second-tier star domain, you first step into the star gate to assemble; once everyone has arrived, it will open for entry!

Remember, safety first!"

"Alright!"

As Xu Jin responded, he bowed to Dong Zhao, Tian Zhang, and Ning Ning Yuchan one by one before holding the Return Jade Tablet and stepping into the Star-Picking Tower branch.

Following Xu Jin's entry, Dean Dong Zhao wiped his finger across the Star-Picking Token, and the Star-Picking Tower Hu Jinshan County Branch that had just appeared instantly disappeared, hiding into the void.

After doing all this, Dong Zhao and Tian Zhang suddenly looked at Ning Ning Yuchan at the same time.

The next instant, Ning Ning Yuchan seemed to realize something; she stomped her iron cane and instantly turned into starlight, fleeing away.

"Dean, I just fought for one more star-soldier for a disciple; do you have to be so stingy?" Ning Ning Yuchan's voice came on the wind.

Tian Zhang was stunned, "Dean, what did you just say to Ning Yuchan?"

"I said, she's favoring an outsider!" After speaking, Dong Zhao also soared into the sky and disappeared in an instant.

"It seems, it really is a bit..."

Tian Zhang muttered, and also flashed away; in the original place, only a team of Star-Patrol Guards remained on duty.

In front of the Zhai Xing Lou Square of the Da Chen National Academy, a star tower towering into the clouds was looming there.

If one was far away, one could only see starlight and clouds; if one was close, one could see the physical body of the Da Chen Star-Picking Tower in the world, but it was flickering in the starlight, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

At this very moment, hundreds of Da Chen National Academy disciples were gathered here waiting.

All of them were disciples who were about to enter the star domain for star-forging.

Not long after, all the disciples entering the first-tier star domain for star-forging stepped into the main building of the Da Chen Star-Picking Tower under the gaze of the supervisor Chen Liao and several instructors.

On the scene, only the nine true-transmission disciples waiting to enter the second-tier star domain for star-forging remained, one of whom was Ji Ji Hongli from Dachen Wan Yi!

In this autumn examination, out of fifteen true-transmission disciples, the Da Chen National Academy only occupied eight, which could be considered the lowest proportion in the history of the National Academy.

Meng Meng Qingqiu, Yan Chen, Yuan Yuan Feiqing, Fang Fang Mingchun, and others were all communicating in low voices, still discussing how to successfully assemble in the second-tier star domain.

Among them, as long as two people could assemble and join forces, the time they could survive in the second-tier star domain would be significantly increased.

At that time, not only would they be able to forge a star, but after forging the star, their cultivation base would also be able to quickly improve to the middle stage of Star-Forging, or possibly even the late stage.

Just as everyone was discussing, suddenly, a young man, led by a vice instructor, was walking over quickly.

"Senior Brother Lu?"

"Lu Kun?"

Seeing the person coming, many people were very surprised; when they saw Lu Kun receive the Return Jade Tablet for the second-tier star domain from the supervisor Chen Liao, they were even more stunned.

Except for Yan Chen, Yuan Yuan Feiqing, and Fang Fang Mingchun, who had a fairly good relationship with Lu Kun, the other true-transmission disciples all looked at the supervisor Chen Liao with questions on their faces.

To tell the truth, they were fellow disciples with Lu Kun.

But the problem was, they had fought to the death to win the quota for true-transmission disciples and obtained this extremely scarce quota for star-forging in the second-tier star domain.

At this very moment, Lu Kun, a disciple who had been eliminated in the first round and wasn't even an inner-door disciple, had actually come to enter the second-tier star domain for star-forging with them; to say they had no emotions would be a lie!

Because of Lu Kun's appearance, some people had already begun to doubt the fairness of the Academy!

Some true-transmission disciples with upright personalities had already stepped forward, preparing to ask the supervisor.

"Senior Brother Lu, why are you here?" Fang Fang Mingchun asked, overjoyed.

Lu Kun looked at the many fellow disciples with different expressions who used to call each other brothers, and said lightly, "I used the legacy of my fourth uncle's Five-Star Brave Emblem."

In an instant, the true-transmission disciples who were preparing to step forward to ask the supervisor Chen Liao stopped, and the expressions of the others changed.

From suspicion and dissatisfaction, it turned into admiration.

Fang Fang Mingchun, who had just been overjoyed, also instantly restrained his joy and bowed solemnly to Lu Kun to show his respect.

Subsequently, Meng Meng Qingqiu, Yan Chen, Ji Ji Hongli, Yuan Yuan Feiqing, and others all stood still and bowed to Lu Kun to show their respect!

Only those fifth-tier or even sixth-tier or higher experts who sacrificed themselves on the Star River battlefield could possibly obtain a Five-Star Brave Emblem.

And the Five-Star Brave Emblem could allow descendants in the family to enjoy many protections and even legacies.

And the opportunity to enter the second-tier star domain for star-forging once was exactly one of the legacies of the Five-Star Brave Emblem.

No wonder even the Dean, who had always been upright, didn't say anything and quietly gave Lu Kun the Return Jade Tablet.

So that was it!

Lu Kun bowed back, but the look in his eyes when he looked at the many fellow disciples was not as intimate as before!

An accidental failure in the examination had also allowed this genius to taste the so-called warmth and coldness of human relationships in advance!

According to his grandfather, this accidental failure in the autumn examination might not be a bad thing for Lu Kun, who had always been arrogant!

"Alright, time's up, let's all go in!"

The voice of the supervisor Chen Liao rang out.

"Remember, if there is danger, crush the Return Jade Tablet immediately; you must not be reckless, safety first!" the supervisor Chen Liao said.

The next instant, a group of true-transmission disciples of the Da Chen National Academy stepped into the main building of the Da Chen Star-Picking Tower one after another; Lu Kun was the last one to step in!

(End of chapter)