Chapter 139

"Brother, sit here, I'll comb your hair."

Xu Jin was chatting with Old Qi on the Star-Plucking Token when Jiang Er walked in with a basin of water.

Xu Jin touched his long hair tied up. "Jiang Er, your brother's skill in tying hair has improved recently, right?"

"Hmm, it has improved! But it's tied crookedly, there are too many loose hairs, the left side is high, the right side is low, the left forehead is tight, the right forehead is loose, the hair on the back is stretched as tight as a stone on the left, and loose as a bun on the right..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Xu Jin hurriedly interrupted Jiang Er's complaining and obediently lay half-reclined in the chair, letting Jiang Er fiddle with his long hair.

Once he left Jinshan County, Xu Jin planned to find a time to cut his long hair, get a short crew cut or tie a headband, which would be super simple.

In Jinshan County, he absolutely didn't dare.

In his previous life, cutting hair meant your uncle would die; this legend gave birth to a large group of tough guys who cut their hair in the first lunar month.

But in this world, cutting hair means your father will die!

So Xu Jin didn't dare to cut it.

Whether his father would die if he cut his hair, Xu Jin didn't know, but Xu Jin definitely wouldn't have a good life.

He had to say, Jiang Er combing his hair was truly a kind of enjoyment.

Combing hair itself was very comfortable, and it was a kind of rare spiritual enjoyment.

At this very moment, Xu Jin had an unprecedented sense of tranquility.

He had truly returned home.

Suddenly, Xu Jin didn't want to cut his hair anymore.

If he cut it, what would Jiang Er comb? He couldn't go around with a shaved head.

While enjoying it, Xu Jin continued to chat with Old Qi through the Star-Plucking Token. After a few rounds of chatting, Xu Jin was already feeling the pain in his wallet and began to try his best to use long sentences to convey information.

One Star light message consumed one wisp of Star light.

At the beginning, he was too concerned about Old Qi, and now he was feeling the pain in his heart!

"Divine Division Secret Technique? We have it! Once you break through to the fifth-tier Gather Battle, or your Spirit-Soul cultivation breaks through to the Condense Star Realm, you will be able to see it in the things I left for you. Let me tell you this: as far as the Divine Division Secret Technique is concerned, our Lingji Star Palace recognizes itself as number eleven; none of the top ten dare to recognize themselves as number one.

Once practiced, it is equivalent to an external avatar, mysterious and incomparable.

But it currently cannot solve my predicament.

Oh, right, you kid, don't practice it randomly!

The taboos of the Divine Division Secret Technique are very numerous; don't accidentally ruin yourself! Send this Divine Division Secret Technique over; I'll take a look for you. If it can be practiced or referenced, keep it; otherwise, throw it away immediately." After Xu Jin mentioned the Divine Division Secret Technique to Old Qi, Old Qi sent a long string of messages.

Xu Jin thought that was also true; when it came to Spirit-Soul Star Patterns, the Lingji Star Palace, which specialized in this, definitely had a Divine Division Secret Technique. But what Old Qi said was also reasonable, so he hurriedly sent all of that Divine Division Secret Technique to Old Qi. At the end of the Star light message, Xu Jin also asked an extra question: "Teacher, have you heard of the Wenmeng Star Pattern? I obtained the Wenmeng Star Pattern from the Great Chen Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao yesterday, and Dean Dong Zhao said it was very good."

From the bottom of his heart, the people Xu Jin trusted most should be Xu Dajiang = Jiang Er > Ning Yuchan > Seeing Qi Shanye > Dong Zhao > Cheng Yuexiao, so he still asked Seeing Qi Shanye about the Wenmeng Star Pattern.

"What? You learned the Wenmeng Star Pattern?

Good kid, not bad at all!

Work hard; perhaps you really have a chance to learn from all the masters.

The Wenmeng Star Pattern, that is a unique Star Pattern.

It is a Spirit-Soul Star Pattern uniquely created by a Libation of the Great Chen National Academy several hundred years ago, and it has only been circulating within Great Chen; our Lingji Star Palace does not have this Star Pattern.

After you engrave it, study it well; this Star Pattern is a divine assist Star Pattern.

It is said that it can play an auxiliary role for quite a few Spirit-Soul Star Patterns," Seeing Qi Shanye sent a Star light message.

In a private residence in Hengsha Juncheng, a large city in the eastern part of the Chu Kingdom, Seeing Qi Shanye, with a bushy beard and looking extremely weathered, looked at the Star light message sent by Xu Jin and suddenly froze.

Only the empty left sleeve was swaying slightly.

After a long while, Seeing Qi Shanye, who had suddenly finished reading the Divine Division Secret Technique sent by Xu Jin carefully, suddenly wanted to laugh.

He wanted to burst out laughing!

The suppressed and desperate emotions were broken through by the sudden surprise at this moment.

Heaven truly does not cut off all paths!

Or rather, Xu Jin was his lucky star!

The Divine Division Technique sent by Xu Jin was extremely crude; if it were in the past, he would have thought one glance was too much, and he would have thrown it on the ground, stepped on it twice, and cursed it as trash!

It was a piece of trash that purely consumed Spirit-Soul power and also consumed a wisp of Spirit-Soul origin, but had little use.

But now...

The next instant, Seeing Qi Shanye leaped onto the roof, his whole person already hidden in the void.

In the distance, thousands of Hengsha County guards were driving all residents out of the city, one marketplace at a time. In the sky, Hu Xuechuan stood suspended, his Star weapon, the Star-Fixing Disk, emitting a faint light, constantly sensing every resident driven out of the city.

The four sides of the entire Hengsha County were not only surrounded by the city guards at this very moment, but there were also more than forty fourth-tier and seven fifth-tier experts surrounding them on all sides. Once there was any disturbance, they would be able to surround them immediately.

Not to mention, behind Hu Xuechuan, there were two more fifth-tier Gather Battle Realm powerhouses.

One of them was even an acquaintance—it was Lin Lie, the Head Instructor of the Yan Prefecture branch of the Tianyang Star Palace, who had fought with Seeing Qi Shanye.

In the battle half a month ago, Seeing Qi Shanye heavily injured Hu Xuechuan, who was protecting the Star-Fixing Disk, winning at least three days of time for recovery and escape.

He didn't expect that in just one and a half days, Hu Xuechuan would catch up.

He caught Seeing Qi Shanye off guard, and in that battle, Seeing Qi Shanye was heavily injured again; his left arm was also lost in that battle.

To gain recovery time, Seeing Qi Shanye fled for his life for ten consecutive days, escaping into the Hengsha Juncheng of the Chu Kingdom, and then hid among them.

The Chu Kingdom worshipped the Cangming Star Palace, which should be a place where the Tianyang Star Palace could not intervene.

Even if they could intervene, their influence would be very limited.

And Hengsha Juncheng was a large city with a population of over 300,000. Seeing Qi Shanye was hiding in the most densely populated marketplace; even if Hu Xuechuan knew he, Seeing Qi Shanye, was hiding here, so what?

Could it be that he dared to start a massacre and slaughter the city?

If he truly dared to do that, Hu Xuechuan would not be able to leave Hengsha County alive.

As for blockading the city for screening, that was even more impossible.

Normally, in a large city with a population of over 300,000, once the city is blockaded for more than two days, there will be chaos.

If it exceeds five days, people will starve to death!

With careful planning, Seeing Qi Shanye chose such a place, preparing to sneak into the crowd, recover his injuries, and then choose an opportunity to escape.

But what he didn't expect was that Hu Xuechuan was truly capable!

Not knowing what price he paid, he actually invited the Hengsha branch of the Cangming Star Palace to unite with the Hengsha County government and play such a big game of "replacing the birds in the cage."

By screening all the hundreds of thousands of residents in the whole city, he would naturally be able to screen out Seeing Qi Shanye.

What was originally impossible became possible with official intervention.

In this way, Old Qi was directly plunged into a desperate situation.

There was not a shred of vitality left.

If he faced Hu Xuechuan alone, even if he lost the Star weapon Star-Shattering Awl, Old Qi would still be able to escape.

But now, Hu Xuechuan had brought two fifth-tier Gather Battle Realm experts, and there were seven fifth-tier powerhouses from Hengsha County—in this situation, he couldn't fly even with wings!

"What I just gave you is the Gut-Rotting Brain-Melting Pill I refined myself! Do you feel anything?"

Xu Jin grinned, and the next instant, Chi Xiang was crying and cursing as he hugged Xu Jin's thigh, "God's Envoy, spare me, I will do whatever you tell me to do, spare me, my lord!"

Bang!

Chi Xiang was kicked away by Xu Jin in disgust.

His whole body was covered in either urine or snot; it was too dirty!

Disgusting!

"I'm asking you, do you feel anything?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I feel like my stomach is burning, and there is a cool breeze drilling straight into my head! God's Envoy, I will really be very obedient, please spare my life!" Chi Xiang was anxious; the feeling of being poisoned was too terrifying.

Xu Jin heard this and nodded with satisfaction.

The burning in his stomach was the feeling of the Star Power contained in that little bit of Spirit-Awakening Pill dispersing, and as for the cool breeze drilling into his head, that was the effect of the Spirit-Awakening Pill.

It was good that he felt something.

"Listen, this Gut-Rotting Brain-Melting Pill of mine will only take effect after three months. As long as you are obedient and do as I say, I will give you the antidote after a period of time, understand!" In an instant, Chi Xiang was kowtowing like a pestle pounding garlic.

"As long as you give me the antidote, I will definitely be obedient, definitely be obedient!"

"Good, change your clothes, bring some food, and then arrive here in the shortest possible time!" Xu Jin drew a point on the map, which was approximately a middle position, not too far from the Huoli Tribe, two or three hundred miles from the Huoyuan Tribe, six or seven hundred miles from the Red Scale Royal Court, and not too far from another tribe, the Huojia Tribe.

Xu Jin wanted to utilize this captured Young Chief Chi Xiang, but he couldn't trust him completely.

"Understood, understood, I'll go right now."

"By the way, tell me, where is your tribe's treasury, and also, your father, that is, your tribal chief, must have a place for private treasures, right?" Xu Jin asked.

"My tribe's treasury is here, and my father does indeed have a small treasure vault, but I can't open it; it's in the back." Chi Xiang was truly telling everything he knew at this moment.

The Grand Master shook his head and smiled bitterly upon hearing this, and no longer pursued Dong Zhao's guidance to Xu Jin.

"Little Dong's choice is also not bad; Warm Dream Star Pattern has the highest growth potential, and the stronger the cultivation, the greater the use. The other two Spirit Star Patterns are quite helpful to you at the current stage; it depends on how you choose," the Grand Master also said directly.

"Thank you, Grand Master, thank you Mountain Chief, I choose Warm Dream!"

Mountain Shan Zhang Dong Zhao had already withstood the Grand Master's serious gaze to give a choice hint; if Xu Jin still didn't know which one to choose, he would truly be a fool.

Hearing this, the Grand Master took out a jade tablet, handed it to Xu Jin, and said seriously, "This Warm Dream Star Pattern was passed down by my teacher and can be considered a unique and precious Star Pattern. You can only learn it yourself and absolutely cannot pass it on to anyone!

Without my permission, if you teach this Warm Dream Star Pattern to anyone else, I will definitely take action personally to clean up the sect! Including you and the person you taught, understand?" While speaking, the Grand Master also glared at Dong Zhao.

He was used to saying three, so he took out a Warm Dream that could barely be taught, originally thinking Xu Jin wouldn't choose this one.

He didn't expect Dong Zhao to remind him.

"Disciple has remembered!" Xu Jin said as he took the jade tablet.

Subsequently, the Grand Master threw the jade tablet recording the technique of splitting the spirit to Xu Jin, "This is your spoils of war, it belongs to you. But remember, the technique of splitting the spirit inside should not be cultivated easily.

Unless there is a special need, unless your Spirit cultivation breaks through to the Refine Star Realm, or your cultivation breaks through to Seventh-tier or above in the future, you can try to cultivate it.

Otherwise, it will only destroy your future path," the Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao warned.

Xu Jin thanked him and nodded again to show he understood, and also secretly warned himself.

The Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao nodded with satisfaction, and only then did his gaze leave Xu Jin and move to Ning Yuchan, suddenly asking, "Yuchan, have you decided on your destination?"

"Reporting to the Grand Master, the disciple has already decided!

No regrets even in death!"

Whether it was Cheng Yuexiao or Dong Zhao, when they heard the four words "no regrets even in death," their expressions were quite silent; only Xu Jin was extremely anxious—what had happened?

Where was Instructor Ning going?

"If we really talk about it, the Dao Academy owes you!"

The Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao looked at Ning Yuchan's broken leg, his expression complex, "Since your heart is like this, I won't say anything more; just go through the process." After speaking, he took out two medicine bottles and handed them to Xu Jin and Ning Yuchan respectively.

"Yuchan, this is the Spirit-Refining Golden Pill you exchanged with two of your three Grade-A exam results this time; it should be useful to you."

"Xu Jin, this is the Spirit-Refining Golden Pill reward you obtained for being first in the fourth level of the Autumn Exam, the Heavenly Staircase. I happened to bring it for you this time; you had better take it as soon as possible, don't keep it in your hands for too long!" The Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao instructed.

"Thank you, Grand Master!"

After the two finished thanking him, the Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao said again, "Xu Jin, the Star Pattern reward just now is just a reward I promised you privately! You hurry up and report to the National Dao Academy when you are done. At that time, your merits this time will naturally be rewarded!"

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Because among the materials needed for Xu Jin's Arena to upgrade from Third-tier to Fourth-tier, quite a bit of Star Meteor Iron was required.

The next instant, Xu Jin's heart moved, and he sank his consciousness onto the Arena Jade Tablet. In an instant, the upgrade information appeared.

【Can upgrade: Requires 1,000 wisps of starlight, 36 Fourth-tier Star Jade Tablets, 1,000 catties of refined iron, 100 catties of refined copper, 1,000 catties of silver, 100 taels of gold, 1 catty of Star Meteor Iron, 1 piece of millennium turtle shell】

Xu Jin had known for a long time about the heavenly treasures needed to upgrade the Fourth-tier Arena, but he had never been too proactive in preparing for them.

It was mainly because too many things were needed, which simply couldn't be gathered by Xu Jin at his current stage.

Compared to the upgrade materials for the Third-tier Arena, it had increased by more than ten times.

Previously, refined iron was needed, but now refined iron essence was required.

Don't look at the difference of just two characters between refined iron and iron essence; their value differed by more than ten times, and they were also military-controlled materials.

However, this was an unexpected joy.

Sixteen Fourth-tier Star Jade Tablets, each worth a thousand taels of gold, were actually found here.

If he was lucky, he might be able to gather all the Fourth-tier Star Jade Tablets in the Huoxuan Star Domain.

Gathering one type counted as one type.

Subsequently, Xu Jin waved his hand and collected the sixteen Fourth-tier Cyan Jade Tablets into the Arena, and the other hundred-plus Second and Third-tier Star Jade Tablets were also collected into the Arena.

However, these Second and Third-tier Star Jade Tablets turned into powder the moment they were collected into the Arena.

And above the Arena, more than a dozen wisps of starlight appeared.

For Second-tier Star Jade Tablets, every ten pieces could directly add one wisp of Third-tier starlight to the Arena; for Third-tier Star Jade Tablets, one piece could add one wisp of starlight to the Arena.

It was quite convenient.

This was one of the new functions of the Arena that Xu Jin had recently discovered.

"Alright, hurry up and set off. I will come to find you later."

"You shouldn't tell the Royal Court or your father that you were captured, right?" Xu Jin said.

"No, no, definitely not, I'm not stupid!"

Hearing this, Xu Jin nodded.

This captive was not bad; he didn't fear a captive being too smart, he only feared a captive being too stupid!

After sweeping the Huoli Tribe chief's treasure vault, Xu Jin let the Young Chief Chi Xiang, whom he controlled, leave.

As for the Huoli Tribe's treasury, unsurprisingly, there was no harvest.

And the reason, Xu Jin already knew.

It was that the Royal Court had previously ordered the tribal chiefs to distribute all the Jade Tablets in the treasury to the elite to use for improving their cultivation, in order to cope with the attack of the Chen Guo warriors descending in three months.

Leaving the Huoli Tribe, Xu Jin set off toward the Huoyuan Tribe, which was quite close to the Huoli Tribe.

"Everyone, perk up! My King has already sent a warning, saying that the Great Chen invader is rapidly approaching the Huoyuan Tribe where our tribe is located! Follow my orders, set up an ambush. As long as that bastard dares to come out, wipe him out for me."

Inside the Huoyuan Tribe, the Royal Court General Chi Dian, who had arrived at the Huoyuan Tribe long ago, was making the final pre-war deployment.

This battle must take down that Great Chen genius!

With the elite of two tribes slaughtered, the Red Scale clan's losses were already heavy enough.

Half an hour later, Chi Dian led the elite, searching throughout the Huoyuan Tribe, occasionally leaping onto the alert arrow towers to search for the enemy's tracks, his brows locked tight.

The Royal Court had already sent two warnings.

The warning said that the Great Chen enemy had already approached or even entered the Huoyuan Tribe, telling them to be careful.

But the problem was, Chi Dian led the elite in a desperate search inside and outside the Huoyuan Tribe, and let alone the enemy, they hadn't even found a ghost of a shadow.

What Chi Dian didn't know was that Xu Jin was currently in a forest inside the Huoyuan Tribe, silently recovering his consumed Star Power.

As for the enemies gathered here, he had already discovered them.

It was truly a gathering of experts.

There was one Refine Star Eighth Layer, four Refine Star Seventh Layer, not to mention dozens of Refine Star mid-stage Red Scale elites.