Chapter 164

The first moment after beheading Yu Guan Ji, Xu Jin started to loot the corpse in a rescue-like manner.

This is one of the drawbacks of fire-type star arts: high lethality, but also high destructive power. Yu Guan Ji's corpse was already burning with raging flames; if he was slow, many things would be burned.

Fortunately, whether it was the backpack or the small bag in his arms, they were treated with special methods, having certain waterproof and fireproof functions, and good anti-drop and anti-shock performance.

When Xu Jin turned them out, except for the elixir bottle which was broken, most other things were intact.

Just as Xu Jin was checking, he suddenly felt that the gaze behind him was different, and he saw Wang Wang Jiugao, who had just been saved, looking at Xu Jin with a shocked and unbelievable gaze.

That look even had a bit of self-doubt!

Wang Wang Jiugao was really shocked by this scene in front of him.

In terms of status, Wang Wang Jiugao is also a true disciple, the fifteenth true disciple. In terms of cultivation, he and Xu Jin are the same, also at the third layer of Refine Star.

In terms of external objects, they are all third-tier star weapons, all the same.

But this combat power gap...

He was chased by Yu Guan Ji and could only use the third-tier supreme-grade Moon-Chasing emblem to escape, while Xu Jin beheaded Yu Guan Ji in one move.

And just a second ago, Wang Wang Jiugao saw Xu Jin appear and wanted to turn around to join forces with Xu Jin to behead Yu Guan Ji.

But he didn't expect, one move!

Xu Jin finished off Yu Guan Ji, who made him flee in embarrassment, in one move!

Of course, Wang Wang Jiugao also has self-knowledge.

Xu Jin is the champion of the autumn examination, he must be stronger than him.

But the extent of this strength, it should be limited.

Just like an exam, he, Wang Wang Jiugao, the fifteenth true disciple, scores 110, while Xu Jin, the first true disciple, scores 120, that's the gap, right?

But now, Wang Wang Jiugao found that it was not like that at all!

He still scores 110, but Xu Jin scores 300, or even 400!

This feeling, this discovery, is a bit hurtful!

Although he was saved, as a genius teenager of the National Dao Academy, his heart still suffered a critical hit.

"Junior Brother Wang, are you... are you okay?" Looking at the dumbfounded Wang Wang Jiugao, Xu Jin asked.

"I... Senior Brother, I'm fine!"

Wang Wang Jiugao didn't even notice himself that his address for Xu Jin had changed from Senior Brother Xu to Senior Brother!

Senior Brother Xu represents ranking or seniority.

But Senior Brother represents—submission!

Wang Wang Jiugao was fine, so Xu Jin started to count the loot on Yu Guan Ji's body.

To tell the truth, Xu Jin was still looking forward to it; maybe he could find some good things from the star palace disciple?

But after counting, Xu Jin was disappointed.

It was about the same as theirs.

This is also normal; after all, under the powerful search of the two masters, the Grand Master and the Left Libationer, what can be brought in can only be things allowed within the rules.

The emblems are all the same.

Only four were found, one Moon-Chasing emblem and three low-tier Star-Healing emblems.

There were more elixirs, two bottles of Four-Mysteries Star-Returning Pills, four bottles of Three-Origin Star-Returning Pills, two bottles of top-grade Spirit-Refreshing Pills, one bottle of ordinary Refine Star Pills, and one bottle of top-grade Refine Star Pills. In terms of elixirs, the harvest was not small, worth over a hundred strands of starlight.

In the backpack, there were more than twenty third-tier star cores and five third-tier top-grade star cores. Taking them back could also be exchanged for some Dao merits.

As for the third-tier star weapon, the star armor had already been blasted by Xu Jin, and there was only one third-tier star weapon.

"Take a look, is there anything you want?" Xu Jin shouted at Wang Wang Jiugao, while playing with two little things in his hand.

One is a jade bead that looks unremarkable, with not much star power aura, very weak, but occasionally there is starlight flickering.

The other is a very ordinary third-tier star jade tablet.

A third-tier star jade tablet can also be used to restore star power, and can also be used to make emblems, because it contains thick star power.

But when he got this third-tier star jade tablet, it was slightly light, and the star power was also quite weak.

After playing with it casually, Xu Jin suddenly discovered traces of wax sealing.

This third-tier star jade tablet seemed to have been cut open from the middle and then sealed together again.

Star power like a knife instantly cut open this third-tier star jade tablet.

Xu Jin's expression changed instantly.

This strange third-tier star jade tablet was actually hollow, and a purple broken feather the length of a thumb was hidden in the middle!

The aura on the purple broken feather was very strong, but the moment Xu Jin's Divine Soul power surged in, an overwhelming ferocious flame surged over in an instant!

The momentum was very strong, but it was just momentum, without any power!

This momentum, at the worst, was the aura of a powerhouse at the mid-to-late stage of Condense Star.

It was a purple broken feather again, and the feather style and color were very similar to the Prince Prince Zi Yi alien race Xu Jin had beheaded earlier.

This made Xu Jin instantly have a bad premonition. It was impossible for the star palace disciple to carry this purple broken feather as a souvenir; it must have an important role.

Then what would that role be?

To put it lightly, it could avoid the powerhouses at the Condense Star Realm of the Purple Wind Star Domain; this is the lightest role. To put it heavily, at a critical moment, it could establish contact with the powerhouses of the Prince Prince Zi Yi alien race.

Even—command!

If it were command, that would be too terrifying!

In an instant, Xu Jin thought of reporting!

Report to Grand Master Cheng Yuexue, report that the star palace disciples might have underhanded tricks and are cheating!

But on second thought, it's useless!

First, they can't be contacted now, and second, even if this purple broken feather is taken out, what can it prove?

Purple broken feathers can be obtained in the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain.

If it were found out before entering, it would be ironclad evidence, but after entering, it would be a spitting contest again.

Wang Wang Jiugao also saw this, but obviously, he also thought of this point.

"Senior Brother, put it away first. This thing can be said to be something he had when he came in, but it can also be said to be something he collected in the Purple Wind Star Domain," Wang Wang Jiugao said.

"Well, remember to remind the others when you see them later, you must be careful of the cooperation between star palace disciples and alien races, especially be careful of the top powerhouses of the alien races."

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he pointed to the loot below and shouted at Wang Wang Jiugao, "Choose whatever you need quickly, I still have to go find Ji Ji Hongli in a while!"

Now, only Ji Ji Hongli was left unaccounted for.

If Ji Ji Hongli died in battle, the loss to the National Dao Academy would be too great.

Ji Ji Hongli, among the current true disciples of the National Dao Academy, is ranked fourth and looking at third, and her combat power is very strong.

"This... is it not good? Is this Senior Brother's loot?" Wang Wang Jiugao said embarrassedly.

"What are you thinking? Of course it's my loot! But if you are lacking or need anything now, choose quickly, and settle the Dao merits with me when you're done," Xu Jin said.

Giving things away directly is not Xu Jin's style.

But exchanging for Dao merits or starlight, while also increasing Wang Wang Jiugao's life-saving strength, is very good.

Anyway, Xu Jin is not lacking.

Hearing that it was to pay Dao merits, Wang Wang Jiugao was happy.

Disciples from big families know this point very well: for things that can be settled with money, never use human favors.

Money debts are easy to repay, human favor debts are hard to repay!

"Senior Brother, I used up one Moon-Chasing emblem before, I'll take another one, and this third-tier supreme-grade star weapon long sword, I also need it. I don't lack elixirs for the time being, so I won't take them."

"Look, five thousand Dao merits for the star weapon, five hundred Dao merits for the Moon-Chasing emblem, is that okay?"

"Well, okay."

A third-tier emblem generally costs four thousand taels of silver, and if bought with Dao merits, it will be cheaper. The price of five hundred Dao merits for a supreme-grade emblem is quite reasonable.

Third-tier star weapons, especially long sword-type star weapons, are relatively cheap. The market price is about forty thousand taels, and the price of five thousand Dao merits for a supreme-grade star weapon is a slightly higher price.

This kid Wang Wang Jiugao is quite honest.

Xu Jin put away the other things, and subsequently indicated to Ying Ge and the four people through the Red Scale Heart to advance toward his direction. Xu Jin planned to let Wang Wang Jiugao converge with Ying Ge and the others, and the five people would form a team, with stronger combat power.

As for Xu Jin himself, first, he still had to find Ji Ji Hongli, and second, Xu Jin felt that forming a team with Wang Wang Jiugao and the others would drag him down.

The gap in strength is still relatively large.

The two rested on the spot for half an hour, and after Wang Wang Jiugao's state recovered relatively well, Xu Jin directly pointed a direction to Wang Wang Jiugao and let him advance toward Half-Wing Peak.

The assembly point for Wang Wang Jiugao and Ying Ge and the others was Half-Wing Peak.

Two or three hours later, it would be completely safe.

And with the star palace disciple Yu Guan Ji beheaded, Wang Wang Jiugao was relatively safe in the short term.

Because the seven star palace disciples and the seven National Dao Academy disciples, essentially, one-on-one, each star palace disciple would select a National Dao Academy disciple as a direct target when entering the Purple Wind Star Domain.

When pushing the location to the star palace disciple, only the location of this locked National Dao Academy disciple is pushed.

Now that Yu Guan Ji was beheaded, the location push for Wang Wang Jiugao was useless.

Unless his luck was so bad that it exploded, and he encountered another star palace disciple in this vast third-tier star domain, like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Sending Wang Wang Jiugao away, Xu Jin began to analyze Ji Ji Hongli's location according to the map.

Xu Jin had moved before, and plus the rescue of Wang Wang Jiugao, he had actually advanced from the western edge of the Purple Wind Star Domain to slightly east of the center of the Purple Wind Star Domain.

But under such a large range of movement, with the Red Scale Heart having a sensing distance as high as four thousand miles, he actually did not sense the Red Scale Heart Armor carried by Ji Ji Hongli.

Then there are only two possibilities.

Ji Ji Hongli encountered an accident.

Or Ji Ji Hongli encountered danger and was trapped somewhere.

Because according to the previous agreement, all fellow disciples, as long as they still had the ability to act, had to advance toward the four high mountains of the Purple Wind Star Domain, toward the central area.

As long as they advanced to a certain range, they would inevitably be discovered by Xu Jin.

Especially Ji Ji Hongli, who was the first to support Xu Jin in using the Mother-Child Heart Demon Emblem, would not have a resistant psychology in this regard.

Therefore, there must be a problem.

But normally, with Ji Ji Hongli's strength, unless her luck was extremely bad, she would not encounter an accident so quickly.

Judging from Xu Jin's judgment, Ji Ji Hongli's strength, even if she encountered an alien race at the early stage of the fourth-tier Condense Star, had a certain ability to save her life.

Therefore, Xu Jin still wanted to rescue her as much as possible.

Then, in which direction would Ji Ji Hongli be?

This edge zone is the most difficult to find.

Very time-consuming.

Looking at the map, Xu Jin came from the western edge zone, so Ji Ji Hongli would not be in the western edge zone, but in the eastern, southern, or northern edge zones.

In the end, Xu Jin chose the eastern and southern edge zones.

If these two edge zones were searched and there was still no trace of Ji Ji Hongli, then there would be no need to go to the north.

Because after searching these two edge zones, Xu Jin estimated that it would take at least a day and a half.

If she had been in danger for so long, Ji Ji Hongli would probably be finished.

Aiming at the direction, Xu Jin advanced toward the eastern direction of the Purple Wind Star Domain at 70% of his limit speed.

70% of his limit speed, even if Xu Jin is a leakless innate star body, even if the concentration of star power in the third-tier star domain is the same as the third-tier star power secret realm, Xu Jin's star power consumption is relatively large.

Basically, he would consume 20% of his star power in one hour.

But by constantly rotating and using different elixirs to supplement, he could barely recover.

An hour later, the star power in Xu Jin's arms suddenly vibrated slightly.

Xu Jin was surprised.

Looking down, it was the ordinary jade bead the size of a baby's fist, in which starlight was flickering rapidly.

Xu Jin subconsciously sank his mind in, and in an instant, through the starlight flickering in the jade bead, he sensed a vague location!

This location happened to be in a very eastward direction.

At the same time, in this seemingly ordinary jade bead, five other points of starlight were flickering.

Xu Jin discovered that as long as he sank his mind in, he could vaguely sense the orientation of the starlight.

Two of the starlight locations were overlapping.

Xu Jin estimated that this inconspicuous jade bead should be a treasure for star palace disciples to determine orientation internally.

This is really showing off their magical powers!

It is also fortunate that the National Dao Academy has Xu Jin's Red Scale Heart Armor this year, otherwise this loss would be really big!

Those two overlapping starlights, eight or nine out of ten, already represent that two star palace disciples have assembled together.

Then, would the star palace disciple whose location is at the eastern edge of this jade bead be the one who trapped Ji Ji Hongli?

This possibility is still very large.

Xu Jin sensed the locations of the other six starlights, and there was only this one at the edge.

If Ji Ji Hongli encountered danger, then it is highly likely related to this star palace disciple.

Thinking of this, Xu Jin accelerated.

Half an hour later, when Xu Jin activated the Red Scale Heart to sense again, he was suddenly overjoyed.

Found it!

The sixth Red Scale Heart Armor was found.

But whether it is Ji Ji Hongli is hard to say.

Xu Jin activated the Red Scale Heart for the first time to inquire about Ji Ji Hongli's condition.

But the Red Scale Heart Armor held by Ji Ji Hongli did not have any response.

A quarter of an hour later, just when Xu Jin thought that Ji Ji Hongli had been killed and the Red Scale Heart Armor had fallen into the hands of the alien race or the enemy, suddenly, Ji Ji Hongli's response came.

"Dead land, don't come!"

The feedback from the Red Scale Heart Armor to the Red Scale Heart only had the simplest few prompts.

When seeing this prompt, Xu Jin was stunned.

Ji Ji Hongli is trapped in a dead end?

A dead end where she knows she will die?

It is even a dead end where even if Xu Jin goes over, it will be of no avail!

From this point, it should not be that she encountered a star palace disciple.

If she only encountered a star palace disciple, it shouldn't make Ji Ji Hongli so desperate!

Then there is only one possibility!

Alien race.

Ji Ji Hongli encountered an alien race at the fourth-tier Condense Star Realm!

This is really unlucky enough!

Then should Xu Jin go to save her?

(End of chapter)