Chapter 171

"Keep these four pieces of purple broken feathers well. If you encounter fourth-tier Condense Star stage experts, show them, and then say you are Star Palace disciples; you should be able to escape danger, and even if you can't, you can delay time.

Then call for help from me through the Red Scale Heart Armor!"

"If you really can't deal with it, then split up and flee."

Xu Jin handed the four captured purple broken feathers to Ji Hongli, Ying Ge, Wang Jiugao, and the others, while giving instructions.

The off-the-board move by the two great Star Palaces this time was too ruthless.

According to what the Grand Master and the others said before, under normal circumstances, very few fourth-tier experts would come to encircle and suppress them.

Just now, they had already encountered experts at the fourth-tier Condense Star stage; they should have been sent out to scout.

This was a very bad start.

It was very likely that Zhang Shuo of the Cangming Star Palace had made contact with the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court.

So Xu Jin had to take action.

Moreover, before this, there was another factor Xu Jin had not considered.

The death of Lord Zi Yang, the city lord of Fire Wood City!

This matter was very likely to completely enrage the master of the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court, and with Zhang Shuo's lobbying, then the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court would nine times out of ten encircle and suppress them with all their might!

Xu Jin's current strength was fine for dealing with one or two at the early Condense Star stage, but if he were to deal with fourth-tier middle Condense Star stage experts, it would be very dangerous and very difficult.

So Xu Jin planned to take a risk and go remove the root of the trouble!

The root of the trouble was naturally Zhang Shuo!

If he removed Zhang Shuo, if Xu Jin operated well and made good use of this piece of purple broken wing tip in his hand that could talk to the royal court, perhaps he could let his fellow disciples pass through these five days safely!

And then all return alive!

"Senior Brother, where are you planning to go?" Watching Xu Jin give instructions, Ji Hongli suddenly asked.

"I'm preparing to go scout for information and find the whereabouts of this root of trouble, Zhang Shuo! My speed is fast, and my movement technique is flexible; you can rest assured," Xu Jin said.

"Then you must pay attention to safety."

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin separated from Ying Ge, Ji Hongli, and the group.

He let them move constantly to avoid being tracked to their location.

They were no longer afraid of Star Palace disciples; now they were worried about being blocked by fourth-tier experts of the Prince Prince Zi Yi alien race.

After separating from the crowd, Xu Jin headed straight for the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court.

Nowadays, Xu Jin was also becoming more and more daring.

Invisibility plus soul power at the eighth layer of the Refine Star stage, plus the super-strong speed of the Thunder Blast Step under the blessing of thunder wings, Xu Jin had a feeling that he could go anywhere in the world.

Of course, only referring to within the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain.

After obtaining the relevant intelligence from the purple broken wing tip taken from Tian Lie, Xu Jin had many thoughts.

He even wanted to find another large city and try to cooperate with the city lord.

But after thinking for a long time, it was still somewhat unfeasible.

As long as the city lord contacted the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court slightly, it was possible to be exposed.

Moreover, it was of little use.

Now the threat was the fourth-tier experts of the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court.

Even if he let the city lord send troops, upon encountering the fourth-tier experts of the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court, these city lords would instantly turn against him.

It was just cooperation, not command.

Therefore, Xu Jin still planned to enter the royal court alone to scout.

The current location was more than a thousand li away from the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court, and he would arrive in more than half an hour.

Along the way, Xu Jin became more and more alarmed as he walked.

He actually encountered two waves of fourth-tier early Condense Star stage experts, both traveling in pairs.

One wave actually discovered Xu Jin, and then Xu Jin killed them in a counter-attack.

This made Xu Jin increasingly anxious.

He didn't know what kind of cooperation Zhang Shuo had reached with the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court.

As long as the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court sent three or five fourth-tier middle Condense Star stage experts, or one or two fourth-tier late Condense Star stage experts, it would be a nightmare for the National Dao Academy disciples!

Therefore, he must kill Zhang Shuo, this root of trouble, as soon as possible.

Inside the branch of the Star-Plucking Tower of the Chen Guo Main Hall of the Cangming Star Palace.

As another hour passed, the time for pushing the position arrived.

This time, the two Star Lords were truly a bit anxious.

Without waiting for Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao to activate the Six-Alloy Wheel, the two arrived in front of Cheng Yuexiao from left and right, waiting for Cheng Yuexiao to activate the Six-Alloy Wheel.

Because an hour ago, they discovered through the Six-Alloy Wheel that the three disciples of the Star Palace's second team were very close to the five disciples of the National Dao Academy's first team.

They should have encountered each other, or there was a battle about to happen.

No matter what the situation was, the result should be out now.

In the past few years, these two Star Lords could still keep their cool.

After all, from the beginning, the Star Palace had the upper hand, and the National Dao Academy was at a disadvantage.

A little damage was completely acceptable to the two great Star Palaces.

But this year, damn it, everything was reversed.

The Star Palace was at a complete disadvantage.

And the National Dao Academy had zero combat losses.

This record, even if it ended here, was very ugly and very face-slapping.

If the Star Palace disciples suffered any more damage, it would be a miserable victory or even a miserable defeat!

The Star Lord of the previous battle of merit selection had long since been removed from office and sent to the Star River Battlefield, where he had been dead for several years.

If it were a miserable victory or a miserable defeat, as long as it occupied the word "miserable," their fate would not be good!

At this moment, they were naturally exceptionally anxious!

The two were so anxious, but Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao was not in a hurry; with a wave of his hand, he boiled a pot of water, brewed tea himself, and sent a cup to each of them.

But the two Star Lords had no intention of drinking tea. "Grand Master Cheng, the time for pushing the position has arrived," Du Tingyun urged.

"What's the hurry? It's still a bit away from the hour," Cheng Yuexiao said, looking at the water clock.

Du Tingyun and Zhang Zhen were speechless at the same time; if one looked carefully, it was indeed a little bit away from the time!

They could only wait.

No matter how anxious they were, they couldn't lose the face of the two great Star Palaces.

Dozens of breaths later, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao stretched out his slender hands hidden in his sleeves, star light surged, and in an instant, brilliance appeared on the Six-Alloy Wheel.

When he saw that all seven golden light points were present, Left Libationer Meng Yanhui couldn't help but laugh.

Good!

The performance of this batch of disciples was great!

The next instant, when Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao activated the Six-Alloy Wheel to the extreme, and only saw two blood-colored light points, even the corners of Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao's mouth couldn't help but rise, revealing a smile!

They were truly striving!

It was seven against two!

This result was slightly explosive!

However, he liked it!

Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao and Meng Yanhui were happy, but the faces of the two Star Lords were overcast in an instant.

Meng Yanhui even saw that Zhang Zhen's fingertips were trembling!

Two!

How was that possible!

Five Star Palace disciples died in battle!

Zero National Dao Academy disciples died in battle!

If it weren't for his status, and knowing that external forces could not intervene in this battle, Zhang Zhen would have had the urge to flip the table!

How was that possible!

Did the National Dao Academy cheat?

Five died in battle; this was not a question of how many disciples of which Star Palace died.

It was that the disciples of one Star Palace were likely to be completely wiped out!

If that really happened, it would be miserable upon miserable!

"There's a problem, Brother Du, there's definitely a problem!" Zhang Zhen took the initiative to transmit his voice.

Du Tingyun looked at the Six-Alloy Wheel with an ashen face and didn't speak.

"Should we terminate the battle of merit selection in advance?" Zhang Zhen was somewhat hesitant.

"Cheng won't be willing! To make him willing, it would definitely require making huge concessions, or even giving up next year's merit selection!" Du Tingyun said.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Zhen dismissed this thought.

Giving up the quota for next year's merit selection, he couldn't bear that price.

"Let's continue; terminating now won't be of much use! No matter if the final result is victory or defeat, it can't be separated from the word 'miserable'!

It's already like this, it's better to let the remaining disciples fight it out; maybe there's a possibility of a comeback!

After all, the off-the-board move you prepared is still very powerful!

If the remaining people can use that off-the-board move to wipe out all the National Dao Academy disciples, for us, it won't be that miserable!" Du Tingyun said.

"Also, Brother Du is right; I lost my composure.

It's already like this, what's the worst that could happen!

Let's continue waiting; there are still three days left," Zhang Zhen said.

"That's right." ******

The Prince Prince Zi Yi royal city was the political center of the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain and also the commercial center; it could be said that it was already very prosperous, having some of the atmosphere of a Chen Guo commandery city.

But it was also true that the alien race was not fully civilized.

Although it was said that this Prince Prince Zi Yi royal city had some of the atmosphere of a Chen Guo commandery city, it was truly dirty.

There was urination and defecation everywhere!

Having sneaked into the city for only half an hour, Xu Jin had already seen dozens of cases of public urination and defecation.

However, Xu Jin finally found the exact news about Zhang Shuo.

This morning, aliens did enter the city, and not long after entering the royal court, they were arranged to stay in the envoy hall.

The envoy hall was not far from the royal palace, located in a building complex two hundred meters away from the royal palace.

The buildings of the Prince Prince Zi Yi alien race were characterized by being tall; those lived in by ordinary aliens were all flat-roofed, and those related to the royal court were all pointed-roofed.

It wasn't too difficult to find.

Around the envoy hall, a total of sixteen alien elites at the middle and late Refine Star stage were stationed.

But after Xu Jin sneaked in, the Mingji star pattern discovered two fourth-tier aliens hiding in the house.

One was at the fourth-tier early Condense Star stage, and one was at the fourth-tier middle Condense Star stage.

It was very likely that they were there to guard.

Protection didn't seem possible.

This gave Xu Jin a headache.

In this case, this matter would be hard to do!

Xu Jin's initial plan was to sneak in, kill Zhang Shuo, and solve this root of trouble, and then it would be easy to handle.

He didn't expect that with two fourth-tier experts guarding, this wouldn't work.

Once exposed within this royal city, Xu Jin would undoubtedly die.

Up to now, just the fourth-tier experts Xu Jin had discovered in the royal city were over forty.

Previously, having sneaked slightly to the foot of the royal city, Xu Jin's Mingji star pattern felt a very terrifying aura.

That aura was only a little bit worse than Ning Yuchan's aura.

This one was nine times out of ten the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi alien race!

That existence at the ninth layer of the Condense Star stage!

In this envoy hall, only two people were currently staying: Zhang Shuo and He Yulan.

Both were disciples of the Cangming Star Palace.

Xu Jin temporarily decided to first figure out what the cooperation between these two and the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court was, or rather, figure out what these two had discussed with the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal court.

When Xu Jin sneaked in, it was already very late.

Zhang Shuo and He Yulan were very relaxed; after dark, they began their evening lessons and cultivation.

They looked like they had everything under control.

Xu Jin waited patiently; during the waiting process, he also completely sensed the cultivation of the two.

Needless to say about star power cultivation, one was at the sixth layer of the Refine Star stage, and one was at the fifth layer of the Refine Star stage; after entering the Purple Wind Star Domain, both had broken through.

But their soul cultivation had their own strengths and weaknesses.

This Zhang Shuo's soul cultivation was very strong.

Of course, this "very strong" was relative to ordinary disciples.

He was actually at the second layer of the Refine Star stage.

He should be a top genius focused on cultivation in the Cangming Star Palace.

In this way, Xu Jin's Gentle Dream would not be able to act against Zhang Shuo.

Second layer of the Refine Star stage, at least two soul star patterns had been engraved, and at most three.

Generally speaking, when there are two soul star pattern slots, the Suppressing Intent star pattern is one of the must-haves.

With the Suppressing Intent star pattern, one can defend against soul attacks and influences.

Xu Jin's Soul-Breaking was a bit better, comparing the soul cultivation of both sides.

But the Gentle Dream star pattern was very difficult to pull him into a dream, especially when he was on guard.

The target could only be He Yulan.

He Yulan's soul had not forged a star, so it was very easy for the Gentle Dream star pattern to invade.

Xu Jin waited for nearly two hours.

It seems that geniuses everywhere are very diligent.

Zhang Shuo and He Yulan cultivated bitterly until after midnight, only then beginning to rest.

He Yulan washed up for nearly two quarters of an hour before going to sleep.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin, lurking under He Yulan's window, slowly projected a strand of soul power.

Gentle Dream.

Subsequently, Xu Jin began to carefully obtain relevant intelligence through the dream.

Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Jin left the envoy hall silently; when he left, cold sweat had already appeared on his back.

The entanglement between Zhang Shuo, or rather the Cangming Star Palace, and the Prince Prince Zi Yi royal family was deeper than Xu Jin had imagined.

It could only be said that Du Zhen of the Cangming Star Palace, despite his smiling face, was completely a sinister old man.

Or rather, the entire Cangming Star Palace was very sinister!

First of all, this third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain was actually a star domain that the Cangming Star Palace had already half-conquered.

It could only be said that it was not a completely conquered star domain.

In the current world, the standard requirements for conquering a star domain have two points: the first is to master and control the largest force in the target star domain.

Generally, it is to control the head.

Just like when the Chen Guo National Dao Academy previously controlled the second-tier Fire Brilliance Star Domain, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao directly restricted the soul of the Red Scale Lord, Chi You, and could control his life and death with a thought!

The second is to obtain a star will.

The manifestation form of the star will of each star domain is different; in most cases, it is related to the life species bred by this star.

The star will of the second-tier Fire Brilliance Star Domain was the Red Scale Heart.

As long as one obtained a Red Scale Heart and refined it, it was equivalent to mastering a portion of the star will of the second-tier Fire Brilliance Star Domain.

Satisfying both of these requirements simultaneously meant that one had conquered and controlled a star domain.

And the Cangming Star Palace had attacked the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain several times before, actually having already controlled the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi alien race, but had not yet obtained the star will of the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain, so its control over it was limited.

But this time, sending disciples in was used.

Therefore, Zhang Shuo coming to see the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi race was not to seek cooperation!

What he brought was the order of the Cangming Star Palace!

Only Zhang Shuo knew this point.

Even He Yulan only knew about it today when she met this Prince Prince Zi Yi King, Zi Hao, together with Zhang Shuo.

Zhang Shuo brought two orders.

The first order was to let the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi race, Zi Hao, find another star will of the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain before the end of this year and then hand it over to the Cangming Star Palace.

If the deadline was exceeded, when the Cangming Star Palace attacked the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain next time, the first thing they would do was kill the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi race, Zi Hao, then obtain the star will within Zi Hao's body, then spend time fostering a new Prince Prince Zi Yi King, and then control!

The second order was that Zhang Shuo brought a list.

In the list, a large amount of materials produced in the Purple Wind Star Domain were listed, including fourth-tier and fifth-tier star jade tablets.

It required the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi race, Zi Hao, to prepare them according to the list when the Cangming Star Palace attacked next time, and then hand them over to the Cangming Star Palace disciples who would attack next time to take away.

If he couldn't achieve it, then change the King!

The Cangming Star Palace's confidence was very sufficient.

Because during the last attack, they had indeed controlled the life and death of the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi alien race, Zi Hao.

But because of some reasons, they hadn't obtained the star will of the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain, so they couldn't conveniently contact and use the star gate.

So they could only let Zhang Shuo bring the order on the way.

And the next wave of attacks, the Cangming Star Palace, would inevitably conquer the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain.

After conveying these two orders, Zhang Shuo, in the name of the Cangming Star Palace, issued an additional order: within three days, Zi Hao, the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi race, must obtain and hand over the heads of all the Chen Guo National Dao Academy disciples!

The fourth-tier early Condense Star stage expert Xu Jin encountered during the day was a scout sent out by Zi Hao.

In fact, not only did the royal court send out Condense Star stage experts, but Zi Hao, the King of the Prince Prince Zi Yi race, had already issued an order to the four major cities to organize eight search-and-kill teams, with each team requiring at least one expert at the late Condense Star stage, one at the middle Condense Star stage, four at the early Condense Star stage, and ten small teams at the ninth layer of the Refine Star stage.

At the same time, he promised heavy rewards!

The order should have been delivered.

Starting tomorrow morning, the four major cities, including the royal court, would send out at least twelve such search-and-kill teams to start searching the entire third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain!

They must kill all the invading Chen Guo National Dao Academy disciples and obtain their heads within two days!

This was the reason why Xu Jin's cold sweat was pouring out!

This off-the-board move by the Cangming Star Palace was too ruthless!

With just this move, it directly plunged the disciples of the Chen Guo National Dao Academy into a desperate situation!

Starting tomorrow morning, twelve such teams would search constantly, plus the position coordination of Zhang Shuo and He Yulan, and the cooperation of the star will of the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain.

Where was the way to live???

(End of chapter)