Chapter 205: Prologue

After getting the Sumeru Star Pattern and Object-Control Star Pattern from the Grand Master, Xu Jin didn't leave immediately, but continued to chat with Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao, as there were still many problems that needed to be communicated clearly.

Whether in school or in the workplace for a few years in his previous life, Xu Jin learned a very important thing—communication is very important.

Many things, timely communication, early communication, this is much easier than solving problems after they arise.

But many times, due to this or that consideration, the problems that arise are often because of poor communication.

"Grand Master, I want to know, which direction should my next golden star's high-grade deriving of the Dao be used in? Continue to grind the fire source star pattern, or change to another star pattern?" This was the first problem Xu Jin had to solve now.

Continuing to grind would be fine, but if he changed direction, then Xu Jin had to prepare early.

"Theoretically, it must be better to continue grinding. However, the high-grade deriving of the Dao with a golden star is not omnipotent.

Currently, on this path of high-grade fire source star patterns, the National Dao Academy can no longer provide you with help. But if you directly use another golden star to deduce high-grade fire source, then the possibility of failure is very high.

Even if there is no failure, the gains will be relatively small.

My personal suggestion is that you must leave a golden star for the high-grade fire source star pattern in the future, but that is in the future. Next, you need to spend at least half a year or a year to fully familiarize yourself with the characteristics of this Seventh Tier low-grade high-grade fire source star pattern.

If you can have some realization and harvest during use, then you use the golden star for high-grade deriving of the Dao, which will have twice the result with half the effort.

After all, the most important point of the use and deduction of Seventh Tier star patterns is connecting with the heavens and earth.

Including what you saw and thought during the high-grade deriving of the Dao, even if you didn't use it, you can study and deduce it yourself; after all, you have already experienced it once.

Perhaps, without a golden star, you can also make your Seventh Tier low-grade high-grade fire source star pattern go further," Cheng Cheng Yuexiao said.

With the Grand Master saying this, Xu Jin suddenly became enlightened.

Many directions for the future became clear.

Indeed, in the high-grade deriving of the Dao, many realizations were not used, but that didn't mean they wouldn't be useful in the future.

"As for the direction of the next golden star's high-grade deriving of the Dao, it depends on your personal cultivation direction. My idea is, don't rush; once you have decided and made good basic preparations, then perform high-grade deriving of the Dao," Cheng Cheng Yuexiao said.

Xu Jin nodded, and then asked, "Grand Master, actually I want to know, which direction should the next golden star be used in to improve your strength?"

Cheng Cheng Yuexiao was astonished, and then laughed, "Improve my strength, why would you think so?"

"Grand Master, you are now my big backer; if you are strong, I have more sense of security."

Xu Jin said it very directly, and the Grand Master also laughed very happily.

Xu Jin being able to consider this point made him very satisfied.

Up to now, Xu Jin was very satisfactory in all aspects: personal personality, knowing gratitude and repaying it, nostalgia, and in terms of pattern, having a big picture, and being able to see through the essence of certain aspects.

Just as Xu Jin said, reaching the current level, Xu Jin was actually deeply bound to the Great Chen National Dao Academy, especially to him, Cheng Cheng Yuexiao.

Whether it was an imprint or a label, it was hit extremely deeply.

If Xu Jin was damaged, the Grand Master might not necessarily be damaged, but if the Grand Master was damaged, Xu Jin would definitely be damaged.

"The star power I mainly cultivate is the three systems of gold, wind, and earth, but now, the fire system can also be cultivated; with the support of the Seventh Tier low-grade high-grade star pattern, it can be considered a killing move. And the star power of these three systems that I cultivate, if you want to cultivate them, you have to break through to the Fourth Tier Condense Star Realm to have the possibility of cultivating one or two systems concurrently.

At the current stage, if you want to use the golden star's high-grade deriving of the Dao to directly improve my combat power, there are three options.

One is the Spiral Star Pattern; if you can deduce this star pattern to the Seventh Tier, my combat power can be improved by at least ten percent.

Two is the Uncle Youyu Star Pattern; the defensive power of this star pattern is very strong, and it is not afraid of group battles; if it can be deduced to the Seventh Tier and above, my combat power can also be improved by ten percent or more."

Speaking of this, Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao pondered for a few breaths, "The third option is one of the two star patterns of Breaking Evil, Warm Dream, or Suppressing Intent among the divine soul star patterns. However, the difficulty of deducing divine soul star patterns is extremely high; even with the golden star's high-grade deriving of the Dao, if there is no relevant experience and foundation, the possibility of failure is also very high."

"It's a pity, if the Lord Lingji Star Hall were still there..." Halfway through, Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao stopped.

While Xu Jin was recording, he suddenly asked, "Grand Master, Breaking Evil Star Pattern is a divine soul attack star pattern; deducing it can improve the power of divine soul attacks, I understand. But deducing the Warm Dream Star Pattern, judging from the power I know now, I feel it doesn't have any practical improvement in combat power."

"This question is asked well."

Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao smiled, "Breaking Evil Star Pattern is a very typical offensive divine soul star pattern, which every star hall and the National Dao Academy have, which is just a difference in deduction progress. It is said that before the Lord Lingji Star Hall was sealed, it had been deduced to the Sixth Tier high-grade, but it hadn't been deduced to the Seventh Tier.

The most fundamental reason is that the power is very singular.

To make an analogy, it's like using an iron hammer to smash you; deducing it is constantly upgrading the iron hammer, constantly strengthening the iron hammer, and then increasing the damage of smashing you.

But what if you can't smash it?

The higher the cultivation, the more sensitive the perception in the divine soul direction, and the possibility of dodging is very high.

If you can't smash it, it's useless.

I estimate that this is also the reason why the Lord Lingji Star Hall didn't deduce it to the Seventh Tier.

Warm Dream Star Pattern is actually a divine soul star pattern innovated by my teacher in cooperation with the experts of the Lord Lingji Star Hall in his early years.

It's a pity that there was a great change back then, and it wasn't deduced to the Seventh Tier.

According to the notes left by my teacher, if the Warm Dream Star Pattern is deduced to the Seventh Tier, the Warm Dream Star Pattern will have a qualitative leap, and its power might be stronger than Breaking Evil and have more certainty.

It's a pity that in my early years, in order to boost the strength of the National Dao Academy, my golden stars were used in other aspects.

Later, I used silver stars to exchange for ordinary deriving of the Dao, and later I also tried my best to deduce, but divine soul star patterns are extremely complex and difficult; currently, I have only deduced it to the Fifth Tier high-grade.

Combined with Breaking Evil, the power is slightly enhanced.

But it is still far from the possibility mentioned by my teacher.

Therefore, if you can pluck another golden star, you can consider the Warm Dream Star Pattern!

This is a unique star pattern I possess; there are only five people in the world who know this star pattern, including you and me.

If it can be deduced to the Seventh Tier, perhaps there will be amazing gains," Cheng Cheng Yuexiao said.

Speaking of this, Cheng Cheng Yuexiao suddenly sighed, "Since we are talking about this, then I won't hide it anymore, so as not to let you say I am stingy and not straightforward; I will give you all the latest versions of these star patterns possessed by the National Dao Academy.

You have also mastered the method now; think clearly, and you can deduce it yourself with a golden star.

If you deduce good results, remember to give me a copy.

But there is one point: if you want to deduce divine soul star patterns, you must prepare at least two golden stars, otherwise, the possibility of failure is very high."

While speaking, Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao gave Xu Jin five jade tablets in one go, and then, his fingertips flickered, and the Nine-Sound Bianzhong appeared.

"The emblem can be given to you, but the ban on external transmission still needs to be done."

Xu Jin nodded.

The next instant, Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao tapped the Nine-Sound Bianzhong lightly, and a starlight fell into Xu Jin's upper star palace.

Returning to the small courtyard, Xu Jin began to count the harvest of the day.

The Seventh Tier mid-grade high-grade fire source star pattern goes without saying.

The main thing is these star patterns given by the Grand Master.

It should be that Xu Jin was very straightforward in handing over the Seventh Tier low-grade high-grade fire source star pattern today, and then the Grand Master was also returning the favor, so he gave Xu Jin so many latest versions of star patterns at once.

This made Xu Jin slightly guilty.

The Grand Master was so frank with him, but he still had reservations.

Xu Jin had already thought it through: after a while, when the Seventh Tier mid-grade high-grade fire source star pattern was completely filled and perfected, it wouldn't be too late to hand it over to the Grand Master. It could be considered as making up for this intention.

First, check the Sumeru Star Pattern given by the Grand Master.

Sumeru Star Pattern, Fourth Tier mid-grade.

This was the first space-type star pattern Xu Jin came into contact with, very complex, and the complexity was more than twice that of other star patterns, so learning it was naturally difficult.

But for Xu Jin, the difficulty was not too great.

Next is the Object-Control Star Pattern given by the Grand Master, which should be the latest version of the National Dao Academy, only Fourth Tier high-grade; this can be kept.

Because the Object-Control Star Pattern Xu Jin obtained from his teacher Qi Seeing Qi Shanye was Fifth Tier high-grade, a whole major grade difference, so naturally he would use the one given by his teacher.

However, Xu Jin had to acknowledge this intention of the Grand Master.

When he left, the Grand Master gave Xu Jin five jade tablets in total, recording five star patterns.

The five star patterns were Spiral Star Pattern, Uncle Youyu Star Pattern, Breaking Evil Star Pattern, Suppressing Intent Star Pattern, and Warm Dream Star Pattern.

The Spiral Star Pattern given by the Grand Master to Xu Jin was Sixth Tier mid-grade, which should be the latest and highest version of the National Dao Academy, while the one Xu Jin learned before was Fourth Tier high-grade.

Xu Jin's Spiral Star Pattern could be strengthened; after strengthening, Xu Jin estimated that his star technique's lethality would directly increase by one or two percent.

Xu Jin had previously learned the Uncle Youyu Star Pattern as Fifth Tier mid-grade due to rewards, and this time the one given by the Grand Master was Sixth Tier low-grade.

It should also be the latest version of the National Dao Academy.

As for the Breaking Evil Star Pattern and Suppressing Intent Star Pattern, Xu Jin took a look and put them aside.

The grades of the National Dao Academy's Breaking Evil Star Pattern and Suppressing Intent Star Pattern were Fourth Tier mid-grade and Fourth Tier high-grade, respectively.

They were far from the ones Xu Jin learned from his teacher Qi Seeing Qi Shanye; the ones learned from his teacher Qi Seeing Qi Shanye were Sixth Tier low-grade and Sixth Tier mid-grade, with very high grades.

Warm Dream Star Pattern was learned by Xu Jin from the Grand Master when he was still at the Hu Jinshan Dao Academy, but at that time, the Warm Dream Star Pattern taught to Xu Jin by the Grand Master was Fourth Tier low-grade.

Very clearly, he hid a hand.

But this was also very normal.

It was impossible to teach the most top-level star patterns at once.

Many times, directly teaching the most top-level star patterns might harm the students because they were too complex to learn.

Therefore, the National Dao Academy taught disciples star patterns from low to high

Once your cultivation base is higher, I will teach you better ones; just strengthening the star patterns is enough for now.

As for the Dream-Warming star pattern that the Grand Master gave Xu Jin this time, it is of the fifth tier, upper grade.

It seems it must be the latest and most top-tier version.

While pondering, Xu Jin suddenly remembered a sentence the Grand Master had said before, stating that using the Dream-Warming star pattern and the Evil-Breaking star pattern in combination could enhance their power.

Once Xu Jin finishes engraving them, he must study and test them thoroughly.

As for whether to use the Golden Star to deduce the Divine Soul star pattern, Xu Jin already has an idea.

This matter still needs to be decided after communicating with his teacher, Qi Seeing Qi Shanye.

After all, Old Qi is an expert in this field.

Furthermore, the Grand Master said that the Spirit Record Shang Xinggong had previously deduced the Evil-Breaking star pattern to the sixth tier, upper grade, while what Xu Jin learned was the sixth tier, lower grade.

Could it be that Old Qi did not learn the latest version of the Evil-Breaking star pattern?

This possibility is also quite high.

Looking at the pile of star pattern jade tablets before him, Xu Jin knew that he would be busy for the next few days.

He has to work hard on these star patterns.

Xu Jin first worked on the few star patterns he had already learned.

Compared to star patterns not yet learned, strengthening ones already mastered is quite fast and the difficulty is very low.

On the morning of September 30th, Xu Jin successfully replaced the fourth-tier, upper-grade Spiral star pattern in his Middle Shang Xinggong with a sixth-tier, mid-grade Spiral star pattern.

After testing it, the power of the star arts was indeed significantly improved; the bombardment speed and lethality of the star arts increased by at least twenty percent.

On the afternoon of September 30th, Xu Jin strengthened the fourth-tier, lower-grade Dream-Warming star pattern in his Upper Shang Xinggong to a fifth-tier, upper-grade Dream-Warming star pattern.

After testing it, he felt the power increase was not very obvious; only the speed of recovering Divine Soul power had clearly strengthened.

As for the combined effect of the two major star patterns, Evil-Breaking and Dream-Warming, Xu Jin plans to try it when he challenges the Golden Star.

It can also be considered a trump card.

After all, since the Grand Master said the power would increase, it must definitely increase.

On the night of September 30th, Xu Jin successfully strengthened the fifth-tier, mid-grade Wandering Star Fish pattern in his Lower Shang Xinggong to the sixth-tier, lower grade.

Because the gap between the strengthened version and the original version of this star pattern was very small, Xu Jin finished it in just one or two hours.

And just after the evening class ended on the night of September 30th, the cultivation base in Xu Jin's Lower Shang Xinggong also reached the peak of the sixth layer of Refine Star.

It was because Xu Jin only focused on cultivation during morning and evening classes these past few days, using all other time to work on star patterns and study various notes, which slightly slowed down his cultivation speed.

Otherwise, the cultivation base in Xu Jin's Lower Shang Xinggong would have reached the sixth-layer peak a day ago.

Now that the cultivation base has reached it, he must break through to the seventh layer of Refine Star tomorrow.

And all the star patterns have been strengthened.

It is also time to challenge the Golden Star!

But it is definitely not just the Golden Star!

Xu Jin's goal this time is the Brilliant Star.

Xu Jin has never exposed many star art star patterns, holding back and not even daring to test them, actually all for the sake of the Brilliant Star!

Xu Jin wants to try whether he can break the zero-breakthrough record of the Brilliant Star in the Star-Plucking Secret Realm!

At the same time, Xu Jin is also very curious: if someone were to pluck two more Golden Stars in a row, or even pluck a Brilliant Star, what kind of actions would the various forces, especially the three major Star Palaces, take?

And regarding these possible actions, Xu Jin had already made another plan long ago.

And he has been preparing for this plan all along.

As the saying goes, it is impolite not to reciprocate!

And plucking the star today is just the prologue.

The next instant, Xu Jin took a deep breath, removed his fourth-tier star equipment, and entered the Star-Plucking Secret Realm directly.

【Challenge Golden Star-level Inner Demon】

【Challenge】

(End of chapter)