Chapter 207

Late at night, inside a secret realm of the Star-Plucking Tower of the Lord Tianyang Star Palace.

Figures appeared one after another at high speed.

If an outsider were to take a look, they would be greatly shocked.

Those gathered in this secret realm at this moment were all big shots of the Lord Tianyang Star Palace.

Various Star Lords and high-ranking officials of the Star Palace were all gathered into this Lord Tianyang Secret Realm in the shortest possible time.

This is the only secret realm for high-level meetings of the Lord Tianyang Star Palace.

Not long after, a starlight fell, and the Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun, whose figure was hazy, landed in the main seat.

"Two more Golden Stars in a row; speak your minds."

The Seventh Elder, who is in charge of intelligence affairs for the Lord Tianyang Star Palace, stepped out instantly and waved his hand, listing a directory.

"Reporting to Lord Tianyang Xingjun, ever since the matter of plucking four Golden Stars in a row appeared, our hall began key investigations, collecting and analyzing intelligence on disciples from all sides.

Currently, the candidates most likely to have plucked the Golden Stars in a row, from the third-tier mid-stage Refine Star to the fifth-tier peak Gather Battle, have been screened to a total of one hundred and thirty-seven people."

One name after another appeared flickering with starlight; on the Great Chen National Dao Academy side, Xu Jin was naturally on the list, but along with Xu Jin, there were more than a dozen other names.

Including genius disciples such as Wang Wang Rusong, Cui Jing, Fang Ying, Meng Meng Qingqiu, Ji Ji Hongli, and Ye Ye Anshi.

"Oh, one hundred and thirty-seven people! Do you mean to assassinate or bribe and persuade all one hundred and thirty-seven of them to surrender?" Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun said coldly.

"That naturally cannot be executed.

However, our hall has conducted several rounds of analysis and screening from this list, selecting a list of only seven people; our hall comprehensively believes based on information from all sides that these seven people have the greatest possibility of plucking the Golden Stars in a row.

They belong to the must-kill list!" The Seventh Elder waved his hand, the starlight list before his eyes dissipated, and he replaced it with another list.

There were seven names in total, and every name was a glaring blood-red.

The Great Chen National Dao Academy had two names on the list, one was Xu Jin, and the other was Fang Ying; both were champions of the Autumn Examination!

And the Cangming Star Palace also had two names on the list: Wang Zheng and Li Chun!

Xu Zheng of the Great Chu National Dao Academy.

Dai An and Da Hai of the Zhen'e Star Palace.

"Can there be results?" Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun asked.

"This... the subordinate will do his utmost! But the news currently received, including the Great Chen National Dao Academy and the Cangming Star Palace, is that while two more Golden Stars were added in the Star-Plucking Secret Realm, they have already entered a state of combat readiness; if we act, we will need to find opportunities later," the Seventh Elder said.

"Did you hear clearly? Every palace, every branch palace, and every hall must cooperate with the Seventh Elder to the best of their ability; I hope that in the future, I can see satisfactory results," Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun said.

"Yes, we subordinates obey."

The next instant, the Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun turned into starlight and dissipated, but the Seventh Elder of the Lord Tianyang Star Palace, Huang Huang Kejia, rubbed his hands excitedly; with this sentence from the Tianyang Xingjun, he could display his talents to the fullest.

A few breaths later, after the Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun left the secret realm, he appeared directly in the Star Dome Secret Realm of the main building of the Lord Tianyang Star Palace, and the Left Protector of the Lord Tianyang Star Palace, Wei Hong, followed quietly.

"What is it?"

"Your Highness, will doing this cause opinions from that side?"

"What if they have opinions? We'll talk when they have opinions."

"Yes."

Although he obeyed the order, the Left Protector had a hesitant look; starlight flashed between the Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun's brows, and he asked, "Speak if you have something to say."

"Your Highness, I don't understand; it's just a few Golden Stars, is it worth such a big fuss? Can the thousands of years of accumulation of our Lord Tianyang Star Palace be shaken by a few Golden Stars?" Left Protector Wei Hong asked in confusion.

"Indeed, it cannot be shaken by a few Golden Stars! However, what I am worried about is the Brilliant Star!"

"Your Highness means that those who pluck Golden Stars in a row can pluck a Brilliant Star? But for so many years, no one has ever plucked a Brilliant Star!" Wei Hong asked in confusion.

"Stupid!"

"Just execute my order."

A scolding made the Left Protector Wei Hong leave in confusion.

Similar scenes were constantly playing out in the Cangming Star Palace and the Zhen'e Star Palace.

The Cangming Star Palace, the Zhen'e Star Palace, and the Great Chu National Dao Academy all had similar lists appearing.

But in all the lists, Xu Jin's name appeared, and all were marked blood-red.

What was even more uniform was that after two more Golden Stars were added in the Star-Plucking Secret Realm, all forces raised their alert status to the highest level at the first opportunity; several National Dao Academies entered a state of combat readiness, and the Star Palaces directly sealed their halls temporarily, prohibiting entry and exit.

Especially the Cangming Star Palace, which suffered heavy losses in the previous wave of assassinations, recalled all its disciples at the first opportunity, and even the hall-protecting arrays of the Star Palace and the main halls of various countries were opened.

Like Great Chu, even the capital city was placed under martial law.

In this way, the actions of all sides had to be intensified, but unfortunately, the defensive intensity of all sides was even higher.

They had no opportunity to take action.

As for the dead spies planted before, after the previous wave of assassinations, every Star Palace had cleaned up the people around their important disciples.

The vigilance of elite disciples in every palace had increased significantly, and there was no possibility of taking action.

For a time, the atmosphere was extremely solemn, but no specific actions occurred.

On the contrary, the dialogue groups where high-level officials from all sides gathered became lively.

"Cangming Tianyang Xingjun, congratulations! Congratulations on your family producing a genius who plucked six Golden Stars in a row," the Great Hong Emperor was the first to speak in the group.

Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao followed immediately, "Being able to pluck six Golden Stars in a row, the Brilliant Star should also be within reach soon; congratulations, congratulations!"

"You two, are you thieves calling 'thief'?" The Cangming Tianyang Xingjun originally ignored them, but as soon as these two spoke, it was as if they were going to smash this matter on his head, so he jumped out immediately.

If this were smashed on his head, the losses of the Cangming Star Palace might be even greater.

"What do you mean by thieves calling 'thief'! Look, your Cangming Star Palace is the only one that has opened its hall-protecting array, right?"

"I heard that the capital of Great Chu has been placed under martial law, and the merchants entering and leaving the city are blocked for thirty miles; even the star boats are queuing up in the sky for inspection!

This defense is truly strict!

I think your Cangming Star Palace has truly produced a big prize!" Cheng Cheng Yuexiao added.

"This response method of the Cangming Star Palace really looks like they've produced a big prize! I think it's not just plucking Golden Stars; it's very likely they've plucked a Brilliant Star, right?" The Zhen'e Tianyang Xingjun said.

"Can't you see for yourself whether they've plucked a Brilliant Star or not?" The besieged Cangming Tianyang Xingjun was getting anxious!

"Hehe!"

Regarding this question, the Zhen'e Tianyang Xingjun did not argue with anyone, just gave a 'hehe', but this made the Cangming Tianyang Xingjun even more uncomfortable.

"Cangming, plucking a Brilliant Star doesn't have to be like this, right? Look at what you've done, opening the Starlight Array, and the Great Chu capital is under martial law! Also, I just found out that the Star-Plucking Towers of your Cangming Star Palace and Great Chu have already prohibited personnel from other countries from teleporting!

What kind of genius have you hidden?" The Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun spoke.

The Cangming Tianyang Xingjun wanted to curse by now.

Which idiot opened the Starlight Array, making it look like the genius who plucked six Golden Stars really came from his family.

The problem is, if such a genius really came from his family, he would be too happy to be excited!

Admitting it wouldn't matter; protecting him for a few years and using the Golden Star would be enough!

But now, clearly there isn't one, yet they still want to frame him.

What's even more infuriating is that the family that actually produced the genius who plucked six Golden Stars is currently mixing in the crowd, besieging him and editing him!

And framing him!

Too unprincipled!

Shameless!

"What, the Star-Plucking Towers of the Cangming Star Palace and the Great Chu National Dao Academy have already prohibited outsiders from using them? This method wasn't even used twenty years ago when the Lord Lingji Star Palace was destroyed!

Why is it being used now!

Could it be that your family's genius really plucked a Brilliant Star?" Cheng Cheng Yuexiao was greatly shocked!

"Cheng, stop being sarcastic and fanning the flames! What do you mean by prohibiting outsiders from using them? It's just that teleportation requires notification and verification!" The Cangming Tianyang Xingjun was furious!

This frame-up!

Yet he doesn't know whose family the genius who plucked six Golden Stars belongs to?

"Heh, since that's the case, let's learn from it too! You Cangming Star Palace dared to ban the use of the Star-Plucking Tower, so we'll ban it too; let's see who can't afford to play first," the Zhen'e Tianyang Xingjun said.

"What do you mean by learning from me? Your own Zhai Xing Lou, what you want to do is your own business; don't drag me into it," the Cangming Tianyang Xingjun said. "Since you've all learned it, we have to learn it too," the Great Hong Emperor said.

"Since you've all learned it, our Great Chen National Dao Academy has to learn from the Cangming Star Palace. We have to close the permission for outsiders to use the Star-Plucking Tower."

"Cheng, speak properly, what do you mean by learning from me..."

"Since that's the case, our Lord Tianyang Star Palace has to learn from the Cangming Star Palace; from today on, we will close the right for outsiders to use the Lord Tianyang Star Palace Star-Plucking Tower." Lord Tianyang Tianyang Xingjun said.

"You closed these yourselves; what does it have to do with our Cangming Star Palace?"

"You all are just using my name..."

"You all..."

"..."

After cursing a few times, the Cangming Tianyang Xingjun helplessly discovered that the people in the dialogue group had all slipped away, and no one spoke anymore.

It was as if the decision just now was a collective one.

"These grandsons!"

The Cangming Tianyang Xingjun, who had left, was furious and immediately convened a meeting again; he wanted to ask which idiot caused such a big commotion!

Inside the Danxia Academy, Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao, who had just exited the dialogue group, burst into laughter.

Laughing incomparably happily.

He also didn't expect the Cangming Star Palace to be so wonderful.

They actually had such excessive behavior, which obviously had a huge relationship with the fact that the Cangming Star Palace's genius eldest disciple, Yu Yu Xingye, was assassinated and killed in the last assassination, but who cares about that!

Being able to muddy this pool of water is the best!

On October 1st, Xu Jin spent the whole day immersed in the process of cultivation and working on star patterns; of course, Xu Jin also went to the National Dao Academy library quite a bit.

Nowadays, Xu Jin has turned the at least two hours of study time in the National Dao Academy library every day into an immovable routine.

However, in terms of cultivation improvement, Xu Jin slowed down slightly.

Cultivation improvement is mainly during morning and evening classes.

He even gave up the time for the Gather Star Array of the Liu Feiyan Academy just to learn a little more knowledge from the National Dao Academy library.

Before deducing star patterns, Xu Jin thought that improving his cultivation base was important.

But now, after deducing star patterns, Xu Jin discovered that this basic knowledge is the most important.

It can be considered laying a foundation for the future.

If all of these are learned, Xu Jin's ideas when researching and using star patterns in the future will be different, and his thinking points will also be different.

On this point, Xu Jin already had a clear understanding from his research on the high-tier Fire Source star pattern.

After personally researching the seventh-tier, mid-grade Fire Source star pattern, every time he urges it and every time he uses it, he gains new perceptions of the structure of the star pattern and the underlying principles of the star pattern, combined with the gains from contemplating and deducing star patterns before, he has new accumulations.

But before personally researching the seventh-tier, mid-grade Fire Source star pattern, every time he urged the Fire Source star pattern, Xu Jin's focus was only on how great the power was and how to exert the power to the maximum.

To give the simplest example.

Cooking.

People who don't know how to cook only have one focus when eating: whether it tastes good and whether it suits their appetite.

Under this focus, no matter how many delicacies they eat, they will only ever eat!

But people who cook and have research on cooking will focus on the taste, heat, unique aroma, ingredients, seasonings, color, etc. when eating.

This requires careful research; just paying attention to it is accumulation.

With a little accumulation and attention, the food cooked will become more and more delicious!

The principle of star pattern deduction is also the same.

If this situation continues, then in the future, even without the help of the Golden Star, Xu Jin can deduce star patterns himself and increase his combat power ceiling.

But if he hasn't learned these and has no accumulation, Xu Jin can only rely on others for the improvement of star patterns in the future!

Understanding this point, Xu Jin understood the true focus of his time studying at the National Dao Academy.

It is not the super-fast improvement of his cultivation base.

But to eat through and dig through this true treasure house, the National Dao Academy library.

Only then can Xu Jin walk his own path in the future!

Of course, some people say that it's not too late to research these when reaching the fifth or even sixth tier.

It is indeed not too late!

But the accumulation of insights and experience in the process from the third tier to the fourth, fifth, and sixth tiers will be completely gone.

Because the focus of people who cook and people who don't cook is different.

The focus of people who research star patterns and people who don't research star patterns is different.

Without this process, there is no such accumulation.

Suddenly, Xu Jin completely understood a sentence—the most beautiful scenery is on the road, not at the destination!

Completely understood!

On the night of October 1st, Xu Jin held the Star-Plucking Token again, but this time, he entered the third-tier Practice Arena Secret Realm of the Star-Plucking Tower.

Somewhat strange.

Fairy Zuiyue hadn't contacted Xu Jin for four days!

Sulking?

Suddenly not contacting, he still misses her a bit!

But Xu Jin thought about it; it's just as well to have peace and quiet. If she doesn't contact him, he won't contact her first!

Start the challenge directly!

After challenging for seven or eight days in a row, winning every time, Xu Jin's ranking as the Qi Tian Da Sheng Equal to Heaven had successfully broken into the top thousand.

Now that Xu Jin's cultivation base has broken through to the seventh layer of Refine Star, and he has engraved and strengthened multiple star patterns, especially the strengthening of the seventh-tier, mid-grade high-tier Fire Source star pattern, Xu Jin's combat power has skyrocketed.

He still has no rivals.

All victories along the way!

When winning the seventh match in a row, Xu Jin had already killed his way into the top five hundred.

Suddenly, a piece of information popped up before his eyes.

【Do you wish to challenge the 463rd place, Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying?】

Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying?

This Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying defeated Xu Jin once and then ran away, making Xu Jin struggle for a long time; now that he has encountered him, how can he not challenge him?

【Challenge】

The starlight before his eyes changed, and the familiar figure of Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying, whom Xu Jin had been thinking about for quite some time, appeared.

"Long time no see." Xu Jin greeted.

The Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying opposite him looked stunned, "Who are you? Why can't I remember?"

Xu Jin: "???"

Alright, it seems this guy has no impression of Xu Jin, this Qi Tian Da Sheng Equal to Heaven, at all.

Xu Jin had been thinking about him for a month in vain.

This is probably what they call a genius's contempt for ordinary cultivators!

But today, the tables must be turned!

The next instant, the light curtain vanished!

The moment it vanished, Xu Jin moved.

The Explosive Lightning Step flashed instantly in front of Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying, Divine Soul fluctuations rose, and the instant Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying made a move, the starlight around his body dissipated, and a look of incomparable pain suddenly appeared on his face.

The next instant, flame light rose.

Flame Explosion exploded!

Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying turned directly into starlight and collapsed!

Xu Jin: Victory!

Inside the third-tier Practice Arena Secret Realm, Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying looked bewildered!

Was he killed in seconds?

A few breaths later, Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying reacted and hurriedly began to challenge Xu Jin!

【Sorry, your challenge was rejected by the Qi Tian Da Sheng Equal to Heaven!】

Han Yue Han Yue Zhongying: "..."

(End of chapter)