Chapter 218

Having free Star Jade Tablets to practice with, Xu Jin was naturally very happy.

A second-tier Star Jade Tablet costs two hundred taels of silver on the market, and in the Dao Academy, it costs twenty Dao Credits.

Moreover, looking at Senior Dean Kou's posture, he should continue to give him pointers.

Pointers from a famous teacher are priceless treasures.

As before, Xu Jin used the Star-Pivot Star Pattern to lay the foundation for the three Star Jade Tablets.

Xu Jin's speed in laying the foundation was extremely fast; three second-tier Star Jade Tablets were completed in less than a minute.

This made Senior Dean Kou, who had started paying attention to Xu Jin, secretly surprised again.

This speed was really quite fast.

Many disciples who had learned emblem production from him for two or three years didn't have this speed.

And there are two elements that affect the speed of laying the foundation: one is proficiency, and the other is Divine Soul power; both are indispensable.

This shows that Xu Jin has put in hard work on the Star-Pivot Star Pattern, but in a month and a half, how much hard work can one put in?

Can it be more than the two or three years of hard work of other disciples?

It can only be said that Xu Jin's efficiency is higher, which means his talent and comprehension in this regard are extremely high.

Then there is Divine Soul power.

In Senior Dean Kou's sensing, Xu Jin's Divine Soul cultivation is about the fifth or sixth layer of Refine Star.

This Divine Soul cultivation, not to mention the new disciples this year, is a rare gem even among the disciples who entered the academy last year.

But placed on Xu Jin, it is perfectly normal.

Not to mention the elixirs obtained from other aspects, just at the last Minglun Hall meeting, the number of Long Gui Duan Po Dan their group lost to Xu Jin in a bet was as high as thirteen.

Combining these two elements, this Xu Jin is simply a peerless good seedling for focusing on emblem engraving!

Suddenly, Senior Dean Master Kou Jing felt some regret!

If he had been more proactive at the beginning, if he had put down his status a bit more, could he have taken Xu Jin into his own sect?

Then Xu Jin would have been nine times out of ten the disciple who inherited his mantle.

It's a pity...

Now, the only thing Senior Dean Master Kou Jing is glad about is that Xu Jin has a relatively large interest in engraving emblems, so he can start from this aspect.

This time making the base emblem, Xu Jin's progress was not so obvious.

The third base emblem only incorporated ninety-two percent of the star power within the Star Jade Tablet.

Subsequently, Xu Jin began to continue making second-tier Star Shield emblems.

This time, it was smooth and flowing.

The speed was very fast; every forty breaths, he could successfully make a second-tier Star Shield emblem.

After receiving pointers from Senior Dean Kou, the risk of blowing up the emblem never appeared again.

Especially the third Star Shield emblem, Xu Jin felt very good about it himself.

At least Xu Jin himself didn't find any flaws.

"Let me see."

Seeing that Xu Jin had made three second-tier emblems in less than a quarter of an hour, Senior Dean Kou felt even more regret.

This comprehension, this speed.

How did he...

"The first two are both at the level of second-tier mid-grade emblems; you made a total of seven mistakes, but in the third one, you only made four mistakes.

This third one of yours can already be called a second-tier top-grade emblem; placed in the Dao Academy, it is also a hot commodity."

To prevent disturbing other students, Master Kou Jing communicated with Xu Jin directly via voice transmission.

Subsequently, Master Kou Jing pointed out the mistakes Xu Jin made one by one; for three of the mistakes, Master Kou Jing demonstrated the differences on the star screen for Xu Jin, which made Xu Jin, who originally didn't understand, suddenly enlightened.

"Senior Dean Kou, how can one make top-grade emblems?" Xu Jin asked.

"Ho, you kid have quite some ambition!"

Hearing this question, Master Kou Jing laughed, "First of all, the base emblem must be good; I see your base emblem quality is okay, but to achieve a top-grade emblem, it is not enough.

The star power coverage of the base emblem must reach about ninety-five percent to be able to make a top-grade emblem.

And the higher the coverage of the base emblem, the better.

I see your speed in making base emblems is extremely fast, but the trick to making base emblems is actually not just speed, but also stability; if you practice for a long time, you can advance side by side."

"What is advancing side by side?"

"This is another small secret method I invented for making emblem base emblems; when you are willing to learn, you can stay after the class ends." Master Kou Jing said.

Xu Jin was overjoyed upon hearing this and thanked him immediately.

Seeing that others were still making them, Master Kou Jing gave Xu Jin three more second-tier Star Jade Tablets to practice with.

This time, Xu Jin made progress again; all three were top-grade emblems.

But compared to top-grade emblems, they were still far off.

Xu Jin was not in a hurry; take it slow.

As the water clock timing ended, regardless of whether other students had completed it or not, Senior Dean Kou began to talk about the content of third-tier emblems.

"The higher the tier of the emblem, the harder it is to make; the reason is only one: the star techniques and star patterns that the Connecting Star Pattern needs to connect will become more and more numerous.

Second-tier emblems generally only need to connect one basic star technique.

And third-tier emblems need to connect at least one star technique and one star pattern, and some even need to connect two star patterns; the difficulty is doubled.

So the application of the Connecting Star Pattern is the key!

Generally, use the overlapping method, that is, one star technique, one Connecting Star Pattern, one star pattern, one Connecting Star Pattern; the success rate is average, the risk of blowing up the emblem is low, but the tier of the formed emblem is generally not high, mostly mid-to-low grade, and it is very difficult to produce top-grade emblems; the advantage is that the requirement for Divine Soul power is low.

There is also a method called the frame method, that is, using one Connecting Star Pattern to connect the star technique and star pattern at the same time, but the success rate is not high, and it is easy to blow up the emblem, but the tier of the formed emblem is good, and it is easy to produce top-grade emblems, but the requirement for Divine Soul power is quite high.

Below, I will demonstrate the production of the third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem using these two methods respectively; look carefully." Master Kou Jing said.

Sure enough, the production of third-tier emblems was more than twice as complex as second-tier emblems.

Senior Dean Kou's explanation lasted for a full half-hour.

"Below is the on-site production; the old rules: the first one has a reward, the best one also has a reward, and for the top three, I will give personal pointers.

Those who just succeeded in making second-tier emblems, raise your hands."

This time, among the four or five hundred disciples inside and outside the hall, only barely over a hundred raised their hands.

The production of second-tier emblems just now directly screened out half of the manpower.

Starlight flew over, which was Senior Dean Kou distributing Star Jade Tablets for practice to the disciples.

Suddenly, Xu Jin's gaze moved.

Ji Hongli and Wang Jiugao both received three.

Xu Jin received six.

It should be because he saw that Xu Jin's speed was quite fast, so he gave him special care this time.

First, make the base emblem.

Having received pointers from Senior Dean Kou, plus Xu Jin's own tendency to think, the star power coverage of the subsequent few third-tier Star Jade Tablets had reached ninety-three percent.

But it was still far from the ninety-five percent of top-grade.

Subsequently, Xu Jin began to engrave the third-tier emblem according to what Senior Dean Kou had just taught.

Before engraving, Xu Jin first raised his protective star light.

The blowing up of a third-tier Star Jade Tablet is very dangerous.

The third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem requires the use of the Star Explosion Technique and the Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern.

Xu Jin could have cast the Star Explosion Technique instantly long ago; as for the Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern, according to what Senior Dean Kou said, those trying to engrave for the first time can engrave third-tier or fourth-tier Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Patterns.

Although it is said that the higher the tier of the Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern engraved, the greater the power.

But the higher the tier of the Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern engraved, the greater the difficulty.

You can engrave higher-tier Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Patterns after being very proficient.

It is worth mentioning that Senior Dean Kou specifically talked about the influence of the Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern tier on the emblem's power.

The higher the tier of the star pattern engraved, the higher the emblem's power, but generally speaking, the star patterns engraved on third-tier emblems are all below the fifth tier.

For example, the Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem, if you engrave a fifth-tier or sixth-tier star pattern, it is possible to engrave it into a third-tier top-grade emblem.

If you change to a fourth-tier Star Jade Tablet, it is possible to engrave a fourth-tier low-grade emblem.

But it is limited to this.

Xu Jin finally decided to use the more difficult frame emblem method, using a fourth-tier low-grade Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern.

Although the frame emblem method is difficult, it can produce top-grade emblems.

Xu Jin making emblems is for the purpose of saving his life and making money.

It is very obvious that top-grade emblems can achieve Xu Jin's goal.

But it has to be said that the difficulty of the frame method is obvious.

Just after twenty breaths, Xu Jin's first attempt blew up the emblem. Fortunately, Xu Jin had become gradually proficient, and the moment the emblem blew up, he directly condensed a piece of star screen to bind the blown-up Star Jade Tablet, which did not cause any influence.

After carefully pondering the reason for blowing up the emblem for a while, Xu Jin began the second engraving of the third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem.

This time, just after thirty-five breaths, it blew up again!

Blowing up was blowing up; Xu Jin didn't have any discouragement, but instead calmed down, recalled the process Senior Dean Kou explained again, and then started again.

The third time, the progress was obviously improved; when the engraving of the emblem entered the finishing stage, the Connecting Star Pattern didn't keep up, and it blew up again!

Blew up three times!

Inside the lecture hall, most disciples had started blowing up emblems one after another.

The sound of explosions was like firecrackers.

What the outside world knows is that they are engraving emblems; those who don't know would think they are celebrating the New Year.

Hu!

Xu Jin exhaled lightly, closed his eyes, and reviewed again.

One minute later, Xu Jin started engraving the third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem again.

This time, Xu Jin learned the lessons from the previous few times and successfully completed the engraving.

But it was also full of dangers; there were several times when he relied on powerful Divine Soul power to hold on!

"Senior Dean, I succeeded!"

This time, Xu Jin was the first to speak.

In an instant, it attracted countless focused gazes, and at the same time, it also affected Wen Lie, who was in the finishing stage.

He didn't expect that he, who had always regarded himself as the eldest disciple of Senior Dean Kou's emblem engraving, would have someone faster than him.

This distraction caused the star power of the Star Jade Tablet, which was about to be completed, to dissipate, and it exploded instantly.

Bang!

Blew up the emblem!

While covered in dust, he looked at Xu Jin in surprise.

Senior Dean Master Kou Jing took away the third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem that Xu Jin had just successfully produced, and in his eyes was an indescribable strange color.

Senior Dean Master Kou Jing knew very well how difficult third-tier emblems were.

Many disciples need at least a hundred practices to possibly succeed.

But Senior Dean Kou previously felt that with Xu Jin's level of producing second-tier top-grade emblems, he should be fast, so he gave Xu Jin six third-tier Star Jade Tablets.

Master Kou Jing's original speculation was that Xu Jin would succeed on the sixth piece with high probability.

But he didn't expect that he succeeded on the fourth piece!

He only failed three times before successfully producing a third-tier emblem.

Master Kou Jing's Divine Sense only sank into the emblem for a moment, and from the clumsy structure that almost collapsed, he could see that Xu Jin was engraving for the first time.

But he actually used the frame structure, which was quite difficult.

Suddenly, Senior Dean Kou was somewhat distracted, recalling his own time.

How many times did he take to succeed when he first engraved a third-tier emblem back then?

It seems it was the twelfth time, right?

And then the teacher regarded him as a genius of emblem production!

More importantly, he used the simpler overlapping structure back then.

And Xu Jin used the more difficult frame structure, and succeeded on the fourth time?

If his teacher were still alive and saw Xu Jin, he would probably risk his life to snatch Xu Jin and take him as a disciple, right?

Suddenly, Master Kou Jing also felt an impulse in his heart.

Rush into the Feiyan Hall and snatch Xu Jin over!

Snatch him to be his own disciple, and then fully cultivate his attainments in emblems!

But the next moment, Master Kou Jing shuddered!

If it were other Deputy Deans, he would dare to provoke them, at most do some behind-the-scenes deals and give more benefits, but this crazy woman Liu Qingzhu, he couldn't afford to provoke!

If he angered her, she could really make him lose his old face!

The warning of Fang Shinan was not far!

Teach him first and see!

But...

Thinking of this, Senior Dean Master Kou Jing's heart felt as if it had been bitten by a poisonous snake, inexplicably uncomfortable!

Regret!

Why didn't he snatch Xu Jin to be his disciple back then!

What status was he holding onto!

Master Kou Jing wanted to slap himself!

He had sought a successor for half his life, only to let him slip through his fingers!

It took a full four or five breaths for Senior Dean Kou to suppress the regret of missing out and calm his emotions.

Then he directly projected the problems of the third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem that Xu Jin had successfully engraved onto the star screen to explain.

This lecture lasted for more than two quarters of an hour.

He pointed out more than twenty problems.

This third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem of Xu Jin was also rated by Senior Dean Kou as a clumsy work again!

It couldn't even be counted as a third-tier low-grade emblem.

Defective product!

But this time, no one dared to laugh!

Just kidding, who dared to laugh!

Those who couldn't even produce a defective product had no qualifications to laugh!

"You continue; this is a reward for you, a fourth-tier top-grade emblem made by my own hand."

Xu Jin was overjoyed.

Once a fourth-tier top-grade emblem reached his hand, after nourishing, the power would double, and it could even injure a fifth-tier mid-grade Gather Battle powerhouse.

In the subsequent half of the class, it directly made Wen Lie and Yan Jiang depressed!

Because this last small half of the class directly turned into Xu Jin's private classroom.

Xu Jin successfully engraved a third-tier Zhou Xinghuo Explosion Emblem, and Senior Dean Kou directly took it as a class example, dismantled it on the spot, discovered the problems, and then gave solutions.

He even gave Xu Jin another three Star Jade Tablets and dragged the class for Xu Jin!

Under Senior Dean Kou's special care, Xu Jin's attainment in engraving star patterns rose in a straight line.

The subsequent few pieces were already stably third-tier low-grade emblems.

The last one, according to Senior Dean Kou, had already barely reached the level of a third-tier mid-grade emblem!

This level directly turned Ji Hongli into Xu Jin's little fan girl!

Because she had blown up her emblem three times.

"Senior Brother, you are so amazing, then I will go find you later, can you tutor me alone?" Ji Hongli asked Xu Jin in a low voice.

Of course, it was not only because Xu Jin's level was high, but more because Ji Hongli wanted to be close to Xu Jin.

This voice was heard by quite a few disciples around, and they were instantly extremely envious!

Who is Ji Hongli?

Not only is she a noble lady from a wealthy family, but her appearance is extremely high in the entire Chen Guo Dao Academy, and in the situation where everyone has their own preferences, she can also rank in the top three!

Many people want to be close but can't!

"This... Junior Sister Ji, my cultivation schedule is full today, I don't have time, another day."

"Alright..." Ji Hongli directly pouted, looking aggrieved!

Fortunately, most of the disciples of the Chen Guo Dao Academy had high IQs, otherwise, there would have been protectors of the flowers appearing to beat Xu Jin up.

"Class dismissed! Xu Jin, come here for a moment."

Senior Dean Kou's greeting once again made Xu Jin a source of envy for a crowd of disciples.

Everyone is not stupid; Xu Jin's performance is there, and Senior Dean Kou leaving Xu Jin alone is nine times out of ten to give him special instruction!

Special instruction from the Dean!

Naturally, there was all kinds of envy and jealousy!

"Xu Jin, do you have any thoughts on specializing in emblems?" Senior Dean Kou asked.

"Reporting to the Dean, I am now, and I will probably focus on emblem research and production in the future." Xu Jin said.

"Then do you have any thoughts of changing lecture halls? If you join my lecture hall, I can guarantee that the treatment will only be higher, not lower, and I will privately compensate Deputy Dean Liu additionally." In the end, Master Kou Jing still couldn't hold back!

If he didn't even make this effort, Master Kou Jing had the thought of killing himself.

"This... Dean Kou, Teacher Liu treats me extremely well, sorry! However, I can come to Dean Kou to learn emblem engraving; in the future, if Dean Kou has any instructions, if Xu Jin can comply, I will definitely comply!"

Xu Jin was afraid that if he refused, Master Kou Jing would no longer teach him emblem engraving, so he added this sentence.

"Alas, it is also my blindness!"

Master Kou Jing sighed long, then directly gave Xu Jin a token, and at the same time applied to add Xu Jin as a friend on the Star-Plucking Token.

"If you have any questions in the future, come directly to the lecture hall to find me; in an emergency, you can ask me directly on the Star-Plucking Token!"

While speaking, Dean Kou threw two jade tablets to Xu Jin again.

"One of them records the small secret technique of advancing side by side that I just mentioned; after you learn and become proficient, it should be able to allow you to produce top-grade base emblems.

The other one is the points and experience of making various third-tier and fourth-tier emblems that I have summarized in my half-life; you take it to ponder and study yourself, and if there is anything you don't understand, just come and ask me." Master Kou Jing said.

"Thank you, Senior Dean!"

"No need to thank me, just treat me as your emblem teacher; if you can engrave fifth-tier or even sixth-tier emblems in the future, I will be satisfied."

Xu Jin thanked him again.

"In addition, every seven days, hand in three different emblems to me; this counts as the homework I assign you." Master Kou Jing said.

"Yes, disciple remembers!"

A dozen breaths later, Xu Jin left Senior Dean Kou's lecture hall, and then rushed to the Foreign Affairs Hall, buying a hundred third-tier Star Jade Tablets in one breath, directly consuming 9,900 Dao Credits.

A third-tier jade tablet sells for a thousand taels of silver, a hundred Dao Credits!

He must start earning Dao Credits.

Otherwise, even if a fourth-tier star weapon appears, Xu Jin won't have the money to buy it.

Let alone upgrading the Arena.

If he wants to upgrade the fourth-tier Arena to the fifth tier, the resources required are also massive!

And just now, Xu Jin already had an idea in his mind.

An idea to use the Arena to quickly produce emblems!

(End of chapter)