Chapter 258

"Star Spirit, is it ready?"

In the Star River Marshal Mansion Secret Realm, this was already the second time the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun had urged the Star Spirit.

Similarly, the Great Hong Emperor and the Cangming Tianyang Xingjun were just as anxious as the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun.

The reason was simple: six hours ago, the Tower Tribute Battle points of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace were surpassed by Chen Guo.

To be precise, in the points announced twelve hours ago, Chen Guo's points surpassed the Great Hong's points, but it only surpassed by less than a hundred points, not much.

At that time, although the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun and the Great Hong Emperor were a bit anxious, it was not unacceptable.

Surpassing by not much, it could still be surpassed back.

But when the Star Spirit announced the points six hours ago, the contrast they expected did not appear.

The point gap was instead widened.

Great Hong's points were surpassed by Chen Guo by more than a thousand points!

This was the reason why the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun and the Great Hong Emperor were extremely anxious.

According to the current point progress, each party normally increases by about a thousand points every six hours.

Chen Guo, however, was somewhat abnormal.

Nine times out of ten, they had slain a Star Domain Lord or even obtained the Star Will of the star domain they were in.

This counts as an accidental event.

It was also acceptable.

But according to the speed at which each party obtained points, if the point gap between Chen Guo and Great Hong was kept within a thousand points, the Great Hong side would likely be able to surpass them.

But surpassing a thousand points was relatively difficult.

So this six-hour change was extremely critical for the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun and the Great Hong Emperor.

If the point gap between the two sides narrowed, then for Great Hong and the Heavenly Yang Star Palace, it would be a great blessing.

Then, by the end of this Tower Tribute Battle, Great Hong would still be able to return to first place.

If the point gap widened again, this would be dangerous.

Great Hong might be relegated to second place.

But this was not terrible.

For Great Hong, bearing half a percent more of the Star Fall Tower tribute was not heavy.

But if Chen Guo leaped to first place, the strength of Chen Guo, whose burden was directly reduced by a multiple, would usher in high-speed development in the next three years.

This was where the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun and the others were worried.

After another few hundred breaths, the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun urged again, "Star Spirit, how is it?"

"Ready, right away."

The next instant, the light curtain above the Star River Marshal Mansion Secret Realm began to flicker.

The moment the light curtain completely stabilized, everyone's pupils shrank.

【First place: Chen Guo Empire, 12,846 points.】

【Second place: Great Hong Empire, 10,932 points.】

【Third place: Great Chu Empire, 8,749 points.】

【Fourth place: Suppressing Calamity Star Palace, 8,267 points.】

The moment the points appeared, the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun's face sank, becoming very ugly.

The point gap between Great Hong and Chen Guo had widened again; it was originally just over a thousand points, but now it was as high as 1,900 points.

There were four and a half days left before the Tower Tribute Battle ended. If Great Hong was lucky, they could still surpass them.

If Chen Guo continued to perform at the current level, Chen Guo would be first.

This was an extremely dangerous signal.

The Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun glanced at the Cangming Tianyang Xingjun, who was also frowning.

Similarly, for the Cangming Tianyang Xingjun, in the next three years, it wouldn't be a big problem for Great Chu and the Cangming Star Palace to pay half a percent more of the Star Fall Tower tribute.

They originally bore two percent when ranked second, and now they were just bearing two and a half percent of the Star Fall Tower tribute.

But Chen Guo was different.

Chen Guo, which originally bore three percent, would only bear one percent if it maintained this.

Directly saving two percent.

This would save Chen Guo a massive amount of resources.

Chen Guo had been so tenacious under the joint suppression of their two families.

If they obtained such a breathing space, then...

Their eyes just met, and they had a tacit understanding.

The Suppressing Calamity Tianyang Xingjun was even more worried.

For the barbarians, bearing half a percent more would really kill people!

Many barbarians would die.

But nowadays, there was no good way to change it.

He really couldn't intervene in this form of the Tower Tribute Battle.

At least not for now.

This point ranking made Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao very happy, but besides being happy, there were also many worries.

This would definitely make the Heavenly Yang Star Palace and the Cangming Star Palace strengthen their suppression of Chen Guo.

But there was no other way.

Unless Chen Guo didn't become stronger.

And continued to weaken.

This is the growing pain that must be experienced to become stronger.

However, even if there was suppression, the current Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao had the confidence to hold on.

Hold on!

In the Star River Marshal Mansion Secret Realm, after seeing the ranking, the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun and the Cangming Tianyang Xingjun left silently; everyone didn't speak, coming quietly and leaving quietly.

Inside the second floor of the main building of the Chen Guo Star Fall Tower, the Grand Master watched Xu Jin step into the sixth Third-Tier star domain, which was also the last Third-Tier star domain already opened, the Flowing Gorge Star Domain.

The attacking captain was Lu Kun, a disciple of the Great Scholar Fang.

Xu Jin still took the emblems given by the Grand Master and stepped in with one step.

Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao watched Xu Jin step in, then cupped his hands to the sitting Dai Guanwen, and left on his own.

Only Left Libationer Meng Yanhui accompanied Dai Guanwen.

Dai Guanwen looked at Xu Jin, who had stepped into the Third-Tier star domain again, and also felt some emotion.

He could be considered to have understood.

This Xu Jin is absolutely a peerless genius.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to enter and exit five Third-Tier star domains without being harmed.

He once thought that this Xu Jin might be as playful as his junior sister.

Because what is the use of entering and exiting Third-Tier star domains so frequently?

Setting off every five or six hours?

A half-day tour of the Third-Tier star domain, what can you do?

But a day ago, when Xu Jin brought out a heavily injured disciple of the Chen Guo National Dao Academy who was covered in seven colors and only had one breath left, Dai Guanwen understood that this Xu Jin was not on a half-day tour.

He was truly going to do things.

He should be the kind of person whose strength is very strong.

Although he, Dai Guanwen, did not go to the Star River Marshal Mansion Secret Realm and did not know the current point ranking.

But Dai Guanwen felt that just by relying on this Xu Jin, Chen Guo's point ranking in this Tower Tribute Battle would absolutely not be the last.

Third should be no problem, and it might even be second.

As for first!

Not very likely!

The hegemonic position of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace in the Tower Tribute Battle had lasted for decades and could not be shaken by anyone.

This time, it should be the same.

Suddenly, the Star Fall Token in Dai Guanwen's arms vibrated.

There was a starlight transmission.

Dai Guanwen was not in a hurry to look.

But a dozen breaths later, the starlight transmission in Dai Guanwen's arms vibrated three times in a row.

Is it a ten-thousand-fire-urgent starlight transmission?

At this time, knowing he was executing a mission, who would send him such a ten-thousand-fire-urgent starlight transmission?

Dai Guanwen sank his mind into the Star Fall Token silently, and in an instant, he saw the content of the Star Fall Token.

It was sent by the Second Senior Brother Zong Yan.

This time, the Grand Void Gate accepted the entrustment of the Star River Battlefield Marshal Wei Xu to come out to build temporary star gates. The ones accepting the mission started from him, the fourth old one; from the fourth to the seventh, one person for one family.

As for the First Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, and Third Senior Brother, they were all the disciples who followed the teacher earliest, and their cultivation, qualifications, and status were all much higher than theirs, and they rarely came out into the world.

In the starlight transmission, besides asking about his mission situation, the Second Senior Brother asked him to recount what he saw and heard when he opened the temporary star gate for Chen Guo.

At the end, the Second Senior Brother mentioned that he had a manual on researching spatial star patterns from ten years ago, which should be helpful to him; once he returned to the palace, he would give it to him. This was something Dai Guanwen had dreamed of, and he had asked for it several times before, but the Second Senior Brother wouldn't give it.

Today, it was delivered to his door.

Dai Guanwen was clear that there must be something fishy behind this.

The Second Senior Brother didn't need this, but the person behind the Second Senior Brother needed it.

Anyway, the person who could stand behind the Second Senior Brother was definitely not a small character.

Worth it!

Immediately, Dai Guanwen sent everything he saw and heard before, including the situation of Xu Jin entering and exiting six star domains back and forth, to his Second Senior Brother Zong Yan through the Star Fall Token.

【Junior Brother, thank you. I have prepared the manual for you. Once you return to the palace, you can come and get it yourself.】

Seeing this starlight transmission, Dai Guanwen subconsciously glanced at Meng Yanhui; just relaying a little information, it wouldn't have any impact.

What impact could it have?

Subsequently, Dai Guanwen continued to cultivate with peace of mind.

Half an hour later, Dai Guanwen's Star Fall Token vibrated urgently again, another ten-thousand-fire-urgent starlight transmission.

【Junior Brother, can you tell me which star domains Chen Guo is going to open star gates for?】

【That wouldn't be very appropriate, right?】

【Junior Brother, the Fourth-Tier and Fifth-Tier star domains where the Chen Guo National Dao Academy opened temporary star gates, tell me one, and I will give you two thousand wisps of starlight. Tell me all the remaining four, and I will give you three thousand wisps of starlight for each, tax-paid!】

Seeing this starlight transmission, Dai Guanwen was instantly happy.

He could earn starlight just by moving his fingers, why not earn it.

Previously, he worked hard to open an extra star gate for Chen Guo and only earned two thousand wisps of starlight net, but now he could directly earn twelve thousand wisps of starlight.

Not earning it is a fool.

【Senior Brother, is that true?】

The next instant, Dai Guanwen received a starlight transmission prompt, prompting that Zong Yan had transferred 12,000 wisps of starlight to him, and the twenty percent tax deducted was borne by Zong Yan.

Seeing this, Dai Guanwen was even happier.

The Second Senior Brother's way of doing things was as refreshing as ever.

Of course, this was also because the Second Senior Brother knew very well that he didn't dare to default on the debt.

If he, Dai Guanwen, dared to default on the Second Senior Brother's debt, after returning, the Second Senior Brother could peel his skin off.

Don't look at him, Dai Guanwen, as a Sixth-Tier peak expert, but in front of the Second Senior Brother Zong Yan, he really wasn't enough to look at.

【Fourth-Tier star domain: Fire Cloud, Fourth-Tier star domain: Emerald Bamboo, Fourth-Tier star domain: Giant Elephant, Fifth-Tier star domain: Spirit Martial.】

After sending these messages, Dai Guanwen started to cultivate with peace of mind again.

Twelve thousand wisps of starlight were obtained just like that.

Refreshing!

This mission was refreshing!

Inside the Heavenly Yang Star Palace main palace, Great Elder Wang Kan received a starlight transmission and breathed a sigh of relief.

【Brother Zong, two bottles of Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Pills will be sent over in a few days, and there are other bottles of elixirs attached; a small token of my appreciation, not worth mentioning.】

After Wang Kan sent a starlight transmission, he projected the names of the four star domains he had just obtained onto the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun with starlight, and then pointed to one of the star domains and said.

"My Lord, in this star domain, I know someone is developing secretly there; perhaps we can arrange some actions," Wang Kan laughed.

"Can it be solved?" the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun asked.

"I dare not say let them be wiped out, but suffering heavy losses is no problem. However, this star domain is quite vast, and wanting to launch an attack also requires time," Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan said.

"Yes, your subordinate will go now."

Half an hour later, inside the second floor of the main building of the Great Hong Star Fall Tower, a group of people including the Fifth Young Master of the Grand Void Gate all stood up and saluted the person who came.

It was the Great Elder of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace who came to inspect.

Not long after, he made a request.

"For the points of the Tower Tribute Battle, I still need to trouble Fifth Young Master Qiao to help us open another star domain gate; all expenses will be borne by Great Hong," Great Elder Wang Kan said.

"It is my duty."

Fifth Young Master Qiao didn't push it away either, took out the spatial jade tablet on the spot, took the star domain beacon given by Wang Kan, and started to open the temporary star gate.

In a little over a quarter of an hour, this temporary star gate to an unknown star domain was opened successfully.

"Fifth Young Master has worked hard," Wang Kan laughed.

"It should be."

"Come here, send the gift I prepared for the Fifth Young Master."

Following the action of Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan, a line of five tall and graceful young maids entered with five trays, each with rare treasures on them.

Just glancing at it, this Fifth Young Master Qiao of the Grand Void Gate swept his gaze over it, basically not staying for long.

He, the Fifth Young Master of the Grand Void Gate, what kind of rare treasures hadn't he seen? These things, although they entered his eyes, were only just entering his eyes.

"Fifth Young Master, actually, the most important gift I sent to the Fifth Young Master is not the gift on the tray," Wang Kan laughed.

"Oh?"

Fifth Young Master Qiao was somewhat puzzled; this he couldn't quite understand.

What was he here to send then?

The next instant, Wang Kan's palm star power spat out, and he pushed the five maids towards this Fifth Young Master Qiao of the Grand Void Gate with clever force.

Soft jade and fragrant wind fell towards Fifth Young Master Qiao, making Fifth Young Master Qiao panic as he hugged one and held another, hurriedly using star power to support the three.

Actually, not a single one fell.

And just when Fifth Young Master Qiao was hugging these women, a middle-aged man who had been following behind Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan flew directly into the temporary star gate that had just been opened during this chaotic moment and disappeared instantly.

The star gate suddenly had fluctuations; the star gate opener Fifth Young Master Qiao naturally sensed it and hurriedly went to see.

But at this moment, Wang Kan stepped forward and handed over a jade tablet, "In Chang Le City, I have prepared a residence for Fifth Young Master Qiao. After this matter is finished, Fifth Young Master Qiao can go over to rest for a few days before returning to the palace. These few will also wait for the Young Master's arrival in this residence."

Hearing this, Qiao looked at the five women before him, revealing a look of anticipation.

"In that case, it is making the Great Elder spend money."

"It should be."

The two smiled knowingly, and the five maids left.

As for the fluctuations produced by the cultivators entering the star gate that had just been opened earlier, they were naturally skipped.

Who entered, and how many people entered, Fifth Young Master Qiao didn't care either.

Anyway, he didn't see it.

Chen Guo, Dachen Wan Yi Street.

A sturdy woman with a full beard, and a cute girl with meat jerky in her mouth, were accompanying a palace-dressed girl with snow-white skin strolling on Dachen Wan Yi Street.

The sturdy woman with a full beard was carrying seven or eight bundles of all sizes on her shoulders.

Jiang Yuan, who was chewing meat jerky, pointed to the distance excitedly and said, "Sister Haoyue, there is a candied hawthorn shop further ahead, it's especially delicious. Let's go, let's go taste it together."

The snow-skinned girl was the little princess of the Grand Void Gate, Princess Haoyue.

Hearing this, she also licked her cherry lips, but shook her head and said, "No hurry, walk slowly. I want to hear the story of Xu Jin, the only male disciple and the only Senior Brother of your Flying Swallow Palace, even more now."

"Good, good, good, I'll continue telling you!"

Jiang Yuan was ordered to accompany Princess Haoyue, so naturally, she did whatever made her happy.

"Princess Haoyue, let me tell you, our Senior Brother is most powerful in fire-type star techniques; a single Spiral Flame Explosion, whoever touches it dies..."

"Wrong!"

The voice of the Second Senior Sister Tang Chuo sounded muffled, "Senior Brother Xu Jin is most powerful in the kite-flying ring tactics! Countless people study this tactic, but few can learn it like him.

Senior Brother Xu said, those who are like him die, those who learn from him live."

"Eh, kite-flying ring, come, tell me what this kite-flying ring tactic is about, it sounds like it's very powerful." Princess Haoyue also became interested.

"Sister Haoyue, I can't learn it, but I'll use my hands to demonstrate for you..."

Tang Chuo gestured with her fingers, which were as thick as carrots, but it made Jiang Yuan, who was anxious to eat delicious food, somewhat unable to watch.

What is this and what is that!

It's not like it at all.

"Sister Haoyue, watch me perform for you!"

The next instant, Jiang Yuan flew up instantly, fixed herself on a branch of a big tree with a silk ribbon, and then spun rapidly.

"I'm not learning it well enough, but Senior Brother Xu can hang in the air out of thin air, and then zoom-zoom blast fire arrows frantically; it's so powerful! During the great competition of the palaces, Senior Brother Xu shone brightly with this move..."

"Wrong, Senior Brother Xu seemed to have used this move during the entrance autumn exam..."

Tang Chuo and Jiang Yuan argued, but the more they argued, the brighter Princess Haoyue's eyes became as she listened.

She seemed to have discovered some incredible secret.

When she first met that person, that person was the one who blasted her to death with such tactics.

Killed her until she had no temper.

And fire-type star techniques...

Age!

Cultivation!

Cultivation improvement trajectory!

It seems they all match!

These two had been praising their Senior Brother Xu Jin since the day before yesterday...

(End of chapter)