Chapter 26: Blood Guide (Please follow and read)

On the page obtained from the silver banknote parcel of Deng Hu, a cultivation method named "Blood Guide Star-Forging Art" was recorded in detail.

The reason Xu Jin determined at a glance that it was an evil art was because the first step of this "Blood Guide Star-Forging Art" felt wrong.

Take a piece of high-quality jade, carve it roughly into the shape of one's own body—a likeness will suffice—then every morning and evening, take several drops of heart blood to smear and nourish it for one hour, continuing for seven days. After seven days, one must soak it in one liter of heart blood from a person who has cultivated Star Power. After soaking for one day, the Blood Guide is initially formed; the more Star-cultivating blood soaked, the better the effect of the Blood Guide.

Then, stick it to the chest and circulate the Blood Guide Star-Forging Art daily without ceasing; fast in one year, slow in three years, and one can directly forge a star within the body.

On this page, the cultivation method for the Blood Guide Star-Guiding Art was recorded in detail.

And the so-called "person who has cultivated Star Power" refers to someone who has cultivated Star Power.

As long as it is the heart blood of someone who has successfully performed Star Pointing, it will do; the higher the cultivation base, the better the effect.

Cold sweat seeped from Xu Jin's forehead.

Looking at this evil art, this Deng Hu was not just doing it for his younger sister; he was also using the name of helping Yang to plot for Xu Jin's heart blood.

Xu Jin carefully recalled whether Deng Hu had such a blood jade on his chest.

It seemed Deng Hu did indeed have a jade pendant on his chest, but whether it was a Blood Guide, the lighting was relatively dim at the time, and Xu Jin had not paid attention.

Xu Jin suddenly remembered that when he first eavesdropped, Scar had said that they had finished off a disciple of the Tianyang Branch who had successfully performed Star Pointing.

That jade pendant on Deng Hu's chest was nine times out of ten a Blood Guide being cultivated.

In an instant, Xu Jin held this piece of paper as if holding a hot potato.

He never expected that after killing a group of ruffians who wanted to harm an entire family, he would actually become involved with evil cultivators.

Then there was a very critical question: Was Deng Hu an evil cultivator?

Or was Deng Hu the successor of some evil cultivator?

Or perhaps a member of an evil organization?

Was he core, or a member of an outer organization?

If it were the latter, it would still be fine, but if it were the former, it would likely bring great trouble!

After carefully pondering for a while and observing the paper recording the evil art again, Xu Jin's heart gradually settled.

This paper recording the evil art was very ordinary, and it was printed, not hand-copied.

True secret manuals generally only have hand-copied versions or are even passed down by word of mouth.

Printing represents many things.

Deng Hu had not finished cultivating this evil art; if he had, he would have killed Xu Jin long ago.

Star Forging is the next realm after the Meal of Mist Seventh Layer perfection.

Synthesizing these factors, Xu Jin judged that Deng Hu was at most a member of the outer organization of the evil cultivators being tracked by Jin Shan Prefecture.

He might not even be outer organization.

Otherwise, how could this secret manual be printed?

However, he still had to be careful.

After thinking about it, Xu Jin stuffed the paper recording the "Blood Guide Star-Forging Art" into the stove and burned it.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Jin faced the first ray of morning glow and ran into his own courtyard.

Meal of Mist Style, rise!

Following that was the Five Battle Killing Fist.

After three rounds of the Five Battle Killing Fist, Xu Jin swallowed the last Blood-Replenishing Pill, then with a thought, he guided the starlight from the Arena Platform into his body.

There was still more than half a wisp of starlight guided onto the Arena Platform yesterday, and he guided another wisp this morning.

Being at home now, Xu Jin did not hold back at all.

He performed the Five Battle Killing Fist over and over again.

Numbness, itching, and pain—all kinds of sensations surged madly into his right arm.

Under the condition of continuously performing the Five Battle Killing Fist, the progress of his right arm's body tempering was soaring.

After performing the Five Battle Killing Fist sixteen times in a row, Xu Jin was finally able to consume more than half of the starlight on the Arena Platform.

The body tempering progress increased greatly.

The starlight had already rapidly covered the middle of his upper arm, not too far from the elbow tip.

The reason the starlight was not completely consumed was that Xu Jin deliberately left one-fifth of a wisp of starlight for emergencies!

The battle last night made Xu Jin understand that accidents can arrive at any time.

But when an accident arrives, it won't ask if you are ready or not.

Therefore, Xu Jin decided that from now on, he must leave a bit more starlight on the Arena Platform; at critical moments, this is a trump card for saving his life.

Moreover, during the cultivation process, Xu Jin had already made a new plan for his cultivation in the coming period.

Previously, Xu Jin's plan was to first save up ten wisps of starlight, then upgrade the Arena Platform to see what changes it had and what benefits it could bring.

But yesterday's battle revealed that what Xu Jin needed most urgently was the ability to save his life.

He had to break through to the Meal of Mist Second Layer in the shortest possible time.

At the very least, he had to finish tempering his right arm.

By then, whether it was Star Ray, Star Arrow, Star Shield, or Star Ring, they could all be unleashed through his right arm.

Encountering the same situation as yesterday again would be very easy.

It could even be called a crushing victory.

Yesterday, he could only use a shoulder bash to explode Star Ray to achieve the possibility of severely injuring or even killing the enemy; the requirement for grasping the timing was too high, and the limitations were also very great.

Break through to the Meal of Mist Second Layer in the shortest time, then save up ten wisps of starlight, collect upgrade materials, upgrade the Arena Platform to the second tier, and see what new changes it has.

This was the short-term goal Xu Jin set for himself.

Suddenly, a thunderous sound came from his belly.

He was hungry.

The super hungry kind.

Xu Jin wiped his sweat and was just about to find something to eat when he turned around and saw his father, Xu Dajiang, staring at him, his eyes full of light and his face full of smiles. "Morning, Dad."

"Finished practicing? Come quickly to eat breakfast; I've already made it."

Breakfast was millet porridge with pickles and grilled soft pancakes.

Xu Jin was truly hungry.

He drank two large bowls of millet porridge, finished off six large pancakes, and even polished off the peanuts left over from last night.

Seeing this, Xu Dajiang was full of joy.

"It's me who made too little, it's me who made too little! I'll make more in the future; as long as you can eat, Dad is happy."

While speaking, Xu Dajiang recalled, "In the past, I was afraid you wouldn't be able to eat. Once you couldn't eat, I was afraid you wouldn't survive..."

"Dad, it's already getting better."

Xu Jin knew in his heart that he had experienced a "giant hunger" reaction again.

Although he had taken a Blood-Replenishing Pill before cultivation today, the number of times he continuously performed the Five Battle Killing Fist today had reached an unprecedented sixteen times.

The number of times he cultivated in one go was about the same as what others cultivated in a day.

It was very normal to have a giant hunger reaction.

After the meal, Xu Jin calculated the silver in his hands.

Yesterday, he had paid back over twenty taels to relatives and neighbors, and the silver Deng Hu had returned was taken back, plus he had earned quite a bit.

He still had four hundred and seventeen taels of silver in his hands right now.

If he weren't cultivating, this would count as being slightly wealthy.

"Dad, regarding Jiang Er, shall we break the contract? If we really have to pay five hundred taels of silver, then we'll find a way to pay it. We can't let Jiang Er suffer..." Xu Jin thought that with his current silver, saving for four or five months would be enough to save five hundred taels.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xu Dajiang slammed the table, "Five hundred taels, our farming family wouldn't be able to save five hundred taels in a lifetime; how can we just pay it because we say so?" After saying this, Xu Dajiang's tone softened slightly, "That Good Person Zhao, Manor Master Zhao, has a pretty good reputation for treating hired workers. Besides, Jiang Er is grown up; even if she doesn't work there, she still has to find a job.

How can the children of our farming family be idle?"

"Then when Jiang Er comes back in a month, we'll ask about her situation and listen to her opinion before deciding, how about that?" Xu Jin said.

Actually, it was mainly because he didn't have enough money in his hands.

And his strength was also insufficient.

If Xu Jin had six or seven hundred taels of silver in his hands right now, he would ignore his father's opinion and go find that Manor Master Zhao to break the contract.

If his strength were strong enough, it would just be a matter of saying a word.

"Hmm, that's also fine."

While speaking, Xu Jin separated one hundred and seventeen taels of silver and gave it to Xu Dajiang, "Dad, you keep these; after paying the debts, spend the rest on yourself."

Xu Jin kept three hundred taels for himself.

Mainly because he still needed to cultivate.

Regarding Ning Yuchan, she required him to break through to the Meal of Mist Fifth Layer within two months, which still required the assistance of elixirs.

Otherwise, paying back ten times the debt in a year is a joke he can't afford.

Xu Dajiang only kept seven taels and pushed all the rest back to Xu Jin.

"What nonsense are you talking about, child? Once I pay off the debts, I'll be light and free; we have food and drink at home, and we'll only save silver, how can we spend silver?

You keep these for cultivation.

I know you guys spend silver on cultivation.

I'm still waiting for you to bring glory to our ancestors and hold a grandson for me." Xu Dajiang laughed.

The two of them pushed back and forth several times. Xu Jin, helpless, pushed ten taels of silver over, "Dad, you keep this silver, buy meat to eat, and nourish your body. I've entered the Middle Academy now, and my monthly stipend is ten taels of silver; it will only be more in the future.

You eat well; I want you to live a long life."

Hearing these words, Xu Dajiang's eyes suddenly turned red; he hurriedly turned his head, wiping while laughing, "My child has grown up, my child has grown up.

Good, I'll eat meat.

I have to live a long life to hold a grandson."

On the way from home back to the Dao Academy, Xu Jin felt that at this very moment, he could finally be considered to have completely integrated into this identity and completely integrated into this home!

Before entering the Juncheng, he happened to pass by the West City Wharf.

People were coming and going on the road to the wharf, and it looked like there was nothing unusual.

Xu Jin didn't run close to observe either; he just took a few more looks while passing by.

It didn't look like there was any major movement.

It seems the death of Deng Hu and his gang of ruffians hadn't been discovered yet.

The later it is discovered, the safer Xu Jin and his father will be.

But just as he was about to enter the West Gate of the Juncheng, Xu Jin's expression changed slightly.

The guards of the Juncheng had increased.

Not only had the number of Prefecture Guards guarding the gate doubled, but they had actually started checking identities, asking everyone where they came from and where they were going; if there was anything slightly wrong, they would be pulled aside for questioning.

Xu Jin's expression became solemn.

Could it be that the incident had been exposed?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 27 =====