Chapter 289

Amidst the changing starlight.

This time, after Xu Jin enabled the gold star's High-Tier Deduction, the starlight led Xu Jin's mind to sink continuously, as if sinking into a bottomless pit.

A few breaths later, Xu Jin realized that he had sunk into the earth.

Or rather, he had merged with the earth.

At this moment, he was the earth, and the earth was him.

High-Tier Deduction allowed him to merge his own body into the earth, experiencing everything, in order to gain insight into the roots of the Earth Source in heaven and earth, and to observe the root of the Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern.

It felt like an instant, and yet it felt like tens of thousands of years had passed.

The vicissitudes of life.

Immersed in this experience, branches grew slowly and naturally from Xu Jin's Seventh Tier low-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern, one after another, incredibly natural, as if they should have been that way.

All of this was Xu Jin's recent accumulation; everything was a natural result.

When Xu Jin encountered the first stumbling block, he woke up from this state of natural flow and water-forming-a-channel.

Xu Jin's Seventh Tier low-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern had also successfully deduced to the Seventh Tier mid-grade.

But regarding the vicissitudes of the earth, Xu Jin suddenly couldn't understand it anymore.

This state was very familiar to Xu Jin, who had already undergone High-Tier Deduction several times, and he was very clear about it.

Roughly speaking, it meant that this path Xu Jin was taking was blocked, or his accumulation was not enough, or his height was not enough, or he hadn't found the entrance yet, and he needed to change a direction to continue the deduction.

After all, there were thousands of Great Daos.

But this time, Xu Jin did not immediately change the direction of deduction; with a thought, he directly induced the Fifth Tier low-grade Earth Spirit Heart in his Middle Shang Xinggong.

This was an Earth Spirit Heart condensed from seven low-tier Earth-type Heaven and Earth Star Wills obtained from different star domains; to a certain extent, it was the manifestation of the Earth Source Heaven and Earth Star Will.

The moment Xu Jin induced it, the heaven and earth before his eyes changed instantly.

The original fuzzy and obscure deduction suddenly became clear.

It was like having more elements and more data during the research process that was about to be interrupted; at a glance, he saw through it.

Many things he couldn't understand suddenly became clear and transparent.

Xu Jin's Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern began to grow and condense again.

Main trunks and branches grew slowly and steadily.

Before long, the Seventh Tier high-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern was completed.

Xu Jin continued to deduce, and as he continued to deduce two more branches, before the Seventh Tier high-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern had completely broken through to the Eighth Tier, Xu Jin's mind suddenly collapsed out of the earth.

It was because the High-Tier Deduction time brought by the gold star had ended this time.

Xu Jin opened his eyes slowly, feeling a bit disappointed, feeling that he could still deduce and hadn't reached the end yet.

Then continue?

But use a gold star or a bright star?

Currently, excluding the one he had just consumed, Xu Jin still had one gold star and two bright stars in his hands.

If he used another gold star, it was possible to deduce to the Eighth Tier low-grade.

But in that case, the gold stars in Xu Jin's hands would be used up.

If there was any star pattern that must be deduced in the future, there would be no gold stars available, and using a bright star directly would be too wasteful.

It just so happened that this Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern had been deduced to the Seventh Tier high-grade, so he would use a bright star.

Xu Jin made a decision in an instant.

His heart sank into the bright star, enabling it.

In an instant, two rays of starlight appeared before Xu Jin.

【Each bright star can directly help you complete a small realm of a star pattern below the Ninth Tier, and then directly enter the High-Tier Deduction time. Do you want to complete it now?】

【Enter High-Tier Deduction Time】

Xu Jin had already used bright stars twice and knew how to maximize the benefits.

He chose to enter the High-Tier Deduction time on the spot.

Use this High-Tier Deduction time to continue deducing the Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern.

With the previous foundation, this time it was still familiar; Xu Jin induced the Earth Spirit Heart to assist as before.

At this time, Xu Jin already had a very obvious feeling that after the Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern was deduced to the Eighth Tier, the help to the deduction was no longer very great.

But it wasn't completely useless.

It just didn't have as much help as when deducing at the Seventh Tier.

Xu Jin concluded that the Heaven and Earth Star Will had the best auxiliary effect when deducing low-tier star patterns.

The higher the rank of the star pattern, the less the auxiliary effect.

Of course, this should be related to the quantity of Heaven and Earth Star Will Xu Jin obtained.

This deduction was extremely difficult.

With a little progress from before, plus one High-Tier Deduction time, and the assistance of the Earth Spirit Heart, before the High-Tier Deduction time ended, Xu Jin barely deduced the Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern to the Eighth Tier low-grade.

The moment it was deduced to the Eighth Tier low-grade, a burst of light flashed within the Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern.

The originally earthy yellow Earth Source power suddenly turned into an extremely viscous, dark golden power.

Driven by this dark golden power, the mountain rose from the ground like an airplane and then suddenly fell to the ground; a giant bird passed by, and its wings were suddenly as if two mountains were hung on them, falling directly to the ground, and then ground into meat paste by an invisible force.

Suddenly, Xu Jin had an epiphany in his heart.

This was the special power obtained by deducing the Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern to the Eighth Tier low-grade—Earth Magnetic Power.

It should be a high-tier form of Earth-type power.

Just the information obtained during the deduction process made Xu Jin very excited.

This power could be used for attack, defense, and control; it was extremely fierce.

It was worth it!

Just this one attribute alone made this bright star worth it.

Xu Jin named this power Earthly Meta-Magnetism.

However, the true value of the bright star had not yet been reflected.

When Xu Jin's consciousness was thrown out from the depths of the earth again, Xu Jin knew that this High-Tier Deduction had ended, and the starlight appeared again.

【About to complete a small realm of the current star pattern based on the current star pattern.】

The next moment, Xu Jin's heart was brought into the earth again.

But this time, what Xu Jin saw were countless gullies in the depths of the earth, and the entire earth seemed to be accelerated, beginning to flow.

It seemed that the earth was also like a meridian.

The power of the earth was everywhere, but it was also flowing endlessly.

The earth also had meridians.

As long as one found the meridians of the earth, one could draw almost endless power from the earth.

It was like drawing water from a river.

Suddenly, Xu Jin's heart was slowed down and magnified; Xu Jin, as if touching a heartbeat, suddenly realized the faint fluctuation of the Earth's Pulse.

Gradually, this faint fluctuation became more and more majestic and vivid.

Xu Jin became more and more familiar with this pulse of the earth.

As long as he stood on the earth, he could draw the power of the earth.

In his realization, Xu Jin's Eighth Tier low-grade star pattern began to grow one main trunk after another, one branch after another.

Before long, the Eighth Tier low-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern became Eighth Tier mid-grade.

When the Eighth Tier mid-grade star pattern formed a perfect closed loop, Xu Jin's heart fell again, returning to the Star Dome Secret Realm.

At the same time, Xu Jin also realized the power brought by the Eighth Tier mid-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern.

The power brought by the Eighth Tier mid-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern was not a more powerful Earth-type star power, but a state or blessing.

Xu Jin temporarily named it Earth's Pulse or Earth's Root.

As long as Xu Jin's feet stood on the earth, he could immediately feel and induce the Earth's Pulse, and then draw a large amount of star power. It seemed very strong.

But for the application scenario, Xu Jin only thought of one point for the time being: the Fish Screen Jin Zhong.

As long as his feet stood on the earth, Xu Jin could induce the Earth's Pulse and draw a large amount of Earth-type star power from the earth into the Fish Screen Jin Zhong, significantly enhancing the defensive ability of the Fish Screen Jin Zhong.

Other application scenarios still needed Xu Jin to discover, but just this point alone made Xu Jin feel it was very worth it.

Martial artists fighting, it's nothing more than two points—attack and defense.

Earth's Root could significantly enhance Xu Jin's defensive sustainability; just this point was enough.

Moreover, the Fish Screen Jin Zhong that Xu Jin had previously cast with the Sixth Tier high-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern could already withstand the attacks of Fifth Tier, Ninth Layer peak experts.

Then the Fish Screen Jin Zhong cast with the Eighth Tier mid-grade Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern would definitely have stronger defense; at the very least, it wouldn't be killed in one move by a Sixth Tier expert.

Plus Earth's Root.

This defense had increased by more than 40% or 50%.

Moreover, the effect of Earth's Root in boosting the defense of the Fish Screen Jin Zhong still needed Xu Jin to experience it himself.

Sure enough, the harvest of the bright star was still the greatest.

But currently, Xu Jin still had one bright star and one gold star in his hands.

However, since Xu Jin's cultivation broke through to the Fourth Tier Condense Star First Layer, he hadn't challenged the Star-Plucking Secret Realm yet; he could just challenge it in a moment.

As for the one-hour meditation time in the Star Dome Secret Realm, it had long since ended.

This made Xu Jin somewhat regretful.

One hour a month was still too little.

If it were like the Grand Master, having four hours a month would be much better.

"Star Spirit, how can I raise the level of the holder of the Star-Plucking Tower's authority? If you tell me, I'll give you a few more chapters, how about that?" While pondering, Xu Jin directly tempted the Star Spirit.

"I would like to."

The Star Spirit's voice sounded. "But I cannot say; this is an iron law set for me by the creator of the Zhai Xing Lou!"

"Iron law? What happens if you violate it?" Xu Jin asked.

"I don't know; I have never violated it. But my fear tells me that if I violate it, the punishment I face is not something I can bear; it might be being wiped out. Moreover, I feel that even if I wanted to say it, I couldn't say it out loud," the Star Spirit said.

Xu Jin was helpless, but he still threw out a jade tablet containing three chapters of Journey to the West, which counted as a benefit for the Star Spirit.

This guy had helped him after all.

But now it seemed that there were various rule restrictions on him...

According to Xu Jin's understanding, the Star Spirit was a bit like an intelligent AI, but with various rule restrictions.

This kind of rule restriction was not something the Star Spirit could break through.

Currently, he could only rely on himself to explore slowly.

Xu Jin did not immediately go to challenge the Star-Plucking Secret Realm but began to organize his previous gains.

According to the Grand Master, the Star Dome Secret Realm of the Star-Plucking Tower could isolate the Star Official Seal from returning to the main body; it was a place similar to a star domain, not in the same spatial dimension as the present world.

Under these circumstances, it was best to use it to organize the things obtained from the Baidou God Sect and the Blood God Sect.

What was obtained from the Baidou God Sect was the Star Official Seal, which Xu Jin had already finished refining.

But during the refining process, there was an unexpected discovery: Xu Jin found that there were three different aura imprints inside the Star Official Seal.

In other words, this Star Official Seal was actually jointly controlled by three different people.

The Star Official of the Fire Cloud star domain, Zhu Wenhai, had not completely refined and controlled this Star Official Seal.

According to the Grand Master, the rank of this Star Official Seal was as high as the Sixth Tier; it was a Sixth Tier star weapon.

But Star Official Zhu Wenhai was unable to completely refine it, meaning he was unable to exert the true power of this Sixth Tier Star Official Seal.

Now, however, Xu Jin had completely refined it.

He directly destroyed those three different aura imprints with violence and then left his own divine soul and star power imprints.

It was just that Xu Jin was somewhat curious: besides the already killed Star Official Zhu Wenhai, whose were the other imprints?

The high-level members of the Baidou God Sect?

And what made Xu Jin even more surprised was that after the Star Official Seal was refined, it returned to his Upper Shang Xinggong.

In other words, the fundamental power to drive this Star Official Seal was still divine soul power.

But currently, Xu Jin had only just finished refining it; the specific usage of this Star Official Seal still needed to be explored slowly.

Especially since it required injecting divine soul power, which consumed a lot, it wasn't something that could be explored casually.

Subsequently, Xu Jin took out all the spoils from the Blood God Child.

Xu Jin had fired three Sixth Tier high-grade emblems and three Fifth Tier high-grade emblems that had been nurtured, and used all his means, before he could kill the Blood God Child.

This Blood God Child was considered to have been killed by Xu Jin alone, so all the things in the Blood God Child's Xumi space belonged to Xu Jin.

What was placed most in the Blood God Child's Xumi space were Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Pills.

There were more than thirty of them.

But most of them were Fourth Tier.

There were thirty-one Fourth Tier Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Pills; counting the seven Xu Jin had shared previously, the number of Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Pills in Xu Jin's hands reached thirty-eight.

There were four Fifth Tier Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Pills and three Sixth Tier Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Pills.

These, however, were a bargain for Xu Jin.

After understanding the contraindications for taking Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Pills, they could be used to enhance Xu Jin's cultivation.

Apart from this, there were some jade tablets, pills, and emblems.

There were not many emblems, only three Fifth Tier high-grade ones.

Suddenly, Xu Jin saw four jade tablets that were faintly revealing a blood color.

Xu Jin randomly chose a blood-colored jade tablet, and his divine soul sank into it.

Bang!

It exploded!

This blood-colored jade tablet exploded directly.

This made Xu Jin startle; this was a jade tablet that the Blood God Child had reinforced with a unique seal.

What was recorded inside it?

Suddenly, Xu Jin's heart jumped violently!

The inheritance of the Blood God Sect?

Or various secret arts of the Blood God Sect?

Although Xu Jin didn't want to learn them, this didn't hinder Xu Jin's curiosity about them.

Thinking of this, Xu Jin became extremely cautious.

He mobilized his divine soul power and checked the remaining three blood-colored jade tablets in the gentlest way possible.

Very quickly, he made a discovery.

Among the three blood-colored jade tablets, two had seals applied to them.

If one didn't use the correct method and power to enter, they would explode instantly.

The Chen Guo National Dao Academy also had similar sealing methods.

So Xu Jin knew very well that if one didn't know, the possibility of breaking it directly was very small.

However, if he captured a high-level member of the Blood God Sect in the future, there might be a possibility of breaking it.

Only one blood-colored jade tablet had no seal applied; Xu Jin's heart sank into it easily and obtained the content.

It was a manual of cultivation insights regarding the secret arts of the Blood God Sect.

He didn't know if it was the cultivation insight manual written by the Blood God Child Fu Ying himself, or if he had obtained it from someone else, but since no seal was applied, it wasn't something too precious.

Originally, Xu Jin just held the attitude of taking a look and didn't care much.

After all, it was cultivation insights for the secret arts within the Blood God Sect; it was useless for him to look at.

The secret arts of the Blood God Sect had many restrictions on cultivation, and Xu Jin wouldn't consider them.

But when he read halfway, Xu Jin suddenly froze; one of the secret art cultivation insights recorded aroused Xu Jin's great interest.

"Cultivation Insights of the Blood God Continuation Great Law"

(End of chapter)