Chapter 31: Whispers in the Ear (Please follow and read, please vote for monthly tickets)

"Who?"

Xu Jin asked sharply, but there was no movement.

After confirming three times that it wasn't an auditory hallucination, Xu Jin went out and searched carefully.

No one.

Around this dormitory, there was no one present.

After thinking about it, Xu Jin returned to the room to get a parcel, and while checking, he quietly sprinkled lime powder under the door and window.

Ever since he killed Deng Hu and his gang that day, Xu Jin suddenly discovered that lime is a good thing.

A divine tool for reversing the situation at a critical moment.

So he bought a few more bags and kept them.

Now, as long as Xu Jin leaves the Dao Academy, he will carry a bag for backup.

"Ho, you're addicted to using lime. However, when facing enemies who haven't forged a star, lime is often useful; I used it back then too."

The whisper sounded in his ear again, directly making Xu Jin's hair stand on end; he jumped off the bed and rushed out the door.

Outside the door, there was no one.

On the roof, there was also no one.

"Xu Jin, what happened?" Qiao Ruonan from the next dormitory heard the movement here and also came out to see.

"Senior Sister Qiao, I just heard someone knocking on the door, so I came out to see." Xu Jin hurriedly said.

"Knocking sound?"

Qiao Ruonan, who came out wearing an outer garment, had a curvy figure, "How come I didn't hear any sound at all." After saying that, Qiao Ruonan returned to her room, bolted the door, and tightened the window.

Although it was a single room, as one of the few females in the Dao Academy, Qiao Ruonan was still very careful about safety.

Xu Jin carefully checked the lime he had just sprinkled; there were no footprints.

After looking a few more times, he returned to the room, feeling apprehensive.

Just as he sat down, the voice sounded in his ear again.

"If you want to find me, talk about it after cultivating for a hundred years!"

Xu Jin stood up instantly, but after pondering for a few breaths, he sat down slowly.

If he couldn't find them, going out again would be useless.

From the current look, this person knew he killed Deng Hu and his gang, and even knew the details of him using lime, but temporarily didn't have the intention to harm him.

If they did, the Prefecture Guards would have already come to the door by now.

"You're bragging."

Xu Jin couldn't think of how he was exposed that night; being anxious now wouldn't help, so he could only try to probe for information first.

"You can lower your voice; you only need to have a mouth shape, and I can understand. Otherwise, the girl next door will think you're a lunatic and be scared to death." The mysterious voice said.

"As for whether I'm bragging or not, you'll know later."

"Who are you?"

"It's useless for you to know."

Xu Jin was speechless, "Then what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? I saw you kill four people at once that day, and I just thought it was quite interesting."

Xu Jin's heart suddenly jumped.

This mysterious person knew too clearly; among the five, one was beaten to death by his father Xu Dajiang with a big stick.

How did this guy know so clearly?

Did he witness it?

"What exactly do you want to do?" Xu Jin said in a deep voice.

"Nothing, just feel that a kid who has only performed Star Pointing for ten days can cultivate the Five Battle Killing Fist to perfection and can instantly fire Star Rays; I feel your comprehension is not bad, and I have a heart of cherishing talent. I want to teach you a skill; will you learn it or not?" The mysterious person asked.

Teach a skill?

Xu Jin's mind raced.

Where would such a good thing come from, delivered to his door?

"Not learning!"

On the roof, the cyan-clad Qi Shanye was suddenly amused by Xu Jin's decisive refusal.

"You kid have quite a lot of confidence."

"Refusing me so decisively, aren't you afraid I'll spill the beans about this matter of yours?" The cyan-clad Qi Shanye said.

"Not afraid, I feel that Senior is not that kind of person!"

On the roof, Qi Shanye suddenly had a feeling of being manipulated. Was he that kind of person?

It seems he really isn't!

But he really couldn't be manipulated by this kid today.

In one day's time, having sneaked into the Dao Academy, he had already understood Xu Jin's situation clearly.

Seven or eight days to cultivate the Five Battle Killing Fist to perfection; this shows that his comprehension is monstrous to the extreme.

A person who is hardworking, brave, resourceful, patient, ruthless enough, and also loyal and righteous, although rare, is not hard to find.

At least Tian Zhang twenty years ago was.

But if you add the first point, it is very, very rare.

It is the only one Qi Shanye has seen in the last twenty years.

Even in the several major Star Palaces, there is no monstrous record of cultivating the Five Battle Killing Fist to perfection in seven or eight days.

So, can he be manipulated?

Definitely not!

"Coincidentally, I really am that kind of person."

"Since you're not afraid, then I'll go to the Tianhe Gang to collect the bounty right now. That Incense Master Deng has issued a bounty of one hundred taels of silver." Qi Shanye said.

"Senior, how about I give you this bounty?" Xu Jin deliberated and said.

On the roof, Qi Shanye almost laughed, "Do you think I lack that one hundred taels of silver of yours?"

"Then Senior, why do you want to report me to the Tianhe Gang?"

Qi Shanye, who was asked, was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed; sure enough, playing with words was never his strong suit.

"Just tell me whether you'll practice this skill of mine or not?"

"If I say I won't practice, what does Senior plan to do?" Xu Jin asked.

"Oh, if you don't practice, then I estimate that in half an hour, your father will be caught by the Tianhe Gang, and by dawn, your sister Xu Jiang will also be tied to the Tianhe Gang." Qi Shanye said.

Xu Jin: "..."

Xu Jin's teeth itched with hatred, but he couldn't flare up.

"I feel that Senior shouldn't do this; Senior should be a good person with a bottom line and a conscience?"

"A good person?"

"You talk to me, a dying person, about a bottom line? Talk about conscience?" On the roof, Qi Shanye curled his lips; saying this was really a bit against his conscience, but there was no way, for the sake of the goal, right?

That group of guys chased and killed him for thousands of miles to grab the thing, but he couldn't give it away.

Qi Shanye had a feeling of being driven crazy.

Inside the room, Xu Jin bickered for a long time and finally gained something.

This mysterious person should have had a bit of a bottom line in his actions before, but as he said, a dying person—how can you talk about a bottom line, how can you talk about conscience?

So, he couldn't be provoked.

He had to deal with it first.

"Are you going to learn or not? If not, I'm going to the Tianhe Gang." This sentence made Xu Jin grit his back teeth; this was truly grabbing his death point.

"I'll learn!"

"Good!" On the roof, Qi Shanye had an urge to laugh out loud.

Finally coaxed one into his hands.

Of course, it wasn't that the inheritance Qi Shanye wanted to teach really had no one to learn, but the things Qi Shanye wanted to teach not only had high requirements for comprehension, but Qi Shanye himself was also very picky about other aspects.

Resulting in it being hard to find a suitable one, and the person didn't want to learn.

Those who were willing to learn, Qi Shanye didn't look up to.

"Kid, you agreed so readily; do you know what I'm teaching you to learn?" Qi Shanye asked.

"Is there a difference?" Xu Jin spread his hands, "Anyway, I have no choice."

Qi Shanye thought so too, but some things still had to be made clear.

"Then let me ask you a question: since you started cultivating, what do you feel you lack the most?" Qi Shanye asked.

"What I lack the most?"

"What I lack the most is silver."

Qi Shanye: "..."

"Besides silver." Qi Shanye could only pinch his nose and ask again; if this were twenty years ago when he was teaching an apprentice, he would have slapped him on the head long ago.

"Elixirs, I guess."

Qi Shanye: "..."

Isn't this still lacking silver?

Inside the room, Xu Jin looked normal; he was answering completely from his heart.

"Think again, what else do you lack?"

"Still lack time? If I had a few more days to cultivate, killing that day wouldn't have been so miserable."

Qi Shanye: "..."

"Besides these?"

"Then it would be Star Power."

Asked to this point, Qi Shanye finally couldn't bear it; he wanted to be a famous teacher who guides step by step, but this bastard in front of him didn't give him a chance at all.

"Don't you lack the power of the spirit and soul?"

"I lack it, everyone lacks it; besides sleeping, it's not easy to restore." Xu Jin said.

On the roof, Qi Shanye was speechless.

You lack it, why didn't you answer just now?

"Have you ever heard of a method that can strengthen the power of the spirit and soul?"

"No!"

Qi Shanye: "..."

He simply stopped inducing.

This couldn't be guided step by step anymore.

"I have a Star pattern, named the Clarifying Soul Star pattern. After practicing it, you can clarify and refine the spirit and soul daily, improve the upper limit of the power of the spirit and soul, and even improve the recovery speed of the power of the spirit and soul. It is a sharp tool for cultivation, and even more a sharp tool for unleashing Star arts."

"After Star Forging, you can unleash twelve percent of the power of a ten-percent Star art."

"Are you willing to learn?" Qi Shanye asked.

"Willing to learn."

On the roof, Qi Shanye, who observed Xu Jin's wooden expression through his powerful spirit and soul power, was a bit frantic.

Looking at this expression, he didn't believe what he said at all.

Not believing even a single bit.

"Forget it, whatever, it's an abnormal apprenticeship anyway; teach it first, and as long as he practices it successfully, he's on my pirate ship." Qi Shanye thought to himself and immediately instructed Xu Jin.

"This Clarifying Soul Star pattern is at your Upper Shang Xinggong; it is located at a vital point and is extremely special. I cannot imprint it for you directly. In a moment, my spirit and soul power will be sent into your body to outline the Star pattern for you. You circulate the Drink Radiance Style, guide Star Power, and just visualize your forehead Upper Shang Xinggong." Qi Shanye said.

"Okay."

Playing with imprinting on his head, Xu Jin naturally wanted to refuse, but his vital point was manipulated, and he couldn't refuse.

The next instant, Xu Jin's eyes widened; the door opened, there was a breeze, and Xu Jin felt someone enter, but he just couldn't see anyone.

Subsequently, Xu Jin shuddered violently because a big hand covered his forehead—the kind with temperature.

Fortunately, it had temperature; otherwise, Xu Jin would have thought it was a ghost.

Xu Jin instinctively wanted to resist, but this big hand just exerted a bit of strength, making Xu Jin unable to move.

"Do you want to become an idiot?"

"When imprinting a Star pattern at the Upper Shang Xinggong, it is extremely dangerous. You don't resist; just circulate the Drink Radiance Style, visualize your forehead to guide Star Power, and then memorize the Star pattern." Qi Shanye said.

Xu Jin really wanted to curse.

Just the scene in front of him, which was like a horror movie—hearing the voice but not seeing the person.

Feeling the hand but not seeing the person.

Can he relax? That would be a ghost!

"How about you show your face? This situation makes me a bit nervous." Xu Jin said in a low voice.

Qi Shanye was stunned; that was true. He immediately revealed his cyan-clad figure.

This directly stunned Xu Jin; this was a great transformation of a living person, playing magic?

"How did you do this?"

"Learn this Star pattern, then learn a few more, and you might be able to do it too." Qi Shanye said.

"Calm your heart, guard your spirit, guide Star Power."

Immediately, regardless of whether Xu Jin was willing or not, he could only start learning.

But after learning for only half an hour, Xu Jin shouted, "Can't do it, can't do it, my head is starting to ache, my spirit and soul power is consumed excessively."

"Hmm?"

Qi Shanye was stunned; this was possible, after all, this kid had been cultivating all along.

"Then let's stop here for today."

In just an instant, the cyan-clad figure disappeared.

Xu Jin, however, had been thinking about one question: this guy who looked very terrifying, forcibly teaching him this so-called Clarifying Soul Star pattern—what exactly is he trying to do?

What is he plotting?

After thinking for a long time, Xu Jin thought of many possibilities, but couldn't be sure.

He could only collect his mind, sink his mind into the Star Lamp on the Arena Platform again, and start imprinting the Small Gather Star pattern in the Star Lamp.

Just now, Xu Jin saying his head ached was a lie to this cyan-clad person.

And at the same time, inside the Jin Shan Dao Academy, Supervisor Tian Zhang, who was cultivating in the quiet room, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the window outside, and held onto the hilt of his sword.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 32 =====