Chapter 311: Tier 6 Star Art

【Qi Qi Tian Sheng: Detected that you already have a Divine Soul imprint in the Practice Arena Secret Realm. You have the following choices: One: Treat the previous Star-Plucking Token as damaged; the Star-Plucking Token you currently hold will inherit all information from the previous one, including Dao Merits, Starlight, clearance records, and the Copper Stars, Silver Stars, Gold Stars, and Brilliant Stars obtained from challenging the Star-Plucking Secret Realm, as well as the holder's authority.】

【But after inheritance, the Dao Merits, Starlight, Copper Stars, Silver Stars, Gold Stars, and Brilliant Stars will be reduced by half; everything else will be fully inherited.】

【Two: Treat the previous Star-Plucking Token as completely destroyed and start over with this new Star-Plucking Token.】

When Xu Jin tried to re-enter the Practice Arena of the Star-Plucking Token, these two information prompts appeared, making Xu Jin's liver tremble just looking at them.

The two methods given were too brutal.

The second one starts from zero.

The first one is a 50% deduction; at first glance, it is acceptable.

But while a 50% deduction of Starlight and Dao Merits is acceptable—after all, these things can eventually be earned back—

having the Gold Stars and Brilliant Stars cut in half is inhuman.

These things have a fixed count.

A single Gold Star is worth a fortune, and a Brilliant Star is an even more priceless treasure.

If there were no other choices, Xu Jin would rather hold onto it for now and then risk using the original Star-Plucking Token to challenge for Gold Stars and Brilliant Stars when the time comes.

This loss is too great for Xu Jin to accept.

If one thinks carefully, the risk is actually not that great.

After a month or a month and a half, everyone will already know of Xu Jin's death; who would have nothing better to do than send star-light messages to Xu Jin?

However, Xu Jin is not stubborn; this matter should be asked of the Star Spirit.

Asking a few more questions won't kill anyone.

It just so happens that Xu Jin also plans to go to the branch of the Star-Plucking Tower in Xingyang Battle City to see if there is any difference from the Star-Plucking Tower in the current world.

Now, Xu Jin already knows the limitations of the Star Spirit.

Except for special permissions, at other times, one must be inside the Star-Plucking Tower to make contact, and it must be an active contact; the Star Spirit cannot actively contact anyone.

In the Star River Battlefield, except for a few newly built battle cities, most battle cities have built branches of the Star-Plucking Tower.

They are generally county-level Star-Plucking branches.

County-level Star-Plucking branches only have seven floors at most and only have some basic functions.

The Star-Plucking branch in Xingyang Battle City only has six floors, likely due to construction costs.

By now, Xu Jin is no longer a stranger to the structure of the Star-Plucking Tower.

For example, the first floor is the entrance, equivalent to a reception hall; the second floor is for transmission; floors three and above are functional areas; but the top floor is inevitably the Star Dome Secret Realm.

Since the Xingyang Battle City branch only has six floors, only floors three, four, and five are functional areas.

"Cultivating? A Tier 3 Star Power Secret Realm costs ten wisps of Starlight per hour, or ten battle merit points. A Tier 4 Star Power Secret Realm costs one hundred wisps of Starlight per hour, or one hundred battle merit points."

When Xu Jin arrived at the Star-Plucking branch, a guard immediately asked Xu Jin.

This price made Xu Jin slightly startled.

It's quite high.

In the Dao Academy, a Tier 3 Star Power Secret Realm only costs three wisps of Starlight per hour, and a Tier 4 Star Power Secret Realm only costs forty wisps of Starlight, plus there is free time every month.

He used to think it was high, but compared to the Star River Battlefield, it was purely a welfare price.

No, it should be a subsidized price; it doesn't even cover the cost.

Of course, battle merits can also be used for cultivation, which is a very good measure.

Striving to kill enemies to obtain battle merits is also a way to acquire cultivation resources.

Xu Jin thanked him and stepped directly into the Star-Plucking Tower hall. With a slight movement of his consciousness, he began to contact the Star Spirit.

"Eh, how did you get here?" The Star Spirit's tone was very surprised, which made Xu Jin instantly startled.

Because he was using the Star-Plucking Token of the Qi Qi Tian Sheng identity to enter here, and his appearance had changed, yet the Star Spirit called him out instantly.

"How many chapters have you read?" Xu Jin asked pointlessly.

"Seventeenth chapter already. It seems you have new chapters; hurry, give them to me quickly."

Hearing the Star Spirit's answer, Xu Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

There should only be one Star Spirit; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to answer his question.

"I'll give them to you in a moment. First, answer a few questions and help me solve them. How did you know my identity? I changed to a new Star-Plucking Token this time?" Xu Jin asked.

"Changing the Star-Plucking Token doesn't change the Divine Soul imprint! Everyone only has one Divine Soul imprint in the Star-Plucking Tower; it only recognizes the Divine Soul imprint, not the person!" the Star Spirit said.

"Do other authority holders, such as Silver-level authority holders, have such an ability?" Xu Jin asked.

This is also what he is most worried about right now.

If so, he will have to be extra careful in the future.

"This is my unique ability; no one else has it." The Star Spirit's answer made Xu Jin breathe a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, Xu Jin described the dilemma he was currently facing to the Star Spirit. "That is the problem. I have changed my identity to go out for training, but my identity needs to be kept secret. Do you have a way to solve it? I can accept losing some Dao Merits and Starlight."

"But having the Silver Stars, Gold Stars, and Brilliant Stars cut in half is too heavy a loss."

The Star Spirit sighed. "I say, do you have some misunderstanding about the authority of an authority holder?"

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't you use the shielding function before? You shielded your ranking in the Chen Guo Killing God Battlefield, so you can similarly shield your friends now."

"This is just the basic permission of a Copper-level authority holder," the Star Spirit said.

Xu Jin was stunned and unexpectedly delighted. Such a difficult problem was solved so easily by the Star Spirit. "Then if I shield my friends, what prompt will they get if they send me star-light messages?"

"Naturally, the sending will fail! As for the reason, they can guess for themselves. Anyway, there are many reasons that can cause star-light messages to fail, such as not being within the coverage of the Star-Plucking Tower, going to an alien star domain, putting the Star-Plucking Token into a Sumeru space, or death," the Star Spirit said casually.

Xu Jin was overjoyed.

In that case, he could use that Star-Plucking Token again.

He just needed to shield the people who needed to be shielded.

To be safe, he would shield his friends and then throw it into his Sumeru space, taking it out only when needed, such as when using Gold Stars.

"Then how to solve the problem of the Practice Arena? My new Star-Plucking Token cannot enter the Practice Arena yet?" Xu Jin asked.

"Two methods: one is to correct your Star Name after shielding your friends and then continue to challenge with the previous Star-Plucking Token, or bear the loss and inherit the information of that Star-Plucking Token onto this one."

"But you also said just now that the loss is too great," the Star Spirit said.

This method could solve it, but changing the Star Name reminded Xu Jin of the terrifying cost he discovered when he first got the Star-Plucking Token.

Ten thousand wisps of Starlight.

"Star Spirit, do I, as a Copper-level authority holder, have a chance to change my Star Name for free?" Xu Jin asked.

Ten thousand wisps of Starlight is a huge sum; he should save where he can.

"No."

The Star Spirit's answer was very firm.

"What about higher-level holders, such as Silver-level, Gold-level, or Brilliant-level?"

This was Xu Jin's question and also one of his side probes.

In the Star-Plucking Secret Realm, the stars obtained are divided into Copper Stars, Silver Stars, Gold Stars, and Brilliant Stars.

Now that Xu Jin has obtained Copper-level authority, and the Grand Master is Silver-level, are there Gold-level and Brilliant-level above that?

"Brilliant-level authority holders have thousands of incarnations and should be able to change them at will," the Star Spirit said.

Xu Jin was delighted to hear this.

Sure enough, some information cannot be obtained by direct questioning, but side questioning can yield certain information. The creator of the Star-Plucking Tower set various rules for the Star Spirit; since they are rules, there are loopholes, depending on whether anyone can discover them.

This counts as a very small loophole Xu Jin discovered!

Previously, Xu Jin was thinking about another loophole.

If changing a Star-Plucking Token could completely change one's identity, could Xu Jin infinitely farm Gold Stars and Brilliant Stars!

Now it seems this is absolutely impossible.

"Then in this world, are there Brilliant-level authority holders?" Xu Jin asked again.

"No comment."

This time, the Star Spirit's answer did not reveal any useful information.

"Five chapters, read slowly."

Xu Jin threw out a jade tablet, which contained five chapters of *Journey to the West* that Xu Jin had recorded long ago.

Or rather, a magically modified version of *Journey to the West*.

Xu Jin had only read it and hadn't memorized it, so he could only remember the general idea; he had to magically modify and improvise much of the middle part.

After returning to the rented courtyard, Xu Jin made a simple plan.

First, naturally, is the morning and evening cultivation, as well as one Three-Essence Long Gui Soul-Forging Pill every morning and evening.

Second is the cultivation of Star Arts. Kou Jing gave Xu Jin the Tier 5 Star Art "Fierce Light" and the Tier 6 Fire-type Star Art "Great Sun," which he hadn't learned before; he must learn them during this period.

Once these two Star Arts are learned, the power of Xu Jin's Fire-type Star Arts will rise significantly, and his combat power will also soar.

After all, what he is using is only a Tier 4 Star Art.

At the same time, Xu Jin himself will be able to produce Tier 5 mid-grade or even Tier 5 high-grade emblems.

Third is changing the Star Name on the Star-Plucking Token. After the change is successful, Xu Jin can enter the Tier 4 Practice Arena for actual combat drills.

In Xu Jin's growth process, the Practice Arena has made an indelible contribution.

All kinds of combat styles and low-probability events have been experienced in the Practice Arena.

Having experienced them, when truly encountered in actual combat, they will not bring fatal consequences.

Fourth, Xu Jin plans to inscribe a portion of Tier 4 emblems and a small amount of Tier 5 emblems every day.

Changing the Star Name requires ten thousand wisps of Starlight. Future survival on the Star River Battlefield, including future participation in the Thousand-Year Long Gui Shell and Red Sparrow Feather auctions, will require massive amounts of Starlight; this is what is needed for the Arena ascent.

Don't wait until you see the items and have no money to bid; that would be the biggest regret.

And on the Star River Battlefield, emblems are also hard currency.

And the extremely sought-after kind.

Especially the Star Healing Emblem.

For the generals or soldiers here, or even rogue cultivators, having an emblem is equivalent to having an extra life.

Holding emblems in hand is equivalent to holding a large amount of cash.

Fifth, find an opportunity to find a way to alleviate the side effects of the Ten Thousand Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan. He has over thirty Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Pills in his hand; the Grand Master's suggestion is one per month, and the side effects will be negligible.

But if possible, Xu Jin wants to be faster.

So he wants to find an opportunity.

After making the plan, Xu Jin began his first cultivation.

The Tier 5 Star Gathering Array is composed of six array plates. Each array plate needs to be embedded with a Tier 5 Star Jade Tablet to start, and then the star power of the Tier 5 Star Jade Tablet will be continuously converted into high-concentration star power for the user to cultivate.

One set can last for five hours.

Every five hours, it consumes six Tier 5 Star Jade Tablets.

Feeling the thick star power around him, Xu Jin sat cross-legged in the Tier 5 Star Gathering Array. The three stars in his Middle Shang Xinggong rotated simultaneously, and in an instant, three small star power whirlpools condensed. Star power began to swarm into Xu Jin's third star, beginning to expand the Shang Xinggong and strengthen the Star Core!

An hour later, Xu Jin slowly opened his eyes.

After cultivating for an hour, his Divine Soul power was somewhat consumed, but for Xu Jin's current Divine Soul cultivation, this consumption was nothing.

The cultivation effect of the Tier 5 Star Gathering Array was immediate.

Cultivating in the Tier 5 Star Gathering Array for one hour is equivalent to eating two Tier 3 high-grade Refine Star Pills.

If this continues, two hours morning and night, then within a month, Xu Jin could push his Middle Shang Xinggong cultivation to Tier 4, Condense Star Third Layer.

It's fast, but Xu Jin still thinks it's slow.

Very quickly, Xu Jin set his cultivation time to six hours.

Cultivate at least six hours a day.

After a few days, when the first batch of Three-Essence high-grade Refine Star Pills comes out, eating one Three-Essence high-grade Refine Star Pill every day will be equivalent to cultivating for another two or three hours.

The rest of the time will be used to practice Star Arts in the Star Lamp and deduce star patterns.

As for sleep time, it was compressed by Xu Jin to within one and a half hours.

The efficient sleep of one and a half hours under Wen Meng's guidance not only allows Xu Jin to quickly recover his Divine Soul power but also slowly relieves fatigue, leaving him full of spirit.

For several days in a row, Xu Jin was grinding the latest Star Arts.

Especially the main star pattern "Fierce Light" for the Tier 5 Star Art "Fierce Light," and the main star pattern "Great Sun" for the Tier 6 Star Art "Great Sun."

The star patterns of these Tier 5 and Tier 6 Star Arts are extremely complex; even Xu Jin had to grind in the Star Lamp for forty or fifty thousand times to thoroughly master them.

Although this number is terrifying.

Take the "Great Sun" Star Art as an example; with Xu Jin's current total star power, he would bottom out after blasting it four or five times.

Ordinary cultivators who want to master "Great Sun" can only rely on hard practice. Even if they practice without stopping, recovering star power all day, practicing ten to fifteen times a day is the limit.

To thoroughly master it, it takes at least ten thousand times.

Theoretically, an ordinary cultivator needs two or three years just to learn one Tier 6 Star Art.

Of course, this is calculated based on Xu Jin's current star power level; if it were a Tier 5 or Tier 6 powerhouse, their star power would be more vigorous, and the time required would be less.

However, although he had mastered it, Xu Jin was in no hurry to inscribe it.

Xu Jin was thinking, since he had mastered both—one Tier 5, one Tier 6—could he skip the Tier 5 and inscribe the Tier 6 Star Art directly?

Xu Jin even thought about deducing it, but unfortunately, the Star Lamp only has four positions; even for a Tier 5 Star Art, it takes at least five Star Lamps to deduce.

Currently, there is no way to deduce it.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Jin is so eager to raise the Arena to Tier 5.

After thinking about it, Xu Jin inscribed the Tier 6 Star Art "Great Sun" onto the third star of his Middle Shang Xinggong as his current powerful killing move!

The Tier 5 Star Art "Fierce Light" has no position for now.

On November 29th, after continuously consuming nine Three-Essence Long Gui Soul-Forging Pills, plus the cumulative effect of the 20 Clear Soul Star Patterns, the tenth Divine Soul star appeared in Xu Jin's Upper Shang Xinggong.

His Divine Soul cultivation reached Tier 4, Condense Star Ninth Layer.

His Divine Soul cultivation became even more vigorous!

Breaking through to the peak of Tier 4, Ninth Layer is just around the corner!

On December 3rd, while Xu Jin was cultivating in the Tier 5 Star Gathering Array, he suddenly received a star-light message from Zhong Wei.

Ning Yuchan has returned from the expedition!

Seriously injured!

She was carried back!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 312 =====