Chapter 316: Borrow Your Head for Use

Xu Jin is now considered an expert in playing invisible, suddenly discovering another one, and one who came to spy on him, couldn't help but be a bit curious.

Cultivation is not high, Tier 4, Ninth Layer peak.

Xu Jin urged the two Mingji Star Patterns in the Lower Shang Xinggong, and after a few breaths, he locked onto the position of this "Li Gui" roughly.

Wandering outside his own courtyard.

Seems to be spying.

Who could it be?

Xu Jin's first reaction is, could it be that Emperor Qian'an's spy has come to the door?

At this time, the one who most wants to find Xu Jin's whereabouts must be that muddled monarch.

It was out of this consideration that Xu Jin didn't make a move.

A dozen breaths later, Xu Jin discovered that this "Li Gui" tried several times, and after confirming that there was no one in the courtyard, sneaked into Xu Jin's courtyard silently, actually without triggering the alert array Xu Jin bought.

This made Xu Jin surprised.

This low-level alert array is actually useless.

A few breaths later, this "Li Gui" left Xu Jin's courtyard, and Xu Jin followed silently.

Apparently, this Li Gui didn't discover Xu Jin.

The invisibility produced by the Lingji Shang Xinggong is still very strong.

Ten miles after leaving Xu Jin's courtyard, this "Li Gui" revealed his figure, a short cultivator.

Xu Jin followed all the way, and half a quarter of an hour later, came to a large courtyard with big characters at the door: Seven Kill Hall.

Seeing these characters, Xu Jin immediately thought of Zheng Guan, who claimed to be from the Seven Kill Hall and was competing with Hou Yunzhang to buy Tier 2 Star Healing this afternoon.

Could it be that this guy sent someone to probe Xu Jin's bottom?

Xu Jin urged the Mingji Star Pattern to sense from afar and found that the strongest in this Seven Kill Hall were two Tier 5, Ninth Layer information, and no Tier 6 or above.

But there were forty or fifty auras in total, mainly Tier 4.

Without Tier 6, basically no possibility of discovering Xu Jin.

Xu Jin boldly sneaked in, followed this "Li Gui" until this Li Gui entered one of the rooms.

"Eh, Old Ma is back, how is it?"

"Hall Master, touched it almost."

"How to say?"

"Hall Master, there is no one in the room, just let me touch it clearly! The food and things this kid eats are extremely simple. Except for the bedding he brought himself, other things are ordinary goods."

"Even the bedding is ordinary goods."

"There is a set of tea sets, the market price will not exceed twenty taels."

"In the entire courtyard, except for this kid's aura, there were two other auras, one Tier 5 and one Tier 4, no one else's aura at all."

"I feel, it doesn't look like there is any identity or background." Old Ma replied.

"Are you sure?"

"Hall Master, don't you believe my eyes? Generally speaking, family children or even royal children must be very particular about eating and using. The things this kid uses don't touch the edge of particularity at all."

"And the possible Tier 6 guards you mentioned."

"I didn't find it!"

"Normally, if there are secret guards, then there must be traces of this expert in his courtyard."

"But there is nothing." Old Ma said.

Hearing this, Zheng Guan laughed. "It seems that this kid might be the son of some rich man. Being able to take out life-saving Tier 2 Star Healing at will, then he must have life-saving Tier 5 emblems on him, and more than one."

"Wealth is also not small."

"Old Ma, you go and watch."

"As long as this kid leaves Xingyang Battle City, notify me immediately!"

"There will be no shortage of your benefits." Zheng Guan said.

After listening to these, Xu Jin left silently.

Originally, Xu Jin wanted to destroy this guy directly.

But couldn't destroy it silently.

After killing Zheng Guan, although Xu Jin could walk away silently, it would inevitably cause a stir, and even the attention of the Xingyang Battle City officials.

Xu Jin is now so low-key that he doesn't even dare to recognize Ning Yuchan.

Naturally, it is impossible to increase the risk of exposing himself for such a guy.

Since that's the case, wait for them to come to the door.

Returning to the courtyard, Xu Jin checked it and found that there were no tricks, so he continued to cultivate intently.

Yangdu Battle City, in the mansion of Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce.

The Right Sima of the Uncle Xuan Hu Army, Zhao Weizhen, walked quickly to the backyard and bowed to Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce, who was in brocade robes. "Marquis, are you looking for me?"

Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce turned around, looked at Zhao Weizhen who came bowing, and beckoned. "Come closer!"

Zhao Weizhen followed suit.

The next instant, Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce stretched out his hand, and a big slap slapped Zhao Weizhen's face.

Slap

In an instant, Zhao Weizhen's face swelled up, and fresh blood spilled from the corner of his mouth!

"Do you know you were wrong?" Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce demanded.

Zhao Weizhen scrambled to his feet, not daring to wipe the blood from his mouth, and hurriedly pleaded guilty, "Marquis, it was this subordinate who underestimated the enemy, planned incorrectly, and lacked sufficient focus, leading to the total annihilation of the elite force sent to the Fire Cycle Yunxing Domain..."

Slap!

Before Zhao Weizhen could finish speaking, he was knocked to the ground again by a slap from Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce.

"Can the total annihilation of the Fire Cycle Yunxing Domain force be blamed on you? That was my decision, and it is fortunate that not many people were sent; the more that were sent, the greater the losses would have been.

Even the elites sent in from that side were completely wiped out.

This matter is not your fault!

Keep thinking, where exactly did you go wrong!" Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce said slowly.

Zhao Weizhen kept his head lowered, both cheeks swollen high, but for a moment, he could not figure out where he had slipped up to provoke the Marquis's thunderous rage.

"You are usually such a smart person; how could you be so muddled about this matter?" Chai Ce continued slowly.

The next instant, Zhao Weizhen knelt directly on both knees, "I beg the Marquis to enlighten me; this subordinate will definitely change!"

Seeing this, Chai Ce's expression turned cold abruptly, "I heard that you blocked the mid-tier Star Healing emblems destined for the Fifth Guard?"

Zhao Weizhen's expression changed, and he understood instantly. He hurriedly said, "Marquis, it wasn't exactly blocking; during this Nine-Star Tide, mid-tier Star Healing emblems are indeed in short supply, and every unit is demanding them, so..."

Bang!

Chai Ce stepped out and kicked Zhao Weizhen directly in the chest, the sound of ribs cracking ringing out. As Zhao Weizhen landed, blood gushed from his mouth, but he still crawled up and said, "This subordinate knows I was wrong; I will go and urgently allocate them now!"

"Do you really know you were wrong?" Chai Ce asked coldly.

"I really know I was wrong."

"Weizhen, I know your idea to deal with Ning Yuchan! You are my trusted aide, so naturally, I give you that much authority.

However, Ning Yuchan is also my subordinate general.

You can deal with her, but you must do so within the rules!

If you damage my foundation in order to deal with her, then I will be the first to skin you alive!

Do you understand?" Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce said.

"This subordinate understands."

"Do you know what my foundation is?" "Reporting to the Marquis, it is the Profound Tiger Army!"

"Good that you know!"

Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce nodded, "Your previous approach was quite correct! When the army goes to war, how can there be no deaths?

If Ning Yuchan had died in battle in the Star River passage or some star domain, that would be perfectly normal.

Not to mention other places, even in my Profound Tiger Army, a fifth-tier general dies in battle every two or three days on average.

Others can die in battle, so why can't she, Ning Yuchan?

But!"

Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce's expression became exceptionally sharp, "Escaping the battlefield alive only to die of illness or injury in the camp because of a lack of a mid-tier Star Healing emblem—that is not normal!

In doing so, you are damaging the foundation of my Profound Tiger Army!

You are damaging my military morale!

If there is another such incident, I might just have to borrow your head to stabilize military morale!

Do you understand?"

"This subordinate understands!"

"If you understand, then get out! Arrange this matter for me properly. You must let all the soldiers know that whoever returns alive, no matter who they are, I will spare no cost to save them!

Instead of letting them die without treatment!" the Marquis shouted.

"This subordinate will handle it immediately!"

Zhao Weizhen bowed and retreated. Not long after, the commander of the Fifth Guard, who had been waiting in the command camp for over an hour, successfully obtained two mid-tier Star Healing emblems.

It was said that after Marquis Yangdu learned of Deputy Commander Ning's condition, he attached extreme importance to it, personally stepped forward to purchase them at a high price from the Great Chen war zone, and even sent a water-element Star Power physician skilled in treatment and recovery to accompany the commander, Zhang Fang, to Xingyang War City!

Half a day later, after the commander Zhang Fang returned to the Fifth Guard camp, this news spread throughout the entire main camp as if it had grown wings.

Upon learning that Ning Yuchan had already improved, he immediately bestowed all the mid-tier Star Healing emblems used to treat her upon Ning Yuchan.

And it was rumored, "Anyone, regardless of officer or soldier, as long as they have a breath left, I, Chai Ce, will save them even if I have to smash the pots and sell the iron!"

As the news spread, not only in the Fifth Guard but throughout the entire Profound Tiger Army, morale soared, and the military heart was ready for use!

On December 6th, under the influence of Xu Jin's Wen Meng, Zhong Wei, a friend of Xu Jin's, sent a package to Ning Yuchan.

Inside were two fifth-tier mid-grade emblems and a bottle of elixirs.

There was also a letter.

The date on the letter was before the Nine-Star Tide.

In other words, this was a package Xu Jin had mailed to Ning Yuchan before he died.

That bottle of elixirs contained ten Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Pills, all of them three-essence grade.

They were mainly used to improve Ning Yuchan's divine soul cultivation.

After more than two months of not seeing her, Ning Yuchan's divine soul cultivation had broken through from third-tier Refine Star, fourth layer, to Refine Star, fifth layer.

This speed was actually quite fast.

But in Xu Jin's view, it was still not enough.

Ning Yuchan suffering a severe divine soul injury this time was also due to her divine soul cultivation not being high enough.

If her divine soul cultivation were stronger, she wouldn't have suffered such a severe injury.

Ten three-essence Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Pills were enough for Ning Yuchan to break through her divine soul cultivation to third-tier Refine Star, ninth layer, or even the peak.

By then, Xu Jin would find another opportunity to help Ning Yuchan's divine soul cultivation break through to the fourth tier.

Inside the military camp, Ning Yuchan received Xu Jin's package and wept bitterly for a time.

After weeping, she still firmly believed that Xu Jin was not dead!

On December 11th, Xu Jin had been on the Star River battlefield for 21 days, and it had been exactly one month since he last took a Myriad Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan.

At this very moment, Xu Jin's middle star palace was at the peak of fourth-tier, second layer, and his lower star palace was at the late stage of fourth-tier, second layer.

Activating the warning array that was as good as nothing, Xu Jin took out a Myriad Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan and swallowed it.

In an instant, the vast star power dissolved within his body. The three stars in Xu Jin's middle star palace began to rotate at high speed, guiding the massive amount of star power to begin opening the star palace. Before long, the prototype of a fourth star appeared.

Not long after, the fourth star core, underpinned by the Great Gather Star pattern, condensed and appeared.

Xu Jin's cultivation broke through to fourth-tier, third layer.

And only a small portion of the fourth-tier Myriad Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan's medicinal power had been used. Xu Jin smoothly channeled it into his lower star palace. The third star core in the lower star palace began to grow rapidly, and before long, the lower star palace reached the peak of fourth-tier, second layer.

A quarter of an hour later, when the medicinal power of this Myriad Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan was exhausted, Xu Jin's lower star palace cultivation also broke through to fourth-tier, third layer.

Xu Jin had already discovered the best way to utilize this Myriad Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan.

The bottleneck of a minor realm generally cannot stop a fourth-tier cultivator, but when cultivation reaches the peak of a certain minor realm, wanting to break through—even for Xu Jin—requires three to five days of accumulation before one can break through in one go.

But with the Myriad Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan, one can break through directly.

It saves at least six or seven days of time for both the middle and lower star palaces.

The only trouble was that after absorbing it, Xu Jin heard the screams and delirious ramblings of countless people again, and even felt it was slightly heavier than after absorbing the first one.

The side effects of this Myriad Blood Longgui Duanpo Dan really cannot be ignored.

Otherwise, Xu Jin would have the confidence to use these Myriad Blood Spirit Pills to pile his cultivation up to the late fourth-tier in a short time!

The moment his cultivation broke through to fourth-tier, third layer, Xu Jin inscribed a Bright Era Star pattern on the third star core of his lower star palace.

At the same time, for the underpinning star pattern of the fourth star core, Xu Jin used the Bright Era Star pattern.

The higher the cultivation, the more important the role of the Bright Era Star pattern.

Xu Jin had already decided that for every additional star core in his lower star palace in the future, he would inscribe one more Bright Era Star pattern.

Xu Jin felt that this Bright Era Star pattern was a bit like radar!

In war, could radar be unimportant?

After his cultivation broke through to fourth-tier Condense Star, third layer, Xu Jin continued his day-after-day cultivation, checking on Ning Yuchan's movements every day.

If Ning Yuchan were to go on an expedition again, Xu Jin would still have to take action.

As of now, there was no evidence.

But judging by the meaning of Ning Yuchan's personal guards, it seemed like she was being targeted.

Otherwise, how could one person be so unlucky?

December 13th.

Xu Jin's Star-Plucking Token suddenly flashed three times.

This surprised Xu Jin somewhat; his Star-Plucking Token as Qi Qi Tian Sheng didn't have many friends.

【Young Master Qi, at tomorrow's auction, which is the 14th, there will be a thousand-year turtle shell and red sparrow feathers up for bid. If Young Master Qi is interested, please arrive at the Changsheng Auction House in Great Chen War City before the fourth quarter of the You hour tomorrow. Respectfully, Liu Qi.】

After a glance, Xu Jin became excited.

The whereabouts of the red sparrow feathers and the thousand-year turtle shell had been found.

As long as he obtained these two items, his Arena could ascend in tier.

By then, not to mention anything else, the value of the function to evolve star arts alone would increase greatly.

The value of fourth-tier star arts and fifth-tier star arts is completely different.

Moreover, the efficiency of nourishing elixirs would also become different by then.

According to Xu Jin's deduction, a fifth-tier Arena should be able to nourish twenty-five elixirs at once, and the number of emblems it could nourish would also be greater.

There was also the star lamp offering; five star lamps could offer five star cores, which were all improvements for Xu Jin!

Not to mention, when the Arena ascends in tier, it is possible for new functions to appear!

This auction was a must-attend!

However, the funds for bidding also had to be prepared sufficiently.

Immediately, Xu Jin buried his head in inscribing emblems.

(End of chapter)