Chapter 341

"Little Yuer, we will cultivate here for a day or two to avoid the limelight. Additionally, I suggest you first catch up on the cultivation progress of your Lower Shang Xinggong, and then, when you have time, try to challenge the Gold Star in the Star Picking Secret Realm.

Whether you can obtain a Gold Star is secondary.

But challenging the Gold Star can constantly hone and improve your actual combat level!"

"Senior Brother Qi, I have challenged it before! When I was in the mid-to-late Refine Star stage, I was always just a little bit away from succeeding! But after my cultivation broke through to the fourth tier, those Gold Star gatekeepers became increasingly powerful." Ji Hongli's expression was somewhat dejected.

"It's fine. Listen to me first: raise your cultivation in the Lower Shang Xinggong, and then fully comprehend the few star patterns I passed to you earlier. Perhaps there is a possibility of obtaining a Gold Star," Xu Jin said.

"I understand."

Xu Jin, feeling that the number of Gold Stars and Radiant Stars he could obtain was ultimately limited, realized the star patterns he could deduce in the future would also be limited.

He suddenly thought of cultivating someone to challenge the Star Picking Secret Realm.

Wouldn't that allow him to farm Gold Stars?

Don't say it—this possibility is actually quite high.

Especially since the Long Gui Duan Po Dan he nurtured at the Arena can rapidly improve a cultivator's soul cultivation base, significantly boosting their combat power.

Unfortunately, Ji Hongli's cultivation is already at the fourth tier, third layer. After the fourth tier, third layer, for every layer she ascends, the strength of the Gold Star-level inner demons and gatekeepers she faces nearly doubles.

If Ji Hongli is lucky, obtaining three or four Gold Stars in the future will be her limit.

Radiant Stars are impossible.

However, Xu Jin thought of another method: cultivate someone who can be completely trusted, deliberately suppress their cultivation base, improve their soul cultivation base, and then start challenging the Star Picking Secret Realm from the third tier, first layer; there is a relatively high probability of obtaining Gold Stars or even Radiant Stars.

However, such a genius cannot be created purely by piling up resources; they must reach the level of a top-tier genius in all aspects to be cultivated.

Otherwise, piling up resources is useless.

And there is also the point of absolute trust.

Thinking it over, for the time being, Xu Jin thought of Jiang Er.

After some time, he will go to the fifth-tier Hua Stone Star Domain to see Jiang Er and see if she has such talent; if she does, he can try piling up resources.

Calculating the time, Jiang Er is also close to Forge Star now.

A few breaths later, Xu Jin collected his thoughts, and with a movement of his mind, he entered the Star Picking Secret Realm directly.

Before heading to the Spring Thunder Star Domain last time, Xu Jin only obtained the Gold Star and Radiant Star for the fourth tier, fourth layer. Now that his Middle Shang Xinggong cultivation has reached the late fourth tier, fifth layer, and his Lower Shang Xinggong is at the early fourth tier, fifth layer, it is time to get the Gold Star for the fourth tier, fifth layer.

There was no suspense for the Copper Star and Silver Star; the battles were over as soon as they began.

【Challenge Gold Star-level inner demon.】

Amidst the shifting starlight, Xu Jin appeared in the secret realm. When the light curtain vanished, he clashed with the Gold Star-level inner demon.

However, Xu Jin did not use his soul-based star arts.

Instead, he used other star arts to fight the Gold Star-level inner demon.

The current Gold Star-level inner demon is a Gold Star-level inner demon with a cultivation base as high as the fifth tier, fifth layer.

It only replicates the types of Xu Jin's star patterns but does not replicate the rank of Xu Jin's star patterns.

In any case, Xu Jin has used the Dazzling Purple Heavenly Fire brought by his eighth-tier Middle Fire Source, but the inner demon has never used it.

But it is still very strong.

It is even stronger than the combat power of many sixth-tier powerhouses Xu Jin has seen.

Xu Jin's Fish Screen Golden Bell can withstand two to three strikes from the full-force bombardment of a late sixth-tier powerhouse, but it can only withstand two strikes from this Gold Star-level inner demon's full-force attack; it cannot even withstand three.

For the third strike, he must use the Flower-Shifting Star Art to transition!

This is a super-strong, free sparring partner.

During the fierce battle, Xu Jin constantly tested his star art combat tactics.

He attempted to compress the Great Sun Star Art.

This was Xu Jin's new discovery.

Xu Jin discovered that the sixth-tier star art, Great Sun Star Art, is powerful, but it feels a bit wasteful!

It blasts terrifying Fire-type star power across a surface.

It counts as an area-of-effect star art.

However, the caster can influence and control the explosion range of the Great Sun's scorching light.

Xu Jin had an idea.

If he could concentrate the Great Sun Star Art to explode at a single point, how many times would its power multiply?

A normal Great Sun's scorching light has a main damage radius of three meters after exploding, with a radiation radius of ten meters!

Theoretically, if the radius is reduced by half, the power will increase exponentially.

Xu Jin began to attempt to compress and control the Great Sun Star Art in actual combat.

Currently, he has achieved some results, mainly using soul power to forcibly shrink the star art's damage range, binding the star art's power to explode within a smaller range to increase lethality.

It is indeed effective.

But it also consumes a lot of soul power.

More crucially, don't let the fact that using soul thought power to compress and gather the star power damage range takes a tiny amount of time fool you—it delays for just an instant, but this instant is very critical in actual combat!

Xu Jin kept trying, kept changing, and kept attempting all sorts of possibilities during the fierce battle with the Gold Star-level inner demon.

A few times, this change of Xu Jin's even affected the Great Sun star pattern.

But it was just a flash of inspiration, and he didn't grasp the key.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin unleashed the Triple Flowing Glint and successfully obtained a Gold Star!

Flowing Glint is now Xu Jin's killer move.

But Flowing Glint has a drawback: because it is at extreme high speed, it can only move in a straight line, and it needs a little distance to complete its start-up acceleration!

So, when slaying Feng Yi earlier, Xu Jin left first and then killed his way back in an instant!

In actual combat, Xu Jin carried problems with him, constantly thinking, constantly solving problems, and improving his combat power!

【Challenge Gold Star-level gatekeeper】

The threat of the Gold Star-level gatekeeper is much weaker compared to the threat of the Gold Star-level inner demon.

However, the Gold Star-level gatekeeper's star arts are varied, more like a brand-new enemy, so Xu Jin now fights a fierce battle with the Gold Star-level gatekeeper every time.

First, to hone himself.

Second, to understand the Gold Star-level gatekeeper so that when challenging Radiant Stars, no unexpected situations occur!

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin slew the Gold Star-level gatekeeper and obtained one Gold Star.

Although the strength of the Gold Star-level gatekeeper had doubled compared to before, Xu Jin's combat power also soared significantly after he condensed his Original Spirit earlier.

Especially now that his Original Spirit Fetal Light's straight-line radiation distance has reached over eight meters.

Currently, Xu Jin still doesn't know what level this is considered.

But it is definitely not bad.

The number of Gold Stars in Xu Jin's hand increased from three to five.

【Challenge Radiant Star】

When challenging the Radiant Star, Xu Jin was still relatively cautious!

He did not rush to use soul-based star arts to blast one of them, but instead challenged his own limits under the joint siege of the fifth-tier, fifth-layer Gold Star-level inner demon and gatekeeper!

A hundred breaths later, Xu Jin's Fish Screen Starlight was blasted away by the Gold Star-level inner demon. The Flower-Shifting Star Art had just taken a fatal blow when the Gold Star-level gatekeeper's terrifying blade light slashed over, and from the rear, the inner demon also arrived.

Helpless, he launched his soul-based star art.

First was the Divine Tiger Roar, then the Startling Dream!

He gained a brief respite and subsequently slew the Gold Star-level gatekeeper.

Half a quarter of an hour later, he successfully slew the Gold Star-level inner demon.

【Black Hei Wu Kong Xu Jin, congratulations on successfully challenging the Radiant Star; you have obtained one Radiant Star.】

Starlight appeared, and the number of Radiant Stars in Xu Jin's hand also increased from three to four.

But at that very same instant, a starlight prompt appeared before Xu Jin's eyes again, the content of which directly left Xu Jin stunned.

【Black Hei Wu Kong Xu Jin, respected Copper-level Authority Holder, the number of Radiant Stars you have accumulated through challenges has reached nine. According to the rules, you will be granted the Star Picking Pavilion Silver-level Holder authority. Do you accept?】

This suddenly appearing starlight prompt left Xu Jin frozen on the spot.

He had asked the Grand Master, asked the Star Spirit, and pondered it countless times himself—how was one supposed to get this Silver-level authority?

According to the Grand Master's experience, he would have to inherit the Grand Master's position and obtain the authority of the main Great Chen Star Picking Pavilion to possibly obtain Silver-level Holder authority. But Xu Jin never expected that there was such a path to this Silver-level Holder authority.

Accumulate nine Radiant Stars.

And the Grand Master did not know this.

In other words, in the history of Great Chen, or even in the history of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong, no one had elevated their Star Picking Pavilion authority through this path.

Otherwise, there should have been records!

Although the Grand Master is not a member of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong, due to his special status, he knows most of the secrets of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong.

Accept!

Must accept.

【Accept】

【Congratulations, Black Hei Wu Kong Xu Jin. From this moment on, you have become a Star Picking Pavilion Silver-level Holder. You will obtain the following authorities】

【One: You can freely awaken the Star Picking Pavilion Star Spirit, obtain the Star Picking Pavilion Star Spirit's help on some issues, and can restrict the Star Spirit to a certain extent.】

【Two: You can freely dispose of your own information.】

【Three: Any internal transaction within the Star Picking Pavilion, including taxes, can obtain a ten percent reduction.】

【Four: After becoming a Silver-level Holder, without any aura locking, you can enter the Star Picking Pavilion's Star Dome Secret Realm belonging to you to seek enlightenment once a month, with a time limit of four hours.】

【Five: After becoming a Silver-level Holder, you can obtain the Star Picking Pavilion's protection twice a year—that is, in the case of aura locking, you can forcibly enter the Star Picking Pavilion's Star Dome Secret Realm, but there must be a Star Picking Pavilion within the sensing range of your Star Picking Token.】

【Six: After becoming a Silver-level Holder, you can obtain some information support under permissible conditions, but you must pay the corresponding price.】

【Seven: After becoming a Silver-level Holder, prohibitions related to the Star Picking Pavilion issued by holders with authority levels lower than yours are ineffective against you.】

【Eight: After becoming a Silver-level Holder, you will obtain the right to purchase or integrate Star Picking Pavilions into branch pavilions.】

【Nine: After becoming a Silver-level Holder, your Star Picking Token will be upgraded, and the contact range with the Star Picking Pavilion will double on the original basis.】

【Ten: For other Silver-level Holder privileges, please explore them yourself.】

Ten consecutive starlight prompts flashed before Xu Jin, leaving him both surprised and delighted.

The first few were familiar, but the latter few were each powers of extreme value.

Especially the Star Dome Secret Realm enlightenment time that Xu Jin likes most, which increased directly from one hour to four hours, the same as the Grand Master's.

And the two Star Dome protections.

And the ninth one is even more cost-effective—the contact range doubles. If Xu Jin upgrades his Star Picking Token to three-star or even four-star level and then doubles it again, the contact range will be vast, which will definitely be of great use in the future.

Among them, the eighth one also made Xu Jin's heart race. In other words, the Star Picking Pavilion branch in Xu Jin's hand can be re-networked?

What Xu Jin was more puzzled about was the seventh one: prohibitions related to the Star Picking Pavilion issued by those with authority lower than Xu Jin's are ineffective?

According to Xu Jin's understanding, it means that if some Copper-level Authority Holder seals the Star Picking Pavilion, it is ineffective against Xu Jin!

If that is really the case, if Xu Jin's Star Picking Token authority is upgraded to Gold-level in the future, that would be incredible!

In this world, there shouldn't be many Gold-level Authority Holders, right?

"Star Spirit, Star Spirit, how many Gold-level Authority Holders are there?" Xu Jin hurriedly called out to ask.

"My lord, this question cannot be answered! The Gold-level Authority Holder has forbidden me from revealing his information to others," the Star Spirit said.

Xu Jin paused for a moment, then suddenly laughed and directly took out a jade tablet with three chapters of Journey to the West recorded on it and threw it to the Star Spirit.

"Answered well, this is your reward."

The Star Spirit chuckled and accepted it on the spot.

The Gold-level Authority Holder forbade him from revealing information.

That is to say, there are indeed Gold-level Authority Holders within the Star Picking Pavilion.

But as for exactly how many, it is not convenient for the Star Spirit to say.

Xu Jin estimates there shouldn't be many.

After all, the Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao is only a Silver-level Authority Holder.

So the greatest possibility is that the Star Lords of the three major Star Palaces have it.

It is possible that all three Star Lords are Gold-level Authority Holders, or perhaps only one or two have it.

"Star Spirit, do you know how to obtain Gold-level Authority Holder status?" Xu Jin asked.

"I know."

"Tell me quickly!"

Xu Jin had originally just asked casually, just meaning to take a quick look.

When he asked about upgrading to Silver-level authority before, the Star Spirit said he couldn't say.

But now, he can actually say it for Gold-level.

Could this also be a benefit of upgrading to a Silver-level Authority Holder?

"Obtaining the control authority of the main Star Picking Pavilion may elevate your authority to Gold-level Authority Holder.

Or, obtain the Copper-level, Silver-level, or Gold-level holder authority possessed by others to elevate your holder authority," the Star Spirit said.

Once this answer came out, Xu Jin was shocked in an instant, thinking of a certain possibility.

In an instant, intense malice rushed toward him!

"Star Spirit, how can I obtain the holder authority possessed by others?" Xu Jin asked, somewhat unwilling to give up.

"My lord, this is very simple: have others offer it voluntarily, or slay them to obtain it!"

Sure enough!

The Star Spirit's answer made Xu Jin's heart jump again.

This upgrade rule indeed possesses extreme malice.

Xu Jin thought of the destruction of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong in an instant!

Could it also be related to this?

At the very least, it is one of the reasons.

"Star Spirit, then can other authority holders discover me?" This is the question Xu Jin cares about most.

The Grand Master possesses Silver-level authority, so the several Star Lords of the Shang Xinggong should at least start with Silver-level authority.

At that time, will they hunt him down because of this rule?

"They will discover that there is a newly added Silver-level Authority Holder! But they also cannot directly obtain your relevant information. However, they will try every possible means to find the newly added Silver-level Authority Holder and then wait for an opportunity to hunt them down!

My lord, this is also my reminder to you," the Star Spirit said.

"Why only hunt down newly added Silver-level Authority Holders?"

"Because the probability of successfully hunting down a newly added Silver-level Authority Holder is the highest! For other authority holders they already know, the possibility of successful hunting is extremely small," the Star Spirit said.

Xu Jin was stunned.

In short, the Star Spirit is saying that he, Xu Jin, is a weakling and his strength is not enough.

Once his strength is strong, even if his identity is exposed, no one will target him.

"Can I order you to keep my relevant information confidential?"

"Of course, this is your authority!"

A few breaths later, Xu Jin entered the Star Dome Secret Realm directly.

Obtaining the Star Picking Pavilion's Silver-level authority is both an opportunity and a risk.

But no matter what, improving his own strength is the best choice!

The four hours of secret realm enlightenment time every month must be used!

(End of chapter)