Chapter 359

On January 31st at noon, Xu Jin, accompanied by Ning Yuchan, Ji Hongli, and Hou Yunzhang, returned to the Great Chen Battle City from the Huashi Star Region.

Originally, Xu Jin did not want to bring Hou Yunzhang.

But this guy seemed to have tasted the sweetness and said that if they were fighting abroad, they would ultimately need someone to do the chores.

This attitude made Li Zhen somewhat disdainful.

Was it really necessary?

Wasn't it just that he had been brought along to raise his cultivation base by two and a half layers?

And he wasn't even making a fortune?

Xu Jin thought about it and realized it was true; if they were really going to fight, they would indeed lack someone to do chores.

Hou Yunzhang following along was the best candidate, so he brought him along.

The moment he returned to the Great Chen Battle City, Xu Jin sent a starlight message to Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao.

【Grand Master, all matters in the Huashi Star Region are concluded. I have returned to the Great Chen Battle City; tell me which star region needs support.】 In front of Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao, Xu Jin was both direct and sincere.

【It's good that you returned safely! I have already understood the combat situation in the Huashi Star Region. However, the star regions currently in need of support might be similar to the Huashi Star Region and require an assault on the Altar Heavenly Road!

Do you have the confidence to assault the Altar Heavenly Road again?】 Although very urgent, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao was most concerned about Xu Jin's safety.

【Grand Master, rest assured, there will be no danger.】

Xu Jin would not have dared to say this before breaking into the Huashi Star Region.

But now, he really had the confidence.

Although his cultivation base had only increased from the fourth-tier seventh layer to the peak of the fourth-tier eighth layer, Xu Jin's combat power had increased by more than double.

Especially after the Thunder Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern and Fire Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern were established.

Not to mention that he had obtained so much world origin, which directly caused his law mastery rank in related aspects to skyrocket to the third or even fourth tier.

One must know that most cultivators, let alone law mastery, didn't even have one or two heaven and earth star wills.

This gap was too large!

【It's good that you have confidence! Then take a short rest, and I will contact the Jichuan Star Region to confirm its current status before deciding whether you should set off.】

【Good.】

After agreeing with the Grand Master, Xu Jin arranged his own time.

After thinking about it, Xu Jin directly sent a sound transmission to Ji Hongli and Ning Yuchan, "You two go to the Star-Plucking Tower to cultivate for a while first. Remember, go to the secret realm to challenge it first and see if you can challenge and obtain one or two Gold Stars."

The two women naturally went their separate ways.

Ji Hongli didn't have much to say, while Ning Yuchan had long had her own ideas.

As for Xu Jin, he sent Hou Yunzhang to cultivate and, after waiting for his order, headed straight for the Changsheng Auction House.

Since the Earth Dragon Ganoderma had been obtained, he should exchange for the needed Vermilion Sparrow Feathers early so he could upgrade the Arena of Battle early.

If the Arena of Battle were upgraded, not to mention the new functions Xu Jin was looking forward to, even just strengthening the existing old functions would be much more convenient.

Whether it was the star cores offered or the number of star lamps, including the function of deducing star arts.

Four star lamps were not enough.

Four star lamps could only deduce fourth-tier star arts, but five star lamps were different; they could deduce fifth-tier star arts.

Fifth-tier star arts were actually already considered the mainstream of the current world.

Because of the reason why Shopkeeper Liu died for him before, Xu Jin didn't want to harm anyone else.

He didn't look for any specific shopkeeper either. Upon arriving at the Changsheng Auction House and showing his VIP token, the head shopkeeper led Xu Jin into a VIP room to receive him personally.

"Shopkeeper, are the five Vermilion Sparrow Feathers that someone consigned for auction last time still here?" Xu Jin asked.

The shopkeeper only pondered for a moment before nodding. "They are! Such rare treasures that can only be traded by barter are rarely asked about; occasionally exchanging one is big news!"

"Mm, bring them all; I'll trade."

"What does the honored guest mean?"

Slap!

Xu Jin placed five portions of Earth Dragon Ganoderma directly on the table. The thick earth-type star power fluctuations and the strange smell they emitted made the shopkeeper shiver. "Honored guest, please wait a moment; I'll go right now."

"Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Pills, give me as many as you have," Xu Jin ordered, acting wealthy.

"Take them all?" The shopkeeper was very surprised.

"What, are you afraid I can't pay?"

"No, honored guest, please wait a moment; I'll go right now."

A quarter of an hour later, when Xu Jin sensed two sixth-tier auras suddenly appear outside the door, the head shopkeeper entered with two treasure boxes, while the two sixth-tier experts stood guard outside the door.

Xu Jin, whose nerves were taut and who was prepared to explode into action, realized what was happening and relaxed slightly.

These two sixth-tier experts should be guards sent by the Changsheng Auction House.

Five portions of Earth Dragon Ganoderma were traded for five Vermilion Sparrow Feathers; the transaction fee of 200 wisps of starlight was quickly and smoothly completed.

It was just that when the shopkeeper brought out a full eight bottles of Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Pills, Xu Jin was slightly startled.

It was slightly too hasty.

He had thought three or five bottles would be the limit, but he hadn't expected there to be eight.

"Honored guest, if these are not enough, as long as you wait half an hour, I can transfer another five bottles for you," the shopkeeper said.

"These are enough for now."

Xu Jin had still underestimated the foundation of a super-large commercial firm like the Changsheng Auction House.

Of course, it wasn't that Xu Jin couldn't pay, but that the starlight in his hands was insufficient.

Simply put, Xu Jin didn't use starlight either.

He traded by barter directly.

He took out a large pile of spoils from the Sumeru space and let the shopkeeper estimate their value.

This included the dozen or so fourth-tier emblems he had obtained previously, some ordinary heaven and earth treasures he had captured, and a large number of fourth-tier and fifth-tier star cores, which were just taking up space in the Sumeru space.

Now, only sixth-tier star cores were useful to Xu Jin.

The fourth and fifth-tier ones were no longer of any use.

Even if used for an outburst, they were not as good as Xu Jin's own attacks.

The total price was close to 130,000 wisps of starlight. After these items were used to pay, there was still a deficit of over 60,000 wisps of starlight. In the end, Xu Jin put down sixty-three fifth-tier Star Jade Tablets to settle the bill and left.

Fourth and fifth-tier Star Jade Tablets were hard currency anywhere, harder than the starlight of the Star-Plucking Tower.

As for sixth-tier Star Jade Tablets, they had a significant premium.

After finishing all this, the Grand Master's starlight message had not yet arrived, so Xu Jin simply entered the Star-Plucking Tower branch and went straight into the Star Dome Secret Realm.

He used this safe environment to upgrade the Arena of Battle.

The next instant, Xu Jin's mind moved slightly; he took the final three needed Vermilion Sparrow Feathers into the Arena of Battle and chose to absorb them.

The moment the three Vermilion Sparrow Feathers were absorbed, starlight flickered on the Arena of Battle, and the three characters 【Can Ascend Tier】 on the Arena of Battle jade tablet changed.

Xu Jin, who was already familiar with all this, moved his mind and chose 【Ascend Tier】.

In an instant, from Xu Jin's perspective, thousands of rays of starlight rushed out from the Arena of Battle. The moment they gathered together, clear, jade-like starlight shot into the sky.

In the starry sky, in the star region where the Big Dipper stars were located, the nine stars responded as if they were echoing, flashing simultaneously at the moment the starlight shot up.

The next instant, vast starlight gathered down from the Big Dipper stars, and with incredible speed, carrying all sorts of wonders, it poured into Xu Jin's Arena of Battle.

In an instant, as if stars were falling, the Arena of Battle was brilliant with starlight, and it seemed to be undergoing changes inside and out.

At the same time, in the Great Chen Dao Academy, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao, who was urgently contacting the Jichuan Star Region, suddenly looked up at the sky, his eyes instantly as bright as stars.

"The Big Dipper stars have moved again?

But there is no change in the present world?

What on earth has happened?" Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao muttered to himself. Almost at the same time, the few strongest eighth-tier experts in this world sensed it simultaneously and looked toward the horizon.

Whether it was Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang, Tianyang Xingjun Cangming, or Tianyang Xingjun Zhen'e, they all discovered the celestial phenomenon of the stars in the firmament, but they had no other discoveries.

At the same time, the Palace Master of Mount Sumeru Palace and the Palace Master of Wood Spirit Palace, who had just merged into the present world and were walking in all directions, also sensed it and frowned one after another.

Unlike the present world, the Star River Battlefield almost caused a huge uproar.

The moment the starlight fell, the four eighth-tier commanders of the four major forces—Great Chen Battle City, Great Hong Battle City, Great Chu Battle City, and the Barbarian Battle City—looked up at the sky simultaneously, and the next instant, they all looked toward the direction of the Great Chen Battle City.

"Could it be that a powerful alien race has descended?" Xiahou Shen, the commander of the Great Hong Battle Zone, was puzzled, but he issued an order for the entire Great Hong Battle Zone to increase its alert level immediately.

Mao Yue, the commander of the Great Chen Battle Zone, who was inspecting other battle cities, looked at the sky and vaguely felt the terrifying aura that had appeared above the Great Chen Battle City, and immediately issued a combat readiness order to the Great Chen Battle City.

At the same time, he rushed to the Great Chen Battle City at full speed.

But what puzzled him even more was that in just two or three breaths of time, the aura had vanished.

It could be called coming without a shadow and leaving without a trace.

And throughout the entire Great Chen Battle City, scouts had already been sent out, and seventh-tier experts had searched the city, but they had not discovered any abnormalities.

They had no choice but to give up.

And the culprit, Xu Jin, did not notice this at all, but instead sank his mind directly into the Arena of Battle to observe the changes in the newly upgraded Arena of Battle.

Beyond the firmament, above the starry sky, in the starry sky where the Extreme Dao Emperor had appeared before, a faint phantom suddenly emerged, glanced at the direction where the starlight had just moved, and let out a light "eh."

"This speed is really fast enough..."

【Fifth-Tier Arena of Battle】

【Arena Master: Xu Jin】

【Obtain Star Favor, worship once a day, can obtain five wisps of starlight】

【Starlight: 37,830 wisps】

【Evolution: Requires consumption of 100 wisps of starlight】

At first glance, it seemed there were no major changes.

The star lamps had become five; this should count as the biggest change, and everything else seemed similar to before.

Of course, he could also offer one more star core to obtain bonuses and protection.

Because the starlight had been upgraded to fifth-tier starlight, it had shrunk by half.

Originally, it had been close to 100,000 wisps.

The evolution function could now use five star lamps to evolve simultaneously, and the starlight consumed had also increased from 80 wisps to 100 wisps; the change was not large.

As Xu Jin expected, the number of elixirs that could be placed in each star lamp simultaneously had reached five.

He could now nourish twenty-five elixirs at once.

As for whether the nourishing function had any changes, Xu Jin estimated there were none; it should still be three-essence.

After all, the star lamps hadn't changed either!

After observing a circle, it seemed no new functions had been added.

This made Xu Jin somewhat disappointed.

He had consumed a massive amount of valuable materials and gone to such great lengths to obtain the precious Vermilion Sparrow Feathers, only to succeed in the upgrade.

Just this?

Xu Jin sighed with slight helplessness.

If there were really no new changes, it seemed there was no motivation to upgrade.

While Xu Jin was sighing, he inadvertently glanced and saw that there were changes above the Arena of Battle.

Above the Arena of Battle, four law wills had been floating before, emitting faint radiance and shrouding the Arena of Battle, but they had no specific direction.

But at this very moment, the four law wills had actually projected themselves toward the four star lamps, and one star lamp was empty.

Xu Jin was surprised!

Was the reason here?

One star lamp was not covered by a law expert, so no new changes had appeared.

With a wave of his hand, the Arena of Battle jade tablet fell into Xu Jin's hand; his mind sank into it, and he immediately gained understanding.

【After the star lamps draw in the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, they can condense into an Arena of Battle Light Domain and map it to the present world. Cultivating or contemplating within the Arena of Battle Light Domain has various miraculous effects; the strength of these miraculous effects is influenced by the strength of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth drawn by the star lamps.】

In an instant, Xu Jin understood.

It was just missing a law power to cover the star lamp.

Previously, the ones that had condensed law power were only the fire, water, wind, and earth systems.

Now one was missing!

Where was he supposed to find that!

Law Great Daos were not so easy to find.

Currently, in this star region, what Xu Jin could obtain was only the heaven and earth star will, which was a step away from the Law Great Dao.

As for world origin, that was even rarer.

As for finding Ning Yuchan or Ji Hongli to ask for those two back, Xu Jin wasn't that low-class.

Men, after all, shouldn't take back things they've given away, even if they starve to death.

But this Law Great Dao?

The next instant, Xu Jin had an idea.

With a thought, he drove the power of the Arena of Battle to extend the thunder-type heaven and earth star will of his Middle Star Palace.

He wanted to fuse the thunder-type heaven and earth star will into the Arena of Battle just like before, in the hope of achieving his goal.

But just for an instant, Xu Jin failed.

Xu Jin's idea was correct, but the thunder-type heaven and earth star will was insufficient.

The Arena of Battle could only fuse the heaven and earth star wills of ten non-repeating small worlds into one law power of a medium world.

Xu Jin's thunder-type heaven and earth star will only had eight in total; he was still missing two.

The wind and water systems were also insufficient.

The next instant, Xu Jin made a decision.

He would see if the Grand Master had any tasks; if the Grand Master had no tasks, he would go on a sweep.

A sweep that could sweep through fourth-tier star regions.

Before breaking through to the fifth tier, he would sweep through all the fourth-tier star regions he could.

He would collect the heaven and earth star wills of these fourth-tier star regions.

Firstly, to strengthen himself, and secondly, it could be considered a contribution to the human race of the present world!

As long as these star regions lost their heaven and earth star wills, no matter how many messengers the Saint Clan envoy Ju Zhang sent, it would be useless!

They couldn't drive the star region!

Just as he was pondering, Xu Jin's Star-Plucking Token suddenly flashed urgently; it was a starlight message from Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao.

【Xu Jin, the Altar Heavenly Road in the Jichuan Star Region will be able to connect to the ancestral land cave heaven in at most two to three days! If you have the confidence to kill your way in within two days, then go! If you don't have the confidence, then don't go!】

【Grand Master, two days is enough time! I will set off in half an hour. In addition, please help me prepare information on known fourth-tier star region star gates or temporary star gates.】 Xu Jin said in the starlight message.

【Known ones? What do you intend to do? Speak clearly so I can cooperate with you.】

【Grand Master, I want to sweep through these fourth-tier star regions before breaking through to the fifth tier—firstly to strengthen myself, and secondly to eliminate hidden dangers!】

A few breaths later, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao sent a starlight message.

【Good, I will fully support you in this matter!】

(End of chapter)