Chapter 372

"Palace Master!"

Inside the Danxia Palace of the Da Chen National Dao Academy, seeing Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao return with a pale face, Elder Peng immediately became anxious.

Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze, who had rushed over, also had a look of concern.

"No matter."

After the star power circulated continuously, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood, and his face improved slightly.

"The Sumeru Palace Master is indeed powerful. I went all out, and on the surface, it was a draw, but in reality, I still suffered a little hidden injury, and my divine soul was also slightly affected, but it doesn't matter," Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao said.

"That is because the Grand Master did not use the town-state Dao artifact; otherwise, he would definitely have been able to severely injure this Sumeru Palace Master," Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze said.

"Severely injuring him is not certain, but having the upper hand is inevitable! It's just that this battle is also a warning to other parties. If I use the town-state Dao artifact Nine-Sheng Chime, I would fall into a disadvantage instead."

"Not using the Nine-Sheng Chime, but being able to fight to a draw with the eighth-tier peak Sumeru Palace Master, other parties will need to weigh it," Cheng Yuexiao said.

Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze nodded lightly upon hearing this.

This is indeed true.

Strike one punch to avoid a hundred punches.

The effect of the Grand Master forcing the Sumeru Palace Master back without using the town-state Dao artifact is much stronger than the effect of using the town-state Dao artifact to repel him.

"This Sumeru Palace Master has been breaking through to the eighth tier for sixty or seventy years, right? It's just that the Palace Master has only broken through to the eighth tier for more than ten years; otherwise, the Grand Master might even have the possibility of keeping this Sumeru Palace Master," Elder Peng said.

"That's true! This Sumeru Palace Master, whether it is star power cultivation or primordial spirit cultivation, is stronger than me, but give me a few more years, and it's not necessarily so."

Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao said this, but what he was thinking in his heart was the high-tier star patterns that Xu Jin had deduced in the past few months. Even someone as strong as him had only barely understood them, such as the eighth-tier Thunder Source star pattern, which had not been successfully comprehended for long.

He hadn't completed the overall systematic tactics yet. If it were completed overall, it would be different.

"No one came out from the imperial palace, right?" Cheng Yuexiao asked suddenly.

"Grand Master, that eighth-tier old guest once went into the air to watch the battle from afar," Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze said.

"Watching the battle is fine."

After speaking, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao looked at Elder Peng, "This Sumeru Palace Master's visit this time, including the many Sumeru Palace messengers intercepted before, are all related to this. After this battle, although the Sumeru Palace Master will not give up and will still try every means to come to my Da Chen to expand."

"But on the imperial palace side, the control can be stricter."

"In the country, I don't care; that is the responsibility of that emperor."

"However, if any imperial palace messenger dares to go abroad, they will be executed without exception."

"Understood," Elder Peng took the order.

Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze frowned slightly upon hearing this.

"Grand Commandant, my Da Chen can cooperate with other parties, and we can each take what we need! However, we absolutely cannot conduct traitorous cooperation!"

"This Da Chen is not only the world of the Gao family, but also the world of my Da Chen's millions of cultivators, and even more so the world of Da Chen's billions of citizens!"

"Da Chen's interests absolutely cannot be sold cheaply for personal gain!"

"Does the Grand Commandant agree?" Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao looked steadily at Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze.

Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze met Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao's gaze, thought seriously for a few breaths, and then nodded heavily.

"The Grand Master is right! Da Chen's interests absolutely cannot be sold cheaply for personal gain!" Director Pei Ze said.

"In that case, please cooperate more in these aspects in the future."

"Where righteousness lies!"

Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze bowed.

A few breaths later, Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze said goodbye and left. Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao looked at the departing Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze, and his gaze relaxed a bit more.

In terms of restricting imperial power, he could be considered to have reached a consensus with Grand Commandant Director Pei Ze!

But to solve the imperial power problem in stages, it still takes time, and it still takes an opportunity!

Tianyang Star Palace, opposite the Tianyang Star Palace, Tianyang Xingjun Cangming's starlight projection sat cross-legged, conducting the most private exchange, "Cangming, Cheng Yuexiao's combat power has improved very quickly recently. Before, Cheng Yuexiao, in front of you and me, even if he used the town-state Dao artifact, he was only barely protecting himself."

"Now, he can repel the Sumeru Palace Master, and that's without using the town-state Dao artifact."

"In the future, if you and I go to Da Chen Dachen Wan Yi, we must be careful."

"Otherwise, if you accidentally end up with a broken head and bleeding, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"The one who should be careful about a broken head and bleeding should be you. My Cangming Star Palace's relationship with Da Chen is not bad."

"Twenty years ago, the first one to kill into Da Chen Dachen Wan Yi was your Cangming Star Palace," Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang sneered.

Upon hearing this, the smile on Tianyang Xingjun Cangming's face suddenly stiffened slightly!

Sumeru Palace.

Palace Master Luo Xian, who returned to the Sumeru Palace, closed his eyes and reviewed the battle before, reviewed it for a long time, and finally shook his head.

If he spared no cost, there was a possibility of severely injuring Da Chen Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao.

But the problem is, Cheng Yuexiao never used the town-state Dao artifact.

That is to say, if he spared no cost, as long as Cheng Yuexiao used the town-state Dao artifact, he still couldn't severely injure Cheng Yuexiao.

In that case, it would be difficult for his Sumeru Palace to open up the situation in Da Chen and gain a foothold.

Then there was only one choice left.

【Palace Master Chi, if you have time, you can come to Sumeru Palace for a small sit.】

【Palace Master Luo, speak directly if you have something to say.】

【The matter of you and my two palaces expanding toward the mortal world ultimately needs a landing point. Although the barbarian side is geographically more suitable for the Wood Spirit Palace, the barbarians are mostly uncivilized. If we talk about widely accepting disciples, the Central Plains is still the best. If you are interested, you can come to Sumeru Palace for a small sit.】

【Palace Master Luo was blocked from entering Dachen Wan Yi today, do you want to cooperate with this palace?】

【Brother Chi, cooperation benefits both.】

【Hahahaha, Brother Luo, just wait for a few days, I will definitely go to Sumeru Palace in person.】

【Good, Luo will wait with a cup.】

Inside the Star Dome Secret Realm of the Da Chen War City Star-Plucking Tower, Xu Jin opened his eyes with a little regret.

It won't work.

Xu Jin inscribed another eighth-tier, lower-grade Lei Xiang star pattern, but no matter how he activated it, it didn't condense a single wisp of Nine Heavens Lei Yun.

This caused Xu Jin's previous assumption to fall through.

This Nine Heavens Lei Yun is so strong, just injecting it into thunder-type star techniques can increase the power by fifty percent.

This can definitely become Xu Jin's trump card in the future.

But the problem is the quantity is too small!

If one Lei Xiang star pattern could condense a wisp of Nine Heavens Lei Yun every day, then Xu Jin's seventy-two star cores would have to be inscribed with fifty or sixty of them.

Then if fifty or sixty wisps of Nine Heavens Lei Yun were condensed every day, wouldn't Xu Jin have to inject a few into every thunder-type star technique.

But now, after testing, this idea fell through.

Only one wisp of Nine Heavens Lei Yun can be condensed every day, which is too little.

The idea of increasing the number of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhymes by increasing the number of inscribed star patterns fell through.

Xu Jin thought about it, and there was only one direction that could increase the number of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhymes.

That is to continue to deduce the Lei Xiang star pattern and improve its rank.

See if it can be increased.

Having determined this direction, Xu Jin opened another bright star without hesitation to deduce the Lei Xiang star pattern.

But after opening the bright star this time, Xu Jin first directly used the bright star's ability to upgrade a star pattern by a small rank, and then started to open high-tier Dao-derivation.

The rank of the Lei Xiang star pattern was directly upgraded to the eighth tier, middle grade.

The moment it was upgraded to the eighth tier, middle grade, as countless messages and insights flooded into Xu Jin's mind, Xu Jin already understood.

The eighth-tier, middle-grade Lei Xiang star pattern did not add a new special star technique; the special star technique was still only Nine Heavens Lei Yun. But Nine Heavens Lei Yun had changed.

Two wisps.

The eighth-tier, middle-grade Lei Xiang star pattern can condense two wisps of Nine Heavens Lei Yun every day.

Subsequently, Xu Jin opened high-tier Dao-derivation and continued to deduce the Lei Xiang star pattern.

But the deduction process was incomparably astringent. After one high-tier Dao-derivation ended, the eighth-tier, middle-grade Lei Xiang star pattern only deduced one branch.

However, Xu Jin was not discouraged. The failed deduction process was also accumulation.

With more of this kind of accumulation, it will inevitably form a quantitative change in the future.

There are four bright stars left.

Xu Jin was hesitating whether to use another bright star to deduce the Lei Xiang star pattern to the eighth tier, upper grade?

If the Lei Xiang star pattern is deduced to the eighth tier, upper grade, and the Nine Heavens Lei Yun obtained daily only changes from two wisps to three wisps, then it is not very cost-effective.

If it doubles, from two wisps to four wisps, the harvest will be different.

It would be very super worth it!

Moreover, from the previous use, Xu Jin felt that after Nine Heavens Lei Yun is injected into star techniques, the effect should be cumulative.

That is to say, if you inject a few more wisps of Nine Heavens Lei Yun, you will have the effect of a few wisps, and after accumulation, it can be completely used as a trump card for a fatal blow.

After hesitating for a few breaths, Xu Jin opened another bright star and directly upgraded the eighth-tier, middle-grade Lei Xiang star pattern to the eighth tier, upper grade.

Still no new star technique was obtained, but Nine Heavens Lei Yun had changed.

It was not the doubling he had hoped for, but another wisp was added.

Three wisps of Nine Heavens Lei Yun can be condensed daily.

There was a little disappointment, but it was not a waste.

Subsequently, he used high-tier Dao-derivation to deduce the eighth-tier, upper-grade Lei Xiang star pattern, advancing toward the ninth tier.

Its difficulty was even harder than Xu Jin imagined.

Under many blessings, one high-tier Dao-derivation only deduced one branch.

Bright stars, there are three left; gold stars, there are nine.

What to deduce next?

Given the huge increase in the Lei Xiang star pattern, Xu Jin temporarily changed his deduction direction for stacking armor to the Earth Image star pattern.

The Earth Image star pattern deduced using the Earth Image star pattern inheritance essence blood before was only at the fourth tier, upper grade.

Xu Jin directly used gold stars to open high-tier Dao-derivation for deduction.

Perhaps because the blessing of the fourth-tier earth-type laws was stronger, it only took two gold stars to deduce the Earth Image star pattern from the fourth tier, upper grade to the seventh tier, lower grade.

Subsequently, Xu Jin, according to previous experience, and also to not waste the high-tier Dao-derivation of the bright star, directly activated a bright star, first opened high-tier Dao-derivation, deduced the Earth Image star pattern from the seventh tier, lower grade to the seventh tier, upper grade, and then directly used the bright star's characteristics to supplement a small rank.

The Earth Image star pattern was also deduced to the eighth tier, lower grade in one go.

No need to test, according to the test results of the Lei Xiang star pattern before, Xu Jin knew that the power of his earth-type star techniques should have doubled.

Then the defensive power of the Fish Curtain Golden Bell naturally doubled.

Earth Heart Earth Rhyme: One wisp of Earth Heart Earth Rhyme can be generated daily. One hundred wisps can condense into a Mysterious Yellow Earth Seal, which can be used to cleanse the physical body or to increase the power of earth-type star techniques.

Sensing the harvested special star technique, Xu Jin revealed a smile that it was indeed so.

This is what he wanted.

Another trump card-like power.

The Earth Image star pattern itself can double the power of Xu Jin's earth-type star techniques, and with this Earth Heart Earth Rhyme, one wisp can increase the power of Xu Jin's earth-type star techniques by fifty percent.

At critical moments, it is definitely a treasure for saving one's life.

It is even more reliable than a sixth-tier supreme-grade star artifact.

Must save it, use it to save one's life at critical moments.

Originally, it would be best to upgrade the Earth Image star pattern to the eighth tier, middle grade or even eighth tier, upper grade, in order to quickly accumulate this special power.

But the deduction of "Image" type star patterns after the eighth tier is too difficult; one small rank consumes one bright star.

Currently, there are only two bright stars left, so he must use them sparingly.

The stacking armor direction is completed.

Next, is to deduce speed-type star patterns.

After stacking armor is completed, and then the speed-type star pattern is deduced, then even if Xu Jin encounters a seventh-tier peak expert like the Marquis of Yangdu again, he won't be afraid.

At worst, if he can't beat him, he can save his life.

Even if he encounters an eighth-tier expert, there are many opportunities to save his life.

By then, the return of the Great Sage won't be far away.

For speed-type star patterns, Xu Jin previously planned for the Willow Catkin star pattern.

The Willow Catkin star pattern is currently at the fifth tier, upper grade.

Xu Jin directly used two gold stars to deduce the Willow family's secret Willow Catkin star pattern from the fifth tier, upper grade to slightly past the seventh tier, middle grade in one go.

Subsequently, Xu Jin activated another bright star.

He deduced the Willow Catkin star pattern to the eighth tier, lower grade in one go, and then used the bright star's characteristics to supplement the Willow Catkin star pattern to the eighth tier, middle grade.

Another eighth-tier star pattern was obtained.

At this point, Xu Jin had five gold stars and one bright star left in his hand.

Unexpectedly to Xu Jin, the Willow Catkin star pattern actually brought Xu Jin a surprise.

The eighth-tier, middle-grade Willow Catkin star pattern did not increase speed much.

It only increased Xu Jin's current speed by twenty percent, with a normal limit speed of about four hundred meters.

The increase magnitude was not large.

The surprise was the special star technique brought by the Willow Catkin star pattern after breaking through to the eighth tier: Catkin Shadow.

The eighth-tier, lower-grade Catkin Shadow star pattern can use star power to divide into two Catkin Shadow clones with his own aura to confuse the enemy.

The eighth-tier, middle-grade Willow Catkin star pattern brings the same special star technique, Catkin Shadow, but the Catkin Shadow clones divided by star power changed from two to four.

After inscribing the star pattern, when Xu Jin breathed a long sigh of relief, he revealed a satisfied smile.

Now, he has more confidence.

Moreover, this Catkin Shadow star technique can be deduced with a star lamp, and there is still room for improvement.

Next, is the Rain Curtain star pattern.

But just as he was about to deduce, the starlight shining above the Star Dome Secret Realm suddenly dissipated completely, and the starlight that had brought Xu Jin endless clarity and endless inspiration all became incomparably dim.

It was because the four hours of comprehension time for the Star Dome Secret Realm this month had been exhausted.

"Fine, the deduction for this month ends here! Gold stars cannot be wasted. Next, the frequency at which I obtain gold stars and bright stars will be lower and lower."

It's time to contact the Grand Master and start sweeping the fourth-tier star domains!

Thinking of this, Xu Jin casually sent a starlight transmission to Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao, and while waiting for Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao's reply, he opened the Participation Battle Lamp Domain and began to use the Lei Dun star pattern inheritance essence blood, thunder-type star core, and Thunder Eagle clan essence blood to research and deduce the Lei Dun star pattern!

The Lei Dun star pattern is Xu Jin's main attack direction for speed-type star patterns in the future!

(End of chapter)