Chapter 64

"The door isn't locked, come in yourself."

Just as Xu Jin arrived at the entrance of Ning Yuchan's small courtyard and was about to knock, Ning Yuchan's voice rang out. Xu Jin pushed the door open and entered, only to see Ning Yuchan waiting on a bamboo chair, looking as if she had known he was coming all along.

"Speak, I'm listening."

As soon as Xu Jin stepped through the door, Ning Yuchan spoke again.

Xu Jin put on a cheeky smile, "Master, during cultivation—"

Suddenly, Ning Yuchan frowned and stood up in a flash. Xu Jin only felt a faint, pleasant fragrance wash over his face as Ning Yuchan's fingers lightning-fast tapped onto his neck, and Star Power surged in violently, heading straight for the Small Gathering Star Pattern on Xu Jin's chest.

In an instant, Xu Jin's entire body stiffened, and he was unable to move.

Xu Jin's body could not move, but under the stimulation of this foreign Star Power, the Star Patterns within his body instinctively wanted to resist.

In an instant, Xu Jin's Small Gathering Star Pattern flashed brightly, and his whole body shone with starlight.

Ning Yuchan's expression became extremely astonished in that very moment.

The Star Power that had invaded Xu Jin's body receded, and Xu Jin regained his ability to move.

"Master, you..."

"Meal of Mist, Fifth Layer. How are you cultivating so fast?" Before Xu Jin could complain about the surprise attack, Ning Yuchan asked with a look of astonishment.

"Fast? I've had plenty of cultivation resources lately. Master Ning, on this mission, not only did I earn over a thousand taels of silver, but I was also allocated quite a few Star-Supplementing Pills and Spirit-Refreshing Pills. I just used them all; it's better to convert them into strength."

Xu Jin was explaining with his mouth, but he was laughing bitterly in his heart.

He knew that his cultivation base was something that absolutely could not be hidden.

That was why he had displayed his Meal of Mist, Fifth Layer cultivation base directly in front of Luo Geng earlier.

Once more people knew, it wouldn't be strange anymore.

Later on, no matter how fast Xu Jin cultivated, everyone would get used to it.

Moreover, as long as Xu Jin performed well enough, these anomalies would naturally be explained by others for him.

As long as you are powerful enough, there will always be great scholars to debate the classics for you.

Of course, he wasn't showing everything.

In terms of cultivation base, Xu Jin currently couldn't hide it and could only show it all.

But other things, such as the Clarity Soul Star Pattern, the Star-Plucking Token, and the ability to cast all Star Arts instantly, still needed to be kept hidden as much as possible.

Among hundreds of piglets, it's fine to grow a bit faster, but if you turn a fat pig into a golden pig, the trouble will be huge.

Xu Jin's explanation made Ning Yuchan nod slightly, accepting it.

But what Xu Jin didn't know was that Ning Yuchan was thinking about something else.

Up to this moment, Ning Yuchan was one hundred percent certain that Xu Jin's talent had been delayed by his previous congenital heart condition.

If Xu Jin hadn't had that congenital heart condition, the matter of the first place in this year's Star-Pointing season would definitely not have involved Yue Daqi.

Yue Daqi succeeded in pointing stars in three days; Ning Yuchan estimated that Xu Jin's true Star-Pointing talent was highly likely to be within one day.

It was the kind of Star-Pointing talent that is rarely seen in decades.

Ning Yuchan was both happy and excited.

Fortunately, Xu Jin's talent had been delayed by the congenital heart condition; otherwise, during the Star-Pointing season, as soon as word got out that Xu Jin had succeeded in pointing stars in one day, the Tianyang Branch would have used an order to take him away with their one-per-year merit-based quota before the Jinshan Academy could even cultivate him.

Because of the lockdown of the Spirit Era Star Palace, the Tianyang Star Palace and the Cangming Star Palace, which had fully stationed themselves in Chen Guo, had signed a rather helpless and humiliating clause with Chen Guo.

That was the merit-based quota.

The Tianyang Star Palace and the Cangming Star Palace, the branches of the two great star palaces in each province and the academies in each county, could all implement a merit-based quota privilege once a year within the county.

That is, as long as the two great star palaces took a fancy to a genius and wanted them, the Chen Guo National Academy, Provincial Academy, and Branch Academies all had to give them up.

Limited to one per year.

But this was very fatal for Chen Guo.

It could be considered one of the measures of the two great star palaces to hold Chen Guo hostage.

"At Meal of Mist, Fifth Layer, then you're going to charge towards Meal of Mist?" Ning Yuchan sat back down on the bamboo chair and asked.

"That's right, but there are still some other problems."

"Then I will first teach you the first seven chapters of the Nine Golden Chapters of Stepping on the Dipper and Facing the Truth. This is a basic method involving the operation of Star Power, which can be said to be the foundation for your future cultivation of Star Arts.

Basically, all Star Power operations cannot escape the Nine Golden Chapters," Ning Yuchan said.

"Actually, you have already learned a few chapters."

"Learned them?" Xu Jin was a bit puzzled.

"Learning the Nine Golden Chapters of Stepping on the Dipper and Facing the Truth directly is relatively dry and difficult to understand, which is extremely unfavorable for cultivation, causing the cultivation progress of many beginners to be extremely slow, wasting precious cultivation time in vain.

Five thousand years ago, the Profound Tianyang Xingjun personally created the Five Dipper Killing Fists and simplified the Nine Golden Chapters of Stepping on the Dipper and Facing the Truth, shortening the time for beginners from the Meal of Mist Realm to the Refine Star Realm from the previous decades to a few years.

Since then, countless versions of the Five Dipper Killing Fists and the Nine Golden Chapters of Stepping on the Dipper and Facing the Truth have been evolved by later generations, but the original creator was the Profound Tianyang Xingjun; you must remember this," Ning Yuchan said.

Subsequently, Ning Yuchan demonstrated the first five chapters of the Nine Golden Chapters of Stepping on the Dipper and Facing the Truth to Xu Jin.

For example, the first style, Five Dipper Killing Fists: East Harmonizes Yin and Yang, is the Arc Golden Chapter. Like drawing an arc with both hands, it allows Star Power to move and collide in an arc distribution, resulting in the Star Art: Star Shield.

The second style, South Swings the Six Harmonies, is the Explosion Golden Chapter, which focuses on the collision and explosion of Star Power, resulting in the Star Art: Star Ray.

The third style, West Raises Ten Thousand Stones, is the Bounce Golden Chapter, allowing Star Power to bounce in all directions with a point as the center, which is the Star Ring.

The fourth style, North Shoots the Heavenly Wolf, is the Shoot Golden Chapter, allowing Star Power to explode from one point to another, which is the Star Arrow.

The fifth style, Center Chief Determines the World, is the Support Golden Chapter, supporting the Star Power cluster from the middle, which is the Star Light Cover.

At this very moment, the Sixth Golden Chapter of Stepping on the Dipper and Facing the Truth that Ning Yuchan taught Xu Jin is called the Diffuse Golden Chapter, taking the meaning of water moistening all things silently. Star Power flows slowly, moistening slowly with water pressure, but without any harm. It can be used to accelerate the recovery of one's state, but it is used more for cultivation, especially the cultivation of the head. The human body is extremely powerful, and its recovery ability is also very strong, so it can be tempered with the Five Dipper Killing Fists, but the Six Yang Chief cannot; it must be tempered with the Diffuse Golden Chapter.

Besides this, Ning Yuchan also taught Xu Jin the Seventh Golden Chapter of Stepping on the Dipper and Facing the Truth, the Repel Golden Chapter.

It is slightly opposite to the first golden chapter, the Explosion Golden Chapter. The Explosion Golden Chapter explodes outward, while the Repel Golden Chapter explodes in the opposite direction. At the same time, after this Repel Golden Chapter is practiced, it can bring a basic Star Art—Flying Fei Xing Bu.

This made Xu Jin secretly rejoice.

Fortunately, he didn't learn the Flying Fei Xing Bu in the Star-Plucking Hall of the Star-Plucking Tower; it costs ten Star Patterns, which is also a not-so-small sum of money.

"Go back and practice diligently. With your talent and comprehension, I estimate that in about a month, you will be able to break through to the Meal of Mist, Sixth Layer. As for the Flying Fei Xing Bu, it shouldn't take too long. After learning the Flying Fei Xing Bu, your combat ability will be further improved," Ning Yuchan said.

"Master Ning, then what are the Eighth Star Chapter and the Ninth Star Chapter? I heard there is a Star Art called Star Rope and Star Blaze; when can I learn them!"

Bang!

A finger wind exploded directly on Xu Jin's forehead, and Xu Jin was in pain on the spot, clutching his head.

"Greed leads to indigestion!

Star Arts are means and methods, but Star Power is the foundation!

Without a strong foundation, no matter how many Star Arts you learn, it's useless.

Right now, besides slowly breaking through to the Meal of Mist, Sixth Layer, you should focus more on the Large Gathering Star Pattern.

You have already experienced the benefits of the Small Gathering Star Pattern, right?" Ning Yuchan said.

"I have experienced it, my strength doubled."

"That's right. After the Large Gathering Star Pattern is successfully engraved, although it won't double your strength again, it can at least skyrocket by fifty percent.

Also, the Nine Star Chapters are not just nine types of Star Chapters.

Nine is the extreme of numbers, do you understand?" Ning Yuchan lectured.

After speaking, Ning Yuchan asked intentionally or unintentionally, "By the way, has your Large Gathering Star Pattern been engraved yet? Even if it hasn't, it should be soon, right?"

"How could it be?"

Xu Jin shook his head like a rattle.

Last time, he didn't know the situation, and after successfully engraving the Small Gathering Star Pattern, he reported it in a hurry, which directly alarmed the Academy Head. Xu Jin knew that his speed of engraving the Small Gathering Star Pattern was too far ahead.

Xu Jin had already decided that even if the Large Gathering Star Pattern was successfully engraved, he would wait a few days before reporting it.

It is right to show powerful cultivation talent, but if it is too scary to show, it is easy to evolve into an accident.

"By the way, Master Ning, what is the deal with the Star-Plucking Token? Why did I hear some senior brothers say that after entering the Star-Plucking Tower with the Star-Plucking Token, it will be divided into many areas?

Some senior brothers even chatted about taking some Star Name or something?" Xu Jin didn't dare to ask directly and could only ask under the name of others.

In this Star-Pointing season, very few people have obtained the Star-Plucking Token.

But among the senior brothers currently in the academy, at least sixty percent have obtained the Star-Plucking Token in various ways.

So it is normal for Xu Jin to say so.

"You can only enter at Meal of Mist, Sixth Layer, what are you in a hurry for?" Ning Yuchan rolled her eyes at Xu Jin.

Although she said so, Ning Yuchan still told Xu Jin a lot about the Star-Plucking Token.

Including the problems of the various areas Xu Jin entered.

Unknowingly, Xu Jin actually lingered in Ning Yuchan's courtyard for more than half an hour. Outside the door, there were already disciples queuing up.

Xu Jin still wanted to ask, but Ning Yuchan frowned and said, "You have too many questions today, there are disciples waiting outside, come back tomorrow."

"Master, one last thing."

"Speak."

"Master, the Rotary Blade Emblem you used for me last time was very easy to use; I relied on it to make contributions."

"Hmm, I know."

"Both pieces were consumed."

"Hmm, so what?"

"This..."

Seeing that Ning Yuchan didn't take the initiative to attack, Xu Jin could only take the initiative with a thick skin, "Master, I've used them all up, can you give me a few more Rotary Blade Emblems to save my life?"

This was the truth.

Xu Jin really wanted to get a Rotary Blade Emblem to save his life.

Although he still had two Dawn Emblems in his hand, the Dawn Emblems were currently of unknown origin, and Xu Jin didn't dare to use them easily for fear of causing trouble.

"Give you a few? You say it lightly, do you know how much effort it takes me to make a Rotary Blade Emblem?" Ning Yuchan sneered. This Xu Jin only had this one bad point: his skin was too thick, and he spoke too bluntly, but it made people unable to feel dislike for him.

"Then I'll buy it, can I buy it?" Xu Jin said.

"Do you know how much silver someone outside is paying to acquire my Rotary Blade Emblems?"

"How much?"

Ning Yuchan held up four fingers.

In an instant, Xu Jin gasped.

Four thousand taels!

Damn, that's expensive!

Using this to blast people is just smashing people with silver.

But the truth is, silver can't smash people to death, but this can.

Just as Xu Jin was gasping, Ning Yuchan threw two Rotary Blade Emblems to Xu Jin, "You call me Master, I'll give you a student price, three thousand taels each, remember to pay me back later!"

"Hey, okay!"

Xu Jin put away the Rotary Blade Emblems and left happily.

There are many debts, no worries!

(End of chapter)