Chapter 671

Obtaining ninth-tier Gu crystals was no difficulty for Xu Jin.

Even if they were Gu beasts in groups, which were a disaster for others, for Xu Jin, who was proficient in spatial star arts, it was just a matter of consuming a bit more time and kiting them a few more times.

After six days, even without deliberately searching for ninth-tier Gu beasts, the number was already enough.

Not only enough, but exceeded.

Of course, this had to do with the Mingji Star Pattern and his powerful Dao Fetus.

Xu Jin could find the location of ninth-tier Gu beasts from an ultra-long distance and then use spatial displacement to snipe them.

The difficulty lay in his identity.

However, after six days, Xu Jin had already gained something.

Although the Gu-raising domain was extremely vast, its diameter might exceed one hundred thousand li.

But Xu Jin, with the help of the ultra-strong sensing range of the Mingji Star Pattern, also found his target.

In the intelligence provided by Wu Bei, in the Dongxuan Star Realm, great power and authority were one and the same.

This was likely due to the large number of Star Lords and quite a few True Persons.

The so-called clans of princes and marquises referred to the strongest power of a clan, the kind that had been enfeoffed by the Dongxuan Emperor.

True Persons were enfeoffed as kings, and Star Lords were enfeoffed as marquises; it was like a feudal system, and they controlled a large number of star domains under their command.

Although there were many marquis clans of Star Lords, only the king clans of True Persons could be considered top-tier powerful and wealthy families.

Power was also divided into levels.

Those who could casually issue relatively precious Dongxuan Tokens and form a closed loop were the descendants of the king clans of True Persons, who had a better grasp of this.

And relatively speaking, the descendants of the king clans of True Persons were easier to find.

Because there were currently only four king clans of True Persons in the entire Dongxuan Star Realm.

The Su clan of True Person Commander Tian Zhang, the Lu clan of True Person Bixuan, the Zhu clan of True Person Yutang, and the Yuan clan of True Person Yuanling.

Among them, True Person Commander Tian Zhang was the current ruler of the Dongxuan Star Realm.

This clan was the first to be ruled out by Xu Jin; if he rashly went up to them, he might be sent up as a merit.

Xu Jin targeted the descendants of the remaining three clans who were participating in the selection.

Among these two clans, Xu Jin had never found any descendants of the Yuan clan of True Person Yuanling.

But Xu Jin had already found the bloodline descendants of the Lu clan of True Person Bixuan and the Zhu clan of True Person Yutang.

The reason he found them was also very simple, because most of the elites participating in the selection were fighting alone, and occasionally two people teaming up was already very rare.

Only the descendants of these two clans had already formed small combat teams.

There were several ninth-tier experts in the teams, and their combat power was not bad, with several in the mid-to-late ninth tier.

Unless Xu Jin disregarded everything and exploded with full power, he would only have a fifty or sixty percent chance of success.

The reason why it was only fifty or sixty percent was because, according to Xu Jin's current observation, the members of these two teams had not yet exploded with their full power.

He didn't know if they had any powerful trump cards.

It was better to be careful.

Originally, Xu Jin's initial idea was to seize it by force.

But in his previous exchanges with Wu Bei, the risk of this method was too great.

The identity tokens of the Dongxuan Star Realm had been continuously improved for thousands of years and were already very strict.

It wasn't just a matter of snatching a token and refining it.

After thinking it over, there was only one method left.

The so-called greatest merit is saving the sovereign.

Save someone, then demonstrate value, and then throw this problem to the other party to solve.

It had a certain amount of risk, but the probability of success was also greater.

Because according to the intelligence Xu Jin had currently collected, becoming a candidate Daoist was only the first step.

Every prince and noble family was trying every possible way to send their own descendants into the Dongxuan Dao Academy, pass the tests, and become Daoists, so that in the future they might become Star Lords, or even prove the Dao as True Persons, ensuring that the clan's power and status would not decline.

And in order to ensure that their own direct-line elites passed the tests and became Daoists, the more candidate Daoists they had on their side, the better.

Xu Jin understood this logic.

It was accompanying the bid!

Accompanying the run.

So Xu Jin was now a natural accompanying quota.

This value should be enough.

It was just that Lu Huang, a direct descendant of the Bixuan True Person Lu clan, was himself at the mid-ninth-tier cultivation level, and by his side were a late-ninth-tier, a mid-ninth-tier, and an early-ninth-tier expert.

Four ninth-tier experts formed a team, and even if they encountered a large number of Gu beasts, they could fight and retreat.

There was simply no opportunity for Xu Jin to save anyone.

After circling around them for a day, Xu Jin even designed to let the little white tiger go out and lure a wave of Gu beasts over, wanting to artificially create danger for them, and then he would suddenly kill his way out, save them from disaster, take this opportunity to join them, and then look for an opportunity to solve the identity problem.

But the Gu beasts were lured over; two ninth-tier Gu beasts brought over a hundred eighth-tier Gu beasts, and they merged into one wave with the two ninth-tier Gu beasts that were fighting with them, instantly plunging them into a bitter battle.

Seeing the Bixuan Lu clan plunged into a bitter battle, Xu Jin immediately arranged for the little white tiger to take action; three hundred li away, there were two more waves of ninth-tier Gu beasts, all of which were lured over; by then, they wouldn't just be in a bitter battle, but in a desperate situation.

When everyone was injured, or even close to despair, Xu Jin would then inadvertently kill his way in.

At that time, his merit would be the greatest, and it would be easiest to gain their trust.

The timing of taking action to save someone was still very important.

If the timing was wrong, the effect would be worlds apart.

However, this group of Lu clan members from the True Person king clan were truly elites among elites.

A total of five ninth-tier Gu beasts and over three hundred eighth-tier Gu beasts of various kinds besieged them; although everyone was injured, they were still holding on to the death.

That Lu clan direct descendant Lu Huang, under an explosion of power, killed one ninth-tier Gu beast and severely injured one flying Gu, and was himself not lightly injured, but he was still in a bitter battle.

There was no despair; instead, each one of them was full of fighting spirit.

On this point, Xu Jin had to give a thumbs up.

Powerful enough.

However, Xu Jin believed that after another dozen or so breaths, when the little white tiger lured the other wave of Gu beasts over, among that wave of Gu beasts, there would be two ninth-tier Gu beasts, one of which was even at the peak of the ninth tier.

Very formidable.

By then, it would inevitably plunge them into despair.

At that time, it would be the timing for Xu Jin to take action.

Xu Jin was very patient.

But what surprised Xu Jin was that after a dozen or so breaths, the Gu beasts lured by the little white tiger hadn't arrived yet, but a streak of ink-green starlight flew in from the horizon.

The starlight landed, spun rapidly, and a low, harsh bamboo flute sound suddenly rang out, and then, carrying star power, it spread out in circles.

This flute sound seemed to have magic; while making those three or four hundred Gu beasts let out shrill hisses, it slowly dispersed them, circle by circle. The crisis was immediately resolved.

Xu Jin was stunned.

There was even this method!

Wasn't this blatant cheating?

But thinking that these were direct descendants of a True Person king clan, having such a method was also normal.

Many times, rules were just made for ordinary people to see.

While helpless, Xu Jin directly recalled the little white tiger, then continued to stay invisible, using the Mingji Star Pattern to observe.

"It's a good thing Mr. Pei arrived back in time, otherwise, this prince would have been in danger," said Lu Huang of the Bixuan lineage.

"Your Highness is being too modest." Pei Qiu, who had landed, finished his salute, but his eyes looked extremely grim as he looked in all directions, "Your Highness, the Gu beasts that surrounded you were very likely artificially guided; someone is targeting you!"

Xu Jin was stunned.

But the main character Lu Huang, who heard this, was not surprised at all, coldly glancing in all directions, "If it's not the Su clan, it's the Yuan clan; it couldn't be more normal!

Now that the Dongxuan Star Realm is at a time of power transition, it would be strange if no one was plotting against me.

But is it useful?

After all, my father is the true pillar of our Lu clan."

"Mr. Pei, how did that matter go?"

"Your Highness, it's already in progress, it's almost there, but if we want to complete the final step, we might need to add a bit more effort."

"Oh, really?" Lu Huang was overjoyed.

For him, the candidate Daoist position was something he would inevitably obtain; a True Person king clan still had this much foundation.

However, he had come with a mission.

"You also know, a tiger's prestige doesn't fall even after it dies, although I have already secretly..."

"Wait!"

Upon hearing the crucial part, Lu Huang suddenly made a gesture, and then supported a large area of starlight; in an instant, Xu Jin's Mingji Star Pattern was blocked out.

He couldn't hear anything anymore.

Xu Jin's expression suddenly sank.

He could tell that Lu Huang was up to some harmful business.

It was probably just internal infighting.

Very normal, power is just dazzling to the eyes.

But it was Xu Jin's grand plan that had been ruined.

And Xu Jin had already wasted a day and a half on them.

There were still two and a half days left until the end of the selection.

Within these two and a half days, if Xu Jin couldn't solve the identity problem.

Then when the selection ended, it would likely be the moment Xu Jin contacted his Master, Emperor Fenghua, to ask him to beg others.

Thinking about having to let Emperor Fenghua lower his head and beg others to help redeem him, not to mention the fawning, he would also have to pay a huge price.

Xu Jin felt as if he had swallowed a fly.

Extremely disgusting!

Emperor Fenghua, this Master, was too dedicated.

So dedicated that Xu Jin didn't want him to suffer because of himself.

Xu Jin would rather lower his own head and beg others than let Emperor Fenghua lower his head and beg others.

It was just like when Xu Jin's biological father in his previous life lowered his head to beg others for Xu Jin's sake; at that time, Xu Jin had truly clenched his fingernails into his palms.

In the last two and a half days, he must solve the identity problem.

The next instant, Xu Jin, under invisibility, moved slightly further away, and then instantly activated the spatial displacement star art.

If one clan didn't work, he would change to another.

He couldn't just hang himself on one tree.

The direct descendants of the Zhu clan of True Person Yutang that Xu Jin had discovered previously were active in the northern region of the Gu-raising domain, and because of the fighting, their area of activity shouldn't be large.

Xu Jin was going over to find the direct descendants of the Zhu clan now.

To see if he could create an opportunity.

Xu Jin had discovered the group of direct descendants of the Zhu clan of True Person Yutang three days ago.

The lineup was very luxurious.

Not worse than Lu Huang's group.

One late-ninth-tier, two mid-ninth-tier, and three early-ninth-tier experts.

A full six ninth-tier experts.

With such a lineup, as long as they were careful and steady, they could steadily sweep across and wipe out all Gu beasts.

Because of this, Xu Jin had given up on targeting the Zhu clan of True Person Yutang.

Because with such a lineup, there was basically no opportunity for him to bestow favor.

He then chose the Lu clan, whose lineup was slightly weaker.

He didn't expect the Lu clan to have a hidden hand, and he had no opportunity at all.

At this moment, he could only go back to find the Zhu clan.

As for the Yuan clan of True Person Yuanling, he hadn't found them at all.

Xu Jin had already decided that if the group from the Zhu clan of True Person Yutang couldn't create an opportunity, he would take a risky move and directly attack them to see if he could capture the direct descendants of the Zhu clan alive.

Xu Jin moved all the way, while activating the Mingji Star Pattern to sense on a large scale.

Half an hour later, he suddenly discovered the team of the Zhu clan of True Person Yutang.

The moment he discovered them, surprise appeared in his eyes.

The bloodline of the Zhu clan of the True Person Yutang king clan was in danger!

Not only were they in danger, but they had also suffered casualties!

The original ninth-tier team of six was now reduced to only three.

And the remaining three were all injured, with one of them being severely injured.

Not only that, these three were currently surrounded and attacked by nearly a thousand Gu beasts, and the situation was quite dangerous.

In the sky and on the ground, all kinds of Gu beasts had nearly sealed off their retreat.

The three could only hold on to the death.

Xu Jin was overjoyed and wanted to save them.

But suddenly, he thought of something!

With so many Gu beasts, there seemed to be traces of human intervention!

The next instant, the Mingji Star Pattern spread out far away again, and suddenly, Xu Jin sensed an abnormality.

(End of chapter)