Chapter 70: Traces of Evil Path

The starlight on the Arena flickered slightly, which meant that the Arena could also interact with the newly obtained things.

The current interaction was only nourishing.

This meant that the picked medicinal herbs could be nourished.

If these medicinal herbs could be nourished, it meant that Xu Jin could artificially improve the quality of the harvest on a small scale, thereby obtaining higher returns.

What Xu Jin didn't know now was, how many medicinal herbs could be nourished under the Star Lamp?

If one Star Lamp could only nourish one medicinal herb, there was no cost-effectiveness.

Even if one were to nurture ordinary pine-moss grass to one-star, the academy's purchase price would only increase from two taels to ten taels.

If one were to nurture one-star pine-moss grass to two-star, the academy's purchase price would increase from ten taels to thirty taels.

For a return of twenty taels, Xu Jin might as well use it to nourish Spirit-Refreshing Pills.

With starlight exploding under his feet, Xu Jin leaped back onto the cliff, his mind sank into the Arena, and he took out the two Spirit-Refreshing Pills he had been nourishing under the first Star Lamp.

Xu Jin had tried before; after the Arena was upgraded to Second Tier, one Star Lamp could nourish at most two pills at a time.

A whole bottle of pills couldn't be collected directly.

Subsequently, Xu Jin activated the Arena of Battle and attempted to place the pine-moss grass into it.

One, two, five—the smile on Xu Jin's face became more and more brilliant.

Finally, all thirteen sprigs of pine-moss grass he had just obtained were placed beneath the first star lamp; starlight flowed and flickered, and the nurturing process began.

It could be done.

And putting in thirteen was not the upper limit.

This return was still worth doing.

Even if they were all nourished from ordinary to one-star, he would earn eight taels more per piece; thirteen pieces would be over one hundred taels.

Moreover, this was only relatively ordinary pine-moss grass.

If he picked the more precious Ghost Eye Ginseng, just the ordinary purchase price was 40 taels, and one-star was as high as 500 taels.

The higher the value of the single item picked, the higher the cost-effectiveness of nourishing.

However, the more precious the harvest, the harder it was to obtain, and it was even hard to come by.

Therefore, Xu Jin was not in a hurry at all.

Taking advantage of the last bit of daylight, he searched the cliffside and found another thirty-four sprigs of pine-moss grass; three were one-star, but there were no two-star ones.

Finally, Xu Jin tested the upper limit of the Star Lamp nourishing medicinal herbs.

Twenty pieces.

A single star lamp in a second-tier Arena of Battle can nurture twenty sprigs of pine-moss grass at once, but the nurturing time should still require a full day and night.

Calculated this way, the return of one Star Lamp for one day and night was at least one hundred and sixty taels, two lamps would be three hundred and twenty taels, and in three days, he could harvest an extra one thousand taels.

Subsequently, Xu Jin took out the nurtured Spirit-Refreshing Pills and placed pine-moss grass under both star lamps.

The sun set extremely fast. Once the sun set, it was pitch black in the deep mountains; besides the mountain peaks, other places were truly pitch black.

Xu Jin quickly dashed toward a cave he had discovered on the way there.

The deep mountains and old forests at night are the world of all kinds of poisonous insects and fierce beasts. Collecting herbs at night, if you aren't bitten to death, you'll fall to death.

Xu Jin honestly found the cave entrance, found some dry firewood, and set a fire, smoking out hundreds of all kinds of insects, and also getting rid of the smell.

It should be the nest of some fierce beast.

But Xu Jin wasn't afraid.

As long as it wasn't the kind of star beast that had condensed a star core, Xu Jin wasn't afraid.

Moving a few large stones to block the cave entrance, suddenly, a roar came from the cave entrance.

Xu Jin moved at the sound, propped up a starlight cover, held a star weapon long blade, and slowly pushed open the stone door to exit the cave.

Just as he poked his head out of the cave, a white shadow flashed and pounced on Xu Jin's head like lightning.

Almost instinctively, or rather, it was the combat instinct killed out in the Practice Arena Secret Realm these days.

A Star Shield emerged extremely abruptly from his throat, strengthening the protection of his entire head, and the long blade swung up violently, starlight exploding.

*Ssh! *

Blood sprayed.

This fierce beast that pounced on Xu Jin was cut in two with one blade.

Observing closely, it was a white lynx.

On its two claws, dots of starlight were dissipating. It wasn't an ordinary monster; it was a fierce beast that had breathed starlight into its body, but its grade was not high.

The long blade slashed continuously, directly cutting off the lynx's sharp claws, and put them into his backpack.

Many special parts of fierce beasts, especially those containing starlight, were also bought by the Daoist Academy, and the price was not low.

This pair of sharp claws was worth at least fifty taels of silver.

Unfortunately, when he received it, the Arena had no unusual movement.

Cutting off the lynx's two large legs, as well as the rather fat chest meat, and throwing the rest far away, Xu Jin returned to the cave, lit a fire, and grilled the meat on the spot.

The dry food issued by the Daoist Academy was mainly meat jerky, which was too hard on the cheeks to eat.

Xu Jin was also a small expert at grilling meat in his previous life.

At the beginning, he participated in outdoor activities with a group of buddies, and everyone praised his craftsmanship. Even if it was burnt, no one complained, and they all said it was delicious.

Xu Jin even thought it was really delicious.

Unexpectedly, those guys just wanted someone to grill meat for them.

Xu Jin grilled, they ate.

They ate their fill, started drinking, and Xu Jin could only find time to eat a little himself, and still had to clean up.

Later, Xu Jin also woke up.

But the craftsmanship of grilling meat was truly practiced.

There was only a little salt in the backpack.

This fresh meat that had just been cut and was still steaming, grilled, just sprinkled with a little salt, was also very delicious.

Especially the fatty parts, grilled until they sizzled with oil, the aroma overflowing. Eating a large piece of delicious chest meat and another leg, Xu Jin then lay half-reclined and rested beautifully.

Miscalculated.

If he were to enter the mountains again next time, he should bring a bag of seasonings and some handy tools.

No matter how bitter it is, you can't make your stomach suffer.

Anyway, with Xu Jin's current physique, adding a little load had no effect at all.

Although in the wild, cultivation could not stop.

The Diffusing Golden Chapter of the Meal of Mist, Sixth Layer could not be missed for a single night.

The continued solidification of the Clarity-Soul Star Pattern on the head could not be missed, and then there was practicing the Flying Fei Xing Bu in the Star Lamp, inscribing the Large Star-Gathering Pattern.

Finally, Xu Jin took another Spirit-Refreshing Pill, took out the Star-Plucking Token, and prepared to enter the Star-Plucking Building's Practice Arena Secret Realm for actual combat.

But to Xu Jin's surprise, he entered the Star-Plucking Building, but couldn't enter the Practice Arena Secret Realm.

Fortunately, there was an information prompt; otherwise, Xu Jin would have thought this Star-Plucking Token was broken.

【Star Lord is too far from the Star-Plucking Building, please adjust the distance, or upgrade your Star-Plucking Token star rating】

"Damn, this is offline, no internet?"

Xu Jin was very surprised; he hadn't noticed this point at all before.

He studied it conveniently.

Only then did he discover the prompt regarding the Star-Plucking Token's star rating.

One-star Star-Plucking Token can be used within four hundred miles of the main building or two hundred miles of a branch building; exceeding the distance makes it impossible to send or receive starlight messages, and other functions cannot be used.

Two-star Star-Plucking Token can be used within eight hundred miles of the main building or four hundred miles of a branch building; exceeding the distance makes it impossible to send or receive starlight messages, and other functions cannot be used.

The distance limit for the Three-star Star-Plucking Token is twelve hundred miles for the main building and six hundred miles for a branch building.

The distance limit for the Four-star Star-Plucking Token is twenty-four hundred miles for the main building and twelve hundred miles for a branch building.

The distance limit for the Five-star Star-Plucking Token is four thousand miles for the main building and two thousand miles for a branch building.

Information on six stars and above is unknown.

Good guy, this Star-Plucking Building has service area restrictions.

If the Star-Plucking Building branch building of Hu Jinshan County is in Hu Jinshan Juncheng, then it is fifty kilometers around Hu Jinshan Juncheng.

Xu Jin was definitely more than fifty kilometers away from Hu Jinshan Juncheng at this moment.

Suddenly, Xu Jin thought of the time he went to Heshui County; if someone had a two-star or higher Star-Plucking Token, communication would be very convenient.

The method of upgrading stars is currently unknown.

Need to enter the affiliated main building to be clear.

The Practice Arena Secret Realm couldn't be entered, but the nourished Spirit-Refreshing Pill he had just swallowed couldn't be wasted.

Continued to practice the Diffusing Golden Chapter hard until after midnight, and then Xu Jin rested.

At night, the roars of various beasts in the mountains and forests rose one after another, but Xu Jin slept incomparably soundly.

Perhaps this is what is meant by 'the skilled are bold'.

On the morning of July 10th, after finishing his morning cultivation, Xu Jin started searching, not in a hurry.

There were only more than three hundred disciples entering the mountains, and scattering them into this vast mountain was no different from throwing three hundred stones into the sea.

As long as you dare to walk to the edge, the harvest will definitely not be small.

All morning, Xu Jin turned around on the Jin Yingfeng. The steeper the place, the better the harvest, but it also consumed quite a bit of Star Power.

To tell the truth, in some places, without the Flying Fei Xing Bu, even if you saw it, you couldn't pick it.

But then again, picking herbs on these cliffs was quite fast for training the Flying Fei Xing Bu.

All morning, he harvested about two hundred taels of materials.

In the afternoon, Xu Jin went down the Jin Yingfeng and explored the valley under the peak.

The harvest in the valley was slightly more.

He had gathered over three catties of stone-awn.

The academy's purchase price for this stone-awn is ten taels of silver per tael.

One-star was fifty taels of silver.

It could also be nurtured, but in a few more hours, the pine-moss grass would be finished, and he could swap them then.

There was one bad thing about the valley, which was that there were quite a few fierce beasts.

In just over an hour, the fierce beasts Xu Jin killed exceeded seven.

One of them looked like a Meal of Mist, Sixth Layer fierce beast, which Xu Jin killed with some effort.

But the harvest was also not bad; these fierce beasts also contributed several hundred taels to Xu Jin.

After dealing with a fierce beast, Xu Jin swallowed a Star-Replenishing Pill at the fastest speed to restore Star Power.

In the valley, Xu Jin always had the illusion of being stared at by something; it might be because there were many fierce beasts, and Xu Jin didn't think much of it while being vigilant.

And on a mountain peak on the side that Xu Jin couldn't see, two men wearing animal skins were huddled together.

"This target wasn't chosen well, his cultivation is not high, but his combat power is frighteningly high. He even easily killed a Meal of Mist, Sixth Layer fierce beast. Let's go, change the target." Long Yu carefully pulled the thin and lean Zhou Zhou Baihan.

"You are a star-forger, and you are still afraid of a Meal of Mist, Fifth Layer?" Zhou Zhou Baihan was somewhat dissatisfied.

"You know a fart! This kind of person is considered a genius. For a genius, the protection given by the Hu Jinshan Daoist Academy must be heavy; maybe there is some powerful pattern protecting his body. If you don't want to die, follow me." After Long Yu finished speaking, he didn't talk nonsense and turned to leave directly. Zhou Zhou Baihan could only follow.

"Then, Altar Master, should we notify others?" Zhou Zhou Baihan asked.

"Notify a fart, if no one is exposed, how can we live!"

"Also!"

After speaking, the two figures wearing animal skins quickly disappeared in the Jin Yingfeng area.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 71 =====