Chapter 706: The Hidden Gaze

Xu Jin did not immediately look for the location to transmit cultivation supplies.

The main reason was that when Xu Jin used the Heaven-Man Induction star art to judge the general fortune, his heart surged and his blood churned—an omen of disaster!

With this feeling, things that had previously been somewhat puzzling suddenly became clear to Xu Jin.

Before this, when he left the Emperor Dongxuan Dao Palace and headed to the Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion, Xu Jin had a feeling of being watched.

He was a prominent figure now, so being watched was normal; if you walk down the street, can you really stop people from looking at you?

But the problem was that this particular feeling of being watched made him feel very uncomfortable.

Generally speaking, only the gaze of someone harboring malice and possessing powerful cultivation could give Xu Jin this feeling.

"It seems someone is targeting me. Who could it be?"

"Could it be the Lu family of Zhenjun Bixuan?"

After some thought, Xu Jin had a bit of a judgment.

After all, since arriving in the Emperor Dongxuan Star Realm, the only people he had offended were the Lu family of Zhenjun Bixuan.

There was no helping it; the Lu family of Zhenjun Bixuan had too large an appetite.

Yin-Yang Star Marrow, a rare treasure—how could he possibly give it away?

"It seems I should convert all my existing resources into strength as quickly as possible, and then consider going out to receive my Master's cultivation resources. That way, if I encounter danger, my strength will be a bit higher, and I can be more composed." While pondering, Xu Jin had already made a decision.

With the direction of his cultivation set, Xu Jin had no more hesitation.

All the cultivation resources in his hands could now be consumed without worry.

The first thing to consume was the Zhou Tian Star Dew.

Xu Jin currently had eight drops in his possession, and the two drops promised by the Yutang Prince Zhu Zhu Shizhen had not yet been delivered.

He would just cultivate first.

In just four days, the eight drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew were consumed by Xu Jin. The six eighth-tier purification beads he had accumulated while in the Kunling Domain, along with dozens of seventh-tier purification beads and over a dozen seventh-tier spirit herbs, were also completely consumed.

Inside his body, the Space Zhai Xing Lou had reached twelve stories. At the same time, the Thunder-type Zhai Xing Lou branch had also emerged, reaching five stories, while the Wood-type Zhai Xing Lou reached three stories, the Fire-type Zhai Xing Lou three stories, and the Water-type Zhai Xing Lou three stories.

His cultivation speed was incredibly fast, but the Star Dew had already been exhausted.

【Your Highness, can the Zhou Tian Star Dew you promised to provide me be supplied in the near future? If possible, could you advance me two or three years' worth? My cultivation is currently in a period of rapid improvement.】

Xu Jin sent a starlight message to Yutang Prince Zhu Zhu Shizhen without any hesitation. Since he was working for the Zhu family anyway, it was only right to let him find a way.

Xu Jin held the mindset of squeezing out every last drop of value he could.

The main reason was that another thing Xu Jin was looking forward to had not achieved the expected effect.

That was the effect of nourishing the Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pill in the Arena of Battle; it fell short of expectations.

Previously, when Xu Jin nourished pills in the Kunling Domain, the effect was that after one day of nourishment, a star halo would appear, turning it into a one-essence pill; after fourteen days of nourishment, it would become a three-essence pill.

The medicinal effect of a three-essence pill was fully six times greater.

But for this Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pill, Xu Jin nourished it for four days before a single star halo appeared. The pill's effect had indeed doubled, but the nourishment time had increased fourfold.

Based on this calculation, it would take twelve days for two essences and sixty-four days for three essences.

Xu Jin's Arena of Battle now had six star lamps, each of which could nourish six pills. By this calculation, it would take sixty-four days to nourish thirty-six pills, and Xu Jin consumed at least two pills a day.

The supply of three-essence pills simply could not keep up.

However, if he could find a large quantity of Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills, once a cycle was formed, the two-essence ones should be able to keep up.

Xu Jin also analyzed the reason; it should be related to the high rank of the Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pill, and it might also be related to the Arena of Battle's rank being somewhat low.

Xu Jin did want to upgrade the Arena of Battle, but among the materials for upgrading it, he had seen Earth Abyss Spirit Sand, but he had never even seen Star Dome Profound Crystal.

Next time he had the chance, he would have to ask his Master, Emperor Master Fenghua, to see where he could find this Star Dome Profound Crystal.

If he continued to take one-essence Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills, Xu Jin could forge one story of his Zhai Xing Lou every five to six days; if he used two-essence ones, he could forge one story every three to four days.

But the problem now was that even for the Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills, Xu Jin could not maintain a long-term consumption rate of two pills per day.

Even if he advanced one year's worth of first-class Daoist treatment, the Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills in Xu Jin's hands only amounted to a little over one hundred and thirty.

Now, it all depended on the level of support from the Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion.

The next instant, Xu Jin's mind stirred, and he simultaneously activated various elephant-type star patterns, spitting out equal amounts of special rhyme power.

Under Xu Jin's activation, the eight types of rhyme power fused into a large heart of chaotic rhyme power within a few breaths.

The Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower instantly appeared above Xu Jin's head, and with a slight spit of starlight, the entire mass of chaotic rhyme power was swallowed in one gulp by the Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower.

In an instant, the starlight inside the Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower flashed again, and after several dozen breaths, the starlight returned to calm.

Under Xu Jin's internal observation, the entire inner wall of the Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower had already become nearly completely chaotic.

The inner walls of the Cloud Tower, built by different star patterns and different powers of various types, had already completed their chaotic transformation.

But the exterior of the Cloud Tower still had distinct layers.

At this point, counting the consumption of these past few days, the seven hundred strands of Sumeru Void Rhyme that Xu Jin had accumulated over the past half-year were completely exhausted.

Not a single strand remained.

And according to Xu Jin's observation, to completely complete the chaotic transformation of the Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower, the required Sumeru Void Rhyme would definitely be more than seven hundred strands.

He could only accumulate it slowly.

He could accumulate five strands a day, one hundred and fifty strands a month, and nine hundred strands in half a year.

Xu Jin estimated that at the fastest, in about half a year, he should be able to complete the preliminary chaotic transformation of the Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower.

Of course, it might take longer.

One year, or even two years.

After all, Xu Jin was walking a path that no one had walked before, with no experience to draw upon.

But Xu Jin also thought of a way to accelerate this path.

After a while, when Xu Jin received his Master's cultivation resources through the Thousand Star Token, he planned to exchange for some Divine Dao True Meaning to push his Empty Elephant star patterns to the ninth tier in one go, to see if he could break through the realm and evolve the Dao.

Accumulating one more strand a day was also a gain.

Little by little, it would add up.

Subsequently, Xu Jin took out the Star Gathering Array Disk, preparing to continue cultivating using Star Jade Scepters.

Compared to cultivating with Zhou Tian Star Dew, the gains from cultivating with Star Jade Scepters now felt a bit like mosquito meat.

But no matter how little mosquito meat there was, it was still mosquito meat.

The power of day-by-day accumulation was the most inconspicuous great power in this world.

Otherwise, how did those two Star Lords in the Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion with average talent reach this cultivation realm?

It was just the power of day-by-day accumulation plus living a long time.

Although their combat power was average, they were, after all, tenth-tier Star Lords in the eyes of ordinary people, god-like existences!

After cultivating for only half an hour, suddenly, the sound of a copper bell in the quiet room brought the voice of Xu Jin's current steward, Zhu Zhuang: "Master, the Prince is here to visit. How should I arrange it?"

"Invite him in quickly." As soon as Xu Jin heard this, he knew the God of Wealth had arrived.

After all, he had just sent a starlight message to Yutang Prince Zhu Zhu Shizhen.

Yutang Prince Zhu Zhu Shizhen could now be considered someone with an extremely close relationship to Xu Jin, so he was directly welcomed into the study by Xu Jin.

"Brother-in-law."

As soon as he sat down, Yutang Prince Zhu Zhu Shizhen took a large brocade box out of his Sumeru space and placed it in front of Xu Jin.

"I've been busy gathering these things for the past few days, making Brother-in-law wait a long time. Brother-in-law, please count the quantity first." The stout Zhu Zhu Shizhen sat in the hall, instantly filling the chair completely.

"Hmm, good."

Xu Jin casually opened the brocade box, and after just one glance, his gaze narrowed slightly.

After his divine sense swept over it to confirm, his expression changed slightly.

"Prince, why so much?"

Hearing this, Yutang Prince Zhu Zhu Shizhen squeezed two dimples onto his chubby face. "Brother-in-law, you should have heard the phrase 'fight with one's back to the river,' right?"

"I think this is more like 'staking everything on one throw'!" Xu Jin said in a deep voice.

Zhu Zhu Shizhen spread his hands. "Brother-in-law, whether it's 'fighting with one's back to the river' or 'staking everything on one throw,' this is the final struggle of our Yutang Zhu clan.

Otherwise, in at most twenty or thirty years, our Yutang Zhu clan will be placed on the dining table, then completely carved up, and completely disappear from the Emperor Dongxuan Star Realm."

"It's not that exaggerated, is it? Your sister is still in a high position, the Hall Master of the Punishment Hall of the Emperor Dongxuan Dao Palace!

This is one of the most powerful people in the entire Emperor Dongxuan Star Realm below the Tianyang Zhenjun level." Xu Jin said.

"Brother-in-law, you also said it's below the Tianyang Zhenjun level!

And our Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion, let alone a Tianyang Zhenjun, doesn't even have a Tianyang Xingjun anymore!

My sister has no hope of breaking through.

My talent is like this too.

There's no hope!

Our Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion has absolutely no hope left.

Now, you are the only hope of our Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion, and you are bound by a Great Dao oath.

Staking everything on one throw is the final choice of our Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion." Zhu Zhu Shizhen said.

Xu Jin was silent.

Looking at the nearly twenty-three bottles of Zhou Tian Star Dew in front of him, his first reaction was not joy, but pressure.

Accepting them meant he would completely shoulder the future of the Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion.

And before, it was just cooperation.

"Brother-in-law, my sister told me that all of her future Zhou Tian Star Dew will be given to you.

And mine will all be given to you too. Anyway, my cultivation and combat power—being ten or eight years slower doesn't matter.

From now on, all the inherent shares of our Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion every year will be given to you, for at least ten years!" Zhu Zhu Shizhen said.

"But one person's share shouldn't be this much, right?" Xu Jin pointed at the dozen or so bottles of Zhou Tian Star Dew, surprised.

"It's definitely not just my share.

I have two drops from my fourth-class Daoist treatment in the Dao Palace, three drops from my Yutang Prince title every year, and then two drops from the mansion's share every year.

Mine, a total of seven drops, are all here.

As for the other seven drops, they are the annual stipends of the other three Star Lords of our Yutang Zhu clan: one drop from the Dao Palace stipend of the Tianyang Xingjun Zhu Zhu Fuze, one drop from the offerings enjoyed within the Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion, and two drops from the Dao Palace stipends of the two Great Star Lords, Meng Meng Yufeng and Yu Jing, plus one drop from the mansion's offerings." Zhu Zhu Shizhen introduced.

"But you brought me a total of twenty-three drops?" Xu Jin was surprised.

"These six drops are considered borrowed."

"Borrowed?" Xu Jin was puzzled.

"Brother-in-law, you know that people like me won't save Zhou Tian Star Dew! However, tenth-tier Star Lords start saving Star Dew, especially those from ordinary backgrounds, who have to save Star Dew to buy other supreme treasures.

Zhou Tian Star Dew is the hardest of hard currencies.

Like the two Great Star Lords in our mansion, Meng Meng Yufeng and Yu Jing, they are advanced in years and their cultivation improvement is slow; for these years, they have been saving Star Dew for their own descendants.

So, I went and begged to borrow from them.

For ten years!

Ten years later, for each family's descendants, I will give each one an Evolution Pearl and two types of divine ability treasures; the cost isn't too high, it's completely worth it." Zhu Yutang said.

"Then what about the other three drops, and all these Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills?" Xu Jin asked, looking at the thirty bottles of Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills.

Hearing this, Zhu Zhu Shizhen smiled. "Brother-in-law, compared to Zhou Tian Star Dew, Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills are much easier to get; they can be bought on the market.

Our Yutang Prince Mansion just sold two small world star domains, exchanging them for three drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew and thirty bottles of Seven-Star Xuanhuang Pills, enough for you to use for a period of time, Brother-in-law."

"Sold two small world star domains?" Xu Jin was stunned.

"That's right!

Since it's staking everything on one throw, we must spare no cost.

Rather than letting these small world star domains be snatched away by others in a few decades, it's better to cash them in while we can and help your growth, Brother-in-law.

As long as our Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion continues to exist, everything is worth it!" Zhu Zhu Shizhen said firmly.

Looking at the incredibly determined Zhu Zhu Shizhen, Xu Jin was still quite shocked.

Zhu Zhu Shizhen, or rather the Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion, was truly smashing pots and selling iron to help him cultivate.

"Brother-in-law, it's just that buyers for small world star domains are hard to find, and very few people can take them over immediately; otherwise, I would have wanted to sell dozens of star domains to support you. After all, if we don't sell them now, we'll lose them later anyway." Zhu Zhu Shizhen said.

"That's enough, it's enough for me to cultivate for a period of time.

I will accept these things!

Rest assured, I, Xu Jin, will definitely not let your Yutang Zhu clan down!" Xu Jin said.

Seeing Xu Jin accept, Yutang Prince Zhu Zhu Shizhen's expression relaxed, and he completely let go.

It was good that he accepted.

He had staked everything on one throw, but if no one took it, that would be the real trouble!

"By the way, are there any high-rank Star Gathering Array Disks here?" Xu Jin asked.

"High-rank? Brother-in-law, as for array disks, eighth-tier ones are common, but ninth-tier ones are extremely rare! Even our Yutang Tianyang Zhenjun Mansion only has one ninth-tier set, which I am using!

I'll let you use it first!

I'll use an eighth-tier one; it won't make much difference!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Jin was stunned again.

There was actually a ninth-tier Star Gathering Array Disk.

(End of chapter)