Chapter 75

On the afternoon of July 11th, Xu Jin continued to explore outside of Jin Yingfeng, exploring as far as Floating Cloud Valley, a hundred miles away from Jin Yingfeng.

In Floating Cloud Valley, Xu Jin had a significant harvest, with over a thousand taels of harvest.

The most valuable was a medicinal herb called Rooster-Crest Branch, red in color, named for its resemblance to a rooster's comb.

One sprig was fifteen taels of silver, one-star was forty taels, and two-star was eighty taels.

Xu Jin gathered over sixty sprigs, twelve of which were one-star.

In Floating Cloud Valley, Xu Jin also discovered the even more precious Ghost-Eye Ginseng, and it was in patches, but Xu Jin didn't dare to pick it.

Because around the Ghost-Eye Ginseng, Xu Jin only discovered one powerful beast aura.

That aura was even more powerful than the third-tier Green Snake Xu Jin had killed before.

It was at least a star beast at the mid-stage or even late-stage of the Refine Star Realm.

Xu Jin didn't act recklessly and quietly retreated.

Although emblems are great weapons, they are one-time use.

If the timing is wrong, not only is it a waste, but he could also lose his life.

Wealth is sought in danger, and lost in danger.

Xu Jin noted the location, intending to come back and pick them when he was stronger in the future.

There was no need to take risks now.

"Often walking by the river, how can one not get their shoes wet?"

It was better to be cautious.

Nurturing the Rooster-Crest Branch would also yield a harvest of over a thousand taels.

It had to be said that the Spirit-Sensing Star Pattern of the Green Snake's spirit had miraculous effects.

It allowed Xu Jin to discover and avoid danger many times.

Especially avoiding those powerful star beasts.

Otherwise, Xu Jin wouldn't have been able to explore a hundred miles deeper after Jin Yingfeng.

But Xu Jin was also very wise not to explore deeper.

A hundred miles deeper from Jin Yingfeng, he discovered more and more star beast auras; in just half a day, he discovered three star beasts.

Along the way, to avoid being smelled by star beasts and hunted as food, Xu Jin constantly looked for some grass leaves with strong odors, crushed them, and rubbed them on his body.

On the night of July 11th, Xu Jin continued his hard cultivation.

But with the successful inscription of the Great Star-Gathering Pattern, and unable to enter the Star-Picking Tower, Xu Jin could only struggle with the Flying Fei Xing Bu in the star lamp; of course, the daily Myriad Gold Chapter was also indispensable.

Xu Jin changed the half-hour of solidifying the Star Palace Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern in the star lamp every day to one hour.

While solidifying it in the cave at night, Xu Jin suddenly felt a certain position in his head suddenly open up.

The feeling of stagnation when solidifying the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern before disappeared in this instant.

There was an unprecedented feeling of openness in his head.

Refreshed and invigorated, his spirit was incomparable.

Xu Jin vaguely felt that the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern should have been completely solidified, but he wasn't sure.

He continued to close his eyes and solidify it.

The moment he closed his eyes, suddenly, a star pattern that was incomparably complex and intricate, shaped like a flower bud and flickering with dots of flowing light, appeared before Xu Jin's eyes.

Hmm?

Xu Jin was shocked; he opened his eyes, and it disappeared.

He closed his eyes, and it came back?

After repeating this several times, Xu Jin understood that this should be the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern he had been inscribing for nearly a month.

Was he able to look inside himself?

A few breaths later, Xu Jin determined that the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern had been completely solidified.

And he could look inside himself; not only could he see the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern,

but he could also see the Great Star-Gathering Pattern on his chest, and even the flow of star power in his body, and the vague condition of his internal organs, all of which he could see.

On his right chest, the back of his waist, and his left lower leg, there were large areas of starlight gathered there, which Xu Jin didn't quite understand at first.

He even thought his kidneys were good.

After studying it for a long time, he discovered that these three areas were all parts that had been injured in the past two days.

It should be that after the injury, the star power in his body automatically gathered there to accelerate recovery.

At this time, Xu Jin missed that mysterious man in green.

The Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern he taught Xu Jin was indeed powerful, but the guy disappeared after teaching only half of it.

What should happen next?

Could it be that he was really a demon being suppressed?

Xu Jin felt a bit melancholy.

But soon, Xu Jin was pleasantly surprised by the changes brought about after the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern was completely solidified.

Just as the man in green had said at the beginning, what the power would be like, Xu Jin would know for himself once he solidified it successfully.

The first most obvious change was the Star Arrow.

Xu Jin's previous Star Arrow range was just over six feet, equivalent to the sixth layer of the Meal of Mist Realm; this range was only reached last night.

But now, Xu Jin's Star Arrow range had reached eight feet.

And it was swift and fast, and the shooting speed had also significantly increased.

One must know that the Star Arrow range of senior brothers at the seventh layer of the Meal of Mist Realm was only seven feet, and only at the peak of the seventh layer could they reach eight feet.

Xu Jin was only at the fifth layer of the Meal of Mist Realm, and his Star Arrow range had already reached the level of the peak of the seventh layer.

Xu Jin felt that if he were to sneak attack Yang Ba and Jiang Long from this morning again, he estimated that Yang Ba wouldn't be able to dodge his sneak attack.

Even if he dodged it, it would be easier to kill him.

Because the power of all star arts had significantly increased.

It originally took two hits to shatter the protective star light of Yang Ba, who was at the seventh layer of the Meal of Mist Realm; now, it only took one hit.

Suddenly, Xu Jin remembered a sentence the man in green said when he taught him the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern.

"I have a star pattern, named the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern. Once practiced, it can clarify the soul daily, increase the upper limit of soul power, and even improve the recovery speed of soul power. It is a tool for cultivation and a tool for casting star arts.

After forging a star, you can exert twelve percent of the power of a star art."

Xu Jin didn't believe it at all at first.

Bragging, who doesn't know how?

If he were to brag, it wouldn't just be twelve percent; it would be at least double.

He didn't expect it to be true.

Looking at it now, he had only successfully solidified the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern and hadn't forged a star, yet the power of his star arts had already increased by at least twenty percent.

Two hours later, Xu Jin also tested the changes in other aspects.

The number of rounds of the Drinking Brilliance posture to recover star power after his star power was exhausted increased from four rounds to five rounds.

The duration of the Myriad Gold Chapter also increased by half an hour.

The upper limit of soul power had indeed increased.

It was a pity that he couldn't enter the Practice Arena Secret Realm now.

Xu Jin estimated that the maximum number of challenges he could face in the Practice Arena Secret Realm in a full soul state must have also increased.

It was originally six times; he didn't know if it was seven or eight times now. With the improvement in strength, Xu Jin felt restless and thought of that patch of Ghost-Eye Ginseng in Floating Cloud Valley, which was worth at least two thousand taels.

He even thought of killing that star beast, getting another third-tier star beast spirit, and placing it on the Arena of Battle to see what kind of protection he could obtain.

In the end, Xu Jin suppressed his greed!

"Greed leads to loss!"

Next time, leave it for next time.

The next month was still Xu Jin's period of rapid strength improvement; he would be more confident next time.

According to his current harvest, it was enough for Xu Jin's cultivation for the next month, and enough for the Arena of Battle to ascend a tier; no rush.

On the morning of July 12th, while cultivating the Myriad Gold Chapter, Xu Jin discovered another change.

That was, after the Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern was successfully solidified, the effect of his Myriad Gold Chapter, which was the body-tempering efficiency of the sixth layer of the Meal of Mist Realm, also improved again.

And the improvement was very obvious.

Every hour of cultivation in the past few days only increased the starlight coverage by one centimeter, but today it increased by about 1.5 centimeters.

Efficiency greatly increased.

It seemed that the man in green really didn't lie to him.

This Soul-Clarifying Star Pattern was truly a cultivation artifact.

But why would he look for him?

What exactly did that man in green want from him, Xu Jin?

On July 12th, Xu Jin began to shrink his exploration range, only exploring within fifty miles outside the safe boundary of the map provided by the academy.

The harvest wasn't much, but it wasn't little either.

The big backpack on his back was almost half full again.

When exploring the outskirts of Red Pine Terrace, Xu Jin's nose, blessed by the Spirit-Sensing Star Pattern, suddenly twitched, and he smelled a familiar scent.

It was two of the six living human scents on Jiang Long.

Very intense.

They should have stayed here not long ago, which was why the scent Xu Jin smelled was so intense.

Eight or nine out of ten, they were Blood God Sect demons.

But there were two of them.

Xu Jin hesitated; should he chase after them?

If it were one, Xu Jin would chase after them without hesitation.

Even if it were a Forge Star Realm expert, Xu Jin had the confidence to kill them, and even if he had to use life-saving means, he would be safe.

But two Blood God Sect demons were hard to say.

The key was that the existing intelligence was too little.

Just as Xu Jin was hesitating, extremely abruptly, on a hillside not far away, a crimson alarm suddenly shot into the sky.

"It's an academy disciple asking for help!"

"Very close to me!"

After thinking for only half a second, Xu Jin rushed quickly in the direction where the alarm rose.

Academy brothers are both classmates and comrades-in-arms; they must be saved!

When approaching the place where the alarm rose, Xu Jin slowed down to avoid making too much noise and alerting the enemy.

On the battlefield, sneak attacks are not shameful.

Those who survive are the heroes!

On the hillside, three people were entangled in a fight; it was the academy's second senior brother, Zhang Han, who was being besieged by two people and retreating steadily.

One at the seventh layer of the Meal of Mist Realm, one at the Forge Star Realm.

Especially that seventh-layer Meal of Mist Realm man, whose attacks were extremely vicious; all his moves were aimed at either the eyes or the crotch.

The moves were extremely ruthless and lewd.

What Xu Jin didn't know was that these two men had targeted him before; this extremely fierce and lewd one was called Zhou Zhou Baihan, and the Forge Star Realm one was called Long Yu.

Now, they had targeted Zhang Han.

Even though Zhang Han's strength was extremely strong, he was dealing with it extremely difficultly.

Mainly because Zhang Han's right arm was wrapped in a gray-white cloth strip issued by the academy; he should have been injured before being besieged, and his left leg was also somewhat inflexible.

With his right arm unable to move, Zhang Han couldn't even exert five or six percent of his strength.

In less than two breaths, he took another hit and sprayed blood on the ground on the spot.

Just as Xu Jin was about to make a move, the Forge Star Realm Long Yu suddenly whistled.

The moment a point of starlight exploded from Zhang Han's hand, the starlight under the feet of Long Yu and Zhou Zhou Baihan exploded simultaneously, and they retreated far away.

It was Zhang Han using a life-saving emblem, but it had failed.

"Haha, Altar Master, put in more effort, kill him, and the resources for your Forge Star and my breakthrough will all be there." Zhou Zhou Baihan laughed loudly, raising his long saber, and took advantage of the moment Zhang Han was struggling to deal with the rushing Long Yu to kill Zhang Han.

At this very moment, Xu Jin moved.

Flying Fei Xing Bu exploded, instantly crossing a distance of more than twenty meters, appearing above and behind Zhou Zhou Baihan.

Before landing, he waved his hands repeatedly, and every wave had a Star Arrow screaming out.

By the time he landed, in just one breath, Xu Jin had already fired seven Star Arrows.

Up, down, left, and right, sealing off Zhou Zhou Baihan's retreat.

Zhou Zhou Baihan was shocked.

"Altar Master, save me!"

The moment he shouted for help, the cry turned into a scream; Zhou Zhou Baihan dodged and blocked, taking three Star Arrows, but didn't dodge the fourth.

Subsequently, three consecutive Star Arrows blasted onto Zhou Zhou Baihan's body.

Zhou Zhou Baihan suffered heavy injuries and fell to the ground; the moment he fell, he saw the starlight under the feet of his Altar Master, Long Yu, already exploding.

Hope rose in Zhou Zhou Baihan's eyes.

With the Altar Master's rescue, he still had a way to live.

But the next moment, Zhou Zhou Baihan suddenly opened his eyes wide in anger.

He saw the starlight under the feet of Altar Master Long Yu explode, but it exploded in the opposite direction; in an instant, the starlight under his feet exploded repeatedly, and he escaped into the mountain forest and went far away.

He didn't even look back once.

He wanted to curse, but Zhou Zhou Baihan, who had suffered heavy injuries, could no longer curse.

Xu Jin was also stunned.

Looking at the Altar Master who had continuously used the Flying Fei Xing Bu to escape rapidly the moment he appeared, he was a little confused.

Which Forge Star Realm expert is this?

Why is he so cowardly?

Escaping so decisively!

Not even giving them a chance to besiege him?

(End of chapter)