Chapter 768: Suspicion and Inspection

In one of the Star Lamps of the Arena, the space-type innate treasure material, the innate crystal egg, was completely different from before.

It was shimmering with that chaotic color where many colors were thoroughly fused together, but most importantly, Xu Jin sensed the chaos aura from the aura it emitted.

This chaos aura was exactly the same as the aura of the Chaos Origin Material, Millennium Purple Copper, that Xu Jin had obtained before.

Chaos Origin Material!

Finally, the innate crystal egg had been nurtured into a Chaos Origin Material.

Another space-type auxiliary material, the Rending Void Butterfly Wings, had long been nurtured into an innate spirit material, which was more than enough as an auxiliary material.

Basically, more than 95 percent of cultivators, when forging natal spirit treasures, will try their best to choose high-grade main materials, but auxiliary materials and supporting materials will generally have treasure materials. Only when their cultivation becomes stronger in the future and they have the opportunity to obtain higher-grade materials will they re-melt them in to improve the upper limit of the natal spirit treasure.

But that way, it would definitely be a bit worse.

Late-stage cumulative improvement is not as good as using high quality from the beginning.

Under these circumstances, Xu Jin wanted to sell the nurtured and upgraded innate spirit materials, including some extremely precious things, such as the Imperial Tianyang Xingjun's Dao Evolution Bead, which Xu Jin had to handle himself.

Including purchasing materials for nurturing.

This was a path to getting rich that Xu Jin had just determined, which could continuously obtain a large amount of Zhou Tian Star Dew.

Observing for the past half month, Xu Jin discovered that the characteristics of the Arena nurturing treasure materials and innate spirit materials were exactly the same as the characteristics of upgrading spirit medicines before.

It was not that they could be upgraded infinitely.

Before this, Xu Jin could only upgrade sixth-tier spirit medicines to seventh-tier, and the seventh-tier spirit medicines upgraded could not continue to be upgraded.

Xu Jin also understood the reason for this; the Arena's nurturing, to a certain extent, was an improvement of the internal quality, improving the grade by rapidly improving the internal quality, such as the Heaven-Earth Rhyme required for those spirit medicines to grow.

But what determined the upper limit of the spirit medicine's grade was its essence.

It's like iron can be refined into steel at most, but it cannot become titanium.

The essence of the spirit medicine or its innate quality determines the upper limit of the Heaven-Earth Rhyme it can carry.

This principle equally applies to spirit materials, treasure materials, and innate spirit materials.

The innate quality of the treasure material is there; the Arena injects Chaos Rhyme Power to improve its internal quality, and comprehensively, it can improve its grade, but the upper limit it can carry is just like that. This is innate and destined, and cannot be changed in a short time.

In other words, even with the injection and blessing of the Arena's Chaos Rhyme Power, treasure materials can at most be nurtured and upgraded to innate spirit materials, and innate spirit materials can be nurtured and upgraded to innate treasure materials; they cannot be upgraded infinitely.

Under these circumstances, Xu Jin thought of a way to get rich, which was to sell the nurtured and upgraded innate spirit materials, and then buy a large amount of treasure materials to nurture, thereby earning a high interest spread.

Then buy innate spirit materials, nurture and upgrade the purchased innate spirit materials to innate treasure materials, and then use them to forge natal spirit treasures.

With the Arena as a sharp tool, Xu Jin set a small goal for himself.

For his other natal spirit treasures, at the very least, he must use innate treasure materials as the main material, and for auxiliary materials and supporting materials, he would use innate treasure materials if possible; if not, he would use innate spirit materials.

Even existences at the Emperor level would definitely envy Xu Jin's configuration.

Not to mention Chaos Origin Materials, treasure materials themselves were extremely rare.

Occasionally, one or two would appear, and the competition in the auction house would be enough to bankrupt people, and after leaving the auction house, it was even more likely to kill until rivers of blood flowed.

Of course, this was the basic goal.

If there was an opportunity to encounter innate treasure materials, he must bid for them and then nurture them into Chaos Origin Materials.

The ordinary part, such as spirit materials that needed to be cashed in, as well as several Town Treasures captured before, and the Dao Evolution Beads of Town Star Lords, could all be sold through the Yutang King Mansion's channels.

The Yutang King Mansion itself had related industries, and these items with relatively low value could be cashed in faster through the Yutang King Mansion's channels without losing money.

Since he had made the decision, Xu Jin summoned Zhu Linxiao at the first opportunity.

"Husband, you called me."

Grand Princess Zhu Linxiao, who received Xu Jin's starlight transmission, returned at the first opportunity and then squatted down beside Xu Jin like a little bird.

"The Yutang King Mansion side should have shops that sell and acquire spirit materials and treasure materials, right?" Xu Jin asked.

"Yes, Husband! Not only in the Dongxuan Star Realm, but also in several middle worlds, including the Baoguang Fangjie, there are shops. However, because there are fewer and fewer experts in the King Mansion and no deterrent experts, the scale is relatively small.

It mainly focuses on acquiring and selling spirit materials and treasure materials. As for innate spirit materials, we are not qualified to do them. Even if we occasionally pick up a leak, we will sell them as soon as possible."

"Take these and sell them. Help me cash them in as soon as possible; I urgently need Zhou Tian Star Dew to break through my cultivation now." Xu Jin handed over the 26 spirit materials he had organized before, as well as the 18 Town Treasures captured before and after, and the Essence Blood Fetus Pearls of the Town Star Lords, all to Zhu Linxiao.

Actually, what was a pity was those 18 Town Treasures, most of which were the natal Town Treasures of Lesser Star Lords.

Once the word "natal" is removed from a natal Town Treasure, its value will fall multiple times.

The gap between the power of a natal Town Treasure and a Town Treasure is more than one level.

This is also why many people would rather cultivate another law to forge natal spirit treasures than use ordinary Town Treasures.

Especially those natal Town Treasures of Lesser Star Lords, selling them now, Xu Jin estimated that one could only sell for one or two drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew.

However, this didn't matter.

These things were useless to Xu Jin.

Cashing in early, breaking through his cultivation to the ninth tier or even tenth tier early.

Looking at so many things Xu Jin took out, Zhu Linxiao was also a bit surprised. "Husband, these spirit materials should be cashed in very quickly, but these Town Treasures will take some time to cash in, as well as the Essence Blood Fetus Pearls of the Town Star Lords."

"No matter, cash in as much as you can for me first."

"This concubine understands."

While nodding, Zhu Linxiao looked at Xu Jin with some worry. "Husband, has there been any problem with your cultivation recently? Normally, you should have broken through to the ninth tier? Does this concubine need to help?"

Xu Jin was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood Zhu Linxiao's meaning, and laughed.

Zhu Linxiao had a rough count of the number of Zhou Tian Star Dew Xu Jin had obtained recently—over a hundred drops.

Theoretically, an eighth-tier cultivator only needs ten-odd drops, at most twenty or thirty-odd drops, to break through to the ninth tier.

Zhu Linxiao was worried about this. "Rest assured, there is no problem with my cultivation; it's just that I am cultivating a special technique recently, which consumes a lot, and it will be soon."

Only then did Zhu Linxiao's expression relax.

"In addition, if the shops under your Yutang King Mansion receive treasure materials, or even innate spirit materials, keep them all for me; I have use for them." Xu Jin instructed.

Zhu Linxiao's gaze shifted slightly, but she didn't ask much and immediately agreed.

Xu Jin laughed again. "You, why don't you ask about the cost! If you give me everything, and I don't give Zhou Tian Star Dew, wouldn't the shops of the Yutang Zhu clan have to close down?"

"Husband, I want to correct a problem for you: it is the Yutang Zhu clan; you and I are one!" Zhu Linxiao rarely tightened her small face and corrected.

Xu Jin was stunned first, then hurriedly nodded. "It was I who said the wrong thing; it was I who said the wrong thing."

Only then did Zhu Linxiao show a smile again.

"Husband, the benefits you have brought to the Yutang Zhu clan now are already several times or even ten times the cost of the Yutang Zhu clan! Not to mention anything else, on True Person Commander Tian Zhang's side, he used to call me Hall Master Zhu, but today when we met, he changed his address to Virtuous Niece, and even asked my brother Zhu Shizhen to interact more with Imperial Tianyang Xingjun Su Shize.

Just this point alone has greatly improved the situation of the Zhu clan!

Not to mention anything else, more than 80 percent of the recommendation letters for officials everywhere submitted by our Yutang Zhu clan were rejected before.

And since the day before yesterday, the pass rate of recommendation letters has actually exceeded 60 percent.

Husband, you might not have noticed, but the Yutang King Mansion today, although it hasn't reached the point where the threshold is about to be stepped on, the visitors who come to visit in a day are already several times more than before.

Before, there were one or two waves of visitors a day, and occasionally none, and my brother could handle them all.

Now, my brother has re-invited several clan elders from within the clan to start welcoming and sending off guests.

The guest kitchen in the mansion has even been re-added with two more.

It already has two or three-tenths of the atmosphere when my ancestor was alive," Zhu Linxiao said.

This point was something Xu Jin hadn't expected.

The strength of the Yutang King Mansion itself hadn't changed, but after Xu Jin, this offering and the Grand Princess's husband, obtained a military title, especially with True Person Commander Tian Zhang deliberately starting to talk about being family friends with Yutang King Zhu Shizhen recently.

It was different.

Everything was improving rapidly.

However, although Xu Jin brought benefits to the Yutang True Person Mansion, one thing is one thing.

This kind of thing, Xu Jin, who has experienced many major events in the Kunling Domain, understands clearly.

"Such diligence is truly rare; today, I must see it for myself."

Good friends, clear accounts.

One thing is one thing.

The benefits the Yutang King Mansion promised Xu Jin cannot be less.

But Xu Jin cannot take advantage of the Yutang King because of this.

Being friends, parting on good terms is the best.

"No need for this; it just saves me some time. As for the treasure materials or even innate spirit materials acquired, calculate them according to the market price; whatever the price is, it is, and I will settle it in time," Xu Jin said.

Zhu Linxiao was also a sensible person and didn't insist anymore, so she took the things Xu Jin gave her and went to make arrangements.

Since Xu Jin was in urgent need, she had to cash in these things for Xu Jin as soon as possible and then send the materials Xu Jin needed.

After Zhu Linxiao left, Xu Jin began to concentrate on refining the thirty-three drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew he had harvested before.

What is urgently needed to be improved now is cultivation, and still cultivation.

However, Xu Jin didn't refine this Zhou Tian Star Dew all day and night like before.

Instead, he made a more reasonable arrangement for his time.

Mainly because there were too many things to do recently.

The refining of Zhou Tian Star Dew, the Godly Dao Intent exchanged before, had been left there, and now that he had free time, he needed to push the Mingji Star Pattern and Kongxiang Star Pattern to the limit of the ninth tier, and then push them to see if there could be any gains.

At the same time, he also had to refine the Essence Blood Fetus Pearl of that Imperial Tianyang Xingjun into an Imperial Tianyang Xingjun-level Dao Evolution Bead.

The wood-type natal spirit treasure could also start to be prepared for refining.

The main material had already been nurtured and ascended to an innate treasure material, but the auxiliary materials and supporting materials were slightly worse.

It was a pity that the space-type innate treasure material, the innate crystal egg, had not yet been nurtured and ascended to a Chaos Origin Material.

Otherwise, Xu Jin could start refining the space-type natal spirit treasure now.

Basically, Xu Jin now consumes two to three drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew a day.

Three days later, Zhu Linxiao sent Xu Jin another batch of thirty drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew in total, saying it was a portion cashed in, let Xu Jin use it first.

Other things would be sent to Xu Jin one after another after being cashed in.

As time passed, Xu Jin's cultivation was improving rapidly.

August 17th, Patrol True Person Ding Moqiu arrived, and the entire Dongxuan Dao Palace was like facing a great enemy, with True Person Commander Tian Zhang personally accompanying him to patrol up and down.

August 19th, after Patrol True Person Ding Moqiu finished patrolling several middle worlds belonging to the Dongxuan Star Realm, he returned to the Dao Palace, and True Person Commander Tian Zhang and several True Persons received him warmly again.

"True Person Su, a few days ago, when your Dongxuan Dao Palace was raided by the Golden Peng Tianyang Xingjun, you actually counter-killed and severely injured the Golden Peng Star Realm's raiding force, establishing battle merits. What was the name of the most outstanding one?" Patrol True Person Ding Moqiu asked, appearing to be pondering.

"Lord Ding, this Dao Seed is named Xu Jin!" True Person Commander Tian Zhang replied.

"Right, right, right! A third-rank Star General military title at the age of thirty-something; even the Emperor praised him. I also want to see his demeanor!

Then tomorrow, let's patrol the Dao Palace itself, and by the way, see these Dao seeds?" Patrol True Person Ding Moqiu said.

"Lord Ding, rest assured." True Person Commander Tian Zhang promised.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 769 =====

The sharp expression of the Heaven-Patrolling True Person Ding Moqiu softened in an instant, "Since it is the Imperial Prince's instruction, then it cannot be spoken of."

"By the way, Xu Jin, with your peak eighth-tier status, your lightning-type natal spirit treasure can withstand four lightning-type laws; it must be of extraordinary quality. May I admire it for a moment?"

Once these words were spoken, the Daoists from all directions revealed curious expressions once again, even Yuan Chengfa was no exception.

His own natal spirit treasure used two innate spirit materials and only carried two law avenues; now that it has advanced to a Town-Suppressing Vessel, it has only just managed to carry a third.

He remembered that when Xu Jin fought him more than half a year ago, he didn't even have a natal spirit treasure.

Yet now, it has evolved four lightning-type law avenues. He was also very curious about Xu Jin's natal spirit treasure and very much wanted to see it.

To the side, True Person Tian Zhang narrowed his eyes, his expression becoming gloomy.

This Heaven-Patrolling True Person Ding Moqiu is not right.

His attitude toward Xu Jin is absolutely not right!

"Lord True Person, I apologize, but no!" Xu Jin refused again.

Now, Heaven-Patrolling True Person Ding Moqiu's face looked somewhat ugly. As a True Person, being refused repeatedly by a mere Daoist, his face was somewhat unsightly.

But regarding such matters, it was not easy to flare up, so he could only frown and ask, "Why?"

"Reporting to the True Person, my natal spirit treasure is used for fighting enemies and protecting the home and realm, not for performing for pleasure!" Xu Jin's resonant and powerful reply was inexplicably harsh, and it also caused a flash of annoyance to cross the eyes of Heaven-Patrolling True Person Ding Moqiu.

This face-slapping...

But contrary to this, the gazes of many Daoists looking at Xu Jin were already different.

Just this one sentence made many Daoists turn from passersby to fans.

"He is indeed the young hero who killed the Town Tianyang Xingjun by force; his courage is magnificent. Seeing him today, he truly lives up to his reputation!"

Heaven-Patrolling True Person Ding Moqiu praised Xu Jin heavily for a few sentences. Just when True Person Tian Zhang thought this matter was about to end, Ding Moqiu's face sank, and he suddenly said, "Xu Jin, do you know that this time I am patrolling the Dongxuan Star Realm with a special mission!"

"I do not know," Xu Jin said with his head held high.

"It's fine, you will know immediately! The special mission I am carrying concerns you, Xu Jin!"

While speaking, Heaven-Patrolling True Person Ding Moqiu glanced at True Person Tian Zhang and bowed toward the direction of the Tongxuan Star Realm, "Your military merit has shocked even the Imperial Venerable!

First, you are the first person in our Tongxuan Domain in the last five hundred years to obtain the third-rank Star General title at the age of thirty-four.

Before this, the youngest third-rank Star General was forty-eight years old.

Second, in the history of our Tongxuan Domain, among those who have obtained the third-rank Star General title, the lowest cultivation base was also at the peak of the ninth tier.

Obtaining this military title at the peak of the eighth tier has never happened before!"

Once these words were spoken, True Person Tian Zhang's face changed. This was not doubting Xu Jin, but doubting him, doubting their Central Conference of the Dongxuan Star Realm.

"True Person Ding—"

Ding Moqiu waved his hand, interrupting True Person Tian Zhang's words, "Listen to me finish."

"The Imperial Venerable and several Imperial Princes have discussed this matter, saying that even if True Person Su and the others wanted to fabricate some merit, they wouldn't create such a flawed event of great merit!

Saying that this great merit of yours is nine times out of ten true!" Hearing Ding Moqiu say this, True Person Tian Zhang's expression improved slightly.

Otherwise, he would have had to fight Ding Moqiu to the death today.

Daring to pin such a label of deceiving the Imperial Venerable on them, no matter how noble his status was, it would be a situation of life and death.

To the side, Heaven-Patrolling True Person Ding Moqiu continued, "But regardless, it is still somewhat bizarre!

Especially since there has been a trend of hereditary titles in various star realms in recent years.

The Imperial Venerable said that conferring titles based on military merit is the foundation of our Tongxuan Domain and must never be tarnished.

So he instructed me to take the opportunity to see you while patrolling and check your true strength!

One is to maintain the important vessel of our Tongxuan Domain's military merit titles.

Two is to clear your name and resolve the world's doubts!

Are you willing to accept my inspection?" After finishing, the Heaven-Patrolling True Person looked at Xu Jin with burning eyes.

Xu Jin did not answer directly at the first moment, but instead looked at True Person Tian Zhang; this was respect, and also seeking support.

"Since True Person Ding has spoken to this point, our Dongxuan Star Realm naturally accepts the inspection.

How to inspect, please speak clearly, True Person Ding." True Person Tian Zhang took on the matter directly.

"Simple! Just have a fight with this subordinate of mine!"

Ding Moqiu casually pulled over a subordinate from behind him, which made True Person Tian Zhang's face change!

(End of chapter)