Chapter 891

Inside the post station, Xu Jin, having finished his meditative practice, slowly opened his eyes.

On the Practice Arena, the True Person Blood Crystal of True Person Wu Feng of the Seven Tribulations, who had just completely finished his demonstration, had already been cast into the Practice Arena Star River, transforming into a brilliant star within it; the silver starlight also began to project, blessing and illuminating Xu Jin.

What Xu Jin felt fortunate about was that the hard-control spatial rule Dao technique that True Person Wu Feng of the Seven Tribulations had displayed remained within the True Person Blood Crystal.

Within True Person Wu Feng's True Person Blood Crystal remained forty-seven spatial rule Great Daos, forty of which overlapped with the rule Great Daos Xu Jin had already comprehended and learned.

Seven had not overlapped.

The spatial rule Dao technique, Trap-Void Lock, was also among them.

In just over a day and a half, under the blessing of time acceleration, Xu Jin successfully comprehended, evolved, and suppressed these seven rule Great Daos.

Four of them were suppressed onto his natal suppression vessel, the Silver Han, while the other three scattered ones were suppressed using the Chaos Cloud Tower.

His strength had improved slightly once again.

Now, with one night left before heading to the Wordless Heavenly Stele for comprehension, Xu Jin had no heart for it, thinking instead of the so-called great change from before.

With Grand Marshal Emperor Kongyuan taking so many Emperors and True Persons out, something major must have happened.

One can choose not to participate in major events, but one cannot afford to be ignorant of the general trend.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Jin sent a message to Deng Kui from before: 【Brother Kui, did some major event happen when the Grand Marshal took the Emperors out earlier? Could you inform me a little?】

【Great Sage, have you finished your cultivation? I came by earlier and saw you had raised the alert formation to cultivate, so I didn't disturb you. I'll come over now.】

A dozen breaths later, the high-spirited and burly Deng Kui sat down opposite Xu Jin and began to tell him about the great changes that had occurred within the last day or two, leaving Xu Jin stunned.

An official from the Great Luo Ancestral Court?

A Star Calamity?

A skyrocketing in the price of cultivation materials?

Deng Kui explained to Xu Jin the changes triggered throughout the entire Tongxuan Battle Zone Star Island after the relevant situation and the news of the Star Calamity spread.

In particular, the prices of all kinds of cultivation resources had begun to skyrocket.

Previously, everyone had been saving up—saving military merits, saving cultivation resources that could be bartered—and then looking for opportunities to buy what they needed in the most cost-effective way.

Now, upon hearing that a Star Calamity was coming, they were sparing no cost.

One must know that in a Star Calamity, every bit of extra strength increases the possibility of survival, which in turn increases the possibility of obtaining more cultivation resources.

Everything is possible.

After listening, Xu Jin couldn't help but ask, "Brother Kui, after talking for so long, what exactly is this Star Calamity?

What will the situation be like when the Star Calamity arrives?"

"The Star Calamity?"

Deng Kui revealed a reminiscent expression. "I didn't experience the last Star Calamity; I've only heard of it! It is said that one of the significant characteristics of a Star Calamity is that the intensity of Star Surges will increase significantly, and special Star Realm fragments that are usually hard to come by will also appear during the Star Surges."

"The intensity of Star Surges? Does that mean the frequency of Star Realm fragments appearing during Star Surges?"

"Special Star Realm fragments?" Xu Jin was somewhat puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Deng Kui shook his head. "That's not it; the frequency of Star Surges doesn't change too much; it's mainly the intensity! For the past thousand-plus years of peace, the Star Realm fragments that appeared during Star Surges were mostly micro and small ones.

Large ones, especially giant ones, were very, very rare.

But during a Star Calamity, they become commonplace.

And special Star Realm fragments are even more important.

For example, the Wordless Heavenly Stele, the Star Vortex Fragment Realm, and the Spirit Soul Fragment Realm that your unique arts can comprehend were all things that appeared during the last Star Calamity; they are rare cultivation treasures.

As for others, I don't know."

"Does this mean that because the Star Calamity will lead to intensified conflicts and increased combat intensity, everyone is rushing to buy cultivation resources to improve their combat power?" Xu Jin asked.

"You could say that."

"This..."

Xu Jin suddenly felt a bit of heartache; he was currently at a time when he needed a large amount of cultivation resources.

Doesn't this mean that if he wants to obtain cultivation resources, the price he has to pay will increase significantly?

Especially since he came to the Tongxuan Battle Zone Star Realm with another important goal: to purchase the Millennium Purple Origin Bodhi Branch. His cultivation has already reached the Town Tianyang Xingjun level, and reaching the limit of a Star-Driving Lord after performing another major feat is only a matter of time.

Then he would have to consider the matter of attaining the True Person Dao.

When attaining the True Person Dao, the transformation of the Dao Embryo into a Nascent Soul is a hard prerequisite.

With prices rising, wouldn't he be losing out big time?

"This... Brother Kui, to be honest, I came here this time with the intention of purchasing some cultivation resources! If the price of cultivation resources is skyrocketing, should I rush to buy a batch now to avoid the price rising too high?" Xu Jin asked worriedly.

Upon hearing this, Deng Kui laughed. "Great Sage, you don't understand. I can guarantee that within six or seven days, the price of cultivation resources will inevitably fall back."

"Why is that?" Xu Jin was puzzled.

"First of all, this Star Calamity thing doesn't just last for ten days or half a month. I won't hide it from you; I have a special status and have obtained more intelligence. According to the existing data I've checked,

the Star Calamity two thousand years ago lasted for over a hundred years.

Moreover, if a Star Calamity breaks out, Star Surges intensify, and in fact, more heavenly treasures will appear. It is precisely because of this that during the Star Calamity two thousand years ago, many powerhouses emerged, and those who became Emperors and attained the True Person Dao appeared one after another.

The current skyrocketing of cultivation material prices is just a case of some fools worrying unnecessarily.

As far as I know, many mid-to-high-tier True Persons have already begun to take the opportunity to sell their stock and start harvesting the leeks," Deng Kui said.

Xu Jin was stunned.

But thinking about it from another angle, it really is that logic.

"So, don't think too much about this Star Calamity; just do what you need to do, and definitely don't disrupt your own rhythm! Of course, diligent cultivation to improve your strength is always the top priority.

As for the matter of purchasing cultivation resources, you can go buy them after you finish your meditative practice; the timing will be just about right," Deng Kui said.

"Many thanks, Brother Kui."

"Easy, Old Hei's brother is my brother! Besides, Old Hei said your combat power is strong and your potential is deep. In the future, there will be a time when I, your older brother, will need you to give me a hand. If you have anything, just tell me directly; the more direct, the better!"

Deng Kui said this bluntly, but it didn't make one feel any aversion at all.

After exchanging for a while longer, Xu Jin sent Deng Kui away and once again began to take out a True Person Blood Crystal to begin demonstrating and comprehending.

The current short-term primary goal: to demonstrate and comprehend all the True Person Blood Crystals in his possession, improve the number of rule Great Daos suppressed by the Chaos Cloud Tower as much as possible, and simultaneously continue to strengthen the Practice Arena Star River.

Xu Jin believes that when the stars transformed from the True Person Blood Crystals in the Practice Arena Star River reach fifty, or even one hundred, it will inevitably raise Xu Jin's combat power by a major level.

Currently, there are only twelve True Person Blood Crystal stars.

Inside the Star Island Marshal's Mansion of the Tongxuan Battle Zone, Emperor Kongyuan, Emperor Chiyang, Emperor Guicang, and True Person Tianfa have been behind closed doors for a meeting for most of the day.

Emperor Guicang can be considered the third most important person in the current Tongxuan Battle Zone, and his status is the Guardian of the Tongxuan Star Island in the Tongxuan Battle Zone.

As for True Person Tianfa, to a certain extent, he represents the status of a special envoy of Emperor Dongxuan.

The content of the meeting is naturally about responding to the Star Calamity.

The opinions of the few are all different.