Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 278: Chapter 140 Xu Jin’s Arrangement and Trapped Dragon Rising to the Sky (Requesting Subscription)_4

The power brokers of Jinshan County agreed to look after them, but, power brokers are the easiest influenced by power. Only brothers like Qian Xiaohu remain unaffected by power in critical moments.

It’s only appropriate to invest a bit.

The Pills were all things Xu Jin couldn’t use, and he had several First-Tier Star Weapons in hand.

If Qian Xiaohu proved himself capable, it wasn’t impossible for Xu Jin to support him in the future as a flag master of Star Patrol Guard or a high-tier officer of the county guard.

Having done all that, it was already late at night when Xu Jin returned home, only to find two more competent county guards; they were now the personal soldiers of his old father, Xu Dajiang.

Old father Xu Dajiang had already changed into a standard Ninth Rank military officer uniform, his face flushed with excitement.

He probably wouldn’t take it off tonight.

Jiang’er was packing up. Xu Jin sent a Starlight Transmission to Mountain Master Dong Zhao about leaving tomorrow morning. Then, he directly entered Star-picking Tower, preparing to enter the Second-Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm.

In an instant, several Starlight Transmissions flew towards him.

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Dachu, Hengsha County City.

The night in Hengsha County City was still brightly lit. Hu Xuechuan, who hadn’t slept for more than ten days, hovered in the sky, operating the Star Positioning Plate, sorting through every citizen being expelled from the city.

Below, some of the citizens were cursing, others crying, but most calmly accepted it.

Although the government was expelling people, by giving three catties of rice per person for two to three days of leaving the city, it was considered free food and hence not unacceptable.

This situation had already lasted for two and a half days.

In total, over two hundred thousand citizens had been expelled from Hengsha County City.

The county city was still under lockdown. By tomorrow noon at the latest, he would be able to find Qi Shanye hidden in Hengsha County City.

His long-standing wish was about to be fulfilled!

This time, to capture Qi Shanye alive, the price Hu Xuechuan paid was not small.

Losing his position, years of social connections and savings had all been spent, even favors from elders had been used up.

But the thought of capturing Qi Shanye alive made his heart blaze with fire.

As long as he could capture Qi Shanye alive and, with what he controlled, he was absolutely certain that Qi Shanye would willingly speak.

He would then gain access to Lingji Star Hall’s most secretive heritage concerning the Divine Soul.

Given time, forget being a Sub-hall Master, even the position of Star Master was within his qualifications, and even further progress was a possibility!

At that moment, all sacrifices would be worth it!

With this thought, the originally weary Hu Xuechuan, as if injected with a stimulant, perked up and continued to manipulate the Star Positioning Plate with his Divine Thought, locking onto Qi Shanye’s aura while selecting from the citizens of Dachu leaving the city.

In a civilian house in the northern part of Hengsha County City, Qi Shanye’s complexion was somewhat pale.

That was the side effect of the Mysterious Skill Xu Jin had sent for cultivation.

Indeed, Qi Shanye felt that Xu Jin’s technique hardly qualified as Divine Separation, it was merely a crude method of dividing the Divine Soul.

He had mastered it in just half a day.

Now, inside a Jade hung in front of Qi Shanye’s chest, a small phantom churned, looking very much like Qi Shanye.

In Qi Shanye’s right hand was a Second-Tier Star Pigeon.

This was Qi Shanye’s gain from sneaking into the Lord-lieutenant Mansion of Hengsha County this afternoon.

Using the Invisibility Technique to steal a Star Pigeon was surely an overkill.

Originally, capturing a fast and fierce bird would have been ideal.

But unable to leave the city or enter the mountains, there was nowhere to find such birds.

Nevertheless, the Second-Tier Star Pigeon was not bad either.

A First-Tier Star Pigeon could fly a thousand miles in two hours, and a Second-Tier one could fly one thousand five hundred miles in the same time.

Theoretically, it could instantly fly out more than ten miles. (In this novel, an instant is defined as one minute)

With a distance of ten miles, if Qi Shanye acted at the same time, at least twenty miles of distance could be covered.

Qi Shanye could then escape far from Hengsha County City.

The rest would be a chase.

As long as he didn’t fall into a trap, Qi Shanye’s ability to escape was still very strong.

If only Hu Xuechuan discovered it a bit later, it would be even more perfect.

Then, Qi Shanye carefully tied the Jade, which he had invested with a strand of his divided soul, to the Second-Tier Star Pigeon, securing it tightly but not affecting its flight.

One minute later, Qi Shanye took a deep breath, invisibly stealthed to the edge of the North City, the farthest point from Hu Xuechuan, who was presently between the South City and East City.

In the next instant, the Second-Tier Star Pigeon beat its wings and took off, carrying away the Jade attached with Qi Shanye’s divided soul.

The moment the Jade left one meter radius around Qi Shanye, Qi Shanye’s Guicang Star Pattern’s hiding effect vanished, and the aura was immediately exposed.

Almost simultaneously, the invisibly cloaked Qi Shanye quickly leapt towards the city walls and then headed in the opposite direction from the Star Pigeon.

Almost at the same time, Hu Xuechuan’s eyes snapped open above Hengsha County City.

He saw the Star Positioning Plate flash, Qi Shanye’s aura had been somewhat vague and obscured while he was hidden, but it suddenly became clear, turning into a fast-moving red light.

This red light was speeding towards the outside of the North City!

Seeing this, Hu Xuechuan couldn’t help but sneer.

This Old Demon Qi, finally unable to hide anymore, thinking of escaping under the cover of night?

But with the Star Positioning Plate locked onto him, was there a difference between day and night?

”Shadow Demon’s whereabouts revealed, everyone follow me!”

With a loud shout from Hu Xuechuan, he immediately pursued in the direction of the flying Second-Tier Star Pigeon. Lin Lie and another subordinate, along with several Fifth-Tier Gathered Fighters from Cangming Star Hall of Hengsha Sub-Hall, also followed Hu Xuechuan’s lead.