Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 292: Chapter 144 Lustful Individuals and Gold-breaking Chapter (Subscribe Please)_3

”I’m not stupid!”

”Teacher, you’re directly giving me half of the share!”

”No matter how generous the Four Great Academicians are, getting one-tenth or two-tenths of their share would be the limit!”

”I’m just purely curious!” Xu Jin quickly explained.

”You’re still clever!”

”Actually, each Academician’s allotted time varies! However, for Vice Academicians, it generally hovers around two days at most, never exceeding three days. For the Four Great Academicians, the Taoist Institute provides four days of complimentary usage time,” Liu Qingzhu said.

Would the Four Great Academicians give away a quarter of the Star Picking Tower’s Third Tier Star Power Secret Realm time to him?

Highly unlikely!

Judging by the attitudes seen from the two Great Academicians, it was simply impossible.

”Also, for the current Star Picking Tower’s Heavenly Ascending Stairs opportunity, I remember you snatched the first prize and received ten chances, right?” Liu Qingzhu asked.

”Yes, Teacher.”

”As a True Disciple, you already have two free opportunities to ascend the Heavenly Stairs each year. This way, you now have twelve times.

Besides, I have also been contributing three times every two years. I will dig deep into my own pockets and give you two more free ascends each year.

So, you now have fourteen chances to climb the Heavenly Ascending Stairs this year. You’ve taken the Mental-locking Golden Pill before, haven’t you?” Liu Qingzhu asked.

”I’ve taken one.”

”Hmm, and have you taken the Refining God Golden Pill?”

”Back to the teacher, I have already taken it.”

”Well, I’ll give you another Divine Soul Star Pattern. Try to engrave it early. Mental-locking Golden Pill, along with the Refining God Golden Pill, and the added effect of fourteen ascensions of the Heavenly Stairs to hone your Divine Soul, there’s a decent chance you can achieve Divine Soul Star Casting.”

As he spoke, Liu Qingzhu handed Xu Jin an elixir bottle, ”Inside here is a Mental-locking Golden Pill! Although the effect of the second pill will be much weaker, at the very least, it will improve your Divine Soul by two or three tenths of the first pill’s effect.

If you’re a little lucky, it might equal the effect of two or three Heavenly Stairs ascensions!

This could slightly increase your chances of achieving Divine Soul Star Casting.”

After finishing, Liu Qingzhu sighed, ”Regrettably, the Refining God Golden Pill is extremely precious and strictly controlled. It’s usually hard to come by.

Otherwise, obtaining another Refining God Golden Pill, even at the risk of wasting some effectiveness, could greatly increase the probability of Divine Soul Star Casting!

Should you manage Divine Soul Star Casting, both your cultivation efficiency and Star Skill’s might will see significant improvements.”

Xu Jin took the elixir bottle containing the Mental-locking Golden Pill with some genuine emotion.

This Liu Qingzhu, on just the first day of acceptance, had started to lavishly pour resources into Xu Jin.

Not to mention anything else, each climb up the Heavenly Ascending Stairs would cost ten thousand Taoist Merits.

A Mental-locking Golden Pill would cost at least two thousand Taoist Merits, and there were many restrictions.

”Additionally, this is a bottle of Star Refining Pill, half a bottle of top-grade Star Refining Pills, and a bottle of top-grade Rejuvenation Pills, which can speed up your Star Refining and cultivation progress! Every month, come to me to collect a portion; it can also help you quickly improve your Cultivation Level,” Liu Qingzhu said, handing over several elixir bottles to Xu Jin.

Xu Jin didn’t know what to say anymore.

This Liu Qingzhu was really going all out on him.

So much so that it scared him a bit.

Top-grade Rejuvenation Pills weren’t too expensive; a bottle of ten amounted to one hundred taels of silver per pill, just one thousand taels of silver per bottle, or about one hundred Taoist Merits when converted.

But the Star Refining Pills were a bit more costly.

Xu Jin had long heard of Star Refining Pills, an auxiliary cultivation pill for the Star Refining Realm, which, when concocted by Pill Masters of high cultivation, yielded better effects; even continuous use resulted in less potency decay.

But one pill was worth two Starlight or twenty Taoist Merits; a bottle was twenty Starlight strands or two hundred Taoist Merits.

The top-grade Star Refining Pills were even more expensive, costing fifty Taoist Merits per pill. Ordinary disciples couldn’t even afford one.

Liu Qingzhu gave him five.

This year alone, Liu Qingzhu would dump thousands of Taoist Merits on him.

Calculating this way, just what Liu Qingzhu gave during this session, not counting the Third Tier Star Power Secret Realm, the rewards involving Taoist Merits amounted to nearly thirty thousand Taoist Merits.

If converted to silver, that is nearly three hundred thousand taels of silver.

This was only possible because of the National Taoist Institute; in other places, Xu Jin would surely worry about being sold off.

”Don’t worry!”

Liu Qingzhu seemed to have noticed Xu Jin’s worries and suddenly smiled, ”I don’t have excessive expectations for you! I don’t require you to compete with the disciples of the Four Great Academicians. In the next assessment, just claim the top spot among the Twelve Vice Academicians for me, and I’ll be fully content. That would straighten my spine!”

While speaking, Liu Qingzhu pinched her slender waist dramatically, which was breathtaking, prompting Xu Jin to quickly lower his head.

”Rest assured, Teacher, I will certainly claim the top spot for you.”

”Don’t be too sure of yourself. Several of the fastest runners in cultivation have already reached the Second Layer of Star Refining, and they’ve also succeeded in engraving their Star Patterns. You need to catch up.”

”Yes, I will.”

Just as Xu Jin was about to take his leave, Liu Qingzhu suddenly said, ”I forgot to mention, in my Academic Hall, there’s a Gathering Star Array, where the Star Power Concentration is double that of the outside world, which is also not bad for cultivation.

However, many disciples use it, including those from the Inner Court, so I can’t be too biased towards you. You’ll be allowed to enter and cultivate there for two hours a day.”

After thanking Liu Qingzhu again, Xu Jin left, carrying a bunch of elixir bottles.

After Xu Jin had left, Liu Qingzhu stood by the window, musing, ”I’ve given you the resources for cultivation; let’s hope you can keep up with the pace of those noble family scions.”

Others might not know, but Liu Qingzhu was aware that her nephew, Yan Chen, received even greater support from his own family, beyond what a teacher could provide.