Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 441: Chapter 192: The Big Umbrella_2

Without those, Xu Jin would have been finished by now.

On September 21, the Taoist Institute had returned to normal, but its defenses had visibly tightened, and there were many more disciples within.

The main reason was that it was too dangerous outside, so many disciples had moved back to the institute.

Xu Jin continued his arduous cultivation.

On the evening of September 22, Xu Jin received a piece of good news.

Jiang’er had successfully performed Star Pointing!

It took four days.

This was a definite A+ talent. If this were in the County Taoist Institute of Jinshan County, it was very likely that he would be the number one Star Pointer of this session.

However, in the Da Chen National Daoist School, this achievement was quite ordinary.

Before Jiang’er, among the myriad of disciples participating in the autumn Star Pointing at the National Taoist Institute, Jiang’er was the 25th to succeed, no longer part of the first-tier.

Xu Jin also estimated that without the influence of cultivating in the Central Star Palace, including personal nurturing by the State Preceptor, prior learning, and the supply of Mental Awakening Pills, if Jiang’er were to perform Star Pointing in Jinshan County, it would probably take him at least thirty days, if not longer.

Nevertheless, this talent was not bad.

With some further nurturing from Xu Jin, Jiang’er would definitely be able to defend himself.

However, Xu Jin had also decided.

Before Star Casting, aside from the Mental-locking Golden Pill and Star-picking Order, Xu Jin would not give any more additional help to Jiang’er.

Even if it took half a year or a year longer to start Star Casting, the fundamentals of Star Skill must be solidly established.

Without a solid foundation in Star Skill, one would be inadequate everywhere.

As Jiang’er successfully performed Star Pointing as planned, a huge weight lifted from Xu Jin’s heart.

On the night of September 22, Xu Jin’s cultivation in the Lower Star Palace had reached the peak of the Fifth Layer of Refining Star, and a new Star Pattern location had been added in the Lower Star Palace.

Without hesitation, Xu Jin engraved the Fifth Tier Middle Swimming Fish Star Pattern into the Lower Star Palace.

Immediately after the engraving, Xu Jin began to activate the Star Skills one by one to experience the effect of the Swimming Fish Star Pattern.

After activating the Swimming Fish Star Pattern, Xu Jin’s Rain Curtain Fire Shield, Rain Curtain Thunder Shield, and Body Protective Starlight seemed to have gained a layer of slippery scales, making them slippery, feeling truly similar to that of a swimming fish.

It could dissipate force.

Xu Jin blasted himself with a Thunder Arrow.

To his surprise, he found that the passive defensive effect of the Swimming Fish Star Pattern was truly strong!

Theoretically, Xu Jin’s two Thunder Arrows would have easily shattered his Rain Curtain Fire Shield.

However, after two Thunder Arrows, the Rain Curtain Fire Shield remained intact.

It took three Thunder Arrows to finally shatter the Rain Curtain Fire Shield.

With the augmentation of the Swimming Fish Star Pattern, the structural complexity of the surface of the Rain Curtain Fire Shield and the Body Protective Starlight increased, seemingly able to naturally dissipate or erase a part of the Star Power.

After a few trials, Xu Jin felt that he could possibly infer more about the Swimming Fish Star Pattern in the future.

Because its defense was passive.

It only needed to be activated, and it would exist in any defense and even attack.

It would make your attacks more robust and not easily destroyed!

Currently, it was at the Fifth Tier Middle, and according to the State Preceptor, it could directly dissipate 35% of the Star Skill attack’s power.

If it could be inferred up to Sixth Tier Middle or even Sixth Tier Upper, it could directly dissipate more than 35% of the Star Skill attack’s power.

In such cases, combined with the Rain Curtain Star Pattern for increased defense, Xu Jin could withstand the attacks of an expert six or seven realms higher than him.

Having newly learned the Swimming Fish Star Pattern, Xu Jin was hesitant about whether or not to challenge the Bright Star again!

Three days ago, under the joint attack of a Gold Star Level Heart Demon and Gatekeeper at the Fifth Layer Peak of Star Condensation, Xu Jin had lasted a minute and a half.

Now that he had learned the Swimming Fish Star Pattern, was there a chance to successfully challenge the Bright Star?

At this thought, Xu Jin simulated the process in his mind.

Because there was only one opportunity.

If the Swimming Fish Star Pattern was used once, the Heart Demon would learn it, and then its defensive power would greatly increase.

The difficulty of slaying the Star Demon would increase significantly.

The opportunity to successfully challenge the Bright Star would be lost.

Xu Jin felt that he would have numerous opportunities to obtain the Gold Star in the future.

But the opportunities to obtain the Bright Star were not many.

It must be carefully orchestrated, taking advantage of this bug or weakness in the Heart Demon, to possibly obtain the Bright Star.

Xu Jin mentally simulated for half an hour in his mind, different openings, different combat methods of the Heart Demon, etc., and the result of the simulation showed more losses than wins.

The probability of victory was only about 10%!

But if he failed, the difficulty of successfully challenging and obtaining the Bright Star next time would increase significantly.

On the contrary, if he continued to advance his cultivation, the probability of successfully challenging the Bright Star next time might be more than 20-30%.

”Next time!”

Xu Jin decided against challenging the Bright Star again and planned to reserve the Swimming Fish Star Pattern for the next Bright Star challenge.

Subsequently, Xu Jin continued his cultivation, and his cultivation naturally broke through to the Sixth Layer of Refining Star.

By this cultivation speed alone, it was considered slow.

Like other True Disciples, some were nearing the Seventh Layer of Refining Star already.

But if Xu Jin’s cultivation in the Lower Star Palace were revealed, then this speed of cultivation would again be considered extremely fast.

At noon, Xu Jin received a gift from Ying Ge’s father, Ying Bonian, along with a handwritten letter.

It was meant to offer Xu Jin an explanation concerning the assassination incident.

After the assassination incident at the Ying Family’s Warehouse, a manager who handled the matter for Ying Mansion disappeared.

After reporting to the Spring Rain Department and Pill Dawn Guard, they found nothing.

The manager’s entire family had been silenced.

The information concerning Xu Jin and Ying Ge, nine times out of ten, was leaked by this person.

But that was not the end. The Spring Rain Department and Pill Dawn Guard were not vegetarians.

They then conducted a thorough search within and around Ying Mansion and Ying Family’s Trading House and astonishingly rooted out five believers of the Baidou Divine Sect. In the hidden areas of their homes or accommodations, they found artifacts devoted to the Star Battle True God.