Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 446: Chapter 194 Conditions

Xu Jin’s Lower Star Palace, the Mingji Star Pattern burst into intense flashes in an instant.

Majestic Star Power and Divine Soul Power poured into Xu Jin’s courtyard like mercury spilling onto the ground, this Star Power was somewhat familiar to him.

It was the aura of the State Preceptor.

One had to admit, the State Preceptor’s speed was truly fast.

In just a moment, he appeared above Xu Jin’s courtyard.

Arriving at the site, the State Preceptor, upon seeing the large pit in Xu Jin’s courtyard and the remaining fluctuations, was also dumbfounded.

Only a second behind, the white-haired Chief Peng rushed over.

However, after arriving, Chief Peng merely glanced once and swiftly concealed himself into the void.

He felt something was amiss.

Xu Jin was not in any danger.

Given the sensitive period, it was normal for the State Preceptor to appear immediately, but if he arrived at the same time, it would seem like he was paying too much attention to Xu Jin.

After all, he seldom appeared within the Pill Dawn Academy.

Other Academicians or Vice Academicians rarely saw him as well.

If spotted by someone with ulterior motives, this could draw undue attention to Xu Jin.

Less than half a moment after Chief Peng concealed himself, Academician Kou Jing from the current rotation at the National Taoist Institute arrived, and seeing the State Preceptor here, he felt a slight relief and also looked downwards.

In the next instant, another six or seven beams of Starlight arrived, these were from two other Academicians and five Vice Academicians of the National Taoist Institute, including Xu Jin’s teacher Liu Qingzhu.

With recent events being so perilous, the high-ranking officials of the National Taoist Institute were often present.

Xu Jin was surrounded by onlookers.

”No worries, just a disciple practicing a newly learned Star Skill,” the State Preceptor’s voice spread far within the National Taoist Institute, and as the Starlight from all around rushed towards them, it then fell back to its original place and dispersed.

Inside the courtyard, Xu Jin’s face was full of awkwardness.

Jiang’er and Qing Fan, who had rushed out in panic just before, were dazedly staring at the large pit in front of them, especially Qing Fan, who was trembling as he saw the bigwigs of the National Taoist Institute hovering above the courtyard.

”Disciple... just thought of a new application for Flame Burst and wanted to give it a try...”

Under the gaze of the onlookers, Xu Jin explained with an embarrassed face.

”Why didn’t you go to the Star-picking Tower to practice?” Academician Kou Jing asked.

”Disciple didn’t think much, only wanted to try it out...”

Academician Kou Jing, upon receiving the answer, looked towards the National Master Cheng Yuxiao, who nodded slightly. Kou Jing then said, ”Diligent study and practice are indeed the right path!

However, given the current tense situation, the Taoist Institute is on high alert.

If you want to practice combat with Star Skills, either go to the Star-picking Tower or it is better to practice during the daytime.”

”Disciple remembers it.”

Afterwards, National Master Cheng Yuxiao left without a word, and Kou Jing along with the other Academicians also quickly departed, ending the brief scare, leaving only Xu Jin’s teacher Liu Qingzhu behind.

Liu Qingzhu landed, touched the ground with her hand, and sent out Star Power, detecting different fluctuations of Star Power, she suddenly frowned.

”You lad, are you researching a combination of new Star Skills?”

Xu Jin, startled, nodded, ”Suddenly had a peculiar idea and wanted to test it out.”

Hearing this, Liu Qingzhu nodded, ”This is a good thing. Everyone has such impulses during the process of Cultivating Star Skills. But I must tell you, you can only test like this, absolutely do not engrave it lightly, especially after Star Condensation.”

”A new Star Skill is not just a matter of combination and sequence you imagine, it also involves whether it can be developed and improved later on, including whether other passive Star Patterns can continue to improve, as well as the Rank of the Star Patterns.

After your Star Condensation, generally one Star Core equates to one or two powerful Star Skills.

If you engrave poorly and there is no possibility for continuous improvement, then it would be tantamount to ruining your practice.

And the cost of restarting after ruining a Star is much greater than you can imagine.”

”Disciple will remember.” Xu Jin nodded vigorously.

”If you have ideas for researching new Star Skills in the future, remember to first thoroughly study the handbooks of your predecessors in the National Taoist Institute Library. Especially those cases of failure or mistakes, be sure to understand them well.

Those examples won’t provide much reference value, but they will prevent you from making the same mistakes.

Those are the errors summarized from the failures and even the blood of our predecessors!” Liu Qingzhu solemnly advised again.

”Disciple understands.”

A few moments later, Liu Qingzhu finally left, and Xu Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

”Qing Fan, notify the Foreign Affairs Hall tomorrow to send some workers over to fill this pit.”

”Jiang’er, have you finished your evening lessons?”

Qing Fan nodded, but Jiang’er stuck out her tongue and quickly went to do her evening lessons.

Xu Jin returned to the quiet room, his heart filled with pleasant surprise.

It wasn’t a big deal to startle the higher-ups of the National Taoist Institute, but rather the hints just given by Liu Qingzhu made Xu Jin realize the immense value of the evolutionary function after the Candou Platform’s Upgrade!

Mistakes that others could not afford to make, Xu Jin could make.

He could freely experiment with the deduction of Star Skills and the arrangement of Star Patterns to find the optimal solution.

If others made a mistake, they would have to abandon their practice and start over, or even stop their path completely.

But for Xu Jin, he just needed to wait five days and re-deduce.

Truly a Divine Artifact!

And his gains weren’t limited to that.

There were also benefits to the Flame Burst Xu Jin had used, especially in terms of the timing of its activation and the point at which Star Power was introduced.

As for the might of the newly evolved combination of Star Skills that Xu Jin had improvised, it pleasantly surprised him.

In terms of sheer power, it was no less than Flame Burst, and possibly even lower.

The key was that it could stack.

Flame Burst happened only once.

But with one punch, as long as Xu Jin was willing to use Star Power, he could create three or four Flame Flowers or even five or six.

And then have them burst simultaneously.

Even more deadly was that after these Flame Flowers exploded, there was a surge of Divine Soul attack.

Even if someone blocked the initial attack, they would still be hit by this final wave of Divine Soul assault, creating an even better opportunity for Xu Jin in combat.