Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 524: Chapter 222: Supporting Qi

Mid-tier Sixth-tier Alien Race Star Cores did not attract too many bidders.

Most were not as resolute as Xu Jin.

For 3,300 strands of Starlight, Xu Jin acquired the Mid-tier Sixth-tier Alien Race Star Core.

In the subsequent auction items, there appeared two sets of Fifth-tier Star Cores and one Sixth-tier Star Core; Xu Jin eyed them eagerly, but he still restrained himself.

It was a pity that touching the auction items was not permitted; otherwise, Xu Jin could have touched each one and chosen the most suitable Star Core for the Ritual Officer.

Now, it was a game of chance.

Although Ling Mao had promised to cover Xu Jin, effectively giving Xu Jin unlimited ”black card” privileges,

Xu Jin knew he should be sensible.

Up to now, Ling Mao would have to lend Xu Jin at least 7,600 strands of Starlight.

That was already a huge amount of money.

Converted into Taoist Merit, that was seventy-six thousand; converted into silver, it was seven hundred and sixty thousand taels of white silver.

Xu Jin felt embarrassed to borrow more.

But according to Ling Mao, such auctions held by Changsheng Trading Company occurred once a month.

Xu Jin could save up some Starlight for the next one; there was no rush.

At the end of the auction, the last items were female slaves, Alien Race female slaves!

The bidding was extremely heated.

But the bidding price was not high, a fully controlled Alien Race female slave only cost fifty strands of Starlight, packaged in groups of ten for sale.

Of course, those with Cultivation Levels were calculated separately.

An hour later, after Ling Mao helped pay the remaining balance of over 7,600 strands of Starlight, Xu Jin successfully acquired three auction items and left with Ling Mao.

”Brother Ling, let me write you an IOU,” said Xu Jin on the way.

Looking at the somewhat serious Xu Jin, Ling Mao laughed, ”Brother, do you underestimate your brother?

For such small matters, what need is there for an IOU! We’re brothers; if I weren’t afraid of upsetting you, I’d just give them to you directly.”

”Then thank you, Brother Ling, I will repay you as soon as possible! Also, I still prefer to repay you with Emblems, if that’s alright with you?” Xu Jin said.

”Of course, that’s fine. It’ll also save some personal transaction tax.”

Fifteen minutes later, Ling Mao dropped off Xu Jin at the Taoist Institute. When Xu Jin left, Ling Mao patted his shoulder and said, ”Brother, if you encounter any difficulties, just speak directly to me! Remember, problems that can be solved with Starlight aren’t problems at all.

I have a bit of Starlight here.”

A few moments after Xu Jin watched Ling Mao leave, he sighed slightly.

Although Xu Jin knew that Ling Mao was deliberately befriending him because of his future potential, this help was indeed real.

Back at his own courtyard, Xu Jin reported his safety to Chief Peng and couldn’t wait to inspect the day’s auction items.

First was the Fourth-tier Star Artifact, Covering Moon.

The object was smaller than a palm, three inches long and an inch wide, but it was not light and felt quite heavy; it had a faint bluish-gold color that shined brilliantly under the moonlight.

When his Divine Thought immersed into it, he instantly understood the two inherent Star Skills.

One was Ruyi, a Star Skill that many Fourth-tier Star Artifacts had.

It was the kind that could change size as desired.

The other Star Skill was named Covering Moon, a commonly seen Star Skill for weapon-type Star Artifacts — when Star Power was infused, its sharpness and speed would increase exponentially; it was unstoppable. Also, when Star Power was infused, the light would become very dazzling, hence the name Covering Moon.

Summary: A very ordinary and common Fourth-tier Star Artifact. It didn’t have many distinguishing features, but the material and forging technique were good; its status as a top-grade Fourth-tier object guaranteed its power.

This was Xu Jin’s third Fourth-tier Star Artifact, but in terms of power and value among the three Fourth-tier Star Artifacts Xu Jin had, it was the least impressive.

The Chaotic Star Pendant was the most valuable of Xu Jin’s three Fourth-tier Star Artifacts, deemed worthy enough to not be exchanged even for a Fifth-tier, followed by the Star Stepping Boots, with Covering Moon coming last, but it was still sufficient.

In the future, he would save up more Starlight to slowly replace them.

In the next instant, Xu Jin sent the ten newly acquired Fifth-tier Alien Race Star Cores and that one Sixth-tier Alien Race Star Core into the Candou Platform.

Instantly, the Candou Platform shone with Starlight, and information rapidly surfaced.

After a few moments, Xu Jin’s face revealed an ’as expected’ expression.

Indeed, these were leftovers from the Galaxy Battlefield; Star Cores that managed to circulate to the present world from the Galaxy Battlefield generally weren’t of great quality.

Or perhaps the Changsheng Auction House deliberately bundled them like this.

Among the ten Fifth-tier Alien Race Star Cores, only two were Fifth Tier Upper, the rest were all Fifth Tier Middle.

Fortunately, Xu Jin’s luck wasn’t too bad.

One of the Middle Fifth-tier and one of the Upper Fifth-tier Star Cores were Fire Series Star Cores, and that Upper Fifth-tier Star Core made Xu Jin’s eyes widen.

[Mid-grade Fifth-tier Fire Spirit: Can obtain the Protection Star Pattern, Mid-tier Fire Origin, Fire Meteor]

[Upper-grade Fifth-tier Fire Spirit: Can obtain the Protection Star Pattern, Initial Tier Fire Elephant, Mid-tier Fire Origin, Fire Spirit]

Fire Element Star Pattern.

Xu Jin saw the legendary Fire Element Star Pattern for the first time.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t reverse-engineer it, at least not for now; otherwise, engraving this Fire Element Star Pattern would greatly enhance Xu Jin’s Combat Power.

But the harvest for the day was still quite satisfying.

The Mid-tier Sixth-tier Star Core was a Mid-tier Sixth-tier Wind Spirit Star Core, the Protection Star Pattern it provided was not much help to Xu Jin at the moment.

But it was still very useful.

Xu Jin bid for it not only to try his luck at obtaining a Thunder Series or Fire Series Star Core but also as a safeguard.

Even if the Mid-tier Sixth-tier Star Core was useless, Xu Jin could unleash it in one burst, equivalent to carrying an ordinary Mid-tier Sixth-tier Emblem, ready to release a full-strength blow of a Mid-tier Sixth-tier Cloud Tower Expert at any moment.