Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 529: Chapter 223 Moonwalking Meteor_3

He exhausted all his strength and barely managed to dodge the entwinement of three Thunder Ropes, only to be immediately bound by another two.

The moment he broke free, Flame Light had already obliterated him!

The second-ranked contender of the Third Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm still hadn’t escaped Xu Jin’s Flame Burst annihilation.

It seemed like he hadn’t encountered the pressure he had imagined.

Xu Jin had assumed that the top three of the Third Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm should have been able to exert some pressure on him.

Indeed, they had pressured him, but it was just a little.

Slightly disappointed.

Casually, Xu Jin began to challenge the first-ranked Star Fire of the Third Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm.

[Star Fire is not in the Star-picking Secret Realm and cannot respond to the challenge.]

The message that appeared before his eyes made Xu Jin feel somewhat helpless.

The first rank was not there.

He could only wait!

Then, Xu Jin looked at the successive Starlight Transmissions. There were already several unread Starlight Transmissions piled up.

[Cold Moon requests to add you as a friend, do you agree?]

[Ren Woxing requests to add you as a friend, do you agree?]

These two were worth gaining experience from, so Xu Jin naturally agreed.

[Great Sage Equalling Heaven, congratulations on obtaining second place in the Third Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm, please maintain it for seven days, and for every seven days maintained, you will receive a reward of 12 strands of Starlight.]

[Great Sage Equalling Heaven, congratulations on obtaining second place in the Third Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm, after maintaining it for seven days, you will receive the special title of Moonwalking Meteor.]

Indeed, the title of the Third Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm had changed.

Maintaining the ranking came with different rewards.

If he could maintain this rank for a sufficient amount of time, these rewards would amount to a nice income.

While he was pondering over this, Starlight flickered before his eyes, and Cold Moon and Ren Woxing both sent him battle and challenge requests.

Xu Jin was in no hurry; he fought each one three times, and after defeating each of them three times, he then left the Third Tier Star-picking Martial Learning Secret Realm.

*****

On October 13th, after listening to Academician Kou’s lecture, Xu Jin went to submit his homework to Academician Kou.

He turned in three Third-tier Upper Emblems: Third-tier Upper Star Fire Explosion, Third-tier Upper Flame Burst, and Third-tier Upper Rain Curtain Fire Shield.

Initially, upon inspecting the Third-tier Upper Star Fire Explosive Pattern, Academician Kou Jing did not pay much mind and patiently pointed out a few imperfections.

In his view, Xu Jin having engraved a Third-tier Upper Emblem so quickly, although faster than he had anticipated, was still within an acceptable range.

A genius, naturally.

But when he saw the Third-tier Upper Flame Burst Emblem, Kou Jing was completely taken aback.

If not for the fact that he could detect the same Divine Soul aura on both emblems, he would have suspected that someone else helped Xu Jin with the creation.

Both were Third-tier Upper Emblems.

However, the Third-tier Upper Star Fire Explosive Pattern’s main body was just one Star Skill plus a Star Pattern, but the Third-tier Upper Flame Burst Emblem’s main body was one Star Skill plus two Star Patterns, doubling the difficulty.

Many Fourth Tier Emblem Masters were only at this level.

After all, many ordinary Fourth Tier Lower Emblems were also just one Star Skill plus two Star Patterns.

Quickly, Kou Jing hurriedly examined the other one.

Third-tier Upper Rain Curtain Fire Shield!

Another Star Skill plus two Star Patterns.

This level!

This talent!

Unrivaled!

”You...have you figured this out all by yourself in the past few days?” Kou Jing’s eyes held an undeniable astonishment.

”Yes, I’ve tried many times before I succeeded in making it, and I’ve ruined many Emblems,” Xu Jin said.

In the end, Kou Jing set aside his astonishment and earnestly began to tutor Xu Jin, discussing the issues with several Emblems he had created and the directions for improvement.

If all could be achieved, coupled with a good base Emblem, a top-grade third-tier Emblem was also possible.

”Teacher, I want to know, how exactly are fourth-tier Emblems engraved? Is it necessary to have a fourth-tier cultivation level to engrave them?” This was the first purpose of Xu Jin’s deliberate visit to Academician Kou that day, to specifically demonstrate his talent.

Fourth-tier Emblems, if bought, were too expensive.

One would cost several thousand Taoist Merits.

”You want to engrave fourth-tier Emblems?” Kou Jing asked Xu Jin.

”Yes, if possible, I would like to try, so I can earn some more Taoist Merits and Starlight for cultivation,” Xu Jin honestly replied.

Hearing this, Academician Kou sighed internally.

A child from a poor background, without family support, truly had to find their own ways.

Although he was born into a small family, the limited support from the family had also given him a hard time in this regard.

Only after he achieved some success in making Emblems did his situation improve.

”Engraving fourth-tier Emblems doesn’t require a fourth-tier cultivation level, but there are a few essentials.”

Seeing Academician Kou start to explain, Xu Jin perked up his ears.

”The first essential is the fourth-tier Star Jade, which is the power source for fourth-tier Emblems.

The second is a higher demand for Divine Soul Power—usually, you need the Divine Soul Power of a third-tier middle to late period, that is, Refining Star sixth layer and above, to make fourth-tier Emblems.

In this aspect, you are nearly there.”

”The third is the Main Star Pattern, for example, your third-tier upper-level Flame Burst Star Pattern; at a minimum, you need the fourth-tier Fire Origin Star Pattern to engrave them. And the minimum requirement for a fourth-tier Fire Series Emblem in terms of the Fire Origin Star Pattern is a fifth-tier Fire Origin Star Pattern.

Otherwise, you can’t achieve the fourth-tier rank.

This means, you must learn the fifth-tier Fire Origin Star Pattern, understand?” Kou Jing said.

”Teacher, for this point, I’ve already learned it. Before, the Taoist Institute rewarded me with a fifth-tier Star Pattern, and I happened to already be proficient in the upper fifth-tier Fire Origin Star Pattern.”

”Eh, this point is the hardest, but you’ve already solved it, so the rest should be easy.”

”With these, coupled with a fourth-tier or higher Star Pattern, you will be able to engrave mid to low-grade fourth-tier Emblems. However, generally speaking, upper fourth-tier Emblems are the mainstream.

If you want to engrave an upper fourth-tier Emblem, you need one Star Skill paired with three Star Patterns–the difficulty then multiplies significantly.

In that case, let me take the Fire Series Star Skill as an example and demonstrate and explain to you the key points and crucial aspects of fourth-tier Emblems.”

This was exactly what Xu Jin could have hoped for.

This was top-level special tutoring!

Academician Kou’s lecture lasted for two hours.

Mainly because the student was highly talented, and teaching became a breeze for the teacher.

Because after Xu Jin listened, he mostly understood. Then he would ask about what he didn’t understand, hitting the nail on the head with his questions, prompting Academician Kou to go into further detail, even going through the motions by hand.

Xu Jin then understood.

Over the course of two hours, Academician Kou personally demonstrated the making of four fourth-tier Emblems for Xu Jin!

He was exceptionally diligent.

In the process, Kou Jing had to drink water twice, talking until he was dry-mouthed.

”Let’s stop here for today. After you go back, try it yourself, and if you have any questions, come to me anytime.”

”I will, thank you, teacher,” Xu Jin bowed respectfully.

But a few moments later, Xu Jin had not left, which made Kou Jing a bit puzzled, ”What is it, is there something else?”

Upon hearing this, Xu Jin hesitated before revealing another matter!

This was Xu Jin’s second intentional purpose for visiting Academician Kou today!