Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 578: Chapter 240 Nine-star Tide

In the great hall of the Tianyang Star Hall, where the Great Elder Wang Kan conducted his affairs, a red-haired youth slowly stepped in, and the two guards at the door bowed in salute simultaneously.

The red-haired youth walked straight to where his teacher Wang Kan was dealing with official duties. After giving a respectful bow, he stood quietly to one side, waiting for his teacher to finish his work.

After signing the last document in front of him, the Great Elder Wang Kan looked up with a smile and said, ”Xinghuo has come.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than Wang Kan realized something was amiss.

Today, his disciple’s mood was not only downcast but also felt somewhat off.

His disciple, Zhou Xinghuo, was the top true inheritor among the new disciples of the Tianyang Star Hall this year.

He was also the most talented disciple of the Tianyang Star Hall in nearly ten years; otherwise, Wang Kan wouldn’t have taken him as a disciple.

In fact, Zhou Xinghuo had not disappointed him.

In the Tianyang Star Hall, he was unbeatable among his peers.

What made his teacher prouder was that his disciple Zhou Xinghuo had already seized the first place in actual combat in the Martial Arts Secret Realm of the third tier, and had been reigning at the top for two months.

It should be known that the rankings in the third-tier Martial Learning Secret Realm carried a lot of weight.

Many veteran cultivators, stuck at the Ninth Layer Peak of Star Refining, with great combat power, were capable of challenging a large portion of those in the middle period of the fourth-tier Star Condensation.

But Zhou Xinghuo had suppressed them all.

In a way, Zhou Xinghuo was already an invincible existence within the Third-level Star Refining Realm.

”Eh, Xinghuo, what happened to you? This isn’t like the spirited you that I usually see,” Wang Kan said with a smile.

”Teacher, I’ve lost,” Zhou Xinghuo said, his voice heavy with defeat.

Wang Kan felt a shock for a moment and suddenly realized that Zhou Xinghuo must have been defeated in the Martial Learning Secret Realm of the third tier.

But then he smiled.

For a young man, facing setbacks was a good thing.

Of course, that was his true inner thought. The disciple still needed comfort.

”No matter, it’s just one loss! It’s impossible for a cultivator to be invincible at all times. When facing different opponents, there are times when defeats happen, but this is a good thing. Take away the lessons from cultivation, learn from your failures, and then come back for a kill,” Wang Kan encouraged.

”Teacher, I’ve lost four times in a row,” Zhou Xinghuo said, his voice full of discouragement.

Wang Kan was shocked.

Zhou Xinghuo then spoke slowly, ”Teacher, I was defeated four times in a row by the same person; I used all the tactics I could, but lost all of them! What’s more deadly is that I feel this person still has some strength in reserve—he did not give his all while fighting against me! After the fourth defeat, I even felt that I would never be able to overcome him! I didn’t even have the courage to challenge him for the fifth time!”

After saying this, Zhou Xinghuo looked up, his face full of disappointment.

This statement, however, shocked Wang Kan, the Great Elder of Tianyang Star Hall.

To defeat the top true inheritor Zhou Xinghuo four times in a row, and the opponent not even giving it their all.

What kind of power was that? It was terrifying!

In an instant, the Great Elder Wang Kan’s mind flashed with a thought—Gold Star six consecutive plucks! If the six consecutive plucks of Gold Star were done by one person, then it was very likely that this person was the one who had defeated his disciple Zhou Xinghuo four times in a row.

His disciple Zhou Xinghuo had only barely managed to pluck one Gold Star not long ago.

Now, without a breakthrough in cultivation, he was instructed to continue honing in the Ninth Layer Refining Star, constantly enhancing his power, in hopes of plucking another Gold Star before the breakthrough.

Thus, the person who had defeated Zhou Xinghuo four times must have plucked more than one Gold Star, and might even be the extraordinary genius who plucked six Gold Stars in succession, the one they had been searching for but had not found.

”What is his name? What’s his cultivation level? Do you know from which power or country he comes from?” Wang Kan asked in quick succession.

Zhou Xinghuo was taken aback.

His teacher was not comforting him, but rather more concerned about the information of the opponent who defeated him.

But he could only give a truthful response.

However, the answer was as good as no answer, with only one piece of information, ’Great Sage Equalling Heaven.’

”What about the characteristics of his Star Skill? The Star Skill traits of such an extraordinary talent usually betray their background since they are often taught unique Star Patterns of their respective powers; it’s possible to identify them from the traits of their Star Skill.”

What the Great Elder Wang Kan did not say was that, as long as he could narrow down to a broader category and then according to the traits of the Star Skill, it wouldn’t take long to determine the real identity of this Great Sage Equalling Heaven.

Then they could take targeted action against him.

”Fire Series Star Skills, the most powerful Star Skill he used was Flame Burst; I feel that his Fire Origin Star Pattern must be extraordinary, exceptionally strong. My Fire Series Star Skill is based on a mid-tier Fire Origin from the upper fifth tier, combined with an initial-tier Fire Elephant from the upper third tier, which is powerful, but his Flame Burst eventually managed to incinerate my Fire Origin, directly nullifying my Fire Series Defense Star Skill. I feel his Fire Origin Star Pattern is at least upper sixth tier, or even possibly seventh tier! Otherwise, he couldn’t be this strong!” Zhou Xinghuo said.

”A seventh-tier Fire Origin Star Pattern?”

Wang Kan looked at his disciple in surprise, suddenly feeling that he might have been overly indulgent with this pupil. To make up excuses for his own defeat, coming up with such a weak excuse.

It is possible for a Star Refining Realm cultivator to engrave an upper sixth-tier Fire Origin Star Pattern, but even just that would require several months of hard work. The difficulty of a sixth-tier Star Pattern was extremely great.

As for the seventh tier! That’s just laughable. How many cultivators at the Sixth Tier Late Stage or even the Sixth Tier Peak have been stuck precisely because they could not comprehend and engrave a seventh-tier Star Pattern, thus unable to break through to the seventh tier.