Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 590: Chapter 244: Transformation (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)_2

If it’s about fitting small objects, it can definitely hold quite a lot.

But some things need to be concealed, so whenever Xu Jin went out, he still carried a not-too-large leather backpack to avoid drawing attention.

The emblems Xu Jin took out, by sheer quantity alone, gave Ling Mao quite a shock—there were a total of 200 pieces.

But what astonished Ling Mao even more, was the rank of the emblems.

There were only twenty Third-tier Upper emblems, while the rest were all Fourth-tier emblems, totaling one hundred and eighty pieces.

”Brother, you’re not going to tell me that you can make Fourth-tier emblems now, are you?” Ling Mao exclaimed in surprise.

”Brother Ling, these are all my own creations. Academician Kou gave me some intensive training, saying I have a talent in this area and was lucky enough, that one in every three attempts would succeed,” Xu Jin explained.

”Over a 30% success rate, and you’ve only studied this for a few days? Brother, you’re definitely going to be an Emblem Master in the future.”

Ling Mao was genuinely amazed.

Even many experienced Fourth-tier Emblem Masters within the National Taoist Institute had only about a 60% success rate.

”The teacher taught me well,” Xu Jin modestly replied, considering Academician Kou, the Emblem Grandmaster, was an excellent shield.

As for Xu Jin’s current success rate, which had already exceeded 95%, he would not mention that.

Moreover, what Xu Jin brought to sell to Ling Mao were all defective.

He kept all the top-grade Fourth-tier emblems he made for himself.

”So, brother, what are you planning to do with these?”

”You handle it, Brother Ling. I still owe you starlight, this should be enough to settle it,” said Xu Jin.

”Alright!”

Ling Mao nodded firmly, ”Real brothers settle accounts clearly. Though we are as close as biological brothers, we need to keep the accounts clear.”

”Definitely.”

Being the vice hall master of the Foreign Affairs Hall, Ling Mao excelled in these calculations and quickly came up with the most reasonable plan for Xu Jin.

Twenty Third-tier Upper Flame Burst emblems were priced at 800 strands of starlight each.

Fourth-tier Lower Spiral Flame Burst emblems and Golden Bell emblems were priced at 200 strands of starlight each. Xu Jin brought a total of 125 pieces of Fourth-tier Lower emblems and 55 pieces of Fourth-tier Middle emblems, each priced at 250 strands of starlight.

In total, that was 39,550 strands of starlight.

After the calculations, Ling Mao explained to Xu Jin.

Since the Nine-star Tide was approaching, all the emblems had increased in price.

Previously, the best Fourth-tier emblems were just over 100 strands of starlight each, normally peaking at 300 strands of starlight, but now they had reached up to 350 strands of starlight each.

For Fourth-tier Middle emblems, previously around 200 strands of starlight each, now they had skyrocketed to 250 strands.

Finally, Ling Mao directly took some of the top-priced emblems to prevent them from being taxed by the Star-picking Tower.

The rest were all accounted for as sold to Da Chen National Daoist School, priced in starlight.

After deducting a 3% transaction tax, Xu Jin effectively received 7,226 strands of starlight.

[Taoist Merit: 7681 points]

[Starlight: 32,124 strands]

Leaving the Foreign Affairs Hall, Xu Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Debt-free and light-hearted.

And now he had a substantial accumulation of starlight.

Over 30,000 strands of starlight, was considered a significant fortune.

In the next few days, he planned to engrave some more emblems and then attend the upcoming auction.

By then, any available Sixth-tier Star Core would be totally within his reach.

Not to mention acquiring other relevant Star Skills, at the very least, it could serve as a lethal trick.

Once detonated, it would be equivalent to a full-force strike from a Sixth-tier Expert.

However, Xu Jin’s main aim in the coming days was to see if he could manage to create Fifth-tier emblems.

In fact, the emblems he just sold to Ling Mao were not all he had made these past days.

During this time, Xu Jin had also made over fifty Fourth-tier Upper emblems and kept them all.

After nourishment, their power doubled.

Fired off, even a Fifth-tier Expert would suffer greatly if caught off guard.

Unfortunately, for self-preservation, it was still not quite enough.

Xu Jin had already started attempting to make Fifth-tier emblems.

According to Kou Jing, it was impossible to engrave a Seventh-tier Fire Origin Star Pattern into any emblem, but if a Sixth-tier Upper Fire Origin Star Pattern was engraved into a Fifth-tier Star Jade, it could forcibly elevate the tier of the emblem.

Producing a Fifth-tier Lower or Middle-grade emblem.

Should he succeed, even a Fifth-tier Middle-grade emblem, after Xu Jin’s nourishment doubling its power, would be incredibly terrifying.

That would truly be Xu Jin’s life-saving capital.

As for Fourth Tier and Fifth Tier Star Jades, Xu Jin still had many on hand.

Previously in the Third Tier Purple Wind Star Wind Domain, the Fourth Tier and Fifth Tier Star Jades Xu Jin collected numbered a thousand.

Thus, at this moment, Xu Jin selling another batch of engraved Emblems was nearly a transaction without any cost.

Otherwise, repaying his debts wouldn’t have been possible so quickly.

After all, a single Fourth Tier Star Jade had a cost price of a hundred strands of Starlight.

The 180 Fourth Tier Star Jades Xu Jin had fetched nearly 39,000 strands of Starlight when sold, but just the cost price of the Star Jades was as high as 18,000 strands.

And that was under the circumstances of a hundred percent success rate.

For veteran Fourth Order Emblem Masters, with a success rate of sixty percent, the profit wasn’t that much.

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For several consecutive days, Xu Jin spent his time in extreme fulfillment.

The latest version of Star Patterns obtained previously from the Lingji Star Hall had all been engraved onto the newest version.

In addition, Xu Jin learned two secret Divine Soul Star Techniques from the Lingji Star Hall.

The first was called ”True Illusion.”

It was a Sixth Tier Divine Soul secret technique.

Formed by six Star Patterns: Star Mist, Intent Illusion, Intention Cage, Yin Desire, Concealing, and Elephant Concealing.

Its main function was to freely create various illusions, capable of deceiving an opponent’s vision and perception.

Xu Jin had already engraved it onto the third Divine Soul Star, and this Divine Soul secret technique should be very practical.

The second was called ”God Slaying.”

God Slaying was the most powerful Divine Soul Slaughtering Art from the Lingji Star Hall, a signature Divine Soul Slaughtering Art of the hall.

Composed of five Divine Soul Star Patterns.

But Xu Jin dared not engrave it yet.

Because it was too signature.

Using it would signify that Xu Jin was one of the Lingji remnants.

Once used, the enemy must be killed.

Xu Jin felt that for a long time, he wouldn’t have the capability to confront the two great star halls, so the signature Divine Soul Slaughtering secret technique from the Lingji Star Hall absolutely could not be used recklessly.

So, he chose not to engrave it for now.

But the related Star Patterns, Xu Jin was already practicing.

For example, Roar, a kind of group mental attack, and Yin Desire, a Divine Soul Star Pattern that imperceptibly amplifies an opponent’s emotions, and the core Divine Soul Star Pattern of God Slaying: Ghost Fire.

A type of Divine Soul fire specifically harming the Divine Soul, but extremely difficult to master.

However, from the Star-picking Tower, he also obtained the method to practice it, and Xu Jin needed to slowly prepare.

Aside from this, he also obtained several very useful Star Patterns.

For instance, the Shadowless Insect Star Pattern, an intangible and invisible Divine Soul tracking art, combined with Concealing, making it very difficult for those afflicted with the Shadowless Insect to notice.

There was also Mystery Marker, a mental positioning Star Pattern that could lock onto a position within a certain range, also very practical!

This time, from the Star-picking Tower, the Star Patterns and Star Techniques Xu Jin obtained were numerous, and without a teacher’s guidance, Xu Jin studied for many days before he figured out a little bit.

To completely digest and integrate them into his own abilities, forming combat strength, would still take much time.

And as the Nine-star Tide neared, Xu Jin felt an inexplicable pressure.

Especially when engraving the latest Sixth Tier Middle Mingji Star Pattern, when operating the Mingji Star Pattern, he faintly sensed an inexplicable crisis.

This made Xu Jin even more eager to rapidly enhance his own strength.

In terms of Emblems, Xu Jin could already engrave Fifth Tier Lower Emblems, slowly stockpiling them.

But Emblems were, after all, external objects.

Xu Jin thought for a long time and felt that he still needed to quickly transform his foundation into strength.

Especially with Gold Star and Bright Star.

These things looked incredibly precious, but holding them in hand without using them was just a waste.

They still needed to be transformed into strength quickly.

Therefore, in recent days, Xu Jin spent more and more time in the Da Chen National Taoist Institute Library, preparing for Tao Derivation.

On October 31, Xu Jin appeared in Pill Dawn Palace to meet with National Master Cheng Yuxiao.

After the National Master set up a Starlight barrier to isolate the inside from the outside, Xu Jin said, ”National Master, I wish to enter the Star Dome Secret Realm for Tao Derivation, do you still have any Star Dome Secret Realm Tao Derivation time?”

”I have four two-hour periods a month, and you used up one two-hour period before, I’ve reserved the rest for you.

So, are you ready?” Cheng Yuxiao asked.

”I’m ready,” Xu Jin nodded.

In the next instant, Cheng Yuxiao reached out and grabbed Xu Jin, and with a flash of Starlight, Cheng had already transported Xu Jin into the Star Dome Secret Realm inside the Da Chen Star-picking Tower Main Building.