Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 724: Chapter 293: Xu Jin’s Choice_2

For example, Thunder Arrow, Thunder Burst, Thunder Net, and Thunder Curtain, when combined with the Chain Star Pattern, can produce a Chain Thunder Arrow. However, overall, the power unleashed by the foundational Thunder Star Skills is quite standard.

The most powerful among them has to be the Purple Thunder Bomb, brought about by the Thunder Origin Star Pattern offered on the Candou Platform.

This should be a Fourth-tier Thunder Series Star Skill. With a Seventh-tier Middle Thunder Origin Star Pattern combined with the Chain Star Pattern and reinforced by the Mid-tier Thunder Wing Heart, a single strike could heavily injure a guardian at the Fifth Rank Second Layer of the Gold Star Level; its power was also quite considerable.

Unfortunately, he still couldn’t deduce this Purple Thunder Bomb backward. If he could, and further researched star patterns, it would be truly powerful.

In the future, Xu Jin still needed to find ways to collect more Thunder Series Star Power and Star Skills that could use star patterns.

Earth Series is mainly for defense and control.

Thunder Series emphasizes speed and explosive power, Fire Series has high damage, Divine Soul can be controlled, and adding a Sixth Order Star Technique of Void Breaking as a finishing move, Xu Jin’s combat system started to take shape.

But it still needed refinement.

For example, lacking a Fifth or even Sixth-tier Fire Series Star Skill.

But this could potentially be resolved by seeking advice from either the State Preceptor or Academician Kou Jing!

An hour later, Xu Jin’s another challenge in the Star-picking Secret Realm ended.

He gained two Copper Stars, two Silver Stars, two Gold Stars, and one Bright Star.

The Gold Star that Xu Jin had just used up was now replenished.

Currently, he had two Silver Stars, three Gold Stars, and three Bright Stars remaining.

Returning from the Star-picking Tower, Xu Jin spent the next day and more time intensely focused.

He was intensely working on Wind Origin Star Patterns and Gold Origin Star Patterns.

As for the six Void Breaking Star Patterns he had obtained a long time ago, Xu Jin had already mastered them; earlier there just hadn’t been a spot to engrave them.

On the evening of November 12th, Xu Jin began to engrave star patterns on the second Star Core of the Lower Star Palace.

Following the cultivation experiences and handbook provided by his uncle, Mo Ji, Xu Jin proceeded to engrave in order.

On this second Star Core of the Lower Star Palace, there were a total of ten star pattern slots.

The first star pattern slot was the Great Gathering Star Pattern, and after sequentially engraving Void Breaking and two Source Power Star Patterns, only one star pattern slot remained.

This Star Core could be named the Void-breaking Star Core in the future.

But the empty star pattern slot shouldn’t go to waste.

According to Xu Jin’s current learning and research on star patterns, when engraving high-tier Star Techniques, related star patterns should be engraved continuously; the more continuous, the stronger the instantaneous effect.

The activation speed was also shorter.

The star pattern Xu Jin had chosen to engrave was the Mingji Star Pattern.

Engraving the Mingji Star Pattern wouldn’t affect Star Skills at all.

Moreover, Qi had previously specifically advised Xu Jin that it was best to engrave several Mingji Star Patterns, as they even had an indescribable enhancing effect on many Star Skills.

This had already been verified.

But should this Mingji Star Pattern be engraved in the second star pattern slot or the last one?

Xu Jin thought about it for a while and, based on the characteristics of the Mingji Star Pattern, made the arrangement.

The Mingji Star Pattern mainly aids in sensing and perception.

Predicting the enemy beforehand.

If the Mingji Star Pattern had an enhancing effect on the Sixth Order Star Technique Void Breaking, then placing it at the front would give the best result.

After that, Xu Jin began to engrave, and within 15 minutes, the Mingji Star Pattern was engraved.

The moment the engraving was completed, the Mingji Star Pattern started to operate spontaneously.

Almost the instant the Mingji Star Pattern began to operate, Xu Jin’s expression changed.

Undercurrents!

Surge!

Chaos!

Ferocity!

With two Mingji Star Patterns operating simultaneously, Xu Jin surprisingly sensed a furious and chaotic flow of Star Power in Heaven and Earth, which was extremely oppressive and very close.

”Nine-Star Tide!”

Suddenly, Xu Jin understood.

This was the reason why many experts could detect the Nine-Star Tide; their Cultivation Levels were high enough, and their sensing power was sufficiently sharp.

Now that Xu Jin had engraved two Mingji Star Patterns, he vaguely sensed the fluctuations of the Nine-Star Tide.

In Xu Jin’s perception, this surge-like chaotic flow of Star Power was getting closer.

An eruption was imminent!

It was almost upon him.

But this discovery made Xu Jin start to reevaluate the function of the Mingji Star Pattern.

Previously, when there was only one Mingji Star Pattern, Star Power wasn’t able to sense the Nine-Star Tide at all.

Now that he has engraved two, he can faintly sense the Nine-Star Tide.

It seems that Xu Jin did not place enough importance on the Mingji Star Pattern.

The Mingji Star Pattern not only requires rank but also needs a quantity that can overlap to enhance and strengthen sensing power.

In the future, whenever there is a slot for star patterns, several more Mingji Star Patterns should be added.

After noting this, Xu Jin began engraving other star patterns, and in two hours, the work was thoroughly completed.

Great Gathering Star Pattern, Mingji Star Pattern, Controlling Objects, Gold Origin, Sharp Gold, Ten Thousand Catties, Wind Origin, Gale, Flashing, Attached Star.

A total of ten star patterns filled up the second Star Core of the Lower Star Palace completely.

This second Star Core was Void Breaking.

With a mere thought, all the star patterns in this Void-breaking Star Core immediately became unified.

In an instant, Xu Jin felt as if everywhere—in all directions, above and below—any point within his sensing range, would be a target of Void Breaking!

Xu Jin even had a feeling that it would never miss.

Could this also be a result of the Mingji Star Pattern?

If that’s the case, Xu Jin would have to reconsider the importance of the Mingji Star Pattern.

He might even need to use one or two Gold Stars to deduce it at some point.

Thus, Void Breaking was established.

It is worth mentioning that the Wind Origin Star Pattern and Gold Origin Star Pattern engraved on the Void Breaking Star Core were all Sixth Tier Upper.

Although he received Mid-Eighth Tier and Mid-Seventh Tier, star patterns above the seventh tier require comprehension.

Those below Seventh Tier, just need copying and engraving, which is faster.

Above Seventh Tier, it requires slow contemplation, just like the previous contemplation of the Earth Origin at Seventh Tier Lower.

It needs time, but the difficulty shouldn’t be too great.

Moreover, Xu Jin also had the support of Heaven and Earth Star Will from Wind Series and Gold Series.

Subsequently, Xu Jin entered the Fourth-Tier Star Power Secret Realm for his routine evening class.

Inside, the Central and Lower Star Palaces, six Star Cores rotated simultaneously, like six vortices, or six engines, instantly absorbing a large amount of Star Power into his body, then enhancing his Cultivation Level.

Xu Jin carefully experienced it for a while.

This cultivation speed was indeed much faster than taking top-grade Star Refining Pills in the Star Refining Realm.

Much faster.

With Xu Jin’s cultivation speed, two hours was equivalent to absorbing the Star Power of six top-grade Star Refining Pills.

It was stronger than a single First Essence top-grade Star Refining Pill that Xu Jin had, and just slightly less than a Third Essence top-grade Star Refining Pill.

However, this was inside the Fourth-Tier Star Power Secret Realm; if it were inside a Second-tier or Third-tier Gathering Star Array, or outside the Star Power Secret Realm, two hours would be equivalent to the Drug efficacy of one and a half top-grade Star Refining Pills.

But it was still fast.

Because previously, when using pills to cultivate, there was a limit to how much could be taken.

But now, absorbing Star Power directly for cultivation meant that as long as he had enough Divine Soul Power and time, devoting twelve hours a day was also possible.

Xu Jin estimated, after calculating the time from his normal morning and evening classes, normal cultivation, not counting the breakthrough periods, he could enhance the Cultivation Level of the Central Star Palace by one layer in about a month and a half.

If cultivating both Central and Lower Star Palaces together, it would take three months for one layer.

If paired with Pills and Star Power Secret Realm, it should be double improvement in two months.

Theoretically, in less than a year, Xu Jin’s Cultivation Level could breakthrough to the Peak of the Fourth Tier, Ninth Layer, and in two years, Xu Jin’s Cultivation Level in both Central and Lower Star Palaces could simultaneously breakthrough to the Peak of the Fourth Tier, Ninth Layer.

That would be fairly fast.

However, Xu Jin had his own plans.

Suddenly, Xu Jin’s Star-picking Order vibrated fiercely three times—an urgent message from the Star-picking Order.

Upon checking, it was a message from the National Master Cheng Yuxiao.

[Xu Jin, I have returned to the palace, come quickly, there is a matter.]

In the next moment, Xu Jin got up, left the small courtyard, and flashed towards the Pill Dawn Palace.

When Xu Jin arrived at the Pill Dawn Palace, National Master Cheng Yuxiao, looking travel-worn, was eating a meal.

It seemed he had been inspecting tirelessly these past few days.

Seeing Xu Jin come in, National Master Cheng Yuxiao gestured for Xu Jin to sit opposite him, then personally poured a cup of wine for Xu Jin, and after they both downed it, Cheng Yuxiao suddenly asked, ”Xu Jin, have you decided?

The three plans I drew up for you, Golden Cicada Shells, Devoted Cultivation, and Alien Realm Refining Heart, which one do you choose?

The Nine-Star Tide is approaching; it’s time to make a choice.”

National Master Cheng Yuxiao looked at Xu Jin as he asked.