Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 738: Chapter 299: Ten Thousand Spirit Divine Blood

Da Chen National Daoist School Star-picking Tower Main Building, second floor.

”Palace Master, a Spring Rain Department spy has reported that two Seventh Tier experts of unknown origin have flown into our Dachen territory from the Dahong border. Their target is very likely to be Pill State,” Elder Peng reported.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuxiao suddenly looked up. ”When?”

”Half an hour ago. Based on their location, they can reach Pill State in as little as two hours or at most three,” Elder Peng responded.

Hearing this, Cheng Yuxiao glanced at his Starlight Transmission; just fifteen minutes ago, Xu Jin had sent a message saying he was on his way back and would return to the National Taoist School within fifteen minutes.

By his calculations, that was fast.

These two Seventh Tier Experts from the Tianyang Star Hall, during the Nine-star Tide period, not killing the Alien Race but instead flying towards Pill State within Dachen territory.

Even if Xu Jin was in Pill State.

The target of these two people was likely Xu Jin.

However, they were probably too late.

But Cheng Yuxiao was contemplating another matter: should he take the opportunity to make a ruthless move?

According to the agreement among the four powers, the entry of experts above the Seventh Tier into a territory must be announced.

Without notification, entering directly is considered an invasion and killing them has no consequences.

So...

”How’s the internal investigation going?” Cheng Yuxiao asked.

”Those who knew of Xu Jin going to Yangjiang County in Pill State, including you, Palace Master, and myself, as well as others, including the Gu’an County Magistrate and the County-lieutenant, total eleven people. Now, the Gu’an County-lieutenant has died in battle, and Gu’an County Magistrate has been cleared of suspicion. The guard disciples of the Yangjiang County Star-picking Tower have also been cleared.

Currently, there are only two suspects.

One is Chen Dequn, the scribe disciple in charge of our Da Chen Star-picking Tower Main Building. The other is the two guards of the tower tonight. These two guards are from the Pill Dawn Guard and are almost cleared of suspicion, but are still under investigation.

The most suspicious is the scribe disciple, Chen Dequn,” Elder Peng said.

”Chen Dequn?”

State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao frowned. ”I remember, he’s been selected for the National Taoist School for over a decade now, right? And he’s stuck at the Fourth Rank Ninth Layer Peak, isn’t he?”

”Yes. We’ve found that Chen Dequn lives quite lavishly, with seventeen concubines and over fifty servants. It seems that the problem likely stems from here,” Elder Peng said.

”Over a decade... Keep digging then! Try various methods and use Warm Dream for interrogation! See if anything else can be uncovered,” Cheng Yuxiao instructed.

What others could think of, Cheng Yuxiao could also foresee.

The key was to see the results of each party’s efforts.

Cheng Yuxiao was now considering whether he should personally take action and capture one or two of the Seventh Tier experts from Tianyang Star Hall.

That required careful thought.

*****

At the branch building of the Yangguang County Star-picking Tower.

Hearing Xu Jin’s inquiries, the expression of the Fifth Tier disciple suddenly changed, and he shouted, ”Military control and curfew during wartime, is this something you can inquire about?”

Xu Jin, who was scolded, frowned slightly. Curfew, that seemed to make sense.

But it felt very strange!

Very strange indeed!

He took another look at Yangjiang’s county city then prepared to step into the Star-picking Tower to leave. Before Xu Jin could take a step, the Fifth Tier disciple scolded Xu Jin again, ”It’s a time of great war, hurry up and complete your mission. Why are you lingering? Are you not afraid of military punishment?”

Being scolded twice in a row, Xu Jin was also annoyed.

He had never seen such an arrogant disciple of the National Taoist School.

But considering it was better to return safely, especially since the safety time limit set by the State Preceptor was about to expire, he sent a Starlight Transmission to State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao the next moment, following the State Preceptor’s request to report his whereabouts in real-time. Xu Jin also had his own considerations.

He should conveniently report the Dean of the Yangjiang Taoist Institute. Letting a Fifth Tier expert guard the door was simply too wasteful.

But as he sent the Starlight Transmission, Xu Jin was stunned.

For the Starlight Transmission failed to send.

It did not go out.

Xu Jin looked surprised at the Star-picking Tower branch building before him. He had an illusion.

Could it be that the Star-picking Tower in front of him was a fake?

His Star-picking Order had already ascended to the Second-tier, and in theory, as long as he was within Dachen territory, except for deep forests, he should be able to use Starlight Transmission anywhere else.

But for the moment, Xu Jin didn’t think too complicatedly but instinctively asked the Fifth Tier watchman, ”Why can’t the Starlight Transmission of the Star-picking Order be sent out? Is yours working normally?”

”I told you it’s military control! Why so much nonsense!” The Fifth Tier watchman said angrily.

Almost simultaneously, Xu Jin suddenly realized something was wrong!

Finally, he understood where the strangeness in his feeling lay.

A Fifth Tier expert guarding the door wasn’t just a waste anymore.

Dong Zhao, the Mountain Master of the Jinshan Taoist Institute, was also at the Fifth Rank Ninth Layer Peak.

The Star Patrol Guard Governor, Tian Zhang, and the Superintendent, Cao Chun, were previously just at Fourth Rank Ninth Layer Peak.

The Lord-lieutenant of the Jinshan County city, Lu Xianbing’s father, was also only at the Fourth Tier Star Condensation Seventh Layer.

Any Fifth Tier expert in a county-level position was considered a high-level official.

Guarding the door was too unreasonable!

Almost at the same time, the Mingji Star Pattern of Xu Jin’s Lower Star Palace started spinning rapidly.

One after another, figures suddenly stepped out from the Star-picking Tower.

The strongest among them was a Sixth Tier Early Period!

There were also four Fifth Tier ones.

Including the watchman, there were five Fifth Tier and one Sixth Tier Early Period individual.

”Oh!”

The Sixth Tier expert who stepped out sighed in his unique drake-like voice, ”You seek your own death. What a pity!”

As he spoke, the Sixth Tier expert waved his hand and two of the five Fifth Tier experts instantly lunged at Xu Jin like lightning!