Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 120 - 94: Guicang and Elephant Concealing (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 120: Chapter 94: Guicang and Elephant Concealing (Please Subscribe)_2

"My Concealing Skill, are you quite curious and eager to learn it?" Qi Shanye suddenly asked.

"Of course."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jin felt some excitement, for who wouldn’t want to learn Qi Shanye’s ability to come and go without a trace?

Back when he was a student, after watching many movies and novels, he had harbored such thoughts—wouldn’t it be wonderful if he could become invisible and pass through walls?

Then he wouldn’t have had to complete homework; he could just have turned invisible, copied it from his schoolmates, and returned.

He wouldn’t have been afraid of exams either.

The night before an exam, he could just have run into the female teacher’s room and sneak a peek at the test paper first—wouldn’t he have ranked first then?

With such a skill, wouldn’t he have been able to put some laxatives in the tea cup of those teachers who loved holding long classes?

With such a skill, he must have added something to the school leaders’ tea before every flag-raising ceremony.

Not to mention, once he started discussing it, it turned into a lengthy lecture, directly delaying mealtime.

Unfortunately, at that time, it was all just fantasy.

But Xu Jin hadn’t expected that, in this world, he could actually learn such a skill of invisibility.

Suddenly, the excited Xu Jin felt somewhat dispirited.

In this world, there were no teachers who loved dragging on their classes, nor were there principals who talked endlessly—the Mountain Master was always brief and concise.

There was a female teacher, Ning Yuchan.

But once he learned, Xu Jin wouldn’t dare.

That hammer, smashing Star Refining Realm was like smashing tofu.

Xu Jin, being only in the Dining Dawn Realm, couldn’t provoke her, just couldn’t.

"My Concealing Skill is actually very simple; it is composed of one basic Star Skill and three Star Patterns. I will teach you now."

During the conversation, Qi Shanye took out a thumb-sized piece of jade and handed it to Xu Jin.

"The basic Star Skill for my Concealing Skill and the three Star Patterns are all recorded in this. The essential Core Star Pattern you need is the Clearing Soul Star Pattern, which you have learned. Now, you only need to learn the basic Star Skill, Star Mist, and the other two Star Patterns.

However, among the two Star Patterns, I suggest you engrave the Guicang Star Pattern first, and engrave it onto the first layer of your Divine Soul Star’s Star Halo as soon as possible," Qi Shanye said.

Xu Jin took the jade, first thanked Qi Shanye, and then asked, "Teacher, may I know the reason?"

"The Guicang Star Pattern can conceal all your aura into the primal essence, serving endless wonder. Its most direct effect is to contract and hide your aura, including the aura of your cultivation level.

Currently, your Divine Soul Star is at the third layer of the Star Refining Realm, generally undetectable by people. But a few, like Dong Zhao, if they come into close contact, can sense your Divine Soul Star.

Dong Zhao isn’t a danger to you, but it could potentially attract unnecessary trouble.

Understand?" Qi Shanye said.

"I understand, Teacher. I will certainly complete the engraving as soon as possible."

"By the way, Teacher, how strong is the specific effect of this Guicang Star Pattern? What does its effect depend on?" Xu Jin hurriedly asked.

"The specific effect of the Guicang Star Pattern depends on two factors: one is your Divine Soul Cultivation, and the other is the number of your Guicang Star Patterns. If you engrave only one Guicang Star Pattern, theoretically, unless one’s Divine Soul Cultivation leads you by one major realm, they would not be able to discern your true cultivation level or break through your hidden aura at close range.

If you engrave two Guicang Star Patterns, theoretically, it would require Divine Soul Cultivation more than two realms higher than yours to possibly detect your real cultivation level at close range.

However, for now, one Guicang Star Pattern is enough, and you don’t have enough space to engrave two anyhow.

Before Star Condensation, positions for engraving star patterns are precious," Qi Shanye explained.

Qi Shanye continued to guide Xu Jin for a while before leaving.

After Qi Shanye left, Xu Jin immersed his consciousness in the Star Lamp and directly began to engrave the Guicang Star Pattern inside it.

He had just tried it; engraving star patterns on the Star Refining Realm’s Divine Soul Star Halo was quite strenuous, as each time required breaking through the Divine Soul Power to leave marks.

It was somewhat like engraving on extremely hard metal.

Initially, there were many mistakes in engraving, and it was easy to abort, requiring constant progress through errors and failures.

However, engraving inside the Star Lamp was like carving into wood, which not only provided little resistance but also consumed an almost negligible amount of energy.

As long as Xu Jin was exceptionally proficient at engraving the Guicang Star Pattern inside the Star Lamp, then moved on to engraving it on the glow of the Divine Soul Star, he could succeed in as few as three to five attempts.

Xu Jin had already planned that he would not meet the Mountain Master until he had successfully engraved the Guicang Star Pattern, and he would even avoid other experts from the Jinshan Taoist Institute.

That night, Xu Jin was solely focused on contending with the Guicang Star Pattern.

He only slept for two hours, spending all other time engraving the Guicang Star Pattern inside the Star Lamp.

The next morning, Xu Jin made arrangements for his father and sister to go find a house, while he himself continued to challenge the Guicang Star Pattern.

He had already consecutively engraved thousands of times inside the Star Lamp, achieving a 100% success rate each time. He was ready to give it a try.

Two hours later, Xu Jin opened his eyes and swallowed a one-star Rejuvenation Pill that had been nurtured beforehand.

He wanted to replenish his consumed Divine Soul Power.

However, the restoration effect greatly surprised him.

It was too little!

After a night of intense cultivation, about 20% of the power within Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Star had been consumed.

From his previous experience with engraving star patterns, he knew that in order to succeed in one go, it was crucial to restore both Divine Soul Power and Star Power to their optimal states.

So, he subconsciously used Rejuvenation Pills to restore his Divine Soul Power.

Before Star Casting, a nurtured Rejuvenation Pill could completely restore Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Power.

But the amount restored at this moment was rather disappointing to him.

It took three nurtured Rejuvenation Pills to restore just half of his Divine Soul Power.

Based on this, Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Power had increased by approximately sixty times after Star Casting and refining to the third layer of the Star Refining Realm.

This was a terrifying enhancement indeed.

It seemed that Xu Jin needed to stock up on higher-level pills to restore Divine Soul Power, otherwise, the recovery amount would be too minimal in critical moments.

Of course, continuing to nurture Rejuvenation Pills was another option, to see if he could develop a second or even third layer of light halo.

Afterward, Xu Jin’s mind sank into the Divine Soul Star.

At this moment, the Divine Soul Star was resplendent with light, its periphery flashing with a clearly distinguished triple layer of Star Halos—this was the third layer of Star Refining Realm.

Outside the third layer of Star Halo, Xu Jin also noticed a faint light halo, likely the fourth layer, but it had not yet fully formed.

With a thought arising, Xu Jin began to engrave the Guicang Star Pattern on the first layer of Star Halo.

The Guicang Star Pattern, which could easily be engraved inside the Star Lamp, posed difficulties when he began to actually engrave it.

Because the difficulty levels were not the same.

Engraving on wood is different from engraving on metal and stone; the pressure applied differs.

However, Xu Jin’s proficiency with star patterns was an unparalleled advantage.

The first attempt failed, consuming half of the Divine Soul Power, the second failed, the third came remarkably close to success, the fourth failed, the fifth almost succeeded, and the sixth failed.

Upon finishing the seventh attempt at engraving the star pattern, as the final stroke went down, a complex pattern covering the first layer of Star Halo on the Divine Soul Star suddenly formed a coherent whole.

The Divine Soul Power began to circulate back and forth along these intricate patterns.

With the first flow of Divine Soul Power on this first layer of Halo, the triple brilliance of Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Star simultaneously receded, becoming instantly dim and nondescript.

Xu Jin discovered that at the very instant he successfully completed the Guicang Star Pattern engraving, not only did the Divine Soul Star’s brilliance retract, but the Great Gathering Star Pattern of the Central Star Palace and the Mingji Star Pattern of the Lower Star Palace, which were both sparkling previously, also drew inward, becoming dim and dull.

Xu Jin noticed that the Starlight in his tempered body parts retracted as well.

During previous self-inspections, the tempered parts of Xu Jin’s body would sparkle like a little star-being.

But now, the Starlight had completely retreated, making him appear completely ordinary, like someone without any cultivation.

At this point, the Guicang Star Pattern was complete!

Yet, Xu Jin was eager to start exploring the basic Star Skill "Star Mist" newly imparted by Qi Shanye, along with the second star pattern—Elephant Concealing Star Pattern.