Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 129 - 97: Transcending Mortality and the Heir of Martial Arts Secret Realm? (Please Subscribe) _2

Chapter 129: Chapter 97: Transcending Mortality and the Heir of Martial Arts Secret Realm? (Please Subscribe) _2

No matter whether it was Three Elements Star Returning Pill or top-grade Rejuvenation Pill, each cost one hundred taels of silver. In the blink of an eye, another two thousand taels of silver were spent.

Visiting the Pill Room once, Xu Jin’s four thousand taels of silver disappeared.

The cash Xu Jin held in his hand once again fell below the ten thousand taels mark, only barely reaching nine thousand.

When leaving the Pill Room, Xu Jin had stuffed four Transcendence Pills and two top-grade Rejuvenation Pills into two Star Lamps to begin their nourishment.

However, the First Tier Star Weapon saber that was being nourished in the third Star Lamp had been there for three days without any movement.

But as long as nourishment was possible, Xu Jin had all the patience in the world.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Jin arrived at the Foreign Affairs Hall.

The hall master of the Foreign Affairs Hall, Zeng Shuo, personally received Xu Jin once again, with even greater enthusiasm than the last time.

Zeng Shuo first took out a seal and, using the seal, pressed a streak of starlight onto Xu Jin’s Star-picking Order, then sent another streak of starlight transmission via his own Star-picking Order.

"Please wait a moment, I’ve used the stamp, but you need the Mountain Master to sign the seal, and then you will be allowed to enter the Da Chen National Daoist School," Zeng Shuo said, his chubby face squinting as he smiled.

Xu Jin came to the Foreign Affairs Hall for a second matter, which was to obtain identity certification and formally join the Da Chen National Daoist School, obtaining an official position in the Star-picking Tower.

Previously, Xu Jin had asked Ning Yuchan about the issue of identity at the Star-picking Tower and had also asked Qi Shanye.

In regard to this matter, Qi Shanye had a bit more understanding than Ning Yuchan.

The Star-picking Tower’s origin was incredibly mysterious; even the Lingji Star Hall, once one of the Four Great Star Halls, could only apply for the main tower after meeting the requirements of the Star-picking Tower and only then gain management rights over the main and branch towers of Lingji Star Hall.

It was said that the Star-picking Tower had inspectors, but they had never appeared in the world.

Therefore, Xu Jin need not worry about the identity issue.

As for the public identity of the Star-picking Tower, as long as he didn’t tell anyone, no one would know.

"Alright, the Mountain Master has signed the seal, now you can directly enter the Da Chen National Daoist School and also enjoy the related conveniences of our Daoist School," Zeng Shuo said.

"Thank you, Hall Master."

After returning to his own small courtyard, Xu Jin held the Star-picking Order and entered Star-picking Tower, then, according to the location in his memory, he pushed open the starlight door of Da Chen National Daoist School.

In an instant, another starlight hall appeared in front of Xu Jin.

[Da Chen Star Tower]

Inside the hall, there were several Light Gates, and every gate that opened led to a different hall.

Xu Jin could only open four doors.

[Da Chen Ten Thousand Stars Hall][Da Chen Chasing Star Hall]

The Ten Thousand Stars Hall was just like the main hall of the Star-picking Tower, but what on earth was this ’Chasing Star Hall’?

Immediately, Xu Jin clicked to enter.

It turned out that the Da Chen Chasing Star Hall seemed to be a mission posting point, divided into bounties and tasks.

[Permanent Bounty: Baidou Demon Sect Leader, identity unknown, gender unknown, controls the Four Spirits Seal of the Seven Star Spiritual Treasure. Finder of the true identity will be rewarded with 100,000 Taoist Merits and 10,000 Starlight. Slayer will be rewarded with 500,000 Taoist Merits and 200,000 Starlight. Capturer will be rewarded with 1,000,000 Taoist Merits and 500,000 Starlight.]

[Permanent Bounty: Baidou Demon Sect Five Directions True Monarch...]

[Permanent Bounty: Baidou Demon Sect Four Phases True Man...]

[Permanent Bounty: Blood God Sect Sect Hierarch Yu Shen...]

There were several hundred long-term bounties, mostly related to the Fighting God Sect and Blood God Sect, along with several traitors; the rest were mostly short-term bounties mainly focusing on finding objects.

Besides that, there were [Daoist School Tasks]

There were many Daoist School tasks, numbering in the thousands, and they were continuously changing; some tasks were locked as soon as someone accepted them.

Primarily involving patrolling, detective work, capturing fugitives, and even escorting or slaying Star Beasts, most of them required certain Cultivation Levels.

Xu Jin noticed several tasks marked for Jinshan County.

One task was the bounty for capturing Zhao Weizhen; those who brought him in were rewarded with one thousand Taoist Merits and 200 Starlight.

The reward wasn’t high, and there wasn’t much intelligence provided, making it seem unlikely to be completed.

Besides the Chasing Star Hall and Ten Thousand Stars Hall, Xu Jin could open two more Light Gates.

[Da Chen Martial Arts Hall][Da Chen Foreign Affairs Hall]

Inside the Martial Arts Hall, it was empty; nothing at all.

While the Da Chen Foreign Affairs Hall had a lot of information.

[Star Lord: Xu Jin]

[Identity: Yan State Jinshan County Daoist School, Star Patrol Commander, Second-tier low-grade]

[Cultivation Level: Dining Dawn Sixth Layer]

[Taoist Merit: 210]

[Starlight: 141 strands]

"Junior Brother, my name is Wu Dong. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, your Senior Brother knows everything and will tell you all," Xu Jin was puzzled when suddenly someone approached him.

After a few words, Xu Jin found out that this Senior Brother Wu Dong was a disciple of the Da Chen National Daoist School who had taken up a guard duty task, and hence was so enthusiastic.

His main role was to guide new disciples.

And the benefits of this task made Xu Jin somewhat envious.

Guarding the Da Chen Foreign Affairs Hall for a month, standing guard each day for two two-hour periods, accumulating thirty days, would yield 60 Taoist Merits and five strands of Starlight.

Five strands of Starlight, equivalent to five hundred taels of silver.

A month for four hours a day to earn five hundred taels of silver—where else would one find such a cushy job?

And then there were the Taoist Merits.

After asking Senior Brother Wu Dong, Xu Jin found out how he got those 210 Taoist Merits.

It was exactly what the Governor Tian Zhang had said about two Great Merits.

Da Chen National Daoist School’s regulation: One Great Merit was credited as one hundred Taoist Merits, and one Small Merit as one.

Regarding the uses of Taoist Merit, there were many.

Inside the Da Chen National Daoist School, it could be used to buy Pills, Mid-High Tier Star Patterns, one strand of Starlight for about ten Taoist Merits, Taoist Merits could be exchanged for Starlight, but Starlight could not be exchanged for Taoist Merits.