Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 130 - 97: Transcending Mortality and the Viscount of the Martial Arts Secret Realm? (Please Subscribe)_3

Chapter 130: Chapter 97: Transcending Mortality and the Viscount of the Martial Arts Secret Realm? (Please Subscribe)_3

However, the greatest use of Taoist Merit is for promotion in official rank.

For example, if Xu Jin wanted to promote to Vice Flag Master of the Star Patrol Guard, it would deduct two hundred Taoist Merits.

At the same time, upgrading the Star-picking Order also requires Taoist Merit.

[First Tier Star-picking Order: Eligible for upgrade, requires 10,000 Taoist Merits, a hundred strands of Starlight]

Under Wu Dong’s explanations, Xu Jin learned a lot about the Da Chen National Taoist School.

For instance, why does Da Chen’s Martial Arts Hall have nothing at all?

Because Da Chen’s Martial Arts Hall only opens during certain specific times, and most of the time, entry is limited to certain identities.

"Junior Brother Xu, here, let’s add each other as friends, so we can send each other Starlight Transmissions directly if anything comes up. If you ever get the chance to visit Wanyi, you must contact your senior brother; I will definitely uphold the host’s hospitality," Wu Dong laughed as Xu Jin was about to leave.

But Xu Jin showed a troubled expression.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to add him, but according to his earlier understanding, adding a friend once would consume a strand of Starlight, and sending a single Starlight Transmission would also consume a strand of Starlight.

Too expensive, too outrageous. He couldn’t afford it.

"This, senior brother, I’m a bit strapped for cash, lacking in Starlight," Xu Jin said very straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Wu Dong burst into hearty laughter, "Junior brother, look, you still haven’t fully grasped the rules. As long as you join the Da Chen National Daoist School, whether it’s adding friends or sending Starlight Transmissions among internal members of our Daoist School, it only requires a tiny bit of Taoist Merit."

"Just a tiny bit of Taoist Merit?"

This made Xu Jin very happy.

It was like the fee had shrunk by tenfold.

Previously it required a hundred taels of silver each time, now it only required ten taels of silver per time.

This was not something he couldn’t afford; he could still add them.

"Then, if I have the chance to visit Wanyi, I’ll definitely seek out senior brother," Xu Jin added Wu Dong as a friend, and then took his leave, of course, this was just a polite remark.

In his past life, unless they were extremely close, people generally wouldn’t bother others when on their turf, to avoid making the host uncomfortable.

After all, receiving and entertaining guests cost money and time, both were the bane of young people freshly graduated!

After thinking it over, before Xu Jin left the Star-picking Strands, he added two people as friends.

It cost him two points of Taoist Merit.

One was Ning Yuchan, and the other was Lu Xianbing.

Both of them accepted quickly, and Ning Yuchan even directly sent Xu Jin a Starlight Transmission.

"Joined Star Tower? The Martial Arts Secret Realm in the public area can be fought in daily, greatly enhancing your practical combat ability. See if you can raise your ranking to within the top thousand."

All Xu Jin could say was Ning Yuchan was generous.

That sentence alone was ten taels of silver.

And, the distance between Ning Yuchan and Xu Jin was roughly two li away; coming over shouldn’t take more than a minute.

Moreover, from the tone of Ning Yuchan’s transmission, she seemed to have quite high expectations for Xu Jin.

She directly set a target for him within the top thousand ranks in the Martial Arts Secret Realm of the First Tier.

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"Brother Jin, congratulations, your breakthrough speed is just too fast! I remember less than half a month ago, you broke through from the Fifth Layer of Dining Dawn to the Sixth Layer, that’s much more impressive than us so-called A Level prodigies!"

Not long after Xu Jin returned to the small courtyard, Lu Xianbing rushed over.

But Lu Xianbing clearly wasn’t someone who wasted time, he came to see Xu Jin because he received Xu Jin’s friend request and discovered that Xu Jin had broken through to the Sixth Layer of Dining Dawn to inform Xu Jin of something.

"Brother Jin, do you know why many common senior brothers from previous sessions have already reached Star Casting and even Star Refining Realm, but several senior brothers from last autumn’s Star-pointing Season are still suppressing their cultivation at the Seventh Layer of Dining Dawn, reluctant to undergo Star Casting to break through?" Lu Xianbing got straight to the point.

"Why? I was puzzled about this too. It shouldn’t take us more than a month to reach the Seventh Layer Peak Perfection of Dining Dawn, so why are Senior Brother Wang and the others still suppressing their cultivation for a breakthrough?

Normally speaking, they’ve wasted at least half a year of time," Xu Jin said.

"Indeed, if they let go and cultivated, by now they could possibly be at the Second and Third Layers of Star Refining. Of course, there’s a reason for suppressing their cultivation level.

One is to cultivate their Star Skill to Great Perfection, and secondly, it’s for the annual autumn exam!" Lu Xianbing explained.

Hearing this, Xu Jin frowned. He had heard mention of the autumn exam several times today.

The Mountain Master mentioned it, Ning Yuchan mentioned it, the Hall Master of the Foreign Affairs Hall, Cui Shuo, also brought it up, and now Lu Xianbing was saying it again. What exactly was so beneficial about this autumn exam?

"The autumn exam offers us disciples two major benefits: one is the possibility of being selected for the National Daoist School, and the second is that after passing the exam, we have a hundred percent chance to enter the Star-picking Tower Secret Realm for Star Casting. The success rate of Star Casting in the Star-picking Tower Secret Realm is as high as seventy percent, not to mention that the minimum quality of the Star Casting is middle grade.

But for us, the most important thing still is to get into the National Daoist School.

Not to hide it from Brother Jin, my goal, and the one my father set for me, is to be selected for the National Daoist School this year.

Only by being selected for the National Daoist School can one have a further future, and in the future, it’s possible to breakthrough to the Star Condensing Realm or even the Gathering Battle Realm," Lu Xianbing said.

"Must be selected for the National Daoist School? Does that mean Jinshan Taoist School cannot achieve breakthroughs to the Star Condensing Realm or the Gathering Battle Realm?" Xu Jin asked, puzzled.

"Indeed.

Jinshan Taoist School only utilizes the resources of a single province, while disciples of the National Daoist School of Da Chen Country utilize the resources of a whole country. The difference between them is like hundreds of times, a difference as vast as the heavens and earth."

Suddenly, Xu Jin thought of Wu Dong, a disciple of the National Daoist School he saw at the Star Tower’s Foreign Affairs Hall before.

The task they had received was frighteningly easy.

Just work four hours a day, for a month, and they could earn sixty points of Taoist Merit and five strands of Starlight.