Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 138 - 99: Scaring Your Son and Living Off a Woman_4

Chapter 138: Chapter 99: Scaring Your Son and Living Off a Woman_4

Breaking into the First Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm in first place, then maintaining the rewards, every seven days, he would earn seven rays of Starlight, one ray per day, and that day would yield two hundred taels.

A daily salary of two hundred taels!

Such a staggeringly high wage is impossible to find anywhere else.

By dominating the rankings for a year, Xu Jin had become extremely wealthy.

Xu Jin had already decided that once he secured one of the top three positions in the First Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm, he would certainly dominate the rankings for a little longer.

This was like picking up money for nothing.

While pondering, suddenly, several Starlight Transmissions flashed towards him in quick succession.

Instinctively, Xu Jin didn’t want to look.

He had only a few friends at the Star-picking Tower, including Ning Yuchan, Lu Xianbing, Wu Dong, and the Hall Master of the Foreign Affairs Hall, Zeng Shuo, as well as the Drunk Moon Immortal.

Nine times out of ten, it was Drunk Moon Immortal sending insults again.

But in the next instant, Xu Jin saw his own Starlight at the Star-picking Tower rapidly increase.

[Star Lord: Great Sage Equalling Heaven]

[Starlight: 279 strands]

Xu Jin’s eyes widened in shock; he clearly remembered having only 139 strands of Starlight before. How did it suddenly increase by 140 strands?

Were strands of Starlight falling from the sky?

Could that be possible?

Absolutely not.

If the Star-picking Tower had such a BUG, it would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Xu Jin immediately opened the several Starlight Transmissions that he had ignored, and the revealed contents made his eyes widen once again.

[Star Lord Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Drunk Moon Immortal has transferred 200 strands of Starlight to you]

[Star Lord Great Sage Equalling Heaven, according to the rules of the Star-picking Tower, a direct transfer of Starlight will incur a 30% tax rate. You received a gift of 200 strands of Starlight, the actual number received is 140 strands]

[Now you have Starlight, huh? Sorry, I didn’t know before that you couldn’t afford to send Starlight Transmissions, my apologies. Drunk Moon Immortal]

For a moment, Xu Jin’s eyes were inexplicably wide.

Was there really such an extravagant tycoon?

Two hundred strands of Starlight represented at least twenty thousand taels of Silver.

Twenty thousand taels of Silver?!

Even the founder of Alibaba in his previous life wouldn’t just give away money like that, would he?

This Drunk Moon Immortal, just casually giving it away, what kind of divine status did she actually hold?

What was her background?

What shocked Xu Jin even more was the Star-picking Tower’s tax, taking a direct 30%.

Damn, was this like Apple’s cut in his previous life, omnipresent everywhere?

Could it be any more extortionate?

What annoyed Xu Jin even more was the fact that this kind of gift was given directly without asking for his consent.

But then again, how many fools would refuse free Silver?

Xu Jin seriously considered: If presented with an [Accept/Reject] option, how would he choose?

The answer was: He didn’t know.

Because he had not been given that choice.

[Why haven’t you replied to my Starlight Transmission yet, now you have Starlight, huh. If you run out later, I will send you more. Drunk Moon Immortal]

Xu Jin: "...."

This woman confused Xu Jin to no end.

Wealthy fool ( )?

[What do you mean?]

In the end, Xu Jin managed to send out this message, though he felt somewhat guilty about possibly swindling more Starlight.

[Great Saint, I mean nothing by it. How about this, reply to my Starlight Transmissions in the future, will you? Consider it as payment. Also, if you have time, come to the Star-picking Tower and spar with me in three matches every day, also as payment, okay? Drunk Moon Immortal]

Xu Jin was even more stunned.

This woman’s change in attitude was too sudden.

Earlier, she’d called him a despicable saint, a cowardly saint.

Now she started calling him Great Saint and mentioned it as payment.

What could Xu Jin do?

He had already accepted the Starlight—could he even say no?

At least Drunk Moon Immortal was worth sparring with.

[Okay]

Xu Jin replied with two characters.

As soon as those characters were sent, Drunk Moon Immortal’s challenge for a match came through.

Xu Jin was speechless and quietly clicked to accept the fight.

This felt a bit like starting to live off a rich woman.

But immediately, Xu Jin shifted the blame to the Star-picking Tower.

If the Star-picking Tower had a function to refuse this Starlight, he, Xu Jin, would not likely be living off this bowl of ’soft rice.’

Blame the Star-picking Tower!

After three consecutive matches, Xu Jin successfully sent Drunk Moon Immortal away.

In view of the Starlight, Xu Jin dragged out each fight to two minutes.

This gave Drunk Moon Immortal a chance to improve, and at the same time, Xu Jin was sharpening his own Practical Combat Ability.

It was quite rare to encounter an opponent with Great Perfection in Flying Star Step and able to instantly use at least four types of Star Skill.

*****

On the morning of July 18, after finishing his morning Cultivation, Xu Jin continued to practice the basic Star Skills, Star Mist, and Star Rope, inside the Star Lamp.

He then proceeded to act as a training partner for Lu Xianbing, incidentally honing his own movement technique that he had been contemplating.

Now, Xu Jin could not only burst into Flying Star Step from his feet, but his palms, elbows, and even his buttocks, waist, and shoulders—wherever Star Power could reach—had all mastered the technique.

The turns in his movement technique were uncanny.

He could already directly surpass the physical laws of his previous life.

At noon, Xu Jin received a notice from the miscellaneous tasks: meet at the Martial Arts Hall at 14:00 for the monthly exam.