Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 150 - 103: Obtaining the Obscure Hook and the Mental-locking Golden Pill (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 150: Chapter 103: Obtaining the Obscure Hook and the Mental-locking Golden Pill (Please Subscribe)_2

So the reason for refusing the battle was here.

Xu Jin didn’t reply to the message about the one hundred taels of Silver, and he didn’t issue any more challenges either.

They had fought a total of six matches, with two wins and four losses.

The proportion of defeats was relatively high.

In each match, both sides were continuously adjusting their tactics. Relatively speaking, Xu Jin’s chances of losing were greater.

"If my strength could further improve, then my chances of winning would slowly increase."

"After eight consecutive battles in the Martial Arts Secret Realm, is this the limit of Divine Soul Power for a top-tier genius?"

The ’No Big Deal’ Starlight Transmission incidentally revealed a lot of information.

Eight times, that’s quite a lot.

Before Xu Jin had the engraving of the Clear Soul Star Pattern, he could only do it five times; after initially engraving it, six times; after thoroughly consolidating it, he could challenge up to eight times. Now, with his Divine Soul Star Casting, he had never tried to reach the limit.

But compared to the top geniuses of Jinshan Taoist Institute, there was still a gap.

Lu Xianbing could challenge consecutively five times in the Martial Arts Secret Realm and claimed he could barely manage six times, but after six, he would suffer from splitting headaches.

And this year’s Star Pointing champion, Yue Daqi, could challenge six times consecutively in the Martial Arts Secret Realm.

One more time equates to an increase in Divine Soul Power by fifteen to twenty percent.

Is this the difference between the Jinshan Taoist Institute’s geniuses and the top geniuses of other forces?

Of course, that’s assuming ’No Big Deal’ truly reached his limit.

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On July 19th, Xu Jin decided to return to his home to live.

It was too much of a disturbance.

Ever since becoming the chief big brother of the Taoist Institute for half a day, visitors came to his door in an endless stream, especially at night, which made Qi anxious.

There were those seeking to build relationships, those who came to ask for guidance from the big brother, and those who wanted to reserve Xu Jin as a mountain-picking companion.

One after another, they came smiling, often bringing some gifts.

As the saying goes, "One does not slap a smiling face," which made it hard for Xu Jin to turn them away.

Even if he didn’t open the door, just the knocking would disturb his Cultivation or rest.

Xu Jin also made a point to inform Ning Yuchan.

The location of the house he bought was quite good, only a ten-minute walk away, or one to two minutes if he hurried.

Ning Yuchan consented, but specifically instructed Xu Jin to visit her the next morning.

Having told Ning Yuchan, it was natural to inform Qi Shanye too.

At night, the place where Qi Shanye gave guidance to Xu Jin turned into Xu Mansion.

"The Star Skill you mentioned is probably the effect of the Cangming Star Hall’s Secret Star Patterns Hooking Mystic Star Pattern. As for the Star Skill, it’s the Star Burst Technique, a variation of Star Arrow." When Xu Jin spoke about the battles in the Martial Arts Secret Realm that evening, Qi Shanye immediately had his judgment.

"What you encountered must be a True Disciple of Cangming Star Hall. These unique Secret Star Patterns are only taught to True Disciples, to top-tier geniuses.

According to what you’ve described, that person is likely to have achieved a Purity Body and reached the Peak of Seventh Layer of Dining Dawn.

Managing to secure two victories under conditions where your Cultivation Level is inferior to his, means you haven’t disgraced your teacher," Qi Shanye said with a laugh.

"Teacher, are the Cangming Star Hall’s Secret Star Patterns really that powerful? Why do I feel like the Lingji Star Hall’s Secret Star Pattern Mingji is a bit weak?" Xu Jin asked.

Hearing this, Qi Shanye glared, "Who said that!

The Mingji Star Pattern is an auxiliary Star Pattern; its effectiveness increases significantly in the Late Period.

Moreover, the Mingji Star Pattern is auxiliary. After you complete Star Casting, there will be another unique Secret Star Pattern from Lingji Star Hall that will greatly enhance your Combat Power," Qi Shanye said.

After giving a few more pointers, Qi Shanye suddenly said, "Since you’ve already encountered a successor of Cangming Star Hall in the Martial Arts Secret Realm, today I’ll tell you about the characteristics of each Star Hall’s unique Star Patterns and methods to counter them.

As long as you understand these, you wouldn’t have lost your first battle yesterday in such a helpless state."

Xu Jin was delighted upon hearing this; it was exactly what he needed.

"First, I’ll tell you about Tianyang Star Hall, which is considered the archrival of Lingji Star Hall.

The Secret Star Patterns of Tianyang Star Hall I know of are three: the Water Elephant Star Pattern, the Cloud Flipping Star Pattern, and the Fire Elephant Star Pattern. The Water Elephant Star Pattern significantly enhances Water Control, allowing the body to become more inclined towards the Water Series Star Power, greatly strengthening the power of Water Series Star Skills when deployed, reducing the consumption, and also increasing one’s recovery abilities; recovery Star Skills in particular are the most effective..."

Qi Shanye’s lecture to Xu Jin went on for half an hour.

Mainly focusing on the major Star Halls.

The three existing Star Halls of the world each had at least two unique Secret Star Patterns, whereas the national Taoist Institutes mostly only had one.

And the Star Patterns and Star Skills extrapolations by various countries took different directions; for example, Dachen had the strongest metal Star Skills and Star Patterns.

This gave Xu Jin a lot of insight.

Especially about many special Star Patterns’ manifestations and countermeasures, he gained a preliminary understanding.

For example, the Cangming Star Hall’s Hooking Mystic Star Pattern that appeared today, Xu Jin’s method of countering was correct; once detected, breaking it in advance would do the trick.

The Hooking Mystic Star Pattern, also known as the Hooked Star Pattern, can accumulate groups of special Star Power of the same attribute, then connect and detonate it.

The number of accumulated Star Power Groups is different, and so is the resulting explosion’s power.

Three Star Power Groups double the power, five boost it threefold, and seven quadruple it.

But it’s rare to see someone accumulate more than six.

"Teacher, I still don’t know where you live in Jinshan County city," Xu Jin suddenly asked after being instructed.

Hearing this, Qi Shanye laughed, "What are you worried about? Don’t you know me? I sleep wherever I want. If I wanted to sleep in the backyard of the county magistrate’s house, even on his concubine’s bed, no one could discover me."