Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 273 - 139: Escape from Death (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)_2

Chapter 273: Chapter 139: Escape from Death (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)_2

To recover lost time, Qi Shanye had been on the run for ten days straight, darting into Hengsha County City of Chu Country, and then became invisible among its crowds.

The deity worshiped by Chu Country is Cangming Star Hall, and it should be out of reach for Tianyang Star Hall’s interference.

Even if they could interfere, their influence would be extremely limited.

And Hengsha County City, a metropolis with a population exceeding three hundred thousand, where Qi Shanye hid in the most crowded marketplaces, what could Hu Xuechuan do even if he knew Qi Shanye was concealed there?

Was he really daring enough to start a massacre within the city?

If he dared such a thing, Hu Xuechuan wouldn’t be able to leave Hengsha County alive.

As for sealing off the city to conduct searches, that was even more impossible.

Under normal circumstances, a major city with a population over three hundred thousand would descend into chaos if sealed for more than two days.

After five, people would start dying of starvation!

After careful planning, Qi Shanye chose such a place, intending to blend into the population to recuperate and then look for an opportunity to escape.

Yet unexpectedly, Hu Xuechuan proved to be extraordinarily capable!

Who knows what it cost him, but he even had the Cangming Star Hall’s Hengsha Sub-Hall join forces with Hengsha’s county government, resorting to drastic measures akin to the "change the cage, not the bird" approach.

By screening the city’s several hundred thousand residents, Qi Shanye would naturally be found.

What was previously impossible had become possible with official intervention.

This immediately plunged old Qi into a dire predicament.

Without the slightest chance for survival.

Facing Hu Xuechuan alone, even without the Star Artifact Shattering Star Cone, old Qi would still have a chance to flee with his life.

But now, with the two Fifth Tier Gathering Battle Realm experts Hu Xuechuan brought along, and Hengsha County’s seven Fifth Tier experts, escape would be impossible as if one’s wings were clipped!

Old Qi was in fact already prepared to meet his death.

He was just waiting for the last moment to send a final letter to Xu Jin, to entrust some matters.

Because he knew Xu Jin had gone to the Secret Realm for Star Casting, he hadn’t mentioned it, for fear of disturbing Xu Jin’s Star Casting.

Unexpectedly, he had encountered a twist of fate now!

"Old Hu, oh Old Hu, who knows what price you’ll have to pay next time! Maybe it’ll be my turn to counterattack!", Qi Shanye mused as he watched Hu Xuechuan in the distance, clumsily searching for him among the three hundred thousand civilians from high up in the air. Qi Shanye shook his head and returned to a civilian dwelling in a flash, beginning to practice the Divine Separation Mysterious Skill.

He felt that to capture him and gain the unique, ultimate Star Pattern Clear Soul and other inheritances of Lingji Star Hall, Hu Xuechuan had completely lost his mind.

The price paid was too great.

Previously, to obtain the Purification technique for Xu Jin’s nine uses, Qi Shanye had anticipated exposure, so he sought the help of Mo Ji, one of the Lingji Star Hall’s few remaining experts.

He thought that attacking the Yan State Branch Hall’s main division of Tianyang Star Hall would make Hu Xuechuan back off.

But Hu Xuechuan stubbornly continued his pursuit.

In a helpless state of flight, Mo went and slaughtered most of the elites of the Tianyang Star Hall’s Yan State Branch Hall and destroyed the Treasury, causing catastrophic losses.

Qi Shanye had thought that under such circumstances, Hu Xuechuan would surely go back to handle the aftermath?

But Hu Xuechuan still hadn’t returned!

The direct consequence was that Tianyang Star Hall stripped Hu Xuechuan of his Sub-hall Master position, and even the two Fifth Tier experts who had accompanied him lost their positions.

There were said to be other punishments!

But that old thief Hu Xuechuan was stubborn!

This filled Qi Shanye with immense frustration and helplessness at the same time!

It was the reason Qi Shanye was pushed into such a desperate situation.

Hu Xuechuan just wouldn’t play by the rules.

If Hu Xuechuan had followed conventional wisdom, Qi Shanye wouldn’t have ended up so helpless.

If Xu Jin knew all the details, he would surely summarize it in four words—sunk cost!

Hu Xuechuan’s sunk costs on old Qi were too great, to a point where he couldn’t pull back; pulling back would mean falling into a colossal pit of losses.

So, Hu Xuechuan continued at all costs, no matter the price, bearing down on Qi Shanye!

Only this way, might there be a chance to break even.

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"Brother, it’s done. From now on, every morning, give me a little time, I’ll come over to comb your hair, I guarantee I’ll make it nice and neat, something to admire," Jiang’er said after combing his hair.

"This... is not necessary,"

"Why not? If you keep being sloppy like this, how are you going to find a wife?

Dad is already getting anxious!" Jiang’er said.

Xu Jin was stunned!

He was sloppy?

It was only because she was his own sister. If it had been someone else, they would’ve been scolded by now.

Your whole family is sloppy!

Then came the reflections. Before he knew it, the sister who combed his hair had become a sister prompting him to marry.

Suddenly, after putting away the Star-picking Order, Xu Jin received another Starlight Transmission from Qi Shanye.

"Good disciple, you really are my lucky star! This Divine Separation Mysterious Skill you’ve acquired is quite ordinary, even garbage, so there’s no need to practice it unless absolutely necessary.

Simply put, it’s like a one-time consumable.

It consumes the precious Divine Soul Power and Divine Soul Origin, but very little of it, and it has quick results!

Right now, it can save my life!

Hurry up and practice it, and after I break free, I’ll contact you."

Receiving this Starlight Transmission, Xu Jin smiled and felt a sense of relief.

Being able to help old Qi was his greatest joy at the moment.

It seemed that trash also had its uses, depending on the time and place!

In the backyard, Xu Jin performed a set of Five Battles Killing Fist, feeling refreshed all over.

Then he replaced the Star Core offered at the Candou Platform with two Fire Spirit Star Cores, as Xu Jin wanted to test the specific effects of the Protection Star Patterns provided by these Fire Spirit Star Cores.

The two Third-tier Upper Fire Spirit Star Cores provided a total of four Protection Star Patterns, which were the Initial Tier Fire Origin, Fire Transformation Star Pattern, Blast Flame Star Pattern, and Flame Flower Star Pattern.