Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 281 - 141: The Pact of the Blood Star (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 281: Chapter 141: The Pact of the Blood Star (Please Subscribe)_2

After leaving the Star-picking Tower, Xu Jin treated the daily morning and evening cultivation sessions as essential.

However, without breaking through to the Star Refining Realm recently, all Xu Jin could do was engrave the Star Pattern inside the Star Lamp.

But before working on the Star Pattern, Xu Jin took out the Second-Tier Primordial Soul Pearl.

The thing was so significant that even the State Preceptor had said that once its existence was leaked, it would cause a bloodbath in the Martial World.

It would be best to use it up soon.

Otherwise, Ning Yuchan, who was sleeping rough on the rooftop every day, would end up with wind-chapped skin.

As evening approached, Ning Yuchan came to nourish Jiang’er’s Central Star Palace. Leaving after one and a half hours, she circled back and returned, standing guard on the rooftop of Jiang’er’s room.

Ning Yuchan thought Xu Jin was oblivious, but his Mingji Star Pattern sensed her presence clearly.

In the next moment, Xu Jin calmed his mind and held the Second-Tier Primordial Soul Pearl in one hand. The Divine Soul Star within the Upper Star Palace began to rotate, and at the same time, he drew out a wisp of Divine Soul Power from the pearl.

In the next instant, enormously pure Divine Soul Power surged from within the Primordial Soul Pearl, rapidly rushing towards Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Star.

Almost simultaneously, the originally fledgling Sixth Layer Star Halo of Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Star was swiftly replenished and completed.

A quarter of an hour later, the Sixth Layer Star Halo of Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Star shone like a galaxy, slowly rotating around his Divine Soul Star.

Divine Soul Star, Star Refining Sixth Layer Peak.

Dozens of breaths later, when the last wisp of Divine Soul Power from the Second-Tier Primordial Soul Pearl surged in, a circle of faint threads of Star Halo had formed around the periphery of Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Star, albeit very light.

Divine Soul Star, Star Refining Seventh Layer Early Period.

At the same moment, the Second-Tier Primordial Soul Pearl became clean and turned into a deflated sack.

It was similar to the membrane inside an eggshell but much thicker.

Xu Jin didn’t discard it but rather found a separate bag and preserved it.

This was something Mountain Master Dong Zhao had instructed.

Any item capable of storing Divine Soul Power was extremely rare and considered a treasure; they must be kept.

After absorbing the Second-tier Primordial Soul Pearl, Xu Jin was certain that the events in the Fire Radiant Star Domain definitely involved the Baidou Divine Sect.

No other reason—The Divine Soul Power contained within the Second-Tier Primordial Soul Pearl resembled the Divine Soul Power Xu Jin absorbed behind the Baidou Divine Sect’s Divine Statue on Thousand Leaf Island too closely.

Almost identical.

In this world, organizations capable of collecting large quantities of Divine Soul Power were scarce, and the Lingji Star Hall and the Baidou Divine Sect happened to be two of them.

"Tomorrow, I should be able to begin engraving the Warm Dream Star Pattern."

Among the three Divine Soul Star Patterns, the Warm Dream Star Pattern was progressing the fastest.

The reason was simple: the Warm Dream Star Pattern was just Fourth Tier Lower, whereas, in complexity, the Breaking Evil and Suppressing Intent Star Patterns of the Lingji Star Hall were nearly twice as complex as the Warm Dream Star Pattern.

*****

August 22nd.

Xu Jin was having a final argument with his old man, Xu Dajiang, about the two thousand taels of silver that Xu Jin was insistent on leaving behind.

"Dad, keep this silver with you, you’re alone here, and we won’t be at ease without having some silver by your side?" Xu Dajiang refused, and Xu Jin was getting anxious.

"What do I need silver for?"

Xu Dajiang directly stuffed the silver note into Jiang’er’s hands, "A rich journey for a poor home! Keep all the silver with you, I don’t need it.

I now have a salary too, five taels of silver a month, and there are over a hundred mu of good land and three shops at home, I can’t even finish all the meat and fish every day."

"But Dad..."

"Getting rebellious because your wings are hard, huh?

If I say to take it with you, then take it with you. If you leave me with so much silver, it’s not like I have to worry about thieves, but all those poor widows and married women might."

Xu Jin: "..."

Half an hour later, at Jinshan Taoist Institute, the newly appointed Mountain Master Cao Chun, Vice Mountain Master Feng Shu, Governor Tian Zhang, and others, watched Dong Zhao, Ning Yuchan, Xu Jin, and Xu Jiang board the small starship, bowing and bidding farewell to them!

As Dong Zhao controlled the starship to take off, it soared into the clouds and disappeared in an instant.

After greeting Cao Chun and the others, Xu Dajiang went home, changed into official attire, took two personal soldiers, and went straight back to Xu’s Manor.

Before even entering Xu’s Manor, the promptly informed village chief and elders came out to greet him.

People from every household came over to welcome them, and the small parties went on one after the other.

*****

In the present world, excluding the Barbarian Clan, there were three countries, known as the tripartite balance of power: Dachen, Dachu, and Dahong.

In terms of territory, originally Dachen was the largest and was once the home to Lingji Star Hall, one of the original Four Great Star Halls.

However, twenty years ago, Lingji Star Hall was besieged, locked, and removed by the conjoined forces of Tianyang and Cangming Star Halls. Overnight, the Lingji Star Halls scattered across Dachen vanished.

The former State Preceptor, Dean Pei Gang of the Da Chen National Daoist School, sacrificed himself for the country. His actions forced the leaders of the two Star Halls to establish the Blood Star Pact.

The exact details of the Blood Star Pact were unknown.

Yet since that day, the leaders of both Tianyang and Cangming Star Halls left, and subsequently, the Empire of Dahong and Dachu withdrew their troops.

Thus, the peril of Dachen’s annihilation due to Lingji Star Hall’s lock was averted.

But aftermath, Dachen paid a significant price.

From originally controlling eight provinces and one district, Dachen was finally forced to cede two border provinces to both Dachu and Dahong.

It was also at that time that Tianyang and Cangming Star Halls established their presence in Dachen.

The selection process began from that point as well.

And the new National Master Cheng Yue Xiao, who took office twenty years ago, strived diligently to reverse Dachen’s decline, though he faced considerable challenges.

Inside the starship, Xu Jin was full of curiosity, asking many questions like a curious baby.