Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 353 - 164: Broken Feather and Jade Pearl (Subscription Request)

Chapter 353: Chapter 164: Broken Feather and Jade Pearl (Subscription Request)

The moment Xu Jin killed Guan Ji, he started searching the body in a rescue-like manner.

This was one of the drawbacks of Fire Series Star Skills, great lethality but also significant destruction; a raging fire had already started on Guan Ji’s body, and if he had been any slower, much would have been burnt to ashes.

Fortunately, both the backpack and the small bag held close were treated with special methods, equipped with certain water and fireproof abilities, and had good anti-shock performance.

When Xu Jin carried out the search, apart from the elixir bottle being shattered, most of the other items were intact.

While Xu Jin was inspecting them, he suddenly felt an unusual gaze from behind and saw Wang Jiugao, whom he had just rescued, watching him with a shocked and incredulous look.

There was even a hint of self-doubt in his eyes!

The scene genuinely shocked Wang Jiugao.

In terms of status, Wang Jiugao was also a True Disciple, ranked fifteenth, with a cultivation level equivalent to Xu Jin’s, both at the Third Layer of Refining Star.

Regarding external objects, both possessed Third-tier Star Weapons of the same type.

But the difference in combat power...

He had been chased by Guan Ji and could only escape using a Top-Grade Third-tier Dream Chasing Emblem, while Xu Jin killed Guan Ji with a single move.

Just a second before, Wang Jiugao saw Xu Jin appear, instantly turned around, and thought to join forces with Xu Jin to kill Guan Ji.

But unexpectedly, in one move!

Xu Jin had killed Guan Ji, the very enemy Wang had been desperately fleeing from!

Of course, Wang Jiugao was aware of his own standing.

Xu Jin, being the Top of the Autumn Exam, was undoubtedly stronger than him.

But the extent of the strength difference, should be limited.

It’s like taking an exam: If Wang Jiugao, the true fifteenth, scores 110, then Xu Jin, the first true inheritor, scores 120—that should be the gap, right?

But now, Wang Jiugao realized that it wasn’t the case at all!

He was still scoring 110, but Xu Jin, his score was 300, perhaps even 400!

This discovery was somewhat hurtful!

Although rescued, as a talented youth from the National Taoist Institute, his heart still suffered a heavy blow.

"Wang, are you... are you all right?" Xu Jin asked, seeing Wang Jiugao stand there stupefied.

"I... Senior Brother, I’m fine!"

Wang Jiugao didn’t realize his own slip of the tongue; he had started calling Xu Jin ’Senior Brother’ instead of the usual ’Senior Brother Xu’.

’Senior Brother Xu’ represented ranking or seniority.

But ’Senior Brother’ represented—admiration!

With Wang Jiugao unharmed, Xu Jin began to inventory the items retrieved from Guan Ji.

Honestly, Xu Jin was still somewhat expectant, perhaps he might find something good on a Star Hall disciple?

But after the inventory, Xu Jin was disappointed.

Not much different from them.

That was normal, after all, under the stringent checks of the State Preceptor and the Left Libationer, only items within the rules could be brought in.

The Emblems were all the same.

He found only four: one Dream Chasing Emblem, and three Low-level Star Healing.

There were somewhat more elixirs: two bottles of Four Mysterious Star Recovery Pills, four bottles of Three Elements Returning Star Pills, two bottles of Top-Grade Rejuvenation Pills, one bottle of regular Star Refining Pills, one bottle of Top-Grade Star Refining Pills; in terms of elixirs, the gains were not small, worth hundreds of threads of Starlight.

Inside the backpack, there were over twenty Third-tier Star Cores, and five Third-tier Upper Star Cores, which could also be exchanged for some Taoist Merits when taken back.

As for Third-tier Star Weapons, the Star Armor had been blasted apart by Xu Jin, leaving only one Third-tier Star Weapon.

"Take a look, is there anything you want?" Xu Jin called out to Wang Jiugao while fiddling with two small items in his hand.

One was an ordinary-looking jade bead with a weak Star Power aura but occasionally flashed with Starlight.

The other was an ordinary Third-tier Star Jade.

A Third-tier Star Jade could also be used for restoring Star Power and for making Emblems, as it contained rich Star Power.

But this piece of Third-tier Star Jade felt slightly light in hand, and the Star Power was quite weak.

Casually fiddling with it, Xu Jin suddenly discovered traces of sealing wax.

This piece of Third-tier Star Jade seemed to have been split open in the middle and then sealed back together.

With Star Power as sharp as a knife, he instantly split open this piece of Third-tier Star Jade.

Xu Jin’s face changed instantly.

This unusual Third-tier Star Jade turned out to be hollow inside, hiding a purple Broken Feather the length of a thumb in its center!

On the Broken Feather, the aura was strong, but the moment Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Power surged into it, a flood of malicious flames instantly surged forth!

The aura was strong, but only an aura, without any tangible force!

This aura was at least that of an expert in the mid to late periods of the Star Condensing Realm.

Again, a purple Broken Feather, the feather pattern and color were very similar to the Purple Winged Alien Race that Xu Jin had killed before.

This gave Xu Jin an uneasy premonition—that the Star Hall disciple carrying this purple Broken Feather meant it was not merely a keepsake; there had to be an important role.

What could that role be?

At best, it might avoid detection by the experts of the Star Condensing Realm in the Purple Wind Star Domain; that’s the lightest use, and if things got serious, it could make contact with the experts of the Purple Winged Alien Race at critical moments.

Or even—command them!

If it were for command, that would be terrifying!

In an instant, Xu Jin thought of reporting!

Report to the State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao, reporting the possibility of foul play by the Star Hall disciple, perhaps cheating!

Yet, upon further thought, it was futile!

Firstly, they couldn’t be contacted now; secondly, even if he presented this piece of the purple Broken Feather, what could that prove?

The purple Broken Feather could be obtained within the Third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain.