Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 364 - 167: The Wheel of Fortune Turns (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 364: Chapter 167: The Wheel of Fortune Turns (Please Subscribe)

As Tian Lie’s head was blown to pieces by Xu Jin, Ji Hongli, who had just burst out from the water’s surface, was shocked to the core.

Tian Lie!

This Tianyang Star Hall top-grade Star Casting genius, a Star Refining Realm Sixth Layer talent, had been chasing her for eight hundred miles, severely wounding her top-tier talent, and just like that, had been killed off by Xu Jin.

It looked so effortless!

For a moment, Ji Hongli, originally ready to join the fight, merely stood frozen atop the water’s surface.

Like a lotus emerging from the water, except her hue was tinged with red.

Xu Jin, however, was unaware of Ji Hongli’s astonishment, simply turning around to wave at her, "Hongli, it’s safe for now, we’ll retreat soon!"

They couldn’t linger here for long.

Quickly, Xu Jin stripped a third-tier top-grade Star Armor from Tian Lie’s body.

This was exactly what Xu Jin was in dire need of, and without disdain, he put it on immediately after stripping it off.

Another layer of protection for his life.

As for another third-tier top-grade Star Boots, he took them directly.

"There’s not much good loot."

Xu Jin felt somewhat disappointed after searching.

Being a Tianyang Star Hall top-grade Star Casting genius, all Tian Lie had were three low-level Star Healing Emblems and even fewer pills than those found on Guan Ji.

However, there was a jade bead and that half piece of purple broken feather.

There were no further gains.

But it was apparent that Tian Lie came from an illustrious background as he carried no ordinary Star Refining Pills, only top-grade ones.

Taking advantage of the moment, Xu Jin also opened the pouch he had taken from the seventh-layer Star Condensing Realm expert Zi Yang.

He needed to check it to avoid carrying something inappropriate that might later lead to being tracked without his knowledge.

Inside was a bottle of Four Mysterious Star Recovery Pill, a Rejuvenation Pill, and even a bottle of One Qi Returning Star Pill—a good find!

One pill alone was worth ten strands of Starlight; a whole bottle amounted to a hundred strands.

The design of these pill bottles was current, leading Xu Jin to speculate that these might have been items Tian Lie used to bribe Zi Yang.

But could it be that just three bottles of pills worth a little over a hundred strands of Starlight were enough to buy the loyalty of a fourth-tier expert from the Star-condensing Seventh Layer?

Were members of the Purple Wing Royal Family that cheap?

Just for these few items, they led a city’s elite troops to risk their lives for Tian Lie?

It didn’t seem right.

Suddenly, Xu Jin found another pill case at the bottom of a large pile of Star Jades.

His heart skipped a beat when he saw the case—perhaps this was the real prize, the key to the bribery!

Upon opening the case, Xu Jin’s gaze flickered.

He recognized the item—a Refining God Golden Pill.

Indeed, one Refining God Golden Pill!

Using a Refining God Golden Pill to bribe a fourth-tier alien race expert of the Star Condensing Seventh Layer was an appropriate price.

Even Ning Yuchan, a fourth-tier expert at the Ninth Layer Peak of Star Condensing, received one of these pills only after achieving A+ grades in the autumn exam, an exceedingly rare reward.

But now, Xu Jin was the one to benefit.

Without a second thought, he tossed the Refining God Golden Pill into the Can Dou Platform Star Lamp for Nourishment.

That was a necessity.

Even if its potency decreased by forty percent after Nourishment, the astonishing effects post-nourishment made it well worth it.

The rest of the items were various treasures, hard currency within the Star Domain.

About fifty fourth-tier Star Jades and, impressively, four fifth-tier Star Jades!

A single tier difference in Star Jades signified at least a tenfold difference in value, and this was a one-way exchange.

Many people would eagerly trade ten fourth-tier Star Jades for one fifth-tier Star Jade, but twelve fourth-tier Star Jades might not even secure a single fifth-tier Star Jade.

Including these five, Xu Jin now had six fifth-tier Star Jades in hand, and over a hundred fourth-tier Star Jades—a considerable haul.

Unexpectedly to Xu Jin, the Purple Winged Alien Race army collapsed and left behind all their corpses. He began to extract Star Cores one by one, valuable Taoist Merit for each brought back.

Those thrifty habits should never be abandoned!

On the water’s surface, in just a short dozen or so breaths, Ji Hongli’s thoughts had twisted and turned a hundred times!

She was truly convinced of Xu Jin’s strength.

Previously, she believed she was only three or four places behind Xu Jin.

Now it seemed, the gap wasn’t in ranks but in actual strength, at least three or four small realms, even possibly four or five!

Heart convinced, Ji Hongli contemplated how to interact with Xu Jin.

From last night till this morning, caught in a dire situation and undergoing emotional highs and lows, she made a surprising move, now recalling it with a heart racing and cheeks blushing!

But upon reflection, Ji Hongli truly liked that feeling!

She didn’t know what Xu Jin thought, but from last night till now, after several twists and turns and repeated despair, having received hope from Xu Jin again and again, Ji Hongli had already made up her mind.

"Senior Brother, let me help you!"

With a sweet call, Ji Hongli appeared behind Xu Jin, her Star Power sharp like a knife, she began to help Xu Jin excavate Star Cores.

"Damn it, these aliens are so cruel, even their fallen comrades’ belongings are looted!"

As he extracted Star Cores, Xu Jin cursed. The corpses of the more than sixty Star Refining Realm aliens he killed the previous night were all too clean—not a single Star Jade on them.

All taken away by their own kind.

"Senior Brother, it’s pretty normal for aliens, right? I’ve heard from Grandfather that some Star Domains’ alien races even cultivate with the flesh and blood of their own kind—much worse things happen," Ji Hongli said as she assisted Xu Jin, trying to comfort him.

"I don’t care about their lows, but these should be my belongings; all these aliens were killed by me..."

"All of these sixty-plus people, you killed them?" Ji Hongli suddenly froze, looking at Xu Jin with sheer astonishment and disbelief!