Great Sage Equalling Heaven, congratulations on securing third place in the First Tier Martial Learning Secret Realm; you have been awarded the title "Flat Field Starlight," maintained for seven days, after which you will permanently retain the "Flat Field Starlight" title.
Great Sage Equalling Heaven, congratulations on securing third place in the First Tier Martial Learning Secret Realm; for every seven days it is maintained, you will receive a reward of five strands of starlight.
Flat Field Starlight: Standing out among millions, shining in the world like starlight. By possessing this title, you can send one Starlight Transmission for free each day and enjoy a one percent bonus in transactions at the Ten Thousand Stars Hall.
These three lines of information stunned and delighted Xu Jin.
Securing third place had netted him the special title "Flat Field Starlight."
The key was that this special title came with benefits.
The one percent transaction bonus within the Ten Thousand Stars Hall was intangible at the moment, and Xu Jin did not care much about it.
Generally, it should mean a one percent discount on transactions involving a hundred taels of silver.
But being able to send one Starlight Transmission for free every day was very nice.
A Starlight Transmission cost a hundred taels each, and if Xu Jin did not use it daily, he felt it would be a waste of the hundred taels.
As for why he lost the last battle against "No Big Deal" but still advanced to third place in the First Tier Martial Learning Secret Realm, Xu Jin had figured out the reason.
At this time, the original first-place holder, "Stepping on the Star River," had vanished from the Martial Learning Secret Realm rankings.
The first place was now occupied by the former second place, "Moon Shadow."
There are only two possibilities, either "Stepping on the Star River" had died or had broken through with Star Casting.
After a breakthrough in Star Casting Cultivation Level, one would leave the First Tier Martial Learning Secret Realm.
Xu Jin guessed it was the latter reason.
If "No Big Deal," a top genius from Cangming Star Hall, could not surpass "Moon Shadow," then the original first placemat, "Stepping on the Star River," was surely also a top genius from some Star Hall or National Taoist Institute, not likely to fall easily.
After scrutinizing the rankings of the Martial Learning Secret Realm for a long time, Xu Jin’s gaze finally settled on the new first place, "Moon Shadow."
In two days, at most two days, with another Purification, Xu Jin could completely defeat "No Big Deal," and then he could aspire to the second place in the First Tier Martial Learning Secret Realm, challenging the first-place holder, "Moon Shadow."
Xu Jin was eager to test the strength of "Moon Shadow," who had caused "No Big Deal" to lose six battles in a row.
Xu Jin was even more curious to know if the first place in the First Tier Martial Learning Secret Realm had any special title.
If so, surely the benefits had to be stronger than the third place’s "Flat Field Starlight," right?
On the evening of July 21, Xu Jin once again battled "No Big Deal" in Star-picking Tower six times.
With three wins and three losses, Xu Jin briefly seized second place.
However, "No Big Deal" soon challenged Xu Jin again and won.
Xu Jin’s ranking returned to third place.
After much deliberation, Xu Jin did not break the rules to challenge again; third place was acceptable, he was not overly concerned about the difference of a day.
On the morning of July 22, Xu Jin took two Nourishment to First Essence Transcendence Pills and achieved his fifth Purification.
At that time, two days had passed since Xu Jin’s fourth Purification, and he had taken eight First Essence Transcendence Pills in total, increasing his Star Power by one-tenth.
That day, Xu Jin went to the Taoist Institute, found Ning Yuchan, and again visited Mountain Master Dong Zhao’s courtyard to endure another ordeal.
Actually, Xu Jin did not want to go.
But it only took two sessions to achieve Perfection; one more session wouldn’t hurt.
To use Dong Zhao’s words, it was just a bit of pain, bearable with some endurance.
But this pain was not minor because this time, the Star Power Body Infusion by Ning Yuchan and Dong Zhao lasted for two quarters of an hour.
The moment he endured it, Xu Jin fainted again.
As before, Xu Jin woke up in Ning Yuchan’s room, and she had taken another bath.
Regarding why Ning Yuchan had taken a bath, Xu Jin already knew, as Qi had mentioned it.
Giving a Dining Dawn Seventh Layer Disciple a Star Power Body Infusion consumed a lot of energy, not unlike a life-or-death battle.
Just one session required half a day or even a day to recover.
Sweating through clothes was quite normal.
After the second Star Power Body Infusion, Xu Jin had not achieved a sixth Purification.
It was not that the Star Power Body Infusion had failed; rather, it was typical, and to achieve the sixth Purification, further enhancement by Pills was necessary.
However, Xu Jin was surprised by the increase in his Divine Soul Power.
After the last Star Power Body Infusion, the nearly half-formed Fourth Layer Star Halo of his Divine Soul had become complete.
Refining Star Fourth Layer.
Under two sessions of Star Power Body Infusion, Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Star had broken through to the Refining Star Fourth Layer.
The most direct effect was the further enhancement of Xu Jin’s Star Skill potency.
However, recently, Xu Jin’s Star Skill potency had been increasing continuously.
Previously, each purification slightly but steadily enhanced Xu Jin’s Star Power potency.
For instance, Star Arrow’s maximum striking distance increased by nine feet per Purification, and Star Ring’s by half a foot.
After the fifth Purification, Xu Jin’s Star Arrow could strike a maximum of seventeen feet, and his Star Ring could strike over eight and a half feet.
Star Rope, which Xu Jin also honed to Great Perfection inside the Star Lamp, initially could only condense a nine-foot-long Star Rope, but now, he could conjure up a nearly fourteen-foot-long Star Rope.
This was a Star Rope nearly five meters in length, its usefulness and potency in real combat increasing significantly.