"Brother, look, this is the list of gifts I’ve already prepared."
At this point, Xu Jin had also understood.
The people sending these gifts weren’t really doing it to make Xu Jin owe them favors; mostly, they were just hoping to establish goodwill and social connections.
To not accept them would be offensive instead.
"Um, Jiang’er, you’ve worked hard."
"It’s big brother who has been working hard, if it wasn’t for big brother..."
Jiang’er stopped talking here and glanced around, her meaning couldn’t be clearer.
Xu Jin casually took the gift list and looked it over.
Actually, most of them weren’t big gifts. In comparison, the five pills given by Zeng Shuo, the master of the Foreign Affairs Hall, were quite substantial.
Including many instructors from the Taoist Institute, numerous junior brothers, and colleagues from the Star Patrol Guard, all sent congratulatory gifts.
The gift from Lord-lieutenant Lu Chang, however, caught Xu Jin’s eye.
Eight Treasures Body Building Pill.
It even came with a description of the effects.
Said to be formulated by a star alchemist specifically for the common people, taking one pill a day consistently could strengthen and condition the body, replenish deficiencies, and strengthen the foundation, which could extend the lives of commoners.
He sent a full five hundred pills.
This made Xu Jin very happy.
This Lord-lieutenant was not only good at raising his children, but he also knew how to give gifts.
This gift had struck a chord with Xu Jin.
He had been worried about how to show filial piety to his father and improve his father’s health, and then these Eight Treasures Body Building Pills arrived.
And his sister could use them too.
In earlier years when the family was poor, all the good food in the house was reserved for Xu Jin.
This resulted in Jiang’er being frail, and she had only recently begun to recover a little.
These pills would be used by his father, Xu Dajiang, and his sister, Jiang’er.
Xu Jin would have to remember this favor.
After assigning his sister Jiang’er and his father to take one Eight Treasures Body Building Pill each day, Xu Jin let his sister handle the rest and went straight back to the quiet of the back courtyard.
It wasn’t about avoiding the bustle.
The battles he faced in today’s autumn exam were unprecedented, and although he had achieved a very good ranking, during the actual fight Xu Jin also discovered various tactical issues.
Including issues such as the timing of Star Skill deployment and the cohesion of skills.
A little bit of improvement to the details could be the difference between life and death in actual combat.
After reflecting for an entire hour, Xu Jin wrote down all the issues he found, and then came up with solutions and improvements for each problem.
What followed was simple.
It was time for the test of real combat.
Xu Jin placed the three newly acquired Star Casting Pills and the five Four Mysterious Star Recovery Pills inside the Star Lamp for nourishment. Then he took out the Star-picking Order and entered the Star-picking Tower once more. But this time, he entered the Martial Arts Secret Realm of the Star Tower.
A Starlight Transmission soon flew in.
[Great Sage Equalling Heaven: Congratulations on maintaining first place in the First Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm for seven days. You’ve earned a reward of seven strands of starlight.]
In the next instant, the amount of Xu Jin’s starlight had changed.
Well, that was a change in wealth, and Xu Jin was quite pleased.
An hour later, Xu Jin was joined by the Drunk Moon Immortal.
Without any preamble, they went straight into battle.
Xu Jin began to constantly apply the tactics he had identified issues with against the Drunk Moon Immortal, correcting them and repeatedly testing the effects of the improvements.
To be honest, the Drunk Moon Immortal was an extremely suitable sparring partner.
That day, Xu Jin and the Drunk Moon Immortal fought a full eight rounds.
"Eh, why are you being so generous today, managing to fight a full eight rounds with me?" The Drunk Moon Immortal expressed surprise towards the end of the eighth round.
"You’re good!" Xu Jin said offhandedly, which immediately made the Drunk Moon Immortal blush deeply.
In fact, Xu Jin was telling the truth.
The Drunk Moon Immortal was truly good, an excellent training partner.
In the entire First Tier Martial Arts Secret Realm, Xu Jin could not find a second sparring partner .
Someone strong, always available on call, and who could withstand any abuse.
Where else could he find such a useful training partner?
Ten Lu Xianbings couldn’t compare.
Who would dare to say the Drunk Moon Immortal wasn’t good?
A few minutes later, after the eighth round ended, the Drunk Moon Immortal hurriedly left the Martial Arts Secret Realm.
Inside a palace, the Drunk Moon Immortal threw out a snow-white pillow in frustration, "Bastard, pervert, how dare he flirt with me!"
As the Drunk Moon Immortal cast pillows around while swearing, her face flushed red.
After the Drunk Moon Immortal left, Xu Jin did not immediately leave the Star Tower.
Actually, Xu Jin had another reason for fighting eight rounds with the Drunk Moon Immortal today.
Meng Qingqiu, the eldest senior sister of the Da Chen National Daoist School.
Xu Jin wanted to see if the Drunk Moon Immortal was Meng Qingqiu from the Da Chen National Daoist School.
Because during today’s autumn exam, even though he hadn’t fought Meng Qingqiu, Xu Jin had gotten to know her characteristics.
It didn’t seem likely!
Who could the Drunk Moon Immortal be then?
With the Drunk Moon Immortal’s strength, she was definitely a top genius from some power!
After pondering for a while, Xu Jin was about to leave, but just as he was about to go, he received a Starlight Transmission. After seeing it, Xu Jin was somewhat surprised.
It was actually sent by Qi.
[During your autumn exam tomorrow, high-level members from various Star Halls are likely to come and watch. Pay attention, and if you see Hu Xuechuan, the Sub-hall Master of Tianyang of Yan State, appear, immediately send a Starlight Transmission to notify me, Plow Boy.]
Xu Jin’s brows instantly furrowed tight!