Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1409: Chapter 564: Silver Horn City

Northwest of the Eight Desolate Continent, Silver Horn City.

After changing his appearance, Xu Jin felt somewhat surprised upon stepping foot in Silver Horn City.

The main reason was the bustling prosperity of Silver Horn City, which exceeded his imagination.

Xu Jin had been to numerous cities of the Eight Desolate Alien Race, but it was his first time seeing such flourishing as in Silver Horn City.

Xu Jin even saw many Eight Desolate Alien Race members he had never encountered before in Silver Horn City.

Truly deserving to be the largest market city on the Eight Desolate Continent.

At the same time, it was also the largest black market on the Eight Desolate Continent.

Many alien races cast surprised glances at Xu Jin, this human, and many looked at him with aggressive gazes, scrutinizing up and down.

Due to the Blood God Sect, humans also frequently come to Silver Horn City, but most travel in groups.

Rarely do they come alone like Xu Jin.

For this reason, many alien races even began blatantly following Xu Jin.

Soon, while Xu Jin was wandering around Silver Horn City, five seventh-tier alien races tagged along behind him.

Xu Jin didn’t care.

Because he came to Silver Horn City to also partake in plundering.

"Take me to the black market for exchanging Purification Pearls." He placed his hand on the shoulder of a sixth-tier Tiger Wing Clan member, who was about to turn back angrily at Xu Jin, but his eyes suddenly darkened and obediently led the way for Xu Jin.

Divine Soul Star Technique Intent Illusion.

After a dozen breaths, Xu Jin was led by the sixth-tier Tiger Wing Clan member to a rather large open courtyard.

This so-called black market was actually openly set next to the City Lord Mansion in Silver Horn City, the implication clear.

Once Xu Jin stepped into the courtyard, the sixth-tier Tiger Wing Clan member woke up as if from a dream, completely forgetting how he had ended up there.

He was greeted by a sixth-tier Golden Pillar alien, who scrutinized Xu Jin with contempt and said, "Blood God Sect? Are you looking to exchange Sixth Order Purification Pearls or Fifth Order Purification Pearls?"

He also wanted to eliminate this human, but he was doing business; at least in the city, he couldn’t do that.

It was the city lord’s order.

"Seventh-Order."

Upon hearing this, the Golden Pillar alien looked at Xu Jin with surprise again, "You want to exchange Seventh-Order Purification Pearls? How many seventh-tier Star Cores do you have?"

Xu Jin’s palm flashed with brilliance, revealing twenty-one seventh-tier Star Cores, which he handed over with a smile, "I want to exchange three."

The sixth-tier Golden Pillar alien did not take them but looked at Xu Jin and said, "Blood God Sect members exchange at a ratio of ten to one!"

Xu Jin was slightly stunned.

One could only say, ruthless.

Blatantly ruthless.

But he didn’t mind, continuing to hand over twenty seventh-tier Star Cores with a helpless expression, "I’ll exchange."

The sixth-tier Golden Pillar alien’s eyes showed a hint of delight, able to extort was ideal, with this deal, he’d earn six extra seventh-tier Star Cores, still carrying a faintly contemptuous expression as he reached out to take the seventh-tier Star Cores.

But just as he was about to take the seventh-tier Star Cores, Xu Jin’s fingertip touched the palm of the sixth-tier Golden Pillar Clan.

Wen Mengshun Activated.

Right in the bustling hall, the sixth-tier Golden Pillar Clan member suddenly fell asleep while standing, and when Xu Jin lightly supported him, he began questioning during the dream.

Just one question, where are the Seventh-Order Purification Pearls stored?

This was Xu Jin’s primary target and the situation he needed to clarify.

In less than two breaths, as the other alien races in the hall noticed the anomaly, Xu Jin had already obtained the answer.

The Fifth and Sixth Order Purification Pearls were stored with the Second Manager, retrieved by sales staff for transactions.

The Second Manager was a ninth-tier peak, seventh-tier Golden Pillar Clan member.

As for the Seventh-Order Purification Pearls and the never-seen Eighth-Order Purification Pearls, they were with the Chief Manager.

The Chief Manager of the black market was a mid-eighth-tier Golden Pillar Clan expert, currently the only eighth-tier in Silver Horn City, also its city lord.

Though not often stationed at the black market, he stayed next door at the City Lord Mansion.

Through the sensing of the Mingji Star Pattern, Xu Jin had locked onto the mid-eighth-tier Golden Pillar Clan expert and the ninth-tier peak seventh-tier Second Manager in the black market’s back hall.

"Hey, Ju Xia, why are you with this human..." In just two breaths’ time, other alien races in the hall noticed the anomaly and swiftly looked over.

Boom!

Thunder Light exploded, Five Elements Continuous Thunder Slash.

Fifteen arcs of five-colored lightning bombarded over, resulting in fifteen charred bodies.

Anything below mid-seventh tier was directly annihilated.

The just-awakened sixth-tier Golden Pillar Clan member, Ju Xia, turned to charcoal without even having the chance to feel fear.

Thunder Light thundered continuously, wherever Xu Jin passed, only charred remains were left, most of them with their heads either blasted or charred.

"Who dares to in my Silver Horn City..."

Boom!

The strongest cultivation Gold Pillar Clan Second Manager charging in was instantly killed by a strike of Five Elements Thunderbolt Slash from Xu Jin.

There wasn’t a scream of agony, only cries of terror.

Especially those alien races trading Purification Pearls there, upon witnessing Xu Jin instantly killing a ninth-tier peak seventh-tier Gold Pillar Clan member, scattered screaming in all directions.

However, the alien guards within the black market fearlessly surrounded Xu Jin one by one.

This forced Xu Jin, who originally intended to directly pull the Second Manager’s Sumeru Space, to stop for a second; after unleashing two strikes of Five Elements Continuous Thunder Slash, he then began pulling the Second Manager’s Sumeru Space.

At the same moment, immense power surged from the City Lord Mansion next door, heading for the black market.

It was that mid-eighth-tier Gold Pillar Clan City Lord, always in Xu Jin’s sensing through the Mingji Star Pattern.

The next moment, this mid-eighth-tier Gold Pillar Clan City Lord charged to the skies above the black market.

Seeing the area filled with corpses, noticing Xu Jin beside the Second Manager’s corpse, especially sensing that sixth-tier ninth-tier aura, made his heart skip a beat.

Without hesitation, at a glance, this mid-eighth-tier Gold Pillar Clan City Lord turned to flee.

Golden Light erupted from the top, the dazzling gold light escaping towards the Eight Desolate Royal City just four thousand miles away.

Simultaneously, a crimson alert rose to the sky.

But at that precise moment, Xu Jin, having just pulled out the Second Manager’s Sumeru Space, without a glance, tossed a massive amount of supplies into his own Sumeru Space, as Divine Soul waves flashed around him.

Bang!

The deep blue icy light suddenly exploded, freezing the accelerating golden light in place.

Space Flash Ice Trace.

In just a flash, Xu Jin appeared beside the mid-Eighth Tier City Lord of the Golden Pillar Clan.

And this City Lord had just managed to break free from Xu Jin’s ice seal.

Mind Blade Burst.

Five Elements Thunderbolt Slash.

The flying head instantly turned to charcoal, and only the intact golden horn fell. Xu Jin caught this golden horn in his hand, casually using thunder to obliterate the Primordial Spirit that just fled.

The moment he landed, he stored the body in his own Sumeru Space, while beginning to pull at the City Lord’s Sumeru Space.

According to what that alien race said earlier, all the Seventh-Order Purification Pearls were in this City Lord’s hands; how many there were was unknown.

At the same moment, within the City Lord Mansion, eight Seventh Tier of various colors roared as they charged towards Xu Jin.

With no other choice, Xu Jin had to first take them out.

With his current Star Skill and combat power, only if Seventh-Tier cultivators had formed a battle formation advancing together, integrating attack and defense, would they pose a threat to Xu Jin.

After two breaths, Xu Jin successfully extracted the Sumeru Space of the mid-Eighth Tier City Lord of the Golden Pillar Clan.

The moment his Divine Thought swept through it, his gaze focused!

Came to the right place!

This last wave before leaving was indeed the right call.

Just the Seventh-Order Star Cores alone piled up like a mountain, their number exceeding a thousand.

These Star Cores could be exchanged for points for the Thousand Star Token, which was a substantial gain.

There was also a small pile of Seventh-Order Purification Pearls.

He even saw an Eighth-Order Star Core.

Xu Jin didn’t have time to count carefully, he directly transferred the mountain-like supplies within this City Lord’s Sumeru Space into his own, and casually sent out a Five Elements Continuous Thunder Slash to annihilate several alien races that were surrounding him from a distance, too afraid to attack or flee.

At the same time, Xu Jin invoked the Heaven and Earth Authority, activating the Eye Overlooking.

In an instant, the situation within a six-thousand-mile radius appeared in Xu Jin’s perception.

But strangely, the Eight Desolate Royal Court, which should have been within his perception radius, seemed like a black hole, imperceptible.

In the next moment, ten Eighth Tiers suddenly rushed out of the Eight Desolate Royal Court, speeding towards the direction of Silver Horn City.

They must have seen the alert and come to assist.

This reaction was quite timely.

In the next instant, Xu Jin stepped forward, disappearing into thin air in a flash.

A few breaths later, after continuously performing Space Movement and flying for 15 minutes, Xu Jin was five thousand miles away from Silver Horn City, once again activating the Eye Overlooking to perceive the six-thousand-mile situation.

There were sporadic alien races, some Seventh Tiers, but no Eighth-Tier aliens, and no Ninth-Tier aura appeared.

Safe.

This was also the reason Xu Jin chose this timing to act.

Before reaching Silver Horn City, Xu Jin had already asked his teacher, Qi Shanye, whether the Blood God Sect Hierarch had returned to Blood Moon City.

The answer was no.

Only then did Xu Jin take action.

If the Blood God Sect Hierarch hadn’t returned, then the King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang, hadn’t returned either.

Moreover, theoretically, with such a long distance and short time frame, the King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang wouldn’t have made it in time. Xu Jin had used Space Oriented Movement to shorten the travel time.

Of course, if the Blood God Sect Hierarch had returned to Blood Moon City, Xu Jin would have canceled this backstabbing operation without hesitation.

As for those few Golden Pillar Clan spies he controlled, Xu Jin didn’t ask.

First, they were all only at early Eighth Tier, it was difficult for them to trace the movements of the King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang.

Second, Xu Jin’s use of these aliens he controlled was principled; he couldn’t rely on them for everything, let alone trust them completely. Information obtained from them had to be used only after his own judgment and analysis.

Otherwise, it would be foolish!

Controlling life and death is one thing, but it’s not the same as controlling the mind and will.

The most straightforward example is the Left Protector of the Blood God Sect; they merely controlled the life and death of my teacher and uncle, they got their bodies but not their hearts.

If they should inform Xu Jin, they would inform Xu Jin.

In fact, the entire Blood God Sect, with large-scale hierarchical control of the Divine Souls, seemed impregnable on the surface but actually had loopholes everywhere.

The human heart is the hardest to fathom, and the hardest to control.

After confirming safety, Xu Jin flapped the Thunder Wing, heading north all the way.

From his current position, it’s about ninety thousand miles to the Eight Desolate Frontline between the Galaxy Battlefield and the Eight Desolate Continent.

At Xu Jin’s speed, he would take about just over one and a half hours to get there.

Using Space Movement midway would be a bit faster.

Theoretically, Xu Jin’s current location is sixty to seventy thousand miles away from King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang, located at the southern border wilderness.

Under normal circumstances, even if King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang, was notified of an incident at Silver Horn City, he wouldn’t catch up with Xu Jin.

But being cautious is never wrong.

Every 30 minutes, Xu Jin would activate the Eye Overlooking to sense the situation within a six-thousand-mile radius, ensuring his safety.

Can’t allow himself to be encircled and annihilated just before leaving, that would be a huge loss.

Previously slaying the Eight Desolate Clan’s Eighth Tier and the Left Protector, Fan Kai, the gains have only been partially consumed, and this time in Silver Horn City, he gained a lot more.

A few months of cultivation materials are sufficient.

When Xu Jin has fully absorbed these cultivation resources, by then, it will be a whole new world.

One and a half hours later, Xu Jin could faintly see the starlight curtain of the Eight Desolate Frontline, and even faintly saw the front line military city built by the Human Clan on the other side.

His heart slightly relaxed.

As Xu Jin continued flying, he took out the Mandarin Duck Seal, beginning to contact the State Preceptor.

This is the border, it’s better to prepare in advance.

Otherwise, if mistaken for charging alien races and getting bombarded, that would be a real loss.