pjbooks Chapter 137 Re-entering the Star Source, after 73 words
Chapter 137 Re-entering the Star Source, after 73 words
Outside the Star Source Pool.
The Resource Institute was eerily quiet today.
At this time of day, there would usually be a long queue of students at the entrance to the Star Source Pool.
People were whispering about resource quotas.
Some people are calculating how much longer they can stay in the water.
Some people smiled obsequiously at the guards and instructors, trying to gain a little more source tide concentration.
But today, almost no one speaks at the entrance.
Because Lin Yuan has arrived.
Old school uniform.
His expression was calm.
His aura remained suppressed at the first level of the Qi and Blood Realm.
But as he walked over, several resource institute deacons who were originally standing in front of the entrance almost instinctively moved aside.
No one dared to stop them.
No one dared to ask.
No one even dared to look at him twice.
Because just last night, Qin Yue, the former director of the resource center, died.
The outer layer of the White Pagoda collapsed.
Qin Xuanxiao also died.
All of this stemmed from the fact that the Resource Institute and the White Tower were trying to continue targeting Lin Xiaoya.
Now everyone in the Resource Institute knows one thing.
Lin Yuan himself might only be at the first level of the Qi and Blood Realm.
But the ancient cultivator with the blood-red face behind him was someone who could pierce through the White Tower and kill someone in the mid-stage of the Marquis title.
Anyone who tries to use the rules to pressure Lin Yuan is just asking for trouble.
At the entrance to the Star Source Pool.
A guard instructor held the qualification certificate, his fingers stiff.
After checking the token, he quickly bowed his head and said:
"Student Lin, your qualifications are correct."
"The area surrounding the Star Source Pool is open as usual today."
"The core subsidence area is still under maintenance, but special access is reserved for the Marquis of Zhenxing."
"You can enter the secondary settlement zone if needed."
That was said in an extremely polite way.
There was even a hint of caution in their voices.
Lin Yuan received the qualification certificate.
"Secondary settlement zone".
The guard nodded immediately.
"I'll grant you the permissions right away."
In the past, if a freshman wanted to enter the secondary settlement zone, the Institute of Resources would have to review his application for at least half a day.
But now, no one dares to delay.
The authority array quickly lit up.
The silver-white gate slowly opened.
A rich aura of star energy surged out from behind the door.
Lin Yuan stepped inside.
The gate closed again.
The instructors outside the door seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
One of them whispered:
"Is he really at the first level of the Qi and Blood Realm?"
No one answered.
No one dared to answer.
This is the question that everyone at Longyuan Academy is asking now.
But no one had the answer.
……
Inside the Star Source Pool.
The silvery-white pool water surged.
The array patterns on the dome slowly rotated, drawing in the primordial tide from the main star gate.
Compared to before the White Tower Blood Calamity, the Star Source Pool's energy is noticeably unstable today.
Sometimes intense.
Sometimes low and somber.
Occasionally, a faint, ethereal blue ripple would appear in the depths.
That was a residual effect of the tidal anomaly at the main star gate.
Lin Yuan stood by the pool and glanced down at it.
Ordinary peripheral sources of energy are of little help to him now.
After 700,000 times, his physical body had entered another level.
The ultimate star body is initially formed.
The skeleton can withstand stargate-level energy sources.
Blood can accommodate heavier blood and qi sedimentation.
The efficiency of the Extreme Star Furnace in absorbing and refining residual energy behind the high-level gates has also been greatly improved.
But precisely because of this, ordinary star sources are becoming more and more like pure water to him.
Can drink.
But it doesn't keep you full.
Lin Yuan walked towards the secondary subsidence zone.
The deeper you go, the deeper the water becomes.
The silvery-white tide, like layers of flowing mist, pressed down on the surroundings.
Ordinary Grandmaster-level students can only last for half an hour at most here.
Even grandmasters need to be careful of energy erosion.
But Lin Yuan simply walked past calmly.
The primal currents fell on him, but they didn't even stir the hem of his clothes.
He sat down in the center of the subsidence zone.
The Ultimate Star Furnace within his body slowly rotated.
The system panel appeared silently.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 730000]
[Next qualitative leap: 800000]
[Reward Preview: Ultimate Star Soul]
Lin Yuan looked at the line of prompts, his expression unchanged.
70,000 times.
It doesn't seem like much.
But after 700,000, the energy required for each compression is much heavier than before.
If you rely solely on a regular Star Source Pool, even after soaking for several months, you might not be able to reach 800,000.
He raised his hand.
A small piece of black bone appeared in the palm of my hand.
Fragments of a king-level gate bone.
This is the last bit remaining after most of the bottom section of the White Pagoda's door bone was swallowed up.
There are also several dark blue cracks on the surface.
However, the sect leader's first wisp of will had been completely swallowed up, and most of the contamination layer had been stripped away.
This fragment remains dangerous.
But for Lin Yuan, it was no longer difficult to swallow.
He tightened his fingers slightly.
Dark gold qi and blood cover the bone fragments.
Click.
A thin crack appeared in the broken bone fragment.
A wisp of pale blue residual energy emanated from it.
At almost the same time, the silvery-white tidal wave in the secondary settling zone of the Star Source Pool was also stirred up and converged around Lin Yuan.
Silvery-white starlight.
The remnant energy of the Azure Gate.
Dark Gold Supreme Qi and Blood.
Three forces intertwined around him.
Lin Yuan closed his eyes.
The Extreme Star Furnace began to accelerate.
boom.
A deep, muffled hum resounded within his body.
Even as the remaining bones of the door managed to enter the body, they still carried the whispers from behind the door.
The sounds were very faint.
Like whispers coming from countless cracks in the door.
If it were an ordinary martial artist, their mind would waver after just one breath.
But these whispers were suppressed by the star-patterned skeleton within Lin Yuan's body as soon as they appeared.
Deep within the bones.
A series of silver-white star patterns lit up.
It no longer just shines like before.
Instead, it became heavier.
Each star pattern seems to have been re-tempered by the remnants of the gate's bone, enabling it to withstand higher levels of pollution.
Within the blood, the dark gold starlight became denser.
The once flowing blood and qi now resemble a compressed galaxy.
Each cycle carries with it the pure energy left after the residual energy of the gate bones is stripped away, which sinks into the deepest part of the body.
A system notification appears.
[Residual energy detected in fragments of a King-level gate bone]
[Small tidal energy source detected at the Dragon Abyss Main Star Gate]
[Residual contaminants are being removed]
[Physical compression of Qi and blood is underway]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 731000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 733000]
Lin Yuan was not in a hurry.
He simply continued to consume and refine.
The remaining energy of the bone fragments is already very limited.
But the level is high enough.
In conjunction with the star source tides in the secondary settling zone, it can continue to stabilize the extreme star body.
As he deepened his practice, the changes within his body became increasingly apparent.
On the inner wall of the bone, the miniature star-shaped patterns began to sink deeper.
Not just the surface bone.
Instead, it enters the bone marrow.
Deep within every bone marrow, it's as if tiny stars have sprung up.
The stars connect with each other, forming a more complex structure.
The physical body is no longer just hard.
Instead, it is increasingly resembling a container capable of withstanding the impact of a stargate.
When the Extreme Star Furnace rotates, it no longer only has the heavy feeling of absorbing and refining qi and blood.
Deep within the furnace wall, several faint traces of dark blue appeared.
That's not pollution.
Rather, it is the "traces behind the gate" left behind after the sect leader's will was swallowed up.
Lin Yuan could sense that as long as he had a thought, the Extreme Dao Star Furnace could follow these traces and vaguely sense the direction of the residual energy behind the door.
It's still very weak.
It's far from being able to pinpoint the source.
But this is just the beginning.
Eight hundred thousand uses of the Ultimate Star Soul should completely fill this gap.
At that time, even if the sect leader casts another wisp of his will, it may not be able to come and go as it pleases.
Lin Yuan continued to compress.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 736000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 739000]
As the number of repetitions increased, a slight stinging sensation suddenly came from deep within the space between the eyebrows.
It's not physical pain.
It is a stinging pain at the level of the soul.
It's like a very fine needle gently passing between dreams and consciousness.
Lin Yuan opened his eyes.
A faint golden starlight appeared in the depths of his eyes.
"Is your soul beginning to feel the pressure?"
He quickly realized what was going on.
Before 700,000 times, it was mainly the physical body that bore the load.
The reward of 700,000 times is also the Ultimate Star Body.
Eight hundred thousand times corresponds to the ultimate star soul.
In other words, from now on, the residual energy behind the gate that he has absorbed will not only oppress his physical body, but will also increasingly impact his soul and will.
This just proves that we are on the right track.
His next phase should indeed target the will of high-ranking figures like the sect leader.
Lin Yuan looked down at his palm.
That fragment of the King-level gate bone has shrunk considerably.
The surface is mostly dark blue with cracks.
After the last bit of residual energy was extracted, the edges of the bone fragments began to turn gray.
The system prompted that the notification was triggered again.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 742000]
Then, the rate of increase suddenly slowed down.
The source tides within the Star Source Pool are still surging in.
But for Lin Yuan now, it's clearly not enough.
The remaining fragments of the door bone also had significantly diminished energy.
Continue swallowing; it will improve your skills.
But the efficiency is too low.
Lin Yuan slowly released his grip.
The piece of bone fragment in my palm was only the size of a fingernail.
He didn't swallow it all.
Instead, they kept the last bit.
Keep it as a reference for the traces behind the door; it might be useful later.
"Seven hundred and forty-two thousand."
Lin Yuan said in a low voice.
We are still 58,000 short of 800,000.
The White Pagoda Gate is already too small.
Even a regular Star Source Pool isn't enough.
The secondary settling zone of the main star gate can only be considered a supplementary food.
What can truly drive 800,000 times must be something stronger.
The main star gate deep tides.
The projection of the sect leader's main body.
A half-step King-level existence.
or……
Lin Yuan looked up, gazing towards the direction beyond the array patterns on the dome.
Dragon Abyss Main Star Gate.
That's where the real feast will be held next.
The moment he had this thought, the array patterns above the Star Source Pool suddenly trembled slightly.
Amidst the silvery-white primordial tide, a wisp of dark blue light flashed by extremely quickly.
It's not the remnant of the old gate of the White Pagoda.
He had already cut off most of that road, and Lin Xiaoya had also sealed off a portion of it with her lock seal.
This ray of light is even deeper.
farther.
It is also closer to the main star gate.
Lin Yuan's eyes flickered slightly.
A system notification appears.
[Secondary tidal anomaly detected at the Longyuan main star gate]
[New type of anchor marks detected behind the door]
[A second anchor point is suspected to be forming]
[Direction: Deep Tidal Zone of Longyuan Main Star Gate]
Suddenly, the silvery-white water in the Star Source Pool surged.
It was not a major riot.
Rather, it is a faint echo drawn from afar.
It was as if something deep within the main star gate had gently knocked on the door.
Lin Yuan stood up.
The Extreme Dao Star Furnace within his body slowly rotated.
Having just absorbed the remaining energy from the fragments of the Refining Gate Bone, the Star Furnace is particularly sensitive to these anchor marks.
He could sense that the second anchor was different from the first.
The first anchor is to take a detour.
The remains of the seventh gate.
The old gate of Xingyuan Pool still lingers.
White Pagoda Gate Bone.
Lin Xiaoya's dream.
That was a road pieced together using multiple media.
The second anchor is more direct.
It landed on the main star gate tidal body.
In other words, the sect leader no longer only wanted to use Lin Xiaoya's dream as a stepping stone.
It began to pry open the main star gate of Longyuan.
This is decent.
There was no worry in Lin Yuan's eyes.
Only calm judgment.
If the second anchor takes shape, it will inevitably bring higher-level support from behind the door.
It might even attract something heavier than the sect leader's first wisp of will.
This is a crisis for Longyuan City.
For him, it was an opportunity.
He glanced at the system panel.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 742000]
We're still short 58,000.
Lin Yuan raised his hand and withdrew the dark golden energy and blood around his body.
The Star Source Pool calmed down again.
Outside the secondary settlement zone, several monitoring arrays had already begun to flash.
But no one from the Resources Institute dared to barge in.
Only after Lin Yuan stepped out of the Star Origin Pool did the guard instructor hurriedly bow his head:
"Lin, have you finished your training for today?"
Lin Yuandao:
"Um."
The guard hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking:
"There was a brief tidal anomaly in the Star Source Pool just now. Were you inside...?"
He stopped halfway through his sentence.
He suddenly realized that he shouldn't have asked that question.
Lin Yuan glanced at him.
"Main Star Gate".
The guard was taken aback.
Lin Yuan didn't explain further and left directly.
The remaining instructors looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Main Star Gate?"
"Could the anomaly at the Star Source Pool have originated from the main star gate?"
"Immediately notify the Stargate Observatory!"
"And the Zhenxing Army!"
Soon, the news from the Resource Institute spread to the outside world.
At the same time, alarms also sounded inside the Stargate Observatory.
On a huge observation compass.
Beside the silver-white dot representing the main star gate of Longyuan, a very faint blue anchor mark is slowly lighting up.
The instructor at the observation institute turned pale.
"The second anchor..."
"The deep tides of the main star gate have been locked!"
……
Starry Courtyard.
Lin Yuan returned to the courtyard.
Lin Xiaoya is still practicing locking the door.
The white lines on her forehead flickered, like a small, still unstable lock.
Upon seeing Lin Yuan return, she immediately opened her eyes.
"Brother, are you done cultivating?"
"Um."
Lin Xiaoya ran over and whispered:
"I think I felt the door move a little just now."
Lin Yuan looked at her.
"How does it feel?"
Lin Xiaoya frowned and thought about it seriously.
"Not the same eyes as before."
"It's not the place called the White Pagoda either."
"It's like someone hammered another nail into the door from a very, very high place."
nail.
This statement is quite close to the anchor point.
Lin Yuan looked up at the main star gate in the sky.
Deep within the silvery-white crack, the faint blue trace was slightly more noticeable than before.
He whispered:
"The second anchor."
Lin Xiaoya was a little nervous.
"Is the sect leader here again?"
"not yet."
"Will it come?"
"meeting."
Lin Xiaoya's face immediately scrunched up.
Lin Yuan looked in the direction of the main star gate, his tone calm.
"You've come at the perfect time."
Lin Xiaoya blinked.
Lin Yuandao:
"The food has been delivered again."