Chapter 1067: The Star Medallion Vibrates (1/2)

Days passed...

The three types of power that streamed down from the starry river gradually grew thin.

Seeing this, the powerful experts gathered outside the mountain valley realized that Nie Tian’s breakthrough was reaching its end.

The moment of a breakthrough was usually accompanied by the occurrence of wonders. That was why Nie Tian’s Nine Stars Flower, Divine Flame spark, and Godspirit Tree sapling had been able to channel power from the starry river at an unprecedentedly high rate.

However, once the breakthrough entered a stable phase, the wonders triggered by the breakthrough would gradually fade.

Nie Tian understood this fully.

As the illusory shapes of the Nine Stars Flower, flame spark, and Godspirit Tree sapling faded, the liquid power in his four spiritual cores gradually stopped solidifying.

At this moment, only a third of their originally liquid parts had turned solid.

“A third of the solidification of my spiritual cores is complete after I entered the early Soul realm. It seems that I’ll have to wait till I enter the late Soul realm to complete the whole solidification process, and turn all of my spiritual cores crystalline.”

As his true soul returned to his mind, he awoke from his cultivation.

He examined himself, and realized that the Nine Stars Flower, flame spark, and Godspirit Tree sapling were still channeling wisps of power that were as faint as hairs from the starry river.

It was just that such power was much fainter.

Eyes narrowed, Nie Tian thought to himself, “Perhaps it’ll work better for me if I start practicing cultivation in the vast starry river like the Star Behemoth bone from now on. The three treasures in my spiritual cores can draw nutrients from the mixed energies in the starry river, while I can travel freely in the starry river by relying on Life Strengthening.

“If I don’t, I can only rely on spirit jades and other spiritual materials to further my cultivation.”

With these thoughts in mind, he seemed to see a new direction to his path of cultivation.

He rose to his feet and walked out of the deep mountain valley.

Hou Chulan and the others were waiting at the entrance of the valley.

He learned the shocking news from Hou Chulan as soon as they met. “What?! Mou Luo, the third Son of the Stars, was betrayed by his subordinate and died in his own domain?”

Compared to the death of Xiao Xihe, who was one of the twelve elders, the death of a Son of the Stars was a heavier blow to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

Before, the four great sects had been at a slight advantage in their battles against the outsider races. None of the seven Sons of the Stars of this generation had died until this happened.

During the previous generation, since battles had broken out more often, several Sons of the Stars had perished.

“Uncle Lu had his fleshly body eliminated in the Domain of Nether Heaven,” Hou Chulan said with a grim face. “Only a wisp of his true soul narrowly escaped. Just recently, He Lianxiong suffered a heavy blow, and lost most of his Saint domain subordinates. Now, the third Son of the Stars of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace was betrayed by his own subordinate and died at the Demons’ hands… It seems that this turmoil will continue to plague our heaven and earth for some time.”

Nie Tian then said, “According to Froste, the outsiders have found the most effective way to unravel us: divide us from within.”

Hou Chulan nodded. “Many signs do suggest that we’re no longer united as a people. Who knows how many traitors like Qiu Hanshan and Gan Xi are still hiding among us in our numerous domains? They’re even a larger threat than those from the Nether Spirit Society and the Death Curse Sect who practice evil incantations.

“Mou Luo got into a similar situation to ours. However, he wasn’t as lucky as us. He didn’t have a man like you to help him.

“I’ve got to say that if it wasn’t for you, He Lianxiong and I would have probably died in our recent battle like Mou Luo did.”

Face grim, Nie Tian didn’t know what to say.

“You helped me a great deal, Nie Tian. To thank you, I’ll send compensation to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. Normally, your sect will take twenty percent from the compensation, and convert the rest into contribution points, which they’ll award to you.” With these words, Hou Chulan shot Wei Botao a glance, signaling him to leave.

Wei Botao received the message and left without saying a word.

At the same time, Ruan Qingliu turned to Jing Feiyang, Yue Yanxi, and Jiang Feng, and said in a soft voice, “Can we find a place to talk?”

The three nodded knowingly and left with Ruan Qingliu.

After they left, Hou Chulan spoke out. “I heard that vice sectmaster Luo Wanxiang isn’t very fond of you. If that’s the case, I’m worried that the compensation we pay the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace will wear thin when they convert it into contribution points and award it to you. So I suggest that I figure out an appropriate number of spirit jades or outsiders corpses as a compensation for your help. Then I’ll give the majority of them to you directly, while only sending a small portion to your sect. What do you think?”

“That works!” Nie Tian answered without even the slightest hesitation.

“So which do you prefer, spirit jades or outsider corpses?” Hou Chulan asked.

“Outsider corpses of course!” Nie Tian said.

Hou Chulan pursed her lips into a smile. “That’s what I thought.”

Then, she handed Nie Tian a ring of holding she had prepared. “Inside is the corpse of a ninth grade Blackscale grand patriarch. Since the Blackscales aren’t a higher race, they’ve never seen a tenth grade grand monarch in their history. Ninth grade grand patriarchs already represent their peak power. My subordinates killed this early ninth grade grand patriarch in the Dead Star Sea.

“Besides that, there are also a dozen corpses of eighth grade Blackscales, Stonemen, and Birdmen in the ring.”