Chapter 28 (1/2)

After a certain period of time, a tired An Suwen finally ended the healing, soaked in a sweet and fragrant sweat.

“How is she?” Su Xing asked, concerned.

“Young Master can be considered amazing, you know? Sister Yingmei’s Star Energy is an unending stream. Suwen could only recover a small fraction of it.” An Suwen knew in an instant that Lin Yingmei’s Star Energy was extraordinary. Words could not express her respect and wonder.

“Could it be that even you, the Divine Physician, doesn’t have a solution?” Wu Xinjie asked.

An Suwen lightly smiled: “I will go and mix some more herbs for some Recovery Potion. With the aid of my ‘Spiritual Aura Distribution,’ it will probably take a little more than ten days to fully heal. However, going by this means that the young master will have to stay in Heavenly Water City for some time.”

When Su Xing heard that it would only take around ten days for Lin Yingmei to recover, he breathed a sigh of relief. This was far better than seven months.

“I’ll have the shop assistants arrange a guest room for the young master.” An Suwen said An Suwen as she wiped her sweat. It seems her fatigue was not light.

“Please do.” Su Xing said.

After she left the room, Wu Xinjie shadily smiled: “Young Master, the Divine Physician is great, isn’t she.”

“Is she really not going to sign a Star Duel Covenant?” Su Xing could not understand. He had always thought all the 108 Star Maidens were required to do so.

“It seems Young Master is completely mistaken.” Wu Xinjie shook her head. But in fact, this wasn’t the case. When the Maiden Mountain launched the 108 Stars, the Star Duels could only be considered a curtain raiser, and the prologue was the signing of a Star Duel Covenant between Star Maiden and Star Master. The Star Generals that successfully signed a contract had the qualifications to rush to Maiden Mountain. However, signing a Star Duel Covenant definitely was not a necessary condition. In fact, besides being able to split Star Energy and having a companion to lend a helping hand, the reason why Star Generals would contract with Star Masters is that only after signing a contract are they qualified to reach Maiden Mountain’s actual peak.

In the Star Duels of the past, there were actually many very pretentious Star Maidens that disdained and spurned the contract.

The Majestic Star Panther Head Lin Chong is considered the best example of this. Since the beginning of the very first Star Duel, every generation’s Star Maidens didn’t sign a contract with just anyone; but Star Duel rules dictate that when the sky is filled with a requisite number of Crimson Stars, only then will Maiden Mountain open. Therefore, there is only one ending for those that didn’t sign contracts–if she didn’t kill every single Star Master, then she would become the footstool of one.

“Even Young Master saw this. An Suwen doesn’t have it in her to kill people at all. Star Masters that sign a contract with her will inevitably become a target for all of Liangshan Continent to kill. How, then, would anyone be willing to do such a thing?” Wu Xinjie sighed.

After hearing everything the Knowledge Star said, Su Xing had a deeper understanding of the cruelty of the Star Duels for Maiden Mountain.

What was going on in the head of the Liangshan Maiden when she created the Star Maidens? Su Xing was indeed curious.

Aware that the mood had taken its ups and downs, Su Xing sat cross legged and took out the “Heart Like Mirrors Absolute Sincerity Soul Technique.” After trying just five seals, a warm aura, like running water, passed through his internal organs. All of a sudden, Su Xing felt tranquil. His eyes bright, he realized that his body’s Star Energy had also increased greatly.

This “Heart Like Mirrors” Technique was indeed a Soul Technique that countless people all over the Liangshan Continent pursued for hundreds of years. Soul Techniques had three realms, each level consisting of ten techniques. The first level, “Stable Heart,” cultivated the mind. Whatever happened, one must keep still and unshaken. Using the Absolute Sincerity Technique didn’t only help him absorb the Deviance Star’s Star Energy, it was even indispensable for when he cultivated the Chaotic Tail Escape. The pain of death was not like a tranquilizer, and the two complemented each other to the point that practicing them together was like putting a fish back in water.

During these past three months, Su Xing not only broke through the twenty-eighth gate stage, even his Star Energy rushed to Stardust Late Stage in one fell swoop. Now, Su Xing could clearly feel that the dusty Star Energy in his body was currently slowly fusing and condensing into something more cloudy. He had already arrived at the critical juncture where “Stardust” condensed into “Nebula.”

He tried again and again to condense everything, but his Star Energy would always disperse in the end.