Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation-Chapter 507 - 216: Preparing for a Rainy Day_2

Still in the middle period of the Fourth Tier Condensed Star First Level.

But Xu Jin felt that with one more pill, his Divine Soul Cultivation would be able to break through from the Fourth Tier Condensed Star First Level middle period to the late period.

At this rate, with three to four more pills, his Divine Soul Cultivation could break through to the Second Level of the Fourth Tier Condensed Star.

Once his Divine Soul Cultivation broke through to the Second Level of the Fourth Tier Condensed Star, Xu Jin’s Divine Soul Cultivation level would make significant progress, and the number of Divine Soul Stars in the Upper Star Palace would increase to three.

Xu Jin estimated that with seven to eight pills of the Three Treasures Dragon Turtle Soul Refining Pill, his Fourth Tier Divine Soul Cultivation could be improved by one level.

If he used regular Dragon Turtle Soul Refining Pills, to elevate one level of Fourth Tier Condensed Star Divine Soul Cultivation, he would need at least forty-two pills, or even more than fifty.

Calculating at twenty thousand Taoist Merits per pill, it would cost a million Taoist Merits.

This really was burning money!

With a click of his tongue, Xu Jin stored the remaining Three Treasures Dragon Turtle Soul Refining Pills. The price of these pills was so high, and with their limited quantity, not even the slightest bit of their efficacy could be wasted.

One pill in the morning and one in the evening gave the best effect.

Xu Jin predicted that, barring any accidents, once he finished consuming this batch of Three Treasures Dragon Turtle Soul Refining Pills, his Divine Soul Cultivation would be able to successfully break through to the Third Layer of the Fourth Tier Condensed Star, or even breakthrough to the Fourth Layer.

With such an increase in Divine Soul Cultivation, obtaining a few more Gold Stars in the future should not pose a problem.

However, obtaining Bright Stars was another matter.

During most of the day, Xu Jin still went to the National Taoist Institute Library, focusing on studying and deciphering Star Patterns.

After fifteen in the afternoon, Xu Jin visited the Foreign Affairs Hall again, as there were important matters to attend to.

To avoid queuing and for convenience in handling affairs, Xu Jin informed Vice Hall Master Ling Mao early on.

This Vice Hall Master had become increasingly appreciative of Xu Jin. Before Xu Jin’s arrival, Ling Mao had been waiting there early.

After welcoming him into the inner hall and exchanging pleasantries, Xu Jin went straight to the point.

"Hall Master Ling, I am here to purchase some high-tier Pills of the Three Yin Clearing Mind Pill to recover Divine Soul Cultivation. Please accommodate my request," Xu Jin said with a smile.

Having been in the National Taoist Institute for so long, Xu Jin was well acquainted with many of its rules.

Normally, the Institute would not sell pills above one’s Cultivation Level. First, because the pills sold to disciples are internally priced, providing more reliable quality, and if resold outside, one could gain about a twenty percent profit. Hence, the Institute only allows the use of Taoist Merits to purchase Cultivation pills.

Because Taoist Merits can be exchanged for silver, but silver cannot be converted into Taoist Merits.

"This... Lord Xu, this does not comply with the rules of the National Taoist Institute; I’m afraid this will be difficult to handle with your current Cultivation Level," Ling Mao said.

"I mainly intend to gift it to a friend, you know, to return a favor. Please, Hall Master Ling, help me out here," Xu Jin had an excuse prepared.

"That’s possible, but the amount cannot be much."

"One bottle of top-grade Three Yin Clearing Mind Pills and one bottle of regular Three Yin Clearing Mind Pills."

This quantity was still within the jurisdiction of Vice Hall Master Ling Mao.

However, when it came time to settle the bill, Xu Jin felt the pinch.

The price of the Three Yin Clearing Mind Pills was much higher than Xu Jin had imagined.

A regular Three Yin Clearing Mind Pill required 150 Taoist Merits.

A top-grade Three Yin Clearing Mind Pill costs as much as 500 Taoist Merits, more than tripling the price.

When paying the bill, Xu Jin parted with 6500 Taoist Merits.

And this was only enough for five days of Cultivation after Xu Jin’s breakthrough to the Fourth Tier.

[Taoist Merits: 21634]

"Hall Master Ling, there’s one more thing I need your assistance with," Xu Jin said after the business was concluded.

"Please speak, Lord Xu," Ling Mao was very happy; he wasn’t afraid of Xu Jin troubling him, but rather was afraid that Xu Jin would not need his help.

The more Xu Jin sought him out, the more advantages he might gain in the future.

"The thing is, I’ve recently learned a new Controlling Objects Star Pattern, and I want to use Controlling Objects as a common offensive means. I personally prefer the Sword Artifact. Is there any size-adjustable Sword-shaped Star Artifact that can be refined?" Xu Jin asked.

Upon hearing this, Ling Mao suddenly became lost in thought. After being absent-minded for a few moments, he suddenly sighed, "Actually, twenty years ago, there were many of these. Cultivators who practiced Sword Control were abundant, especially the disciples of the Lingji Star Hall, many of them practiced Sword Control. Consequently, there were more businesses catering to them.

But after the fall of the Lingji Star Hall, the demand decreased, as did the number of Artifact Casting masters making them, because they could no longer sell at a good price. However, it shouldn’t be hard to find, especially at the auction of spoils from the Galaxy Battlefield that occurs every few months.

I will keep an eye out for you. But if you wish to participate in the auction, please prepare the Starlight from the Star-picking Tower early.

At the auction, they usually only accept Starlight, seldom accepting current silver or Taoist Merits."

"In that case, I’ll thank you first, Hall Master Ling. May I ask how much Starlight should I prepare?" Xu Jin inquired.

"A typical Fourth Tier Star Artifact starts at two thousand strands of Starlight, with the closing price usually around three thousand strands. In-demand ones fetch four to five thousand strands, and top-grade ones often exceed six thousand.

As for the Fifth Tier Star Artifacts, the bidding price starts at ten thousand strands of Starlight, with the final price hard to predict. It’s better to prepare as much as you can," Ling Mao said.

Xu Jin’s thoughts stirred, checking his own Starlight count in the Star Tower, and his expression faltered.

[Starlight: 395 strands]

This amount was paltry to behold.

Even for the lowest closing price of 3000 strands, he was far short.

If Xu Jin converted all his Taoist Merits into Starlight and scrounged up some more, he could barely muster three thousand strands of Starlight.

However, Xu Jin also possessed modern thinking - he needed to finance.