#257 - Destiny Star

South Region, Ancient City, City Lord's Mansion.

Qin Yuan sat upright on the throne in the council hall, his face extremely gloomy.

"City Lord, a powerhouse at the Sect King Realm is making a move. Will the Sage of War behind that kid really appear?" A strong subordinate of Qin Yuan revealed a cold glint in his eyes: "Or, should this subordinate give it a try?"

Qin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "How do you want to try?"

That powerhouse pondered for a moment, then looked at Qin Yuan with a resolute expression: "This subordinate was saved by the City Lord, and only then was I able to be where I am today. This subordinate is willing to publicly announce his betrayal of the City Lord, sever all ties with the City Lord's Mansion, and go alone to capture and kill that Jun Wuxie!"

"Zhao Yu, you have a heart."

Qin Yuan looked at him deeply, then shook his head and said: "I treat you like my own brother. Although we are in a superior-subordinate relationship on the surface, in my heart, we are as close as brothers. How could I let you do such a thing!"

"This subordinate is deeply grateful for the City Lord's kindness and is willing to solve the City Lord's worries, even if it means dying a thousand deaths!"

The Sect King Realm powerhouse named Zhao Yu looked resolute and determined.

Qin Yuan was very satisfied with Zhao Yu's reaction, but on the surface, he shook his head and sighed: "Let's not mention this matter for now. I can't just watch you walk down a path of eternal doom! Moreover, that Sage of War is not one to reason with. Even if you announce your betrayal of me, she might still vent her anger on my City Lord's Mansion. Right now, there are other ways to kill and capture Jun Wuxie. There's no need to be so radical and risk your life!"

Hearing Qin Yuan say this, Zhao Yu's heart warmed.

In his opinion, the City Lord said this because he didn't want him to go to his death.

Jun Wuxie killed the City Lord's son. Even in the midst of immense grief and anger, the City Lord was still considering his life and death, which moved him greatly.

"Since that's the case, this subordinate implores the City Lord that if all other methods are exhausted and Jun Wuxie still cannot be killed, then please agree to this subordinate's suggestion!"

Zhao Yu said this.

Qin Yuan was silent, and after a long time, he said: "Let's talk about it then. Now, you send ten Grandmaster Realm experts in the mid and late stages to keep a close watch near the Jvbao Trading Company. Once that Jun Wuxie leaves the Jvbao Trading Company and leaves the Ancient City of the Southern Region, he must be captured and killed!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Yu retreated.

Qin Yuan looked at his departing figure, and the five fingers placed on the armrest of the chair gradually tightened, his eyes extremely cold: "Jun Wuxie! This City Lord wants to see how you escape from my grasp! Ten Grandmaster Realm experts in the mid and late stages, once they surround you, can you defy the heavens?"

......

Inside the small courtyard of the Jvbao Trading Company.

Under Lingfei's Greater Healing Technique, Jun Wuxie recovered from the physical damage caused by using the Primal Military Dissolution.

Looking at Yue Yao, Lingfei, and Su Xiaoxiao in front of him, but not seeing Qin Keqing, he couldn't help but ask: "Where did Keqing go?"

"Sister Keqing has returned to her family."

Yue Yao said: "She left while you were cultivating. She must have had something important to do. She left in a hurry and asked me to say goodbye to you on her behalf."

Returned to her family?

Jun Wuxie frowned slightly.

The internal relationships of Qin Keqing's family are very complicated.

He knew this, as could be seen from her experiences and the things that happened to her close relatives.

For her, the family is not a harbor to rely on, but a dangerous dragon's den.

This time, she hurriedly returned, could it be that her grandfather has emerged from seclusion?

"Brother Jun, when do you plan to return to the Great Zhou Imperial City?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked solemn and said: "Qin Yuan wants to avenge the murder of his son and also wants to use your head to befriend the Nan family of Yunling. Why don't I drive the carriage and leave with Sisters Yue Yao and Lingfei overnight, while you leave tomorrow using a micro-teleportation formation."

"No! I must be with you on the way back to Great Zhou!"

Jun Wuxie denied Su Xiaoxiao's suggestion without even thinking about it: "The current situation is very complicated. Our enemies are not just those we see on the surface. No one can guarantee whether the Soul Hunters of the Soul Hunting Hall are hiding in the dark watching us. Once I am not by your side, and Lingfei cannot engage in fierce battles due to special reasons, then you will be the only one to deal with the danger!"

"But..."

Su Xiaoxiao wanted to say that Qin Yuan had a large number of experts under his command, and Jun Wuxie was not an opponent at all if he really wanted to fight head-on, but the words came to her lips, and she stopped, and instead said: "Or, I can reveal my identity and send you back?"

"There's no rush to return to Great Zhou in these few days."

Jun Wuxie did not agree. He didn't want to rely on Su Xiaoxiao's identity as a Holy Maiden to seek protection.

"I want to go into seclusion again for some time, and then return to Great Zhou."

After he finished speaking, he went to the hall of the Jvbao Trading Company, spent over a hundred million spirit coins, and bought one hundred catties, a total of ten spirit crystal stones of different sizes. After returning, he directly entered the Eternal Life Divine Palace.

The crisis is now fraught with danger, and he must improve his strength as soon as possible.

Although he had just opened the Qimen and his strength had greatly increased, his realm was still too low.

Which of those disciples from ancient families and great forces are not at the Star River Realm or Star Sea Realm?

Even the proud sons of heaven in the younger generation, as long as they are over twenty years old, are all at the Grandmaster Realm.

But he is still stuck at the peak of the Cave Heaven Realm.

The gap in realm is not small!

"Qin Yuan has dozens of Grandmaster Realm experts under his command. Qin Ye, who I killed, was only at the early stage of the Grandmaster Realm. If I encounter a Grandmaster Realm expert in the middle stage, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. As for Grandmaster Realm warriors in the late stage, with my current realm, I can't deal with them..."

He is very clear about his current situation.

In this Ancient City of the Southern Region, Qin Yuan is watching him covetously, wanting to kill him with all his heart.

The Nan family of Yunling may not know about Nan Sheng being killed yet. If they do, he will have another powerful enemy.

On the Great Zhou side, the Qingshan Sword Sect and the Kaitian Sword Sect also want to deal with him and the sect by taking advantage of the upcoming life-and-death duel.

"It's time to break through to the Star Chen Realm. Only when stars are condensed in the Cave Heaven can one be considered to have truly stepped into the threshold of cultivation. What will my natal star look like?"

Jun Wuxie sat cross-legged in the Eternal Life Divine Palace, thinking quietly.

Until now, he doesn't know what his natal star looks like.

Since breaking through to the Congenital Realm and possessing a natal star, he has only been able to sense the existence of the natal star and has not been able to see its true face.

Other warriors can see what their natal star looks like when they awaken it.

Closing his eyes, his perception was connected to his natal star, and he saw the vast starry sky, the boundless universe.

In a certain depth of the universe, it was particularly bright.

Endless galaxies were connected into a sea of stars, forming a vortex-like scene in the middle.

All the stars moved along the trajectory of the vortex.

The sea of stars was like a bright, colorful cloud, with a very bright surrounding area, and even more dazzling near the vortex.

Countless stars disintegrated near the vortex, turning into brilliant energy, which was sucked into the vortex.

That vortex, as black as ink, was even blacker in the middle, like an endless abyss, and nothing could be seen.

After all the light of the stars decomposed entered the vortex, the light suddenly disappeared.

"Senior, what exactly is going on? I can't clearly see my natal star, and I don't know what kind of star to condense in the Cave Heaven..."

Jun Wuxie frowned. This situation made him feel very puzzled.

He even opened the Primal True Eye, but still couldn't see it.

He couldn't see his own natal star.

In this case, how to condense a star?

How to break through to the Star Chen Realm?

The mysterious woman appeared in front of him and said: "I can let you see clearly what your natal star looks like, but do you want to see its appearance, or do you want to figure out why you can't see it?"

"If I have to choose, of course I want to know the reason why I can't see it!"

Jun Wuxie chose the latter without thinking.

"Well, very good."

The mysterious woman waved her slender hand in the void and said: "Then now, I will simulate the process of your natal star's formation, watch carefully."

Jun Wuxie immediately stared intently at the picture simulated by the mysterious woman, Ye Qingxue.

She constructed a special space in the void.

That space was like a condensed version of a complete universe.

In the special space, one galaxy after another condensed into a sea of stars, and the sea of stars combined into a nebula.

In those seas of stars, there was one star that was particularly bright and luminous.

Its volume was very large, much larger than other stars.

Cosmic time was rapidly changing and passing.

That star burned to its fullest, and after a long period of time, it finally burned itself out.

Its brightness was decreasing, and it was constantly moving towards annihilation.

Finally, when that star was about to be annihilated, it suddenly collapsed.

The surface of the star continued to collapse, and the entire star was rapidly shrinking.

In the process of collapsing towards its interior, it produced a huge suction force, which actually sucked the nearby stars over.

Under its terrifying suction force, those stars began to disintegrate, and the energy matter formed was constantly swallowed by it.

In this process, its volume shrank countless times.

Jun Wuxie saw that the space near the collapsed star was very distorted. In the end, as long as energy and light entered its suction field, they were all trapped in layers and layers of space that had been twisted countless times.

Light and energy could not escape, and it was pitch black. The only thing that could be seen was the scene of the collapsed star's outer field distorting the void.

It moved in the nebula, and wherever it moved, the stars there would disintegrate under its terrifying field and be swallowed!

"Do you understand now?"

The mysterious woman asked.

"It seems...I understand a little..."

Jun Wuxie was shocked. No wonder the mysterious woman said that the bright natal star was too weak when he awakened it that year.

She was right.

That star used to be the most brilliant.

It mutated when it was about to be annihilated, constantly condensing itself!

Its energy hadn't diminished in the slightest, but its volume had shrunk countless times, giving rise to a field that could be broken.

Once covered by its field, nothing could escape its devouring.

"It is the Fate Star you sensed," the mysterious woman said. "The so-called Fate Star is not connected to your destiny. It is merely a natural phenomenon in the vast universe. Your ability to sense this phenomenon means you have sensed the trajectory of your cultivation path. The Fate Stars in the universe only serve as guidance for martial artists on their cultivation path. The stars cultivated within a martial artist's body are the true Natal Stars."

"I... I understand now. I know how to condense my own Natal Star, how to break through!"

Jun Wuxie felt the doubts and confusion in his heart suddenly become clear, as if he had been struck by a sudden enlightenment.