CHAPTER 46: CHAPTER 45: STAR SKY REFINEMENT

In the following period of time, Jiang Ye returned to a routine of living between two points.

However, his class changed from the original Class Nine to the key Class One.

At night, he entered the Martial Arts Celestial Ladder.

Undergoing the painful test of the Second Layer.

Of course, Jiang Ye didn’t awaken any unusual attributes.

He did this solely to enhance his endurance to pain.

Besides.

He could also release himself in the illusion realm of the First Layer.

Every time after the Second Layer test, Jiang Ye would return to the First Layer to comfort himself.

Through repeated cycles of ’break and reestablish’, his Martial Arts Will not only became stronger, but he also started to become immune to pain.

And so, day after day.

Time quickly moved to the end of January.

...

At home.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged on the ground and slowly opened his eyes.

In front of him, lines of subtitles appeared.

[Cultivation Technique]

Star Martial Cultivation Technique: Perfection

Eight Thunder Sounds Fist: Minor Success (5%)

Star Martial Advancement Technique: Entry (1%)

"Finally."

"Just in time to break through the entry rank of the Advancement Technique before the Star Sky Refinement tomorrow."

Jiang Ye took a deep breath.

Actually, he was slightly apprehensive before.

Relying on his Upper A constitution, he boldly chose this Upper Yellow Tier cultivation technique.

If he couldn’t achieve entry rank by the end of the month.

Then, as Cao Feng said, he would waste a chance for Star Sky Refinement.

Fortunately, those worries proved unnecessary.

"Upper A constitution really didn’t let me down." Jiang Ye smiled.

There’s less than half a year left before the college entrance exam.

The top ten prestigious schools, Jiang Ye would struggle to get into.

But within the Twenty-Five Schools Alliance, he must choose the best.

In Martial Arts, one must strive.

Children from poor families, must strive even more!

Now he knows, the standards of the Twenty-Five Schools Alliance are not as high as a First Break.

But there is still a gap between the Twenty-Five Schools Alliance.

Only by achieving a First Break can one choose the best among them.

"900 points, still 300 points short of my target." Jiang Ye calculated. Although there hasn’t been an exam recently, his current strength far exceeds before.

Just the 900-point threshold is intimidatingly high.

Martial Arts four assessment standards.

points require Star Martial Cultivation Technique Perfection.

points require breaking through a First Break.

points? Improvement within a First Break is required, which is also the minimum threshold for the top ten schools.

As for the full score of 1200 points, only reaching a Second Break can achieve it.

Jiang Ye knows.

Reaching 900 points is very difficult; he purposely sets the target far to motivate himself.

"If I previously chose the Body Refining Technique or Foundation Establishment Technique, I simply couldn’t reach a First Break before the entrance exam." Jiang Ye shook his head in silence.

Because these two refining techniques both require more than ten times of Star Sky Refinement to breakthrough a First Break.

Not to mention Jiang Ye doesn’t have that much money, the school also can’t arrange that many times in half a year.

Only the Star Martial Advancement Technique! Requires fewer Star Sky Refinements.

It’s just that its difficulty makes most people shy away.

"Entry is just the beginning." Jiang Ye understood very well: "To break the Life Shackles, at least Minor Success is required, the difficulty is very high!"

Even if the Advancement Technique reaches Minor Success, it doesn’t mean it reaches a First Break.

It depends on whether the Life Strength reaches the threshold, this depends entirely on Star Sky Refinement.

"Star Sky Refinement, purifies and refines the flesh with Star Sky Energy."

Jiang Ye muttered: "This process is a process of life transformation."

This transformation can’t be achieved just by practicing the Refining Techniques.

The Refining Techniques are merely guides.

Put plainly, Refining Techniques are used to modify the body, Foundation Establishment and Body Strengthening, allowing the body to accommodate Star Sky Energy.

High-level Refining Techniques can accommodate more Star Sky Energy, and vice versa.

"How much life can transform? Depends on the absorption capacity of talent."

Absorption has two meanings.

The First Layer is to absorb external Star Sky Energy into the body.

The Second Layer is to refine the Star Sky Energy within the body for personal use.

The stronger the Martial Arts Talent, the more star energy can be absorbed.

If star energy is not absorbed, no matter how strong the cultivation technique is practiced, it is still a carbon-based life, unable to compete with thermal weapons.

But with star energy, it is different.

[Star Sky Martial Arts Master], is not afraid of artillery!

This is why this world values talent so much.

Martial Arts Talent is the root of stepping onto the Star Sky Martial Arts; without it, even if cultivation techniques are practiced, star energy cannot be absorbed.

"I heard, Original Talent has very low efficiency in absorbing star energy."

How low is it? Jiang Ye doesn’t know.

However, he isn’t worried.

What if the efficiency is low? The time for Star Sky Refinement is unlimited; as long as he persists enough, he can continue indefinitely.

Since the efficiency is low, he will use time to make up for it.

Moreover...

Jiang Ye took out a delicate metal bottle.

This was a gift from Chen Zilu before parting, which could help absorb star energy.

Not only that, its value was enhanced by 200% by the system.

"Pop!"

Jiang Ye opened the bottle cap.

A fragrant aroma immediately wafted through.

Under the sunlight, the bottle contained a light purple liquid, like liquid amber, crystal clear, with faintly shimmering starlight.

"Star Sea Nectar." Jiang Ye already knew its name.

To his knowledge, this thing is extremely rare in the entire West Mountain Province.

West Mountain Province is after all just a backward region among the ’Western Ten Provinces’.

Currently, the entire Blue Star Federation is divided into Eastern Domain Ten Provinces, Southern Domain Ten Provinces, Northern Domain Ten Provinces, Western Ten Provinces.

Of these, the Eastern Domain Ten Provinces and Southern Domain Ten Provinces are the most prosperous.

This ’Star Sea Nectar’ only appears in the distant and bustling Eastern Domain Ten Provinces.

And the price is unimaginably high.

Just this small bottle might cost over ten thousand dollars.

"Ten thousand..." Jiang Ye recalled a smiling pretty face.

This favor is easy to use, but not easy to repay.

Although given Chen Zilu’s background, this amount of money might not mean much.

But for Jiang Ye, such assistance is very precious.

Speaking of Chen Zilu, Jiang Ye also remembered consulting Cao Feng a few days ago, but Cao Feng told him to ask any questions during the Martial Arts Class, as he had things to do after class.

Jiang Ye couldn’t help but empathize with the feelings of his former Class Nine classmates.

The special treatment Chen Zilu gave him was indeed extremely rare.

His face indeed easily garnered positive impressions from the opposite sex, combined with diligent cultivation, it was no surprise that he was favored by teachers.

But Chen Zilu’s treatment was not like that; surely, there were other reasons.

"Why is she being so nice to me?" Jiang Ye pondered for a while but didn’t delve deeper.

After all, it was in the past.

If there is hope to meet again in the future, he might have a chance to find out the reason.

But right now, the most important thing for Jiang Ye is tomorrow’s Star Sky Refinement.

"Martial Arts Celestial Ladder." Jiang Ye closed his eyes.

He entered the Second Layer and continued the painful test.

Making final preparations for tomorrow’s Star Sky Refinement.

...

The next day.

An City was cloudless.

Although today was Sunday, An City No.3 High School’s senior department was crowded.

Senior year students don’t have holidays.

Every day is spent sprinting for the college entrance exam.

After arriving at school, Jiang Ye went straight to his classroom.

After coming to the senior 1 class, Cao Feng was already waiting on stage.

"Everyone, get ready, we’ll soon gather at the school gate." Cao Feng said.

"Yes."

Everyone in the classroom began preparing.

Soon, Jiang Ye followed everyone out like a stream.

The entire Class One, surprisingly emptied out entirely to participate in this Star Sky Refinement.

This is the strength of the key class.

In contrast, the ordinary classes in senior year, with more than ten classes, none participated.

"The gap between ordinary students and the key class is really too big." Jiang Ye sighed secretly.

The condition to participate in Star Sky Refinement is to achieve Star Martial Cultivation Technique Perfection.

The key class has all met the requirements, while the ordinary classes? None except him have met it.

This is the gap between talents.

Even money can’t necessarily bridge it.

Moments later.

Following Class One, Jiang Ye boarded the school bus, heading to the Star Sky Refinement site.