Chapter 96

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Star Pattern Talent!

This is the most important thing for any martial artist after successfully advancing to the second star!

However, Meng Fenghua shook her head: "It hasn't fully awakened yet.[][]..[]"

"Then you should have already sensed some special flow in the star veins, right?" Tang Zheng asked with a smile.

"Yes, it shouldn't be much different from what I expected." Meng Fenghua patted Little Bell's head and lowered her head.

Tang Zheng nodded. Indeed, as he had guessed, Meng Fenghua had already considered the introduction of the Martial Star into her second life palace.

Besides the normal methods of introducing stars, there are also special methods such as connecting stars, dual stars, and confronting stars.

Meng Fenghua's first life palace was a dual star, and her second life palace introduced the Martial Star to confront the Greedy Wolf in her first life palace, which is a method of confronting stars. Both introductions were quite risky.

However, normally, a martial artist should have a clear plan for introducing stars from the first to the seventh star, which is similar to the point allocation strategy that Tang Zheng understands.

If the focus is on combat, six out of the seven life palaces might be chosen from the Seven Killing, Breaking Army,廉贞 (Lianzhen), and Greedy Wolf. If the goal is immortality, the seven life palaces might feature a lot of Heavenly Mechanism, Heavenly Mansion, and Heavenly Beam. If the focus is on forging, the introduction of stars would definitely involve the Sun and Moon stars alternating.

However, in Meng Fenghua's two life palaces, the Purple Micro, Greedy Wolf, and Martial Star seemed to be introduced in a rather chaotic manner, with no clear point allocation strategy.

The only common point among these three main stars seemed to be their dominance and suppression.

Just like Meng Fenghua's weapon, a heavy sword without a sharp edge, simple and effective.

But another question Tang Zheng was thinking about was that Meng Fenghua's Nine Heavens Mystic Female Star Pattern was not a dominant and suppressive star pattern. Generally, such a star pattern would have a talent more focused on protection rather than combat, and the introduction of stars should be gentle and yielding. According to the knowledge Tang Zheng had from books, the Purple Micro, Greedy Wolf, and Martial Star were actually not suitable for the Nine Heavens Mystic Female Star Pattern.

"About when can you use it?" Tang Zheng asked.

"Should be soon, once my second star power stabilizes in the star veins, it should be ready. Just a matter of two or three days." Meng Fenghua replied.

Meng Fenghua's first star power was very substantial, with over ten thousand strands of first star power, all of which were refined into second star power, resulting in over a thousand strands of second star power.

She directly skipped the initial stage of the second star and reached the mid-stage of the second star!

Tang Zheng was very curious about what the awakening of the star pattern talent would be like.

He was even more curious about what kind of star pattern talent would result from the gentle and protective Nine Heavens Mystic Female Star Pattern combined with Meng Fenghua's dominant and suppressive method of introducing stars.

After leaving Meng Fenghua, Tang Zheng did not go to the training ground but returned to his own small courtyard.

As he walked, he thought.

After observing the introduction of stars, he also began to think about his own introduction of stars.

The power of the Sun and Moon had become a part of his life, and he couldn't think of which main star to introduce into his second life palace.

In addition, he was very worried about his star pattern talent.

Second-star martial artists almost inevitably awaken a star pattern talent, but what would his be?

A star pattern talent is a very special flow of star power, quite different from the usual flow of martial techniques, and the effects can be varied.

Meng Fenghua's Nine Heavens Mystic Female Star Pattern had appeared before, so there were records and references for various star pattern talents, but Tang Zheng had never seen the Purple Gold Star Pattern in any book!

Without any reference, how could he determine his point allocation strategy?

Moreover, the most frustrating thing for Tang Zheng was that the star pattern talent was determined by the star pattern, personality, and the main star introduced!

The main star he introduced was fine, and the star pattern could be considered fine.

But personality...

Tang Zheng rubbed his forehead and clenched his fist, determined: "For the once-in-a-lifetime star pattern talent, I must cure my middle school syndrome and be a serious person!"

The recognition was profound, the determination was strong, and the goal was great.

Tang Zheng rekindled his confidence in his star pattern talent!

As he stepped into his small courtyard, the voice that had been bothering him every few days came into his ears again...

"My stomach is so hungry... so hungry..."

"We are almost starved to death..."

"A bowl of dog shit would do..."

Tang Zheng's first reaction was, "The Tang Family Fortress doesn't have any pets, where can I find dog shit for them?" Besides, if the bandits still had the strength to call out, they shouldn't die anytime soon, right?

"But it's a bit noisy." Tang Zheng shook his head and entered his small house.

...

The conflict between the Tang Family Fortress and the Hidden Blue Manor had turned the West Street into a mess.

Except for the shops near the Treasure Pavilion, which could still observe the situation, no other shops could remain neutral.

For half a month, one of the three brothers, Tang Boyuan, a third-star expert, had been stationed on West Street!

It wasn't for negotiation.

There was nothing left to talk about between the Tang Family Fortress and the Hidden Blue Manor. Once the conflict erupted, both sides aimed to destroy each other.

The Tang Family Fortress had nothing to fear; after all, most of the West Street was still the property of the Hidden Blue Manor!

In the new training ground of the Tang Family Fortress, the young generation of the Tang Family Fortress was still enthusiastically cultivating star power and training martial techniques.

Three days later, the entire Tang Family Fortress received the news of Meng Fenghua's successful advancement to the second star.

Meng Fenghua's awakened star pattern talent also surprised everyone!

The talent of the Nine Heavens Mystic Female Star Pattern, which hadn't appeared for hundreds of years—Mystic Female Sword Intent.

She could attach her dominant and heavy sword intent to the star pattern of any relative who shared her bloodline and star pattern. If anyone attacked that relative, her sword intent would be the first to confront the attacker!

If the attacker couldn't break her sword intent...

Then, sorry, the attacker wouldn't even touch a single hair of Little Bell!

"Cough, got it. This is the rhythm of 'The Overbearing Sister Falls in Love with Me'..." Tang Zheng glanced at the clueless Little Bell.

The protective nature of the Nine Heavens Mystic Female Star Pattern, combined with the dominance of the Purple Micro main star, the cunning and versatility of the Greedy Wolf, and the heavy and serious absolute power of the Martial Star, along with Meng Fenghua's affection for Little Bell, ultimately produced this powerful and protective star pattern talent.

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Tang Xiaotang and the others congratulated Meng Fenghua on her successful introduction of stars, and they also felt more confident.

Meng Fenghua, the first to successfully advance to the second star, lit a beacon for many of the Tang Family Fortress' disciples at the peak of the first star.

Confidence is very important!

Tang Zheng believed that in the coming days, the second-star martial artists of the Tang Family Fortress would emerge one after another!

...

Starting, Crown Rush, Rain Rest, Sky Roar...

Tang Zheng's own practice did not stop for a moment.

He had all kinds of good conditions, and the gathering of star power was not a problem. In just a few days, he had already gathered 4,500 strands, and reaching the high stage of the first star was just a matter of a few more days.

The real challenge was still in martial techniques.

He had only been a "serious person" for a short time and was not yet ready to introduce a second life palace, but he wanted a solid peak at the first star.

When he reached the peak of the first star, the two sets of first-star martial techniques he had should be fully mastered, with the Dagger Technique at 100% skill proficiency. The Blood Shadow Escape Technique, although without a guiding trajectory, should at least be understood at a basic level!

The next day, Tang Boyuan returned from Wulong Town, bringing back a bag of Paper Drunkenness seeds.

For the Hidden Blue Manor, Paper Drunkenness was also an important resource for their resurgence. Tang Boyuan's seizure of the seeds was like taking food from the tiger's mouth.

With the Paper Drunkenness seeds brought back by Tang Boyuan, Tang Zheng's practice became even more daring.

Even if he got injured during practice, it was just a matter of finding the Flower King for a cup of tea.

Not fearing injury, the practice of martial techniques, especially practical combat, would be more relaxed and progress faster.

In the evening, the starlight was everywhere.

Tang Zheng returned to his small courtyard.

Exhale, inhale, exhale, inhale...

Here, he was no longer practicing martial techniques but "personality."

"The conduct of a gentleman, tranquility for self-cultivation, frugality for virtue, without detachment, one cannot clarify one's aspirations, without tranquility, one cannot achieve far-reaching goals. Learning requires tranquility, talent requires learning, without learning, one cannot broaden one's talent, without aspirations, one cannot achieve learning..." He walked around, eyes closed, muttering to himself...

Then...

Bang!

He bumped into a tree.

"Ha ha ha ha ha..." At the gate of the small courtyard, Azhi's laughter was not at all considerate.

Bumping into a tree wasn't scary, but being seen while doing so was.

Tang Zheng rubbed his forehead and threw two words at her irritably: "What's up?"

"Something." Azhi jumped in, chin raised proudly, and threw two Shadow King Orders to Tang Zheng, "Here, for you."

"For me?" Tang Zheng was taken aback, "Why?"

"That night when we were ambushed, didn't you kill a lot of bandits? One of them was on the Shadow Mountain bounty list, and you happened to kill him... So, these two Shadow King Orders are your reward."

Tang Zheng put away the Shadow King Orders and blinked, "Ah... Azhi."

Azhi perked up her ears, alert, "Wh... What is it?"

"Go check if there are any more targets on the Shadow Mountain bounty list among the bandits we captured," Tang Zheng said.

"..." Azhi gave him a dirty look and turned to leave.

"Hey, wait, listen to me. Look at Zheng Qian, his brain is a bit off, and his strength is high, so he must have a lot of enemies, and he might not even know it. Check if he's on the bounty list. If he is, I'll go kill him now... before he starves to death..."

"..." Azhi quickened her steps, almost fleeing in panic.

"Then, how about this, I'll put a Shadow King Order on Zheng Qian, and then I'll kill him, and you give me two Shadow King Orders back?"

"You're dreaming!" Azhi finally couldn't take it anymore and turned around to shout.

He knew that coming to give Tang Zheng the Shadow King Orders would definitely be no good, but who would have thought his mind would be so twisted, directly thinking of farming Shadow King Orders. Does he think he's the only smart one in the world, and that the Shadow Mountain is so easy to fool?

"Ha ha ha ha ha," Tang Zheng finally got to return the mocking laughter, then he said seriously, "Azhi."

"Hmm, what is it?" Azhi stopped, still on guard.

"Tomorrow night, go with me to Yangxian Tower." Tang Zheng said.

"Tomorrow? Yangxian Tower?" Azhi looked puzzled, "Did you get the time wrong for Lu Huang's return banquet?"

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... (to be continued)