Chapter 45

"Star Soul Stone?" Tang Tian and Amoli widened their eyes, their faces full of curiosity. This time, the Star Wind Martial Gathering had broadened their horizons, and they had heard many things they had never heard before.

"Every planet nurtures a unique Soul Stone, whose aura is seamlessly integrated with the planet. Only by mastering it can one more quickly adapt to the planet. Some people speculate that it is the original form of the Star Secret Treasure, but this speculation has yet to be confirmed. Once you possess a Star Soul Stone, you can build a base here. A base with a Star Soul Stone will not be attacked by beasts within a radius of two hundred miles." Old Wei’s face was serious: "For the exploration of any planet, a safe forward base is the most important. If we can find the Star Soul Stone, the first place is definitely ours."

"Ah, then let's quickly find the Star Soul Stone!" Tang Tian raised his arms high.

Amoli followed, shouting: "First place! First place!"

Old Wei remained unmoved: "Do you know? The Northern Yan beasts of Tianjing, they must all be searching for the Star Soul Stone. If we choose the same goal, we will certainly encounter them. The nature of this martial gathering has completely changed. Now every opponent is dangerous, and if they have the chance, they will not hesitate to eliminate you! This is not a competition, this is a battle for survival!"

The smile on Tang Tian's face disappeared, and he nodded: "I know, but so what? Are we going to back down just because of this? I won't! I want first place!"

He clenched his fist, staring at Old Wei seriously, and said, word by word: "No matter how dangerous it is, I want first place!"

"I support Tang!" Amoli said.

Old Wei stared at the two for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter, his wild demeanor fully revealed: "Haha! I didn't misjudge you! What passionate young men! Even my heart, which has been dormant for so many years, is stirred by you! Let's fight! We'll take first place!"

"Roar!"

"Cheers!"

The two raised their arms and cheered.

"Hehe!" A playful smile appeared at the corner of Old Wei's mouth: "Since we've decided to take first place, we need to speed up. Let me, as your senior, tell you two rookies how to find the Star Soul Stone."

He held a black, fan-shaped object in his hand. The outer arc of the fan was a sliding track, engraved with many complex patterns, and a hard rod like a needle, whose end rested on the outer arc track.

Tang Tian found Old Wei incredibly amazing, with all sorts of strange and curious things. He pointed and asked: "What is this? Is it also a Star Secret Treasure?"

"Exactly!" A cold light flashed in Old Wei's eyes: "The Sextant Star Secret Treasure, Black Iron Rank, named [Wave Detector]. The Sextant constellation is located between Gemini and Hydra. Do you remember the [True Eye Tube] from earlier? That is the Microscope constellation, located south of Scorpius, between Grus and Sagittarius. The Star Secret Treasures of the Sextant and Microscope constellations are almost all auxiliary Star Secret Treasures, with very few combat types. However, don't underestimate auxiliary Star Secret Treasures. In the future, you'll realize that auxiliary Star Secret Treasures often have a wider range of uses than combat ones."

Tang Tian and Amoli listened intently, discovering that this world was even vaster, deeper, and more interesting than they had imagined.

"The Wave Detector can capture various vibrations within a hundred miles. Strong True Force vibrations, the power vibrations of Star Secret Treasures, the Soul Force vibrations of Soul Generals, and so on." Old Wei explained while adjusting the Wave Detector and injecting True Force.

The needle of the Wave Detector suddenly slid, pointing in a direction, trembling slightly.

"Hmm?" A hint of surprise flashed in Old Wei's eyes.

"What's wrong?" Tang Tian asked quickly.

"There's a very powerful expert fighting, with very strong power vibrations." Old Wei's expression was unusual. He suddenly stood up, closed his eyes, and spread his arms in the night breeze. After a while, he opened his eyes and shook his head: "Let's not worry about others."

Old Wei recalibrated the Wave Detector, and this time the needle pointed in a direction.

"Let's go this way."

The three packed up their tents and followed Old Wei, advancing at full speed.

They encountered no danger during the night, and their speed was very fast. Old Wei frequently took out the Wave Detector to correct their direction.

As morning arrived, the sky, like a colorful keyboard, reappeared above their heads. The three were not tired from the overnight journey; they were still full of energy. Suddenly, Tang Tian's eyes twitched, and he pointed in the distance: "There are people over there!"

Old Wei glanced and then looked away: "The Tianjing academies have better Star Secret Treasures than mine. It's not surprising that they found it."

"Oh." Tang Tian responded.

"How do they have so many Star Secret Treasures?" Amoli asked, puzzled: "When I was at the Beast Academy, I never heard that the school had any Star Secret Treasures."

"You can buy them, as long as you have enough money. Black Iron and Bronze Rank Star Secret Treasures can still be bought on the market. I've heard that Silver Rank Star Secret Treasures can be bought too, but I've never seen one. It's normal that you don't know. Even Black Iron Star Secret Treasures are very valuable. The key is, in a place like Wu'an Star, you can't buy them."

Tang Tian and Amoli finally understood.

"Let's go, in the end, it all comes down to strength." Old Wei looked very confident.

Sure enough, as they continued to advance, the number of people around them began to increase rapidly. On the vast purple grassland, the martial artists ran and flew like agile antelopes.

Suddenly, a towering red mountain peak appeared in the distance, and everyone's spirits were lifted, and they sped up towards the mountain.

Tang Tian and the others also sped up.

Two hours later, the three finally reached the foot of the snow mountain. Old Wei looked up at the mountain peak, which soared into the clouds, with snow that never melted at the top, and a very unique red body. He knocked a piece of red rock from the ground and placed it under the True Eye Tube.

"Rock, type unknown, use unknown."

Old Wei was taken aback.

Amoli suddenly pointed not far away: "Look, there's a valley."

Many people had already seen the valley and were rushing towards it. The three also hurried to the valley. The entrance to the valley was not wide, only about twenty feet, surrounded by red rocks.

"Stay alert, be careful of others trying to sabotage you from behind," Old Wei whispered.

Tang Tian and Amoli became very cautious upon hearing this.

The valley was deeper than they had imagined. After flying for about a minute, they finally reached the end of the valley.

Tang Tian and Amoli opened their mouths wide, staring in amazement at the incredible sight before them.

A red cliff wall appeared before them, very high, with a smooth and flat surface as if it had been artificially polished. What made Tang Tian and Amoli most amazed was that the cliff wall was covered with countless caves, each surrounded by a faint light barrier. These light barriers were of various colors, looking like colorful bubbles hanging on the cliff wall.

Tang Tian looked up at the sky, and as the sunlight grew stronger, the colorful keyboard pattern in the sky disappeared.

"It's a Soul Maze!" Old Wei's face was somewhat grim.

"Soul Maze?" Tang Tian and Amoli looked at each other, hearing this name for the first time.

"Star Secret Treasures, Star Soul Stones, and other treasures often form unique force fields around them. These force fields, after millions of years of nurturing, integrate with the environment, forming a Soul Maze." Old Wei's gaze was deep: "It seems the Star Soul Stone is indeed inside."

"Which one should we enter?" Tang Tian looked at the wall of colorful light barriers, feeling dizzy: "There are too many!"

"This is a matter of luck." Old Wei shrugged.

"Who should choose?" Amoli looked up.

"Let's play rock-paper-scissors!" Tang Tian suggested.

"Hey, hey, hey, I, a wise old man, will absolutely not play such a childish game with you kids." Old Wei looked disdainful.

"Childish? This is clearly a test of absolute hand speed! If you're afraid of losing, just say so. Don't worry, I understand that as you get older, your reaction time slows down..." Tang Tian retorted.

Old Wei glared: "Old age means slow reaction time? Nonsense! Come on! Let me show you kids what it means to be sharp with age! Thirty years of rock-paper-scissors experience..."

After a fierce battle, Amoli walked to the cliff wall, much to the disbelief of the other two.

"Why did he win?" Tang Tian asked, dazed.

"Indeed, why?" Old Wei also looked stunned.

Amoli randomly pointed to a lemon-yellow light barrier: "This one, I like this color."

"Who knew you'd like such a fresh color." Old Wei quickly regained his composure, trying to hide his earlier shock.

"Exactly." Amoli clenched his fist and said seriously: "Very yellow, very violent, I like violence, wow, I want violence, absolute violence, absolute yellow! Wow! Let's be very yellow and very violent together!"

Old Wei's mouth twitched, and Tang Tian covered his face with his hand.

The gazes of the surrounding people turned to them, and all the girls looked at them with disdain and contempt.

Tang Tian and Old Wei quickly dragged Amori into the yellow light barrier.

Whoosh.

As soon as they entered the light barrier, they felt a powerful suction force. Without any reaction, they were pulled into the depths of the cave by this astonishing force.

"Wow, wow, wow..."

Their screams echoed in the cave.

After a dizzying slide, Tang Tian landed on a hard rock.

Tang Tian winced in pain, opened his eyes groggily, and staggered to his feet. The experience was so terrifying that his legs felt weak, and his head was dizzy.

Hmm?

Tang Tian came to his senses and looked around. Where was Old Wei? Where was Amori?

This was a cave about the size of a training ground, with four other caves, each covered by a light barrier of red, white, black, and green. In the large cave, he was the only one.

At that moment, footsteps were heard, and Tang Tian shouted: "Hey, old man, Amoli!"

A figure emerged from the white light barrier cave.

"Tang Tian, I didn't expect it to be you."

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