Chapter 375: Tiger-Headed Star Lu, Combat Power Rating

The blade-shaped realm-boat shot up from the dry ground, vanishing into the sky in the blink of an eye.

In the realm-boat plaza, a large crowd of people seeing them off gazed at the sky, but could no longer see anything.

"Stop looking. In the blink of an eye, the 'Beihai,' carrying Zhao Xing, has already crossed the Realm Star Barrier!" Xia Jing patted Long Xiao's shoulder.

Long Xiao averted his gaze, saying enviously, "When can I participate in a large-scale exploration mission like that and earn a fortune?"

"Once we break through to the Origin Realm, we'll be able to accept this mission through the Heavenly Star Martial Arts Academy!" Ye Yukong said. "We're only in the Ascension Realm now, so don't overthink it!"

"Without reaching the Origin Realm, adventuring outside is no different from a death wish, especially in a public star-sea region!" Xia Jing said. "How much longer until your Origin Sword Embryo is complete?"

"Still a long way off, only at 81. What about yours?" Long Xiao asked.

"My Origin Golden Body has reached 87!" Xia Jing replied with a smile.

"Damn it, you're showing off again!" Long Xiao seethed inwardly.

"You shouldn't have asked him that!" Ye Yukong chuckled. "He asks you, just waiting for you to ask him back!"

"Hahaha!" Xia Jing burst out laughing.

In the monotonous years of cultivation, only chatting with friends offered some amusement.

Ye Yukong, Long Xiao, Xia Jing, and King Luohou were all external members of the Heavenly Star Martial Arts Academy. Back then, only these four from Great Zhou passed the expanded recruitment of the academy's Qingyu Branch.

Among them, Xia Jing had made the fastest progress.

"It's truly unfair. This guy cultivates the 'Void Ancestor Golden Body Three-Sun Chapter,' which should be more difficult than our 'Great Zhou Heavenly Sword Body,' yet his progress is still faster than ours!" Long Xiao complained sourly.

"There's no logic to cultivation talent!" Ye Yukong shook his head. "Zhao Xing cultivated for less than three hundred years, and Yun Tiandao became an Origin Realm expert in just over three hundred years!"

"Sigh, enough, enough. Let's head back to the martial arts academy!" Long Xiao no longer wanted to see Xia Jing showing off.

When the cat's away, the mice will play. With Yun Tiandao and Zhao Xing gone, and Zigu not on Qingyu Star, Xia Jing was now the fastest cultivator among the remaining Great Zhou members, often showing off to his friends.

Long Xiao inwardly resolved to surpass Xia Jing and, in the future, show off spectacularly in front of him.

"Oh no!" As the three were leaving the plaza, Ye Yukong suddenly looked panicked.

"What's wrong?" Xia Jing and Long Xiao asked, looking at Ye Yukong.

"I didn't turn off the advanced spirit-gathering formation I was using!"

"Are you serious? You forgot something like that?" Xia Jing exclaimed in shock.

"Damn it, we've been here for half a month, eating and drinking to see Zhao Xing off. You're just remembering now?" Long Xiao was equally startled.

"Sigh, drinking really makes you forget things!" Ye Yukong said with a guilty expression.

"Quick, hurry back and turn it off! Damn, the bill will be over budget; you're in deep trouble. King Luohou will scold you to death!" Xia Jing and Long Xiao urged.

The trio quickly left the Realm Star Plaza and flew towards the Heavenly Star Martial Arts Academy.

"Master, he's gone!" In the Heavenly Bright Capital, atop a tall tower, Wu Feng watched the star-realm instrument.

"Number thirty-seven has left the Realm Star and is entering the void navigation channel!"

"He might never return from this journey!" Zhaoyuanzi sighed with a hint of emotion. "He possesses inheritance rights yet doesn't scheme at all, choosing this adventurous mission so decisively. He truly has some backbone!"

After Zhao Xing broke through to the Origin Realm, his free resource supply ceased.

However, Zhao Xing was unlike other members of the Purple God Manor; he was, after all, Qingyuzi's disciple and had brought back the remains of three members. Zhaoyuanzi had previously been conflicted about what mission to assign Zhao Xing. A mission that was too poor would make him seem heartless and ungrateful, but he didn't want to assign one that was too good. After Zhao Xing broke through to the Origin Realm, Zhaoyuanzi expected him to come and request a better assignment. If Zhao Xing had indeed come to plead, Zhaoyuanzi wouldn't have been able to be too unyielding and had genuinely intended to give him a favorable assignment.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xing didn't even say hello and directly accepted the Moon Luo Mausoleum mission himself. Instead, Zhaoyuanzi regarded Zhao Xing with higher esteem and began to reflect on whether he had been too harsh. He watched Zhao Xing board the realm-boat decisively, his mood quite complex.

In the end, he could only remark, 'He has backbone.'

"Big Brother, you're incredibly bold. Your very first mission after breaking through to the Origin Realm, and you dare to take on the Moon Luo Mausoleum?" On Realm-Boat Qingyu Forty-Nine, in a private manor, Zhao Xing was chatting with Zigu.

"The Moon Luo Mausoleum is in the public star-sea region, a place said to be exceedingly strange. Not only Origin Realm cultivators but even Dao Realm experts dare not venture too deep. They can only send some Origin Realm cultivators to explore first. They'll only enter after sufficient information has been gathered!"

"I've reviewed some intelligence, and it's all exceptionally eerie!" Zigu said admiringly. "Big Brother, I truly admire your courage to pick such a mission!"

"Otherwise, how could I be your Big Brother?" Zhao Xing said with a slight smile.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Zigu, isn't your cultivation schedule packed? Do you have time to chat with me?"

"Big Brother is embarking on an adventure, and since I couldn't personally see you off, I had to at least say hello!" Zigu said ingratiatingly.

He and Zhao Xing hadn't seen each other for several centuries, and logically, their relationship should have gradually faded from not spending time together. However, the truth was that Zigu cultivated in the Heavenly Star System with no relatives nearby, and the Great Zhou people were, after all, his kin from home. He wasn't particularly close to other Great Zhou individuals, but he had always maintained contact with Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing's extensive knowledge always imbued him with a mysterious aura to Zigu, and his rapid breakthrough to the Origin Realm further cemented his status in Zigu's mind. Besides,