Chapter 2022: The Rules of the Seven Stars Tower

"Alright, see you at the Connecting Heaven Stone!" With a faint smile, Hall Master Kong vanished.

The others quickly followed and left.

"Sect Master Han, I must also hurry back to select suitable cultivators. Farewell!"

After leaving the Divine Communication Hall, Du Qingyuan, standing on the boat, recovered and looked at Han Jianqiu before her, cupping her fists.

She had originally wanted to meet that Zhang Xuan, but since the Connecting Heaven Bridge was opening, he would surely go there, so they could meet then.

"Farewell!"

Han Jianqiu nodded.

"This Wu Chen and your new Sect Master Zhang Xuan knew each other before. I hope you can take care of him..."

With a faint smile, Du Qingyuan steered the small boat straight into the distance, and in a moment, vanished from the spot.

"You know the Sect Master?"

Han Jianqiu looked at the boy before him with great confusion.

Wu Chen nodded.

"Let's go..."

With a grab of his hand, he stabilized the boy in the air and flew straight toward the Sword Pavilion.

The Sect Master was not in the sect now, so he had to find a way to notify him as soon as possible!

But...

How to notify him?

He had left the sect several days ago and should be far away by now. At such a distance, ordinary communication jade slips couldn't reach him; he could only use the Divine Communication Hall!

But... if the Sect Master didn't go to the Divine Communication Hall and didn't see the message?

"Since he went to the Star-Seeking Sea, as long as I send a message when he arrives, he should receive it..."

After hesitating for a short while, Han Jianqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know where the Sect Master was now, he knew he was heading toward the Star-Seeking Sea. That made things simple.

He and the others could go there first and send a message upon arrival, which would surely be received.

Having made his decision, he no longer hesitated. Returning to the sect, he began selecting suitable candidates to go.

To enter the Connecting Heaven Bridge, the biggest restriction was that one's cultivation could not exceed the peak of Immortal Lord, meaning one could not reach Pseudo-God!

Moreover, one's age could not exceed a hundred years, and the stronger the combat power, the better.

These two restrictions eliminated countless people. Within the sect, there were not many who met the conditions.

Soon, he found a few as substitutes in case they couldn't find the Sect Master. Then Han Jianqiu, along with Wu Chen and the others, boarded a flying immortal beast and flew straight toward the Star-Seeking Sea.

...

A similar scene was also happening at the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Their Sect Master had disappeared, and they couldn't contact him via message, so they had to find others to replace him.

...

Letting out a breath, Zhang Xuan stood up.

After much effort, he had finally refined the three slain Immortal Lord realm Temple warriors into Soul-Less Golden Men.

With these, although his combat power hadn't increased, as long as the Temple didn't send Pseudo-God realm experts, killing him wouldn't be so easy.

Just as he was about to leave the room, Little Chick followed.

"Master... after some thought, I think I've discovered my ability..."

Flapping its wings a few times, it jumped onto Zhang Xuan's shoulder, one eye slanting over, looking confident.

"What ability?"

Zhang Xuan quickly looked over.

"Eating..." Nodding, Little Chick was full of pride: "If you can find another Pseudo-God realm artifact, I can eat it too..."

"..." Zhang Xuan clutched his chest.

He was always the one to anger others, but he never expected that meeting this chicken would leave him angered countless times.

A reliable person like him—why did he end up with such an unreliable beast pet...

If it were an ordinary immortal beast or sacred beast, he would have thrown it away long ago, or killed it and stewed it for eating. But this one was a divine beast, and after stewing, the soup could heal injuries...

Forget it. Although this ability was a bit ridiculous, it was still quite useful in battle.

Previously, when the Temple had ambushed him twice, if it weren't for this guy being able to swallow the opponent's weapons and catch them off guard, he wouldn't have known who would have died.

"Besides eating, what about combat? For example, earlier, you used the gourd to smash the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix Beast into submission..." Zhang Xuan continued.

"That... seems to be gone! The reason I could smash it unconscious was that the gourd sealing me was extremely hard; otherwise, I wouldn't have been unable to break out. Also, at that time, I swallowed the flames it spat. If there were such flames again, maybe... I could do it!"

Little Chick said.

"Flames?"

Pausing, Zhang Xuan patted the beast pet pouch, and the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix Beast appeared before him.

"Spit fire at it!" Zhang Xuan commanded.

"Yes!"

The Fire Phoenix Beast nodded, manifested nine heads, and nine streams of flame gushed out, converging into a massive torrent that engulfed Little Chick in an instant.

After a moment, the flames disappeared.

A fist-sized lump of charcoal appeared before them, emitting a rich aroma of meat.

"Hmm???"

Zhang Xuan's eyebrows twitched.

Was this... roasted?

Hadn't it just said it could devour flames and become stronger?

How did it get cooked with one roast?

And it smelled so good, making one's mouth water...

"Master, I... I didn't know it was so fragile..."

The Fire Phoenix Beast was startled, almost in tears.

Originally, when this little chick popped out of the gourd, it too thought it had extraordinary cultivation. It never expected that a single blast of flames would make it smell so good... It had burned its master's beast pet to death...

"I didn't know either..."

Zhang Xuan was full of helplessness. He reached out a finger to see if the thing was still alive. If it was really dead, no matter how fragrant it was, he couldn't bring himself to eat it; he might as well bury it...

As his finger touched the charred area, a sound like porcelain cracking came.

Crack! Crack!

Then he saw cracks appear on the charcoal before him, and the next moment, a milky yellow figure reappeared.

This time, Little Chick seemed to have grown a bit larger, and its body was different from before. A faint aura emanated from within.

Flapping its wings, it flew up with a "whoosh" and landed on his shoulder again.

"You... are at the peak of Immortal Lord?" Zhang Xuan was stunned.

This little chick, after being burned by the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix Beast once, had gone from having no strength at all to... the peak of Immortal Lord!

Exactly the same as the Fire Phoenix Beast!

"Yeah!" Nodding, Little Chick looked smug.

"So being burned by fire increases your strength. Continue..."

His eyes lighting up, Zhang Xuan quickly had the Fire Phoenix Beast continue spitting fire.

After a while, they stopped.

It seemed that this little chick only improved the first time it was burned; the second time had no effect.

"Forget it. Peak Immortal Lord, and able to devour weapons—that's pretty strong..."

After studying it for a while longer, he found that although its strength had increased, its combat power was still the same as before, probably not even matching a True Immortal. Zhang Xuan shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

Having this level of strength, not holding him back, and being able to devour weapons—it could already play a significant role in battle. There was no need to demand more.

He put it into the beast pouch and left the room.

Arriving at the front desk of the Divine Communication Hall, he found the attendant.

"I want to find a flying immortal beast. Do you know where I can rent one in Biyuan City?"

The flood dragon and other beasts were already tagged as belonging to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Master, so he definitely couldn't use them anymore. Ordinary sacred beasts were too slow. If he had known that his disguised identity would be detected by the Temple again, he would have tamed a few more back at Lingyun Mountain.

Even if Lingyun Mountain had limited immortal beasts, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect would have sufficed!

At the time, he thought they were useless, but now that he truly needed to fly, he had no choice.

"Flying immortal beasts, even in Biyuan City, are not very numerous... and most have fixed flight directions. May I ask which direction you want to go and what level of immortal beast you need..."

The attendant smiled and looked at him.

"Due north, the Star-Seeking Sea!" Zhang Xuan said.

"Due north?"

The attendant was taken aback, then said: "Not many people go to the Star-Seeking Sea, so there are few immortal beasts heading there. Let me check for you..."

He then flipped through a book, looked down for a moment, and smiled: "There's a trip in three days, an early True Immortal realm flying immortal beast. It will take just over a month to get there..."

"Three days? Early True Immortal realm?"

Zhang Xuan frowned: "Is there anything faster?"

At that speed, everything would be cold by the time he arrived.

The Temple had noticed him, and no one knew when they would strike next. He needed to get to the Star-Seeking Palace as soon as possible to find books on the soul, advance his Witch Soul to the peak of True Immortal, and then break through to Immortal Lord.

Using the flood dragon, it would take about six or seven days to get there. Riding this thing for over a month was definitely not acceptable!

The attendant shook his head: "No more. The people of the Star-Seeking Sea are not very friendly, so few go there. Plus, the price of immortal beasts is extremely high, and few people ride them..."

Those with high cultivation all had their own beast pets. Those even higher could fly on their own, so they didn't need flying immortal beasts.

Moreover, the people of the Star-Seeking Sea were not very amiable. Only a big city like Biyuan City had a flight route there; many first-tier cities didn't even open one.

"If I were to hire an Immortal Lord level immortal beast to go to the Star-Seeking Sea alone, how many Divine Communication Coins would it cost?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"This..."

The attendant hesitated, then said: "I haven't dealt with this before. I need to ask an elder for you."

With that, he turned and left.

After a while, an old man followed him over.

"Friend, you want to go to the Star-Seeking Sea?"

The old man looked at him.

Zhang Xuan nodded: "Do you have an Immortal Lord level immortal beast for rent?"

"We don't have an Immortal Lord level immortal beast, but coincidentally, I heard that someone from the Seven Stars Tower is also going to the Star-Seeking Sea, departing tomorrow. They are riding a beast that can reach the Star-Seeking Sea in about five days!"

The elder smiled.

"Five days?"

Zhang Xuan was startled.

That speed was even faster than the flood dragon.

It probably had to be at least at the peak of Immortal Lord!

"Yes!" The elder nodded.

"Please, elder, could you introduce me? How can I join them..." Zhang Xuan cupped his fists.

Such speed was just right for him.

However, being able to ride such a fast sacred beast meant that the person from the Seven Stars Tower going to the Star-Seeking Sea must have a significant identity and status. Joining them would surely come at no small cost.

"The Seven Stars Tower, though one of the six major sects, deals in various treasures and excels at doing business. As long as you can pay the price, everything can be arranged..." The elder smiled.

The Seven Stars Tower was different from other sects. Other sects had strict rules, but here, as long as you paid, many things could be done.

Some people even bought their way in to become core disciples.

"This..."

Hearing that money could get things done, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned.

It seemed... he was running low on money again!

Maybe he should go to the Seven Stars Tower and challenge all the core disciples and elders?