Medical Star Skill?

Chapter 40: Medical Star Technique?

2 days later, in the Snowy Plains.

"Safe, warm me up quickly," Xia Yan said to Jiang Xiao as she watched the two people run into the natural cave.

Jiang Xiao, who ran in, raised his hand and cast a Blessing.

"Mmm," Xia Yan shivered comfortably, her voice soft and trembling, "We're far enough from the battlefield~ We can rest for a bit."

Han Jiangxue surveyed their surroundings and said, "There are signs of White Ghouls living here; they should have gone out hunting. Be careful."

"Mhmm, mhmm, mhmm, I'll listen to you, hurry up and open the pack," Xia Yan rubbed her hands excitedly, her gaze fervent as she looked at Han Jiangxue. These past two days had been too difficult, and Xia Yan was suffocating.

Han Jiangxue glanced at Xia Yan, shook her head helplessly, opened the Space Coffin, and reached inside to search.

She took out half a torn Marching Pack and casually took out the scattered items as well.

"Let's see if there's anything good," Xia Yan quickly leaned over, crouching down to 'lick the bag'.

Her excited expression slowly stiffened. This Marching Pack contained only issued wilderness survival items, nothing of value. It was the same as Jiang Xiao's Marching Pack; even the items were of uniform specification.

"Not a single Star Bead? Don't these guys keep any stock?" Xia Yan said unhappily.

"They encountered an unprecedented crisis. Perhaps they absorbed the Star Beads they had saved while fleeing," Han Jiangxue analyzed calmly.

"Sigh," Xia Yan plopped down on the ground, scratching her slightly curly Chestnut Color short hair, looking troubled. "You absorbed that Awakened's Star Bead, right? See if you can break through to the Star Cloud Middle Stage."

"From the perspective of the team's needs, this Star Bead should be yours," Han Jiangxue said in a businesslike manner, as if unaffected by any temptation. She directly pulled out the half-frozen corpse, covered in ice and snow.

Jiang Xiao leaned closer, finally having the time to examine this Awakened.

This was an adult male, around 40 years old, with an extremely horrified expression. He had a full beard and a face full of fat, looking like he had lived a good life.

"He might have been a ranged attacker Awakened," Xia Yan came over, looking at the man's fat face with disdain. "No melee Awakened could get this fat. He looks like a pampered type."

As everyone knew, upgrading Star Power required physical strength. If an Awakened was diligently growing, they would be constantly training themselves.

This Awakened might have been stuck at a certain Star Power stage, unable to progress no matter how hard he tried, and then began to indulge himself.

"Open it," Han Jiangxue said.

"I hope his stuck Star Power level was high," Xia Yan had clearly deduced this information. She casually flipped the half-frozen corpse over and, holding a dagger, skillfully dug out the Star Bead from the Awakened's head.

Jiang Xiao was also seeing a human Star Bead for the first time.

It wasn't particularly astonishing; it was just a glass-ball-sized Star Bead, no different from a White Ghost Star Bead, emitting a faint fluorescence.

"Can I see it?" Jiang Xiao asked.

"This came from a human corpse, you know," Xia Yan said, holding the Star Bead and extending her hand towards Jiang Xiao with a teasing look.

Jiang Xiao pouted speechlessly. He had been teased by Xia Yan quite a few times these past two days.

Everyone needed a growth process; it was unavoidable. No one was born a cold-blooded killer. Nurturing and environmental factors were extremely important.

Jiang Xiao took the blood-stained Star Bead, and in that instant, he froze in place.

Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue had repeatedly stated that human Star Beads could not yield any Star Techniques.

But at this very moment, a vast amount of information suddenly flooded Jiang Xiao's mind.

[?? Star Bead (?? Quality)]
[Possesses Star Techniques:]
[1. Cyan Glow: Powerful strike against the enemy, increases damage to the Cyan Glow part, adds a slight knockback effect. (Bronze Quality, Upgradeable)]
[2. Endurance: Passive Star Technique, increases own defense. (Bronze Quality, Upgradeable)]
[Can be merged and absorbed.]
[3. Blessing: Slowly restores target's vitality. (Bronze Quality, Upgradeable)]
[4. Lure: Creates an illusion to confuse enemies. (Bronze Quality, Upgradeable)]
[Can be merged and absorbed.]
[5. Scorching Flame: Condenses flame lines to cover the body or equipment. (Silver Quality, Upgradeable)]
[6. Exploding Flame: Condenses fireballs to create explosions. (Silver Quality, Upgradeable)]
[Can be merged and absorbed.]
[7. Bell Chime: Releases a medical beam to heal the target's body, can connect multiple targets. (Silver Quality, Upgradeable)]
[8. Bearing Seal: Leaves a mark on the target to guide the medical beam's connection and jumping. (Silver Quality, Upgradeable)]

"Gulp," Jiang Xiao swallowed, holding the Star Bead and looking blankly at the two women.

"What's wrong?" Han Jiangxue asked.

"I..." Jiang Xiao hesitated.

"Xiao Pi?" Xia Yan sat on the ground, slowly raising her head, her eyes fixed on Jiang Xiao. "Is there anything you're willing to share with me?"

Han Jiangxue knew that Jiang Xiao was not a greedy person.

If it were before, Han Jiangxue wouldn't dare to make such a guarantee.

However, ever since Han Jiangxue confessed to Jiang Xiao about the Gold Quality Star Bead, the one containing the "Shattered Space" space, being left to Jiang Xiao by her parents, Jiang Xiao's response had been exceptionally heartwarming.

After such a long time, Han Jiangxue had also witnessed Jiang Xiao's changes.

At this very moment, a rookie at the Star Dust Stage had no need for this Star Bead; it wouldn't be of much use to Jiang Xiao and would instead waste a large amount of Star Power.

"I..." Jiang Xiao still hesitated.

Han Jiangxue sensed something was amiss and beckoned to Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao walked over, and the siblings approached the cave entrance.

"What's wrong?" Han Jiangxue whispered.

Jiang Xiao thought about it again and came up with a reason: "I sensed a healing-type Star Technique contained within this Star Bead."

Han Jiangxue was a little surprised: "Hmm?"

"I'm serious." Jiang Xiao knew his words sounded too bizarre, but he couldn't tell Han Jiangxue that he possessed an Inner Star Map.

"You can extract Star Techniques from human Star Beads?" Han Jiangxue said softly, "That's not good news for other Awakened."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiao was stunned.

The Star Power contained within human Star Beads could be extracted, which would hold some appeal for Awakened.

But if Star Techniques could also be extracted from human Star Beads, that appeal would increase thousands of times over.

The reason this world was still relatively stable was largely due to the fact that Star Techniques could not be extracted from human Star Beads.

If Jiang Xiao were to break this restriction... but the facts proved that Jiang Xiao could indeed break the restriction; the Inner Star Map offered Jiang Xiao infinite possibilities!

"No, I can't sense any other Star Techniques; I'm just unusually sensitive to healing-type Star Techniques," Jiang Xiao whispered. "You didn't believe me when I said my Star Techniques could upgrade in quality, either."

Han Jiangxue was silent for a long while before asking, "Can you only absorb Star Techniques from Star Beads? What about other things?"

Hmm, that was a question.

Han Jiangxue had asked before, what did humans possess? Indeed, humans didn't have innate Star Techniques, but what humans possessed innately was a Star Chart!

Could Jiang Xiao absorb Star Charts from human Star Beads? Increase his number of Star Slots?