Star Art "Star Plucking Hand" (Seeking Monthly Tickets and Tips)

"The Myriad God Hall is an organization founded by cultivators of the Immortal Deity Path who have fallen into the evil path."

"Cultivating the Immortal Deity Path requires the power of incense and faith. The Star Alliance has strict decrees: cultivators of the Immortal Deity Path may only harvest incense and faith from the half-demon Vassals on a Star Lord's Natal Star. Developing divine faith among humans is strictly forbidden."

"The Evil Cultivators of the Myriad God Hall mostly violate this ban, doing everything they can to spread faith among the humans of the various Main Stars and harvest incense. They believe that the reason the Immortal Deity Path cannot take that final step and transcend into sainthood is because the Star Alliance forbids them from developing divine paths and harvesting incense among humans."

"As for the Myriad Saint Hall, its situation is even more complicated. It does not gather Evil Cultivators from a single lineage, but cultivators from many different lineages who seek sainthood, coming together to study the methods of becoming saints."

"At the beginning, the Myriad Saint Hall was not considered an evil-path organization and was not wanted by the Star Alliance. They even achieved quite a few research results—the Earth Immortal Path was developed by them."

"They imitated the methods Star Lords used to refine Natal Stars, refining Blessed Lands in the hope of merging with the Dao through them and ultimately seeking transcendence into sainthood."

"Although no Earth Immortal has yet succeeded in taking that final step, it was undoubtedly groundbreaking progress."

"However, later on, some people within the Myriad Saint Hall grew increasingly extreme in their methods of researching sainthood. Gradually, they began to stop at nothing and fell into the evil path. Thus, the Myriad Saint Hall was likewise classified as an evil-path organization by the Star Alliance and placed on its wanted list."

Homeroom teacher Teacher Du addressed the class. "You have all now embarked upon the Path of the Star Lord. You are naturally opposed to these three evil-path organizations, but you must also beware of being targeted by them."

"If you discover anything amiss, remember to notify me at once."

"Teacher, a meteor has appeared on my Natal Star!"

A student suddenly cried out.

"Don't worry. To deal with this crisis, the City Council has already applied to the Star Alliance to activate the Celestial Star Array Diagram, slowing the flow of time in the starfield where your Natal Stars are located. There will be enough time to handle the crisis."

Teacher Du comforted him as he stepped down from the podium and walked over to the student.

"Maintain your connection to your Natal Star. Don't move. I'll handle it."

As he spoke, he pressed a finger against the student's Starlight Treasure Mirror. At once, a sheet of starlight erupted, forming a light screen before the class.

Within the light screen was a stretch of starry sky, where a meteor was falling toward the star below.

Teacher Du formed a hand seal with one hand and reached the other into the light screen. Liang Ji and the others immediately saw an enormous hand condensed from starlight appear in that starry sky. Like plucking fruit, it casually and effortlessly picked up the falling meteor.

"This is the star art, Star Plucking Hand. Star arts are methods that only us Star Lords can cultivate and master. They require the power of the Dao Fruit to activate."

"You have only just become Star Lords, and your Dao Fruits are still extremely weak. Most of them have not even reached 0.1%, so do not casually attempt to cultivate or use star arts. Otherwise, you may damage your Dao Fruits too severely and affect your foundations."

As Teacher Du explained, he withdrew his hand from the starlight screen. Something was already pinched between his fingers, wreathed in black qi.

"Look. This is the method commonly used by those Demon Cultivators of the Myriad Demon Hall. They conceal Demonic Souls within treasures to contaminate them. If it had fallen onto your Natal Star, the location of your Natal Star would have been exposed. The Demon Cultivators would then demonize the star and seize your Dao Fruit."

As Teacher Du spoke, starlight emerged from his hand and condensed into a ball of starlight flames that enveloped and burned the treasure.

A shrill scream rang out as vast amounts of black qi were burned from within it, dispersing amid the starlight flames.

"Only after clearing away the Demonic Souls contaminating the treasure can the remaining treasure be used again."

As he spoke, the starlight flames in his hand gradually receded, revealing a palm-sized piece of silver-blue ore.

"This is Wind Silver Mother Ore. You can either sell it or refine it yourself."

With that, Teacher Du directly tossed the Wind Silver Mother Ore to the student who had encountered the meteor.

The student hurriedly caught it, his face brimming with delight as he bowed to the teacher. "Thank you, Teacher."

The homeroom teacher waved a hand and turned back toward the podium.

Seeing this, the students in the class immediately revealed envious expressions. One by one, they stared intently at their own Natal Stars, hoping they too would encounter a meteor bearing treasure.

Unfortunately, even after the school announced that the crisis had been resolved, no other student in the class saw a meteor fly toward their Natal Star. A chorus of sighs could not help but rise up.

"Xu Hong is really lucky."

Some students could not help envying the luck of the student from earlier.

At that moment, Teacher Du seemed to receive some news. He motioned for everyone to quiet down, his expression grave as he said, "I've just received word that during this Demon Cultivator attack, six newly ascended Star Lord students in Xiūshé City had their Natal Stars attacked and died."

"In other words, aside from the instigator at Fifth Middle School, five other students were implicated by him. Before City Hall and the schools could react, they were attacked and lost their lives."

"Students, this is a painful lesson!" Teacher Du looked at them, his expression incomparably stern as he said in a deep voice, "You must always remember this crisis and its lesson, lest you repeat the same mistakes and harm both yourselves and others!"

"Yes, Teacher!"

The students immediately answered in unison, their expressions equally solemn.

Ever since refining their Natal Stars and embarking upon the path of Star Lord cultivation, they had spent the past half year basking in glory, wealth, and flattery. On their Natal Stars, among their Vassals, they were supreme and unrivaled. No matter how steady their temperaments were, it was difficult not to develop a trace of arrogance.

This sudden crisis, in which six newly ascended Star Lords just like them had died, was undoubtedly like a basin of cold water poured over their heads.

So Star Lords could die too!

Standing on the podium, homeroom teacher Teacher Du looked at the solemn expressions below and nodded slightly.

However, it was not enough.

He continued, "In the second half of the school year, aside from continuing your Nine-Rank Body Refining cultivation, the main courses will be cultivating your Vassals' bloodlines, inheritances, and skills."

"Therefore, when the term begins, there will be a preliminary trial of your Vassals to determine their specific circumstances, so the school can provide the most suitable bloodline inheritances and skill systems."

"This time, due to the sudden incident, six Star Lord students have fallen. Their Natal Stars will gradually wither and fall silent, becoming dead stars once more."

"Therefore, the City Education Bureau has decided to purchase these six stars and use them as Trial Grounds for the preliminary assessment of the Star Lord class students from the city's ten high schools."

"So that you may see with your own eyes and experience for yourselves the process of a Natal Star being contaminated and heading toward death."

"The trial will be held in two days. Teaming up is permitted. Whatever your Vassals obtain on those stars, after it has been cleansed and the demonic contamination removed, will belong to you."

"Students, seize this opportunity and perform well!"

Teacher Du gave his final instruction.

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