Extraterrestrial Object

Liang Ji was practicing the Ox Demon Great Strength Fist in the training yard behind his home.

As the foundation within his Natal Star had begun to take shape, the Star Power of Dragon Soul Star had also reached the peak of its current stage. Under its influence, his cultivation of the skin-and-flesh level was nearing completion as well.

Liang Ji intended to use this brief holiday to master it completely. Once the second half of the school year began, Teacher Wang Hu would start teaching the second level of body refinement: the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist for tempering the sinews and bones.

He had to keep up with the pace.

In fact, among the thirty-four students in his Star Lord Class, his cultivation progress could only be considered above average.

When the school had helped them condense Spirit Veins and advance their stars, it had provided First Rank Spotted Star Snake Demon Cores. Only nineteen students in their class had accepted the Demon Cores offered by the school; the other fifteen had chosen not to use those ordinary Spotted Star Snake Demon Cores.

In truth, this alone showed that their Star Lord Class had been divided into two circles from the very beginning.

One consisted of people like Liang Ji, whose families, relatives, and even connections were constrained by their social standing, leaving them unable to provide much help. They had no choice but to use the ordinary resources supplied by the school.

The other consisted of those fifteen students who had chosen non-ordinary Demon Cores prepared by their own families. Their lineages and connections were either wealthy or influential, able to provide them with more and better resources.

For that reason, although everyone was a Star Lord, there were differences in the development of their Natal Stars and the progress of nurturing their Vassals, which directly led to gaps in their own bodily cultivation.

At the very least, Liang Ji knew that Peng Yue and Fang Xiaohan, who had also come from Senior Three Class Seven and were on fairly good terms with him, each had the support of their lineages. They had long since completed the skin-and-flesh stage of Nine-Rank Body Refining, and the nurturing of their Vassals was far ahead of his as well.

The investment contract Liang Ji had signed with the investment company had only been the most basic kind. The Spirit Stones he received could only support the basic development of his Natal Star and Vassals. Naturally, he could not compare to those big spenders who threw money around like water.

But he was not in a hurry. From the Dragon Soul and the mutations of his Half-Demon Dragonfolk Vassals, Liang Ji had seen a glimmer of hope and formed some ideas. He still needed to observe how things developed.

If his ideas were proven correct, then perhaps he could rely entirely on himself to continuously raise and strengthen his star, his Vassals, and his own cultivation—even catch up to the top Star Lord students in the class.

Roar!

Just then, Liang Ji heard a dragon's roar. It had not reached his ears; it rang directly within his consciousness.

It's the Dragon Soul!

Something has changed in my Natal Star!

Alarmed, Liang Ji quickly summoned the Starlight Treasure Mirror and connected to his Natal Star to investigate.

There, in the starry sky above Dragon Soul Star, a meteor streaked across the heavens, falling straight toward his Natal Star.

That's not right! My Natal Star is protected by the Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Celestial Star Array Diagram. The surrounding sun, moon, and stars are merely illusions derived from the treasure. Unless I personally cast spiritual objects in to be refined, how could a meteor appear?

This is an Extraterrestrial Object!

Liang Ji instantly recalled the knowledge Teacher Du, their homeroom teacher, had taught in class.

For Star Lords, such Extraterrestrial Objects flying in from the starry sky had to be treated with caution, for they could contain unknown dangers. One careless mistake could not only destroy a Natal Star, but even threaten the Star Lord's life.

This was especially true for low-rank Star Lords like them, whose resistance was even weaker.

Teacher Du had warned them more than once not to casually refine objects of unknown origin. These Extraterrestrial Objects falling from the stars were undoubtedly the most suspicious of all!

Liang Ji was already preparing to issue an order for the Half-Demon Dragonfolk tribe on Dragon Soul Star to make preparations and destroy the falling meteor.

He wondered whether the Half-Demon Dragonfolk, who had only just established their basic blank-slate foundation, could manage it.

Roar!

At that moment, the Dragon Soul coiled around the star lifted its head and released another dragon's roar, swallowing the falling meteor whole.

Just as it had when refining the various Spirit Roots and Spirit Seeds before.

The difference was that, after the meteor entered the Dragon Soul's belly this time, a stream of black qi immediately flew out from within it, releasing waves of miserable screams before dissipating inside the Dragon Soul's belly.

There really was a problem!

But I never expected the Dragon Soul to possess such an ability to refine foreign objects. Before, I thought that when it refined Demon Cores and spiritual objects, it could only produce mutations.

It seems my understanding and research of the Dragon Soul are still far too shallow.

This is a good thing too. At least with the Dragon Soul guarding it, my Natal Star will be much safer. And it gives me a few more measures of confidence in my future plans!

Liang Ji examined the Dragon Soul coiled around his Natal Star carefully. After digesting that black qi, the illusory Dragon Soul seemed to have become slightly more solid.

A small portion of the dragon scales on the Dragon Soul's body had now lit up. This was the result of the development of his Natal Star and Vassals.

Looking again into the Dragon Soul's belly, he saw that the black qi had left something behind after being digested.

This is... a Cuscuta Seed Spirit Root.

Liang Ji recognized it at once. It was a Spirit Root treasure capable of accelerating the reproduction of a star's Vassals, allowing them to multiply in great numbers and greatly increasing their population. On the official website of Treasure Basin, a single Cuscuta Seed Spirit Root could cost as much as fifteen hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones, and even then, it was often a case of having money but nothing to buy.

With the basic investment Spirit Stones he had received, Liang Ji could not yet bear to purchase such a Spirit Root for nurturing his Vassals.

How could a Cuscuta Seed Spirit Root exist in the starry sky?

A treasure falling from the heavens?

And what exactly was that black qi hidden within the Spirit Root?

Many questions arose in Liang Ji's mind. To be safe, he left the Cuscuta Seed Spirit Root inside the Dragon Soul's belly for the time being instead of planting it directly into his Natal Star.

Although this Spirit Root could accelerate the reproduction of the Half-Demon Dragonfolk Vassals on Dragon Soul Star, he would not dare use it with peace of mind until he understood what was going on, even after it had been refined by the Dragon Soul.

Ding-dong!

At that moment, a notification sounded from the Starlight Treasure Mirror. Liang Ji withdrew his consciousness and checked it.

It was a video sent by Teacher Du, their homeroom teacher. "Students, an unexpected incident has occurred. Please return to school immediately and accept the school's protection."

"If any students are unwilling to return to school, contact your families and make sure your Natal Stars are properly guarded. If anything falls onto your Natal Star, be sure to block it and clear it away in time."

Seeing the notice from his homeroom teacher, Liang Ji knew that something truly had happened. It seemed he was not the only one whose Natal Star had been struck by an Extraterrestrial Object.

He wondered whether the objects that had fallen onto the other students' stars also contained that same black qi. If the black qi entered a Natal Star, what consequences would it bring?

Liang Ji did not delay. After packing up, he quickly hurried back to school.

Although the Dragon Soul guarded his Natal Star and had already blocked and digested one Extraterrestrial Object, it was still safer to go to school and accept the school's protection.

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