Starry Sky Refinement

For a period of time, Jiang Ye returned to his routine of going to and from school.

However, his class changed from Class Nine to Key Class One.

At night, he would enter the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder.

To undergo the painful trial of the second level.

Of course, Jiang Ye hadn't awakened any strange attributes.

He did this solely to increase his tolerance for pain.

Besides.

He could also unleash himself in the illusion of the first level.

Each time after the trial on the second level, Jiang Ye would return to the first level to soothe himself.

Through repeated cycles of 'breaking and then establishing,' not only did his Martial Arts Will grow stronger, but he also began to gradually become immune to pain.

And so, day after day.

In the blink of an eye, time arrived at the end of January.

At home.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged on the floor, slowly opening his eyes.

Before him, lines of text appeared.

[Cultivation Method]

Star Martial Cultivation Method: Perfected Eight Divisions Thunder Sound Fist: Minor Accomplishment (5%) Star Martial Advancement Method: Beginner (1%)

"Finally."

"I managed to break through to beginner level for the Advancement Method, just one day before the Starry Sky Refinement."

Jiang Ye took a deep breath.

Actually, he had been a little worried before.

Relying on his already A-grade physique, he had nervously chosen this Yellow-tier, upper-rank cultivation method.

If he hadn't managed to reach the beginner level before the end of the month.

Then, as Cao Feng had said, he would have wasted an opportunity for Starry Sky Refinement.

Fortunately, all those worries were unnecessary.

"My A-grade physique truly didn't disappoint me," Jiang Ye smiled.

With less than half a year left until the college entrance examination.

It was indeed difficult for Jiang Ye to get into one of the Top Ten Elite Schools.

But he intended to choose the best from the Twenty-Five School Alliance.

Martial Arts, one must strive for.

Children from poor families must strive even harder!

He knew by now that the standard for the Twenty-Five School Alliance wasn't as high as the first breakthrough.

But there were still differences between the schools in the Twenty-Five School Alliance.

Only by breaking through to the first stage could he choose the best one.

"900 points. I'm still three hundred points away from my goal," Jiang Ye calculated. Although there hadn't been any exams recently, his current strength was far greater than before.

It was just that the threshold of 900 points was terrifyingly high.

The assessment standards for the four Martial Arts categories.

600 points required the Star Martial Cultivation Method to be perfected.

850 points required breaking through to the first stage.

900 points? It required making progress in the first stage, which was also the minimum threshold for the Top Ten Elite Schools.

As for the full score of 1200 points, that was a score achievable only by reaching the second breakthrough.

Jiang Ye knew.

Reaching 900 points was very difficult. He intentionally set his goal very high to motivate himself.

"If I had chosen the Body Forging Method or the Foundation Building Method before, I wouldn't have been able to reach the first breakthrough before the college entrance examination," Jiang Ye shook his head inwardly.

Because both of those refinement methods required more than ten sessions of Starry Sky Refinement to break through to the first stage.

Not to mention that Jiang Ye didn't have that much money, and the school wouldn't be able to arrange that many sessions within half a year.

Only the Star Martial Advancement Method! It required fewer sessions of Starry Sky Refinement.

It was just that its difficulty deterred most people.

"Entry is just the beginning," Jiang Ye knew very clearly. "To break the shackles of life, you need at least minor completion, and the difficulty is very high!"

Even achieving minor completion in the advancement method doesn't mean reaching the first breakthrough.

It depends on whether the life strength has reached that limit, and this is entirely dependent on Starry Sky Refinement.

"Starry Sky Refinement uses Starry Sky Energy to wash and temper the physical body."

Jiang Ye thought to himself, "This process is the process of life's transformation."

This kind of transformation cannot be achieved simply by practicing a refinement method.

The refinement method is merely a guide.

To put it bluntly, the refinement method is used to remodel the body, building a foundation and strengthening it, allowing the body to accommodate Starry Sky Energy.

An advanced refinement method can accommodate more Starry Sky Energy, and vice versa.

"How much life can transform depends on the talent's absorption capacity."

Absorption has two meanings.

The first is to absorb Starry Sky Energy from the outside into the body.

The second is to refine the Starry Sky Energy within the body for one's own use.

The stronger the Martial Arts talent, the more Star Energy can be absorbed.

Without absorbing Star Energy, no matter how strong the cultivation method is, one remains a carbon-based lifeform, incapable of resisting thermal weapons.

But with Star Energy, things are different.

[Starry Sky Martial Artist]s are fearless of guns and cannons!

This is why talent is so highly valued in this world.

Martial Arts talent is the root of stepping onto the path of Starry Sky Martial Arts; without it, even with cultivation methods, one cannot absorb Star Energy.

"I heard that Primitive Talent has a very low efficiency in absorbing Star Energy."

How low? Jiang Ye didn't know.

However, he wasn't worried.

So what if the efficiency is low? The time for Starry Sky Refinement is unlimited; as long as he persists long enough, he can continue indefinitely.

Since the efficiency is low, he will make up for it with time.

Moreover.

Jiang Ye took out an exquisite metal bottle.

This was a gift from Chen Zilu before she left, which helps in absorbing Star Energy.

Not only that, but it also received a 200% value enhancement from the System.

"Bang!"

Jiang Ye opened the bottle cap.

A fragrant aroma immediately wafted out.

In the sunlight, the liquid inside flowed, a pale purple, like liquid amber, crystal clear, with faint starlight shimmering.

"Star Sea Nectar," Jiang Ye already knew its name.

As far as he knew, this item was extremely rare throughout Xishan Province.

Xishan Province, after all, was just a backward region within the 'Western Ten Provinces'.

Currently, the entire Blue Star Federation's territory is divided into the Eastern Ten Provinces, Southern Ten Provinces, Northern Ten Provinces, and Western Ten Provinces.

Among these, the Eastern Ten Provinces and Southern Ten Provinces are the most prosperous.

This 'Star Sea Nectar' only appears in the distant and prosperous Eastern Ten Provinces.

And its price is unimaginably high.

This small bottle alone could cost over a million.

"A million," Jiang Ye's mind recalled a smiling, pretty face.

This favor was easy to receive, but much harder to repay.

Although for Chen Zilu's background, this amount of money might be nothing.

But for Jiang Ye, such assistance was extremely precious.

Speaking of Chen Zilu, Jiang Ye remembered that a few days ago he went to ask Cao Feng for advice, but Cao Feng told him to ask his questions during Martial Arts class, and he himself had something to do after class.

Jiang Ye couldn't help but understand the feelings of his former classmates in Class Nine.

Chen Zilu's special treatment towards him was definitely extremely rare.

His face indeed easily garnered favor from the opposite sex, and coupled with his diligent cultivation, it wasn't strange for him to be favored by teachers.

But it shouldn't be to the extent of Chen Zilu; there must be other reasons.

"Why is she so good to me?" Jiang Ye pondered for a while but didn't delve deeper.

After all, it was a thing of the past.

If they had a chance to meet again in the future, perhaps there would be an opportunity to find out the reason.

But for now, the most important thing for Jiang Ye was tomorrow's Starry Sky Refinement.

"Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder." Jiang Ye closed his eyes.

He entered the second level and continued the painful trial.

Making final preparations for tomorrow's Starry Sky Refinement.

The next day.

Ancheng was cloudless.

It was Sunday, but the senior year section of Ancheng Third Middle School was packed.

Seniors did not get holidays.

Every day was a sprint towards the college entrance examination.

After arriving at school, Jiang Ye headed straight for his classroom.

Upon entering the classroom of Class 3-1, Cao Feng was already waiting on the stage.

"Get ready, everyone. We'll be heading to the school entrance to gather shortly," Cao Feng said.

"Yes."

Everyone in the classroom began to prepare.

Soon, Jiang Ye filed out with the rest of the class.

The entire Class 1 had mobilized, all participating in this Starry Sky Refinement.

This was the strength of the Key Class.

In contrast, none of the more than ten Ordinary Classes in the senior year were participating.

"The gap between ordinary students and the Key Class is truly immense," Jiang Ye lamented inwardly.

The condition for participating in the Starry Sky Refinement was to have mastered the Star Martial Cultivation Method.

All members of the Key Class had met the requirement, but as for the Ordinary Classes? Except for him, no one else had achieved it.

This was the difference in innate talent.

It was not something that could be compensated for with money.

A moment later.

Jiang Ye boarded the school bus with the students of Class 1, heading to the Starry Sky Refinement site.