Stellar Transformation-Chapter 115: Volume 5 - 18 Departure

Leaving the room, Qin Yu was surprised to find Miss Li’er had already stepped out into the courtyard. The moment she saw Qin Yu emerge, she smiled and said, "Mr. Liu Xing, I already know your brother has arrived, let’s go now."

Qin Yu smiled and followed beside Miss Li’er, the two of them heading straight for the Inner Valley Entrance, side by side.

With his long hair fluttering, Qin Yu could even smell the fragrance from Miss Li’er’s hair, a scent so alluring that a smile crept upon his lips.

As they neared the entrance, Qin Yu’s heart was filled with the excitement and thrill of about to reunite with Little Black.

Qin Yu and Miss Li’er walked out of the valley entrance easily; where were any restrictions? Yet, a look back revealed that the entrance had transformed into a wall of stone just like other parts of the area, it was simply an illusion.

But it was an extremely clever illusion, one that even Little Black could not detect.

Observing Little Black unable to find his way not far off, Qin Yu’s eyes suddenly lit up. Since their last separation provoked by Sang Mo’s pursuit, Qin Yu had not reunited with Little Black. Just recently, when Qin Yu and Little Black almost met, they ran into Cha Ge and Cha Po, thwarting their reunion once again.

"Little Black!"

Qin Yu’s voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

Little Black spun around abruptly at the sound, and upon seeing Qin Yu, he emitted a loud and excited eagle cry, startling the surrounding schools of fish to flee, "Big Brother," Little Black’s thrilled voice echoed in Qin Yu’s mind.

Qin Yu dashed quickly to Little Black’s side, and embraced him, while Little Black wrapped his wings around Qin Yu.

Miss Li’er stood by with a slight smile on her face.

"Little Black, you’ve changed, half the size you were and even your aura has altered. What happened?" Qin Yu only then noticed the dramatic changes in Little Black, and without their spiritual connection, how could he have been so sure?

Little Black had significantly slimmed down, his aura formidable and sharp. His eyes were fiercer and colder than before.

"Big Brother, I reached the Golden Core Late Stage and planned to kill Sang Mo. Although it was risky, my body had undergone changes through a forbidden technique which should easily handle an early-stage Nascent Soul practitioner. Who would have thought that the day we were to meet, I encountered a massive python, far more powerful than Sang Mo, probably at least a Middle-Stage Nascent Soul." Little Black was also infuriated.

"Forbidden technique?" Qin Yu was startled.

Little Black communicated using spiritual sense, "It’s a secret technique from my memories. Once executed, it transforms the body completely. Even if my realm doesn’t change, my attack power increases significantly."

Even without the forbidden technique, Little Black, who had reached the Golden Core Late Stage, could handle an early-stage Nascent Soul practitioner. But with the forbidden technique, he was even comparable to someone in the Middle-Stage Nascent Soul.

Regrettably, the Cha Po that Little Black encountered that day was not only a Middle-Stage Nascent Soul but also a Red Blood Water Python. The Red Blood Water Python was a top-tier Demon Beast, scarcely inferior to a Divine Beast. A Middle-Stage Nascent Soul Red Blood Water Python was significantly more formidable than a Middle-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Even so, Little Black was only slightly disadvantaged at first and managed to escape. After a long pursuit, Cha Po eventually didn’t catch him, and upon receiving an order from his Big Brother, returned to the Cave Mansion.

"Then why only today have you come to see me?" Qin Yu asked, puzzled.

With Little Black’s speed, it should have been much faster.

Little Black communicated via spiritual sense, "Big Brother, after escaping the python, I wanted to kill Sang Mo first. However, I later learned that the entire domain of Red Blood Cave Mansion had issued an all-out manhunt for you, and Sang Mo, along with two early-stage Nascent Soul Demon Beasts, had headed to the Red Blood Cave Mansion. With the three of them together, I dared not attack."

Before the battle with Qin Yu, Cha Ge had arrogantly informed Sang Mo to prepare the ’Thunder Hammer’. Later, after his death, Sang Mo likely reported this to Cha Hong.

Enraged, Cha Hong ordered Sang Mo to speed to the Red Blood Cave Mansion, not just Sang Mo, even other protectors outside were instructed to converge at the mansion. Thus, Sang Mo set out for the Red Blood Cave Mansion with the other two protectors.

Little Black had traveled a long way in vain, only to turn back to look for Qin Yu. This round trip spanned over a million miles.

"Big Brother, you can’t go out now; they’re hunting for you outside," Little Black advised.

Qin Yu nodded slightly. Ever since he learned that he had killed the Vice Cave Master of the Red Blood Cave Mansion, Qin Yu could guess the situation. The bounty Sang Mo issued was just an incentive to draw people,

whereas the Red Blood Cave Mansion was forcibly ordering all Demon Cultivators within eight million miles to hunt, which was an outright command, for Red Blood Cave Mansion was the ruler over this eight-million-mile domain!

...

After returning to the Inner Valley, Little Black settled down with Qin Yu. However, Little Black’s arrival delighted Hou Fei the most, as Little Black often sparred with him, and Hou Fei had to exert some effort to defeat him with all the various unexpected moves Little Black employed.

A peaceful month passed.

One day, Qin Yu and Little Black were discussing among themselves in the courtyard.

"Big Brother, this Inner Valley is really comfortable, I want to go out and experience the world," Little Black said after pondering for a long time and finally spoke his mind.

Qin Yu was startled but then understood immediately.

Little Black is an eagle, meant to soar the skies. Though Little Black had stayed in the valley for a month because of Qin Yu, what he truly longed for were the harsh battles and struggles outside the valley.

"Alright, Little Black," Qin Yu said with a smile.

Little Black’s eagle eyes blinked, and he really felt reluctant to leave Qin Yu.

"Big Brother... why don’t you come out and play with me too?" Little Black suggested to Qin Yu, "With our strength, even if we face a mid-stage Nascent Soul demon beast, we can hold our own. It is said that within the domain of the Red Blood Cave Mansion, there are only a few demon beasts beyond the mid-stage Nascent Soul stage. If we’re careful, we won’t encounter them."

Qin Yu was naturally tempted by Little Black’s suggestion.

Qin Yu’s blood was boiling, filled with passion. There were not many experts in the Red Blood Cave Mansion, and if Qin Yu and Little Black were careful, they wouldn’t face any serious trouble. Usually, being chased by demon cultivators even turned out to be a boon for Qin Yu, providing him with Golden Cores and Nascent Souls as major supplements.

"No, no rush, let me first master ’Beiming.’ Don’t worry, Little Black, I will master ’Beiming’ as soon as possible," Qin Yu declined.

Was Qin Yu really staying just to cultivate ’Beiming’?

******

Little Black left, but life in the valley continued as usual. Qin Yu practiced "Star Transformation" and the demon secret technique ’Beiming’ every day. Despite repeated failures, Qin Yu did not rush. Subconsciously, as long as ’Beiming’ was not mastered, Qin Yu felt justified to stay peacefully in the valley.

He practiced daily and listened to Miss Li’er play the zither every day.

Occasionally, he would see Miss Li’er treating wounds of demon beasts, and Qin Yu even thought about picking a fight with Hou Fei, getting injured, and then experiencing Miss Li’er’s treatment himself.

Of course, that thought was quickly dismissed deep into Qin Yu’s mind.

In the blink of an eye, three years had gone by.

For a cultivator, three years is indeed a short time. During this period, Little Black had returned once and stayed in the valley for a month before heading out again. Just some time ago, the purple fish also transformed into a human form.

One day, Qin Yu was seated cross-legged on his bed, cultivating ’Beiming’ once again.

The three years of nourishment from the Meteor Tear had significantly strengthened Qin Yu’s spirit, even the resilience of his soul power had increased. Qin Yu’s control over his soul power had also reached one-eighth, but still, ’Beiming’ showed no signs of success after three years.

Suddenly—

Qin Yu’s whole body shivered, a look of extreme ecstasy appeared on his face.

At that moment, a strand of star power in his mind unexpectedly intertwined with a strand of soul power, tangling with each other as if they were tangible. The biggest problem for Qin Yu had been that the soul power and star power simply could not come into substantial contact.

Qin Yu suppressed his excitement and continued to wait.

Time passed second by second, the intertwining star power and soul power began to merge into each other. It was unclear how long it had been, but finally, the star power and soul power successfully merged, becoming indistinguishable from each other.

Qin Yu’s eyes suddenly opened wide, shooting out two sharp beams.

He had succeeded!

Along with the years he had been chased, Qin Yu had been cultivating for more than three years and had finally succeeded. The first strand of merged star power and soul power had formed. Three years of daily attempts had even become a habit for Qin Yu.

"Fusing the power of star transformation and the power of the soul, this energy shall be called... ’Soul Power,’ " Qin Yu’s breathing had grown slightly heavier.

This Soul Power was different from both the star power and the soul power, though it was very scarce, only a mere trace. Yet, this trace was the key to executing ’Beiming.’

Qin Yu closed his eyes, and following the secret technique of ’Beiming,’ that trace of ’Soul Power’ began to change, forming a talisman in a strange pattern, and immediately, a peculiar feeling surged in his heart.

Qin Yu felt that as long as he willed it, he could completely conceal his breath. All this was possible through the talisman formed by the ’Soul Power.’ He could even increase the suction, absorbing the surrounding breaths, making him appear to others like a black hole.

After slightly controlling the power of the talisman, Qin Yu started devouring the surrounding breaths, turning into a human-shaped black hole, his aura becoming eerily strange.

"It worked."

Qin Yu stopped the operation of the talisman, and he returned to his original state.

"Haha... It finally worked." Qin Yu’s eyes sparkled with excitement, his face full of thrill. After waiting for so long, he had finally succeeded. With this new ability to alter his aura and a slight change in his clothes and appearance, even Sang Mo would not recognize him.

In an instant, the smile on Qin Yu’s face disappeared.

"Now that it’s worked, I must leave, do I really have to go?" Qin Yu suddenly felt a bit melancholic; the qin music he had listened to daily for three years had become an indispensable part of his life. The saintly image of Miss Li’er treating others was eternally etched in his heart.

Uncle Lan walked in from outside and laughed, "Liu Xing, you’ve been cultivating for nine days straight, have you succeeded in your cultivation?"

Nine days?

Qin Yu was shocked inside, he hadn’t expected that the fusion of a trace of star power and a trace of soul power would take up nine days. As for cultivation success? Of course, Qin Yu had succeeded in cultivation and could now change his breath at will.

"Successful? No, just some progress, and it will take some more time to succeed," Qin Yu told Uncle Lan.

"Oh." Uncle Lan smiled, "Some progress is good too; for the first three years, you made no progress at all. I think, you also ought to head offshore to cultivate immortality and make a good name for yourself."

Qin Yu could only nod.

"Alright, keep working hard." Uncle Lan was about to turn around and leave but suddenly stopped and turned back to face Qin Yu, appearing rather serious this time, he instructed, "Liu Xing, remember what I told you three years ago."

Three years ago?

As Qin Yu was pondering, Uncle Lan already left the room.

Qin Yu opened the window of his bamboo house, and through his window, he could just see the bamboo house behind his. At that moment, Miss Li’er was sitting by the window again, taking out a guqin and placing it in front of her, focusing intently on playing it once more.

From this position, he could only see the side of Miss Li’er’s face.

In the past, when Miss Li’er was in affection, Qin Yu would listen with closed eyes, and never watched her playing the qin so closely before; waves of beautiful notes drifted from the strings, and Miss Li’er’s face seemed to radiate enchanting glows.

In that instant, Qin Yu was somewhat captivated.

...

Such days did not last long; half a month later, the tranquility of the Inner Valley was shattered because several demon cultivators were found outside the valley, who intensely and carefully examined the surroundings, as if they were hunting someone.

"Sister Li’er, it’s bad news, I was just playing outside and was questioned by a demon cultivator, and now Red Blood Cave Mansion is hunting a cultivator," Yan Zi, dressed in purple, rushed in, speaking loudly and hurriedly.

In the room, Qin Yu raised his eyebrows.

He obviously knew about Red Blood Cave Mansion hunting him. Initially, Red Blood Cave Mansion had just sent a large number of people to sweep the area approximately using spiritual sense. After two years, the spiritual sense had checked the entire domain of Red Blood Cave Mansion without finding him.

Qin Yu had thought that Red Blood Cave Mansion would give up, but he hadn’t expected that now Red Blood Cave Mansion would start a large-scale search by demon cultivators, meticulously combing the area, reaching here already. Although that illusion technique was very mystical,

no one could absolutely guarantee that he wouldn’t be truly exposed!

If they were exposed and the forces from the Red Blood Cave Mansion came here, then...

"Yan Zi, don’t worry, those people won’t be able to find this place," Miss Li’er said with a smile, appearing very calm.

Uncle Lan, who was drinking tea in the courtyard, didn’t care either.

"Uncle Lan, Miss Li’er, I have successfully cultivated my ’Beiming’ techniques. I am ready to leave," Qin Yu said with a smile as he walked out of the room, while also beginning to control the talisman formed by ’Soul Power’ in his mind.

Instantly, Qin Yu seemed to transform into a black hole, not only emitting no aura but also absorbing the surrounding auras, including nature’s spiritual energy.

Qin Yu’s facial features also began to slowly change. Although the changes were slight, his entire demeanor turned much colder, exactly like the appearance of the former assassin ’Liu Xing’, and a black robe appeared on Qin Yu, which was refined by Lei Wei from Thunder Mountain Residence.

"I believe no one will recognize me now," he said.

Looking at Miss Li’er, Uncle Lan, and that young girl Yan Zi, Qin Yu said with a smile.

Qin Yu’s hair was only an inch long and, although he wore a black robe, his muscular upper body made him look exceedingly stern. Coupled with the fact that he was absorbing the surrounding aura like a black hole, it naturally made one feel a sense of chill from the bottom of their heart.

"Good, good!" Uncle Lan looked at Qin Yu with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Qin Yu smiled slightly; he always felt that Uncle Lan was unfathomable, as if he could see through all his thoughts.

Miss Li’er, upon seeing Qin Yu’s appearance at this moment, also had her eyes light up as she exclaimed, "Mr. Liu Xing’s secret technique is indeed mysterious. Outsiders would definitely not recognize it."

Just then, a voice rang out!

"Ah, Big Brother Liu Xing, I want to go out with you. Master, please let me go. Hei Yu’s powers are even weaker than mine, yet he can go. Please let me as well," Hou Fei rushed in urgently, continuing to plead.

Hou Fei then turned his pleading gaze towards Qin Yu while simultaneously communicating through spiritual communication, "Big Brother Liu Xing, give me a hand here."

Qin Yu laughed and also said to Uncle Lan, "Uncle Lan, Feifei here is a Divine Beast. With his powers, there is minimal danger for him in the Undersea Demon Cultivators’ World. Besides, without experiencing the trials and tribulations of the real world, he won’t grow much. Please let him go."

This nickname Feifei was something Qin Yu adopted after becoming familiar with Hou Fei over three years.

Hou Fei immediately looked pitifully at Uncle Lan.

Uncle Lan shook his head with a helpless smile, "Alright, since Liu Xing has spoken, go with Liu Xing. But remember, if it’s not necessary, do not enter Frenzy State and start fighting. Did you get that?" Uncle Lan said sternly looking at Hou Fei.

"Ah, got it," Hou Fei immediately jumped up excitedly.

Hou Fei hugged Qin Yu in a warm embrace, "Thanks, Big Brother Liu Xing, let’s go. I can’t stand staying here another moment," Hou Fei’s heart was already soaring out of the valley, pumped with excitement.

Qin Yu nodded slightly, then suddenly looked towards Uncle Lan and Miss Li’er, saying, "Miss Li’er, Uncle Lan, before I leave, I must tell you something – Liu Xing is just my code name, my real name is—’Qin Yu’."

"Feifei, let’s go!"

Qin Yu didn’t want to say anything more and walked straight out of the bamboo house.

"Haha, I’m going out! All you demons, get ready to be beaten by me, haha~~~" Hou Fei was very excited.

Qin Yu didn’t look back again, because he didn’t want to anymore.

"Will I ever come back here?" Qin Yu asked himself, yet even he could not answer. Qin Yu suddenly smiled, "Perhaps, I should belong to a life of bloody storms and undulating passion!"

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