Stellar Transformation-Chapter 127 - 5 volumes, 30 - s - The Mantis Stalks the Cicada

Chapter 127: 5 volumes, 30 Chapters - The Mantis Stalks the Cicada

The previous Chapter "Meteor Realm" was Chapter twenty-nine!

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Seeing Qin Yu appear before him, the glow in Hou Fei’s fire eyes suddenly intensified, even emitting two visible beams that covered Qin Yu. In just an instant, the astonishment on Hou Fei’s face deepened considerably, very much surprised.

"Big Brother, did you consume some Immortal Pill?"

Hou Fei looked at Qin Yu and asked, his curiosity genuine at that moment. It seemed implausible to him that a person’s power could improve so much just from a breakthrough. Even Hou Fei felt that Qin Yu could now compare to him, and at the very least, Qin Yu posed a threat to him now.

"What are you looking at? Scram!"

Hou Fei turned back and barked at the protectors. Among them, Guardian Zhuang Zhong chuckled at Qin Yu and congratulated him, "Congratulations Guardian Liu Xing. It appears that Guardian Liu Xing has received a great boost in power from the Nascent Soul of Protector Mu Xu bestowed by the Cave Master. Have you reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage?

Yan Qing frowned and said, "That can’t be, right? Mu Xu was only at the Early-stage Nascent Soul himself. How much power could be gained from absorbing that? Was Guardian Liu Xing already at the peak of Early-stage Nascent Soul before? I don’t feel like Guardian Liu Xing’s energy was that strong."

Qin Yu smiled.

Having reached the Meteor Realm, Qin Yu’s energy was even more concentrated than before. He had just attained the Meteor Realm, so his energy burst out, but now most of his energy was gathered at the core of his Dantian, within the meteor light point.

Moreover, using the Demon Secret Skill "Beiming" meant that not a hint of aura was emitted, making it even more difficult for others to detect Qin Yu’s power.

"Much like my fellow protectors, my power doesn’t differ much, and my brother Feifei’s cultivation long surpassed mine; naturally, as the Big Brother, I have to put in more effort. Fellow protectors, Feifei and I have matters to discuss, please return for now." Qin Yu didn’t reveal what realm he had actually reached.

Mysterious.

This was exactly what Qin Yu needed.

Yan Qing and Xi Yan slightly bowed to Qin Yu," We sisters will take our leave first then, Guardian Liu Xing. You must come and visit us some time?" These seductive sisters gave Qin Yu a flirtatious look before leaving immediately.

"Congratulations to Guardian Liu Xing for his great advancement in power. We three brothers are also taking our leave." The Xuan Turtle brothers also left with smiles all over their faces.

One by one, the protectors left continuously. Their attitudes toward Qin Yu were exceptionally good. Although the protectors had treated Qin Yu fairly well in the past due to Hou Fei, a person’s own strength was most important. Strong power naturally earns others’ respect.

Last time, according to Qin Yu, he had fought severely wounded Black Hawk, which also showed that his attack power approached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Now that he had improved his cultivation again, those protectors were very clear about Qin Yu’s strength.

Actually, Qin Yu’s strength at this moment was even stronger than they imagined.

Qiu Long ’Teng Bi’ looked at Qin Yu with shining eyes and exclaimed, "I thought that, apart from the Cave Master, only Guardian Hou Fei could match me in combat. Now, it seems that Guardian Liu Xing, with his greatly improved strength, can also match me in a battle." Teng Bi spoke very bluntly.

Qin Yu responded with a smile.

"Guardian Liu Xing, I too will take my leave now. We must have a battle someday in the future." Teng Bi said his goodbyes and left immediately.

At that moment, only Qin Yu and Hou Fei were left in the courtyard.

Hou Fei had casually set up the restriction, but then looked at Qin Yu and said, "Big brother, be honest, how did you cultivate? My Fire-Eyed Water Ape clan naturally practices intermingling of water and fire to temper our bodies, placing great importance on the physical strength. So, my body is extremely robust, but just now when I used the ’Fire Eyes’, I saw that the sturdiness of your body is nearly on par with mine."

The Nascent Soul Middle Stage divine beast Hou Fei, Qin Yu at Early-stage Meteor, yet their physical robustness was remarkably similar.

"It’s because of the mental method I cultivated. My technique, known as ’Star Transformation’, inherently focuses on tempering the body, which is the foundation of cultivation. The stronger the body, the faster the cultivation progresses. This time, my breakthrough reaching the Meteor Stage was because of special reasons that caused the toughness of my body to advance by leaps and bounds, surpassing what’s recorded in Star Transformation," Qin Yu didn’t hide the Star Transformation technique from Hou Fei. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

In fact, the name ’Star Transformation’ wasn’t at all famous in the Cultivation World.

It never had been; it was only created by Lei Wei, who upon coming to this Cultivation World, didn’t promote his own technique either.

"’Star Transformation’? I’ve never heard of it. It doesn’t seem to exist in my inheritance memory either; it probably isn’t some remarkable method of cultivation," Hou Fei blinked twice as he spoke.

Qin Yu was taken aback.

Inheritance memory?

Inheritance memory again! Hei Yu had inheritance memory, and so did Hou Fei. Perhaps all divine beasts have inheritance memory, but Qin Yu had too few encounters with divine beasts to judge. Without communicating with divine beasts, how could he possibly know about inheritance memory?

"Having a strong body is very beneficial for close combat, big brother. I felt that your speed was also exceptionally fast earlier. If you fought using just the strength of your body, you could defeat an average Nascent Soul stage expert," Hou Fei said with conviction.

Of course, Qin Yu was aware of this. According to Star Transformation, at this moment, he should be able to hold his own even against an Early-stage Cave Void. Moreover, due to the Meteor Tear, the process of tempering his body with Primordial True Sun Fire during cultivation made Qin Yu’s body much stronger than what was determined in Star Transformation.

Meteor Stage, where energy is many times more condensed than in the Star Nebula Stage, emits star power as golden beams of light, an extremely refined concentration of energy with powerful destructive forces.

"Feifei, I need to consolidate my current cultivation level in the next few days. You don’t need to assist me as a protector during this time. By the way, have there been any findings about Cha Po’s death? I always felt that Cha Po’s death was too mysterious."

At that time, Qin Yu was busy with cultivation and hadn’t paid much attention to it.

Hou Fei shook his head and said, "Nothing was found out. According to other protectors, a mysterious person attacked Cha Po. It seemed as if he was killed in one move, and Cha Po had no chance to defend himself. By the time others heard the explosion and checked, they couldn’t even see the mysterious person’s shadow."

"Feifei, does that mean, from start to finish, actually no one saw that mysterious person?"

"Right. According to the other protectors, it seems to be the case," Hou Fei nodded.

"Where did Cha Po die?" Qin Yu’s eyes brightened as he asked.

"Outside of the secret chamber where Cha Hong often secluded himself," Hou Fei replied, becoming puzzled himself, "Come to think of it, Cha Hong was in the chamber at the time, and Cha Po was killed just outside. Yet, Cha Hong didn’t catch the murderer, which means the murderer is incredibly strong."

"Outside the chamber?" Qin Yu thought briefly, his eyes suddenly brightening.

Then he nodded and said with a smile, "Alright, Feifei, you go back and rest. You must be tired from protecting me these days." Hou Fei stretched and said, "Yeah, I actually am a bit tired. Haha, I’ll go rest now."

Hou Fei became lively again.

Afterward, Qin Yu spent some time consolidating his cultivation level, getting accustomed to the attack methods in the Meteor Stage. Many attack techniques in Star Transformation are described simply as relying on speed to discover the enemy’s weakness, delivering a fatal blow if possible, and escaping if not.

Of course, a direct confrontation was possible, but that would waste his advantage in speed.

Several days later.

"I need to cultivate. Make sure no one enters. Feifei, help guard outside, and no one is allowed to disturb me. This retreat is very important. Whoever comes, kick them out," Qin Yu instructed Hou Fei, while the maids assigned to his private courtyard also listened obediently at the side.

"Yes!" the maids immediately responded, their eyes reflecting their understanding of Qin Yu’s serious tone.

Hou Fei blinked twice at Qin Yu, then declared loudly, "Big Brother, rest assured, anyone who dares to disturb you, I’ll directly smash them to pieces."

Qin Yu smiled at Hou Fei and then turned to enter the house.

As soon as he entered the room, Qin Yu used the most basic Earth Escape technique described in the secret books of cultivators, directly merging into the ground, and stealthily, without anyone noticing, left his private courtyard. He surfaced from the ground shortly after leaving the courtyard.

"I’m going to see what secrets that chamber holds!"

A slight smile appeared on Qin Yu’s lips as he controlled the speed of the ’Beiming’ talisman in his mind, slightly adjusting it. Qin Yu stopped absorbing the surrounding energies, merely concealing his own energy emissions. It was definitely a good method for concealing one’s energy.

For safety, Qin Yu did not use any internal energy but relied on the strength of his physical muscles.

With a movement, he transformed into a streak of black light and quietly headed for the Northern District of the Red Blood Cave Mansion, emitting no energy. The protectors in the courtyard didn’t notice him, and as he left the Eastern District, the strongest guards in other areas were only at the Golden Core Late Stage, which Qin Yu easily avoided.

Entering the Northern District, Qin Yu took a circuitous route moving towards the rockery, which was the entrance to the chamber.

"Cha Po was killed just outside the chamber; there must have been someone approaching the chamber. Why approach the chamber? Surely, not just to kill Cha Po at the entrance," Qin Yu mused with a smile, remembering what Zhuang Zhong had told him—that Cha Hong had frequently closed himself in the chamber for the past hundred years.

There must be a secret!

Considering Cha Po was killed by a mysterious person at the chamber, Qin Yu decided to sneak in and investigate. He dared not approach the chamber’s entrance directly, so he took a wide detour, transforming into a swift breeze approaching from another direction, without using any star power from start to finish.

However, just when he approached the rockery, Qin Yu felt a sense of danger, an ominous feeling, and he immediately stopped moving, directly merging into the ground below the corner of the rockery, motionless. Qin Yu sensed that someone powerful must be lurking nearby.

And this person was very strong. Qin Yu did not dare use his spiritual sense. With Beiming completely concealing any signs of his presence, he relied entirely on his ears to detect any sounds.

Time passed in this way, and Qin Yu still felt that sense of danger, so he remained motionless under the rockery. This was a time when patience was required.

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Inside the chamber of the Red Blood Cave Mansion.

Cha Hong sat cross-legged, continually depleting the ’Dust Removal Restriction’ with streams of demon essence power. The glow from the surface of the black jade box was growing fainter, and Cha Hong’s eyes glowed hot, tinged with strands of blood-red, clearly in a state of extreme excitement.

"Pop!"

A faint sound echoed, but for Cha Hong, it was as loud as heaven-thunder. His whole body trembled, and he instantly ceased the flow of demonic essence. His eyes, as if tangible, were completely focused on the black jade box.

"Finally succeeded!" Cha Hong, his hands trembling, opened the black jade box.

There was no special trick in opening the black jade box. Upon flipping it open, a three-inch-long jade sword, completely translucent, was found lying inside. On the handle of the sword, there was an ancient seal character for ’eight.’ Above the jade sword lay a jade scroll which Cha Hong immediately picked up, and a sweep of his spiritual sense over it instantly brought a wild joy to his face.

"Haha, indeed, just like the legends, the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion, the residence left by an immortal. This is precisely the eighth jade sword."

Cha Hong was excited beyond measure.

Who wouldn’t be thrilled? After spending a hundred years of time, continuously depleting energy to erode the Dust Removal Restriction. Day by day, after a hundred years, he had finally succeeded. Who wouldn’t be excited? Moreover, this jade sword also made Cha Hong’s dream of realization seem possible.

Even the jade sword alone was precious enough for Cha Hong. Because this jade sword was a ’Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact.’

Top-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, although considered precious items to the five great forces such as Penglai Immortal Domain, Purple Flame Demon Prison, Green Dragon Palace, Nine Evil Hall, and Bishui Mansion, were not entirely unattainable. But for Cha Hong, it was a supreme treasure. His own spiritual artifact was merely an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact.

"Boom!"

With a loud sound, a figure appeared in the secret room, the defenses of the room had no effect on this person at all. The newcomer was a burly man dressed in purple attire, and he was staring at Cha Hong with a smile in his eyes.

Cha Hong abruptly turned to look at this purple-robed man, and his face instantly changed.

"Di Tong!"

As soon as Cha Hong saw this Eighth Brother of the Nine Evils Hall, his face darkened, and he also started to feel slightly panicked. The nine brothers of Nine Evil Hall had varying strengths; the oldest, Di Long, was the strongest, but Di Tong was definitely in the top three.

"Cha Hong, thanks for spending a hundred years helping our Nine Evil Hall break the jade box’s restriction," Di Tong said with a smile. "Ah, by the way, don’t think about calling your protectors. First, if they come, they would be courting death; second, when I came down just now, I set a restriction around the rockery."

Cha Hong instantly calmed down and said, "Eighth Prince, I, Cha Hong, helped obtain one of the Nine Swords, and absolutely no living person knows about it. How did you find out?"

Di Tong smiled and said, "It’s true no living person knows, but, could those you killed not record it?" Hearing this, Cha Hong couldn’t help but give a bitter smile. Initially, he had considered that those people might have recorded something, so he had destroyed all of their belongings.

But would the things those people recorded always be kept on them? They couldn’t have destroyed everything, as that was beyond human capability.

"Fine, Di Tong, it’s said that you’ve reached the Mid-stage Cave Void. It seems I am no match for you!" Cha Hong said this weakly on the surface, yet in an instant, a drop of blood seeped into the jade sword, and in that moment, Cha Hong had accomplished Blood Recognition. Thus, with this Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact, his strength increased significantly.

Di Tong, seeing this scene, was not in a hurry. A hint of disdain appeared on his lips.

At that moment, outside the secret room, someone was standing in a dark corner stealthily eavesdropping, none other than Qin Yu.

When Di Tong set up the restriction, he only covered the entire rockery. However, Di Tong didn’t anticipate that someone had quietly hidden beneath the rockery long ago. Qin Yu, upon hearing the secret room door blasted open, waited a moment then stealthily followed inside.

(End of Chapter Two~~~)

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