Stellar Transformation-Chapter 434: Episode 14 - 7 Sangna Village

Qin Yu couldn’t have cared less about the Gold Core of the metal beast. From the memories of Xuzong, he also understood the benefits of the "Gold Core" for the people of the Dark Star Realm, or to be precise, for those who practiced the Golden Punishment Sect Technique.

"Thank you, Lord." Xiu Ya said with an excited face, thanking Qin Yu repeatedly.

"Don’t mind it, this Gold Core doesn’t have much use for me now," Qin Yu said with a faint smile. Since he was pretending to be a person from the Dark Star Realm, he had to act the part of a powerful expert.

Upon hearing this, Xiu Ya was immediately astonished. The ’Gold Core’ was extremely beneficial to those who practiced the ’Golden Punishment Sect’ Technique. Even an ordinary ’King Level’ Gold Core could be of great use to top King level experts like those at the Seventeen or Eighteen Stars.

"Could he be an Emperor-level Expert?" Xiu Ya secretly guessed in her heart, but she dared not ask.

"We should be arriving at Sangna Village soon, right?" Qin Yu said with a smile. His Immortal Consciousness had already detected a village not far away. However, even with Xuzong’s memories, he couldn’t tell if it was indeed Sangna Village.

Because the eight villages of Sangyuan Star often relocated, sometimes due to encounters with swarms of metal beasts, they had to move to avoid them.

"Yes, our village should be hundreds of miles ahead," Xiu Ya said after looking around, and then she smiled and added, "Lord, the brothers and sisters in my village will be very happy to see you."

The cultivators of the Dark Star Realm worshipped the strong.

And Qin Yu was indeed a true strongman.

"There’s no need to publicize my strength for now. I’m just stopping by your village temporarily; I don’t want to cause too much change to it because of me. After a while, I’ll have to go to the Elder Hall," Qin Yu spoke with a light smile.

Qin Yu already had a plan in mind.

How to become a member of the Dark Star Realm? Ever since he obtained Xuzong’s memories, Qin Yu had a complete plan in mind. Of course... before that, he himself would need to learn the Golden Punishment Sect’s Technique.

And in Xuzong’s memories was a basic Golden Punishment Sect Technique.

The Golden Punishment Sect Technique was divided into Basic, Intermediate, and High-level sets. Actually, each set could be cultivated to the very peak at Emperor Level, but the efficiency of each varied. Ordinary people like Xuzong could only acquire the basic technique.

Qin Yu and Xiu Ya saw a village in the distance as they continued to fly.

"Lord, we’ve arrived at the village. If you don’t mind, you can stay at my place!" Xiu Ya said with a smile, "Everyone in our village builds their own house; there are no vacant ones."

Qin Yu nodded with a smile: "Then I’ll impose."

"It’s no imposition, not at all," Xiu Ya said, her cheeks flushing slightly. Having a super expert who might be of Emperor Level stay at her home was an immense honor, especially one as handsome and dignified as him.

"Stop daydreaming!" Xiu Ya cast aside the wild thoughts in her mind.

Qin Yu, unaware of Xiu Ya’s thoughts at the moment, turned his attention completely toward the village called ’Sangna Village.’ With his Immortal Consciousness, he easily surveyed everything.

"This Sangna Village is truly strong. There are over a thousand people in the village, and aside from a few hundred of ’Ordinary’ rank, the rest are all ’King Level.’ Xiu Ya seems to be considered a weaker one in this village."

Qin Yu fully understood the strength of all the people here.

During his observation with Immortal Consciousness, Qin Yu discovered something—the people of the Dark Star Realm, almost ninety percent of them were constantly involved in arduous cultivation.

Some were cultivating at their residences, while others were sparring with each other to improve their skills, and there might still be others battling Metal Beasts outside for training. Only a very few people were chatting and resting leisurely.

"What a fervent cultivation atmosphere," Qin Yu thought to himself in admiration, "No wonder Xiu Ya called herself a ’cultivator from Sangna Village’ as soon as she met me. It seems that everyone here in the Dark Star Realm is a cultivator."

By this time, Qin Yu and Xiu Ya had already reached the outskirts of the village.

Outside the village, hundreds of youths were sparring with each other. Seeing Xiu Ya, a few people greeted her with a smile, "Xiu Ya, you’ve been gone for a month, what gains did you get this time? Don’t tell me you didn’t even encounter a Metal Beast."

Xiu Ya tilted her head slightly, confidently saying, "I did see one, and it was even a King-level Metal Beast, and I killed it!"

As she spoke, Xiu Ya took out the ’Gold Core’ of the Metal Beast she had hunted and showed it off to several of her companions, who all looked at Xiu Ya in shock.

Qin Yu chuckled inwardly, "It seems these few youths are about the same age as Xiu Ya." Just by looking at their power, one can tell that these young men and women were not at King level, and were even quite inferior to Xiu Ya. From this, one could deduce they were likely around the same age.

"King, King level?" A young girl covered her mouth in shock, and at this moment, many of the sparring group had walked over. Among them, a middle-aged man spoke cheerily, "Little Ya, you hunted a King-level Metal Beast? That’s really impressive."

"Little Ya has great potential, among her peers, she can rank in the top ten," another middle-aged man also nodded and said.

At this time, a dark-skinned, strong middle-aged man wearing only pants and bearing his chest fixed his piercing eyes on Qin Yu, and then turned to Xiu Ya, "Little Ya, who is this expert behind you? I’ve never seen him before."

Qin Yu was completely unconcerned with the muscular middle-aged man. While the middle-aged man was strong, probably equal to the strength of an Eighth Level Demon King, he was still far from sufficient in Qin Yu’s eyes.

Hearing this question, Xiu Ya showed a trace of anger and said, "Uncle Si Liu, during my trip I encountered a King-level Metal Beast, which I barely managed to kill. But who could have thought that Golden Sun Village’s ’Xuzong’ would take advantage of my injuries, trying to kill me and take this Gold Core away!"

"Xuzong, is that the young man from Golden Sun Village who once pursued you?" The strong middle-aged man called ’Si Liu’ frowned and asked.

In the Dark Star Realm, a village normally showed great solidarity. This was why Xiu Ya directly showed her companions the ’Gold Core’ she had hunted. Yet, at the same time... there were constant conflicts between two different villages.

"Little Ya, Xuzong treated you like this?" Many of the surrounding youths showed anger on their faces.

A seemingly honest youth shouted angrily, "The next time I see Xuzong, I will definitely kill him."

"Such a shameless and despicable scoundrel definitely deserves to be killed," the group of young people around him echoed vehemently.

But Xiu Ya started laughing, "No need, Xuzong is already dead."

"Dead?" The crowd around expressed surprise, and many looked towards Qin Yu, who was beside Xiu Ya. Xiu Ya nodded and said, "Right, at my most dangerous moment, it was this lord* who killed Xuzong and saved me." (*Referring to Qin Yu as "大人" which translates to "Lord" or "Sir" in English, indicating respect.)

The middle-aged man named Si Liu put his left fist to his right chest, inclining forward slightly and said, "Si Liu on behalf of Xiu Ya, extends thanks to you, friend. May I ask what your name is?"

What’s my name? Qin Yu paused briefly, then smiled and said, "Lord Liu Xing!"

"Liu Xing?" Xiu Ya muttered to herself, also learning Qin Yu’s name for the first time.

"Liu Xing, we in Sangna Village are grateful that you saved Little Ya. May I have the honor of inviting you to my residence to host our distinguished guest?" Si Liu spoke very politely.

Qin Yu smiled faintly and shook his head, saying, "There’s no need. I’ll just be staying in Sangna Village for a short while. After some time, I plan to visit the Elder Hall."

Hearing the words ’Elder Hall,’ Si Liu’s attitude became slightly more respectful, "If there is anything you need, Lord Liu Xing, feel free to let me know. In Sangna Village, I, Si Liu, am able to manage almost everything."

"Lord Liu Xing, Uncle Si Liu is really powerful. In our village, only the village chief is slightly more formidable than Uncle Si Liu," Xiu Ya told Qin Yu.

Qin Yu bowed slightly and said, "If I need anything, I will surely come to you, Si Liu."

Regarding the experts of the Dark Star Realm, Qin Yu knew... one couldn’t judge their strength by their Soul Realm. And their physical power was hard to discern with just Immortal Consciousness. This Si Liu in front of him had a Soul Realm of an Eighth Level Demon King. But his physical energy was hard to gauge.

"Xiu Ya, take me to your residence," Qin Yu said to Xiu Ya.

Xiu Ya replied with a smile, "Okay, come with me."

Si Liu then shouted at the onlookers, "Continue your cultivation, don’t waste time here."

"Yes." The crowd around continued to spar or returned to their own residences to cultivate. Qin Yu and Xiu Ya headed to her residence, a very ordinary house.

This house had only one floor and three rooms. Xiu Ya normally lived in the room on the left; the middle room was the living room for receiving and entertaining guests, and the room on the right became Qin Yu’s residence.

"Lord Liu Xing, if you need anything, just give the command," Xiu Ya, with her cheeks flushed, bowed slightly and said to Qin Yu.

Qin Yu nodded and smiled, "I don’t need anything. You have received the ’Gold Core’; you should focus on your cultivation. I need to go into seclusion for a period of time. When I come out of seclusion, I’ll let you know."

"Seclusion?" Xiu Ya was slightly startled, then quickly nodded with a smile, "I’ll be here whenever you come out, Lord!"

Afterward, Qin Yu closed the door to the room.

Looking around, Qin Yu dared not set up any Restrictions, fearing his identity would be recognized. After thinking it over, he made a decision— "I might as well return to Jiang Lan Realm for cultivation."

With a thought,

A shadow flew out from Qin Yu’s body and then sat down cross-legged on the ground, looking exactly like Qin Yu.

"Sword Immortal Puppet, it’s been a long time since I’ve used it. It will take my place for now." Qin Yu left only a trace of Soul Power in the Sword Immortal Puppet, while all the Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones were taken out from it.

With a motion, Qin Yu disappeared from the room, and the clone transformed from the Sword Immortal Puppet sat there cross-legged.

×××

Within the Jiang Lan Realm.

Qin Yu didn’t greet his brothers but went directly to the secret chamber of his residence.

Sitting down cross-legged, Qin Yu’s mind was filled with the Golden Punishment Sect’s Cultivation Technique.

"This Dark Star Realm is truly unique. The entire realm’s Cultivation Techniques are divided into just three schools. This technique from the Golden Punishment Sect is indeed like seizing the essence of heaven and earth, marvelously unique," marveled Qin Yu after observing the technique.

According to the memories of Xuzong, this technique was the most basic of the three from the Golden Punishment Sect and the slowest one to practice.

After reading it carefully, Qin Yu understood.

The Primordial Spirit Qi of the Endless Immortal Demon World could be transformed into Gold Attribute Energy, Cold Attribute Energy, and even Fire Attribute Energy. To convert it, one must rely on a Formation, and every ’Reunion Star’ had a huge pre-arranged Formation for the conversion, while inside Yuan Dong Star, one could directly absorb Gold Attribute Energy.

And if one wanted to set up a ’Conversion Array,’ they had to at least reach ’King Level’ to set it up successfully.

"It turns out the Dark Star Realm doesn’t absorb the Primordial Spirit Qi but the energy that has been converted!" Qin Yu was astonished, as each Golden Punishment Sect’s Technique contained the method to set up a ’Conversion Array.’

The size of the Conversion Array and the number of Spirit Stones used determined the efficiency of the Conversion Array.

"When absorbing Gold Attribute Energy, if the amount exceeds one’s control capacity, one could actually... turn into metal!" Qin Yu couldn’t help but laugh.

To practice the Golden Punishment Sect Technique, one needed to absorb energy slowly, allowing the body to gradually transform during the process, and ensuring that the amount absorbed was within the scope of control. Should one absorb too much Gold Attribute Energy, and exceed this scope... one’s body would turn metallic!

The reason people in the Dark Star Realm hunted ’Metal Beasts’ was because cracking open the ’Gold Core’ of a Metal Beast would release a gold liquid. If absorbed into the body, this liquid could pre-develop some of the body’s potential, enabling the absorption of an even greater amount of Gold Attribute Energy.

A person with a Soul Realm of an Eighth Level Demon King, without using a ’Gold Core,’ could at most cultivate to a Fifteen or Sixteen-star King Level Expert.

If they used the ’Gold Core’ and the gold liquid was absorbed by the body, developing part of its potential earlier, allowing the body to absorb more Gold Attribute Energy, their strength might even reach the level of a Seventeen or Eighteen-star King Level Expert.

Gold Core!

It represents the possibility of surpassing one’s level, but the higher one’s strength, the less effective the ’Gold Core.’ If one became an Emperor-level Expert, the Gold Core would have almost no effect. The Gold Core merely brought out the body’s potential a bit earlier.

Therefore, generally, for King Level experts, and even One-star or Two-star Emperor Level experts, the Gold Core was still useful. It’s just that once they became powerful individuals at the Emperor Level, it would become useless.

"The efficacy of setting up the array depends on the quality and quantity of the Elemental Spirit Stones?" Qin Yu smiled.

With simplicity, he set up a ’Conversion Array’ in his secret chamber. Qin Yu clearly felt a large amount of Primordial Spirit Qi being absorbed by the Formation and turning into a special type of energy.

"I should practice the basic technique of the Golden Punishment Sect first," Qin Yu then began to cultivate quietly.

(First Chapter of the day! The first Chapter’s update is late but there will be at least three, possibly even four Chapters from Fang Qie today to make up for yesterday’s. Tonight... Fang Qie will stay up late to finish writing!)

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