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Chapter 49 Starry Sky Decision [Please continue reading]

With only some cleanup work remaining at Black Wind Cave's bandit lair, Lin Xuan returned to the city ahead of everyone else.

After returning the horses to the Jingbian Division, he went straight home.

After closing the courtyard gate, Lin Xuan returned to her room and closed the door from the inside.

Then he walked to the table, took out the thin booklet from his sleeve, and slowly turned to a page.

This booklet is quite old, and most of its contents are missing; only the first few pages are relatively well preserved.

It was these few pages that stirred Lin Xuan's emotions.

This contains a method for cultivating spiritual power!
No wonder that bandit wasn't strong, but his senses were so sharp. It wasn't Lin Xuan's mistake, but rather that his mental strength far surpassed that of martial artists of the same level, and was even stronger than that of ordinary eighth-rank martial artists.

Lin Xuan's gaze remained fixed on the book in his hands.

The cultivation method recorded in this booklet is called "Starry Sky Technique". It takes the vast and boundless universe and stars as the object of visualization. By visualizing the universe and combining it with a unique breathing method, one can gradually temper and strengthen one's spiritual power.

Lin Xuan's spiritual power was already much stronger than that of others at the same level.

However, he possessed a treasure trove but didn't know how to use it.

This booklet contains the methods for cultivating and controlling spiritual power. Although most of the content has been lost, there is one secret technique that is recorded very completely.

This technique, called the "Spirit-Startling Technique," involves condensing and compressing one's mental energy to its extreme, instantly creating a mental shock to the enemy.

Physical attacks are easily defended against.

But psychological attacks are impossible to defend against.

A mental shock can cause a person to feel dizzy for a short time. In a life-or-death battle, even a moment of dizziness is enough to determine the winner.

However, the Divine Shock Technique also consumes a great deal of one's mental energy.

After using it once, you need to rest for a long time before you can use it a second time.

Moreover, to cultivate this technique, one must possess at least the mental strength of a sixth-grade martial artist.

Lin Xuan didn't know how strong his mental power was, but according to what the black-robed man... the black-robed woman had said, even a sixth-rank martial artist couldn't lie in front of the Mirror of Inquiry.

In other words, his mental strength should be at least at the sixth rank.

Lin Xuan, who was only at the eighth rank of martial arts, possessed mental strength of the sixth rank or higher.

Cultivating spiritual power is like accumulating treasure.

Others need to start from scratch and accumulate experience little by little.

Lin Xuan started with a treasure house filled with gold and silver treasures, which he could use as soon as he opened the door, but he was locked out.

This book, "The Starry Sky Manual," is the key to unlocking this treasure house.

This cultivation technique must never be discovered by anyone, especially not by that man in black robes.

His mental strength was already powerful. If he learned the Divine Shock Technique, he could defeat even a sixth-rank expert by surprise.

This will be his biggest trump card.

Lin Xuan slowly turned the pages of the book, memorized all the contents, checked them several times, then went to the kitchen, took out a tinderbox, lit the book, and threw it into the stove.

Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief as he watched it turn to ashes in the flames.

A knock sounded at the door, followed by A Luo's clear voice: "Brother Lin, are you home?"

Lin Xuan walked out of the kitchen and opened the courtyard gate. A Luo, carrying a full basket of vegetables, said, "Brother Lin, you left so early this morning. You were already gone when I got up..."

Lin Xuan didn't leave early in the morning; he simply didn't return at all that night. He took the vegetable basket from A Luo's hand and said with a smile, "I had some business to attend to at the Jingbian Division, so I left a little early. I was going to tell you, but then I thought it would disturb your sleep, so I went straight to the yamen."

Lin Xuan did not mention what happened last night to A Luo.

For this innocent and kind girl, those things were far too bloody and cruel. As if nothing had happened, Lin Xuan prepared lunch as usual. While eating, he remembered something and asked A'Luo, "Have you used up the money I gave you last time?"

A Luo shook her head and said, "No, Brother Lin gave me too much money, and I still have quite a bit left."

She looked up at Lin Xuan and asked, "Brother Lin, when can I go back to selling pastries at my stall?"

Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "Not yet."

The power struggle within the Jingbian Division has reached a fever pitch.

Lin Xuan and Wu Baihu were too close, making them Shen Baihu's primary target for elimination.

Unable to do anything to himself, Shen Baihu has turned his attention to Zhang Hu and Chen Bao.

Their methods are becoming increasingly unscrupulous, and given A'Luo's relationship with him, she is very likely to be implicated as well.

However, this girl has a lot of self-respect and probably doesn't want to continue receiving his help.

Lin Xuan thought for a moment, looked at her, and said, "The work at Jingbian Division is very busy, and I need to cultivate when I get home, so I don't have time to do housework. If you don't mind, you can help me with some simple chores, such as cleaning the courtyard and washing clothes. I will pay you a monthly fee. What do you think?"

A look of delight appeared on A Luo's face, and she nodded, saying, "Okay..."

She didn't even ask about her wages, and Lin Xuan didn't mention it either.

After lunch, before A Luo had even finished cleaning up the dishes, Lin Xuan felt waves of drowsiness washing over him.

For an eighth-rank martial artist, staying up all night is nothing.

However, after maintaining a high level of mental tension for a long time and experiencing a fierce life-or-death battle, his energy had been completely depleted. The pills given to him by Wenren Zongqi had kept him going until now, but as the effects of the medicine wore off, Lin Xuan finally couldn't hold on any longer.

He staggered to the bedside, and as soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell into a deep sleep.

Unaware that Lin Xuan, still fast asleep, was in an uproar, the entire city of Sizhou was in an uproar.

The theft of a batch of valuable goods from the Xu family trading company by bandits while being escorted by the Jingbian Division has been a hot topic of discussion these past two days.

Goods looted by bandits are generally very difficult to recover.

Xu's Trading Company also decided to accept its bad luck.

However, at noon today, the manager of the trading company received a notice from the Jingbian Division, instructing them to go to the Jingbian Division to retrieve the looted goods.

The manager led his men to the Jingbian Division and, sure enough, saw their own goods piled up in the Jingbian Division's courtyard, not missing a single item.

As the Xu family businessmen returned with their goods, a jaw-dropping piece of news also spread.

Last night, a banner officer from the Jingbian Commandery, single-handedly, infiltrated the bandit's lair that had robbed the Xu family's business, annihilated the entire band of bandits, and recovered the Xu family's lost goods.

The news shocked the entire city!

Does the Jingbian Commandery have such a formidable figure?
In the eyes of the people of Sizhou, the people of Jingbian Division had no other skills or interests besides collecting protection money.

The sudden appearance of such a formidable general caught them off guard.

One against forty-three, including two bandit leaders of the eighth rank, is an incredibly unbelievable feat, even though it was mainly a sneak attack. Even the storytellers in the teahouse wouldn't dare to make it up.

People are never stingy with praise for heroes.

The story of Lin Xiaoqi was quickly unearthed.

For example, although he was a flag officer of the Jingbian Division, he never colluded with those corrupt flag officers, and no one was allowed to collect protection money from vendors within his jurisdiction.

For example, when Baishi Village besieged Heishi Village last time, no one in the Jingbian Division dared to intervene, and even the centurion hid in fear. It was he who stepped forward alone and successfully mediated the conflict between the two villages.

With this legendary feat, the image of a lone hero has already taken shape in people's minds.

The storytellers in teahouses and restaurants everywhere had already sensed a business opportunity and began to search for stories about Lin Xiaoqi, then embellished them artistically, preparing to use them as the main stories for the foreseeable future...

(End of this chapter)