Chapter 72: Chapter 56: 7 Major 5-Star Star Acupoints, Immortal Seed Rumors

While Liou Yuan was silently grumbling to himself.

The moment Liou Yuan and that young man locked eyes was just witnessed by Qiu Ming.

After all, he and Xie Miaobo sat to Liou Yuan’s left and right, right beside him.

He seemed to know that young man. After he left, Qiu Ming, his eyes even bigger than a cow’s, gave a quick glance and then lowered his deep voice in a deliberately mysterious way, saying to Liou Yuan, "Do you want to know who that guy is?"

Liou Yuan didn’t take the bait. He turned his head, looked at Qiu Ming’s broad face, and shot back, "You know him?"

Seeing that Liou Yuan wasn’t playing along, Qiu Ming pouted in disappointment, but still told him everything he knew, one piece at a time.

"Same surname as you. The Liou Family’s young grandson, Liou Tao."

"Joined the sect the same day as me. He’s one of this year’s seven Five-Star Star Acupoint geniuses recruited by Five Extremes Mountain."

"This kid’s cultivation is even higher than mine, not far from Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer."

"The Liou Family?" Liou Yuan rubbed his nose. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Many disciples of Five Extremes Mountain have birthed sons and daughters in the mortal world after leaving the sect.

That’s what cultivators call cultivation clans.

Among them, the Liou Family is one that depends on Five Extremes Mountain.

Qiu Ming clearly hadn’t noticed the hostility in Liou Tao’s eyes; even if he looked, he wouldn’t have caught it—he just assumed Liou Tao was naturally like that.

Once the topic came to this year’s new disciples, he got excited, quickly distracted.

"Including me, Five Extremes Mountain recruited a full seven Five-Star Star Acupoint geniuses this year, the most in a hundred years."

"Heh heh, you all are under a lot of pressure, you know."

Qiu Ming said this, with a hint of pride showing on his face.

Xie Miaobo and Fu Xueping exchanged bitter smiles at Qiu Ming’s words.

In previous years, a Four Acupoint disciple was already pretty good at Five Extremes Mountain, but this year, it seems even Four Acupoints aren’t enough to make an impression.

Fu Xueping pursed her lips, then got gossipy herself, sharing in a sweet voice the news she’d heard today.

"According to an elder from the Second Peak, it’s not just Five Acupoint disciples this year. There’s even an Immortal Seed with Six-Star Star Acupoint who came from Jiuli State."

"They say he was sent straight into the Inner Sect, didn’t cultivate with us."

"Ah! Six-Star Star Acupoint." Xie Miaobo almost shouted aloud.

He knew exactly what a Six-Star Star Acupoint meant.

The difference between each Star Acupoint is very obvious.

For example, Qiu Ming with his Five-Star Star Acupoint, his cultivation speed crushes their Four-Star Star Acupoint pace.

Six-Star Star Acupoint does the same to Five-Star Star Acupoint.

If a Five-Star Star Acupoint is a genius, then a Six-Star Star Acupoint is a monster.

Liou Yuan didn’t care, listening to Xie Miaobo’s exclamations, he gave him a contemptuous look: "A Six-Star Star Acupoint is no god—still just two eyes and a nose."

"Besides, somebody else’s Six-Star Star Acupoint has nothing to do with us."

"Didn’t you hear Miss Fu? He’s already in the Inner Sect."

Liou Yuan spoke lightly, but deep inside he was bitter as heck, secretly thinking: "Little master’s got the Fixed Star Compass. If I kill a few more Alien Star Evil, one day I’ll be a Six-Star Star Acupoint too."

Killing Alien Star Evil grants the Fixed Star Compass a star baptism.

And the star baptism improves aptitude.

This is Liou Yuan’s biggest trump card.

Of course, he was just dreaming for now.

Alien Star Evil aren’t something you run into whenever you want, and even if you do, you might not be able to beat them—Liou Zhen herself suffered losses from them back then.

But... at least there’s hope, right?

But speaking of the Fixed Star Compass, Liou Yuan had his own headache.

Here at Five Extremes Mountain, there were too many people, too many eyes—he absolutely couldn’t use it recklessly.

Plus, since the Fixed Star Compass absorbed that Alien Star Evil, its range for detection had grown a lot.

And so had the amount of star power required.

It’s been a month since he last used the Fixed Star Compass, and it still doesn’t look anywhere near fully charged.

Liou Yuan figured at least another month was needed to gather the necessary star energy.

So basically, the Fixed Star Compass now needs two months to recover between uses.

"The Fixed Star Compass is the foundation of my cultivation—can’t waste any opportunity to use it."

"Once it’s fully charged, I have to find an excuse to leave Five Extremes Mountain."

Liou Yuan’s mind started working overtime.

Luckily, thanks to the merit point system, Five Extremes Mountain allows disciples to take on outdoor missions.

Liou Yuan planned to wait until it was almost time, take an outdoor mission, leave the mountain, and use the Deposit Compass when the chance arose.

That way he’d earn merit points, and also get rewards using the Fixed Star Compass—a win-win.

While Liou Yuan was scheming to himself.

The three’s conversation didn’t stop.

The four of them walked in the direction of their temporary lodging on Xiaopei Mountain, talking about these talented geniuses, then moving on to their recent cultivation progress.

"I’m still a long way from Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer."

"Who would’ve thought, after Ji Su, it’s Evil Star Jiaoxiu."

"Now the Star Stones are all gone, the monthly resources won’t be distributed for another twenty days. I have no clue what I’ll do for these twenty days!"

Xie Miaobo sighed heavily.

The rotation of the stars is totally unpredictable; another Evil Star shift after Ji Su had hit the newly recruited disciples like a punch in the gut.

Only now did they realize Star Stones can run out.

Meanwhile, Five Extremes Mountain had announced ten days ago that the array’s stored star energy was depleted.

Without any Auspicious Stars, relying only on Star Stones and the sect’s array star power, they’d gone ten days without making a single bit of progress.

The hot-blooded disciples were suddenly realizing the sect’s rewards weren’t so easy to get after all.

At this point, not just Xie Miaobo looked troubled.