Ai Cai Zhenren's fingers pointed forward, and the scorching liquid in front of him parted, revealing a fist-sized ball of light that shimmered with a faint blue light like a flame.

Zhan Chen asked uncertainly, "Is that the origin of the stars?"

"That's right, by absorbing the origin of this cluster of stars into your body, it won't be a problem for you to raise your realm by two or three levels. I'll give it to you, and you can absorb it quickly and break through the retreat. ”

"Right here?"

"Of course, isn't it enough for me to protect the Dharma for you?"

"But senior, I am not related to you, why did you do this for me?"

"Zhan Chen, you misunderstood, I just brought you the Dharma Protector by the way, in fact, I also have something to do, have you forgotten, when you and I met, I told you that I came here to collect star crystals, and this place happens to be a good place for me to make star crystals. ”

"How do you make the star crystal?" Zhan Chen asked curiously.

"It's simple. Ai Cai Zhenren's big hand spread out, and a large amount of star power around him immediately gathered into the palm of his hand, and then quickly condensed into a shining low-grade star crystal.

"How about it, that's fine, okay, I won't say more to you, take your Star Origin and refine it well!"

Zhan Chen took the Star Origin and did not absorb it immediately, but grabbed it in his hand and observed it, and then asked, "Senior, you said that once the Star Origin is generated, it will continue to gather star power. ”

"Exactly. ”

"But why didn't I see this Star Origin start to absorb star power?"

Ai Cai Zhenren smiled: "Hehe, if it starts to absorb star power, you have no way to get it at all, because it will become extremely large, the origin of the stars has spirituality, they need to be activated to be effective, the origin of the stars in your hand should be in a dormant state, in fact, the nebula will generate a large number of this kind of star origin at the beginning of its birth, most of these star sources are in a sleeping state, but once they grow to a certain state, they will be activated, and they will continue to absorb external star power, and eventually form a star." ”

Zhan Chen said uncertainly, "Then can this Star Origin in my hand also become a star?"

Ai Cai Zhenren shook his head and said, "No, it's still too weak to really grow, and it can't even absorb star power on its own, but this guy is exactly the treasure for you now, because once the Star Origin grows to a large enough scale, even a stellar realm powerhouse like me will be difficult to control." ”

"But since it's still sleeping, how can I drive it?" Zhan Chen asked again.

"It's very simple, refine it like you refine a magic weapon, try to use it to absorb star power, you will be pleasantly surprised immediately. ”

"Okay, I'll try it!" Zhan Chen excitedly began to explore the origin of the stars with his own soul, and sure enough, he felt that there was a soul rhythm in the center of this "blue flame", just like the spirit of a magic weapon.

"Don't look at it, absorb it quickly, this star origin is unstable, and it can only maintain its form in such a high-pressure state inside the star, and it will decompose as soon as it reaches the outside world, otherwise I can't cheapen you, just imagine if I can take it to the outside world and sell it, how many low-level monks like you will go crazy about it." ”

Zhan Chen asked curiously, "Senior, with your means, you should be able to maintain the stable state of this Star Origin." ”

"It can be, but it can't be done at all, I have to spend a lot of star power to maintain it, and the gains outweigh the losses, so I still have to make star crystals to make money. If you have reached the stellar realm one day and happen to be short of money, you can also learn from me to stay inside this nebula for tens of thousands of years, and make sure you have everything. ”

Zhan Chen smiled and said, "Let's talk about it when I reach it." Next, he no longer talked to Aicai Zhenren, but put all his energy on refining the origin of the star, the refining process was surprisingly smooth, almost overnight, the instrument spirit in the origin of the star was born and raised, and he didn't have any consciousness at all, I'm afraid it was not as good as a baby, so it could be easily controlled by Zhan Chen.

After controlling the Star Origin, Zhan Chen immediately felt that an incredible change had occurred in his body, as if there was an extra magnetism, and he began to continuously absorb the huge amount of star power within hundreds of kilometers around him, and his efficiency was thousands of times higher than that of running the Star Change, and this star power did not need to be gathered by himself, as long as he always kept the Star Origin active, which almost liberated two-thirds of his energy.

Zhan Chen's heart was overjoyed, and he was busy running the Star Transformation Determination to refine all the star power that was automatically gathered, and his cultivation also increased at an astonishing rate, increasing by 10,000 times in one day, which was the result of Zhan Chen's ability to control his cultivation speed (he was worried that too fast would cause his foundation to be unstable, but it turned out that these worries were unnecessary).

Three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, Zhan Chen's cultivation has successfully broken through to the two-star earth star realm, originally he thought that breaking through the two-star earth star realm, it would take a lot of time for the star power to transform the body, but with the help of the star origin, this process has also been shortened to one percent under normal circumstances, and after a hundred years, his cultivation has been completely consolidated.

But Zhan Chen didn't stop there, but continued to cultivate in one go, the accumulation time taken from the two-star Earth Star Realm to the three-star Earth Star Realm was longer, and in the blink of an eye, one thousand eight hundred years passed, he finally succeeded in breaking through the three-star Earth Star Realm, and spent another hundred years consolidating his cultivation, so far Zhan Chen has been in the Ruyi Nebula for more than two thousand three hundred years, and there is not much time left for him to cultivate.

Zhan Chen seized the last precious time to continue cultivating, and after another four hundred years, he suddenly found that the efficiency of the Star Origin in his womb was declining, and it began to be a little unstable, so he temporarily stopped retreating.

Seeing that he woke up, Ai Cai Zhenren, who was protecting the Dharma for him, said with a smile: "Zhan Chen, you are really good, it only took more than two thousand years to break through two small realms in a row. ”

Zhan Chen hurriedly thanked: "Without my predecessors, I would not be where I am today, and I can retreat here safely, thanks to the Dharma protectors of my predecessors." ”

"Helping you protect the Dharma is just incidental, and it won't take much of my energy. ”

Zhan Chen said seriously: "But your meager strength is a great favor to me, I can't repay you now, I will definitely have a chance in the future." ”

"Hehe, then let's meet again when we are fat. ”

"Senior, I actually have a question for you at the end of my retreat. ”

"Wait, let me guess, is it that the absorption efficiency of the Star Origin in your body is starting to decrease?"

"Not bad. ”

"This is normal, because you are only using the origin of the star to absorb the star power, but you are not replenishing the star power itself, so its exhaustion is inevitable. ”

"So how do I replenish its star power?" Zhan Chen asked anxiously.

"Hehe, there's no need for this, wouldn't it be more convenient for me to find you a new one?"

"Yes—but seniors can't always be by my side, and the Star Origin will always run out one day. ”

Ai Cai Zhenren shook his head and said: "Zhan Chen doesn't have to be obsessed with this, maybe you have also discovered it, now the help of the Star Origin for you has begun to decline, if you break through the Four-Star Earth Star Realm, its auxiliary cultivation effect will continue to decline, so you don't have to make it here, how many treasures in the world are more powerful than the Star Origin, you should focus on finding other adventures." ”

"Thank you for your advice. ”

"Okay, I'm looking for you a Star Origin Refining, with its help it is enough to raise your cultivation to the peak of the three-star Earth Star Realm, and the rest depends on your own efforts and creation. Ai Cai Zhenren said, and continued to move forward with Zhan Chen for a distance, and then found the second Star Origin for Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen absorbed the second Star Origin into his body, and the new and old Star Origins immediately began to devour each other, eventually forming a new and more powerful Star Origin, which continued to provide him with a steady stream of star power, and he could enjoy the previous feeling of rapid progress in cultivation.

After more than two hundred years like this, Zhan Chen had to end his retreat and bid farewell to Ai Cai Zhenren, who felt curious and asked, "Zhan Chen, why are you no longer in retreat and cultivating?" Let me tell you, having my Dharma protector is a great opportunity for you to improve your cultivation, and after this village, there will be no such shop, and the chances of you finding me again in the future are very slim."

Zhan Chen sighed: "I also know, it's just that it's time for me to have to go back." ”

"Is there anything important?"

"Actually—I don't know if it's important or not, it's just that I have a promise to someone else, so I have to go back. ”

Ai Cai Zhenren sighed and said, "Then it seems that there is no way, I will bring it back, it is still difficult to get rid of the shackles here with your cultivation." ”

"There are seniors. Zhan Chen said embarrassedly.

Aicai Zhenren simply retreated to the periphery of the Ruyi Nebula with him, which was a blink of an eye for him.

When it was time to part, Zhan Chen said again: "Senior, I really don't know how to repay you for your great kindness to me. ”

"Hehe, you have to repay me, it's still early, in fact, I didn't do anything at all, it's too easy to help a monk like you improve his cultivation, but I'm a person who loves money and wants to make money in harmony, so even if you have a good fate." Ai Cai Zhenren said and turned around and disappeared into Zhan Chen's field of vision.

Zhan Chen smiled bitterly, recalling that his Ruyi Nebula journey was really full of surprises, and it took him a while before he collected his thoughts, and then turned his head to look in the direction of the space-time tunnel, with a little confidence in his heart, and muttered: "Let's go back, I also have the cultivation of the three-star realm now, and I shouldn't be ugly in the inner door competition." ”