A day had already passed since the assassination attempt on Qin Wentian, yet the Emperor Star Academy was still as apprehensive as ever. However, the security around the academy was no longer as tight as before, allowing people to enter and leave freely.
After Janus exited the Emperor Star Academy, he strolled along the streets of the Royal Capital. His gaze was calm, yet it was unknown what he was thinking about.
This time around, regarding the assassination attempt by Qin Wentian, the Emperor Star Academy's investigation was simply too terrifying. Not only that, the Emperor Star Academy had interrogated every single Yuanfu Realm cultivator in detail. Not only that, they had to have three witnesses. If they couldn't find any clues, they would continue to push the timeline back, and investigate what all the Yuanfu Realm cultivators in the academy were doing before the assassination attempt.
With such a terrifying level of investigation, those who were not suspicious would be investigated one by one. The truth would come to light sooner or later. It was only a matter of time.
Janus furrowed his brows, as though he was thinking about something.
At this moment, he abruptly halted his steps. The aura he exuded instantly exploded forth as he released his Astral Souls.
"Bzzz." From the side, a long spear shot forth like a venomous snake, akin to a bolt of lightning.
Janus roared in rage, as a violent hurricane enveloped his body. He consecutively blasted out a few palm strikes, forcefully blocking the long spear in front of him.
After which, several Yuanfu Realm cultivators appeared around him. They were all masked and dressed in black, exuding killing intent as they advanced towards him.
They didn't say anything. It was as though they were only here to kill Janus.
Such a scene caused Janus's countenance to turn extremely unsightly. He angrily rebuked, "What? Do you want to silence me?"
As the sound of his voice faded, Janus discovered that the people around him all halted their steps. This scene caused Janus's heart to pound, as his countenance instantly paled.
He seemed to have realized that he had said the wrong thing.
Indeed, the surrounding people all removed their masks, revealing their original appearances. Janus's countenance was as black as a sheet.
"Everyone, what are you all doing?"
These people who appeared were actually students from the Emperor Star Academy.
Evidently, Janus had fallen into a trap.
"Elder Jiang Zhen, are you still going to pretend?" The person standing in front of Janus was none other than Elder Qian Shou of the Law Enforcement Hall. His gaze was ice-cold as he stated, "After this investigation, there are only two suspects remaining, and you are one of them. As expected, the truth was revealed after a single test. Janus, who ordered you to do this?"
Since Janus said that he wanted to silence Qin Wentian, it was clear that other than his original intention, there was someone else behind the scenes.
Although Janus hated Qin Wentian, and both of them had a grudge against each other, it wasn't to the extent that he would take such a huge risk just because of a personal grudge. Before the assassination, he already knew that the risk was extremely high. But if he succeeded, everything would be worth it. He would leave the Emperor Star Academy and leave Chu.
Unfortunately, he failed.
"Who do you think has the power to make me work for him?" Janus asked with a smile.
Thousand-Hands furrowed his brows. Janus's words seemed to be intentionally pushing the blame onto Chu Tianjiao.
However, Thousand Hands was still skeptical of his words.
Staring at Janus, a cold glint of light flickered in his eyes. Most probably, he wouldn't be able to get any information out of Janus.
"As an Elder of the Emperor Star Academy, you actually dared to assassinate someone from the Elite Academy. Your crime is punishable by death." Thousand-Hands coldly stated, "Kill him on the spot."
As the sound of his voice faded, the surrounding people all exploded forth with intense killing intent.
"Thousand-Hands, you actually don't care about our friendship? No matter what, I'm still an Elder of the Academy, and have served for many years. How can you kill me just like that?" Janus roared, his countenance turning extremely unsightly. Evidently, he didn't expect Thousand-Hands to be so ruthless.
However, how could Thousand-Hands care about him? He directly turned and walked in the direction of the Emperor Star Academy. Behind him, a battle erupted.
Not long after, on the main road of the Royal Capital, a corpse quietly laid there. Beside the corpse, someone spoke, "Give him a proper burial. After all, he was an Elder of the Emperor Star Academy."
The death of Janus, in the Royal Capital, was an extremely small matter. It only caused some ripples in the Emperor Star Academy.
However, in reality, it caused many undercurrents to flow in the dark. Using this incident, the Emperor Star Academy forcefully expressed their stance. Not only that, they would continue to investigate who Janus had been in contact with, and who exactly was the mastermind behind this.
When Qin Wentian received the news of Janus' death, he was stunned. That Elder who had always been biased against him and made things difficult for him in every possible way, had actually died so silently. Not only that, the person who tried to assassinate him was actually Janus.
Qin Wentian naturally wouldn't feel any pity for Janus. That time, not only did Janus almost take his life, he almost caused the death of Mo Qingcheng as well.
That scene of fresh blood dripping onto the ground, as well as the radiant smile on that beautiful countenance, was something that Qin Wentian would never be able to forget.
At this moment, within the Emperor Star Academy.
In front of the Heavenly Star Pavilion, Qin Wentian inclined his head, staring at one of the most iconic buildings of the Emperor Star Academy.
The Heavenly Star Pavilion had a total of nine levels, and the higher one went, the narrower the space would be. However, the number of people who had managed to enter the 7th level of the Emperor Star Academy could be counted on one's fingers.
Even the Elders of the academy didn't have the authority to enter. As for exchanging Yuan Meteor Stones for it, it was simply impossible.
Hence, the 7th level of the Heavenly Star Pavilion was prepared for the champion of the Jun Lin Banquet.
Qin Wentian shifted his gaze back as he stepped into the Heavenly Star Pavilion.
After becoming the champion of the Jun Lin Banquet, the grade of his Emperor Star Jade Medallion was directly raised to the 7th level.
Before entering the 7th level of the Heavenly Star Pavilion, Qin Wentian first went to the 6th level. Here, the best Yuanfu Realm cultivation arts, as well as top-tier Earth-Grade innate techniques could be found.
Qin Wentian found the Yuanfu manual for the Garuda Movement Technique and borrowed it out, storing it in his interspatial ring. This movement technique was extremely important to him.
As for the other top-tier Earth-Grade innate techniques, Qin Wentian didn't bother looking at them. Currently, he had already cultivated several mid-tier Earth-Grade innate techniques, yet he was still unable to reach the highest level. There was no meaning in trying to comprehend top-tier Earth-Grade innate techniques.
Although the higher the grade of the innate techniques, the more powerful they would be, if you didn't have the ability to control them, it would only produce the opposite effect.
For example, the Great Dream Halberd Art he created himself. Although the grade of the innate technique wasn't that high, because it was created by him, it could be said to be perfect when used.
Ascending the stairs to the 6th level, an old man quietly laid there. His entire body was covered with dust, and even his hair had turned silvery-grey. It was unknown how many years it had been since he last moved.
"Senior." Qin Wentian called out.
"Go up." The old man seemed to know who it was as he spoke in a low voice.
Qin Wentian didn't say anything else. He stood there and bowed to the old man. No one was allowed to enter the 7th level of the Heavenly Star Pavilion, but it was inevitable that there would be people who coveted it. There was no need to doubt the strength of the protector of this level.
Qin Wentian arrived at the 7th level of the Heavenly Star Pavilion. Here, there was a bookshelf, and there seemed to be a small number of books on it.
In addition to the bookshelves, there were three doors in different directions. Three numbers were engraved on each of the doors. From left to right, they were seven, eight, and nine.
It was as though these three doors represented the 7th, 8th, and 9th level of the Heavenly Star Pavilion.
As for the higher levels, in fact, there was nothing at all.
This mysterious 7th level, Qin Wentian had thought of many possibilities, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
There were only three doors and a single bookshelf.
Qin Wentian first walked to the side of the bookshelf and flipped through it, as his heart trembled. To think that there was actually a Heavenly Dipper Sovereign cultivation art here. This cultivation art should be sufficient to cause a huge commotion in Chu.
However, Qin Wentian noticed a booklet beside the cultivation art. On it, a few words were engraved.
"Warbeast Index."
Qin Wentian flipped it open, and very quickly, he was deeply captivated by the contents.
"Above the Nine Heavenly Layers, there are countless constellations, each with their own merits. The strong would be stronger if they used them, while the weak would be weaker if they used them. However, the Astral Souls condensed from these constellations can be differentiated by their strength. The Venerate Heavens Sect collected countless experts from the Grand Xia Empire, and chose the strongest 360 types of Astral Souls and recorded them into the Warbeast Index."
This sentence was the primer, and was also the origin of the Warbeast Index.
"Venerate Heavens Sect, Grand Xia Empire."
Qin Wentian mumbled in a low voice. The Venerate Heavens Sect should be an extremely tyrannical power, while the Grand Xia Empire should be a gigantic existence.
Not only that, Qin Wentian had followed Uncle Black since he was young, and had done research on constellations below the 5th Heavenly Layer. He naturally knew that the Astral Souls condensed by Stellar Martial Cultivators depended on the constellations they condensed, and these constellations could be differentiated by their strength. These constellations directly determined the strength of the Astral Soul condensed by Wu Xiu.
However, Uncle Black had never categorized these Astral Souls, nor did he intentionally research on the Astral Souls of the Warbeast Constellations to rank them.
Qin Wentian flipped open the Warbeast Index, and there were pictures and words on it.
"Dual Winged Horned Python Astral Soul, ranked 360 in the Warbeast Index. Its constellation is at the 4th Heavenly Layer, and the Astral Soul condensed from it is imbued with the ability to move spiritually. Its defense, attack, and defense are all tyrannical, and there's even a summoning-type Stellar Martial Cultivator who summoned it. The Dual Winged Horned Python Astral Soul is extremely tyrannical in terms of combat prowess."
This was an Astral Soul ranked 360 in the Warbeast Index.
"Sky Flame Demonic Lion Astral Soul, ranked 360 in the Warbeast Index. Its constellation is at the 4th Heavenly Layer, and although Wu Xiu's agility is somewhat lacking, his attacks are extremely ferocious, and his defense is extremely strong as well."
The Sky Flame Demonic Lion Astral Soul was ranked slightly higher than the Dual Winged Horned Python Astral Soul. Its superiority in attack made up for the lack of agility.
"What a detailed summary."
Qin Wentian slowly flipped through the Warbeast Index. He knew a lot about these Astral Souls, but in order to create such a ranking, not only did it require an extremely high level of intelligence and judgement, it also needed to be updated frequently. Because at any time, new constellations would be discovered, and powerful Astral Souls would be condensed. Hence, this Warbeast Index was constantly changing.
Qin Wentian was somewhat puzzled. Why would there be a Warbeast Index on the 7th level of the Heavenly Star Pavilion?
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