Chapter 12: One Palace, Two Stars; Nine Deaths, One Life

  Tang Zheng returned to the small courtyard when his stomach was already growling with hunger.

  Going back and taking a look, the small courtyard had already lit up its lights, Tang Xiaotang was holding a food box and waiting in the yard.

  Tang Xiaotang still had a high ponytail, and her fingers would occasionally flick through her hair. Her movements were not very ladylike, and even carried a hint of delinquency that shouldn't belong to a girl of her age.

  "Mr. Tang." But her attitude towards Tang Zheng was still one of respect for a scholar.

  "Yo, little sugar." Tang Zheng replied.

  The girl who grew up in this chaotic place of Wulong Town, although she had a bit more banditry, also had one less bit of girlishness. At least, Tang Zheng's dinner was delivered by Tang Xiaotang herself every day, and the room was cleaned by her too, except for Tang Zheng's bedroom which he insisted on cleaning himself.

  Although Tang Xiaotang may not necessarily know the Flower King of Zhi Zui Jin Mi, but raising the flower of their arch-nemesis Yinlan Mountain Villa in the Tang Family Fortress is not a good thing.

  Tang Xiaotang usually just delivers dinner and leaves. But today she had something to say, so she stayed behind.

  While Tang Zheng was eating, Tang Xiaotang said: "Most of the brothers and sisters have already returned, Father has invited the best theater troupe in Wulong Town, tomorrow night will be a welcome banquet for you, and you can also get to know everyone in Tangjia Village!"

  "Good." Tang Zheng pulled his dinner over and nodded vaguely.

  "Hehe, right," Tang Xiaotang suddenly became very interested and covered her mouth, as if sharing a little secret, and asked in a low voice, "How's your study of 'Inviting Star Style' going?"

  "It's done, today we've just gathered our first strand of star power." Tang Zheng didn't think this was any secret, and casually chatted with Tang Xiaotang.

  "Really?..." Tang Xiaotang suddenly stood up, "Did you learn 'Stellar Style' before?"

  "No way." Tang Zheng shook his head, he was still in another time and space two weeks ago, where would he go to learn about stellar navigation.

  "How can you possibly complete the 9th level of Star Surge and produce your first strand of Star Force so quickly!" Tang Xiaotang didn't believe he was a beginner, "You...you've only been practicing for a few days, right?!"

  "Am I not very impressive?" Tang Zheng had a "come and worship me" smile on his face.

  Originally, Tang Xiaotang still had some admiration for him, but as soon as she saw his smile, all her positive emotions instantly turned into an urge to punch him in the face.

  Of course, out of respect for teachers and morality, Tang Xiaotang didn't go that far.

  She wouldn't let Tang Zheng get too smug either, and with a swift flick of her head, she shot back: "Actually, it's not that great! Feng Hua sister is way more awesome than you!"

  "Fenghua?" Tang Zheng's chopsticks paused for a moment, "Meng Fenghua?"

  "Huh, you know her?" Tang Xiaotang asked.

  "Yeah, I guess we know each other. She teaches those kids at the beginner's martial arts training ground, we've met a few times."

  "No wonder you were able to learn the 'Stellar Inducement' so quickly, it turns out that you received guidance from Feng Hua sister!" Tang Xiao Tang automatically filled in the reason for Tang Zheng's rapid production of his first strand of star power, "Feng Hua sister's proficiency in the 'Stellar Inducement', not to mention Wulon Town, even if placed in Wu Qing Shan and Long Ding Shan, can be ranked among the top three."

  "Oh?" Tang Zheng didn't explain that he had just met Meng Fenghua today and they had already fought, "Her 'Inviting Star Style' is good? Why?"

  "Because..." Tang Xiaotang's eyes flickered slightly, "This is a long story."

  "Speak slowly, anyway I have nothing to do tonight." Tang Zheng said with a smile after finishing his meal.

  "Hey!" Tang Xiaotang slapped him on the back of the head, "Don't you ask if I have plans for tonight?"

  ……

  As it happens, Tang Xiaotang has something on tonight.

  At the age of fifteen, in Tang Zheng's world, it was still a period of confusion and exploration. However, in this world, especially in a place like Wulong Town, fifteen-year-olds already had to take on many family responsibilities.

  Not to mention the distant future, just talking about tomorrow's welcoming banquet, dishes, seating arrangements, dancers and so on, more than half of the work is on her shoulders, and she still has a lot of things to do.

  But she stayed without a second word - although doing so might keep her busy till midnight.

  "Fenghua sister is a real genius." Tang Xiaotang sighed as soon as she opened her mouth.

  A girl with such sparkling eyes and eyebrows, who is always like a flame, would make even God feel sorry for her with just one sigh.

  "Fenghua sister is the orthodox heir of Xuantian Yin Yue Sect, possessing a very rare and powerful star sign - Jiutian Xuannü. A powerful star sign can illuminate one's fate palace at birth, but Fenghua sister's first fate palace actually contains the ominous star Greedy Wolf!" Tang Xiaotang spoke slowly, not in any particular hurry.

  "Hmm..."

  "In the natal destiny palace, there are usually very peaceful main stars, and it's rare to see ominous stars. However, if a person is born with an ominous star in their destiny, they will be considered to bring disaster, and as they grow up, they may lightly kill their parents or heavily bring calamity to the nation... Because she had heard all sorts of gossip from a young age within the sect, at 13 years old, when she could have already lit up her second destiny palace, she instead relearned the 'Stellar Guidance Technique', gave up advancing and became the youngest two-star warrior in the Xuan Tian Yin Yue Sect. She did something that shocked the entire sect!" Tang Xiao Sugar's expression became even more complex as he brought this up, "She also drew in the Zi Wei star into her first destiny palace, firmly suppressing the Greedy Wolf ominous star!"

  "...Tang Zheng had just finished reading the first book of "Xing Xiang Jue Jian" and still didn't know that a natal chart could have two main stars introduced into one palace."

  But even if I could do it, it would be no different from looking for death.

  As expected, Tang Xiaotang continued: "The Purple Microstar is the Emperor Star and also one of the fourteen main stars with the lowest success rate! Moreover, it's an attempt by Feng Hua sister to have a double star in one palace, the destructive power generated by the two stars colliding in the same palace is almost equivalent to half a star explosion, Feng Hua sister almost died from it!"

  "But she still managed to survive." Tang Zheng listened and couldn't help but admire the girl's tenacity, "But how did she end up in Wulong Town?"

  "Because her younger sister Xiao Ling was born, and she is also a natural-born greedy wolf star!"

  There's no need for Tang Xiaotang to say anything more about what happened afterwards.

  Looking at Meng Fenghua's current protective stance, it's clear that she won't let Xiao Lingdang bear those cold eyes either, and even less likely to let Xiao Lingdang attempt the "one palace, two stars" move that would put her in a life-or-death situation.

  So Wulong Town is the most suitable place for them!

  In this chaotic place, where fish and dragons are mixed together, who would care if her sister was born with a violent fate?

  "Tomorrow, Fenghua sister will also bring Xiao Ling to come." Tang Xiaotang put away the bowls and chopsticks, stood up, "Okay, I should go."

  "See you tomorrow." Tang Zheng saw her out the door.

  ……

  Tang Zheng was not an early riser, after Tang Xiaotang left, he watered the Paper Drunk Gold Obsessed and then reopened the small box of "Guiding Star Style".

  The first Star Map has basically been learned, and he has already produced the first strand of star power. Now it only lacks a little ink to complete the entire cultivation of the Star Map.

  So he opened the second "Starry Sky Flow" in his small book box.

  Unlike the "Star Map" which only had a dozen or so pages, this book was much thicker. The first page talked about a key problem that Tang Zheng encountered during his actual combat with Meng Fenghua today - the star power could not flow freely to various parts of the body as he wished.

  If his star power had quickly flowed from both feet to his left hand at that time, then he and Meng Fenghua's first move would have been able to knock her out!

  Of course, he has rich combat experience. When the star power slowly flows to his knees, he can also find a way to attack and achieve almost the same effect. However, in reality, this kind of attack is much more dangerous than directly knocking down the opponent.

  The incident in Fengmen Village made Tang Zheng clearly and directly realize that this was not a game, but a real world. Therefore, protecting his own life safety is also very important.

  "The stellar pulse flows, it must first condense and then disperse... Ah, I see that directly circulating the star power like this won't work..." Tang Zheng looked at a series of simple and easy-to-understand diagrams and quickly understood where his problem lay.

  To put it simply, the formed star power is no longer a flowing force like water, but rather much thicker than before. The thickness of the star veins in the human body varies, and if called directly, it will be very slow.

  However, if the control is sufficient, when passing through each place, it will first be pinched into a shape of varying thickness like plasticine, and the flow will become very fast.

  So his next step is not only to continue calling upon Star Force to impact the star veins and body, but also to practice controlling the Star Force.

  It seems that he is neither a genius nor a waste material, so he should rely on his previous training and perseverance to practice, there is no shortcut.

  When he roughly finished reading "Star Pulse Flow", put down the book and prepared to sleep, he suddenly thought of it. He was so busy listening to Meng Fenghua's affairs that he seemed to have forgotten to ask Tang Xiaotang something very important.

  Since he has already produced his first strand of Stellar Energy, shouldn't he be able to undergo "Pattern Emergence" now?

  So where should he go to find some "ink marks" to determine if he has a star mark? And what is this star mark anyway?

  Just as Tang Xiaotang was about to leave Tang Zheng's courtyard, she suddenly remembered that she had also forgotten to mention something very important.

  In recent days, the Tang family's children have been returning one after another, and they still have some doubts about Tang Zheng replacing Tian Meng as their teacher.

  Many people say that it's possible that Tang Zheng killed Tian Meng, snatched the token, forged the letter, and took his place by sneaking in.

  They make a living in this chaotic place of Wulong Town, being careful is always right!

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  Wuuu, our home has a power outage again, this chapter is a bit late, sorry about that.

  Then, don't worry everyone, this is only a dozen or so chapters, and at most, only a few people will appear. Guo Guo definitely won't let the main character go visit something like an Imperial Martyrs' Cemetery...