Chapter 73 [Bonus GT 1/2] Astral Energy + Star Artifact = Star Master

Chapter 73 [Bonus Chapter GT 1/2] Astral Energy + Star Artifact = Star Master

[When you heard the entrance guard asking for an entrance toll, you immediately remembered that in the novels you have read, it was normal for them to ask for entrance tolls. After all, the government was that corrupt to ask for an entrance tax.]

[However, that didn't mean you planned to pay the entrance toll. Well, you might have if not for the fact that you didn't have any money on you. You don't even know anything about this world's currency.]

[Fortunately, tax evasion was an easy feat for someone like you who possessed absolute mind power. Using your mind power, you not only erased the memories of all of the guards within the vicinity, but you also made a copy of their memories and transferred it to yours after filtering out the useless ones.]

[The memories you acquired were mostly about the power system, power level, history, culture, and common sense of this world. After all, why go through all lengths just to study this world's history when you could easily steal the memories of this world's natives?]

[With the satisfaction of evading tax as well as obtaining information about this world, you entered Qinghu City.]

[From the memories you acquired, you had known that this world used the energy known as "astral energy" and it was also called "star energy". Astral energy was obtained from the energy of the stars above the sky.]

[Those who had successfully obtained and refined astral energy into the star pathways in their bodies are known as a "Star Master". When a mortal becomes a star master, a star artifact will be awakened in their soul.]

[Star artifacts varied from one star master to another star master. There are some cases where a star artifact was inheritable but it was mostly exclusive to those top clans.]

[Since it was currently daytime, the power of the stars or astral energy was quite weak as it was overshadowed by the sun's solar energy. You know that the sun was also a giant star but it seemed that this world's law considered the sun as another celestial body instead of a star. In other words, the sun's solar energy couldn't be used as an alternative to refine astral energy into one's star pathways.]

[You could only wait until it was nighttime so that you could refine astral energy into your body and awaken a star artifact. As for whether you couldn't become a star master, that wasn't one of your worries.]

[After all, your Trinity (Red) talent guarantees that you can awaken three powers in every world as long as the power system of the world isn't similar to the existing powers that you have.]

[In other words, the star masters in this world could only awaken one star artifact. But your Trinity (Red) talent allows you to awaken three star artifacts! That alone gave you a huge advantage in not only this world but the future worlds that you will transmigrate into!]

[You couldn't wait for nighttime to start since you wanted to awaken your star artifacts as soon as possible and become a star master!]

[However, you were still considered homeless since you didn't have any residential property in this world. But with your absolute mind power, you strolled around the street and blatantly stole money from whoever you encountered.]

[The currency that this world used was not gold or any sort of valuable metal. It also wasn't even that paper money. This world uses "star coins"—the condensation of astral energy into a miniature flat circular object.]

[Star coins were very valuable. It not only possessed spending power but could also be used as one's cultivation resources. However, you found out that the astral energy in a star coin couldn't be used to awaken your star artifacts.]

[You needed to absorb astral energy directly from the stars in order to awaken your star pathways and star artifacts and become a star master. You weren't discouraged by that discovery since it wasn't the end of the world for you.]

[It was already afternoon when you had transmigrated in this world so it wouldn't be long until the sun sets and the moon and the stars reigned over the sky.]

[You have already accumulated one thousand bronze star coins and one hundred silver star coins as well as four gold star coins from your stealing spree. You even had stolen from star masters but they didn't manage to resist the memory erasure ability of your absolute mind power.]

[After all, even among star masters, there were still power levels. A star master was ranked by 1-99 levels.]

[Level 1 - 10: Star Practitioner (0 Star)

Level 11 - 20: Star Master (1 Star)

Level 21 - 30: Star Grandmaster (2 Stars)

Level 31 - 40: Star Elder (3 Stars)

Level 41 - 50: Star Ancestor (4 Stars)

Level 51 - 60: Star King (5 Stars)

Level 61 - 70: Star Emperor (6 Stars)

Level 71 - 80: Star Saint (7 Stars)

Level 81 - 90: Honored Star (8 Stars)

Level 91 - 99: Revered Constellation (9 Stars)]

[Those were the information that you have gathered from the memories you have stolen regarding the power levels of this world. However, you know that the Star King in this world was not as powerful as the Transcendent King in the transcendent world.]

[At least, the equivalent of a Transcendent King in the transcendent world was not the Star King in this martial arts fantasy world. The most powerful star master that you have stolen from was only a Star Elder so you couldn't estimate the extent of power that a Star King has.]

[Nonetheless, you are still aware that the martial arts fantasy world was a lot stronger than the zombie world. So, you didn't doubt that you could reach at least the power of a Transcendent Emperor in this world or even a Transcendent Saint if this world's power level was higher than your expectations!]

[After you stole enough money, you decided to call it a day and manipulated the mind of a noble in Qinghu City. After manipulating that noble's mind, that noble 'generously' gave you a mansion.]

[Obtaining a mansion in this world has given you peace of mind. After all, you don't have to camp outside.]

[You waited in your mansion and eventually, the sky became darker and the stars and the moon became prominent in the sky!]

[It was time for you to absorb the astral energy from those stars and become a star master!]