Take Mu Xinning away?

After the black stone had absorbed enough star power, continuing to attract more star power was no longer meaningful.

Mu Yan let out a long breath and opened his eyes.

Excitement flashed in his eyes.

The effort he had put in for the past half of the night had resulted in the absorption of a considerable amount of star power. It could be said that there was no gain, or that there was a huge gain.

It could be said that there was no gain because although Mu Yan's black stone in his dantian had absorbed a considerable amount of star power, it was still just a stone and had not evolved into a super divine beast.

But although the black stone has not undergone any qualitative change yet, it has indeed changed!

There are countless cracks on the stone.

It seems as if it could explode at any moment!

Mu Yan believes that with just a couple more nights of effort, and by drawing in more star power to allow the black stone to absorb, it will definitely crack open completely.

What will happen after it cracks open is anyone's guess.

Will it simply crack into a pile of broken stones, rendering the star soul completely useless?

Or will something emerge from within?

It's all a mystery.

But for Mu Yan, as long as the black stone has shown signs of change, that is hope.

Regaining hope is the biggest gain!

"I wonder what will emerge from the black stone when it cracks open. Perhaps... it might be a treasure, an immortal fruit, or perhaps... a divine beast!"

"What kind of divine beast would it be?"

"The Blue Dragon? The White Tiger?"

"It can't be that powerful!"

"The Simba and Qiongqi?"

"If it were the Suānní and Qióngqí, we'd be in luck!"

"Even if it were the Xiánláng, Xuánfēng, and Huǒshǔ, which are weaker divine beasts, it would be fine. Yáotiān's star soul is just a Xiánláng. If my star soul were also a Xiánláng, with my stronger innate ability, I could surpass him in just three months, or even leave him far behind!"

Divine beasts are also divided into three grades.

Usually, they are simply divided into three grades.

For example, the Qīnglóng, Báixiū, Zhūzhǎo, and Xuánwǔ, are superior divine beasts; the Qióngqí and Suānní are of medium grade; as for the Xiánláng, Huǒshǔ, and Xuánfēng, they are inferior divine beasts.

Mùyán's wish was not too greedy. He was satisfied if his star soul stone cracked open and a lower-grade divine beast emerged. He did not need a medium-grade or superior divine beast. Even if it was a common wild beast from the vast wilderness, it would be fine. As long as it was a combat star soul, Mùyán would be very satisfied.

Thinking about these things, Mùyán was so excited that he could hardly sleep.

It was the middle of the night.

Usually, a star soul warrior or an aura-drawing master would only need half a night to absorb star energy and nurture a star soul. The other half of the night, of course, was used for rest. Star soul warriors are also human, and cannot stay awake all night without rest.

"Heart-peace must have finished absorbing the star energy and is resting now," "Tell her the good news tomorrow!"

"No!"

"Wait until I have accumulated enough star power to nourish my star soul and make it undergo a qualitative change. Then I will give her a surprise. By that time, I will see with Xinning what kind of powerful divine beast can emerge from the black stone!" Muyan's mood was excited, and he tossed and turned for nearly an hour before finally falling asleep due to exhaustion.

What Muyan didn't know was that at the same time he fell asleep, the room next to him, Mu Xinning had not slept at all.

She spent half the night gathering star power to nourish her Phoenix star soul.

After that half of the night...

She sat in a lotus position, practicing the Basic Fire Technique!

Of course, her brother's words were something she had to listen to.

Muyan said that her foundation was not good enough and she could not skillfully draw in star power, so she would obediently practice drawing in star power.

But...

She was just too eager to enter the first stage of the Star Soul realm!

So, she decided to spend a whole night. The first half of the night, she would draw in star power to nourish her star soul; the second half of the night, she would practice the Basic Fire Technique to break through.

With her current physical fitness, she would not have any problems if she did not sleep for two or three nights.

A night passed, when Muyan woke up, he realized that he had overslept and was late by half an hour.

On the table at home, Muyan found a note left by his sister Mu Xinning.

"Brother, I went to the academy. There is food on the table. Please heat it up and eat it yourself. - Xinning."

The handwriting on the note was exceptionally beautiful.

"This girl, she got up earlier than me today," Muyan smiled wryly.

Muyan knew that this time it was not that Mu Xinning got up earlier, but that he himself got up too late.

Last night, he was too excited and slept over an hour late. It was already a good display of his self-discipline that he was able to get up at this time.

"Although I got up a little later than usual, I can still make it to the Academy in time. I just asked Professor Tuoba for half a day off yesterday, so I can't be late today. I'll leave right away!" Without even having time to eat, Muyan quickly tidied up and left his home, heading towards the Xinghun Academy in the southern part of Ningnan City.

On the way, Muyan ran almost as fast as he could.

About two-thirds of an hour later, Muyan was getting close to the central area of Ningnan City, and just a few more turns, and he would reach the Xinghun Academy.

As Muyan turned a corner, he found himself on a very wide street.

The Xinghun Academy was right there on the street.

There were still quite a few Xinghun Academy students walking leisurely on this street. Because Muyan ran faster than usual, he still arrived early and didn't arrive late.

"Hmm?"

Just as Muyan was about to head towards the Xinghun Academy, he suddenly noticed that not far ahead of him, a beautiful figure was standing by the side of the road.

The beautiful figure was someone Muyan was very familiar with - Mu Xinning.

"Hearting hasn't gone to the Academy yet?"

"Was she stopped halfway? It seems to be Yao Tian!"

Muyan frowned slightly. He didn't hesitate for a moment and walked briskly towards the spot where Mu Xinning was standing, which was not far away. After taking a few steps, Mu Yan had already seen the specific appearance of the few people ahead of Mu Xinning, one of whom was Yao Tian. The other two were people Mu Yan had also seen before - Mu Liang and Mu Kuan, both of whom were sons of Mu family servants in Ningnan City. They were both under 20 years old.

Both of them had also awakened their combat star souls. Mu Liang's star soul was a savanna leopard, while Mu Kuan's star soul was a purple-striped mountain lynx. They weren't particularly powerful divine beast star souls, but they weren't weak either.

The two men, who were often seen with Yao Tian, approached.

Now the three of them had stopped Mu Xinning, and Mu Yan had a feeling that something bad was about to happen...

"Mu Xinning!"

"The wife of Yao has taken pity on you because you have Mu family blood, and wants to take you back. That's a privilege. But instead of being grateful, you want to take your worthless brother back with you to the Mu family? Ha, that's a joke. With his talent, how could the Mu family accept him? If the Mu family acknowledges that he has Mu family blood, it would be a laughing stock."

"You might as well stop talking."

"Now, come with us and meet the wife of Yao. As for Mu Yan, it's impossible for him to return to the Mu family!"

"At most, she might pity him and allow you to support him, the worthless one, so that he doesn't starve to death..."

The voices of Mu Liang and Mu Kuan faded into Mu Yan's ears.

"What?"

"The wife of Yao is going to take Xinning away now?"

As Mu Yan heard the voices of Mu Liang and Mu Kuan, his heart skipped a beat.

His face turned an unbearably ugly shade.