Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

[Important Spirit Materials]

[You have been nominated for this year’s ”Xianmen Material and Exploration Award”]

[Blue Luminous Butterfly 251: of the insect class, like-pulse order, Lepidoptera, swallowtail superfamily, Blue Luminous Butterfly family, Blue Luminous Butterfly genus, origin number 251 unknown private realm, wingspan 13-17 centimeters, wings have dazzling blue metallic luster and also green, purple, etc., emits blue luminescence at night...]

[Function: Harvested wings, within three days can be refined into a substance that promotes the formation of ’Dao Body Embryo’, accelerating the formation of the ’Dao Body Embryo’, temporarily named ’Blue-Gold 2413’, currently no side effects have been discovered.

Its place of origin is suspected to have been the site of the fall of a High-Level Gold Attribute Demon, and after tens of thousands of years, it has naturally formed into an unknown species, the stock is unknown.

’Blue-Gold 2413’ has an extremely low probability of being synthetically reproduced; if this is indeed possible, it would be the greatest discovery in a millennium, surely greatly boosting the numbers of Xianmen cultivators and causing significant impact...]

”I... am going to strike it rich,”

Jiang Ding’s lips trembled slightly as he quickly logged into the Xianmen Library to look up related literature.

”Research on Daoist Body Medicine Using Flametail Bird Sky-grade Bloodlines”

”Conjectures on Daoist Body Medicine Using Greenwater Whale Sky-grade Bloodlines”

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An hour passed, and as Jiang Ding read one article after another, his excited heart gradually calmed down, and he gained some understanding of what ’accelerating the formation of the Dao Body Embryo’ entailed.

This was not a new discovery.

More than four thousand years ago, scientists discovered that one of the Nine Great Immortal Sects from the Outer Realm, the Wanshou Immortal Sect, had similar methods, using Essence Blood from Sky-grade Bloodline Monsters to bathe one’s body, slightly improving one’s Spiritual Root aptitude.

This technique bore the hallmark of the cultivators from the Outer Realm, with an extremely low cost-effectiveness ratio, and at most, could only be used on a few individuals, hardly enough to become slightly widespread.

Keep in mind that even the thinnest bloodlined Sky-grade Monsters are hopeful to be in the Nascent Soul Realm, and those with rich bloodlines might even spy into the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Adult specimens are powerful; even for High-Level Cultivators to extract their Essence Blood, it is a matter of life and death.

Moreover, the number of Sky-grade Monsters is extremely rare; encountering them requires great fortune, and some don’t even have the chance to risk their lives.

In their juvenile form, they are better off being tamed as Exotic Beasts. Once successful, they can become a Clan’s suppressive foundation for at least a thousand years, which is far better than a slight improvement in Spiritual Root aptitude, is it not?

It can only be a luxury item for top-level cultivators.

This has always been the case in the Outer Realm Cultivation World, where a tiny number of High-Level Cultivators hold everything including the advancement of cultivation technology, with no incentive to spread it to the middle and lower classes.

After acquiring this technology, the Immortal Sects conducted research and after three thousand years, over a dozen generations of cultivators and hundreds of generations of mortals’ efforts, they made significant breakthroughs a millennium ago.

It became possible to use Essence Blood containing Earth-grade Demon Beasts’ bloodlines as a substitute; other auxiliary materials were also significantly reduced, lowering the cost—becoming a luxury item for a minority of Golden Pill and above realm cultivators.

Earth-grade Demon Beasts, hopeful to be in the Golden Pill Realm, and those with rich bloodlines might also spy into the Nascent Soul Realm.

The Blue Luminous Butterfly was nominated because this creature appears in large numbers and seems to have a potential for extensive breeding. Whether or not ’Blue-Gold 2413’ remains inside their bodies after extensive breeding or harvesting is still unknown.

”Endless treasures of another world...”

Jiang Ding murmured to himself, ”If someone knew that a mortal owns the treasure, even with the strict laws of Xianmen Sect, I’m afraid a great number of cultivators would not be able to resist taking the risk, right?”

Unable to sleep, he dressed neatly and went back to the backyard.

At noon, when the sun was scorching, the cicadas were deafeningly loud.

The moment he appeared, Jiang Ding immediately focused on the drone screen of his invisible glasses, quickly reviewing the surveillance footage from after he left.

Based on past experience, the broken sword would place him in an unseen corner, not exposing him to the public eye.

Scenes flew by: people coming and going on the streets, others on holiday, Han Lin temporarily homeless and living in the front yard, cooking and practicing his Rolling Stone Fist, and spotting a burly figure lurking hundreds of meters away—likely a man from the Wild Wolf Gang...

There were no large groups of people or high-level cultivators lying in ambush.

For now, if there were no cultivators with the Optical Invisibility Technique, he should be safe.

Gripping the hilt of his sword, sunlight beamed down on him as Jiang Ding closed his eyes, sensing the flow of Inner Energy within his body, and stepped out of his backyard.

”Hey! Ha!”

At the half-open door of the shop, with a sign saying ”Closed for Two Days,” a robust young man with dark reddish skin and an ordinary appearance was practicing his boxing, sweat pouring off him like rain with every punch exerting all his strength, making his sleeves flutter noisily.

Jiang Ding watched for a while.

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He trained... quite ordinarily.

A simple set of five routines, when practiced by him, every move was distorted; not only did they fail to serve any training purpose, but it could also injure the limbs.

Fortunately, the routines were really simple, so as long as one didn’t forcefully practice them year after year, they wouldn’t end up disabled or anything like that.

Forget it, we can’t have work-related injuries.

Whoosh!

The sword sheath whipped up an obvious sound of wind.

Feeling a chill in his heart, Han Lin instinctively struck toward the sword sheath, only to see it dodge with the agility of a serpent, aiming for his heart.

He seemed as if his soul were about to flee, hastily stepping back; yet, the sword sheath continued to pursue him.

Even the air was torn apart, emitting a sharp noise, indicating that any contact would surely result in a hole the size of a bowl.

Advance, retreat.

In this manner, the sword sheath was like a puppeteer’s baton, creating invisible threads that forced Han Lin to move. Without realizing it, his martial arts became smoother, and his bones and muscles seemed to form one interlocking whole, rumbling with each movement.

”Ha!”

Han Lin roared, his fists, now more than twice as fast, finally landed on the sword sheath, forcing it back a step.

He breathed heavily, drenched in cold sweat, finally escaping that state of being under the watchful eye of a ferocious beast.

Only then did he realize that a young man in green had appeared before him; his long hair reached his waist, his appearance as elegant as jade, cradling a longsword.

”Boss!”

Han Lin bowed respectfully, filled with gratitude.

In just a few exchanges, his ’Rolling Stone Fist’ had already reached entry level, no longer appearing clumsily twisted like an amateur.

”Hmm.”

Jiang Ding nodded.

”Train like this from now on. Once you’ve mastered it, consider making adjustments suited to you,” he said.

”Also, do me a favor.”

Jiang Ding took out a piece of broken silver: ”Give this to the man at Li Clan’s tea stand wearing gray clothes and of short stature. Just tell him I’m treating him to tea.”

They were both hardworking laborers; he didn’t want to vent anger on anyone.

But if he continued to be surveilled, it wouldn’t be his fault for reacting accordingly.

”Yes, boss.”

Han Lin did not inquire further; he took the silver and left.

Running towards Li Clan’s tea stand, he indeed saw a man with a pointy face wearing gray clothes, about thirty years old, with nothing unusual like a dish of fennel seeds on his table while drinking.

”Uncle, our boss wants to treat you to a cup of tea,” Han Lin said as he handed over the silver.

The man in gray looked puzzled at the young man before him, with an ordinary face and dull black skin, the sort of child you could see anywhere.

Suddenly, he shivered.

”Your boss is?”

Han Lin said with some pride, ”I’m a clerk at the grocery store.”

Working only four hours a day with two days of rest every seven days, and with a generous salary, it’s a job not just anyone could find, and matchmakers had already visited the store’s clerks to inquire about their situation.

”The grocery store?”

The gray-clad man broke out in a cold sweat; this was the fierce person who had crippled ’Wild Wolf Knife’ Long Shi’s arm.

Without another word, he took the piece of silver and quickly left.

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