Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

In the cultivation room.

Jiang Ding danced with his sword in hand, his inner energy condensed on the blade without scattering. A streak of sword-light slashed through the air, neatly cutting it into two halves, leaving a residual shadow of the sword in the air.

One after another, the speed of the sword increased, and more and more sword shadows appeared, until they filled the entire cultivation room.

The sword returned to its sheath.

The sword shadows disappeared one by one, and the slightly congested space gradually cleared.

”These sword shadows...are utterly useless, just skin-deep.”

Jiang Ding complained helplessly.

During this time, by constantly expanding his reading, he had come to understand the origin of the inexplicable enlightenment of the sword shadows.

It was precisely the ”Great Bright Sword Technique” from the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.

In the past, as one of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, the Great Sun Sword Pavilion had many disciples at the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages who favored this sword art. Many practiced it, and it had a surprisingly effective impact against opponents.

Despite the grandeur implied by words like ’great’ and ’bright,’ this sword technique was actually extremely sly and cunning, including the name itself.

The principle was to use light-based magic to create one or several somewhat powerful and imposing sword Qi attacks on the enemy. The power of the sword Qi was weak, but its advantage lay in the endless supply like the Great Sun.

However, the real killing move of this art was a hidden invisible sword Qi beneath those light-based sword Qis!

This was the true essence of the ”Great Bright Sword Technique.” The name of the sword art, the grand and imposing sword Qi, all were meant to conceal that underhanded and vicious strike, often decapitating the enemy before they even realized what had happened.

His previous enlightenment was an understanding of some of the internal energy variations within the move, which he executed subconsciously.

Having grasped its essence, Jiang Ding tried to comprehend the ”Great Bright Sword Technique.” So far, he had some success; he managed to make the sword shadows linger for one more breath, but it was still useless.

Jiang Ding glanced at the panel recorded by the cultivation room array spirit.

[Name: Jiang Ding]

[Student ID: 1246215]

[Realm: Internal Qi Realm — Small Circle of Vital Energy]

[Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian Branch 1 (100%)]

[Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian Branch 251 (100%)]

[Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian Branch 252 (70%)]

...

[Heart Constrictor Channel of Hand Jueyin Meridian Branch 1 (100%)]

[Heart Constrictor Channel of Hand Jueyin Meridian Branch 251 (100%)]

[Heart Constrictor Channel of Hand Jueyin Meridian Branch 252 (70%)]

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[Kidney Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin Branch...]

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[”Eagle Taking Off Sword Technique” Set No. 68 (32% Mastery)]

[Unknown Enlightenment: Able to retain sword shadow for 0.5-1 second using the principles of optics, partial understanding of ”Great Sun Bright Sword Technique”]

[”Minor Concealing Breath Technique” (12% Minor Mastery), ”Thousand Threads Traction” (24% Major Mastery), ”Diamond Seal” (32% Major Mastery)]

”This is the result of my cultivation during this period, having nourished and tempered 3024 of the minor branches of the twelve primary meridians.”

Jiang Ding mused to himself, feeling somewhat pleased.

Another ten days or so had passed, and it was the beginning of December. In just over a month, the final exams would be upon them, and the first semester of his senior year would come to an end.

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During the winter vacation, Cultivation Rooms will remain open as usual, and Elixirs will also be provided normally.

Reaching a minor accomplishment in the Art of Small Concealment means that he had met the standards of a Xianmen Sect scout soldier. As long as his cultivation base reaches the Large Circle of Vital Energy within the Inner Qi realm, he would be able to afford the consumption of a top-notch magic tool sniper rifle, with one shot every three minutes.

He can now fire normally without being knocked back several meters, but the accuracy still couldn’t be guaranteed.

The Thousand Threads Traction and Vajra Print are relatively easy by comparison, and achieving major accomplishments was expected.

What really delighted him was that his understanding and insight after achieving major accomplishments in the ”Eagle Taking Off Sword Technique” continued to advance steadily. The pace didn’t slow down at all, and his brain never felt the exhaustion of Spiritual Light.

It’s important to note that the higher one goes, the difficulty increases geometrically. Many Xianmen Warriors chase after this their entire lives without even reaching a minor accomplishment, like Jiang Chaoyang and his ilk.

Only a select few elite students can manage to reach a minor accomplishment, with only a handful such as Sun Xiao within the entire No.1 High School.

As for major accomplishments, excluding Jiang Ding, No.1 High School hadn’t seen anyone reach that level for more than a decade, and even those who were admitted to prestigious universities’ Cultivation Departments did so by virtue of their excellent Martial Dao Aptitude.

The final stage of perfection has never been achieved by anyone at the high school level.

It’s not only No.1 High School; even No.7 High School, with its much stronger martial arts resources and teaching staff, has never produced someone at that level. The same goes for the surrounding cities. Whether there are any such individuals in provincial capital cities and in Xianjing is unknown.

”Perfection... I can reach it!”

Initially hesitant, Jiang Ding then affirmed with certainty.

He had a premonition that reaching perfection in martial arts, the highest realm envisioned by its creator, would definitely bring an increase in cultivation far surpassing the breakthrough from minor to major accomplishments.

After freshening up, Jiang Ding stepped out of the Cultivation Room as the end-of-class bell rang.

The First-order Golden Fire Bamboo Paper and the First-order Wind Spiritual Spell Paper he had ordered had already arrived. As for the Ginseng Essence Qi-transforming Elixir, it was still in the process of being refined, but the shop assured him they would deliver within two days at most.

At the podium,

after leading the customary dismissal slogan, Hua Bing mentioned something.

”There’s less than a month left until the winter vacation. Teacher Guo has already received the internship positions distributed by the school. Everyone must intern for at least one month.

Here’s the list of positions. Please read it carefully and report the positions you wish to intern at to me before tomorrow morning’s last class.”

Hua Bing lifted the stack of papers in his hand, and a gust of wind came by, whisking away sheet after sheet of office paper, which then accurately landed on every student’s desk.

”Generally, there are three to five students per internship position. If the number of applicants exceeds this, those with the lowest academic rank will automatically be dropped, and they’ll need to choose another position.”

Jiang Ding carefully examined the list of positions in his hand.

”Senmu Spiritual Plant Co., Ltd. apprenticeship for Spiritual Plant Cultivators, needs three people. Work four hours a day, with responsibilities including caring for First-order Spiritual Plants and a large number of mortal plant seedlings.”

”Fuhai Breeding Co., Ltd. apprenticeship for Spirit Beast Cultivators, needs five people. Work three hours a day, with responsibilities including feeding First-order Blue Spirit Carps, and learning the breeding techniques and common disease treatments for the Blue Spirit Carp.”

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These positions all offered very generous compensation. Spiritual Plant Cultivator apprentices, Spirit Beast Cultivator apprentices—even mortals could attain these titles and would earn significantly more than others.

Many mortals participate in the crafting of spell papers and elixirs.

Having experience in internships with similar companies can be a significant advantage when applying for a job later on, and this is also one of the reasons why many students work so hard to get into high school.

If it was an ordinary vocational school, the internships wouldn’t be nearly as good.

”Rongcheng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Refining Master internship, needs three people. Work four hours a day, with responsibilities including learning material sorting, melting, extraction, and synthesis for refining, as well as using an Optical Formation Engraving Machine to inscribe the runes of Half Magic Tools, with three opportunities to observe a First-order Refining Master inscribe a formation, and one opportunity to inscribe a Magic Tool’s runes during the internship.”

Jiang Ding’s eyes lit up.

Rongcheng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., where Lin Wanqiu worked, was really going all out for this internship, even offering the chance to inscribe runes on a Magic Tool—a move showing they spared no expense.

It’s well known that intern students will invariably damage the tool embryo, and even if they manage to inscribe it, it will only result in a defective product that has to be re-forged, costing at least hundreds of Spirit Coins.

”Companies with official Xianmen Sect backing are truly generous...”

Without any further hesitation, he immediately filled in his name and handed it to Hua Bing.