Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Nighttime, atop the camp’s mountain.

”Elder Long, I am very pleased with this cooperation with the Sihai Business Association,”

Jiang Ding placed a green elixir bottle on the table, his voice gentle, ”I hope we will have the opportunity to collaborate again in the future.”

Just moments ago, he had checked the quantity of Blue Luminous Butterflies and finally gathered a total of 550,000 pairs, meeting the standard to concoct the Blue Gold Elixir.

After this massive harvest, it is estimated that the Blue Luminous Butterflies of Donglingshan Mountain will be significantly weakened for at least a decade and unlikely to recover.

”To cooperate with the young master is also a fortune for our Sihai Business Association,”

Long Zhengwu carefully tucked the Xu-Breaking Pill, capable of breaking through to Internal Qi Perfection, into his chest, this being the final installment and one of the largest deals the Association had made in recent years.

”Meet again in the Jianghu,”

Jiang Ding nodded gently, and with a light step, he left the tent like a breeze, and with another step, his figure had vanished into the vast night.

Long Zhengwu watched him depart for a long while, sighing, ”That one, truly a divine being amongst men!”

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Jiang Ding’s camouflage clothing shifted into a dark blue that blended with the night; he swiftly leapt through the treetops, competing with the wind in speed.

There was no particular direction, only the need to get as far from Dongling City as possible, and as quickly as possible.

As for the destination, he had a clear target.

Yuejing, Jindao School!

That’s where his Heavenly Sound Stone, his Taiqing Spirit Iron, were!

”Hmm?”

Drones monitored the wilderness, and he soon noticed the scattered torches, like chains of light, and the ongoing shouts.

”Halt!”

”Zhang Ziteng has already surrendered—you can’t escape!”

Jiang Ding focused his gaze and recognized a familiar figure, just 1.5 meters tall with a baby-faced roundness, seemingly in a hurried escape, having not even changed out of her ornate ceremonial robe.

”Her again.”

Jiang Ding was speechless. Every time he saw her, she was being pursued, giving off an unlucky jinx-like vibe.

After a moment of thought, he decided to rescue this unlucky one.

Knowing her was secondary; primarily, he didn’t know the way to Yuejing.

He had purchased a map beforehand from the Sihai Trading Company, reputed to be a detailed version, but it was like gibberish to him, with incorrect scale and terrain that only gave him a headache to look at.

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Gong Caiyu bit her lip, driving her horse desperately, but she was unable to widen the gap with the enemies behind her; in fact, they were getting closer.

Months had passed, and she was still at the Minor Completion of Internal Qi Realm.

This was quite normal; even for the prodigies of the Dragon and Phoenix List, with resources aplenty, several months was too brief a period to expect a breakthrough without adequate time for consolidation.

During the day, she had successfully escaped from the secret tunnel of the Qixuan School’s master’s grand hall to the outskirts of the city and managed to flee Dongling City.

Unfortunately, her skills in makeup and hiding were not quite up to par. She was recognized for her flaws, killed several people in a desperate flight, and with more and more pursuers, many joined spontaneously, drawn by the bounty—including various county constables and members of the Yiqi Gang.

Only the Yiqi Gang was left; the other Jianghu people had already been swept out by the prefectural government, and the rest had already fled beyond the city limits.

”Haha! This boundless wealth and luxury shall all belong to ’Shock Thunder Spear’ Oudao!”

An elderly man with slanted eyebrows laughed heartily.

With a push of his feet, he astonishingly stood up on the horseback, leapfrogging the galloping horse, with all the Inner Energy cultivated to the Great Achievement of Inner Qi focusing on the spearhead and stabbing viciously towards Gong Caiyu’s shoulder.

Gong Caiyu, having no choice, turned to counterattack and thrust her sword, hitting the very tip of the spear.

Ding!

A piercing sound of metal clashing rang out; both were repelled a step back, falling off their horses.

”Good, good, worthy of the Qixuan School’s divine technique!”

Oudao’s eyes shone with greed as he thrust his steel spear in rapid succession, unleashing his famous technique ”Torrential Rain Spear”—as relentless as a storm. He was known to practice under a big tree, and with the falling leaves never reaching the ground, his name resonated far and wide.

”Villain!”

Gong Caiyu bit down hard on her teeth, fluidly performing a sword technique with dense, mysterious moves that always managed to accurately target the tip of the Shock Thunder Spear.

As the deadlock persisted, the situation gradually began to tilt in her favor.

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’Shock Thunder Spear’ Oudao was growing angrier by the moment as he fought.

Clearly superior in the realm of Inner Qi and with decades more experience in the Jianghu, never once slacking in his spear training, yet he was still no match for someone so much his junior!

”Xuantian Sword!”

Gong Caiyu cried out, seizing a flaw as Oudao’s focus wavered for just an instant. She flicked her sword to deflect the spear tip and thrust rapidly towards his heart.

”Ah!”

Oudao felt his soul about to escape in terror. Barely managing to retreat in the nick of time, his fingers gripping the spear shaft all snapped at the base, and he stumbled backward with a scream, blood flowing uncontrollably, casting a resentful glare at the petite woman before him.

”I’ll strip you bare and display you on the city walls of Dongling City...”

Gong Caiyu’s phoenix eyes turned cold, and as she prepared to press her attack, she felt a sinking feeling in her heart.

Looking around, she noticed that over a dozen individuals had surrounded them during their battle, all of them Inner Qi Realm Martial Artists, including two at the level of Great Achievement of Inner Qi, all attracted by the orders and bounties of the Marquis’s estate.

The dozen or so people exchanged wary glances.

”My brothers!”

Oudao began spitefully, ”Have you not heard the story of ancient soldiers exchanging a general’s limbs and head for the rank of Marquis? We each take a limb and a head, and surely the Marquis’s estate will reward us amply.”

Everyone’s eyes lit up.

”Good!”

Gong Caiyu couldn’t help but feel desperate. Clutching her sword’s hilt tightly, she prepared for one final fight.

”I think it’s not good.”

A cold and sharp voice rang out clearly into everyone’s ears, vibrating their survival instincts, causing them to unconsciously look towards its source.

Under the dim moonlight, a youth in blue clothes approached in a few steps, his hand on the hilt of his sword.

”Master Jiang!”

Gong Caiyu exclaimed with joy, but then couldn’t help but start to worry. Based on what she had seen, this young master tended to avoid trouble, and likely wasn’t very strong. Together, they were far from a match for the dozen or so Inner Qi Martial Artists.

”Please hurry away, you needn’t concern yourself with me...”

The onlookers also recognized his face.

”The Dream Eating Sword Demon!”

Oudao let out a much louder and shriller scream than Gong Caiyu, turning pale as he fled back the way he had come without looking back.

The others from Jianghu, upon hearing this name and matching it to the young man’s features—

The youth in blue clothes, wielding a sword, with a handsome appearance.

Then, with a bang, they scattered and fled in all directions, soon beyond sight.

The battle at Donglingshan Mountain,

The Inner Qi Perfection master Chen Chen commanded over twenty Inner Qi Realm Martial Artists and more than eighty soldiers who achieved mastery in body conditioning. Among them was Zheng Ye, known by his notorious ’Mixed Gold Dagger’ in Dongling City, and the strongest of all, Hei Jin, who ranked twelfth on the Dragon and Phoenix List with his ’Black Flame Blade’.

So many people, yet they were all there to besiege one man.

The ’Dream Eating Sword Demon’ Jiang Ding!

As a result, Chen Chen died, ’Mixed Gold Dagger’ Zheng Ye died, the twelfth-ranked ’Black Flame Blade’ from the Dragon and Phoenix List, the Xiantian adept and direct disciple to the ’White Bone Blade Evil’ Hei Jin died—and the majority of those twenty or so Inner Qi Realm officers perished, leaving only a few soldiers alive.

Death, death, death, death!

No one could cover up the news. So many surviving soldiers and officers with mouths to speak—the disappearance of so many prominent figures couldn’t just be brushed under the rug, right?

The entire Jianghu of Dongling City was filled with fear, and no one needed to be reminded to forever remember his appearance.

A youth in blue clothes, a longsword...

According to legend, he had even found the long-lost ’Hundred Step Flying Sword’ technique of the Qixuan School...

It was rumored that he had a penchant for consuming butterflies, thereby devouring the souls within others’ dreams...

Countless rumors, countless speculations, now in Dongling City, it was hard to find anyone in the Jianghu who hadn’t heard of the ’Dream Eating Sword Demon’.

”This…”

Gong Caiyu looked around at the now-empty surroundings, her mouth agape.

Jiang Ding was also stunned.

The Dream Eating Sword Demon, what an unpleasant name, who is that?

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