Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The next day,

Jiang Ding didn’t wait for the Cui Bird to deliver to his door; instead, he ran to the nearest branch of the Banyan Tree Express to wait early.

”Chi chi!”

This was a banyan tree as thick as an adult’s waist, over ten meters tall with a canopy that spread over ten meters. Underneath the tree was a cabin used as a warehouse, and in the tree was a Cui Bird that greeted Jiang Ding.

”You’re early too. I don’t have any business to attend to, I’m just waiting for an express delivery,”

Jiang Ding said politely, standing with his hand on his sword, closing his eyes to nourish the minute branches of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. It would only take eighty-nine more days to enter the Eaglet Large Circle of Vital Energy.

Two hours later.

”Chi chi!”

It was the cry of the Cui Bird coming from the sky, fiercer and more penetrating than the one at the express point.

Jiang Ding swiftly opened his eyes and saw the little Cui Bird at the express point also lower its wings and head, looking quite respectful.

Looking up, he saw an Elite Kingfisher of similar size but with an entirely different aura of vigor slowly land on the banyan tree.

Elite Kingfisher!

Long-distance couriers of the Banyan Tree Express, they are responsible only for the transport of valuable items, with strong survival and evasion abilities, rarely losing any of their cargo.

After preening its feathers for a while and snacking on some water and food from the tree, the Elite Kingfisher then noticed Jiang Ding under the tree. With a puzzled look in its eyes, it compared the customer information and, after communicating with the Formation Spirit for confirmation, it flapped its wings and flew down.

”Chi chi!”

It spat out a delivery box the size of a mobile phone box from its mouth.

Jiang Ding took the express box and opened it to find a bottle of blue liquid inside, the size of two fingers, shining with a metallic lustre, and full of a strong life force, which instinctively made one feel an irresistible desire upon seeing it.

He carefully checked the packaging and medicine bottle and found no damage whatsoever.

”No problems, thank you,”

Jiang Ding signed his name on the delivery receipt provided by the Elite Kingfisher.

Carrying the express box with care, Jiang Ding took a bus to school.

The school’s Cultivation Room had an Array Spirit and medical facilities, privileges only available during studenthood. After graduation, these would require a large number of library points and both Spirit coins and Mortal coins to access.

The school during winter break was only a bit quieter than usual. Even around seven or eight o’clock, students could still be seen going in and out, the vast majority heading to use the Cultivation Room. He even saw a few classmates and greeted them.

The door of the Cultivation Room slowly closed.

Jiang Ding calmed himself with an hour of meditative breathing, settling his somewhat excited heart and bringing his Inner Energy into an active state.

He took out the Blue-Gold 2431 potion and read the instructions word by word.

The method of taking it was quite simple, oral consumption was enough, but it required supervision by the Cultivation Room’s Array Spirit, which was also available, along with a few other ordinary precautions.

Without further hesitation, Jiang Ding swallowed the potion in one gulp, leaving not a drop.

The sensation was cool, not like a liquid, but more like a metallic substance similar to jelly – it dissolved on his tongue, flowed along the meridians, and finally settled in the heart.

In an instant, some kind of change occurred.

Driven by the heart pumping blood, the blue metallic liquid began to diffuse to the meridians in all directions.

Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin, Sanjiao Channel of Hand Shaoyang, Foot Taiyin Kidney Channel... Within just a few breaths, the twelve primary meridians all acquired a thin coating of blue metallic film, which spread to the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, quickly completing the infusion of all the main meridians in no time.

Next up were the minor branch meridians.

The blue metallic spread slowed down, and the finer the meridians, the slower the infusion pace became. Often, it took more than ten seconds to cover just a few tiny meridians with a thin layer of blue metallic film.

”It feels a bit like nanorobots,”

Jiang Ding opened his eyes and estimated the time, guessing that it would take about three days for the process to end. He used his phone to inform Lin Wanqiu.

Then he closed his eyes again to ponder and think about the difficulties he encountered in progressing from grand achievement to perfection in ”Eagle Taking Off Technique,” while the ”Great Bright Sword Technique” occasionally surfaced in his mind.

Having achieved optical invisibility, the first level of cultivation was already perfect. The next level, Divine Sense invisibility, was much harder, requiring one to possess Divine Sense to achieve it.

However, there were ways to improve. The nine blazing Sword Qi used for concealment needed to be strengthened; otherwise, it was too weak and could be completely ignored by others, thus losing its role as a covering killing move.

This required communicating with the First-Order Great Sun Spirit Gathering Array in the Talisman Sword more efficiently, gathering more Great Sun Essence to infuse into the Sword Qi.

...

Three days passed in a flash.

Jiang Ding’s face was somewhat pale due to not eating, but his spirit was very excited, and his eyes shone brightly.

Upon internal view, the Blue-Gold membrane had spread to every part of the twelve main meridians and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, except for the last tiny bit of the Yang Linking Vessel that had not yet been permeated.

In this process, he had watched and participated from start to finish, personally experiencing the invasion of many tiny meridians, memorizing various data such as their locations, sizes, and shapes which would be beneficial for future tempering and nurturing of the meridians.

The last bit of tiny meridians was covered with a layer of Blue-Gold membrane.

The Blue-Gold membrane that spread across all the meridians of the twelve main and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians flickered several times before it gradually vanished, integrating completely with the meridians. Only after careful internal viewing for a long time could one see a hint of blue metallic luster.

”This is...”

Suddenly,

Jiang Ding felt something different, as if he had shed a tremendous burden, and his body felt much lighter.

Even between visibility and invisibility, he vaguely sensed the presence of specks of light around his body and could sense their temperament—sharp, cold, hard...

”Gold Affinity Spiritual Energy!”

Jiang Ding’s heart shook, and he instantly understood. Affected by the Blue-Gold Potion, his affinity for Gold Affinity Spiritual Energy had been greatly enhanced, allowing him to perceive the thin Gold Affinity Spiritual Energy dispersed in the air.

His future Dao Body Embryo would undoubtedly be of a gold nature.

Unfortunately, this greatly enhanced state of perception lasted only for a few minutes. Soon, without the fixed pull of Divine Sense, his perception of Gold Affinity Spiritual Energy gradually weakened until it completely vanished.

Jiang Ding was left feeling disappointed.

He understood that this kind of perception would only reappear when he made a breakthrough to the Xiantian state, and the gold nature Dao Body Embryo was completely condensed.

After taking the Purple Jade Life Essence Pill, which was regularly provided in the Cultivation Room, Jiang Ding plunged into cultivation.

Inner Energy circulated between the twelve main meridians and Eight Extraordinary Meridians, then surged into the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, reaching parts it had never reached before, tempering and opening up the tiny branches of the eight vessels.

After a rough estimate of the efficiency of tempering and nurturing the meridians, Jiang Ding’s expression brightened.

”Threefold!”

”The efficiency of tempering and nurturing the meridians has increased threefold!”

”With my current talent, even without counting the grand achievement level ”Eagle Taking Off Technique,” I could certainly be considered a rare genius in the whole province!”

Jiang Ding realized the huge disparity of high talent.

Now he could temper and nurture 240 meridians in a single day!

This meant that within five days, he could cover the Internal Qi Perfection path that most people in Jianghu of Yue Nation wouldn’t complete in their lifetime and still have some leftover.

”Ding!”

The Cultivation Room Array Spirit suddenly spoke.

”Student number: 1246251, Name: Jiang Ding, based on your scores in moral character, cultural courses, and talent, you have met the criteria for applying for the [Banyan Tree Special Scholarship]. Do you wish to apply?”