Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

A long list of spoils of war scrolled open.

Low-grade Spirit Stones numbered four thousand five hundred and twenty-four, while there were eleven Mid-grade Spirit Stones!

Jiang Ding’s eyes widened.

By the most brute-force method of conversion, at a rate of one Spirit Stone to ten Spirit coins, that amounted to over sixty-five thousand Spirit coins!

Many Foundation-building cultivators probably had only that much spare wealth on hand!

Most of these Spirit Stones came from the snowy white human skin bag of the man in the black robe; the rest were from the other two.

”I’ve struck it rich, struck it rich!”

Jiang Ding grinned, already planning in his mind that the pond tens of kilometers away from Jindaoshan Mountain wasn’t safe enough!

He would have to move closer to Chizhong Mansion, perhaps a thousand kilometers away would barely qualify as safe.

The man in the black robe, with a wealth comparable to a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator while only being in the Qi Practicing Realm, certainly wasn’t from the Foundation Building Clan of the Xuetu Hall; the clan elders weren’t that wealthy. He must have been from the direct line of one of the three great Yuanlao Clans of the Xuetu Hall!

”Let me check...”

Jiang Ding held off looking at the spoils and scrolled to the bottom of the list, focusing his gaze on the service record of the Bald Company staff member.

”Encountered a Third-order Gold Pill Level blood path curse, has strong concealment ability, and the ability to track location. Cultivators who practice special Cultivation Methods can sense the general direction within a hundred kilometers; the closer the distance, the more accurate.”

”Storage Bag One encountered a Second-order Foundation Building Stage Divine Sense trap...”

”Storage Bags Two and Three faced Divine Sense attacks...”

”Good thing I didn’t rashly open them.”

Jiang Ding took a deep breath, finding these Outer Realm Cultivators to be overly sly and inhumane.

”Is there a possibility that I’ve been unknowingly marked with a tracking magic?”

His complexion changed, slightly panicked, then he shook his head and confirmed, ”That’s impossible, not in the slightest.”

Not to mention that he was always four to five kilometers away from the man in the black robe, he had never gotten close.

Even if he had, it would’ve been fine.

Because every day he relied on the Cultivation Room Array Spirit to nurture and refine his meridians, undergoing a body check each day. It would be impossible for any curse or tracking ability to escape the scan of a Divinity Transformation level.

Jiang Ding was very confident, and then he turned to look at the spoils.

”Blood path class knife embryo, forged from Third-order Spiritual Gold - Blood Soul Iron, has signs of being nurtured and refined by someone, and has a deep Divine Sense Brand embedded. As it is only an embryo and not yet fully transformed into a Life Treasure, it can still be recycled, valued at one-fourth less than similar Third-order Spiritual Gold items.”

”Top-grade Magic Tool Blood Knife... Top-grade Magic Tool Round Turtle Shield... Top-grade Magic Tool Blood Jade Needle, suggested retail price is three hundred and fifty Spirit Stones, six lower-grade magic tools, total price four hundred Spirit Stones.”

Three top-grade magic tools were rare treasures in the eyes of Qi Practitioners, but they paled in comparison to the Supreme Magic Tool Blood Crystal Cover carried by the man in the black robe. Unfortunately, it had been shattered to pieces, and there was no recovery.

The six lower-grade magic tools must have been spoils of war from the man in the black robe or the dried-up old man, or perhaps part of that kind-faced old Daoist’s collection.

”...ten First-order high grade talismans, First-order mid grade talismans... First-order Spirit Mines...”

Skimming over a pile of miscellaneous items, Jiang Ding passed them by, but his eyes lit up when he saw the next item on the list.

”...nine stalks of Centennial Magical Ginseng, thirty-two stalks of various other Centennial Elixirs...”

These were probably the Elixirs that the man in the black robe and the kind-faced old Daoist collected through their control over Jianghu forces over the years, and after accumulated consumption, so many remained.

”Within a month, The Great Perfection of Circle of Vital Energy.”

Jiang Ding confirmed, ”Not only that, but it should also be enough resources to cultivate to the Late-stage Qi Practicing.”

He steadied his mind and continued looking.

”Third-order Spirit Mine, Kong Copper Crystal, 3.5424kg, can be used to make the stealth coating for an Air-Space Warplane, effectively shielding it from the Divine Sense of Golden Core Period Cultivators.”

Jiang Ding’s eyes sparkled with excitement; this was one of the three great treasures within the Qixuan Secret Cave.

Unfortunately, it was only the size of a fist; it wouldn’t even be enough to coat a single wing of the warplane, but its value was undoubtedly high, worth more than many of the flashy items combined before it.

”...A Golden Stone Foundation Building Pill, stored for over a thousand years and activated through a blood sacrifice, increases the success rate of breaking through to foundation building by 10%. However, both mana and Divine Sense will be tainted after the breakthrough, leaving no room for further progress.”

This item was also incredibly valuable, worth many times more than a Supreme Magic Tool, and not something one could simply purchase.

Even within the Xianmen Sect, many Cultivators at the Peak of Qi Practicing would spend their entire lives unable to break through to foundation building. Anything that could facilitate this breakthrough would drive them into a frenzy.

”This must be kept, to be exchanged for something that can improve my sister’s and mother’s aptitudes.”

Jiang Ding thought to himself.

Naturally, it wouldn’t be just the Qinghua Yunji Elixir, but something even more precious and rare. Otherwise, given Jiang Yuan’s poor aptitude and insight, the effect of the Qinghua Yunji Elixir wouldn’t amount to much.

But there was no hurry for now; the plan was to gain some social status after getting into university and the Cultivation Department, then advancing into the Qi Practicing Realm.

”One three-cubic-meter Storage Bag, valued at one thousand Spirit Stones; two one-cubic-meter Storage Bags, valued at six hundred Spirit Stones.”

”The trivial items are valued at 201,680 Spirit coins, the knife embryo and Third-order Kong Copper Crystal are appraised at 2.1 million Spirit coins. You need to pay a 10% appraisal fee, which after rounding off, amounts to 230,000 Spirit coins.”

230,000 Spirit coins!

Twenty-three thousand low-grade Spirit Stones!

This was about the amount of liquid wealth that several Foundation-building Cultivators might have at their disposal.

Primarily because the value of a Third-order Spirit Mine was so high that only Golden Pill Monks were eligible to possess it.

”Not enough Spirit Stones, what should I sell?”

Jiang Ding considered his options.

He didn’t feel it was unworthy; without the appraisal company, he wouldn’t even be able to handle the Blood Soul curse positioning himself.

”Don’t need the Storage Bags or Magic Tools, nor the First-order talismans and other Spirit Mines; all of that together only amounts to just over 30,000 Spirit coins, and even selling the Spirit Stones wouldn’t fetch more than 60,000, nowhere near enough.”

These were ill-gotten goods, troublesome to handle in Yue Country and likely to attract danger.

”Forget it, the Spirit Stones are still useful; keep them all.”

Jiang Ding thought: ”There’s no need for the knife embryo, and it requires recycling to extract Blood Soul Iron anyway. Let’s have De Ting Appraisal Company handle it, giving them a third of the Blood Soul Iron should be more than sufficient.”

”They would be quite happy to accept that.”

Third-order Spirit Mines had entered the category of strategic materials; not necessarily purchasable with Spirit coins or Spirit Stones, they were precious items attainable only through fortune, best not sold if possible.

Even if he had no use for it himself, he could exchange the Blood Soul Iron for other items of equal rank, such as Kong Copper Crystal. Combined, there should be enough for the stealth coating of two wings.

”Money is not just for saving, it needs to be spent. I’ll need a Storage Artifact of about three cubic meters, one with Concealment abilities and an unobtrusive appearance; let’s go with a jade pendant design for now.”

”Besides that, I also need to rent a Spiritual Energy Spectrum Frequency Meter, then hire a Bald Doctor at the Foundation Establishment Stage to design a Heaven and Human Unity Cultivation Method suitable for me after I get the data.”

”Hire the best Bald Doctor from the top university.”

”The growth of the Blue Gold Tree is slow; fill it up with First-order Supreme Gold Attribute Spirit Plant Cultivating Liquid.”

”The best First-order cultivation nurturing array disk that combines optical and Divine Sense Concealment capabilities for metal Spirit Plants, the kind inlaid with Spirit Stones, no shortage of Spirit Stones here.”

”Elixirs, I’ll use them daily...”

Jiang Ding thought cheerfully of countless plans to spend money.

There was a tinge of regret in his heart that he couldn’t spend this large sum of Spirit coins with his mother and sister just yet, at least not until he was admitted into the Cultivation Department.