Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Xiantian True Qi stabilized.

Jiang Ding made a casual gesture, and a faint blue Sword Qi, several meters in length, slashed out. It flexibly flew through the air, making several turns before dissipating on its own.

”Sharper, more powerful, and several times more flexible.”

After testing his True Qi, Jiang Ding turned his attention to his meridians.

The mysterious and incomplete Phoenix Characters had vanished. He had to diligently circulate True Qi for a long time before he could faintly see a shadowy trace, which vaguely shimmered with a metallic luster.

An artificial special Dao Body Embryo!

This was one of the highest accomplishments of immortal dao science within the Xianmen Sect, creating an artificial endowment equivalent to that of Three Spiritual Roots.

Based on this foundation, coupled with the enhancement from the Azure Flying Sword and the continuous growth of his Divine Soul foundations, Jiang Ding could now vaguely sense the particles of Gold Attribute Spiritual Aura in the air, although he lacked an efficient method to capture and refine them.

Whoosh!

An Azure sword shadow flew to the ground, its head and tail each transforming into fine metal filaments, forming roots, trunks, branches, and leaves.

In an instant, a blue golden sapling, about a meter tall with an intricately dense root system, appeared on the ground.

”The Wooden Sword shape hasn’t disappeared.”

Jiang Ding nodded in satisfaction.

He was quite fond of the Wooden Sword form, which could significantly amplify the efficiency of absorbing Spiritual Energy and Great Sun Essence, nourishing the Sword Master and increasing the speed of cultivation.

”The range of absorbing Spiritual Energy and Great Sun Essence has increased, from just over twenty meters to more than fifty meters, likely due to the influence of Taiqing Spirit Iron.”

Jiang Ding could distinctly feel the gentle and pure Spiritual Power transformed by the metal branches. Without needing physical contact, it spontaneously surged towards his Elixir Field, pushing his early Xiantian phase forward bit by bit.

The speed was terrifying. In just a few months at most, without any assistance from Elixirs, he could attain the state of Xiantian perfection.

Of course, it seemed he wouldn’t need to, as the Dao Body Embryo now allowed him to cultivate immortal techniques.

”Thank you.”

After checking everything, Jiang Ding left the operation workshop and expressed his thanks to the Central Array Spirit Computer that had clearly been keeping watch over him.

While it was a fair trade, the fact that a powerful being was willing to be fair to a weaker one was undoubtedly thanks to the great wisdom embodied by the Central Array Spirit Computer.

”Trade complete.”

The Array Spirit’s mechanical voice resonated.

In front of him, the void blurred, and the metal floor, the ceiling, and various instruments shattered, turning into powder-like particles before dissolving out of sight.

Jiang Ding watched this scene gravely, his Divine Soul keenly aware of the terrifying power beneath these fluctuations in the void.

Moreover, at a level beyond his sight, forces beyond description were erasing all traces from the causative plane, and the last evidence vanished without a trace.

...

In the midst of the mountains and forests.

Jiang Ding was sitting cross-legged, cultivating.

Not far away, the blue golden sapling was absorbing the Spiritual Energy and Great Sun Essence of the surrounding fifty meters, radiant and dazzling. If not for the Concealment Array shielding it, the glow would be clearly visible for miles.

Although he did not intend to continue advancing at the Xiantian level, cultivation had become a habit.

After all, there’s nothing to lose in keeping busy.

The reason he did not flip through immortal cultivation techniques in the library was that he knew the dangers; the higher the technique, the more perilous it was. Many of the texts themselves contained power, and rash contact was not beneficial.

He cultivated until two in the morning, then opened his eyes, intent on returning home.

”Ding!”

”The spectral data measurement of the Spiritual Energy frequency in this area is complete. Please retrieve.”

”Not bad.”

A look of joy crossed Jiang Ding’s face.

Since coming into a sum of money, he had made a sufficient deposit and anonymously rented this carriage-sized Spiritual Energy Spectrum Measurer online. By investing ten Low-grade Spirit Stones every day, it had been operating for nearly a month, and it was finally successful.

A flash of light from his waist jade pendant, and the Spiritual Energy Spectrum Frequency Tester was stored inside. His figure disappeared without a trace.

The next day.

”... In any case, the Five Elements Heavenly Sect and the Xianmen Sect are in an allied status, so it’s best not to attack their disciples proactively. When counterattacking, make sure to keep evidence.”

”Remember this example question, as it has appeared three times in the College Entrance Exam over the past decade.”

”End of class.”

In the Ideological and Moral Cultivation class, Guo Kui finished the last question and kept the students for nearly ten minutes after the bell before finally dismissing the eagerly waiting students.

The students in the classroom used their magic to disperse, and soon, only a few people remained.

Jiang Ding turned down Li Junhao’s invitation to have lunch together, lightly tapped her toes on the ground, and swiftly caught up with Guo Kui, who was already a good distance away: ”Teacher Guo, please wait a moment!”

”Jiang Ding? What’s the matter?”

As Guo Kui was about to use the Wind-riding Technique to fly home, he paused, surprised.

Jiang Ding released a trace of aura that had been shielded by a perfected Art of Small Concealment.

”Holy shit!”

”Is this for real?!”

Guo Kui’s eyes widened, and he couldn’t help but curse as his Divine Sense swept over her: ”When did you reach Xiantian? And how far have you progressed in the Art of Small Concealment?”

Dammit, how did she become an Eaglet Innate in such a short time?!

”Perfected.”

Jiang Ding didn’t hide anything: ”The Art of Small Concealment is perfected, the cultivation level of ’Eagle Taking Off Sword Technique’ is perfected, and besides, I received the Rongcheng Special Scholarship.”

”That aptitude!”

Guo Kui took a deep breath, feeling numb all over.

As far as he knew, Rongcheng City had never produced a martial artist who had mastered the cultivation level of the ’Eagle Taking Off Technique,’ not just among students, but never at all.

”No wonder, no wonder...”

Every improvement in the cultivation level of a technique would significantly enhance the speed of cultivation; a perfected level would increase it by at least three times.

Moreover, taking into account the enormous resources that come with the legendary Rongcheng Special Scholarship, which is only awarded to students with high marks in Ideological and Moral Cultivation, her rapid ascent to Xiantian also made sense.

”Jiang Ding, my student,”

Guo Kui’s face bloomed into a chrysanthemum-shaped smile: ”I won’t lie to you, I have a daughter, a beauty that graces the country and brings light to the moon, naive and adorable, not much different in age from you. I think you could get to know each other...”

”Teacher Guo, your daughter is only three years old, isn’t she?”

Jiang Ding interrupted him, deadpan.

So much for ’not much different in age.’

”To a Golden Pill Monk, you’re both just in the infant stage, what’s a decade or so difference?”

Guo Kui retorted, clearly thinking that a sixteen-year-old Eaglet Innate certainly qualified to enter No.12 University, and there was a chance he’d get in.

”Ah...”

”Alright, just kidding.”

Sensing his reaction, Guo Kui sighed, ”You’ve come to inquire about the inheritance after reaching Xiantian, right? Follow me.”

He wasn’t actually joking.

A surefire foundation-building, Golden Pill seed.

If this deal could go through, the whole family would go crazy with joy. When his daughter grew up, she would definitely be grateful to her father and her ancestors for generations. Plumes of light blue smoke rising from the family graves for days wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

But alas, the young man wasn’t at all interested.

The familiar room was decorated in a classical style, with a wide view, and several conspicuous cameras overhead ensured no blind spots.

The minimal attention of the Central Array Spirit Computer had already descended upon this place, ensuring that the inheritance of Fairy Gate citizens proceeded in a stable and orderly fashion.

”You know, compared to the disciples of the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Outer Realm, what’s the biggest advantage of a Fairy Gate citizen?”

Guo Kui posed a question.

”Cultivation method!”

Jiang Ding didn’t hesitate to answer: ”Every Fairy Gate citizen can choose the strongest and most suitable cultivation method for themselves. As long as they can understand it, there are no layers of restrictions like the disciples of the Nine Great Immortal Sects face, and only a very few have the qualifications to cultivate the top-tier methods.”

”This is also why, despite having significantly fewer resources than the disciples of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, Fairy Gate citizens are not slower in their cultivation.”

”It’s also why Fairy Gate citizens, starting from a young age, spend a lot of time continuously learning about formation methods, principles of cultivation methods, biology, geography, physics, and other knowledge that seems irrelevant to cultivation.”

”All of this preparation is for one day in the future, for the cultivation of higher-tier cultivation methods.”