Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Mine area.

The blue-gold large tree stood tall, its shade spanning over a hundred meters wide, with a hazy Primordial Magnet light on the edges.

As the branches swayed, they absorbed and expelled the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi from within a ten-kilometer radius, forming an Azure Great Sun shadow. A silver-white giant bird perched beside the fictive sun, nurtured and refined continuously.

Beneath the tree, the youth in blue clothes sat cross-legged, holding a jade bottle in hand.

Clang!

A sword’s hum flashed by, and a strand of Melted Magnetic Crystal Core was cut off, shifting out from the jade bottle.

The branches drooped down to catch the strand of gray mist!

It seemed weightless, but the moment a branch touched it, the branch sharply straightened, paused for a moment, and then slowly contracted. The gray mist was enshrouded and brought into the shadow of the Great Sun within the tree shade, to be refined bit by bit with fierce flames and a fine Sword Intent.

After a long while.

Jiang Ding opened his eyes and exhaled lightly, appearing greatly depleted of mana and Divine Sense.

”Not bad, in another eleven or twelve years, I will have refined six thousand strands, and both the speed and power of my Flying Sword can be further enhanced.”

Divine Consciousness scanned over the blue-gold large tree, particularly glancing at the newly added fine gray marks on its leaves and bark. The power of the Primordial Magnet light around the tree body had increased by an incredibly tiny fraction.

He couldn’t help but nod in approval.

Cultivation was just like this, an accumulation day by day, year by year, with no room for impatience.

It had been more than a month since the incident with Zhou Lingwu.

After the Huomai Jin Dan expressed its stance, the Sect quickly stabilized.

The ownership transfer of the Lanshan Spirit Mine was complete. Hereafter, every half-year, Jinlingshan Mountain would receive several tons of grey-black ore, from which, after refining, one should be able to obtain around seventy to eighty kilograms of Second-Order Mercury Silver Magical Gold.

Additionally, every year, more than a hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones could be collected from the Lanshan Spirit Mine.

It can be said that now, in terms of wealth, with both fixed assets and subsequent earnings, he had far surpassed the realm of foundation-building cultivators.

”The clothing needs changing.”

His Divine Sense scanned the surroundings, and finally, Jiang Ding’s gaze settled on his camouflage garment, which was equivalent to a Supreme Magic Tool.

Able to change shape, render invisibility, and highly compatible with the ”Minor Concealing Breath Technique” for Concealment, it had been a great help during his previous years.

Now, the enemies he faced were at least Golden Pill Monks, which lessened the camouflage outfit’s role significantly. Its shape-shifting feature and being unwashed were rarely in use now.

”Just in time, there’s a piece of spoils of war I haven’t dealt with.”

With a flash of light from the jade token, a pitch-black shadow orb appeared in Jiang Ding’s hand.

It was the defensive Artifact of the assassin from Xuanwu tiangong’s Yingsha Palace—a Top-grade Magic Treasure. After the military’s spoils of war distribution, it ended up in his hands.

”A Top-grade Magic Treasure, and moreover a defensive one from the shadow system, worth at least sixty Million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, more valuable than an Air-Space Battleship, and pure Low-grade Spirit Stones cannot buy it.”

”Many Golden Pill Monks should find it appealing.”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, opening the Rongshu Net.

”Electromagnetic system, robes, enhancing concealment abilities to the extreme, no defensive magic allowed, Superior Special Class Treasure, usable by foundation-building cultivators...”

No one told him.

But a long time ago, an instinctual voice emerged in his heart.

One must not use defensive Artifacts or Magic Tools.

Even defensive magic was the same.

You have to trust your Flying Sword absolutely, using offense to slay all enemies, with the attack serving as your defense. Otherwise, you would lose the unstoppable power of the sword to cut through everything.

”None.”

After filtering through these criteria, nothing met them.

”Custom-made.”

Jiang Ding searched the net with his Divine Sense and clicked into the most famous Weaver Magic Robe Group, which had at least seven thousand years of history. The largest shareholder was a Divinity Transformation great demon from Shu Province, the black and white Panda Flower Huailingling.

His Divine Sense, carrying an electromagnetic signal, entered the company’s official website, and his view blurred.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a lush bamboo forest with occasional jade-green bamboo buildings. Graceful ancient-style ladies and their male companions walked hand in hand, with gorgeous clouds on the horizon.

”Guest, welcome.”

A girl with a bun hairstyle appeared before Jiang Ding, performing an ancient curtsy, her cultivation at the Early Stage of Foundation Building.

”Hello, I would like to custom-make a top-grade magic treasure robe.”

Jiang Ding nodded slightly.

He now appeared as a standard online template, a vague human-shaped mosaic blur.

”A top-grade magic treasure!”

The bun-headed girl was startled and quickly said, ”Please wait, have a seat. This is beyond my authority, I will call a manager to serve you.”

She flipped a switch, and the surrounding environment transformed into a tea house made of jade green stones, with wisps of tea fragrance.

Jiang Ding sat down and quietly watched the sea of clouds in the sky.

”Esteemed guest, I’m Li Baixue. What kind of robe do you need?”

Shortly after, a beautiful woman hastened over, radiating the aura of the Middle Jindan Stage, her face full of an enthusiastic smile: ”The Weaver Group is fully capable of meeting your needs.”

”A top-grade magic treasure, electromagnetic system, to be greatly enhanced for concealment and flight speed, without any defensive spells, with partial functionality available for foundation-building cultivators.”

Jiang Ding briefly stated his requirements.

”I recommend using Third Order Superior Electromagnetic Spirit Bamboo as the main material, isolating and refining bamboo silk fibers, then adding Third Order Superior Electromagnetic Spiritual Gold for weaving.”

Li Baixue suggested without hesitation, ”For the craftsman, it is recommended to be refined by a Third-Order Robe-Type Refining Master skilled in the electromagnetic concealment formation method. Our company has received many high-level orders from the Xianmen Sect scouting units, so we have sufficient reserves of Third Order Master Refiners in this area.”

”Foundation-building cultivators can use it... that’s simple. Just seal off most of the formations and reserve a small part that can operate normally in the robe.”

”These are not problems for our company.”

”However, there’s one thing I need to mention in advance,”

Li Baixue said apologetically, ”You will need to provide the Third Order Superior Electromagnetic Spirit Bamboo yourself. Our company has some, but you will need to exchange it with equally rare spiritual materials, or you can pay with top-grade spirit stones.”

Jiang Ding wasn’t surprised; the higher the level, the less effective lower grade spirit stones were.

With the Xianmen Sect, it was still reasonable, as things that could be artificially synthesized and didn’t have rare raw materials, such as electromagnetic magical gold and air-space war machines, could be normally purchased with lower-grade spirit stones.

As for the Extra-terrestrial Immortal Sect, for cultivators above Golden Pill, lower-grade spirit stones had practically no use except as consumables.

”Will this suffice?”

Jiang Ding took out a shadow orb obtained from a cultivator of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace and handed it over.

The Central Array Spirit Computer was able to scan such high-class objects and integrate them into the virtual space, with no difference from reality.

”A shadow system artifact?”

Li Baixue scrutinized it carefully for a long time, then suddenly looked shocked, and took a careful glance at the mosaic figure before her: ”A top-grade artifact of a Yingsha Palace cultivator from Xuanwu Heavenly Palace?”

”Certainly.”

Her tone became a bit more serious, ”Many cultivators in the shadow system will like this artifact, which combines concealment and defense. Since your top-grade electromagnetic robe requires custom tailoring, demanding high standards in weaving technology, inscription of formation methods, and refining techniques, you will need to pay an additional five million low-grade spirit stones.”

”If you agree, we will need seven years to refine it for you.”

”Agreed, let’s proceed that way.”

Jiang Ding searched the internet for prices of similar items, did some calculations, and made sure he wasn’t being overcharged. He nodded and signed the contract with them.