Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”To be honest, I need your help with something,”

Huang Mao’s expression became serious, ”After the task is completed, I’ll give you the Great Sun Sword Intent and also craft for you a carrier that can barely be considered a Magical Treasure. Only an item of this caliber can bear the sword intent of the previous generation’s Dari Swordsman.”

”That is to say, it has taken me years to accumulate enough military merits and patent wealth to afford such a fortune.”

”What is it?”

Jiang Ding looked at him warily, ”Let me clear things up first, I won’t do anything beyond my capabilities, and I won’t do anything that’s too risky. I haven’t reached a bottleneck yet, so there’s no need for desperate measures.”

”It’s not a big deal,”

Huang Mao explained, ”I’m currently ranked first in Xianmen Sect to exchange military merits for a Divine Transformation Opportunity. However, Xianmen is extremely poor right now and is just a little short. I want to ask you to join the war in the Huangtong Small World, to help Xianmen quickly conquer this Small World.”

”My Life Energy is not holding up,”

”Huangtong Small World?”

Jiang Ding was stunned.

”Yes, it’s the Small World you participated in during your College Entrance Exam, the one with the strategic product, Melted Magnetic Crystal Stone. The army of Xianmen and Xuanwu tiangong are still in a standoff,”

”There’s a problem now,”

Huang Mao sighed, ”That Xuanwu Substitute Daoist, Xia Houding, has made a breakthrough, gaining the fighting power of the Middle Jindan Stage at the Peak of Foundation Building, not much less than the Xuanwu Daoist himself.

He and another Xuanwu Substitute Daoist have firmly defended the Array Base of the Black Tortoise Four Poles Stabilizing Heaven Formation in the East Sea of the Huangtong Small World, and there is even a tendency to seek expansion.”

”After more casualties, Xianmen might eventually win, but who knows how long that will take. I can’t wait anymore.”

”That’s the task, quite simple,”

he assured.

”If you go and kill Xia Houding and the other Xuanwu Substitute Daoist, I will use all my remaining fortune to craft you a pseudo-Magical Treasure that can bear the Great Sun Sword Intent. It will allow you to experience it repeatedly without being killed by the sword intent immediately.”

Jiang Ding was greatly moved.

The Great Sun Sword Intent is the most orthodox sword intent heritage of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.

It contains the highest exploration of the Immortal Path science and technology of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, which is extremely precious for him, who lacks guidance in swordsmanship.

It could even be said to relate to the path beyond the Golden Pill!

This was something that Xianmen was temporarily unable to provide him.

”Senior, not now, I at least have to reach the Latter Stage of Foundation Building, and ideally, the Peak of Foundation Building,”

Jiang Ding said first and then added, ”Also, I need at least a month to consider before I can give you an answer.”

”Make it quick,”

Huang Mao nodded, his figure blurred and then disappeared from sight.

Jiang Ding did not dare to linger there, he burst forth with mana, flying at his highest speed towards Qingfeng University’s Floating Island, only relaxing after he entered his dormitory in the mining area.

After the incident with the Liyun Sect, he had gained some understanding of the madness of old cultivators nearing the end of their Life Energy.

To put it bluntly,

anything standing in their way, be it the grand cause of Xianmen or strict laws, was futile.

Even in the presence of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, they would dare to fight with all their might.

Although Senior Mieri seemed normal, Jiang Ding wouldn’t be surprised if he suddenly turned violent and revealed a ferocious nature.

Fortunately, it was still within the territory of Xianmen’s Mother Planet; safety was still assured.

”Array Spirit, has Immortal Mieri shown any malice or killing intent towards me?”

Jiang Ding asked.

Not everyone wishes for the revival of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion’s heritage, even if they belong to Xianmen.

He anticipated this much.

”Too subjective to respond,”

”Human thoughts are extremely complex and ever-changing, impossible to judge; the Central Array Spirit Computer can only observe events that have already occurred,”

the Array Spirit replied.

”Then, if I enter the Huangtong Small World and encounter forces of the Nascent Soul level or higher, can you rescue me as a key individual under protection?”

Jiang Ding rephrased his question, seeking clarity.

The Great Sun Sword Intent was too important for him, who lacked a swordsmanship heritage and guidance; he didn’t want to give it up lightly.

”If a Master of Refining Nothingness takes action personally, they can save you,”

”If three or more Masters of Refining Nothingness launch a sneak attack, death is inevitable,”

After a long pause and seven days of calculations, the Central Array Spirit Computer finally replied.

”At present, the odds are very slim that a Master of Refining Nothingness would personally launch a sneak attack on a Foundation-building cultivator, less than one in a million chance, let alone multiple Masters of Refining Nothingness attacking together.”

”Decades to them are like just a few seconds passing by for mortals, so it’s highly likely they haven’t even heard your name yet.”

”However, there is inherent chaos in humanity, and the possibility still exists.”

It did not suggest what Jiang Ding should or should not do.

As it said, there is a vast chaos within humanity, and it does not know which choice will ultimately bring about a better outcome.”

”I understand.”

Jiang Ding nodded seriously.

There was no rush to make a decision now, as the latter stage of Foundation Building was still far off, and who knows what changes might occur by then.

He unfolded the blue-gold large tree and cultivated in the mining area for several days.

”The time for my appointment with Professor Zhang Junsheng has arrived.”

Jiang Ding opened his eyes, flew towards the sky, continuously adjusted his direction, and searched the Divine Tree of Heaven with his Divine Sense until finally locking onto a leaf marked with a scorched yellow sun.

Bang, Bang, Bang!

He knocked on the door three times with his hand.

”Is it Jiang Ding? Please come in.”

A hoarse voice came through.

On the leaf, a vortex-like translucent hole appeared, pitch-black, faintly diffusing scorching heat and sharpness.

”Hello, Teacher Zhang.”

Jiang Ding hesitated for a moment before flying in.

Everything before his eyes shimmered.

The sky was overcast, and on the ground, collapsed pavilion ruins lay all around, spanning hundreds of kilometers without end. The ground peppered with glassy pits and profound sword scars that cleft the earth.

The air was filled with a faint radiation that had fused with the Spiritual Energy, causing terrifying mutations. Even after multiple decontamination treatments, it was still potent enough to instantly kill a Qi Practitioner.

”Welcome to Qingfeng University’s Engineering Building- Great Sun Relic Laboratory.”

The voice of the Array Spirit echoed.

Jiang Ding flew silently in the sky, following the directions for dozens of kilometers, and finally stopped at the edge of a glassy pit, walking forward.

A thin old man with a dull black complexion was carefully excavating something with a few Golden Pill Monks of similar complexion, occasionally pausing to record and measure the soil and air changes with oddly shaped equipment.

”Dari Swordsman!”

The Golden Pill Monks turned towards him with green light shining in their eyes, their gazes intense and fervent, like seeing a girlfriend after being starved for decades, causing a tingling sensation on one’s scalp.”

”Hello, Teacher Zhang, and to my senior brothers as well.”

Jiang Ding suppressed the urge to draw his sword and overthrow them all, and said timidly.

”Hello, Jiang Ding.”

Zhang Junsheng smiled, ”Does it seem different from what you imagined? Instead of wearing lab coats and doodling in front of the Array Spirit Computer, discussing and calculating, are we digging like laborers on a construction site?”

”It is a bit.”

Jiang Ding nodded.

”This relic laboratory was relocated here for study by the Nascent Soul Cultivators from Xianmen back in the day; my real body and other senior brothers are still exploring and researching in the Great Sun Heavenly Pond in the Great Sun World.”

”Research, before the results come out, is quite boring and tasteless.”

Zhang Junsheng put down his work, stood up, and showed him around.

”Your task now is to study, improve your cultivation base, and also, to state your needs.”

”State my needs?”

Jiang Ding exclaimed in surprise.

”Yes.”

Zhang Junsheng spoke earnestly, ”Others enrolled in the Daylight Relic Excavation major’s graduate program need various explorations and researches, but you are different.”

”You yourself are the outcome of the Daylight Relic Excavation major!”

Passion gleamed in his eyes.

”As long as you can raise your cultivation level, you can declare to the outside world with undeniable facts how our department’s results are.”

”I, your advisor, as well as a bunch of hard-working senior brothers with dirt-covered faces, will encounter a bright and promising future.”

”Even my Taoist name and the likelihood of entering the Xianmen Science Institute to become a Xianmen scholar are very great, and each of your senior brothers can turn their fate around and become winners in life.”

”So, what are your technical needs?”