Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Jiang Ding extended his hand and beckoned.

Both the storage bags of Yellow Leopard and the long-bearded elder flew into his hand. A sweep with his Divine Sense revealed that although Yellow Leopard’s storage bag was said to have had its restrictions erased, in truth, a highly secretive tracking mark was still left behind.

”These bandit cultivators…”

Jiang Ding sneered, making a mental note of this.

Not a single word spoken by such xiexiu could be trusted. If his Divine Sense Scanning capabilities had been even slightly inferior, he might have found himself ambushed and surrounded for assassination by seven or eight Golden Pill Monks while walking on the road one day.

Inside the bag were items worth two to three million low-grade Spirit Stones, including some third-stage heavenly material and earth treasure elixirs.

If this had been shortly after he began his Foundation-building, these Spirit Stones would have kept him excited for a long time.

But now, they were merely commonplace. He gave them a glance before moving on and planned to recycle everything, including the storage bags, as raw materials.

The storage bag of the long-bearded elder, however, was no different from the others.

His Divine Sense and Sword Intent surged in, transforming into a Bluegold Great Sun. The light of spirit destruction and law-breaking washed over everything, dissolving any Spirit Soul Restrictions and Divine Sense traps like snow under the sun, leaving no residue behind.

Spoils of war: over ten million low-grade Spirit Stones.

There were also two damaged low-level Treasures, one being that green jade small blade, the other being his robe, which had been refined into his Life Treasure and could fully integrate with his Cultivation Method to deploy his magic and Divine Abilities.

”Divine Abilities…”

Scanning the robe perforated by a clear, front-to-back hole, Jiang Ding showed a contemplative expression.

Divine Abilities referred to when a Foundation-building cultivator, in the process of advancing to the Golden Pill stage, fused an intricately cultivated magic Talisman seed from within their Divine Soul into the Golden Pill. This caused the magic’s power to undergo a drastic transformation compared to ordinary magic, distinct enough to be called Divine Abilities.

The power of Divine Abilities was related to the complexity and potency of the magic Talisman seed. The more complex and powerful the seed that merged with the Golden Pill, the stronger the resulting Divine Abilities.

Then there was the Golden Pill itself—its quality varied immensely from inferior, low, medium, to high-grade, and this difference greatly affected the outcome.

Lastly, it was the compatibility between the magic seed and the Golden Pill.

After all these considerations, the importance of inheritance became evident. For Xianmen cultivators, both the magic seed and the compatibility with the Golden Pill reached the limits of their abilities, just as the quality of their Golden Pills did.

Most cultivators from the Nine Great Immortal Sects fell short in comparison.

They had to constantly move about, establishing their prowess in battles before they could eventually receive the relevant inheritance. Not only did it consume a vast amount of time, but there was also a high probability that the inheritance they obtained would not reach the limits of their abilities.

Of course, this was for the middle and lower ranked cultivators.

The higher echelons and peak cultivators of the Immortal Sects did not have such concerns, and indeed, the resources at the disposal of a single one of them far exceeded those of their peers from the Xianmen. This was a significant difference in the hierarchies of the two types of sect institutions.

”Sword cultivators, on the other hand, do not have such troubles,”

Jiang Ding recalled his readings on various Cultivation Methods over the years. ”Sword cultivators are essentially an extreme variant of magic cultivators. Their Life Flying Swords are their only composite magic Talisman seeds, which encompass both offense and mobility abilities. Upon advancing to Golden Pill, these naturally transform into their Life Divine Abilities.”

”However, after advancement, it is essential to spend a considerable amount of time refining the Life Flying Sword again, upgrading its internal Formation Method.”

”Yellow Leopard’s Divine Ability was probably to transform into a golden monkey, whereas this long-bearded elder’s Divine Ability was this Luo-tian-sleeve. Both are quite decent, and in the hands of a top-tier magic cultivator, they could pose a life-threatening danger to me.”

He packed away the two broken Treasures.

A deep blue Sword Qi slashed out, turning the bodies of both men to ash that faded into nothing.

The claim that he needed their heads to strike terror was spoken in anger.

After all, he was a kind sixteen-year-old boy. How could he engage in such acts that would tarnish his image?

Jiang Ding flew in the direction of Tushan Immortal City.

…

Tushan Immortal City.

As bustling as ever, the streets of the Immortal City were filled with cultivators coming and going. Qi Practitioners were numerous, and Foundation-building cultivators could be seen now and then.

They weaved in and out of elixir shops, Talisman shops, Magic Tool shops, and sometimes entered the Spirit Treasure Business Association Auction House, which had grown in scale by more than tenfold.

This place, due to its safety surpassing that of other realms and its encouragement of commerce, along with the abundant resources of the Demon Country and its position as a trade hub for the Northern Plains, has now become the most prosperous Immortal City among the Three Kingdoms.

Not only Loose Cultivators, but disciples from the Sects of Chu Country and Yue Country also frequently come here to trade, exchanging for the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures they need. Every day, a vast amount of Spirit Stones circulate in transactions, and the Commercial Tax rises year after year.

The tax revenue from Spirit Stones is still a secondary concern.

Thanks to this massive trading platform, the third-tier Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures from many Loose Cultivators and middle and lower-tier Cultivators also converge here, and even the occasional fourth-tier material can be encountered.

All of these are very beneficial for the cultivation of Golden Pill Monks.

The reason Yellow Leopard and his companion took a fancy to this place was that they had carefully investigated it beforehand, and with hearts aflame, they were willing to take the risks to strive for success.

”I wonder how the Ancestor and the junior uncle are doing...”

Monk Fa Zheng, leading a group of people, waited anxiously at the city gate, with many of them ready to flee at a moment’s notice, their Divine Senses at all times placed on their flying escape artifacts and Talismans.

Then there were those who appeared calm.

But it was uncertain whether this calmness stemmed from confidence in their own Ancestor, or from readiness to switch allegiance to a new master at the first sign of trouble, eager to take credit for being the first to turn.

After all, no matter which Golden Pill Monk took over the Immortal City, Foundation-building servants were always needed.

If one could seize the opportunity, they might even rise to great heights.

”The young master is about to return!”

Gong Caiyu, Xia Tu, Chun Shi, Qiu Guo, and other maidservants were not worried at all, holding a blind confidence in their hearts.

Between them, there was a faint connection of Formation Method energy; they had started to cultivate the lower-level Fa-Level Techniques of the ”Heaven Light Shining Sun Sword Canon,” learning the ways of the Army Formation, which made their combat power somewhat stronger than that of the same number of Foundation-building Cultivators.

”Why are there so many people from the Tushan Dojo?”

In the Immortal City, numerous Cultivators came and went, and whether they were Qi Practitioners or Foundation-builders, they all looked in this direction with reverence.

”Could it be...”

Many Cultivators showed excited expressions, waiting from afar.

Don’t look at the Three Kingdoms, where there are Golden Pill Monks in power everywhere.

In reality, due to their reclusive lifestyles, many Foundation-builders and Qi Practitioners would go their whole lives without seeing a Golden Pill Monk, a figure of legends.

Suddenly,

Twenty miles away,

a sharp and intense pressure slowly descended.

Both Qi Practitioners and Foundation-builders found their breaths hitching, their Divine Senses heavy and unable to probe even an inch, let alone make any other reaction.

”Tushan Sword Ancestor!”

Many thought with a tremor in their hearts, instinctively glancing toward the horizon.

A young man with an ordinary appearance flew in from the distance, surrounded by resplendent Sword-light, appearing like a divine figure, unbearably dazzling.

In his hands, he carried two items.

One was a treasure robe soaked with blood, pierced with two holes.

The other was a golden sword broken into three pieces, barely repaired into shape, the hilt stained with bright red blood, the residual pressure of a High-Level Cultivator still lingering.

Both items were enveloped in intense resentment and murderous aura, a mere hint of which was enough to make Foundation-builders tremble and instantly understand what had occurred.

”We pay our respects,”

”to the Tushan Sword Ancestor!”

With Monk Fa Zheng at the forefront, many Cultivators at the city gate prostrated densely, bowing deeply, not a single person standing, with not the slightest sign of disrespect anywhere.