Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Jiang Ding’s figure appeared on the ground, his Divine Sense scanning in all directions.

The chaos caused by the group of Foundation-building cultivators had already subsided. Under the joint attack of the close guard maids and the Law Enforcement Hall cultivators, the rebellious Foundation-building cultivators died, their blood and severed limbs and arms scattering across the stone pavement of the streets. Those willing to surrender and who had not caused significant casualties were fined and let go.

”Young Master.”

Gong Caiyu, Xia Tu, and the other maids kneeled in salute, their swords already sheathed, with faint blood stains visible on their dresses.

”You still need more practice.”

Jiang Ding said.

Among these demon cultivators, there were no quasi-third rank cultivators, and some did not resist, willingly surrendering. Combined with the cooperation of the cultivators from the Law Enforcement Hall, they still could not achieve an overwhelming victory, indicating a lack of practice.

”Yes!”

Gong Caiyu and the others showed a look of shame.

Monk Fa Zheng and others watched these young girls with fear.

In the past, they only heard rumors, but they didn’t expect that in just a short decade or so, their power had undergone such a drastic change, making groups of demon cultivators bow their heads, far surpassing them.

Jiang Ding nodded slightly, his figure disappearing from sight.

Demon Palace.

Hills and plains were covered with blooming molten gold vines, their ripe fruits flickering with the glow of magma.

Jiang Ding first took out the storage pouch of the Gold Pagoda King.

Sword Intent and Divine Sense surged into the restrictions, turning into a dazzling Blue Gold Big Sun, radiating brilliance, as the Spirit Soul Restrictions and Divine Soul Brands dissipated like smoke and clouds, revealing the contents within.

”The value of fifty to sixty million Low-grade Spirit Stones, many third-order Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures, as well as elixirs and medicinal herbs.”

Jiang Ding’s Divine Sense swept over them and concluded.

”Additionally, there is a Top-grade Magic Treasure in the shape of a gold pagoda with extraordinary might, much stronger than Ms. Thousand Snakes’ top-grade Treasure hairpin. This is the Life Treasure of the Gold Pagoda King, which can only be used at a reduced rank, and it is best to refine and recycle the materials.”

After a moment of thought, he decided the fate of these items.

As of today, dealing with the spoils of war from Golden Pill Monks, he had a fixed process with high efficiency.

Two jade boxes and a grey thread-bound book were taken out separately.

”’Blood Relative Refining Spirit Secret Skills,’ a secret technique auctioned for over a hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones.”

Jiang Ding held it in his hands and flipped through it.

”The prerequisite for casting this magic is to breed a large family with numerous bloodlines, and then at the birth of a direct descendant, take a great number of Collateral Lineage children with Spiritual Roots and sacrifice them in the blood-refining pool. In the end, refine a stream of Xiantian Qi and merge it into the direct descendant’s Spiritual Root to promote its growth again.”

”There are many limitations.”

”Firstly, the better the talent of the Collateral Lineage children used as materials, the better the effect of the secret technique. A large number of twinling root, Three Spiritual Roots, and Quadruple Spiritual Root children can at most refine a twinling root direct descendant, and it also requires a vast amount of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures.”

”If the identity of the direct descendant is not considered, this is actually a losing transaction. It’s merely a transfer of talent without gaining anything extra, and moreover, it creates a lot of waste.”

”The requirements for Sky Spiritual Root children are even more terrifying. Not only does it require a large number of Collateral Lineage Twinling Root and Three Spiritual Roots children as the base, it also needs several Collateral Lineage Sky Spiritual Root children as the main material, combined with a vast amount of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures, and a Nascent Soul Monk must make a move. The specific method is not even mentioned above.”

”Fuck, no wonder the 28 clan alliance of righteous and demons is more wary of internal strife than external threats.”

Jiang Ding was shocked.

”After so many years of blood-siphoning, if I were them I would also want to kill the direct lineage, wipe them out completely. No wonder Blood Cloud, Yellow Leopard, and others have such a bandit-like style, frequently killing and seizing foundations. They can still be called great magnates in the Northern Plains, heroes known for their righteousness, all thanks to being set off against.”

”I really don’t know how much resentment has accumulated among these small and medium families and the Collateral Lineage disciples.”

Jiang Ding reaffirmed his determination not to pass on this knowledge.

Xu Jiezhong, in legal terms, is regarded as the private property of Xu’s Transmutation God, and the billions of mortals within are similarly devoid of any civil rights, including the numerous members of Xu’s collateral lineage.

Looking at the way Xu Jianian and others behave, they do not seem to be of the soft-hearted kind.

If this were to be reported, it wouldn’t be just a matter of the death of several billion people.

It’s not only the Xu’s; quite a few high-ranking members within the Xianmen Sect are often troubled by the spiritual roots of their children and whether they would abuse their power in the Small World, committing acts that violate the bottom line of humanity—it’s hard to say.

”Spiritual Roots, the origin of the Immortal Path.”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, ”The numerous clans of the Northern Plains can greatly enhance the spiritual roots of their offspring through artificial means after birth, but the likelihood of this being free of any hidden dangers is quite small.”

”I am quite confident that this malignant result will manifest during the breakthrough to Divinity Transformation.”

”This is the equivalent of draining the pond to catch all the fish in an entire cultivation ecosystem.”

He collected his thoughts.

His gaze settled on two jade boxes, allowing them to be opened in turn, revealing two golden elixirs with distinct auras.

”Third order minor breakthrough pill, capable of helping a cultivator in the early Golden Pill stage to break through to the middle Jindan stage, though it may impact their potential.”

”Third order breakthrough pill, for progressing from the middle to the later stages of the Golden Pill.”

”For Golden Pill Monks stuck at a bottleneck for many years, it could exchange for any of their wealth aside from their Life Treasure. The Gold Pagoda King was indeed wealthy, his means must also be strong, it is a pity he died.”

Jiang Ding sighed.

These items were useless to him and to the classmates he was on good terms with; they could only be sold for money.

”Give to Zhou Sanyan?”

”It always feels like a loss. I owe him a small favor, but giving him a third order breakthrough pill seems a bit off. One cannot spend money this way; that is not the way of normal social interaction.”

”Forget it, let’s see what fate brings.”

Next, he opened Shang Chengye’s storage bag.

”Two hundred and thirty million Low-grade Spirit Stones!”

”Such wealth!”

Jiang Ding’s eyes gleamed.

This was his first time encountering such a wealthy Golden Pill Monk.

Of course, this certainly included the accounts payable of the Lingbao Commerce Association, but naturally, that was not his concern.

”There’s also a mid-grade Golden Core Pill, which can increase the success rate of foundation establishment by 25%. Useless again, reserve it for the guard maid with the highest merit. Their strength is too weak.”

Lastly, the storage bag of Ms. Thousand Snakes yielded items worth forty to fifty million Low-grade Spirit Stones, with materials of the third order making up almost half, and also a severely damaged top-grade golden hairpin treasure.

Jiang Ding waved his hand, and a metal cage was released.

The two young girls inside were still sound asleep, not the least disturbed by the earth-shattering battle outside.

A bright blue Sword Qi flashed by, and the iron cage silently broke into countless pieces, which turned into a fine dust in the air, scattering with the wind without making any noise.

Jiang Ding took up a bundle of ghastly blue light from a Soul Searching Talisman, originated from Shang Chengye.

This member of the collateral lineage had no high-level Spirit Soul Restrictions, unable to withstand the third-order Superior Quality Soul Searching Talismans of the Xianmen Sect.

”These two young girls are from the Shang Clan’s collateral lineage, meant to be contributed to the direct lineage.”

Jiang Ding was startled, then shook his head, ”Within the collateral lineage, much resentment had been accumulated. The father of these two young girls, a Foundation-building Cultivator, personally delivered them into the hands of Shang Chengye, allowed him to perform Soul Searching on him, and then took his own life.”

”No matter what lies ahead, as long as his daughters could escape the Shang’s demon cave, even if it meant becoming a furnace cauldron.”