Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Demon Palace.

His face pale and filled with trepidation, the manager of the Lingbao Commerce Association, Shang Chengxuan, entered and saw a young man in green clothes sitting cross-legged not far away, looking in this direction.

”I have seen the Swordsman.”

Shang Chengxuan hurriedly bowed respectfully.

”Shang Chengye, in order to call in a favor for the wanted criminal Blood Cloud, intended to harm my master and has already died.”

Jiang Ding went straight to the point, ”What will become of the Lingbao Commerce Association now?”

”This matter has nothing to do with me!”

Shang Chengxuan’s body trembled, his face turning deathly pale.

”Please, Swordsman, spare my life...”

A few days ago, the killings at the underground auction shocked everyone in the city, with every cultivator realizing Tushan City Lord’s determination to eradicate the unlawful; even the Golden Pills were extremely cautious, always on alert.

”Talk about the situation inside Lingbao Commerce Association.”

Jiang Ding’s face was expressionless.

”Yes!”

Shang Chengxuan took a deep breath, trying his best to suppress the fear within his heart: ”Patriarch Shang Chengye... Shang Chengye, for the favor owed to a wanted criminal, and one that the direct lineage Golden Pills most despised no less, Blood Cloud, blatantly violated the rules of the commerce association, there won’t be any pursuit.”

A faint Sword Intent swept over.

His heart chilled, knowing that every bit of his mana, every fluctuation of his Spirit Consciousness, even every beat of his heart was being strictly monitored to serve as the basis for the other’s judgment.

”There are some issues with blood vengeance.”

Shang Chengxuan dared not hide anything: ”Shang Chengye has a son with a Heavenly Fire Spiritual Root, and he was taken as a foster son by a Patriarch Nascent Soul within our clan, there could be complications.”

”Foster son?”

Jiang Ding found it curious.

Wasn’t it said that the distinction between the legitimate and other descendants within a great clan is extremely strict, almost akin to a wolf hunting sheep? How could there be such an event that goes against the ethics and the very foundation of a clan’s rule?

In searching Shang Chengye’s Divine Soul, there was nothing.

But there were many blanks, presumably from him severing related memories at the moment of Soul Searching.

’That’s also the parents’ painstaking efforts.’

’It’s just a pity that such love for one’s children is not extended to others. How could it arouse sympathy in others?’

Jiang Ding looked over.

”It is indeed certain.”

Shang Chengxuan spoke with envy, ”Although this Patriarch Nascent Soul is of the direct lineage, he has compassion for us of the collateral lineage, wanting to make a change. Shang Chengye’s son is just one of the beneficiaries.”

”Swordsman, all of these matters were undertaken by Shang Chengye on his own initiative and have nothing to do with the rest of us.”

He looked up pleadingly.

”I am aware.”

Jiang Ding’s Spirit Consciousness and Sword Intent had been monitoring him all along; he nodded slightly upon hearing the words: ”Let everything remain as it was; let there be no more lawless actions.”

He wouldn’t confront any major power head-on before growing stronger.

”Thank you, Swordsman!”

Upon hearing this, Shang Chengxuan let out a long sigh of relief and bowed to take his leave.

The palace grew quiet.

Jiang Ding’s Divine Sense moved.

Two sleeping girls flew out, landing outside the palace where the maids lived. He instructed them to take care of the girls as usual, with no need for special treatment.

His body flashed, and he disappeared in the light of the teleportation Formation.

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Mining barracks.

Behind him, the Bluegold Large Tree sprouted from the soil, its shade covering the surroundings, absorbing the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun Essence within a ten-kilometer radius.

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Jiang Ding sat cross-legged, continuing to polish and grow his mana.

A few days later.

He opened his eyes, put away the large tree, and flew towards the ideology and morals classroom.

In the sky,

Escape lights from all directions converged.

”So many people.”

Jiang Ding landed between An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng, his Divine Sense swept around, and aside from a very few Foundation-building cultivators who were in closed-door breakthroughs, all the other classmates had arrived, more than two hundred in total.

All were graduate students from Qingfeng University, ranging in age from over thirty to over a hundred, all Jing-level Cultivation Method practitioners, each one could be considered a Nascent Soul seed with the potential to become a Nascent Soul Monk.

As one of the two top institutions of Xianmen Sect, this was where Qingfeng University’s hundred years of Immortal Path talent accumulation was displayed.

This sort of gathering, where almost all classmates came together, was quite rare.

Most Foundation-building cultivators were very busy with cultivation, research, getting married, managing household affairs, etc., and class times were not fixed.

”Because there’s a practical ideology and morality class related to credits,” explained An Siyan, who always had reliable information. ”It seems to be related to the recent hot topic online, the case of Liu’s Military Industry suing Tianfang Group for unfair competition, suspected of violating the first law of Xianmen Sect.”

”The first law of Xianmen Sect!”

Jin Lingfeng and Jiang Ding’s faces turned grave.

The first law of Xianmen Sect, stating that all knowledge belongs to all citizens of Xianmen Sect, was the most fundamental law.

Though it might seem like just a few light sentences, if someone intentionally violates it multiple times, the consequences would be even more terrifying than betraying Xianmen Sect or killing a large number of citizens.

The majesty of the first law was forged with the blood of countless violators.

Soon, around the classroom’s lectern stone platform, various escape lights flew in and sat down cross-legged, forming a large circle around it.

Thud!

With the bell signifying the start of class, the ideology and ethics teacher Ouyang Hui appeared on the podium, her appearance still gentle and soft, her left arm slightly unnatural, just as it had been for decades, unaffected by change.

’Post-golden Alchemist...’

Unlike his inexperienced self when he first entered school, Jiang Ding’s Sword Intent instantly sensed the teacher’s Cultivation Base and also perceived her concealed injuries, which had caused her cultivation to remain stagnant.

Teacher Ouyang sensed something and her Divine Soul instinctually shuddered, feeling threatened, and looked in this direction.

She paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Jiang Ding looked up with a slightly apologetic gaze.

’Post-golden Alchemists are not all the same. The Gold Pagoda King can’t detect me at all, but the teacher who has practiced the Jing-level Cultivation Method could easily lock onto me…

I can’t afford to provoke any of the Post-golden Alchemists of the Nine Great Immortal Sects right now.’

”Students, today we’ll discuss the family system of Xianmen Sect,”

Ouyang Hui spoke slowly, ”Inside the boundary of Xianmen Sect, there exists a large number of private companies, varying in size. The small companies are manageable, but the shareholders and legal persons of medium and large companies are mostly High-Level Cultivators.”

”After the death of a High-Level Cultivator, the shares pass to their descendants. If the company still operates well and survives competition, it will be passed down from generation to generation, which can be seen as various families.”

”Unlike families of Extra-terrestrial Immortal Sects, Xianmen Sect’s laws are supreme over all family statutes, inheritance tax laws are strict, and learning from experience, with one or two exceptions, if a family grows to a certain size, it must be split up and divided.”

”Currently, each corporate family still maintains a healthy state, contributing to the Immortal Path industries of Xianmen Sect in various fields and sectors, and forming part of the foundation of Xianmen Sect’s prosperity.”

”But this orderly situation only exists when the laws of Xianmen Sect are properly functioning.”

”Now, there’s a case that seems to violate the constitutional foundation of Xianmen Sect.”

Ouyang Hui’s face showed a touch of gentle smile.

”I think this is a very good case, so I specially requested it for you to handle. There will be professionals conducting the investigation. You just need to preside over and ensure the order of the investigation, making sure none of the suspects can escape.”

”You’re the best part of Xianmen Sect’s Immortal Path talent in nearly a hundred years, and in the future, you’ll become middle management in various industries. You must have a serious baseline understanding of ideology and morals.”

”After the matter is resolved, every one of you will have to write a review.”

With a flick of her finger, a screen slowly unrolled.

On it was prominently a piece of news with several large characters, ”Liu’s Military Industry sues Tianfang Group for unfair competition, suspected of violating the first law of Xianmen Sect.”

Below the big characters, Xu Jianian, attired in a luxurious Dao robe, confronted another elegant young man.