Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The lag lasted for over ten minutes.

Jiang Ding almost thought about calling the police.

However, he remembered that it was usually the Central Array Spirit Computer that assisted with receiving emergency calls and dealt with most matters, and for the moment, he didn’t know where else to find a manual channel.

Fortunately, this lag gradually ceased, and the Central Array Spirit Computer finished its vast program calculations and returned to normal.

”System error.”

”Unable to upload.”

”This item involves knowledge beyond the Refinement Void Level, unless actively accepting its erosion and assimilation, it is impossible to complete recording, translation, and organizing. The Xianmen Library cannot sustain its existence.”

”Is that so?”

Jiang Ding was dumbfounded.

”The first law of Xianmen Sect must not be violated.”

”Therefore, do you wish to donate this item, along with its carrier, to the Xianmen Library - Xiandu Library? The Xianmen Library will provide a reward of equivalent value.

Please note that the Xianmen Library will only recognize this scroll painting as a fifth-order high-grade Nascent Soul treasure due to its strategic value; its knowledge value will be reflected through the Xianmen Library points compensation system.”

”Do you accept this method of processing?”

”If not, set aside temporarily, and wait for a citizen assembly to be convened in eighty-seven years to discuss the establishment of new laws, or immediately convene a temporary civil emergency meeting to discuss this matter and determine new laws.”

”Accepted, agree to donate.”

Jiang Ding nodded.

Many things in the Xianmen Sect are governed by detailed legal regulations.

For example, discovering new knowledge would entitle one to relevant patents and rewards. If it’s merely knowledge, other than patents, there would only be library points as a reward, seldom involving spirit stones.

Naturally, mere spirit stones have a relatively minor effect on high-level cultivators, who rely solely on the industrial systems of the Immortal Path of Xianmen to bring their effects to fruition.

”Calculating the reward for surrendering Immortal-Level knowledge - Golden Emperor Bathing Beauty...”

”Please be aware, due to the poverty of Xianmen Sect, which is at the Refinement Void Level power, because of the essential needs for survival and development, it may not be able to offer a reward commensurate with its value, hence there could be some reduction.”

The voice of the Central Array Spirit Computer seemed confident and justified.

”Understood clearly.”

Jiang Ding accepted this statement.

The value of Immortal Technique clues varies in the eyes of different people.

In the eyes of a Golden Pill Monk, it might be worth a third of an Infant Formation pill’s value; in the eyes of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, had there been a Refining Nothingness pill, it might be worth one-fifth of that.

After all, no matter how good an item is, the primal need to live, to live well, and to live long remains paramount.

For cultivators beyond the Refinement Void Level, giving away dozens of Small Worlds at a whim might be possible. Of course, they are more likely to casually annihilate the giver and keep the opportune gift as a secret.

”Calculating in progress...”

”Calculating in progress...”

This calculation took an exceedingly long time.

In the meantime, Divinity Transformation and Nascent Soul Monks might be participating in numerous meetings to draft related legal propositions, setting a standard for dealing with similar situations in the future.

It wasn’t until one year and three months later that the voice of the Central Array Spirit Computer sounded again.

”In the year 11277, an unknown citizen surrendered Immortal-Level·Pseudo-Immortal-Level knowledge, Golden Emperor Bathing Beauty. After discussion by the governance of Xianmen Sect and 360 seekers of the Xianmen Immortal Path, supervised by the Central Array Spirit Computer, the reward results are as follows.”

Seekers of the Xianmen Immortal Path,

a title of honor, able to partake in the governance of major and minor affairs of Xianmen Sect, one of the members of the highest committee of Xianmen.

”Firstly, the reward for the scroll painting, the carrier of knowledge - Golden Emperor Bathing Beauty.”

”After discussion, this scroll painting carrier is recognized as a fifth-order low-grade Nascent Soul treasure involving Immortal Technique. Due to its value being greatly increased, five Divinity Transformation meritorious rewards are presented.”

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Jiang Ding’s heart trembled.

Five Divinity Transformation battle achievements were enough to exchange for nearly two opportunities for Divinity Transformation, and because of the number of achievements, his placement would be very high on the list.

If he added another one or two, his position as the undisputed first would be secured, and the next opportunity for Divinity Transformation from Xianmen would be his.

Of course, the opportunity for Divinity Transformation provided by Xianmen might not be very suitable for him.

”Secondly, rewards in Immortal-level and Pseudo-Immortal-level knowledge, library points for the Golden Emperor Bathing Beauty.”

”After discussion, deducting the necessary defense, livelihood, development, and the basic needs of the Xianmen cultivators, a reward of two hundred billion library points is granted.”

Two hundred billion library points!

Jiang Ding’s breathing paused, and his brain stopped functioning for a moment.

The rewards for knowledge in Xianmen were mainly concentrated in library points.

Library points were not any form of spirit stone currency, but rather a manifestation of the calculating power of the Central Array Spirit Computer; the computing power it possessed every hundred years was fixed, and library points represented a share of that computing power.

A very crude analogy would be, one library point is equivalent to twenty low-grade spirit stones.

”Wait,”

”My brain is a bit undernourished, let me do the math…”

Jiang Ding took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, and yet another deep breath, his body swaying, barely able to stand, he had never seen so much money in his life: ”Two hundred billion library points, multiplied by twenty,”

”Forty trillion low-grade spirit stones!”

”Forty trillion?!”

”Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh…”

Jiang Ding’s eyes reddened as he screamed wildly, as if he had gone mad.

Whoosh!

The Taiqing Flying Sword flew out from his glabella.

The sword-light flashed and flickered, as if it wanted to strike another blow, yet it seemed uncertain, not knowing if this madness was normal or an abnormal frenzy due to malicious influence.

”Don’t move rashly!”

Jiang Ding grabbed the Taiqing Flying Sword with one hand and stuffed it back into his glabella, his eyes fervent and burning: ”Xianmen’s GDP last year was thirty-seven trillion low-grade spirit stones, and last year’s fiscal revenue was six trillion low-grade spirit stones.”

”This means, based on Xianmen’s fiscal income, even if nothing else were done, if salaries for workers, funding for education, funds for scientific research, national defense military expenses, and so on were all withheld, and life became unlivable, all used to pay me, it would still take nearly seven years to clear the debt.”

”But how could such expenditures be omitted?”

”It would definitely have to come from the fiscal surplus each year, which would require nearly a century of savings!”

”Rich enough to rival a country?”

”That’s too childish, a Domain Overlord power’s century of fiscal surplus savings!!!”

Jiang Ding felt an indescribable shock in his heart.

Of course, this kind of calculation was very crude and lacked scientific value.

Xianmen’s finances were not solely in the form of low-grade spirit stones but also included second-order spirit coins, third-order spirit coins, fourth-order spirit coins, fifth-order spirit coins, etc., used for purchasing corresponding orders of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, incredibly complex and not something that could be explained clearly through simple conversion.

At the same time, library points and spirit stones could not be equated.

If such a colossal amount of library points were introduced into the market, demand and supply would become imbalanced, likely leading to a significant devaluation.

If that happened, the exchange rate of one library point for twenty low-grade spirit stones would no longer exist; it would be inverted, and it might take dozens of library points to exchange for one low-grade spirit stone.

”Due to the calculation power needed for national defense, industry, scientific research, and other areas, Xianmen cannot pay such an amount of library points in one go.”

The voice of the Central Array Spirit Computer continued to pass on.

”After discussion, it was decided to use an installment payment method over a hundred years, paying two billion library points each year, with an installment interest rate of one percent.”

”Do you confirm?”