Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The elective class on Alchemy,

was nestled atop a peak with unusually lush vegetation.

Although it was optional, almost everyone attended.

Because there were benefits.

Ding!

With a light chime of the jade bell, a person-high pill furnace that had been trembling stabilized, and the fragrance of elixir began to spread.

"This is a First-rank Top-grade Cyan Flower Root Base Elixir."

The teacher for the Elixir class was a gentle and beautiful woman, with a Golden Core Peak Cultivation Base and a Fourth-order Alchemy Master, possessing abundant teaching experience.

"It can greatly enhance a mortal's Martial Dao Aptitude, to the highest, up to an upper-rank level, given to the students as a gift for our first meeting, to mark the occasion."

Teacher Liu Shulan's voice was extremely gentle.

Streamlets of light green light flew out, landing in the hands of all the students.

"Thank you, Teacher Liu!"

Jiang Ding took his own, carefully tucking it away.

"Could you give that to me?"

He whispered to Jin Lingfeng beside him, without the aloof coldness of a sword cultivator.

Of course, it was also because Jin Lingfeng came from an extraordinary background and didn't need it.

"Of course."

Jin Lingfeng smiled and tossed the elixir, still in its bottle, to him.

"You can have mine, too. I don't need it."

An Siyan also said.

"No need, thank you, this is already enough."

Jiang Ding kept thanking them.

The value of a First-rank Top-grade Cyan Flower Root Base Elixir was the highest among first-rank elixirs and could even be comparable to second-rank elixirs in the hands of certain individuals in specific need—it was quite valuable.

Even if it wasn't for personal use, it could be exchanged for what he needed.

An Siyan nodded and put away the elixir.

"Who among you is interested in pursuing the path of alchemy? Or does anyone have any questions they want to ask?"

Liu Shulan asked softly.

Similar to Immortal Dinghai's teaching methods, it seemed as if she was addressing everyone, yet each person felt she was speaking directly to them.

"Teacher Liu, I have a question."

Jiang Ding's face showed embarrassment as he transmitted the medical reports from the Cultivation Room Array Spirit's check-up of Lin Wanqiu and Jiang Yuan: "If I want to help two people to cultivate, to at least reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, what can I do?"

Trying to freeload off of a Fourth-order Alchemy Master.

"Does Student Jiang not plan to take up alchemy as an elective?"

Liu Shulan looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, not rejecting his request, and picked up the medical reports, her expression turning grave.

She pondered for a long time without speaking.

Jiang Ding's heart sank.

"Cultivators, in their lifetimes, will encounter many helplessnesses, such is the way of Heaven."

Liu Shulan chose her words carefully, "Student Jiang need not force it too much, as the will of Heaven cannot be violated."

"Please speak clearly, teacher."

Jiang Ding understood something, his sleeve's flying sword humming with vibration.

"Your sister, if invested in with a large amount of Spirit Elixirs to enhance aptitude and accelerate cultivation speed, still holds hope in the Cultivation Department." Liu Shulan sighed lightly, "This Lady Lin, being over forty, has surpassed the peak physical period of mortals and has cultivated an Inner Power method other than the 'Eagle Taking Off Technique.' Her path... has already been severed."

"No amount of Spirit Elixirs will suffice to compensate for that."

"Is that how fate decrees?"

Jiang Ding's expression grew increasingly calm.

"Teacher, if the Heavenly Dao obstructs, it can be severed; the will of Heaven is but so, a mere Foundation Establishment is definitely not an insurmountable obstacle. There is no need to accommodate what you call my Dao Heart."

Liu Shulan was slightly stunned.

Though the words were spoken calmly, they carried a boundless scent of blood that permeated the world, as if she could see hordes of cultivators wailing, falling en masse.

"Great Sun Sword Cultivation…"

Liu Shulan murmured to herself and lost herself in a smile.

"It seems I underestimated you, Student Jiang."

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"For Miss Lin's condition, ordinary elixirs, even those of the third or fourth order are useless. What's needed are extraordinarily special items, such as gold spirit fruits or wood spirit fruits.

Though not all these items are extremely precious, they are very rare. I last saw them over two hundred years ago—they were too expensive, and I didn't have the heart to buy them at the time."

"Or perhaps, a Nascent Soul Cultivator could expend their vital energy to wash the marrow and reconstruct the foundation for her."

She sighed softly.

"I'll write a list for your sister. If you can get everything on it, there is hope for her to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"Thank you, Teacher Liu."

Jiang Ding bowed deeply.

...

After school, Jiang Ding returned to his dormitory, facing the sea of clouds.

He pondered for a long time.

"Jiang Yuan, this little weakling, if all the items on the list are assembled, it could cost tens of thousands of spirit stones. Luckily, after selling the Blood Soul Iron, it's feasible to gather them all. I'm actually quite wealthy."

"But as for mother..."

Jiang Ding fell silent.

"Am I really going to have to watch my mother's lifespan come to an end in just eighty years, watching helplessly as she leaves this world from her sickbed?"

The limit of a mortal's lifespan is one hundred and twenty years, and no longevity pill can change that.

"Such is the destined fate of a cultivator."

"No matter how powerful a cultivator is, when they themselves are weak, they can only watch their dearest ones grow old, unable to do anything about it."

"By the time they've grown strong and capable, it's already too late—their loved ones have been dead for thousands of years."

"But eighty years, that's not enough. It's too short. I can't accept it!"

Jiang Ding stated coldly.

"The Nine Heavens Relics hold a significant history. It's no coincidence that the remnants of the Great Sun managed to escape here."

"I can't go to the Heritage Stairway, but all the other places belong to me, including all possible locations of sacred fruits. Whoever doesn't accept that will have to die."

It took a long time for him to calm down. He packed up the two top-grade Cyan Flower Root Base Elixirs and a series of cultivation resources ordered for Jiang Yuan, as well as four top-grade first-order Longevity Pills he had purchased over the days, and sent them all to Rongcheng City.

The Longevity Pills were for his grandparents, mother, and uncle.

The Cyan Flower Root Base Elixirs were for his mother and sister.

Jiang Ding spent a number of library points to have the publicly available Cultivation Room Array Spirit in Rongcheng City to supervise his mother taking the elixirs, to prevent any reluctance to use them on frivolous things.

Study, rest...

Study, rest...

"Electromagnetics", "Electromagnetic Fields and Waves", "Electrodynamics", "Classical Field Theory"...

"Spirit Magnetism Decree", "Earth Magnetism Method", "Thousand Variations Spirit Magnetism Canon"...

The cultivation method of language, the formation method of mathematics,...

Every day was incredibly fulfilling. Without any holidays, year after year, it was almost enough to drive one mad. Many students who transferred to Qingfeng University couldn't handle it and had to apply to the school to slow down the teaching pace, and they got approval.

This didn't affect others, as the teachers of Golden Pill and Nascent Soul stages had individual teaching plans for each student.

Only Jiang Ding, Jin Lingfeng, An Siyan, and Ou Daocheng did not change, devouring the vast collection of Xianmen Sect's cultivation methods and science of the Immortal Path, understanding and absorbing the essence to form their own foundation.

Jiang Ding even applied to the teacher to speed up the teaching pace, and it was approved.

Time flew, and eight years passed.

During this time, Jiang Yuan barely managed to enter Qianling University's Cultivation Department with a score just one point higher than the cut-off, due to massive resource investments. Jiang Ding briefly congratulated him via mobile phone without leaving the university.

On this day,

Jiang Ding was sitting cross-legged on the edge of a cliff, still as a rock, having been in that state for seven days straight.

Crackle...

At a certain moment, the first trace of a subtle current appeared within a kilometer radius; the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi became restless. The current spread rapidly like a spider's web, with paths crisscrossing and turning the vast green mountains into a charred wasteland in an instant, covered in pitch black, with light blue smoke wafting upwards.

After a long while,

The web of current converged towards the center, passing through the crown of the head, infusing into the youth in blue clothes' Elixir Field and meridians, leaving a deep blue cross-shaped magnetic pattern on his forehead.

The aura began to subside.

Jiang Ding opened his eyes, devoid of any mana fluctuations, and his body floated ten or so meters off the ground.

"Twenty-four years old, successful transition to the Seventh Level of Qi Practicing..."

He felt the electromagnetic mana within him, far stronger than Eaglet Qi, and let out a light sigh.

Whoosh!

The Taiqing Flying Sword flew in, integrating into the cross-shaped magnetic pattern on his forehead, seeming very pleased with its new home.

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