Chapter 106: Heavenly Sound Stone

"Time to change my mask again..."

Watching the passersby fleeing in panic, Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

Taking several turns and choosing to jump over walls rather than walk on the road whenever possible to avoid people, he soon led the person into a long-abandoned courtyard.

Whether it was because the owner had too many properties or some other reason, the place had already gathered a thick layer of dust when he scouted it earlier; no one had been here for a long time.

He threw the thing in his hand onto the ground and lifted the white cloth, revealing the unconscious Zheng Tu.

With his understanding of the human body, it was very simple to stab a sword into the opponent's body and then use his internal power as a medium to compress the cranial nerve clusters, causing the person to fall into a coma.

In the Immortal Sect's worldview, there were no such things as "acupoints" or "pressure point strikes," only individual human meridian nodes and organ nodes.

Jiang Ding lifted Zheng Tu by the neck. While withdrawing the internal power compressing the cranial nerves, he added some restrictive internal power to his throat, ensuring he could make sounds but not shout loudly.

"I'm not dead?"

Zheng Tu woke up faintly and said with some pleasant surprise, then saw a stoic young man with a long sword at his waist looking at him.

"Hero! I am a member of the Golden Blade Sect. Whatever you want, just say it!"

Recalling that sword strike, a chill ran through his heart.

"Several months ago, where was the Heavenly Sound Stone that 'Sea-Splitting Blade' Wei Xian took from the Seven Profound Sect placed?"

"Heavenly Sound Stone..."

Zheng Tu's eyes rolled: "I don't know. Why don't you leave a strange poison and let me return to the sect to investigate? I will definitely find out the truth for you, old man, within three days."

"..."

Jiang Ding stared at him for a long time.

Zheng Tu panicked and swore: "Hero, other than Elder Brother Wei bringing it into the sect, I have never seen it again. As long as you give me three days, I will definitely be able to find it. It's not difficult!"

"Heartbeat and breathing show no changes."

"Forget it."

Jiang Ding sighed: "I cannot judge whether you are telling the truth or lying, and I don't want to let you go, so I can only use torture. I hope this Pulse-Refining Finger is useful."

The Pulse-Refining Finger was a torture martial art with a very normal-sounding name that he had specifically found in the Immortal Sect library, which allowed Lin Wanqiu to approve it through his guardian.

"What do you want to do..."

Zheng Tu screamed in terror.

A hand rested on his shoulder, and then his entire body's meridians twisted, emitting a heart-wrenching scream, but it was restricted by his throat, and the sound disappeared before it could travel more than a few meters.

Ten-odd minutes later, there was a corpse on the ground twisted into an unrecognizable shape.

"Very smooth. These villains who have done all kinds of evil talk about loyalty, and they act as if they are tough, but in reality, they have no faith and are mentally weak."

"They confessed as soon as torture was used, and there were no errors even after repeated questioning."

Jiang Ding tapped his toe, and internal power surged in. The ground immediately collapsed into a pit a meter deep, burying Zheng Tu inside. A large amount of soil poured back in, and the ground looked no different from other places except that the soil was fresher.

"The Heavenly Sound Stone is in the Patriarch Hall!"

Jiang Ding had a glint in his eyes: "Inner disciples of the Golden Blade Sect can worship the patriarch once a month. At this time, they can use the Heavenly Sound Stone to comprehend martial arts. Elders and hall masters can worship the patriarch at any time."

"But others are one thing, that black-robed person suspected to be at the Qi Condensation peak is impossible to deal with..."

He did not lightly trust one person to make a judgment.

When night fell, Jiang Ding quietly sneaked into the homes provided by the Heavenly Secret Tower for Wu Kuang and Zhou Di, followed their 'business' for a while, confirmed that they were indeed guilty of heinous crimes, then abducted them here, interrogated them one by one, and buried them underground.

"That's right, the Heavenly Sound Stone is indeed in the Golden Blade Sect's Patriarch Hall!"

Jiang Ding couldn't help but feel excited.

"The only question is, is the Heavenly Sound Stone Taiqing Divine Iron? This is very important."

After thinking for a while, Jiang Ding maneuvered a drone to fly in circles in the sky above the Golden Blade Sect's Patriarch Hall, moving bit by bit to find a suitable angle.

Finally, after several tens of minutes, the light from several lamps shooting out from the windows of the brightly lit Patriarch Hall was successfully captured by the drone.

Incense smoke swirled, and the magnified image from the drone came into view.

Jiang Ding held his breath.

In the candlelight, a giant stone several meters high and wide stood, shaped like a craggy hill, entirely black, with white star-like spots distributed on the mountain body from time to time, reflecting streaks of starlight under the candlelight.

The introduction about Taiqing Divine Iron in the Immortal Sect encyclopedia surfaced in his mind.

"Taiqing Divine Iron ore, black in color, also has white star-like spots, divine objects hide their own brilliance, cultivators cannot see them, mortals approaching will hear faint singing, listening to it can comprehend the Law."

"Exactly the same! Exactly the same!"

Jiang Ding felt settled in his heart. If he only had a 10% certainty before, it had now risen to at least 80%. This was his soul's supreme treasure, Taiqing Divine Iron!

"I really want to bring out a dozen self-propelled artillery pieces and give this dog who occupied my Taiqing Divine Iron a round of volleys."

"A high-grade magic treasure anti-material sniper rifle would also work, the only problem is that it can't be brought out."

"Let's do this first. If this dog dares to carry away my Taiqing Divine Iron, then I won't care about anything, I'll run straight to the training ground and put a bullet in his forehead with an anti-material sniper rifle!"

Taiqing Divine Iron cannot be put into any storage bag.

Jiang Ding secretly hardened his heart.

"I don't believe that this black-robed person will never leave Golden Blade Mountain once in his life. As long as there is one time, that's enough!"

Except for the black-robed person, there was no one in the Golden Blade Sect who could make him wary.

After a long time, Jiang Ding finally calmed down.

"Find a place to live, 24-hour monitoring, he will come out."

The next day, Jiang Ding followed behind a glib-tongued broker, listening to him introduce the place eloquently.

"Hero, this Sword-Casting Villa was once a famous old brand in the capital, with countless master craftsmen. The precious swords cast were in short supply, and there were even swordsmen from other places who traveled thousands of miles, bringing their own materials to seek a precious sword."

The broker looked proud, then sighed.

"Sigh, if it weren't for the villa owner's son going crazy and creating some Divine Sword Society, it wouldn't have given the Golden Blade Sect an excuse to eliminate demons and defend the Dao, killing the whole family in one go. The gold, silver, and precious materials accumulated over many years were looted, and the various martial arts heroes who were on good terms with the Sword-Casting Villa couldn't say anything."

"Oh? Is the Golden Blade Sect very thirsty for precious materials?"

Jiang Ding's heart stirred, recalling the blood blade in the pool of blood of the black-robed person next to the Golden Blade Sect's Patriarch Hall, and the mineral materials he integrated into the blood pool from time to time.

He had now changed to another mature face, looking about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

"Of course, not only did they offer a sky-high price, but if they heard that someone had collected precious materials at home and refused to sell..." The broker lowered his voice: "You've heard of the Seven Profound Master's Secret Cave that has been making a lot of noise recently, right? The Seven Profound Sect was destroyed for this reason."

The broker took Jiang Ding to look around the Sword-Casting Villa. The place was very large, with a storefront in the front, a place for burning fire and casting swords in the middle, and a large courtyard in the back, but many places were already dilapidated and needed money to repair.

After some bargaining, Jiang Ding rented this shop located in the capital for a price of 1,200 silver taels for five years.

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