Chapter 323: My Safety Is the Sect's Grand Situation

Golden Spirit Mountain Peak.

A youth in green robes appeared once more, closing his eyes to sense for a moment.

"The Fire Vein, Fire Dragon Peak. He is there, not having left the sect."

Jiang Ding spoke to himself, abandoning the thought of pursuit and killing.

This Second Senior Brother was, to be honest, quite good to him; killing on his own territory felt somewhat embarrassing.

Although Zhou Kunlong deserved to die.

He had assassinated him, not to mention showing no remorse, harboring resentment, and being a not-so-small hidden threat.

Although he could not threaten him, he could still ruin his affairs, such as the Lanshan Spirit Mine.

If it can be handled, it is better to handle it as soon as possible.

"The Xiang Qiyu Sect is actually not the safest place for me now."

Jiang Ding remembered another matter he had pondered in his heart for a long time.

"Two Jin Dan and the sect's great formation cannot protect me, but they might trigger problems I cannot handle."

"As the saying goes, do not put all eggs in the same basket."

"With me here, I cannot guarantee the prosperity of the Xiang Qiyu Sect, but once I grow in the future, I can ensure the True Person of Xiang Qiyu's lineage will not be cut off within a thousand years."

"In the Cultivation World where high-level cultivators decide everything, I am the sect's grand situation."

Jiang Ding plotted in his heart.

"Nano-liquid robot - Jia 25 will just stay at the mountain gate."

"It is responsible for collecting specimens, gray iron stone, and the strategic-level mineral mercury-silver spirit gold involving Dai Sen's Sun Mirror Sword Domain, and then setting up a communication and teleportation array for transporting supplies."

"Finally, choose any place in the Yue Kingdom as my base, and arrange four escape teleportation arrays around it."

"For daily cultivation, just stay in the mine dormitory."

Jiang Ding pointed with his finger,

and a basketball-shaped pool of silvery-white liquid metal flew out from the storage jade pendant, landed on the ground, and spread into a large area several zhang in diameter, smooth as a mirror.

After a moment,

a silvery-white figure rose from the ground, its height, face, and even clothing exactly identical to the person watching it.

As the light and shadow shifted, the silvery-white vanished, and the skin gained elasticity.

A youth in green robes appeared before his eyes, handsome in features, with a cold gaze.

"The eyes are a bit too cold; there is some difference from my sunny boy temperament."

Jiang Ding scanned carefully, comparing himself.

"But it is acceptable; a person's mood fluctuates up and down; occasionally having a bad mood and a colder gaze is very normal."

"Moreover, since I haven't seen people for years, others might not recognize me anyway."

Jia-25's gaze swept around, arrived at the place where he usually cultivated, sat cross-legged, and inhaled the nearby heaven and earth spiritual energy into his body, converting it into energy reserves.

"You stay here and do not move."

Jiang Ding said with satisfaction.

He tossed the Jin Pei, symbolizing the Golden Vein lineage, to Jia-25, letting him hang it at his waist.

Although this item had been repeatedly inspected and contained no tracking formation, eliminating one potential accident was one less; besides, he did not lack such a storage space.

"Guard this place well; do not go out casually."

Jiang Ding activated the Electromagnetic Light Wave Invisibility and Silence Technique and the Electromagnetic Spirit-Hiding Robe; his body turned transparent and hazy, disappearing from sight.

Even if a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator carefully scanned with spiritual sense, not a trace could be found.

An invisible escape light flew through the sky.

Formless and substance-less, even the wind could pass through the escape light without any effect.

The speed was incredibly fast; after seven or eight breaths, it passed through the mountain gate formation without attracting any attention from the cultivators guarding the formation, let alone causing any chaotic visual illusions or mistakes.

"The Xiang Qiyu Sect, unless one reaches the Golden Core formation, should not come again."

Jiang Ding took one last look at this place he had stayed in for several decades, feeling no reluctance, and flew toward the distance, gradually disappearing at the horizon.

Boom!

Suddenly, dark clouds filled the sky, lightning flashed and thunder rolled; faint sounds of dragon roars and tiger growls emerged, and the heaven and earth spiritual energy within a radius of several tens of li converged, forming a huge funnel shape.

Whoosh!

An invisible escape light flew from the distance, silently watching.

"Dragon roar and tiger growl!"

"Someone is forming a Jin Dan."

Jiang Ding's gaze turned toward the direction of Thunder Peak, searching and sensing carefully within the wild and turbulent heaven and earth spiritual energy: "It is the aura of Lei Linghe; he is a bit older than Zhou Kunlong; this is his final gamble."

"Forming a Jin Dan has three steps: converging heaven and earth spiritual energy to produce a Jin Dan formation phenomenon, heart demons, and a heavenly tribulation."

"Many Foundation Establishment peak cultivators cannot touch the first step in their entire lives; their magic power is not pure or abundant enough, which is related to the Gong Fa; Han Lin will encounter such trouble in the future."

"The Xiang Qiyu Sect's sect master, Lei Linghe, can touch this step; he can be considered a genius in this region and was a prominent figure in his youth."

The heaven and earth spiritual energy within a radius of several tens of li continued to converge, and the spiritual energy funnel on Thunder Peak became increasingly solid.

Jiang Ding understood clearly.

At this moment, inside Lei Linghe's dantian, magic power mixed with dense heaven and earth spiritual energy was compressing wildly.

He needed to condense a Jin Dan between solid form and energy form from nothing within the dantian, then absorb the heavenly thunder baptism to make the Jin Dan completely solid, thereby causing a qualitative change in his magic power.

Using the qualitatively changed magic power to refine the soul and body could extend the lifespan to six hundred years.

Seven days later.

The heaven and earth spiritual energy stopped converging; the dark clouds in the sky grew even blacker, bright electric snakes slithered across, and terrible heavenly majesty permeated the air.

The entire Xiang Qiyu Sect grew dim, instantly shifting from noon to dusk.

Suddenly, the dark clouds and lightning dispersed, flooding the area with light.

"The Heart Demon Tribulation. He did not pass it; his soul and spirit have scattered completely."

Jiang Ding sighed.

Witnessing this scene, he too felt a tremor in his heart.

No wonder the elders repeatedly warned that cultivation must not be rushed in the pursuit of a so-called "Century-Old Prodigy Jin Dan."

The Heart Demon Tribulation is truly terrifying, killing without a trace; it is especially perilous for the young and those with little experience.

Thunder Peak, the summit.

Lei Lei Linghe's eyes were dead and dim; his head tilted to one side, his body slumped lifelessly to the ground, unable even to maintain a seated meditation posture, his life force utterly extinguished.

"Disciple Lei Linghe, may you rest well on your journey."

The white-browed old cultivator sighed deeply, poured a cup of wine onto the ground, gathered the remains, and looked toward the direction of Fire Dragon Peak.

Boom!

Once again, lightning flashed and thunder rolled; dark clouds gathered, the sky grew gloomy, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of dozens of kilometers converged toward Fire Dragon Peak.

"Zhou Zhou Kunlong."

This time, Jiang Ding needed no identification; the strand of simulated Great Yin Sword Intent attached to the other's shoulder guided the direction.

"The gathering of heaven and earth's spiritual energy creates a greater spectacle than Lei Lei Linghe's, though only slightly."

Jiang Ding's reaction was calm.

Whether one forms a core or not, the change in combat power is merely so.

It is not worth any emotional shift.

"If he dies during core formation, then all grievances are settled."

"This would be good for both you and me."

Jiang Ding murmured to himself: "If you succeed in forming your core, I will no longer ignore you; I will only slay you when it is convenient, never wasting time specifically searching for you, as it is not worth it."

"A newly formed core cultivator already has the qualification to earn my attention; I will lie in wait and hunt for you when you are isolated."

"As compensation, in the coming years, I will slay an enemy of a Jin Dan Chu Qi cultivator for the Xiang Qiyu Sect; that will serve as an account settled."

(End of this chapter)