Chapter 385: The Sword Cultivation Soldier of the Great Sun Sword Son

Demon Palace.

Amidst the fire-red molten-gold vines covering the mountain, a youth in green robes sat cross-legged, while a monk before him trembled with unease.

"Junior Uncle."

Monk Monk Fa Zheng forced himself to speak: "Those who took bribes and perverted the law have all been dealt with. These wolf-hearted, dog-lunged things were given so much by the Master Tushan Dojo, yet they were still not satisfied!"

"Only, only..."

His voice grew quieter.

Jiang Ding looked at him silently.

"Only Liu Liu Hongshao, the former master of the Law Enforcement Hall and a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, escaped."

Monk Monk Fa Zheng wished he could drill into a crack in the ground: "We, more than twenty of us, besieged him, yet he detected us in advance and fled first, abandoning everything, leaving only his clan members behind."

"Why not..."

He made a sinister expression.

"I will not practice collective punishment."

"Daoist Monk Fa Zheng need not feel guilty; this is your first time handling dojo administrative affairs, so some oversights are inevitable." Jiang Ding smiled slightly: "A half-year salary deduction will suffice; all disciples involved in this matter will receive the same."

In his heart, there was indeed some disappointment.

If Li Li Qingyun were here, even if he did not act personally, he would not have let a mere late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator escape.

"Yes!"

"Junior Uncle!"

Monk Monk Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and said fiercely: "Since this thief could escape in advance, someone must have tipped him off for his faction. Give the disciples another three months, and I will definitely root them out!"

"Maintaining the stability of the dojo is paramount."

Jiang Ding remained noncommittal.

"And that Senior Huang."

Monk Monk Fa Zheng reported: "That senior has not left; instead, he rented a third-class lower-grade cave dwelling within the Master Tushan Xiancheng and has been cultivating in seclusion since, never stepping out."

A third-class upper-grade spiritual vein can accommodate several late-stage Jin Dan cultivators to cultivate; the remainder was converted into cave dwellings for rent.

Previous renters were mostly late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators facing a bottleneck breakthrough, mostly opting for short-term rentals.

The cost requires no lower-grade spirit stones; upper-grade spirit stones or third-class heavenly treasures and earthly gems are acceptable.

"Treat him normally; do not employ any underhanded means to spy on him."

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and entered a cultivation state.

"Yes!"

Monk Monk Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, bowed with clasped hands, and took his leave.

Disputes between Jin Dan cultivators are not something they can participate in.

Inside the room.

Jiang Ding opened his eyes; the Zhou Tian circulation within his body reached its end, the electromagnetic magic power gradually subsided, the turbulent heaven and earth spiritual energy around him calmed, and the branches, leaves, and trunk of the blue-gold tree beside him shrank, transforming into a flying sword that flew into his eyebrow.

Opening the door, red firecracker fragments covered the ground, interspersed with fruit and melon peels, plastic bags of snacks, and the like.

This cannot be swept; it cannot be swept before the sixth day of the first month.

Otherwise, it would be sweeping away good fortune and wealth.

"Another New Year..."

Jiang Ding sighed slightly.

The house was empty; his divine sense swept over, and the same was true for his maternal grandmother and uncle's homes several kilometers away.

Today is the day of his sister Jiang Yuan's engagement.

The location is a large villa in the center of Rongcheng City, next to the library; mother, maternal grandfather and grandmother, uncle, Lin Lin Yuanwang, and others are all there.

The atmosphere, one imagines, is very festive and lively.

One of the most important moments in a woman's life.

Within the range of his divine sense.

His divine sense retracted; from beginning to end, he never cast it once in that direction.

Jiang Ding connected his divine sense to the Xiandao Sect Library; a vast array of dazzling books swept past, covering directions such as Gong Fa, arrays, spells, miscellaneous studies, and more; the lifelong achievements of countless generations of Xiandao Sect geniuses gathered here, all available for free reading.

"Classical-level Gong Fa can be taught to cultivators outside the realm..."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, searching within the library.

Monk Monk Fa Zheng's ability to handle affairs brought him much displeasure.

Being confined to one place is tolerable, but if placed within the broader Cultivation World, nothing could be accomplished.

If one does not wish to be busy with this and that every day, delaying one's own cultivation, then one must have one's own direct forces.

To gather resources and intelligence, and suppress small-scale disturbances within the territory.

Ideally, they should also possess the ability to guard the place using arrays when one is severely injured or in seclusion.

Since current strength is weak, survival and concealment capabilities are also necessary; at critical moments, they must be able to disperse into the Cultivation World in various places, so as not to be wiped out in one net.

When gathered together, they must possess the ability to deploy military arrays... Gong Fa in the direction of the Sword Dao, where teaching ability in this aspect is strongest...

Requirements one by one surfaced in his mind, and keywords appeared one by one in the search bar.

"The 'Tian Chong Guang Yao Yang Sword Classic': majestic and upright, capable of condensing a mouthful of Tian Chong Guang Yao Yang sword qi within the dantian; combined with the Tian Chong Guang Yao Yang flying sword, it is extremely sharp, and the Gong Fa provides significant bonuses in light manipulation and aura concealment."

"Thirty-six people can form the Small Tian Chong Guang Yao Yang Array; late-stage Qi Refining forming the array can fight Foundation Establishment; thirty-six late-stage Foundation Establishment forming the array can fight Jin Dan."

"Military array operation difficulty is high; it must use true disciples of the Jiudaxian Sect as the core. Every disciple must be a dual-spirit-root cultivator or a three-spirit-root cultivator with extraordinary comprehension, must have received elite-level Xiandao education within the Jiudaxian Sect's inner courts, and must pass screening before the final formation."

"Such a combination?"

Jiang Ding paused, checking repeatedly: "Perfectly matches my requirements—it thought of everything I didn't, thorough and detailed, I can't even suggest changes."

Of course, thirty-six elite Foundation Establishment cultivators fighting Jin Dan is a true tradition of the Jiudaxian Sect—only their elite Foundation Establishment can achieve it; he didn't even think about it.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators at Master Tushan Daochang, including Li Li Qingyun who once worked there, none had the qualification to rival the inner-disciple elites of the Jiudaxian Sect, let alone the true disciples.

This is a combined gap in talent, immortal cultivation education, and Gong Fa.

Perhaps one might hope for three hundred and sixty or one hundred and eight Foundation Establishment cultivators to fight Jin Dan, but it would require at least several centuries of exploration, cultivation, and only then might it be possible.

"If the Great Sun Sword Disciple were to centrally command the battle array, or influence its core personnel, the difficulty of the array would drop dramatically."

Next, he saw this sentence.

"I understand why it's arranged this way."

Jiang Ding's expression froze.

He flipped to the end of the Gong Fa—sure enough.

"One of the inherited Dao-Bing Gong Fa of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion; all Gong Fa of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion are influenced by the Great Sun Sword Disciple—the entire Great Sun Sword Pavilion is a sect centered on the Great Sun Sword Dao."

"That doesn't seem feasible—the world has traces of Great Sun remnants, and their influence is considerable."

Jiang Ding flipped through the later Gong Fa—most were similar; the immortal sects had no demand for such things and would never actively develop them.

"Let's revise it—at least the Qi Gathering and Foundation Establishment sections must be drastically changed, aligned toward my direction."

Jiang Ding pondered for a long time, still said this, unwilling to give up.

With the Central Array Spirit Computer and the Immortal Sect Academy's capabilities, they could completely transform this Gong Fa beyond recognition while preserving its essence, without lowering its quality.

After all, he and the Great Sun Sword Disciple are fundamentally very different—this Gong Fa was never fully compatible to begin with.

And it's only the Qi Gathering and Foundation Establishment sections of a Class-D Gong Fa; with enough Spirit Stones and Library Points spent, a year or so should suffice.

"Ding ling…"

Jiang Ding looked up—it was Zhang Zhang Junsheng calling; he tapped to answer.

"I've made progress on the Great Sun Jin Dan Secret Technique."

On screen, Zhang Zhang Junsheng looked exhausted, as if he hadn't rested in years: "Lately, many people have come to my lab to work for free—that's good—but they like to randomly beat me up, and I can't even beat many of them—that's not so good…"

(End of Chapter)