Chapter 487: Great Sun Qingse Jianzong

Cluster Heavy Artillery Bombardment of Cultivators Main Text Volume Chapter 519: Great Sun Qingse Jianzong "Find a place…"

Jiang Ding thought for a moment.

He needed an identity for overt activity, and a hidden lair.

The latter was simple—any place would do, the more inconspicuous the better, as long as concealment formations were set up.

The former would require some thought.

This was for the nanoliquid robot.

Whenever needed, he could apply for a peak Jin Dan puppet avatar similar to Jia-25, unable to comprehend spells, but handling miscellaneous tasks and possessing peak Jin Dan combat power was no problem.

This avatar's mission was heavy.

First, it needed to purchase priority materials for synthesizing Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin No. 21, such as golden copper stone, so that each year he could buy one limited-production piece of Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin No. 21 from the Capital Steel of the Immortal Capital.

Like now, always relying on Nascent Soul-grade materials to exchange at a loss was not a long-term solution—only for emergencies.

Second, it was to gather some intelligence, gain a certain understanding of the surrounding situation, so that when dangerous environmental changes that threatened himself occurred, he could flee one step ahead, rather than foolishly staying in place.

"In this regard, Mad Sky Daoist seems to have found himself a fallback, a force called the Tuling Wei Family, located in a place called Tuling, some seven or eight hundred kilometers away."

Jiang Ding recalled Mad Sky Daoist's arrangements.

"The Wei Family is a vassal clan of General General Heishi. The family head, Wei Chun Jian, is a Jin Dan Zhong Qi cultivator. His ancestor was a book-boy born of a direct-line son of the General Heishi clan. The family has been loyal to the General Heishi for over a thousand years, repeatedly risking life and limb for them, utterly devoted, and has earned the trust of the General Heishi direct line."

"But Mad Sky Daoist accidentally discovered that the Wei Family was secretly colluding with the Dari Sect, covertly providing intelligence on the General Heishi direct line in exchange for Nascent Soul Gong Fa."

"After Mad Sky Daoist slew him, he did not report it to the Liu Dao Sect, but concealed it, using Yi Mi Fa to devour Wei Chun Jian's divine soul and memories. From time to time he would go to the Wei Family to hold court, continuing to maintain the friendship with the Dari Sect, obtaining Nascent Soul Gong Fa… and, when things went awry, truly becoming Wei Chun Jian."

"When Mad Sky Daoist went to the Three Kingdoms Cultivation World, he also left behind a set of arrangements at the Wei Family, staging a self-directed Jin Dan raid by the Dari Sect, making it appear that he himself Suffers Heavy injuries and fled far away to recuperate. The soul lamp in the Wei Family still burns."

Jiang Ding rummaged through his storage jade pendant for a long time, then took out a human skin faintly glimmering with specks of spiritual light.

A hundred years had passed, yet it still looked like healthy flesh, with good elasticity, no changes at all.

The face on the skin was that of an honest, simple-looking middle-aged cultivator.

"Liu Dao Sect, the human-skin Mi Fa of the Yin Clan of the Heavenly Dao branch."

"Disgusting."

Jiang Ding showed a look of disgust. A wisp of flame appeared in his hand, and in an instant the human skin was burned to ashes.

He did not need this crude method of concealment.

"It's been over a hundred years. I wonder if Mad Sky Daoist's arrangements are still of any use."

Jiang Ding Zi murmured.

Any cultivator needed an identity.

Otherwise, a strange high-level cultivator suddenly appearing in the area would draw the attention and wariness of many cultivators around, which would be detrimental to his goals.

If the Wei Family could not be used, he would simply look for another.

From the looks of it now, this land of the Northern Plains was not short of demonic cultivators in need of righteous punishment and acting on heaven's behalf. Finding a suitable one should not be difficult.

Concealing his form, ignoring all the disputes that appeared along the way, he crossed seven or eight hundred kilometers of grassland.

A low, earthen-yellow hill appeared before his eyes, the aura of a third-grade mid-grade spirit vein faintly discernible.

Third-grade mid-grade spirit vein.

Jiang Ding looked thoughtful.

The Wei ancestor, that book-boy.

His master must have had some affection for the book-boy who had grown up by his side, deliberately arranging his family on a third-grade spirit vein close to Tushan Xiancheng.

Third-grade mid-grade spirit vein, Jin Dan Zhong Qi—a very suitable cultivation level.

Advancing one step further, becoming a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator, would inevitably breed longing for Nascent Soul, thereby unconsciously straying from the boundaries the General Heishi had set for vassal clans, harboring resentment, and inviting the calamity of clan extermination upon his own family.

It was also a painstaking effort.

But clearly, in this era when the Dari Sect had stirred up turmoil, the Wei Family was unwilling to remain a Jin Dan clan forever, slaves and servants for all eternity.

……

The Wei Family, in the Zuzongcitang.

A Jin Dan Chu Qi woman in a blue dress silently gazed at a soul lamp, her eyes full of longing and melancholy.

"Young Lady."

"The Old Ancestor is a blessed soul—heaven will protect him. He will be fine."

Behind her, a Foundation Establishment peak, kind-faced old woman said softly: "Since the Old Ancestor departed, many of our connections in the main family have grown distant. Recently, the Shi Clan and Yu Clan have been making moves, wanting to strip our Wei Family of its Class-A vassal clan seat and drive us to a third-grade low-grade spirit vein on the Dari Sect front lines."

The General Heishi divided their vassal clans into four grades: A, B, C, and D. Class A: Jin Dan Zhong Qi; Class B: Jin Dan Chu Qi; Class C: Foundation Establishment clans; Class D: Qi Refining clans.

"Although True Person Hei Pang is a collateral branch of the General Heishi, he is exceptionally talented and is also a Jin Dan Zhong Qi cultivator. Becoming… becoming his concubine would not be unacceptable."

"Young Lady, this is still better than going to the Dari Sect to die."

The old woman dared not press the matter, offering gentle and kind words of persuasion.

"If it were a direct-line member of the General Heishi, so be it—even a concubine would do."

The fair-featured woman in the blue dress gave a bitter smile: "But it happens to be a collateral branch, and at this time of struggle between the collateral and direct lines."

"But the family…"

The kind-faced old woman grew anxious.

"But if we go to the front lines, I might survive, but you will surely die."

The woman in the blue dress sighed: "Auntie Xiu, you watched me grow up, so you think a Jin Dan cultivator can be bullied, used to carve out a path to survival for you?"

"It is not so…"

The kind-faced old woman's heart turned cold. She stared wide-eyed, as if seeing the woman before her for the first time.

Just as she was about to speak, a sharp pain shot through her throat.

A kind-faced head rolled off with a gurgle.

"Father was always cultivating. Auntie Xiu, you are the one who raised me."

The blue-skirt woman sighed: "Letting you speak so much, living so long, is already enough to repay the kindness. Beneath the Nine Springs, I can rest easy."

Having spoken, her face full of sorrow, she continued to gaze wistfully at the soul lamp at the center of the ancestral hall.

A gust of wind blew past, the lamp flame swayed.

A cultivator wearing a black robe, with an honest face, at Jin Dan Zhong Qi, appeared before her, quietly watching her.

"Father!"

Wei Wei Qingqing blurted out.

Then she realized something was wrong.

Although the appearance, soul fluctuation, and cultivation of the person before her were identical to her father's, the eyes were completely wrong—utterly indifferent, looking at her as if she were a stranger.

This was almost instinct, the instinct between father and daughter.

"Run!"

Wei Wei Qingqing didn't think twice. Her sleeve robe flung out an emerald-green Dun Pai Fa treasure to shield her body. She erupted with magic power to flee outward, simultaneously using her divine sense to connect with the clan's grand formation.

"Good, this person is overconfident."

She thought thankfully.

With all the arrangements in place, even a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator could be delayed for some time by relying on the formation, enough to escape.

As long as she could flee to Tushan Xiancheng…

"Sigh."

"Indeed, I'm not used to this kind of lurking."

Jiang Ding Zi murmured, flicked a finger.

All around, space froze.

Wei Wei Qingqing, who was about to connect with the grand formation and flee, her body also stiffened, unable to move at all, extreme terror surfacing in her eyes.

Space!

Used on a mere little Jin Dan cultivator like me!

A terrifying thought surfaced in her heart.

The matter with Dari Sect—

Has it been exposed?

"Miss Wei, your crime of slaughtering mortals has caught up with you."

Jiang Ding rifled through the memories of Tiankuang Daoist for a moment, found a legitimate reason.

General General Heishi was a demonic-path family; many things were simply routine.

"Now, I need you to serve me for a period of time."

Jiang Ding took out a talisman and pressed it against her brow.

A third-grade upper-quality Bewitching God Talisman.

It could modify some of a Jin Dan cultivator's memories, and set some memory anchors that the target would believe without a doubt.

This kind of talisman was rather mediocre—it required an overwhelming soul advantage, and the target had to have no power to resist at all.

Wei Wei Qingqing's face showed confusion and struggle.

Several days later.

"Father."

Wei Wei Qingqing showed a joyful expression, no longer harboring the slightest suspicion.

"Mm, don't spread word of my return."

Jiang Ding said lightly: "Matters within the clan continue as before, don't make a fuss. Any difficulties, I will resolve."

"Yes."

Wei Wei Qingqing respectfully withdrew.

The restriction within her soul had a wisp of Destruction Sword Intent as a final safeguard—once it detected any anomaly, it would automatically activate self-destruction. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator could not stop it, ensuring a degree of secrecy.

Of course, even if it leaked it would be no big matter; his true body would not linger here long.

"The Zhengmo Alliance lost, yet also did not lose."

Jiang Ding no longer paid attention to Wei Wei Qingqing. Recalling some information from her memories, his face took on a Solemn expression.

"Han Lin did not deceive me. The Zhengmo Alliance truly suffered defeat."

"Many Nascent Soul cultivators fell, families with thousands of years of inheritance were exterminated by Dari Sect. Sects like Liu Dao Sect have even already activated their Seed Plans, scattering and fleeing the Northern Plains."

"But at this moment, the victorious Dari Sect split apart. Large numbers of Dari Sect cultivators died in a civil war, the bloodshed and cruelty no less than the battles with the Zhengmo Alliance."

"Now, the Northern Plains present a tripartite standoff: the Zhengmo Alliance, Dari Sect, and—"

"Dari Qingse Jianzong."

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