Chapter 520: The Cause-Sweeping, Effect-Extinguishing Talisman

Cluster Heavy Cannon Bombardment of Cultivators, Main Text Volume 552, Chapter: The Cause-Sweeping, Effect-Extinguishing Talisman, at the center of the Wei family's spiritual vein.

A middle-aged cultivator with a simple, honest appearance opened his eyes.

"Twelve years, I suppose."

Jiang Ding Zi murmured to himself, absorbing the memories of these years.

There was no need; he would not leave the immortal sect that made him feel at ease, not even a single step.

Twelve years had passed, and the Northern Plains had seen no major changes; the Zhengmo Alliance, the Dari Sect, and the Great Sun Sword Sect remained largely calm, quietly lying in wait, recuperating and enjoying the rare peace following over two hundred years of war.

The Wei family, after the destruction of the Shi family and a host of other clans, faced constant minor troubles involving the internal strife between the main and collateral lines of the General Heishi clan of the Animal Path, leaving Wei Wei Qingqing overwhelmed, though no major trouble had yet appeared.

"As for the Gold-Copper Stone, it will be exhausted in at most a few more years."

Jiang Ding calculated in his heart.

The Gold-Copper Stone concerns the quantity of Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin Number 21; to obtain one portion every year, this priority material is indispensable, and the only current channel is purchasing through the Spirit Treasure Merchant Association, whose production site is far too distant from the Beast Spirit Tushan Xiancheng.

"However, there is no rush for now."

Jiang Ding took out a token from his storage jade pendant and examined it closely.

This was an ancient-looking token inscribed with the two characters 'Luo Xu', bearing the vicissitudes of time.

At this moment, the flashing frequency grew higher and higher; with magic power input, one could even sense, via divine sense, a distant void that was faintly perceptible, seeming within reach yet also far on the other shore.

"Only three months left... a very short time."

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

Yes, he intended to enter the Luo Xu Sect's mountain gate using this body.

First, even if it were not his true body, he had enough confidence to suppress figures like the Six Paths Saint Son; why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?

Whether to kill him or not mainly depended on his mood at the time; it would have no impact.

As for the problem of severe aftermath after the heavenly prodigy fled...

To be honest,

figures like the Six Paths Saint Son have not yet reached the high standard of etiquette requiring them to be treated with the thoroughness of cutting off the roots.

An Tu Zi is more like it.

That fellow is very sinister.

Jiang Ding suspected that during the journey to the Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi, An Tu Zi had not revealed his full strength; his strategic retreat might have been intended to make others underestimate him, subconsciously lowering their guard, to pave the way for a potential decisive killing blow in the future.

Second, it might involve the Immortal Art: Suppressing the Void.

The waters of this matter are too deep; the world barrier was shattered and has not healed for tens of thousands of years; even if he had the audacity of a tidal wave, he would not dare to use his true body to go up.

Waiting until he reaches the peak of Soul Transformation would be more appropriate.

Within the domain, under world suppression, even a Void Refining cultivator might be able to spar.

Not only that,

"This..."

Jiang Ding showed a trace of heartache and took out an object.

This was a long plaque resembling an alloy circuit board; the moment it appeared, it emitted an aura of sweeping away causes and effects, even faintly conveying the meaning of Dao Po Fa, forbidden magic, and magic extinguishment.

Po Fa Xian Jin!

Tens of thousands of li away, on his true body, the Taqing Flying Swords buzzed and trembled, sensing the power of the same origin.

Mixed within this jade plaque, which looked like a circuit board, was a bit of Po Fa Xian Jin!

"A sixth-grade talisman, Void Refining grade, the Cause-Sweeping, Effect-Extinguishing Talisman!"

Jiang Ding said solemnly.

This was the sixth-grade concealment talisman he had exchanged with the immortal sect using his sole Soul Transformation-level war merit, possibly crafted by Yuan's hand, or perhaps by some unnamed Canghai Tianjun of the immortal sect.

This talisman had no attack or defense effects.

Its sole use was to conceal aura, conceal cause and effect, and conceal the pursuit of heaven-sent magic arts!

The effect was such that even Void Refining great experts could not track it; furthermore, due to the addition of Po Fa Xian Jin, there was even a slight possibility that those above Void Refining could possess one instance of concealment effect.

The Soul Transformation war merit obtained from capturing Yu Yu Qianzi was thus used up.

"Soul Transformation war merit really doesn't last long."

Jiang Ding said with a pained expression.

Soul Transformation war merit!

This thing is too useful; entering the Chen Mian Mi Jing is required, and mother and sister can use it for the Chen Mian; naturally, mother takes precedence over sister, and if there is surplus later, it can be considered.

Jiang Ding himself also needs it.

He did not have issues with aptitude or cultivation.

The problem is that the deduction of Soul Transformation secret arts and Void Refining secret arts all requires time; as the ruler of the domain, the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's core gong fa and secret arts are not so easily deduced.

Perhaps it would require setting up proper contingencies, entering the Chen Mian for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, relying on the hard grinding of time to succeed.

There is also the construction of the super space aircraft carrier.

After reaching Nascent Soul, he would certainly possess Soul Transformation-level combat power; according to the standards and habits of the Cultivation World, he could almost interact as an equal with Soul Transformation cultivators like Yuan, discussing the Dao.

He is no longer a little baby.

This means that Yuan and others, Yun Gong Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Ling Shu Master Dinghai Zhenjun and the rest, will almost no longer help him do things unconditionally as they do now, nor will they continue to take care of a child.

It means that for everything, excluding the innate subsidies of the immortal sect, to drive Soul Transformation cultivators to help, to drive Nascent Soul cultivators to help, to participate in building the super mother ship, money must be given, a lot of money!

Which is Soul Transformation war merit.

Everything requires Soul Transformation war merit to continue pushing forward, to get them to help, to get the Immortal Sect Academy to keep advancing related sword Dao research; all of this requires it.

"After the late Jin Dan stage..."

A light flashed in Jiang Ding's eyes: "The Di Ci Gao Jie, no, the Di Ci Gao Jie is not enough; we must at least sweep across a whole domain, completely destroy the Brother Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace's rule over the Da Liang Xiao Gao Jie, greatly expand the immortal sect's resource quantity, and accumulate the Soul Transformation war merit for the war fortress all at once."

"We'll talk about that later."

Jiang Ding stopped his thoughts from drifting, placed the Karma-Severing Talisman at his chest, and let it hover in the air.

Then, he circulated his magic power and god-sensing-like electromagnetic waves, forming intricate hand seals—his fingers blurred into afterimages, one after another.

Along with the hand seals and the incantations from his lips, hazy, indistinct talisman characters materialized around his body; one glance and even one's divine sense would blur, forgetting everything.

This was the activation hand seal for the Karma-Severing Talisman—extremely complex.

Especially for lower-realm cultivators, it took an even longer time; a single mistake would damage the entire talisman, greatly reducing its value.

After a full month-plus, the aura around Jiang Ding grew weaker and weaker, while the hazy talisman characters covering him layered upon layer upon layer, encircling his entire body and giving him the illusion of having stepped outside the web of karma.

"Open!"

Jiang Ding gave a low cry; sword qi gathered chillingly at his fingertips, highly condensed, and he drew it lightly across his chest.

His clothes tore, his skin split, his flesh and bone broke apart one by one, turning into silver-white liquid metal—in the blink of an eye it returned to fresh-red flesh and blood.

Drops of lifelike fresh blood fell, along with the smell of gore.

Until the beating heart was also sliced open by his fingers, and a great surge of fresh blood gushed out like a pump.

"Not bad, the lifelike technology."

Jiang Ding said weakly.

This wasn't him truly being weak—it was that, within the disguise program set by Jin-92, he was supposed to be weak right now.

"Merge!"

Jiang Ding's final hand seal came to a close.

In an instant, the Karma-Severing Talisman moved, bringing with it the surrounding swathes of hazy talisman characters as it flew into Jin-92's heart; flesh and meridians grew wildly, connecting, healing.

In the blink of an eye, his chest had already recovered as before.

Jiang Ding let out a light breath.

Looking inward at his body, his heart was empty, as if nothing had happened at all.

But he knew this clone was different now—Soul Transformation cultivators could no longer divine his tracks, and would instead be involuntarily misled, guided toward ill fortune.

Even if a Void Refinement great power tried to divine, they would gain nothing, only knowing that they had been blocked.

"Go find Han Lin."

"The immortal-arts traces of the Falling Luo Xu Zong…"

Following his body's settings, Jiang Ding recuperated in quiet cultivation for over a month; once healed, he concealed his form and flew out of the Wei family.