Chapter 60: Capture and Public Security

Small courtyard.

Jiang Ding traced stroke by stroke on the paper. In the blink of an eye, a dense and complete array diagram appeared on the paper. After inputting internal power, a flash of spiritual light flickered.

"It's done."

He let out a light breath.

After more than ten days of practice, the final array diagram, the Tier 1 Flying Array, was finally completed.

The four arrays of the talisman sword: Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array, Special Sharp Metal Array, Floating Array, and Flying Array.

The four array diagrams were folded using specific techniques, refined with a drop of essence blood, and finally, it was the first layer of the "Great Sun Sword-Planting and Sword-Refining Method," the Talisman Sword.

He said calmly, accepting this small favor.

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Jiang Ding was silent. This was inevitably a euphemism; someone must have died, either falling off a cliff or being harmed by a wild beast.

"To be honest, many internal qi realm martial artists have martial power far exceeding ordinary people. In their daily conduct, they are inevitably a bit overbearing, and the common people dare to be angry but dare not speak."

For more than three months, he had practiced array diagram carving without interruption, and today he finally achieved results. The sword of Dao foundation was about to take its first step.

He didn't know if this was worrying unnecessarily. This young master, who looked like he had a great background, was not someone the Marquis Mansion would easily offend.

This step, if there were no more external forces, would still take about three months.

Sighing, Jiang Ding closed the drone recording screen.

"Triple the pension, and the compensation for the injured as well, drawn from the silver I have in the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce."

Most internal qi realm martial artists were bound and captured before they could react, only able to roar loudly, their mouths stuffed with rags, and were escorted back to the Marquis Mansion dungeon.

"Capture... on what grounds?"

As for anger, there wasn't that much.

At least, in recent math classes, Jiang Ding had felt that what the teacher was teaching wasn't that difficult, and he could even derive much joy from it.

Long San said respectfully: "Today's Blue-Fluorescent Butterflies have been delivered. The quantity is 4,278 pairs, a few hundred pairs less than originally expected. The Blue-Fluorescent Butterflies are becoming increasingly scarce, and capturing them is becoming more and more difficult. Completing the quantity you requested might be delayed by a few days."

According to what Long San said, it wasn't just the Prefecture City; various prefectures and counties had similar situations, which could be described as sweeping everything up.

"Yes, this little one understands."

"As long as I can refine the sword of Dao foundation, I can obtain the Daoist-level foundation of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion. In the future, my talent will be no weaker than a heaven's pride expert, and the Great Dao is within reach."

Jiang Ding gripped the sword hilt, his heart hardening.

"If one day I reach the peak of this realm..."

It was precisely the Marquis Mansion's heavy-armored personal guards!

Another fifty percent chance of being stuck at the late Qi Condensation stage for life, perhaps becoming a Teacher Jiang in some school who teaches moral education, or perhaps a Teacher Jiang who is skilled in cold weapons."

"Such a future, the current situation, is not enough!"

Having studied the Hundred-Step Flying Sword for so long, he knew better than anyone the importance of essence blood to young martial artists.

These internal qi realm martial artists rarely engaged in production, mostly relying on direct violence as their profession to obtain the gold, silver, and medicinal materials they needed, as well as high status.

"Not enough!"

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"However, it can be more!"

He couldn't bear to urge them any further.

Once all 1,000 small branches of the twelve regular meridians were tempered, he could use the massive internal power stored in the 12,000 large and small branches of the twelve regular meridians to forcibly break through the barriers of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and enter the second half of the 'Great Circulation' cultivation.

Occasionally, if there were someone with high martial power who couldn't be taken down immediately, they would send a signal to hold their ground and wait for reinforcements.

And then,

"It might take another twenty days or so." Long San said with difficulty: "Now we can only go deep into the East Spirit Mountain to capture them. They are almost extinct on the periphery, and from time to time, herb gatherers get injured."

"The grounds are indeed sufficient."

Long had long understood his temper, hesitated for a while, and said: "Young Master, recently the Marquis Mansion has been capturing idle internal qi martial artists who do not belong to the major forces in the city everywhere. You... should be careful." "Why hesitate?"

In the drone's perspective,

*Dong dong dong! * Long San didn't need Huang Deyou to announce him, lightly knocking on the small door with familiarity.

In just one night, because the East Spirit Prefecture was prosperous and the government was weak and more liberal, the large number of idle internal qi realm martial artists who had gathered had already disappeared without a trace.

Long San bid farewell and left.

Even if the "Great Sun Sword-Planting and Sword-Refining Method" was one of the highest crystallizations of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's immortal cultivation technology, mysterious and extraordinary, it only required one drop of essence blood, unlike ordinary Hundred-Step Flying Swords that required continuous essence blood refining.

A group of heavy-armored guards whose faces were covered by iron armor divided into several ten-man squads, and with the assistance and guidance of internal qi martial artists from the Righteousness Gang, Zheng Mansion, or the Dragon-Tiger Martial Hall, they dispersed to the residences of idle martial artists throughout the city, surrounding them.

However, this was already the relatively safest place. The probability of encountering demonic cultivators outside the city would increase significantly, and the more remote the mountains and forests, the more so.

At least fifty-plus internal qi realm martial artists were captured, more than twenty internal qi realm martial artists died, and one corpse remained.

Amidst the surging emotions, Jiang Ding made up his mind.

Jiang Ding had an urge to stay away from the Prefecture City.

"I understand, thank you, Shopkeeper Long."

"People's aptitude, foundation, and wisdom have limits. Teacher Zhang Dingjun, Teacher Guo, and the others are like this. It's not that they don't work hard, but they are limited by themselves."

"Greetings, Young Master."

Jiang Ding pulled up the drone's surveillance footage from this period, the screen flashing by rapidly.

"A drop of essence blood..."

Breaking down doors, covering with iron nets, using iron chains to capture—the whole set of attacks was smooth and flowing, and one could tell at a glance that it was a combined martial technique specifically for dealing with people in the Jianghu.

Jiang Ding frowned: "How long?"

"The risk is worth it."

Jiang Ding had scorching flames burning in his eyes: "I can stand higher and do more! I might even be able to push the Immortal Sect's exploration of the immortal path a step further!"

"Currently, my grades are quite good. I should be able to steadily get into the Daoist department of Qianling University, which takes care of people from this province. In the future, there is a fifty percent chance of Foundation Establishment."

Jiang Ding shuddered, thinking of the blood pool in the underground karst cave of the Fierce Tiger Stronghold.

Long San recalled: "Improving the public security of East Spirit, clearing up old cases, returning a bright and clear sky to East Spirit... and even receiving praise from many common people."

"Like this..."

Those with high-level light-body techniques were also dealt with by the Righteousness Gang's honored guests and others. Under the siege of many, very few escaped. Sometimes, if someone resisted too violently, only a corpse remained, which would be sternly scolded by their squad leader and similarly brought back to the Marquis Mansion dungeon.

"Who is it?!"

In less than half a quarter of an hour, multiple squads would arrive in a forced march to surround them, with no way to escape.

"This kind of future is not bad. Predecessors paved the way, and I enjoyed it. It wouldn't be bad to become Teacher Jiang in the future to continue paving the way for those who come after."

"Golden Core, the chance is extremely slim."

"Enter."

The harvest was more than that. Through the study of the four array diagrams, his array path had been greatly exercised, and his math grades would inevitably see a wave of improvement.

Two carriages approached the grocery store. Jiang Ding gradually restrained his emotions, once again using internal qi to nourish and temper the small branches of the twelve regular meridians.

"I also want to benefit my family, letting Mother and Jiang Yuan become Foundation Establishment cultivators even if they just eat, wait for death, lie flat, and rot!"

Jiang Ding went through the refining technique several times in his heart, but he was still somewhat hesitant.

Even if it was just one drop, it would cause great damage to his vitality, and there was even a very small possibility of harming his foundation, making it difficult for his cultivation to advance further.

In this process, a large number of lives died at their hands because of opposing positions. Whether it was just or not was not a question that needed to be cared about.

Today, because his strength was inferior, he was killed by someone stronger, so he had to accept his fate.

What he truly sympathized with were the common people who created the wealth of the entire world. They didn't do anything wrong, yet they had to bear all the consequences.

However, with such strength, he could only sigh.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 61 =====