Chapter 79: Talisman Sword Nearing Perfection

Confirming that he had escaped the tracking range of the Innate martial artist, Jiang Ding fully activated his Minor Breath-Holding Technique and hid in a deserted street corner.

Ever since he learned the Minor Breath-Holding Technique, except for crossing the street and eating at home, he used it almost every moment. The progress accumulated bit by bit, and it was currently over 90% Minor Accomplishment; Major Accomplishment could be imagined.

Once Major Accomplishment is reached, even without reconnaissance camouflage, if the tier is one level lower, he could deceive the spiritual sense of Qi-Refining cultivators, provided the other party didn't have anti-stealth magic tools and their anti-stealth spells weren't at Minor Accomplishment.

Jiang Ding rummaged through his robes and took out a flesh-colored mask and two handlebar mustaches.

Masquerade toy!

Searched on the Banyan Tree Network. After communicating with the seller, except for cultivator spiritual sense scanning and specialized instrument detection, it was difficult for ordinary people to see through it.

Of course, don't think about doing bad things; the Array Spirit computer monitors every public corner. Not to mention a mere toy, even if a cultivator intentionally wanted to do something, they would be immediately ferreted out.

Speaking of which, the Banyan Tree Network has almost everything. As long as you type the characters, it will show you what you want. The price is another matter, very magical.

"At most one month, the Talisman Sword will be perfect. The next step is to plant the wooden sword..."

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As for treasures like Taiqing Divine Iron...

Jiang Ding stopped thinking about these distant things, took a Ginseng Essence Qi-Refining Elixir, and used his mind for two purposes, simultaneously falling into the cultivation of nourishing the tiny meridians and tempering the Talisman Sword.

"Ahem, sword guest Xu San from Bianchi Prefecture, personality reclusive..."

Sunlight shone directly, gathering on a golden-red short sword in the pond, and wisps of white mist steamed up.

For many days, the essence of the great sun had been constantly tempering it, burning away impurities bit by bit, condensing the essence. The sword body seemed to have shrunk a little.

The White Origin Liquid on the Talisman Sword disappeared bit by bit, and a golden thread flew out, flickering blurrily, actually splitting into a brilliant golden sword qi that slashed down, carrying an extremely dangerous feeling.

Jiang Ding lay on the recliner, nourishing and tempering his meridians within his body, with a portion of his spirit placed on the Talisman Sword, activating the Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit-Gathering Array and Tier 1 Special Sharp Gold Array within the Talisman Sword, absorbing the essence of the great sun and trace amounts of heaven and earth spiritual energy to temper the sword body.

Immediately, the obviously silicone flesh-colored mask changed, extending and changing color, completely fitting Jiang Ding's skin. The skin tone was also completely consistent with his other parts, and even the beard looked like it was growing on his lips, unable to be pulled off.

If it were replaced with Soul-Nourishing Wood heart that could be refined into a treasure, heaven knows what the astronomical price would be. Whether spirit stones could buy it was another matter.

The quality is also guaranteed; after all, it is something produced relying on the Immortal Sect's industrial system.

Jiang Ding pondered.

Whoosh! The Talisman Sword didn't actually slash out, but flew back to the pond, gathering the essence of the great sun and trace amounts of spiritual energy to temper the sword body.

Many passersby subconsciously glanced at him, then skipped over, hurrying to do their own things.

It's just that the material of his clothes, shoes, and the exposed edges of his undergarments were somewhat expensive and conspicuous, as smooth as silk.

The green shirt changed color rapidly. Amidst the flow of light and shadow, a slightly washed-out black linen garment appeared, and his shoes and undergarments were also changed to ordinary styles bought in the store.

School, training ground.

Jiang Ding saw this and nodded with satisfaction.

It's just too slow, too slow! Efficiency is too low! Tempering for decades, at most, one could only exceed the soul foundation of same-tier martial artists by 50%. By then, one's teeth might have fallen out.

"Not bad!"

Qi-Refining cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators have extremely tenacious vitality. Just making a hole in their body is useless; one must burn them thoroughly to kill them. Pfft! With a light sound, Jiang Ding, lying on the ground, felt his body tremble. The muzzle of the Type 03 anti-material sniper rifle sprayed some flames. Even if a cultivator used spiritual sense to scan, the fired bullet would be difficult to discover.

He would stay here for a period of time to digest all the elixirs.

This kind of thing, even Soul Transformation cultivators would try to rob it. Immortal Sect Soul Transformation cultivators might try to bypass the central Array Spirit computer's supervision to get it 'reasonably'; their eating manners would be better, but they could do the same.

Only by obtaining soul treasures and refining them into the Talisman Sword! Hundred-year Soul-Nourishing Wood, thousand-year Soul-Nourishing Wood, etc. —none are not priceless things. A mere piece of ninth-generation cutting-propagated Soul-Nourishing Wood leaf, only a hundred years old, sells for over four hundred, nearly five hundred spirit coins, millions of mortal coins.

Jiang Ding's mind moved, and he actively took over the control of the camouflage suit's built-in microcomputer, inputting a string of code copied from the internet.

In the center of the courtyard,

About forty years old, with an ordinary face, not weak Internal Qi cultivation, a posture as straight as a pine, and a simple black-sheathed long sword at his waist—no different from the old jianghu people who passed by on the street from time to time.

Whoosh! Ten minutes later, feeling a slight stinging sensation from his brain, Jiang Ding recalled the Talisman Sword, applied White Origin Liquid to it, and the stinging sensation disappeared, replaced by a cool, tingling feeling.

!.

This kind of jianghu person is very common.

A moment later, a middle-aged sword guest, slightly weathered, appeared in the original spot.

After wandering around the city for half a day, Jiang Ding rented a three-entry, three-exit detached courtyard in the civilian street area near the city wall, a very remote place, and paid a year's rent in one go.

Unfortunately, the sword technique is only at the introductory level, and the Talisman Sword body cannot achieve the most basic optical stealth.

"Continue cultivating. Once Taiqing Divine Iron is used, it will be contaminated into the person's own appearance. It's useless for others to rob it..."

Don't look at the dim light of this sword body; it has contracted its power and could explode at any time with a strike sufficient to injure an Internal Qi Perfection martial artist or even an Innate one. As for the golden sword qi, it's just for show; it would be good if it could beat an Internal Qi Minor Accomplishment martial artist.

Roughly converted to the spirit stone unit of cultivators outside the realm, at least over a hundred spirit stones would be gone, just for a leaf of Soul-Nourishing Wood that was only a hundred years old.

Boom! Five kilometers away, a fixed target shattered, countless paper fragments fluttering in the air, swallowed into ashes before they could even move away.

He could feel that by constantly urging the Talisman Sword to temper the sword body with the essence of the great sun, his own soul also had an extremely tiny enhancement. Even drawing arrays in math class seemed a bit easier.

Jiang Ding stuck the mask on his face, carefully applied the two handlebar mustaches, and input Internal Power into it.

Jiang Ding coughed slightly, walked out of the deserted street corner with a steady pace, and released the cover of the Minor Breath-Holding Technique.

In contrast, the Talisman Sword body lost some light and was very inconspicuous, as if it had suffered heavy damage. "This 'Great Brightness Sword Art' is finally at the introductory level."

Zhang Dingjun praised: "Much progress compared to before. Practice more, strive to cover the sound and muzzle flames, and study the Vajra Seal. Most importantly, improve your cultivation base. That way, you'll be a scout directly upon entering the army, and your monthly salary and cultivation subsidies will be much higher."

His eyes were full of surprise.

He had always heard that students would stimulate their potential after their senior year, and their grades would advance by leaps and bounds. He didn't believe it, thinking it was the encouragement of other subject teachers. He didn't expect to encounter it once after so many years of teaching.

"I will, teacher."

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