Chapter 886: Rebuilding the Liu Dao Sect

In a single breath, eight of the Liu Dao Sect's twelve Master Dinghai Zhenjun perished.

Including the one hailed as the foremost of the Demonic Path, the notorious Liuzhi Liuzhi Laomo; only four Liu Dao Sect Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun remained alive.

"We pay our respects to Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, and thank you for sparing our lives!"

The four surviving Liu Dao Sect Nascent Soul cultivators, including the Holy Disciple Yundao Master Dinghai Zhenjun, knelt prostrate on the ground with utmost reverence, holding no resentment in their hearts, only relief.

—At least in their expressions and their souls, there was no hatred.

"Within a hundred years, each of you must slay at least three Demon Lords of your own realm, or three thousand Demon Kings."

"Solo duels are not required; you may cooperate with others, purchase assistance with heavenly treasures, spiritual pills, or Gong Fa; no method is restricted, provided the heads are truly those of man-eating Demon Clan Demon Lords."

Jiang Ding said calmly.

"As for your movements, you may choose to remain in the Liu Dao Sect, establish your own sect, or become wandering cultivators; any path is acceptable."

"As long as you do not violate my Master Tushan Laws, everything can be discussed."

"I will not hide the fact that I have already left a sword intent mark upon each of you; in a hundred years, I will require a result."

"Or, if you attempt to leave the Northern Plains, this sword intent mark will also be triggered."

"We are willing to serve under Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun!"

The four Master Dinghai Zhenjun, including Yundao Master Dinghai Zhenjun, declared without hesitation.

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, please stop testing us!

We truly submit; at least until we advance to Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun, we truly submit and will harbor no further treacherous thoughts.

We grew up in Demonic Path families, killed so many people, experienced so much; how could we lack even this much resolve?

"You are judging a gentleman's heart with a petty person's mind."

Jiang Ding pouted; he could see at a glance that several were not acting willingly.

"Never mind; here, coming and going is free, but within the entire Northern Plains, the Master Tushan Laws must be obeyed; you will understand this later and harbor no more doubts."

"Since you say you are willing to stay, then stay; if you wish to leave in the future, go on your own."

Jiang Ding said casually: "Yundao Master Dinghai Zhenjun, you temporarily maintain order in the Liu Dao Sect, keep the hundreds of thousands of Liu Dao Sect disciples in line, and wait for the Master Tushan Maidens' Group and the Dari Sect cultivators to arrive to handle matters."

These hundreds of thousands of Liu Dao Sect disciples will face the same judgment as the twelve Master Dinghai Zhenjun.

Those found innocent shall be released; no further words are needed.

Among those who committed sins, those who contributed merit against the Demon Clan shall live but must atone within a hundred years; those who contributed no merit against the Demon Clan shall die.

"We strictly obey Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's command!"

Yundao Master Dinghai Zhenjun and the others stiffened.

No wonder this Canghai Tianjun cares nothing for the Liu Dao Sect.

Because he himself has a solid foundation and does not lack Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun to serve him; for the Liu Dao Sect, having one more or one less Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun makes no difference.

They had been entangled with the Dari Sect Nascent Souls for many years; they never expected that today they would serve in the same hall.

Many Liu Dao Sect Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun felt complex emotions.

The four Liu Dao Sect Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun received the order and departed to soothe the hundreds of thousands of Liu Dao Sect Jin Dan, Foundation Establishment, and Qi Refining disciples; this was second nature to them and would pose no problems.

Jiang Ding then led Han Lin toward the Liu Dao Sect's treasure vault to inspect his spoils of war.

With the destruction of the Six Realms No-Life Great Array, the entire Liu Dao Sect offered no concealment to Jiang Ding; secret vaults and the like were visible at a glance.

Clang!

A sword light flashed, and the secret vault's formation before them silently disintegrated.

Brilliant, radiant treasure light.

Shot straight into the sky, illuminating all four directions!

Han Lin's breath hitched, his mind going completely blank.

"This is the Liu Dao Sect's largest secret vault."

Jiang Ding introduced: "You may freely select any Fourth-Rank items inside, with a limit of one billion low-grade spirit stones... never mind, one point five billion; the campaign went smoothly, exceeding expectations, not as difficult as anticipated; consider this an extra bonus for you."

"If there is nothing you want here, search the other three smaller secret vaults."

"And for your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Mid-Stage bottleneck, you need Yuan Ci Spirit Liquid..."

Jiang Ding rummaged briefly in Liuzhi Liuzhi Laomo's storage bag, retrieved a dull gray jade bottle, inspected it with his divine sense, and frowned slightly.

"Too many impurities; what a chaotic refining craft."

"How could I possibly present this."

Hum!

At Jiang Ding's thought, a gray-blue flame appeared at the bottle's base; it was Infant Fire. Using Immortal Sect techniques, he refined and purified the Yuan Ci Spirit Liquid, forcing out wisps of black-gray impurities.

Although Jiang Ding possessed no particular ability in the path of forging.

With his Soul Transformation-level divine sense and Immortal Sect refining secret arts, purifying a mere Fourth-Rank material was no problem.

Moments later, the impurities in the jade bottle vanished, and the quantity was reduced by half.

This was not waste or extravagance.

The effect this half of Yuan Ci Spirit Liquid could produce would exceed the original impure liquid by several times, without causing harm to the cultivator.

Such is the value of a Refinement Master.

"We clearly agreed on one bottle..."

Jiang Ding was speechless.

He certainly would not ruin his reputation over such a trifle; he took out another bottle of Yuan Ci Spirit Liquid, refined and purified it, combined them into one, and tossed it to Han Lin, who was watching eagerly.

"Go choose the heavenly treasures and earthly wonders you like."

"However, you must pay attention to your foundation in the future; you have taken too many pills; it would be a ghost story if you had no bottlenecks."

"Try to obtain a high-level Gong Fa that suits you; if it is difficult, so be it; if the cultivation speed is slow, so be it; do not be impatient; seeking quick success and instant benefits must be avoided."

Jiang Ding cautioned.

"Cultivation is not a matter of fighting only for the present moment."

This too is a common ailment among loose cultivators—too fixated on what is right before their eyes, with no long-term planning.

True, loose cultivators have plenty of reasons—the dangers they face are too many; if they don't rapidly raise their strength, they'll die, and so on—all of it is reasonable, all of it has practical meaning.

However, no matter how many excuses you have, no matter how reasonable, no matter how understandable.

When the bottleneck comes, it still comes; it will not sympathize in the slightest because of that.

"Thank you, Little Martial Uncle!"

Han Lin drew in a deep breath and bowed deeply in salute.

He was truly moved.

In the Cultivation World, the agreed-upon reward not only did not decrease by the slightest bit afterward, but kept leaping upward again and again.

In his several hundred years of cultivating the Dao,

He had never even heard of such a thing!

The final admonition was worth a fortune—its value beyond estimation—the accumulated experience of who knows how many years from great sects and great powers.

Don't look at it as just a few words and phrases; in truth, it is the conclusion reached only after who knows how many sect predecessors died, who knows how many corpses paved the road along the way, and constant trial after trial.

Han Lin carefully recalled his past cultivation journey and could not help but feel deeply ashamed.

He really had been far too eager for quick success and instant profit!

Other loose cultivators aside, he himself carried a fortuitous opportunity; in truth, there was no need to be so impatient. He had thought he was fast, but in reality that speed was only momentary—over several hundred years, he had actually become slower instead.

Worse still, a terrifying bottleneck blocked the road ahead, impossible to break through no matter what, and in the end he had no choice but to come to Liu Dao Sect to risk his life.

"It's what you're owed. What is there to be polite about?"

"Go on, go pick out whatever you want."

Jiang Ding waved his hand.

His divine sense spread out, enveloping the entire Liu Dao Sect treasure vault, carefully scanning the various magic treasures, talismans, and heaven-and-earth treasures, as well as several other secret vaults, all within the range of his divine sense.

He calculated for a moment.

"First-grade, second-grade, third-grade, fourth-grade, fifth-grade—all the heaven-and-earth treasures and valuable items together amount to roughly twenty trillion low-grade spirit stones in wealth."

"Among them, the fourth-grade heaven-and-earth treasures are worth over five hundred billion; the fifth-grade heaven-and-earth treasures are the fewest in number, only a handful, worth a hundred billion… this isn't the old lair of the Ten Thousand Spiders."

"The remainder is the wealth accumulated from large quantities of mid- and low-grade heaven-and-earth treasures."

Jiang Ding sighed.

"It seems I'm destined never to strike it rich at the Soul Transformation stage."

This was also thanks to the advanced synthetic industries of the immortal sects.

Otherwise, the mid- and low-grade heaven-and-earth treasures that made up the bulk of the value would be of no great use to a Soul Transformation cultivator.

(End of chapter)

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