Very quickly, the elders and Supreme Headmaster of the Wan Jian House gathered together.
Zhong Yue was also there.
Logically speaking, even if Zhong Yue was the head disciple of the Myriad Sword Sect, he was not qualified to participate in a meeting of this level. However, since he was the victim and the witness of this incident, he was allowed to sit in and listen. There were some things that needed him to inform everyone.
Other than Zhong Yue, the weakest among them was at the late Primordial Spirit level.
Among them, the Myriad Sword Sect's Grand Elder had a Grand Dao Rune circulating around his body. Clearly, he had already "fused the Dao."
Apart from the Great Elder, Zhong Yue's father, Zhong Wanshan, and another middle-aged man with a copper gourd on his back were also at the Dao Integration Stage. This middle-aged man with the copper gourd on his back had the same status as Zhong Wanshan. He was the Deputy Sect Master of the Myriad Sword Sect, but his strength was slightly stronger than Zhong Wanshan's.
The copper gourd on his back was quite famous. It was a high-grade Dao artifact, the "Blade Strengthening Gourd".
The Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect looked like a middle-aged Daoist.
He sat on the main seat, his aura as deep as the sea, giving people the feeling that he was a sharp sword that could be unsheathed at any time. Once it was unsheathed, it would be fine.
He was a seventh-retribution champion, a notch below the Taixu Sect's chieftain. Even so, who was stronger and who was weaker would only be known after a battle. After all, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was also a sword cultivator, and sword cultivators were adept at attacking and killing in the first place. It was not difficult for powerful genius sword cultivators to kill opponents above their level.
"Zhong Yue!"
The headmaster of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect spoke. He looked at Zhong Yue who was at the corner of the palace and said, "Tell me everything that happened. Remember, do not exaggerate. If there is even half a lie, you will be sent to the Ten Thousand Swords Cave to reflect on your mistakes for ten years."
Obviously …
The Supreme Headmaster of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect also understood the importance of this matter.
Though the secluded immortal sects were powerful, the momentum that Jiang He had shown now meant that his future would be limitless. Still, he knew Zhong Yue's personality: prideful and arrogant. If he was like that even in his own sect, one could imagine how he would behave against an ordinary cultivator.
If it was really Zhong Yue's fault, it wouldn't be worth it to offend a prodigy with the potential of a strong cultivator.
Zhong Yue's body shuddered when he heard the words "Cave of Thousand Swords".
That was the forbidden area of the Myriad Sword Sect, and anyone who entered the Myriad Sword Sect would suffer the pain of having their heart devoured by a myriad of swords. If one's Dao Heart wasn't strong enough, it was even possible for one to go mad on the spot.
He quickly modified the words he prepared to say in order to make his words closer to the truth. However, the truth was enough to enrage the Wan Jian House's Elders!
"This is too much!"
"This is too much!"
"Stand on his head and talk? I am a disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. What's the harm in standing on his head and saying a few words to him? "
"That brat, Jiang He, thinks nothing of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Chieftain, I'm willing to head to the mundane world and capture Jiang He."
"Oh right!"
That was when Zhong Yue's tone changed and he added, "Jiang He knows a sword array as well, and if I'm not mistaken, that sword array is the Ice and Fire Duality Sword Array of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect."
"What?"
After he spoke, the entire hall once again fell into a commotion. Many elders were in awe. Even the Supreme Headmaster of the Wan Jian House had a change of expression. He frowned, "Did you see it clearly?"
"There's no way I'm mistaken, chieftain."
Zhong Yue said with certainty, "I've learned the cultivation method of the Ice and Fire Duality Sword Array after ascending up to Yuan Spirit. Though I have yet to fully grasp it, I've seen my parents and the Elders of the sect use it more than once, and there's no way I'm mistaken."
The Ten Thousand Swords Sect chieftain appeared somber and silent.
He only rose to his feet after a dozen seconds and somberly said, "Zhong Wanshan, bring some people with you to the mundane world in three days and invite Jiang He back. The Ice and Fire Duality Sword Array is a secret technique of our sect and only the core leaders of our sect could cultivate it. Even the chieftain of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect does not have the right to spread the Ice and Fire Duality Sword Array. How could we let a mundane cultivator master it?"
Zhong Wanshan rose to accept the order and asked, "Chieftain, what if Jiang He refuses to come?"
"If he doesn't come, have him cripple his own Ice and Fire Duality Sword Array."
The Ten Thousand Swords Sect chieftain's figure disappeared from the temple in a flash, though his voice resounded in everyone's ears.
Down below, Zhong Yue's eyes lit up in delight as he remembered the sight of Jiang He casting the Sword Array of Five Elements and Six Pulses, and promptly said, "Father, Jiang He has mastered an even more powerful sword array. He could unleash Convergence-tier combat power with his Yuan Spirit-novice cultivation, and we would have to send a few Elders if we want to capture him."
Zhong Wanshan frowned.
Was he doubting his own ability?
Still, he did not flare up since it was his son who said it, and promptly turned to the other Elders. Third Elder, Sixth Elder, and Seventh Elder all stepped forward, saying, "Chieftain Zhong, we'll go with you."
There were factions in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect as well.
According to the rules of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, once the chieftain weathered his ninth retribution and ascended to Mahayana, he would step down as chieftain and become a Supreme Venerable Elder of the sect. The new chieftain would then be chosen between the two vice-chieftains.
The three Elders who had stopped were all from Zhong Wanshan's faction, with Seventh Elder being Zhong Yue's mother.
As for the remaining six Elders, three of them were from the faction of the vice-chieftain who carried the bronze bottle gourd.
On the other hand, the Convergence-tier Senior Elder and the other two belonged to a neutral faction.
…
Jiang He was not aware that the Penglai Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect were preparing to deal with him. At the moment, he was sitting in the yard of his mansion, munching on sunflower seeds and drinking Origin Fluid.
There was a field of golden paddy ahead.
Jiang He was delighted at the sight of the heavy rice.
"Is this the joy of harvesting?"
Taking a sip of Origin Fluid to moisten his throat that was a little dry from munching on the purple-golden sunflower seeds, Jiang He could not help barking, "What are you doing? Seventh Brother, I'm talking to you. Hurry up and harvest the paddy! "
[Ding!]
[+ 1 Farm Point.]
[Ding …]
System Notifications jingled incessantly in his head.
Jiang He had earned over 280,000 Farm Points the last time he planted just over a hundred catties of paddy. Now that he had planted several hundred catties of paddy, this harvest alone earned him over a million Farm Points.
After instructing the Seven Bottle Gourd Brothers, Dumbo, and Trumbo to harvest the paddy, Jiang He had Dumbo use its earth-type powers to plow the fields, while Trumbo used its water-type powers to water the fields before planting the paddy again.
"If things go on like this, I should be able to earn three million Farm Points after planting a thousand catties of rice … One Farm Point for one stalk of rice means that there are more than three million stalks of rice. If one stalk of rice produces one catty of Dragontooth Rice …"
Gasp!
Jiang He could not help inhaling sharply.
He …
Would he be able to harvest over three million catties of rice?
Even if Dumbo, Trumbo, the Seven Bottle Gourd Brothers, and the two golden eaglets started eating, they would still be able to eat over a hundred catties of rice a day, would they not?
Moreover, they still had wheat seeds, and they could not possibly eat rice every day …
Even if they ate rice for lunch and rice for dinner, they would still be able to eat for two hundred years!
"Actually, this calculation isn't right. After all, I would sometimes forget to eat after my cultivation improves, and I would only have one meal every three to four days. That is why these three million catties of rice would be enough for me to eat for five hundred years."
Jiang He turned to the side then.
The Jiang-style item refinement and pellet refinement manuals he had planted had already matured, and the arrays he planted had matured as well.
However, the rusty sword that Wang Hou had gifted him …
It had just sprouted.
The tip of the sword was now poking out of the soil, immortal light swirling over it.
Jiang He did a double take, and could not help his expression changing when he felt it carefully. "Immortal light … immortal strength? Could it be that Heavenly Master Xu's Mosquito Cutter is really an immortal weapon? "
Composing himself, Jiang He appeared delighted and could not help chuckling. "If it really is an immortal item, Old Wang has done me a huge favor … a real immortal item is priceless in the eyes of elites."
Jiang He walked up and reached out to pluck a jade scroll from one of the jade trees.
[Ding!]
[+ 100,000 Farm Points.]
A System Notification jingled in his head.
Jiang He stared at the jade scroll, and data appeared before his eyes …
It was Jiang-style Pellet Refinement.
[Ding!]
[Consume one million Farm Points to cultivate Jiang-style Pellet Refinement, Host?]
Jiang He's pellet refinement was not categorized into grades at all.
There was no need to go through so much trouble.
Pellet refinement was mainly a refinement technique, and as long as he mastered it and had enough pellet ingredients and pellet recipes, he could refine any medicinal pellet.
"It's just a million Farm Points. It's nothing. Cultivate!"
[Ding!]
[-1,000,000 Farm Points.]
[Congratulations, Host. You have mastered Jiang-style Pellet Refinement.]
As the System Notification jingled in his head, substantial information surged into his mind at the same time, and Jiang He instantly understood … from this day forth, he was a pellet refinist, and a grandmaster pellet refinist who had made a small innovation in his original pellet refinement!
And that small innovation mainly referred to the shape of the pellet refinement …
"Oh, right …"
Jiang He suddenly remembered something.
Other pellet refinists would need pellet furnaces for pellet refinement, would they not?
What the hell …
"When I was creating the alchemy method, I forgot about the alchemy furnace … No … I used a mold to form pills. Doesn't this mean that my mold is actually my alchemy furnace?"
At that thought, Jiang He plucked the jade scroll from the jade tree beside him.
[Ding!]
[+ 100,000 Farm Points.]
[Consume one million Farm Points to cultivate Jiang-style Item Refinement, Host?]
"Cultivate!"
[Ding!]
[-1,000,000 Farm Points.]
"Congratulations Host, you've successfully cultivated the Jiang Clan Equipment Refinement Technique to mastery."
All Jiang He felt was a humming quiver in his head as substantial item refinement knowledge surged into his mind … and he muttered, "So, aside from being a master pellet refinist, I'm also a master item refinist?"
Well …
Wasn't item refinement and pellet refinement a little too easy to learn?
But why was it said that item refinists and pellet refinists were rare, and that some people would not be able to refine any high-grade pellets even if they studied pellet refinement for their entire lives?
"Coincidentally, I'm heading overseas in two days. I'll ask Elder Mu for a pellet recipe and materials to refine a few pellets to test it out," Jiang He thought as he turned towards the third jade tree.
There was a jade scroll hanging on it as well.
[Ding!]
[+ 100,000 Farm Points.]
Another System Notification jingled as he plucked the jade scroll, and Jiang He could not help scowling and cursing, "Damn it, isn't this System a scam? If learning each of these four arrays costs 500,000 Farm Points, wouldn't I need two million Farm Points to learn all four?"
He had just thought that a million Farm Points was peanuts, but he had to spend four million in the blink of an eye?
"Learn!"
"Four types of formations, learn them all for this daddy!"
Jiang He gritted his teeth, and a System Notification jingled in his head —
[Ding!]
[-2,000,000 Farm Points.]
[Congratulations, Host. You have mastered the Great Array of Ten Thousand Phenomenon (Illusory Array).]
"Congratulations, Host. You've successfully cultivated the Earthen Tortoise Formation (Defensive Formation) to the Great Mastery state."
[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully cultivated the Nine Heavens Dragon Imprisoning Array (Trapping Array) to Great Mastery.]
[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully cultivated the Nine Heavens Thunderflame Array (Killing Array) to the Great Accomplishment state.]
Jiang He could not help being delighted as various complex array knowledge surged into his mind.
Therefore, aside from being a master of pellet refinement and item refinement, he was also a master of arrays.
"I've learned the three major paths of cultivation — item refinement, pellet refinement, and arrays. Now, I have to craft array flags and plates, and I'll try to build the array that protects my house in two days. I'll also set up eight to ten arrays at the Stargate entrance, and I'll be able to sleep in peace when the time comes."
"Hmmm …"
"I also promised to send some fruits and vegetables to the Martial Arts Academy. I'll plant some cucumbers and vegetables after I'm done harvesting the rice."
"I'll plant the cucumbers and vegetables first, then the array flags and plates. I'll try to get everything done in two days, and then I'll head overseas to help the Superpower Research Department catch Ferals …" Jiang He thought to himself as he arranged his schedule for the next few days.
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