[Ding!]
[+ 1 million Farm Points.]
The crisp jingle of the System Notification beside his ear lifted Jiang He's spirits!
A million Farm Points!
That was equivalent to planting a hundred premium-grade soul items. Could the legends really be true, and Heavenly Master Xu's Mosquito Cutter was an immortal item?
Jiang He then looked at the plain-looking Mosquito Cutter that had withdrawn its immortal radiance, and a bunch of data appeared before his eyes —
[Mosquito Cutter]
[Tier: inferior-grade immortal item]
[Sacrifice a drop of blood for refinement.]
Nonetheless, Jiang He was no longer as excited after confirming that the Mosquito Cutter was an immortal item, and thought to himself, 'The Mosquito Cutter is only inferior-grade and not mediocre-grade. That means it might not have reached the level of an immortal item in the first place.'
'Still, even if it wasn't a premium-grade immortal item, it would not be far from it now.'
Could the Mosquito Cutter have been a premium-grade sage item in the past?
No, it might have been stronger than a premium-grade sage item, and was at the level of a demi-immortal item, which Jiang He had strengthened into a true immortal item.
Drop of blood.
Sacrifice.
A look of delight flashed across Jiang He's face as he felt the sharpness contained within the Mosquito Cutter. "As expected of an immortal item, it improves my combat ability greatly …"
Almost all of Jiang He's combat ability before was reflected in the sword array.
Once the sword array was activated, Yuan Spirit intermediate-tier killing full-fledged Yuan Spirit would be as easy as cutting vegetables. At the very least, that was how he felt to the Penglai Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, but the truth was that Jiang He still had many tricks up his sleeves.
The Twenty-Three Swords!
Now that he was a Yuan Spirit, a full-fledged Yuan Spirit would definitely not be able to block a single blow from his sword.
The three sword techniques of the Three Thousand Calamities were not weak either.
With the Mosquito Cutter in hand, Jiang He had the feeling that he could cut down a full-fledged Yuan Spirit even without using the sword array when he unleashed those three techniques.
As for Convergence-tier …
To tell the truth, Jiang He was not even sure how powerful Convergence-tier individuals were, and he would only know the specifics after he fought them.
He glanced at the Orirocks, flying swords, and paper talismans that had broken out of the ground …
"It would take another two or three hours for these things to ripen and be harvested … I could use this time to improve my ability."
He waved his hand.
Huala!
The spirit condensation pellets, which were extremely precious to Yuan Spirit cultivators, were scattered all over the ground as if they were worthless pebbles. With a sweep of his divine mind, Jiang He began to cultivate the spirit condensation pellets, and could clearly feel his Yuan Spirit rapidly growing and strengthening.
Meanwhile, Jiang He was cultivating outside his farm, unaware of the uproar outside.
Both the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and the Penglai Sect were working together to search the seas inch by inch. The commotion attracted the attention of many secluded immortal sects, demonic sects, and even ancient daemon cultivators.
"Sect Leader Hong!"
Meanwhile, the Convergence-tier elite of the Penglai Sect sought out the vice-chieftain of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect who was carrying a bronze bottle gourd and said, "Chieftain Hong, it is too difficult to find Jiang He in this vast ocean."
"I've cultivated a special technique that allows me to track down a target based on their aura. Jiang He must have left his aura on Elder Fate when he killed him."
Sect Master Hong, who was carrying the copper gourd on his back, pondered for a moment and said, "Alright!"
He waved his hand and took out the dead body of Elder Destiny.
"This technique is rather special, and I need six hours to prepare it."
The Convergence-tier elite of the Penglai Sect sat cross-legged and drew a line with his finger, drawing a drop of blood essence from Elder Destiny's corpse and began to cast his spell.
… …
Jinyintan Village.
The chieftain of the Taixu Sect who had infiltrated the array of Jiang He's house finally brought out Zhong Wanshan of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and Jade Hollow Child of the Penglai Sect after twelve hours.
Only then did the disciples of the Penglai Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect breathe a sigh of relief.
When Zhong Yue saw his father walking out of the array as if possessed, he quickly went up and helped Zhong Wanshan to a corner before kneeling to thank the chieftain of the Taixu Sect for his grace in breaking the array.
It had only been a few days, but the chief disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect who had been high-spirited back then was now utterly ragged.
His white clothes were covered in dust.
His face was also filthy.
His hair was unkempt, and no one would doubt that he was a beggar if a bowl was thrown in front of the kneeling Zhong Yue.
"Breaking the array?"
The Taixu Sect chieftain chuckled bitterly and said, "I've only brought your father and the True Habitant of Jade Hollow out of the array. As for the array … I can't break it."
Everyone's faces changed at those words.
In the world of cultivators, the chieftain of the Taixu Sect was publicly acknowledged as the best when it came to arrays.
Of course …
That was when the old Mahayana-tier antiques did not leave their seclusion.
The True Habitant of Jade Hollow was a little dazed after experiencing reincarnation in the array just now. Coming to his senses, he exclaimed in surprise, "Even you can't break the array that Jiang He laid out, Brother?"
"It would be easy to break it with brute force."
The Taixu Sect chieftain said. "This array combines entrapment, killing, illusion, and defense, and it would take a three-retribution elite to break it with brute force."
In the eyes of a master of formations such as the Taixu Sect chieftain, breaking a formation with brute force was not really breaking a formation. That thing … was a technical task, just like clearing landmines — cutting a line and throwing a grenade outside were two entirely different things.
The array that Jiang He laid out, he …
Could not understand it at all.
It didn't feel like a formation at all. It was as if the person who set up the formation didn't know anything about formations at all and had set it up randomly. However, this kind of "randomly" set up formation actually formed a mysterious formation.
Naturally, the Taixu Sect chieftain would not tell anyone about that.
Though the array was not broken, Zhong Wanshan and the Jade Hollow Child who were trapped inside had been brought out. Hence, the Taixu Sect chieftain did not linger and turned into a cloud in a flash, disappearing from the skies above Jinyintan Village. When he reappeared, he was already at the entrance of the Stargate above Jiang He's house.
He strode forward, and as soon as he stepped into the Stargate, it began to shake violently, as if an invisible blade of sword qi had sliced through it. A strand of the Taixu Sect Master's gray hair fell off on its own.
"Oh no!"
The Taixu Sect chieftain's expression changed. In the next instant, radiance shone around his body as a mediocre-grade sage armor materialized. Even so, the armor was completely useless, and cracks instantly appeared over it.
The Taixu Sect chieftain promptly retreated, coughing out a mouthful of blood after he exited the Stargate. His face was pale as he exclaimed in shock, "That was close, I almost died here …"
"This Stargate should only be able to accommodate Yuan Spirit cultivators. Space would tremble once they cross the threshold, and even Mahayana cultivators would die within."
As he exited the Stargate, the trembling Stargate gradually calmed, and the Taixu Sect chieftain's figure disappeared over the horizon in a flash.
Down below.
Zhong Wanshan, who had gone berserk had recovered a little. His hair was a mess, and his eyes were red as he looked at Zhong Yue, asking hoarsely, "Where's your mother?"
Zhong Yue bit his lip and said nothing.
Zhong Wanshan's figure shuddered, his voice even more hoarse as he asked somberly, "Where's her body?"
"I brought her back to the sect."
…
An hour later.
At the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
"Wanshan, vice-chieftain Hong has already left to hunt down Jiang He. Your inner demon has arisen, and you must seclude yourself to cultivate and suppress it to avoid falling to the demonic path," the Ten Thousand Swords Sect chieftain advised Zhong Wanshan.
Zhong Wanshan, however, put Yue Ling's charred corpse into his Spatial Ring and growled, "Chieftain, my inner demon would never be dispelled if I don't kill Jiang He!"
Turning into a sword light, he charged toward the ocean.
The Ten Thousand Swords Sect chieftain sighed softly and said nothing for a long time.
…
November 10th.
Around nine in the morning.
Jiang He, who had been sitting cross-legged and cultivating the spirit condensation pellets, shuddered and woke up from his cultivation.
In his sea of consciousness, his primordial spirit was already six feet tall and had become even more condensed.
"Yuan Spirit-advanced …"
Jiang He breathed a long sigh of turbid air and shook his head, saying, "My cultivation is still too slow. I only reached Yuan Spirit-advanced after cultivating for an entire night, and I would need at least two more days to reach full-fledged Yuan Spirit!"
Fortunately, there were no outsiders in his farm right now.
Otherwise …
He would probably die from anger.
Cultivators cultivated from Qi Refinist, Golden Pellet, True Child, and Yuan Spirit …
Which of these realms didn't require a large amount of time to cultivate?
You cultivated from Yuan Spirit-intermediate to Yuan Spirit-advanced in a single night, and you still think it's slow?
Putting away the remaining spirit condensation pellets and the useless pellets, Jiang He rose to his feet and headed to the spot where he planted the two flying swords.
One was a fire-type premium-grade soul weapon, while the other was a water-type premium-grade soul weapon … after being planted and strengthened, they were both inferior-grade sage items. That was within Jiang He's expectations and was not too surprised.
"These two swords, in addition to my Scarlet Flame Sword, Autumn Water Sword, Sunflower Water Sword, and Greenwood Sword … Right now, I have a total of eight flying swords. One of them is a high-grade Dao weapon, two are low-grade Dao weapons, and five are top-grade spirit weapons …"
"If I include the Mosquito Cutter, I would have nine flying swords now."
"Eight flying swords … I can cultivate the Sword Array of Seven Stars and Eight Trigrams now."
The prerequisite to casting the Sword Array of Seven Stars and Eight Trigrams was eight flying swords, and it was actually weaker than the Sword Array of Five Elements and Six Pulses in terms of lethality. That sword array was mainly used to trap enemies, and Jiang He estimated that it could easily subjugate even Convergence-intermediate.
Turning his gaze, Jiang He looked towards the spot where he planted the four paper talismans.
[Ding!]
[+ 20,000 Farm Points.]
[Ding!]
[+ 20,000 Farm Points.]
Jiang He plucked off the two sword talismans, which were no different from before he planted them. It was still an attack of Sword Qi, but the power of the Sword Qi was equivalent to a Convergence-novice's full-power strike.
"It's useless against me."
"Still, I don't have to use divine mind to charge them after planting them. They just have to be thrown, and I could give them to Wang Siyu for protection."
Jiang He put away the two sword talismans with a turn of his hand.
Having learned his lesson from the sword talismans, he did not have much hope for the two thunder talismans, and he guessed that they would at most increase in power a little. And yet, when Jiang He's gaze fell upon the thunder talisman and saw the string of data that appeared, he could not help being dumbstruck.
[Five Thunder Talisman]
"It's refined by a great figure that's skilled in the Five Lightning Execution Technique. Once it's activated, it's capable of drawing down the Second-Wood Righteous Lightning, Third-Fire Yang-Lightning, Tenth-Water Lightning, Seventh-Metal Tribulation Lightning, and Fifth Earth Netherlightning to attack."
[Usage: Throw it as hard as you can.]
[Gentle reminder: Host is advised to crouch after throwing to be immune to damage.]
Jiang He: "…"
Crouch, crouch?
Immune to damage?
Wasn't that a pea bomb … no, a pea bomb and a potato landmine were crouching while crouching — the difference between crouching and lying on the ground was like heaven and earth.
Holding one of the Five Thunder Talismans between his fingers, Jiang He studied it closely and noticed that the talisman's appearance had changed.
The yellowed talisman was no longer inscribed with complex mystical runes, but with the word 'Five Thunder'.
Jiang He pondered.
"So, if the word 'Five Thunder' is written on the talisman, it means it's a Five Thunder Talisman … if that's the case, doesn't that mean I could craft talismans too?"
Aside from pellet refinement, item refinement, and arrays, it was normal for cultivators to learn the art of drawing talismans as well.
"Still, I've used up my three chances to plant cultivation manuals. I'll have to wait until my farm levels up if I want to create another."
Jiang He glanced at the talisman in his hand and strode out of his farm.
Now …
He should test the power of the Five Thunder Talisman. If it was too weak, there was no need for him to learn it.
However, it was an empty island outside.
How was he supposed to test it with the vast oceans around him?
Surely he couldn't blow up fish with the Five Thunder Talisman, could he?
"There's no telling when the Penglai Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would find this place …"
Sitting on the empty island, Jiang He took out a handful of purple-gold sunflower seeds and munched on them, feeling a little expectant inwardly.
Being hunted by the Penglai Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect?
Even in novels, his current predicament was a privilege only the main character could enjoy!
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