Flawless Body

Zhang Dingjun nodded slightly.

Then he sighed.

"Actually, reconnaissance infantry work ought to be done by Qi Refining Realm cultivators. There are simply too few of them, and they can play a greater role on the main battlefield."

He projected the earlier battle footage of Hua Bing and the others onto a computer-sized display, pointing at the screen.

"Which places do you think would make suitable sniper positions for reconnaissance infantry?"

Jiang Ding shook his head. He had never learned this.

"There are a few basic principles. First, you must stay beyond a cultivator's spiritual sense range—more than 150 meters from a Qi Refining Stage cultivator, and more than 2,000 meters from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator."

"Second, choose complex terrain. Dense forests, underground, underwater—these can all effectively reduce the range and accuracy of a cultivator's Spiritual Sense Scan."

"The same principles apply when facing Immortal Sect Cultivators."

Zhang Dingjun explained, "As you could see, when Immortal Sect Cultivators use the tank-mounted first-tier Infantry Spirit Particle Radar for wide-range scans, its accuracy is only average. Only when they focus the spell radar waves on a specific area for a concentrated scan does the accuracy rise to another level."

"What you need to do is avoid making any unusual movements that might draw a cultivator's attention. Hide and conceal yourself with all your life, and wait for the chance to deliver a single fatal blow."

Next, he explained in detail how to select specific sniper positions, as well as concealment and escape-for-life techniques using Earth Escape Talismans, Wood Escape Talismans, Water Escape Talismans, and the like.

He spoke until his mouth was dry for over twenty minutes.

"That is roughly it. Record it and take your time understanding it. Ask me if there's anything you don't understand."

"Remember, these are only techniques. The most crucial things for reconnaissance infantry are cultivation and the realm of the Minor Breath Concealment Technique."

Jiang Ding nodded silently.

He found a firing position and began charging his weapon while pondering the Minor Breath Concealment Technique. The runes on the barrel flickered faintly.

More than thirty minutes later.

Boom!

The earth-shaking blast knocked Jiang Ding, who had silently activated the Vajra Seal, back a meter. He had prepared beforehand and was not injured, but his shoulder still ached fiercely. His accuracy and efficiency had not improved in the slightest.

Reconnaissance infantry really was too difficult. It was not something someone of his realm should be learning.

Jiang Ding simply stopped worrying about it. He sat down cross-legged and began with the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, the first primary meridian, passing through the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian and the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian. He continued nourishing the ten pathways of the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian; most of it was already complete.

He was still three-quarters away from completing the 'Minor Heavenly Cycle'—around half a month.

He nourished and opened ten meridians roughly every two days.

That would have been world-shaking in many martial arts worlds, but it was not worth mentioning in the Immortal Sect. Compared to martial arts geniuses, he still lagged far behind.

With sufficient Essence Supplementing Qi Boosting Pills, it was perfectly ordinary for them to nourish dozens of meridians in a single day. More exceptionally, many of their meridians were naturally open from birth, able to withstand the influx of internal force on their own.

Ring, ring!

The dismissal bell rang. Zhang Dingjun left first, but Jiang Ding and the others were not yet done.

Under Hua Bing's command, every three tanks formed a squad, arranging themselves in a triangular formation with a hundred meters between each unit. They advanced toward the school in marching-combat formation.

Sun Xiao and the others followed the tanks with their guns in hand, strictly keeping behind the tank armor. From time to time, they switched which tank they followed, altered their formation according to their temporary commander's orders, and received boosts from the opposing military formation's spells in attack, defense, and marching.

Zhang Dingjun had assigned Jiang Ding homework in advance. He moved outside the military formation, traveling while activating the Minor Breath Concealment Technique.

The colors of his reconnaissance camouflage shifted with the environment. From the outside world, no one could see this person at all.

"Old Jiang, where are you?"

Li Junhao asked softly.

Jiang Ding shared his location through the team communications.

"That far away?!"

Li Junhao was startled. Jiang Ding was nearly a thousand meters from here. The Military Drone showed that he had already wandered near Second Class's training march.

Several Second Class students at Qi Refining Mid Stage or above frowned, but said nothing.

The rest noticed nothing at all.

Jiang Ding felt somewhat relieved. Combined with the high-grade magic tool reconnaissance camouflage, he could now conceal himself from the spiritual sense of Immortal Sect cultivators at the Qi Refining Early Stage—even spiritual sense amplified by a tank-mounted first-tier spirit particle radar.

After entering the school, they put all their weapons into storage under the Class Leader's supervision. Jiang Ding and Li Junhao went to the cafeteria together for lunch, then took their midday break.

That afternoon, after two math classes, Jiang Ding arrived at the cultivation room.

On the palm of the gnarled, root-twisted banyan tree in the center, a pill glimmering with specks of purple light was especially eye-catching. Text was written beside it.

'Midterm rank: 27th in the school. Having entered the top thirty, the daily pill has been changed to the mortal-tier mid-grade Purple Jade Qi Generating Pill. Its medicinal effect is three times that of the previous Ginseng Flower Qi Stabilizing Pill, with an equivalent impurity content.'

Another classic pill of the Immortal Sect education system!

Its yield was high, its refining process complex, and its cost relatively low. It was not a cultivation-boosting pill that promoted Forced Growth, but one founded upon 'refining essence into qi,' strengthening the physique and thereby increasing the amount of internal qi produced.

In overall medicinal effect, it was comparable to the 'Hundred Essence Qi Transforming Pill' Jiang Ding had commissioned using the aged ginseng he had gathered. Though it contained a small amount of Pill Toxin, it would not be difficult to eliminate if he strictly followed the pill instructions under the Array Spirit Computer's supervision in the cultivation room.

If one possessed above-average martial arts aptitude, worked hard enough, and had sufficient comprehension, these daily pills alone would allow rapid growth and let them climb to Spirit Veil University's minimum score line, without needing any family background or lucky opportunities.

Jiang Ding swallowed the pill, which turned into a warm current as it entered his stomach.

He drew his sword. Sword light flashed, and internal force flowed with it as, following the Array Spirit Computer's guidance, he nourished and tempered his own meridians.

He split off a small amount of inner force to temper muscle groups difficult to reach in the Body-Tempering Realm, such as the muscles beneath his armpits, his scalp, and his stomach and intestines. The efficiency was extremely high.

After many days of training, it gradually reached completion.

Crack~

A faint, crisp sound rang out. Jiang Ding sheathed his sword, delight appearing on his face.

A sense of comfort and ease instinctively rose from within his body. With his eyes closed, he could feel every muscle, tendon and bone, and patch of skin in his body now linked together into an efficient, precise machine, without a single flaw.

A qualitative transformation had taken place.

The textbooks called this phenomenon the Flawless Body!

Clenching his fist, Jiang Ding could feel the power contained within it. Without using inner force, the strength in both his arms had doubled, reaching a tremendous force of 1,600 kilograms.

This strength alone was enough for him to fight an ordinary non-Eaglet Inner Qi Realm practitioner head-on without being defeated.

This was also the unique aspect of the Fledgling Eagle Takes Flight Art. It developed the human body to its absolute limit, crushing all others from the very foundation. Other than its terrifying difficulty, it had no drawbacks.

Driven by the Flawless Body, his inner force circulated as the ten main meridians of the third regular meridian, the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, were slowly tempered and nourished to completion.

Jiang Ding calmed his mind and cautiously guided his inner force into the fourth regular meridian, the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, while expanding and nourishing its ten main meridians.

The cultivation room fell silent.

On the bus, Jiang Ding glanced at his phone and transferred the 100,000 yuan from Rainbow Cloud Pharmaceutical for the Purple Spirit Grass to Lin Wanqiu. He kept 55,000 yuan for himself, then sent Jiang Yuan a red packet as well.

Compared to his other discovery, the Purple Spirit Grass was not worth mentioning.

Blue Fluorescent Butterfly, Blue Gold 2413!