Tushan Immortal City Profits Greatly from War

Several tens of thousands of li from Great Sun Sword City, amid a desolate stretch of grassland.

The spiritual energy here was thin; there was not even a First-grade Spirit Vein. A high-grade Third-grade concealment and shielding array had been set up, powered by spirit stones—a method befitting a powerful Rogue Cultivator.

"Blazing Sun Copper..."

Jiang Ding took out the composite Sword Refining Materials he had purchased at the underground auction and examined them carefully.

It was palm-sized and golden-yellow. Faint, ringing sword cries seemed to echo within it, as though it contained endless profundities of the Sword Dao. Merely looking at it caused inexplicable principles of the Sword Dao to surge into his heart.

"Very strong sword intent. It contains corrosive and burning properties. To low-level cultivators without sword intent, it is simply overwhelming; without realizing it, it will corrode those who contemplate it into the sword-intent shape desired by the person behind the scenes.

"If it is devoured, it can be utilized to the fullest with little waste. If used well, it may even add a precious attribute to one's own sword intent..."

Jiang Ding gently stroked the Blazing Sun Copper, intoxication appearing in his eyes.

Yet in his heart, he thought coolly and without emotion.

"This method is a shortcut. It has hidden dangers, but they are relatively minor. There is no need to enter the orthodox sword cultivators' slaughter and combat. That is far too dangerous—even Nascent Soul True Lords fear it."

Jiang Ding had read many cultivation arts and secret techniques of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.

They generally held a terrifying belief: that it was best for all Golden Core Cultivators, Nascent Soul Cultivators, and Deity Transformation Cultivators to go out and kill, to fight, and to fear no powerful enemy.

That way, even