Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The practice talisman paper unfolded, covering the entire size of the desk.

Jiang Ding held the talisman pen, traced lines with the spirit ink on it little by little, inscribing runes accurate to the micrometer level; his skill in the Thousand Threads Traction technique reached its extreme.

This martial skill was much easier compared to the Art of Small Concealment; having already achieved great proficiency with continuous shooting and talisman drawing, a strand of Inner Energy could be split into a hundred strands, which offered many advantages in precise control.

The final stroke was completed.

Jiang Ding took a deep breath and, with slight trepidation, channeled his Inner Energy into the completed First-Order Great Sun Gathering Spirit Array Diagram.

Hiss~

A wisp of light blue smoke rose, and the center of the array diagram turned pitch black.

”Failed again...”

Jiang Ding sighed softly, collecting the recyclable waste talisman paper and taking out another piece. His whole body’s Inner Energy surged, seeping out from his fingertips, and he continued to inscribe.

Once, twice, all failures.

He had grown accustomed to it.

The First-Order Great Sun Gathering Spirit Array was much more difficult than other array diagrams; he had failed hundreds of times over several days, wasting a large amount of practice talisman paper and spirit ink.

Fortunately, the school sold these practice materials at cost, which was barely affordable.

This was the happiness of being born in the Xianmen Sect.

In the outer realm Cultivation World, just this practice alone could bankrupt a mid to early phase Qi Practicing cultivator from an ordinary family.

The seventh time, the eighth...

The twentieth!

While Jiang Ding was focused on inscribing the array diagram, the various details of the miniature Spiritual Vein relics he had seen in the underground cavern of Fierce Tiger Village suddenly appeared in his mind, including the internal patterns that were exposed when he completely destroyed them.

His brushstrokes became divinely inspired, and his Inner Energy hastened its flow, enabling him to smoothly finish the last stroke.

A faint spiritual light flickered on the practice talisman paper.

”It worked.”

Jiang Ding had an intuition, and as he infused his Inner Energy into the talisman paper, a spiritual light indeed flashed by, then vanished after a few seconds.

Practice talisman paper doesn’t have the ability to hold formations and spells—it can only verify whether the inscriptions were correct, which was the sign of success.

While this burst of enlightenment had not yet faded, Jiang Ding hurriedly took out another piece of practice talisman paper and continued to inscribe.

Failure.

Failure.

Success.

...

After two failures, he succeeded time and time again; he had essentially mastered the array diagram of the First-Order Great Sun Gathering Spirit Array.

”Now only the First-Order Flight Formation remains.”

Jiang Ding was invigorated.

As soon as he mastered the First-Order Flight Formation diagram, he could begin the Cultivation of the ”Talisman Sword” in the first phase of the ”Great Sun Sword Cultivation Method (Jiang Ding Edition),” initially possessing fighting prowess.

If the ’Heavenly Sound Stone’ taken by the Jindao School truly was the legendary Taiqing Spirit Iron, he could hope to complete the third phase ”Iron Sword,” and really refine a Sword of Dao Foundation, having a foundation and heritage equal to a Taoist disciple of the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Outer Realm, with a smooth future path in Cultivation.

Even if it wasn’t, he could still use the ’Blue-Gold Potion’ to exchange for Thousand-year Soul Nurturing Wood and No. 21 Synthetic Geng Metal. After refining the Sword of Dao Foundation, his foundation and heritage wouldn’t fall short of the excellent legitimate descendants of the Golden Pill Monks.

After a brief attempt,

Jiang Ding discovered that the ’First-Order Flight Formation’ and the ’First-Order Gale Formation’ had many similarities, both transforming the First-Order Great Sun Gathering Spirit Array and converting the stored Spiritual Energy into wind to gain a thrust similar to a rocket’s.

The difficulty was lower than that of the First-Order Great Sun Gathering Spirit Array, and he should anticipate learning it within half a month.

”Then I need to consider the matter of the talisman paper.”

Jiang Ding mused to himself.