Chapter 112 Passerby Affected by the Cultivation Novel 18

Jiang Yue left the seclusion room and checked the time; thirty years had passed. She took out a mirror and looked at herself. She was still so young, and much prettier, as if she had been optimized. Her ordinary appearance had become eye-catching.

No wonder they say that time flies when cultivating immortality. After a while, I strolled around the cave and felt a bit unfamiliar with it. I looked at the herbs planted in the spirit field. They were growing very well thanks to the puppets taking care of them. Although a few died, it didn't matter. After all, the puppets weren't human and weren't that intelligent.

He took out the communication talisman and saw that only a few congratulatory messages had been sent by people from the merchant guild. There was still no news from the protagonist. He put away the communication talisman. The next step was to prepare the spells for the battle. He took out the jade slip and looked at it. Each one was obscure and difficult to understand. The spells of the Golden Core stage and those below the Golden Core stage felt like completely different things. He relaxed for a few days and then went into seclusion again to master the spells before coming out.

Twenty years later, her magical skills had reached a minor level of proficiency, but her spiritual sense had reached the late Golden Core stage, showing a significant increase. However, she had also perfected the Concentration Technique. Jiang Yue felt somewhat unsatisfied, as there must be further cultivation methods to follow. She just didn't know if the Chamber of Commerce had any.

Physical strength remains a weakness, barely reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. To break through to the Golden Core stage, one needs some rare and precious materials. Jiang Yue had been collecting them for a while, but none were available. She would have to wait for the once-in-a-century auction by the Universal Chamber of Commerce to see if they were still available. Third-tier talismans and alchemy and weapon crafting inheritances could no longer be purchased directly with spirit stones. It could be said that after the Golden Core stage, cultivation techniques and special items could no longer be bought with spirit stones alone; even the Universal Chamber of Commerce required corresponding permissions.

If you go outside and buy from others, those who have these things are not short of spirit stones. It's basically all about exchanging items. In terms of wealth, Jiang Yue can be said to be a completely worthless Golden Core cultivator. Apart from spirit stones and a few spiritual herbs, she has nothing. Her cultivation techniques were bought, and her magic treasures were also bought. She has never been to a secret realm, nor has she gone out to explore, and she has no combat experience.

If she were to go to the secret realm, she would probably die inside. Jiang Yue felt a little melancholy at this thought. "Sigh, let's take it slow. It's not something that can be done overnight from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage. There are many things to do at this stage. The main thing is to hurry up and complete and upgrade the spiritual root. There will be no chance after the Nascent Soul stage. It can only be done before the Nascent Soul stage."

After visiting a branch of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, Jiang Yue learned that their next auction would be more than 40 years from now. She also inquired about the availability of subsequent versions of the "Concentration Technique," but unfortunately, there were none, as it was an incomplete version. They recommended a new technique to Jiang Yue, but she could only exchange it by becoming an employee or senior member of the Universal Chamber of Commerce. Jiang Yue did not immediately agree and decided to consider it further.

Jiang Yue looked again at the Five Elements Heavenly Treasures but still found none. She wasn't disappointed; she was used to it. She then posted a bounty for acquiring third-tier talismans and materials needed for weapon refining and body tempering. Although the merchant guild sold them, there were requirements.

Finally, Jiang Yue bought a bunch of ores and returned to her cave. After thinking about it, she realized that crafting a defensive tower would be enough. She wasn't good at the other weapons, such as swords, spears, and clubs. At first, Jiang Yue wanted to become a sword immortal, but after buying the sword manual, she realized that she didn't have the talent. So she could only modify the Barrett and the carrier-based cannon to make them ADCs.

In close combat, he has to rely on his physical cultivation and the fist techniques he has practiced to overcome all other skills. There's nothing he can do about it, since Jiang Yue doesn't have the talent to practice swordsmanship. Right now, just like her disguised appearance, she looks like a brute. Her fighting methods are the same, which almost made Jiang Yue's mentality collapse. What happened to the ethereal and otherworldly aura she was supposed to have?

With the blueprints for the guns and the weapon-forging techniques of the cultivation world, Jiang Yue also managed to create a level 3, low-level Barrett (level 3 corresponds to the power of the Golden Core stage). Most of the bullet casings were standard, but a few were made of very precious and rare metals. They could penetrate spiritual energy barriers. Jiang Yue tested it and found that it could defend against a full-force attack from a Golden Core stage Golden Core Vajra Talisman, but it was pierced through with a single shot.

After modifying the ultimate weapon, he also modified several close-combat pistols and shotguns. Not to mention the pistols, the shotguns were made of materials equivalent to two Barrett rifles. Under normal circumstances, it takes several hours to reload after firing one shot. If hit at close range, Jiang Yue estimated that even a late-stage Golden Core cultivator wouldn't be able to withstand it. Of course, he could fire three shots in a row without regard for the consequences, but the power of the last two shots would be reduced, and the weapon would be practically unusable after firing all the shots.

Of course, this is all for fighting normal cultivators. If it's a cultivator with very high defense or a genius disciple from a major sect, Jiang Yue would probably be of little use. Of course, Jiang Yue also has low-yield nuclear bombs, TNT, and hydrogen bombs in her space. Even if she uses them, she probably won't be able to escape, but mutual destruction is probably possible.

After modifying the weapon, Jiang Yue originally wanted to modify her computer or NAS as well, so she wouldn't have to replace it so often. However, her knowledge level was insufficient, and she didn't understand the principles of core components such as processors and graphics cards. She had never studied these before, and she couldn't make chips by hand.

Later, she thought of using the transmission jade slip to input the information, but what if she changed to another world and her soul couldn't withstand the information shock and it made her stupid? When she was in the Foundation Establishment stage, she got a headache from receiving too much information, but if it was a small amount of information on a jade slip, what would be the difference from now? She could just take out a book and read it.

So she got stuck there until she learned that there was such a thing as a spirit artifact in the world of cultivation. After studying it for a long time, she discovered that spirit artifacts were initially clueless, but their growth could be accelerated by nurturing them over a long period of time or by having special rare and precious materials.

Jiang Yue immediately identified her target: AI. At first, it was just artificial intelligence, but with more data, it would become artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, crafting a magic weapon with a spirit was not something an ordinary person could do; it required at least a seventh-level weapon refiner.

The seventh-tier Mahayana stage and the eighth-tier Tribulation stage are currently the top combat power in the cultivation world, which is the Mahayana stage. Asking a Mahayana stage cultivator to refine a magic weapon would cost so much that even selling Jiang Yue wouldn't be enough to afford it. She can only rely on her own efforts. Judging from the current situation, Jiang Yue does have some talent for refining artifacts, but it is unknown whether her cultivation level can reach the Mahayana stage.

Having finished crafting the magical artifacts, Jiang Yue stored the defensive artifacts in her dantian to nurture them. Calculating her age, she realized she was already 100 years old. In other worlds, she would be considered an elderly person, but in the cultivation world, Jiang Yue was still a very young person. Jiang Yue was unaware of her own worth; there were very few 100-year-old Golden Core cultivators in the major sects of the cultivation world.

Don't you see, the protagonist was only at the Golden Core stage when he was 700 years old? But that was the price of his longevity. His poor aptitude was one thing, but his comprehension was also poor. He relied entirely on time and resources to push himself to the top. He failed to reach the Foundation Establishment stage countless times.