All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 175 - 35 Armed to the Teeth

Chapter 175: Chapter 35 Armed to the Teeth

Tianyuan Realm.

"I want to buy Thunder Beads."

An Jing’s last departure was from a garbage dump, so he rushed to the recycling hut as fast as he could, "Also, those herbs and spiritual objects you said could be recycled last time, I’ve brought them all."

"Good!"

While earnestly studying the Hundred Arts of Cultivation in the Water Mirror, Huo Qing heard An Jing’s call and happily stood up to greet him, "You’ve really worked hard!"

Since Iron Hand disappeared, Huo Qing had taken over his position as the temporary station chief.

Huo Qing was not some naive young man without social and work experience, but the former accountant of the Day Tiger Gang.

With his abilities, running the recycling hut was a breeze, and the only issue of martial force was solved by the ’Hundred Vines Binding Spirit Formation’ left behind by Iron Hand.

In fact, during this period, Huo Qing not only practiced the Imperial Heaven Qi Nurturing Method taught by An Jing, but he also studied formations.

In the Tianyuan Realm, there was a system similar to An Jing’s previous life’s college entrance examination and Da Chen’s imperial examinations, called the ’Holy Selection Trials,’ also known as ’Dao Trials.’

Legend had it that before the calamity, the seven sacred lands of Tianyuan and many other Sects would screen suitable cultivation seeds throughout the world every year and incorporate them into their ranks.

After the calamity, this tradition did not completely disappear, as the four major Daoist Academies and many other schools also used the Dao Trials to select cultivation seeds for meticulous training.

The Dao Trials included five exams, Pill, Skills (Martial), Formation, Artifact, and Talisman.

Divination could add bonus points, but it was not a main exam.

To enter one of the four major Daoist Academies, one needed at least two extremely superior and one superior marks, or one extremely superior and three superior marks. Other subjects could not be less than good.

For a top-tier academy, only one extremely superior and one superior were required, with no demands for other subjects.

Considering Huo Qing’s current abilities, his foundational endurance was good. With a few more years of refining his skills, mastering the Imperial Heaven Qi Nurturing Method along with the Houtu Skills, his martial prowess could secure a superior and compete for an extremely superior in body cultivation.

With this prerequisite, he only needed to master one of the five major arts at a superior level, and Huo Qing could attempt to apply for a top-tier academy!

Huo Qing’s chosen specialization was formations.

This was also Iron Hand’s proud skill—even though it didn’t seem apparent, the ’Hundred Vines Binding Spirit Formation’ was a unique formation developed by Iron Hand himself—this alone would qualify as ’extremely superior’ in the Dao Trials.

However, Iron Hand was too old, his skill honed over time, and could not compare to those real geniuses.

But Huo Qing still had time. He had some talent in this area, at least not unfamiliar, and within the next twelve years, he had a definite chance of mastering formations at a ’superior’ level.

Don’t underestimate this ’superior.’ In Xuanye City, it allowed one to deploy high-level or even peak-level Qi Refinement formations, a person who could live a worry-free life.

You should know that the majority of the people in Xuanye City, in their last Holy Selection Trial, could only achieve at most a ’poor’ or ’good.’ Being able to deploy Qi Refinement level formations was already impressive.

Among the many goods An Jing brought this time, the Moss Deer Skin could be used not only for drawing talismans but also as part of the materials for formations, providing Huo Qing some practice.

"Let me see... what a bountiful harvest!"

An Jing brought a considerable amount of goods, which Huo Qing checked and priced in turn: "Six jin of Frost Wolf Bone, nine jin of Giant Bear Bone, five jin of Giant Lizard Bone, eighty Good Deeds. Ten pieces of Moss Deer Skin, four pieces of Giant Wild Boar Skin, twenty-four Good Deeds."

"Lastly, ten jin of Floating White Flower, one hundred ninety Good Deeds."

"A total of two hundred ninety-four Good Deeds... let’s round it up to three hundred Good Deeds!"

If it were Iron Hand, he would definitely, without revealing any emotions, push An Jing’s compensation down to two hundred ninety Good Deeds or even lower.

But it was Huo Qing, after all, as An Jing’s friend, he naturally raised it to three hundred.

"Then next time I’ll treat you to a meal," An Jing was not polite with his friend, "You don’t need to give me Good Deeds, I’ll spend them all here."

Actually, this time, An Jing had also obtained a Spirit Stone from the True Demon Sect.

He had initially planned to trade it to Huo Qing, but to tell the truth, this Spirit Stone was not easy to resell; at least, Huo Qing currently did not have the capability to handle this Spirit Stone.

An Jing felt that he should wait for Iron Hand to return to deal with it, since the Good Deeds were enough for now. He also had savings in an anonymous card; even if he urgently needed money now, transferring it would be too cumbersome and affect his swift transactions to prepare firepower against the True Demon Sect.

Although he knew that the True Demon Sect was still operating slowly and unaware of his planned raid, such matters were always better done sooner rather than later.

"All spent, that much? That works."

Originally Huo Qing was about to issue three certificates for An Jing, but hearing this, he decided to simplify matters: "How many Thunder Beads do you want? These things have mediocre power, can’t break through Monstrous Evil’s armor, and when it comes to people, the shrapnel and the thunder arc also have a hard time breaking through a Bulletproof Rain Cloak and are quite easy to explode on oneself. They’re not as effective as ’Scarlet Flame Talismans.’

"But a Scarlet Flame Talisman costs twenty-five Good Deeds, and its power is also too excessive." An Jing shook his head; here in the Tianyuan Realm, everyone is a cultivator, each equipped with defensive magic artifacts, and though the Thunder Beads’ destructive power is also fine, in prepared circumstances, they indeed have difficulty causing damage.

However, An Jing was merely planning to use them against the lower ranks of the True Demon Sect in Embracing the Void Realm—these things were much more useful than guns.

An Jing still had three Thunder Beads left over from before. This time, he bought seventeen in one go, topping up to a total of twenty, spending one hundred fifty-three Good Deeds.

Then, he spent another fifty Good Deeds to buy five universal flying swords for use in a Sword Box.

Thus, out of three hundred Good Deeds, ninety-seven were left. After some thought, An Jing bought two Mysterious Iron Longswords and an alloy explosion-proof shield, costing fifty Good Deeds.

A batch of detonators for blasting in mining and accompanying explosives cost fifteen Good Deeds.

He also bought a batch of bullets and a fully wrapped motorcycle helmet, costing twenty Good Deeds.

Then, he took out his full set of Bulletproof Rain Cloak, Icefall Rifle, and Chongming Sword Box stored here and used the remaining change to charge up his Nine Lands Spiritual Energy Furnace (which was not the Spirit Qi Furnace of the Fengdu Guards; that one was hidden in Embracing the Void to avoid detection by Luofu).

"That should be about all I need to spend," An Jing said, relaxed, after finishing. "If there’s anything left, consider it as my treat for your meal."

"No, brother, what are you preparing for?"

Even if Huo Qing was slow, at this moment, he put down the Water Mirror panel he was using for accounting and sensed something amiss: "Are you planning a raid on some Sect or going to have a shootout with other wilderness tribes? Do you need to take me along?"

Today, An Jing was equipped with twenty Thunder Beads, holstered with two gunpowder pistols at his sides, belted with two Mysterious Iron Longswords, his back held an alloy explosion-proof shield, body clad in a Bulletproof Rain Cloak, head covered with a bulletproof helmet, with enough bullets to fight a skirmish, and enough explosives to blow up a small bunker.

Not to mention his two long-range matching guns, the Icefall could slow down, and the Chongming Sword Box could slash through strong enemies, essentially armed to the teeth!