Big Data Cultivation

Chapter 398: 398: The Knockoff Makes Its Debut

Chapter 398: Chapter 398: The Knockoff Makes Its Debut

“I have value,” Chen Junwei called out.

He truly didn’t want to sign the contract. “May I dare ask the Immortal… during the annihilation of the Gu Family, did you acquire a Stone Mace?”

“Stone Mace?” Feng Jun glanced at him and nodded. He wasn’t going to lie about such a trivial matter, “That’s correct, I did… People from the Imperial Court are quite interested in that mace. Do you have something to say?”

A glint appeared in Chen Junwei’s eyes. “The Stone Mace, was it enclosed in an old wooden box?”

“Old isn’t the word I’d use; it’s somewhat antique,” Feng Jun shook his head. He too had felt that there was something amiss with the wooden box, and he hadn’t even let Mr. Shi and the others see it. He took out a bare Single Mace, but had not thoroughly understood its mysteries.

Now, it seemed that the Chen Family knew much more, they even knew about the existence of the wooden box.

“The Hundred Flowers Tower fell because of that wooden box,” Chen Junwei said with a grin through gritted teeth. “My Chen Family didn’t join in the encirclement and suppression of the Hundred Flowers Tower for fear of being implicated with the wooden box. It’s difficult to explain because… the box contains Immortal Cultivation Techniques!”

“You must be joking,” Feng Jun said with a doubtful smile. “I’ve seen that wooden box. Where are any Cultivation Techniques written?”

“There are indeed Cultivation Techniques,” Chen Junwei stated earnestly. “Not to conceal anything from the Immortal, once my brother’s mortal shedding is complete, he’d need a fortuitous opportunity to initiate Qi Refinement… This wooden box was also considered as one of those fortuitous opportunities.”

Feng Jun shook his head, “It’s just hearsay; there’s nothing on it… You’re overthinking.”

“There truly is,” Chen Junwei spoke loudly, then quickly lowered his voice, “It’s a cultivation technique owned by the Royal Family, invisible to ordinary people. Only when the fresh blood of a member of the Royal Family is applied… will it, well, reveal itself.”

When Deng Lao Er heard this, he couldn’t help but gasp in shock, “Fuck… Should I also excuse myself and leave?”

As he spoke, he glanced at the door, seemingly afraid that the Yongyi Duke Princely Heir hadn’t gone far away.

The mother of the Princely Heir was the Princess, wasn’t that… Matters involving Cultivation really make it hard for people to restrain their impulses.

Feng Jun’s eyes blinked, and he was also quite shaken, “How much blood would be enough?”

Chen Junwei looked at him oddly. “I didn’t ask that, but… after taking the blood, could you let the person go?”

“Exactly,” said Deng Lao Er, nodding his head in agreement. “If it were up to me… I wouldn’t let them go either.”

Feng Jun couldn’t judge such values, let alone in this realm. Even on the so-called “modern civilization” of Earth Plane, weren’t such things happening everywhere?

If the stakes were high enough, not to mention killing someone, starting a war was also possible.

However, he was still a bit curious, “Are you sure… the rumor is reliable? What if it’s wrong?”

Before Chen Junwei has a chance to answer, Deng Lao Er had already spoken up, “If it’s wrong, then so be it.”

Feng Jun smiled, having already anticipated such an answer. What he didn’t expect was someone jumping in to answer for him.

Chen Junwei retorted indignantly, “My brother mediates conflicts, rescues damsels from bandits… What wrong has he done to merit being targeted with Qi Dissipating Powder? If he hadn’t carried the Golden Armor Charm with him, his bones would be reduced to dust.”

Feng Jun smiled and shook his head, “I don’t mean to fault you, I’m just curious. If you obtained the Gathering Spirit Array Plate… would you really take action against the Yongyi Duke Princely Heir?”

“I haven’t considered going that far,” Chen Junwei answered frankly. “There are so many members of the Royal Family, just grabbing any one would suffice. The key point is… How could I dare to act carelessly while you have that item in your possession?”

The Chen Family was an old established clan, secretly capturing and killing a member of the Royal Family wasn’t really a huge challenge.

But snatching something from Feng Jun’s hands would be problematic. Setting aside his possible Immortal status, just his ability to fight two Innate Experts, and in the end, achieving a double kill, made him an opponent that no Innate Expert would take lightly.

Once Feng Jun’s Immortal status was confirmed, Chen Junwei had completely let go of that thought. Snatching Immortal Cultivation Techniques from an Immortal?

People who did such things… Well, there had always been such people, and they never ceased to exist over millions of years.

Their clans, however, had all perished—Immortals always enforced the rules between Immortals and Mortals with unwavering effort.

“You’re not too foolish,” Feng Jun snorted coldly and did not dwell on the matter any longer. “Fine, seeing that you’ve spoken truthfully, I won’t force you to sign the contract. Serve as my gatekeeper for ten years… Any problem with that?”

“Thank you, Immortal!” Chen Junwei bowed excitedly. “Even twenty years would pose no issue.”

“Twenty years?” Feng Jun gave him a derisive glance and hummed disdainfully, “You still hope for some good fortune, huh?”

Originally, he had wanted to use compulsion to secure an Innate Expert as a bodyguard by his side. It was only now that he realized, once his Immortal status was confirmed, Innate Experts would vie for the opportunity to serve him.

No wonder this fellow knelt down so readily; he truly had… a thick face.

Chen Junwei chuckled, “I reckon, if someone spreads the news that you’ve been poisoned with Qi Dissipating Powder… there’ll likely be more of those who don’t open their eyes wide, daring to come here attempting something. I know you’re not afraid, but still, I hope to bring some people from the family to help.”

Feng Jun shook his head and said indifferently, “No need, I don’t want the Official Government to hassle me anymore.”

He had no interest in getting involved in the entanglements between clans and the Official Government. A Chen Family with three Innate experts would definitely draw even more attention from officials.

Besides, the Chen Family was much stronger than the Gu Family. Handling Chen Junwei alone would be manageable, but if a group of Chen Family experts came along, families like the Tian Family, Yu Family, and Mi Family would probably all have to act according to the Chen Family’s wishes.

Feng Jun didn’t like the idea of such a dominant group emerging below him; he didn’t want to be distracted by such matters.

Chen Junwei’s mouth twitched, wanting to say something, but in the end, he dared not speak.

Feng Jun glanced at him, “If your brother wants to borrow the Spiritual Energy here, it’s not something we can’t discuss… What can you offer?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Junwei’s eyebrows lifted, and he spoke excitedly, “I wonder what the Immortal requires? The Chen Family is willing to try its best.”

He was indeed eager to obtain the Spirit Gathering Array. The Chen Family had always been devising ways to increase its foundations, but this was ultimately taboo.

As for Chen Junsheng’s cultivation, if the Chen Family were to set up a Spirit Gathering Array in secret, they would first need to find a place that wouldn’t be discovered by anyone, for if they were found by an Immortal, the consequences would be unthinkable—just secretly hoarding Spirit Stones would be enough to annihilate a clan.

Of course, as a longstanding clan within the Family Alliance, the Chen Family would enjoy some leniency, and the Immortal Families might not necessarily want to see the Imperial Court dominate unopposed. However, escaping unscathed was absolutely impossible.

If they could sponge off the Spiritual Energy for cultivation from Feng Jun, then there would be no problems at all—even if there were problems, they would be with the person activating the Spirit Gathering Array; sponging a bit of Spiritual Energy really wouldn’t count for much.

Put simply, if Chen Junsheng could cultivate at Feng Jun’s place, that would be the best outcome.

“Prepare some materials for me,” Feng Jun casually wrote down a few materials and passed them over; they were part of the Spirit Gathering Array materials. “If you can get these materials ready, when my friend is using the Spirit Gathering Array, your brother may cultivate outside the formation.”

The condition sounded a bit harsh; Chen Junsheng could only come over to… well, sponge off the Spiritual Energy, and that too, only when Yu Changqing was using the Spirit Gathering Array, and he wasn’t even allowed inside the formation.

But Chen Junwei was all too aware of how difficult this opportunity was; who dared to hitch a ride while an Immortal was cultivating?

He took the list and looked at it. The materials were indeed not cheap, but the chance for his brother to cultivate was priceless.

He was also very clear that Feng Jun had let his espionage pass today, but if he couldn’t fulfil the requested terms, it was very possible that his offense – insulting an Immortal, which was no small crime – would be recalled; it wasn’t something that could be resolved just by telling a story.

Therefore, he nodded decisively, “No problem, leave it to me, but… I’ll need some time.”

Feng Jun waved his hand and said indifferently, “Just go and prepare it, have your brother bring the materials here.”

Since he had decided to let go, he simply refrained from placing any restrictions on Chen Junwei— If you have the guts, then run. You might escape, but can the Yuntai Chen Family escape?

In fact, he didn’t have any good restriction methods at the moment; in terms of Immortal Family techniques, he was still a complete novice. Using mortal methods would be nothing more than asking the Yu Family for some poison to control the other party.

But doing that would be really low, and given that the Yu Family excels at detoxification, the effectiveness of using poison to control people was questionable—one could not assume a powerful Clan hadn’t researched such methods.

Since he had decided to source materials from elsewhere, he casually distributed the remaining materials to several other families.

Afterward, he stayed in the Mobile Phone realm for another ten days before returning to the Earth Realm.

The place where he appeared was in the Bamboo Forest, but the Bamboo Forest no longer contained the Gathering Spirit Array Plate.

The Spiritual Energy was slowly dissipating.

However, Feng Jun no longer needed the Gathering Spirit Array Plate now. Relying on his memory, he casually set up a “larger version of the Gathering Spirit Array Plate” around the perimeter of the Bamboo Forest.

Once the large formation was set up, he picked up a piece of “refining Spirit Stone” and placed it on the formation’s focal point.

That’s right, a refining Spirit Stone was enough; he had used a finished Spirit Stone previously because the Array Plate was too small and there were no alternatives. Now that the Array Plate was magnified by thirty to fifty times, it was enough to accommodate a semi-finished Spirit Stone.

The refining Spirit Stone already contained ample Spiritual Energy, and with the adjustments he made to the Spirit Gathering Array, its ability to absorb Spiritual Energy had doubled. At the next moment, Spiritual Energy began to roll in from the distant horizon.

However, having just come back from the Mobile Phone realm and accustomed to the surging Spiritual Energy there, Feng Jun found the energy fluctuations here to be like minor drizzles to him.

Next, he temporarily stopped the Spirit Gathering Array and began to conceal the Formation Materials. Many objects looked very conspicuous, and anyone could tell there was something wrong at a glance. He had to hide them among the bamboo, beneath the soil, or within the crevices of rocks.

After he finished these tasks, another hour had passed. He looked around with satisfaction and nodded his head—the time had finally come when he no longer needed to use Yu Changqing’s Gathering Spirit Array Plate.

And this large formation was even better than the original one; he also didn’t have to worry about theft. This was finally a real asset.

But as such, the Bamboo Forest seemed small again. This cement area was only about a hundred square meters or so, with bamboo growing around five or six meters wide, totaling less than one mu in area (approximately 666 square meters).