Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 1973 - 1975: Scared Out of Their Wits

The final number of people who stayed at White Pebble Beach reached twenty-one. The six extra people were those who, after contacting their connections, had their connections come over instead—they wondered, why leave when they could follow Mountain Master Feng?

Thus, the once empty manor of Feng Jun began to fill with people, and many tasks no longer required his personal attention.

Those fifteen mortals still could not start cultivation. Zhang Caixin informed them that they have a three-month trial period. Once the trial is over, those with cultivation techniques can work by day and cultivate by night.

As for those without a cultivation technique or those hoping to obtain a compatible one from the manor, they would need to labor for another three months free of charge.

After a year, White Pebble Beach would arrange for their registration.

After making these arrangements, Zhang Caixin devoted herself to cultivating, although she initially did not want to stand out. She had to step in when Yu Qingzhu wanted to take charge of the matter; otherwise, where would the dignity of the manor’s second-in-command be?

Yu Qingzhu, however, was quite intrigued by the operations of this plane. In addition to cultivating, she also occasionally interacted with the front courtyard.

Everyone followed their routines for cultivation, and time flew by. In the blink of an eye, three months had passed, and no one achieved a significant breakthrough. The end of the trial period saw the mortals unanimously choosing to continue working instead of cultivating.

A few days later, Mi Yunsan finally broke through to the Qi Refining Second Layer, and shortly thereafter, Yun Buyao advanced to the Fourth Layer of Qi-refining.

This made Zhang Caixin a bit anxious. She was definitely the second-in-command in Luohua but didn’t want to lose out in Kunhao.

Yet, an even stronger competitor soon emerged. Yan Yuxi successfully completed most of the construction on Shijie Island and approached Feng Jun to discuss how the island should be operated.

Sister Hong expressed again that she wanted to manage the island. However, this time, Zhang Caixin stopped her, saying that if she went to Shijie Island, it would not be convenient to bring her back to Luohua later.

In response, Sister Hong straightforwardly said, then you all should go back yourselves. When I first started my own business, I faced plenty of troubles, did I not make it through?

Zhang Caixin thought for a moment and then whispered, "With Yan Yuxi in front, Yu Qingzhu following behind, and people like Kong Ziyi in between... you dare to go to Shijie Island alone in the Qi Refinement Realm, that shows your courage, but won’t you care about what’s happening with the little sister here?"

Sister Hong thought it over and then let out a long sigh, "Ah, what a mess this all is!"

Another half a month passed, and someone sought an audience at White Pebble Beach. It was a person Feng Jun had heard of at Qiuchen Market—Master Qiyu.

Master Qiyu was also in the cauldron trading business. He was alarmed when he heard about the death of Master Xinfeng, especially as Feng Jun executed a series of brutal kills at Qiuchen Market, leaving heads rolling and rivers of blood.

There were rumors that his name had also reached Feng Jun’s ears, though his name had not yet appeared on the bounty list.

Master Qiyu was so startled that he immediately pulled back on his business, hoping to weather the storm. Unexpectedly, he received news that Master Xinfeng’s family had been annihilated.

To say, Qiyu and Xinfeng were competitors. Both had influence at Qiuchen Market, but with so many cauldrons in the Mortal Realm, there was no need to fight for resources. The two forces could coexist.

Recently, when Qiyu shifted his business scope, Qiuchen Market gradually came under Xinfeng’s control.

In fact, Master Qiyu was also very familiar with Qiuchen, especially knowing that the actual owner of a certain courtyard was Feng Jun of White Pebble Beach and that the girl with a scarred face was not to be provoked.

However, such information he kept to himself and never divulged to Xinfeng.

Therefore, he also heard about the details of Feng Jun’s actions in the suburbs. He knew that although Feng Jun’s approach was somewhat underhanded, he had promised to spare Xinfeng’s family.

Yet, someone told him that Feng Jun had actually exterminated Xinfeng’s entire family?

Master Qiyu found this news hard to believe because even he didn’t know where Xinfeng’s family was located—of course, Xinfeng also didn’t know where Qiyu’s family was.

Which meant, despite their protestations of innocence during disputes, they both understood that their deeds were monstrous and thus kept their family’s addresses secret.

Nevertheless, upon further inquiry, the news could not be disbelieved, as it came from one of Xinfeng’s grandsons—on the day it happened, he was out trading with a convoy and narrowly escaped.

This person was clever, afraid of being captured and handed over to Feng Jun. After spreading the news, he fled, but he left the village’s address for verification.

The news drove Master Qiyu into deep fear, as he was quite certain that Feng Jun was not someone who liked indiscriminate killing and usually acted with a sense of propriety.

What could have made Feng Jun change his behavior so drastically? Clearly, the act of "trading cauldrons" was not a trivial transgression in Feng Jun’s eyes; indeed, he seemed to detest it passionately!

In fact, Qi Yu was not surprised that Feng Jun had such an attitude. In the Cultivation World, those who loathe the trade of cauldrons are certainly not limited to Feng Jun. Especially those who have suffered deeply from it, who are willing to fight to mutual destruction and relentlessly pursue it.

Qi Yu was not interested in understanding why Feng Jun hated the sale of cauldrons so much. What he needed to consider was that his name had already reached Feng Jun’s ears.

Even though Feng Jun had not started offering rewards yet, would it be too late by the time he did?

Therefore, he promptly terminated all cauldron-related businesses and asked someone to find out at White Pebble Beach how those rescued cauldrons were being dealt with.

Feng Jun’s handling of the matter was beyond most people’s understanding—Mei Jiushan’s way of dealing was considered mainstream, and even those "betrayed" cauldrons, some left, some stayed, but none were forced to fulfill their original obligations.

Mei Jiushan didn’t quite understand Feng Jun’s logic for doing so, but Qi Yu, who was in this line of work, clearly understood Feng Jun’s original intention: he is a "moral person" dissatisfied with the cauldron industry!

Well, in the Kunhao Plane, there is no term for moral person, but that is essentially the idea.

What was especially frightening was that Feng Jun was willing to "immorally" go back on his word to uphold his moral standards!

Qi Yu observed for more than a month and found that Feng Jun was indeed not putting on a show. He was not sure if one day he himself would be wanted at White Pebble Beach, so he made an important decision: to proactively go and apologize!

After all, in such a situation where the posture has been shown, accepting punishment, if Feng Jun still insisted on killing, it would indeed violate greater morality in this plane—after all, he is not Xin Feng, and has not offended Mountain Master Feng’s people.

Moreover, at White Pebble Beach, it wasn’t just Feng Jun’s influence. Apart from the three major sects, there was the Heavenly Heart Platform, Tiantong, Pine Cypress Peak, among others, and among these forces, those who used cauldrons were more than just a few.

Feng Jun really remembered this Qi Yu, but just like Qi Yu thought, since the other party hadn’t offended his people, he temporarily had no intention of stirring up trouble, and it was proper to solidify his foundation in the Cauldron first.

Once he succeeded in cultivation, there would be plenty of time to seek trouble with Qi Yu, or if a day came when Qi Yu’s people committed evil, he could ruthlessly kill them again.

Upon hearing that the other party had come forward, he couldn’t help but curiously ask, "Who helped pass the message?"

Feng Jun was now under the focused protection of multiple factions, and it wasn’t easy for ordinary people to get a message through to him.

Mi Yunsan replied weakly, "It’s Senior Hong from Tiantong."

Hong is a Guest Elder at Tiantong Headquarters, possessing an Intermediate Level in the realm of Qi Refinement, and is on good terms with the Huang Fu family. Currently, he is at White Pebble Beach and is considered the highest cultivation among Tiantong’s people, though he does not lead, Feng Jun acknowledges him greatly.

"Hmm," Feng Jun snorted, recalling some things that displeased him, "Thinking highly of his own face... Forget it, let him bring people over."

Master Qiyu’s appearance was far superior to Master Xinfeng’s. Xinfeng had the appearance of a sage-like elder Daoist, while Qiyu presented as a handsome gentleman in a chaotic world, giving people a refreshing feeling at first glance.

Upon meeting, Master Qiyu presented a Lifespan Extension Pill, one that extended life by sixty years, worth at least three to four hundred thousand Spirit Stones if purchased—of course, granted one had the qualification to purchase.

According to Qu Jianlei, those who dealt in the cauldron trade weren’t short of such items, but for him to offer one as a meeting gift showed he was quite sincere.

However, Feng Jun did not hastily accept it, he glanced askance at it, and then slowly said, "Such a heavy meeting gift... why?"

Master Qiyu truly understood the situation, and without any airs of a master, he cupped his hands with a smile, "I heard that Mountain Master Feng is offering bounties for cauldron traders. I used to be in this line of work, but now I’ve decided to stop doing it. I hope the Mountain Master will be lenient."

"It’s good if you stop," Feng Jun nodded. He was already very aware of the local cultivators’ attitudes toward cauldrons. Although it’s prohibited, many are relatively numb to it. Now that the other party has come to apologize and shown sincerity, there’s no reason to hold on.

It’s roughly a weakened version of child trafficking. Thinking of this, Feng Jun also felt a bit helpless—he had an anti-trafficking bureau in the Earth Realm, and upon coming here, he continued to combat trafficking. How could it be such a coincidence?

Anyway, since the other party’s attitude was correct, he was willing to forgive them—for whatever personal likings or dislikings, he had to respect the local moral standards. "I always believed that people in the Mortal Realm also have the right to survive and should not be regarded as ants."

He emphasized one point, "If you only deal with cauldrons in the Cultivation World without troubling mortals, I have no intention of interfering."

In the Cultivation World, using cauldrons for cultivation has its rules, and it’s usually not done too harshly, as it would sound bad if spread around—to say something harsher, Feng Jun has cultivated with many women, his goal was certainly to help the other, but he also improved himself.

With how he helped Zhong Lijing, it benefitted not only Little Zhong, this is also a broad sense of "cauldron," isn’t it?

But for cultivators to exploit cauldrons from the Mortal Realm, that truly is without limits, "As long as you have not too much karmic ties in the Mortal Realm, I really won’t mind... You can take back the Lifespan Extension Pill, just don’t do it again in the future."

(It’s mid-month, who can see a monthly ticket?)