Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 2079 - 2081: Another Unexpected Incident
The one forming a core on Wuyou Platform isn’t a disciple from Wuyou Platform, but a disciple from Shifang Platform—they borrowed Wuyou Platform’s private courtyard.
This person is wealthy and his cultivation has been smooth sailing until reaching the peak of the Mortal Transcending stage, but he’s been unable to find the feeling of forming a core. He started to suspect his spiritual energy might be somewhat unstable, so he began refining it again.
Anyway, as time passed, seventy to eighty years slipped by, and now he’s just over three hundred years old.
Both started forming their cores simultaneously on White Pebble Beach, which is a first. However, due to the distance exceeding twenty miles, the impact on each other isn’t significant and is barely within an acceptable range.
Mingyang started core formation a few days earlier, his speed was slightly faster, so he would be the first to run out of steam.
Yue Qing noticed something was wrong and immediately found Feng Jun, saying that his cauldron seedlings were ready and hoped Mountain Master Feng could help.
Qinggang didn’t originally prioritize cauldrons, as the sect emphasized powering forward, but even if they didn’t prioritize it, they could still borrow some cauldrons.
Li Chengqiong had just successfully formed a core; he had a good relationship with Mingyang and went to borrow some seedlings from Qi Yu, then he approached Pine Cypress Peak asking if Yan Yuxi, who formed a core without borrowing the cauldron’s Qi, could lend their cauldron.
Of course, by "lend," he didn’t just mean a simple lease, as basic rental fees were expected to be paid. However, once the cauldron was used, a large sum of Spirit Stones had to be paid.
Actually, for most people, borrowing in this manner wasn’t always accepted. Qi Yu was an exception, as he specialized in this business, but why would the Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family lend theirs? The Yan Family still had members needing to form cores!
Actually, the Yan family’s potential Golden Core cultivators weren’t numerous, just as mentioned earlier, even the Crimson Pheonix Sect might not yield a Golden Core every decade, and the Yan family, with members from other domains, might not produce one every five years.
But how long is the effective period of a cauldron seedling? Fifteen to eighteen years old; earlier isn’t suitable for cultivation, and later, if still unable to cultivate, the seedlings themselves would have objections—unless forced suppression was applied.
Even if relaxed further, it would only be fourteen to nineteen years, and if the five-year effective period is unused, it would be wasted.
Facts are what they are, but for many forces, seedlings would rather be wasted and allowed to become regular cultivators, rather than letting other forces nurture strong cultivators—what I can’t use, others shouldn’t think about using.
The Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family operates this way; the seedlings I’ve acquired are my business whether I use them or not, unrelated to others.
However, since Li Chengqiong spoke up, the Yan Family didn’t want to offend people from Qinggang Sect directly, especially since they’re real siblings, and Yue Qing had a good relationship with Feng Jun, so the issue was pushed to Yan Yuxi.
Yan Yuxi directly agreed, stating that she wasn’t giving face to Li Chengqiong, but to Yue Qing. If the effects of the seedlings were similar, he should prioritize using those from Qi Yu’s side. If he agreed to this condition, she would lend the seedlings.
Li Chengqiong understood that her attitude wasn’t an issue; it was completely normal for her not to give him face.
Everyone was at the Golden Core First Layer, but seriously, she was just over sixty years old. When reaching his age, provided no accidents occur, it wouldn’t be a matter of whether to condense Nascent Souls, but rather how many layers of Nascent Soul should have been reached.
Having borrowed the seedlings, Yue Qing found himself in a tight spot. Master Yue really didn’t like it, but since his junior brother had such a rare friend, he reluctantly pleaded with Feng Jun.
Feng Jun grumbled a bit, "Master Yue, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but crucially... what is he to you? I’ve already done my utmost in deducing for him, considering it righteous enough; with Li Chengqiong’s case, I have nothing to say, but for outsiders, let’s forget it."
Once Yue Qing decided to do something, he was quite stubborn, "I can give you spirit stones... a hundred middle-grade ones."
"This really isn’t about money, okay?" Feng Jun furrowed his brows slightly, "I just don’t want to be involved in the karma of core formation!"
Thus, Yue Qing played his trump card to Feng Jun, "If he fails to form a core, it will disrupt the qi field of fellow cultivators, and after what the Nascent Soul Tree Demon stirred up, if it happens again... who knows what the consequences might be."
"I really owe you one!" Feng Jun glared at him, "I don’t even want a hundred middle-grade spirit stones, you owe me a favor instead!"
"Fine," Yue Qing raised his eyebrows indifferently, thinking to himself that with many Masters and even True Immortals now acquainted with him, there probably won’t be many occasions requiring him to act anymore.
Having gained his promise, Feng Jun once again entered the Qinggang Private Courtyard to begin the close-range deduction for Mingyang.
Honestly, the karma surrounding core formation now, he didn’t necessarily care that much.
However, his deduction revealed that Mingyang’s slowing core formation speed wasn’t due to insufficient Qi Attraction, but a rather rare situation—demonic interference.
During core formation, encountering demonic interference is uncommon, and Feng Jun hadn’t predicted this possibility in his previous deduction for this person.
From this perspective, when a cultivator embraces the core, they will face many variables.
He explained the situation to Yue Qing, expressing that finding a few seedlings to use Qi attraction is indeed feasible, but whether it will rid them of their heart demon is uncertain. The best solution is still to find a stick of Imperial Demon Fragrance.
The Imperial Demon Fragrance is an essential item for Golden Core peak cultivators condensing a Nascent Soul; using it on a cultivator embracing the core is somewhat wasteful. However, it is guaranteed to be incredibly effective.
Yue Qing hesitated for a moment and decided to use the Imperial Demon Fragrance. This item is valuable, with the most common ones costing at least two to three hundred medium spirits. For example, Master Yuan’s Nine Heavens Imperial Demon Fragrance from Hot Spring Plate is worth at least five thousand medium spirits and isn’t something money can easily buy.
But he didn’t have the Imperial Demon Fragrance, so he directly went to the Tiantong Commercial Alliance. However, the people at Tiantong said that the shop only had Demon Repellent Water; Imperial Demon Fragrance, being a high-end product, might be available at the main store, but our White Pebble Beach branch... requires ordering!
With ordering, the opportunity would be long gone. Yue Qing turned around and went to find a master from Ten Directions Platform.
Yue Qing’s relationship with the Ten Directions Platform is very poor for many reasons, but the most direct one is that he once helped Feng Jun hunt down someone from Ten Directions Platform. This master dared not speak up and just said that we wouldn’t have something like the Imperial Demon Fragrance.
Master Yue considered using force but felt a bit embarrassed at White Pebble Beach, so he gave him a fierce glare before leaving.
This master was also quite frightened and hurried to Feng Jun to complain, saying the Executor might have it, but the Da Meng Executor left White Pebble Beach some time ago. Even if we want to contact him, it will take a while.
Feng Jun was quite helpless. He estimated that even going to Yiyao East City might not be fruitful, as Nascent Souls are scarce there, and Moran might already be in seclusion. The logical place to try would be the Blazing Flame Plate, where it might be available.
So he went to ask True Immortal Wan Qing, who smiled and shook her head upon hearing, "Wu Nan Shidi has some; I’ll go ask him for a stick."
"This isn’t for me," Feng Jun quickly refused and then found Yue Qing—you negotiate the price together.
Wu Nan was also willing to give it for free, but upon hearing it was only for a friend of Yue Qing Shidi, he said, "I can give it to you, but giving it to someone else doesn’t seem right—one hundred medium spirits, I won’t make money from you."
After thanking him, Yue Qing even asked, "The Imperial Demon Fragrance here goes for two to three hundred; isn’t this... too cheap?"
Several True Immortals laughed upon hearing this. True Immortal Wan Qing candidly explained: In the Higher Realm, ordinary Imperial Demon Fragrance is priced this way. A slight increase when sold to the Lower Realm is quite normal. Actually, this is because your usage is low; if usage were high, the price might have been higher.
Yue Qing left with the Imperial Demon Fragrance. Soon, a fragrant aura spread out, and the Core Formation aura of Master Mingyang began to rise again.
Feeling all this from afar, the Jinwu Sect disciples, who had been somewhat skeptical of Feng Jun, collectively fell silent.
Fifteen days later, Master Mingyang successfully overcame the Heavenly Tribulation. Although the one from Ten Directions Platform was affected a bit, they also reached the peak of Core Formation aura two days later and began to consolidate the aura, preparing for the Heavenly Tribulation.
Influenced by these two auras, the Jinwu Sect’s cultivator with an eighty-eight percent core embracing rate also planned to go into seclusion for core embracing—believing the time was ripe.
But at this moment, Mei Jiushan brought news from Feng Jun: Considering the current confusion among cultivators embracing the core, everyone is asked to report to him before going into seclusion for core embracing.
This request was sudden but with good reason. The core embracing of the one from Ten Directions Platform almost disrupted Mingyang’s tribulation, which made Yue Qing a little angry. Moreover, Master Mingyang’s Heavenly Tribulation almost disrupted the other’s Core Formation, leaving Ten Directions Platform a bit dissatisfied. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Plus, there had been misunderstandings between the two sides over the Imperial Demon Fragrance, almost leading to a conflict.
In the end, Master Qingya from Wuyou Platform stepped in and said, "If you have any problems, resolve them after leaving White Pebble Beach. Consider Mountain Master Feng’s stance if you act here."
Feng Jun, upon discovering this, realized that the situation with core embracing at White Pebble Beach was indeed chaotic and needed management.
And the only person qualified to manage here is him, so he sent Mei Jiushan to notify everyone, also expressing that this wasn’t disregarding everyone’s rights but to more rationally use White Pebble Beach’s resources.
He specifically invited everyone to his estate for discussions and to establish a regulation—not a temporary regulation. If anyone doesn’t want to come, they don’t have to, but future spirit vein attractions would also follow this rule.
Interestingly, Feng Jun also invited cultivators from other domains, including Tianqin. They could observe and suggest but had no voting rights.
In his words, "Matters of Kunhao should naturally be decided by Kunhao people."
True Immortal Wan Qing couldn’t help but smile and shake her head after hearing this, "Daring to serve notice to visiting factions like this, Mountain Master Feng is indeed remarkably bold."
A disciple from the Jinwu Sect couldn’t help but comment, "But isn’t Mountain Master Feng himself not necessarily from Kunhao?"
