Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 2022 - 2024: Seizing Spirit Again

Feng Jun’s words went straight to the heart: If Tianqin doesn’t send people, what do you take me for?

The Earth Spirit was really panicked and didn’t know how to respond.

But Feng Jun hadn’t finished speaking, "This is my Golden Core ceremony, understand... the Golden Core ceremony, it’s very important, okay?"

"It is very important," the Earth Spirit didn’t know how to follow this, so it just went along with him for now.

"I think the Liuheshi Earth Vein can be ready before the ceremony," Feng Jun looked at it coldly, "There’s less than a month left now, and your speed of pulling the veins really disappoints me."

"I really didn’t know the time was so pressing," the Earth Spirit wailed, a month’s time should have been enough. It had previously dragged its feet intentionally to annoy Yun Buyao, trying to tattle, but it didn’t expect such an outcome, "I’ll try to finish in twenty days."

"You didn’t know it was pressing, so you could neglect it?" Feng Jun’s brows furrowed as he spoke blandly, "Considering this is your first offense, I’ll only take one hundred thousand spiritual energy, any objections?"

"No, please," the Earth Spirit screamed miserably. It had truly felt the consequences of spiritual energy being extracted, even though it was just one percent, but being innately a Golden Core, its sensitivity to its own spiritual energy was quite strong.

One thousand spiritual energy being extracted wasn’t too severe, really, but upon close sensing, it still found something amiss; there was indeed a slight discomfort that persisted for many days.

Although it was a slight discomfort, the Earth Spirit still cared a lot, because it knew next time would start at one hundred thousand.

At this moment, it vaguely felt that compared to Seizing Spirit, maybe Soul Punishment would be more suitable for it—the pain from the soul would be excruciating, but no matter how painful, once endured, it’s over, unlike Seizing Spirit, which has residual effects.

So it begged bitterly, "How about going with Soul Punishment, a longer duration is okay."

Feng Jun looked at it with a half-smile, "You’ve really grown bold, thinking you can make decisions for me?"

"No, no," the Earth Spirit shook its head like a rattle-drum, at this moment it didn’t dare argue anymore, and could only emphasize, "I was helping your disciple with the extraction of gold essence, that’s why I neglected the work, if you do this, should I still help her in the future?"

"Huh?" Feng Jun blinked and smiled, "Are you trying to negotiate with me?"

The Earth Spirit now found that a smiling Feng Jun was the scariest, it couldn’t help but shiver, shaking its head in panic, "Not negotiating, I admit it was my negligence, I just hope you’ll forgive me this time for Yun Buyao’s sake."

Feng Jun pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head, "Forgiving is impossible, mistakes must be punished, but considering you admitted your negligence and out of consideration for Xiao Yun, this time I’ll extract thirty thousand spiritual energy from you, next time it definitely won’t be this cheap."

Then he did not even wait for the Earth Spirit to react, and with a thought, spiritual energy emerged around the Earth Spirit again.

This time, the Earth Spirit didn’t wail or react, because it was also sensing how its body was after losing thirty thousand spiritual energy.

After a long while, it sighed, "Thirty thousand spiritual energy... is indeed more uncomfortable than three sets of ten thousand."

"Of course," Feng Jun waved his hand, speaking blandly, "I’ll give you another twenty days, you said it yourself, if it’s not done by then, don’t blame me for being rude."

The Earth Spirit couldn’t help but cry out again, "But I’ve just had thirty thousand more spiritual energy extracted..."

"Hmm?" Feng Jun’s brows furrowed, and after a slight pause, he smiled again, "So you’re saying... it’s my fault then?"

Now when the Earth Spirit saw his smile, it couldn’t help but shiver, it didn’t want to bargain anymore, "I mean time is tight and tasks are heavy... so, should Yun Buyao’s gold essence extraction be postponed?"

"No postponement allowed," Feng Jun replied without hesitation, "All projects must proceed at high speed with quality assurance... if you dare to test me again, consider the consequences yourself."

Simply put, he was deliberately using the Fishing Pill Method, if he had pointed out the Earth Spirit’s mistakes earlier, the project schedule wouldn’t have been too affected, however, without fishing, how could he knock some sense into the Earth Spirit?

This time, the Earth Spirit really didn’t dare to slack off anymore. Previously extracted ten thousand spiritual energy hadn’t fully recovered, and now thirty thousand more were taken. If it were negligent again, the schedule might really exceed twenty days, it didn’t dare imagine the consequences of being overdue.

While it was desperately working on drawing the Earth Vein, Zhang Caixin began discussing the spirit vein allocation shares with Yan Yuxi.

In the meantime, Yu Qingzhu had already done a lot of work, Feng Jun only offered thirty percent of the shares, the three factions and two platforms, and Tiantong were fiercely competing, yet Pine Cypress Peak stubbornly held on to its ten percent.

The spirit vein has already started enticing, but the shares are still a messy account.

After Zhang Caixin took over, the negotiation still proceeded slowly. In the end, she simply stated, "Forget it, this wasn’t really a matter for our White Pebble Beach; the seven of you can discuss it behind closed doors... we don’t really have a say."

"Who says you don’t have a say?" Yan Yuxi spoke with a smile, "If White Pebble Beach speaks, who would dare not to listen?"

After a pause, she winked mysteriously and said, "By the way, Wuyou Platform also wants to buy land now. If you’re eager to cash out Spirit Stones, I can hold off, and you can have priority in selling."

These words imply more than just who cashes out first; she’s suggesting — you gained this land without spending a single Spirit Stone, now you have a large piece of land with a chance to cash out, haven’t I, Yan Yuxi, been an enough friend in my actions?

Zhang Caixin also found herself at a loss for words.

But even if she’s not adept at business, she knows it’s definitely not the right time to sell, so she shook her head with a smile, "Thank you, Master Yuxi, but we’re not in a hurry to sell; perhaps we’ll need it for ourselves in the future, you can go ahead and make money."

"Then I won’t hold back," Yan Yuxi nodded without hesitation, but then her eyes lit up, "Looking at you, you’re not hoping the land will appreciate, are you?"

Zhang Caixin smiled and, considering the other party’s righteously, didn’t hold back, "My suggestion is, you shouldn’t sell either; they can still buy land from others."

"Understood," Yan Yuxi immediately grasped, smiling and nodding, "I also think with Mountain Master Feng’s development prospects, this place is bound to get lively, including those communication devices... Future development might not just be about making calls, right?"

"Huh," Zhang Caixin was genuinely surprised this time, she looked Yan Yuxi up and down, asking with great interest, "Why do you say that, did the boss tell you something?"

"It’s not hard to guess, it’s something you’ve shown yourself," Yan Yuxi answered without thinking.

She casually elaborated, "There’s the telephone and the walkie-talkie, with a little modification, aren’t they wireless phones? And... since sound can be transmitted through electric currents, images might also be transmitted, right? It’s not hard to think of these things."

Zhang Caixin listened in amazement, not particularly interested in other things apart from her love for cultivation, she couldn’t help but say, "Your brain is really sharp, no wonder you’re the youngest at the peak of the Out-of-this-world stage."

"It’s easy to think of these things, right?" Yan Yuxi responded nonchalantly, "I’ve had such guesses before, but didn’t think they were very important, so I didn’t dwell on them. Now it seems, it might bring more than a little money."

Hearing this, Zhang Caixin couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. Since she came to Kunhao, she’s mostly lived under Feng Jun’s protection and lacked experience dealing with Kunhao’s High-Rank Practitioners.

This time, she connected with local High-Rank Practitioners only because she wanted to gain without risking anything and collaborated with Pine Cypress Peak. But she hasn’t experienced Feng Jun’s crisis-ridden life, so naturally, she wouldn’t "run her mouth" like him.

So when she heard the opposite party seemed interested in this business, she felt troubled.

Fortunately, Feng Jun was in the estate, so she composed herself and smiled as she spoke, "Master Yuxi, what do you mean by that?"

"Nothing special," Yan Yuxi really didn’t think much about it. She had casually guessed the development direction of communication devices and knew there were interests involved, but she wasn’t really interested. And although the Yan Family was domineering, their family discipline was strict.

So she straightforwardly stated, "Currently, the Huang Fu Family can still take this piece of meat, but further development is not something a single Golden Core Family can handle. If you can help me with the Spirit Vein, the Yan Family is willing to support you unconditionally."

"Unconditionally..." Zhang Caixin pondered for a moment before smiling apologetically, "I need to go back and discuss this with the boss."

"Of course," Yan Yuxi nodded. To avoid leaving the other party with a sense of "being forced," she even proactively stated,

"I know, your sect doesn’t lack experts either, but Mountain Master Feng has always fought alone. He must have his reasons. There’s no need to bring in experts from the sect for these small profits, but your cultivation level is still a bit lacking."

This was the first time Zhang Caixin didn’t mind others commenting on her low cultivation level. What she was concerned about was — so you weren’t threatening me?

Realizing this, she found the other party much more endearing — after all, she’s not very interested in doing business either, "Alright, the boss should be a very generous person, I’ll go ask him."

However, before consulting Feng Jun, she first had a word with her sister and Yu Qingzhu.

"I think the boss’s determination for industrial development is significant, and he’s very concerned about some welfare on Earth. Since the Yan Family is willing to support in this aspect, can we let go a bit more beyond thirty percent of shares?"

"Seems unlikely," Sister Hong shook her head, "The boss isn’t someone who’s greedy, but he has a severe lack of a sense of security – as he said... without being cautious enough, he’d have died a hundred times! Luckily, we have him for stable development."

"Indeed," Zhang Caixin nodded profoundly, "Just now, Yan Yuxi’s words almost frightened me out of my wits."

Yu Qingzhu suddenly spoke, "Actually, it’s not difficult to handle, just divide into A and B shares."