Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 2025 - 2027: Changing the Contract

Feng Jun’s righteous rebuttal unexpectedly drew a look of envy from the Earth Spirit, "Relatives passed away? I wish I had some relatives, but unfortunately, we are born elves, we don’t have any... As for wandering the world... I wish I could."

For a child, wandering the world is already quite miserable, but it doesn’t even have the right to roam—it’s not free.

"Don’t try to get sentimental with me," Feng Jun interrupted it coldly, "Now tell me, how much of the responsibility does she bear?"

The Earth Spirit thought for a moment and reluctantly said, "It’s no less than fifty-fifty."

"You little rascal," Feng Jun pointed at it helplessly, "She doesn’t want to interfere with you, and yet that becomes her responsibility... Are you sure?"

Upon hearing this, the Earth Spirit realized it wasn’t something good and could only reply with a bitter expression, "I also don’t want her to meddle too much, but Boss... fifty thousand units of Spiritual Energy is way too much."

This time, it followed the Earth Realm visitor’s habit in addressing him, mainly to avoid provoking its opponent.

Feng Jun seemed moved by this address, pondering for a moment, "Indeed, your measly one million Spiritual Energy... can barely suffice for my capturing attempts, and it’s hard to justify."

What? Capturing attempts? The Earth Spirit was so scared it almost wet itself, nodding constantly, "Exactly, exactly, I think it’s better to focus on education primarily, punishment is just a means and shouldn’t be the end goal."

"Here’s the deal..." Feng Jun pondered momentarily before revealing his intentions, "You’re thinking that Seizing Spirit is a bit cruel aren’t you?"

"Yes, yes," The Earth Spirit nodded repeatedly, vaguely sensing that Feng Jun shouldn’t be such a kind person, but it didn’t want to live through such nerve-wracking days again, "It’s best to figure out some other means."

"That’s quite coincidental," Feng Jun smiled broadly, "Some time ago, I acquired a three-in-one contract, and found it rather exquisite. Would you be willing to try it?"

"Three-in-one... contract?" The Earth Spirit instinctively sensed something ominous, but at this moment, it couldn’t refuse—not because it didn’t dare to, "I’ve never heard of this term before. May I ask what the three-in-one entails?"

Feng Jun coldly spat out three words, "Seizing Spirit, Soul Capture, and Life Seizing... I have many contracts for Soul Capture and Life Seizing, I’m sure you remember them."

Upon hearing this, the Earth Spirit shivered. Of course it remembered the dozen or so secret techniques Feng Jun brought out.

When modifying the contract, Feng Jun had said that everyone considered Seizing Spirit to be the most benevolent contract, suggesting more consideration, but it wanted to maintain the original contract and didn’t give it any thought, allowing Feng Jun to randomly select a kind of contract.

Listening to the three contracts now, it became increasingly uneasy, knowing how terrifying the seemingly "benevolent" Seizing Spirit contract was, how much worse could the Soul Capture and Life Seizing contracts be?

So it hesitated briefly, ultimately shaking its head, "I think the current contract... is quite decent too, let’s not bother with the three-in-one."

"Alright then," Feng Jun nodded with a smile, "Considering it’s your first offense, I’ll cut the fifty thousand Spiritual Energy in half, making it..."

"Wait," The Earth Spirit paused, feeling nervous again, "Isn’t it supposed to be split evenly between Yun Buyao and me?"

"What mistake did Yun Buyao make?" Feng Jun asked with a mischievous smile, "Lack of supervision at most, an oversight, so alright, since you’re so insistent, I’ll only deduct forty thousand Spiritual Energy from you..."

"Hold on," The Earth Spirit shouted, worried he might take action at any moment, hurriedly followed by, "What is the procedure for the three-in-one contract?"

"I don’t know either," Feng Jun answered casually, "Anyway, it’s just three-in-one capturing. Since you’re not interested..."

"I’m quite interested," The Earth Spirit expressed promptly, "I just want to know, if I change the contract, can my losses today be reduced? For the upcoming three captures, can I decide which one to capture?"

Ultimately, as a contracted elf, it didn’t have the power to choose the contract. When Feng Jun was in the early stage of cultivation, it could reject his contract because whether or not the other party could contract depended on its willingness.

Of course, Feng Jun chose a contract it couldn’t refuse, so there’s no need to mention that. These kinds of forced contracts from lower-level cultivators are rare—even exceedingly rare.

However, now Feng Jun intended to forcibly change the contract, which genuinely didn’t require its consent—he could just change it directly.

So the Earth Spirit understood well it had no qualifications to resist; Feng Jun only negotiated not to provoke excessive resistance, so it decisively chose—Big Boss, I’m willing to listen to your detailed explanation.

"You deciding which one to capture, how could that be possible?" Feng Jun smiled, dismissively answering.

He had been pondering Life Seizing all along, though he couldn’t casually mention it due to the heavy Heavenly Dao Karma, he didn’t dare even imply it, but he had been planning for this moment all along, so he couldn’t help but add, "If it works, it works; if not, it doesn’t."

"Speak of the criteria," The Earth Spirit couldn’t hold back, just as Feng Jun planned, "Perhaps I’ll agree."

Initially, Feng Jun’s idea was to temporarily transition with the Seizing Spirit contract, eventually switching to the three-in-one contract because he hadn’t yet deduced it at the time, and the Earth Spirit’s task couldn’t be delayed further.

Later, when he repeatedly seized spirits from the Earth Spirit, not only were his methods ruthless and unreasonable, he also had suspicions of using the Fishing Pill Method. It’s not that he was bored, but rather that he wanted to deepen the Earth Spirit’s fear of "spirit seizing."

Now that he’s proposing a new contract, he wouldn’t hastily force the other party to accept it—force-feeding isn’t appealing; you need to actively request it, and I will reluctantly grant it.

So, he casually stated, "There’s no standard, I just want to try this contract... purely out of curiosity."

"So I’m just a test subject?" The Earth Spirit was a bit dissatisfied. "I won’t be a test subject without benefits, even if it’s a master-servant contract. You can’t force me to do unreasonable things."

Feng Jun paused for a moment and decisively said, "I’ll waive ten thousand spirits for you, only seizing forty thousand spirits... I’m already very accommodating, no more haggling—last time I deducted thirty thousand, this time it’s impossible to deduct less. I hope you’re mentally prepared."

"I think the reason is insufficient," the Earth Spirit firmly opposed. "I’ve never heard of a three-in-one contract... it’s almost as good as an absolute master-slave contract, worth at least a hundred thousand spiritual energy."

"I said, no bargaining," Feng Jun raised his hand. "Forget it, let’s seize your spirit first..."

"Fifty thousand spiritual energy, no less," the Earth Spirit stated bluntly, "Otherwise, you might as well extract my spiritual energy, and I won’t help you test this contract anymore... I’d rather die!"

Feng Jun hesitated noticeably. Is there a record of self-harming among the Five Elements Spirits? There is, mostly among the unyielding Gold Spirits, followed by the Fire Spirits. The probability of Earth Spirit self-harm is significantly lower than that of Water Spirits.

However, this threat couldn’t be ignored. After a long pause, he snorted coldly, "If it weren’t for the ongoing spirit vein guidance..."

"Thank you, Big Boss," the Earth Spirit responded extremely quickly, with an unusually respectful expression. "I also don’t want to delay the spirit vein guidance."

In fact, it was secretly praising its own intelligence—even during spirit vein guidance, no cultivator would tolerate a working Earth Spirit committing suicide. It’s fortunate that I made the demand now; it would definitely be impossible at another time.

After settling this matter, the spirit vein guidance had to pause because replacing the contract required sealing the Earth Spirit—otherwise, it could seize the opportunity to escape.

Escaping with so many masters watching is a rather difficult task, but who can guarantee it won’t act impulsively?

Feng Jun informed his partners, sparking some curiosity, as the guidance work had been going smoothly. What’s happening?

Then they learned from Qu Jianlei that Feng Jun intended to replace the contract with the Earth Spirit.

In fact, the Spirit-Seizing Contract at White Pebble Beach was already enviable, and now he’s replacing it with a new contract. Everyone was eager to learn more—is there a contract more suitable than the Spirit-Seizing Contract?

Feng Jun didn’t meet them because he couldn’t guarantee the success of the three-in-one contract, so he didn’t want to boast prematurely.

Fortunately, his deductions proved reliable. A day later, the contract was successful. He tested it for half a day, trying all the functionalities besides the three capture functions.

This means the Earth Spirit avoided the punishment of spiritual energy seizing but endured all other penalties one by one. Luckily, the duration of each was short; otherwise, it might have started grumbling again.

However, at the end, seeing Feng Jun about to wrap up, the Earth Spirit mustered the courage to make a request, "I accept the three-in-one contract on the premise of a discount of fifty thousand spirits. Shouldn’t you supplement some spiritual energy for me?"

Feng Jun was a bit puzzled, "Originally, I intended to seize fifty thousand spirits, now that I’m not, isn’t it just right?"

"That’s not it," the Earth Spirit shouted, "In the end, it was said to seize forty thousand spirits... You said it couldn’t be less than thirty thousand spirits!"

Feng Jun thought for a moment and realized, nodding, "Hmm, if you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have forgotten."

"It doesn’t matter if you forgot; I remember," the Earth Spirit clasped its hands together, "Big Boss, you owe me ten thousand spiritual energy!"

"I was the one who granted you a reduction in the first place, and now you’re actually asking me to return spiritual energy!" Feng Jun snorted slightly, a bit dissatisfied, but in the end, he still released ten thousand spiritual energy for the Earth Spirit to absorb, "Consider it a reward for your cooperation."

The Earth Spirit had grown smarter now, not engaging in meaningless banter with him, focusing solely on absorbing spiritual energy. However, although it’s its original life force energy, absorbing it is still considerably slower than spirit seizing.

Moreover, as the spiritual energy had left the body for some time, this further increased the challenge of absorption; hence the saying, destruction is easy, construction is difficult.

The Earth Spirit took a day to absorb the spiritual energy. While absorbing was challenging, consolidation became much easier. After all, it was once its original life force energy, allowing it to consolidate while working.

Feng Jun concluded the contract and came to the front yard, where people had already been waiting, such as Master Qingya, "Mountain Master Feng, may I ask what contract you signed with the Earth Spirit this time? Is it convenient to disclose?"

(Updated to summon monthly tickets.)