Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 2069 - 2071: Wan Yang’s Heart Stirred

Feng Jun’s words directly shocked the Dantai family members.

The two Masters even warned Feng Jun, saying you must be responsible for what you say.

Feng Jun sneered dismissively, "If I dare to say it, of course, I dare to be responsible. However, if your family maintains this kind of attitude—refusing to examine yourself for problems and only shifting the blame onto others—then our cooperation might not continue."

What he spoke of as cooperation, in reality, was not cooperation at all; it was simply the Dantai family seeking his help.

A Master took out an Image Stone, "Mountain Master Feng, could you please repeat what you just said? It’s not that we don’t trust you... it’s just that we need a solid reason to report to the treasury’s secure zone."

"You don’t distrust me?" Feng Jun’s lips curled into a faint smile, then he extended his hand, "Then fork over two thousand Spirit Stones first."

He wasn’t worried about not receiving the payment—try to not give it a shot—but he didn’t want to leave his image on the Image Stone without receiving the Spirit Stones first. It would seem like he feared the Dantai family, although he didn’t mind repeating himself, he absolutely refused to be underestimated by others.

The Dantai family’s Master was not petty at this moment. Without requiring Dantai Shenmin to provide Spirit Stones, they immediately counted out two thousand.

Feng Jun accepted the Spirit Stones and effortlessly repeated himself, then cupped his fists, "I’m off, farewell!"

Watching him drift away, a glint of brilliance flashed in one Master’s eyes, "This man... truly doesn’t see the Dantai family in his eyes. Perhaps if Shenmin forms his Core at White Pebble Beach, he might succeed."

Dantai Shenmin snorted disdainfully, "If it really is the Yellow Essence Pill’s problem, I won’t succeed in forming my Core no matter where I go!"

The Master also snorted discontentedly, "You believe him so much but not your own clan? Can you deduce the year Yellow Essence was refined through the Yellow Essence Pill? If it was that amazing, why didn’t you realize it initially?"

Dantai Shenmin rolled his eyes at him, "The treasure has already been matched... As for whether the treasure is genuine, what does that have to do with him?"

"Alright, stop arguing," another Master interjected, "We need to report to the clan promptly, send two more Masters to oversee things, and then the three of us... shall return to the secret realm. This matter must be resolved!"

Within a large clan, relative fairness must be upheld, especially over matters of this magnitude.

That night, at White Pebble Beach, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and finally, Li Zhishen successfully advanced to Golden Core.

At the same time, the three Dantai family cultivators disappeared quietly.

The next morning, the Dantai family’s Golden Core personnel changed; originally there was one High-Rank and one Intermediate Level, this time it was a High-Rank and an Initial Golden Core Stage.

The newcomers were inevitably a bit unfamiliar with the situation here, though they were warned by the family not to offend Feng Jun, the Mountain Master of White Pebble Beach, easily, but they also knew that Dantai Shenmin had failed to form his Core.

As for why he failed, the three who returned naturally couldn’t announce it—the clan’s reorganization was also to block out any rumors.

The High-Rank Golden Core personnel knew more about the situation and were thus more composed, while the Initial Golden Core personnel knew less. Moreover, there had been a prior compensation of twenty thousand Intermediate Spirit Stones to Feng Jun, which made him harbor some resentment towards Feng Jun.

If others can form their Cores, why does our Dantai family have issues—could this truly just be a coincidence?

To make matters worse, they learned that Li Zhishen had just passed through his Heavenly Tribulation and was consolidating his cultivation level.

Upon arrival, the Initial Golden Core was bound to inquire about the situation from the Dantai family disciples to proceed with the next steps.

The Dantai family disciples had grievances about White Pebble Beach—others could enter and form their Cores, even Yan Yuxi from Pine Cypress Peak could go in, so why could the Dantai family only form their Core on their own land?

Moreover, several Dantai family disciples were aware of the claim about a fellow cultivator’s aura at White Pebble Beach.

Upon hearing this, the Initial Golden Core couldn’t hold back anymore, "I think we should demand an explanation from Feng Jun."

"We’re here to stabilize the situation, don’t mess things up," the High-Rank Golden Core saw things more clearly, "Mountain Master Feng has a complicated background, which you are well aware of."

"Even if it’s complicated, we still have to be reasonable, right?" the Initial Golden Core retorted hot-headedly, "Our tolerance has limits, this arbitrary discrimination... no, this isn’t even discrimination, this is an insult to the Dantai family that I cannot tolerate!"

Once things are taken to an extreme, they become difficult to resolve; the High-Rank Golden Core also felt a bit helpless, "Have you forgotten what the patriarch said when we came? Not to offend Mountain Master Feng!"

"He said we shouldn’t ’casually’ offend Mountain Master Feng," the Initial Golden Core argued seriously, "which means if we have sufficient reason, it’s not unreasonable to question him... we shouldn’t be entirely unreasonable, right?"

That the Dantai family would claim to "be reasonable" would likely make many burst into laughter upon hearing it.

"Are you teaching me how to behave?" The Golden Core High Stage cultivator looked at him with a mix of irritation and amusement, "Young fellow, being modest is not a bad thing. The clan often says not to offend this or that person, but do not casually offend Mountain Master Feng. This is different..."

"Strictly speaking, the word ’casually’ should be removed. Saying ’do not offend Mountain Master Feng’ is more accurate."

"Uncle, you’ve really gotten old," the Initial Golden Core Stage cultivator chuckled nonchalantly, "Afraid of this and afraid of that... By your logic, why doesn’t the clan just remove the word ’casually’?"

"Because removing it would mean losing our own prestige," the Golden Core High Stage cultivator sighed softly.

He explained earnestly, "Mountain Master Feng is just a Golden Core Master, the only master in his sphere of power; the rest are partners in cooperation, who may not be reliable in times of life and death crisis. Is it not so on the surface?"

The Initial Golden Core Stage cultivator nodded, "Of course, he doesn’t even have a High-Rank Mortal World cultivator... Those two are from the Mei Family on Sword Forging Peak."

"That’s why you can’t ’casually’ offend," the Golden Core High Stage cultivator spread his hands, "Otherwise, the disciples in the clan might not accept it, but in fact... is that white demon fox a Golden Core?"

The Initial Golden Core Stage cultivator remained silent but felt somewhat unwilling in his heart.

Meanwhile, two masters from Jinwu Sect were whispering to each other, "It seems clear that there is the aura of a fellow cultivator with a Golden Core here. Should we report back to the sect?"

They truly hesitated because, on the Tianqin Plane, the Golden Core is generally not highly regarded.

The highest cultivation level on the Tianqin Plane is the Emergence Stage—a Divine Spirit Powerhouse might occasionally appear briefly, but Emergence Stage is extremely rare, somewhat like Golden Core Master in the Kunhao Realm.

Of course, the number of Emergence True Masters on the Tianqin Plane is surely more than the Golden Core Masters in Kunhao, but that’s because Tianqin is so vast. Generally, encountering an Emergence True Master on Tianqin is dozens of times harder than meeting a master on Kunhao.

Following this logic, the Nascent Soul on Tianqin is akin to the Mortal World cultivator in Kunhao, and Golden Core is analogous to Qi Refinement.

Being a Golden Core is merely stepping into Qi Refinement from the Mortal Barrier—is such a checkpoint even considered a checkpoint?

However, this value cannot be measured this way. In fact, compared to Kunhao Plane, the Tianqin Plane has more Spirit Lands, a higher concentration of Spiritual Energy, and slightly better overall qualities.

Honestly, even at the Mortal Barrier, there are plenty on the Tianqin Plane. The Mortal World cultivator becomes a proper fighter, and Golden Core can essentially walk sideways; Golden Core remains a barrier that most people cannot surpass.

Yet, while it is a barrier, when Tianqin people face people from the lower realms, they tend to deny it with the attitude:—if they can’t even reach Golden Core, what is the point of cultivation?

It’s just being stubborn, like how Huaxia citizens going to Silent Mourning Country in the late 1980s and 1990s would boast to friends back home—even if they were washing dishes—they’re doing well.

But these two from Jinwu Sect know very well that the success rate of reaching Golden Core on the Tianqin Plane is not much higher than in the lower realms.

The reason there are many Golden Cores on Tianqin is simply because there are many Mortal World cultivators, just a larger base, of course, many Mortal World cultivators is related to Tianqin’s abundant Spiritual Energy, which makes Golden Core still a very hard barrier to cross.

Master Wanyang feels that this is not very significant, "We can report up that there is the aura of fellow cultivators with Golden Core here; however, those in the sect—you know their temperament... Who can set aside their pride?"

"Maybe not necessarily," Master Mushi thought and spoke, "Just like Mountain Master Feng said... There are many who say no verbally but are very honest with their actions, after all, anything that increases the chances of reaching Golden Core—but asking them to deduce Golden Core, that won’t be easy."

If Master Sumiao heard this, he could properly understand True Immortal Yi Jue’s intention—Yi Jue doesn’t want to take care of Taixu’s top Mortal World cultivators but knows the kind of atmosphere the Tianqin Plane has, hence suggesting to him: sell the goodwill to the lower sects.

However, regarding the deduction of Golden Core, Master Wanyang sees clearly, "Expecting them to believe in the lower world’s deduction of Golden Core is basically impossible... Aren’t you and I the same, not planning to guard here for thirty years?"

One should not casually ridicule others; everyone is the same. They say those top Mortal World cultivators are shallow, while they themselves are no different? Clearly knowing Feng Jun’s deductions are indeed very impressive, yet still not willing to register that ’guarding task.’

In the end, some things are hard to let go of once you’ve been holding on to them.

Master Mushi really doesn’t want to admit this, but it’s the truth, and he can’t deny it, so he can only ask reluctantly, "So you mean, don’t notify Jinwu Sect... but maybe notify some lower sects?"

This question is truly daunting, not because of the question itself, but because it originally was True Immortal Yi Jue’s instructions to the Taiqing Sect. This means... within Taixu’s series, there are Jinwu informants.

However, Master Wanyang lacks something; she thought for a moment and said, "I think we should register first, fulfill the thirty-year guarding task here... Once I can register, I will have some privilege, right? It won’t be too late to decide then."

It’s said that female cultivators are ultimately female cultivators; sometimes, their intuition is so sharp it’s terrifying!

Anyway, she’s only been at the Golden Core Ninth Layer for eight years, wasting thirty years here is no big deal, considering it as Mortal World training.

As long as she deems it worthwhile, there’s nothing to regret.