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Cultivation: The Heaven's Fated Useless Genius-Chapter 77 – Create them ourselves!
The Evernight Cave is located in a valley southwest of the White Tiger Witch's Village.
The sky here is perpetually gray, making it difficult to see the sun.
The reason is a special type of Gu insect inhabits the sky here—Dust-Eating Gu.
It feeds on the dust in the sky and reproduces rapidly, thus blocking out the sunlight and creating an eternal night.
The villagers often use these Gu insects to clean their homes, though they have little other use.
Despite the lack of sunlight due to the Dust-Eating Gu, the air quality in the Evernight Cave is excellent. The spiritual energy in this area, while not abundant, is exceptionally pure.
Ji Wenxuan has always admired the culture of the Eastern Region, which is evident from his attire.
Therefore, the construction of the Evernight Cave Dwelling was modeled after the Eastern Region style, with modifications and expansions on the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, featuring pavilions, terraces, small bridges, and flowing water.
It appears very elegant.
After Gu Feng and Ji Wenxuan reached an agreement, Gu Feng moved here with Fang Feixue, Jiang Chuyao, Murong Ze, and the still-unconscious Yan Wushuang, completely leaving the Jiang family caravan.
On Bai Jugu's side, thanks to Gu Feng, the transaction went smoothly, with conditions the same as in previous years. Ji Wenxuan even waived ten percent of the return gift to show goodwill.
This delighted Bai Jugu, who was immensely grateful to Gu Feng, and thus turned a blind eye to Gu Feng leaving the caravan.
After all, he would be staying in the White Tiger Witch's Village for a while, so there was no need to rush things.
Fang Feixue continued to take Jiang Chuyao on leisurely tours of the Northern Wilderness, enjoying the scenery.
Murong Ze became the bodyguard for the two women, closely following them while maintaining his aloof demeanor towards Jiang Chuyao, showing no sign of weakness.
Since Gu Feng and Ji Wenxuan decided on the policy of first securing internal stability before external expansion, Gu Feng sought all relevant intelligence on the Northern Wilderness border, including within the White Tiger Witch's Village, from Ji Wenxuan.
Gu Feng knew that to plan anything, big or small, knowing oneself and the enemy is always the first important step.
Intelligence work is crucial, like a person's eyes and ears. If you're blind and deaf, not only can you not launch an offensive, but you can't even walk properly without stumbling.
Fortunately, intelligence work in the White Tiger Witch's Village had always been managed by Ji Wenxuan.
He immediately gathered thousands of intelligence scrolls and spent the night reviewing them with Gu Feng, checking for any valuable information.
Inside the Diligence Hall of the Evernight Cave.
"Damn, this is a bit of a mess!"
Unable to hold back his frustration, Gu Feng looked at the pile of beast skin scrolls in front of him, utterly bewildered.
He wasn't inexperienced in reviewing large amounts of intelligence; in Heroic Spirit City, the Royal Guards also delivered thousands of reports.
However, today's situation was completely different.
Firstly, the intelligence from the Royal Guards in Heroic Spirit City was filtered through multiple layers and finally approved by Fang Feixue before reaching Gu Feng.
This mechanism effectively eliminated junk information and reduced his workload.
Secondly, the Gu family's wealth in Heroic Spirit City allowed them to record intelligence on jade slips, which could be quickly reviewed using divine sense, saving time.
But in the White Tiger Witch's Village, due to a lack of manpower, everything required personal effort, and intelligence was recorded on beast skins!
Damn, he had to look at each beast skin one by one!
Wasn't this going to kill him?!
Taking a long breath, Gu Feng suppressed his urge to explode.
Thinking it over, he could understand. After all, the Witch's Village was too weak to afford high-end items like jade slips, so he couldn't demand too much.
Looking at the mountain of beast skin scrolls, Gu Feng thought to himself that he must trick Fang Feixue into helping him tomorrow, at least to have someone lend a hand.
As for Jiang Chuyao, let her and Murong Ze hang out together. It might just give the boy a chance, and who knows, by the time he finishes reviewing the intelligence, they might even have a child on the way!
Complaints aside, the work still had to be done. Gu Feng skimmed through the scrolls, tossing aside any intelligence without value, knowing that witch servants would come to clean up.
For a while, the Diligence Hall was filled with flying beast skin scrolls. Ji Wenxuan glanced at him in surprise but didn't blame him, merely smiling slightly and continuing his own work.
From the vast amount of intelligence, Gu Feng still found quite a bit of valuable information.
For instance, detailed intelligence on the four major Witch's Villages, including population, military distribution, geographical location, customs, and each village's unique Gu sources.
The White Tiger Witch's Village produces a special Gu insect called the Gengjin Gu.
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This peculiar Gu insect can make a witch cultivator's body as hard as steel, with every move carrying the sharpness of a flying sword.
Its production is extremely low, and it is only produced by the White Tiger Witch's Village, regarded as a treasure by them.
The other three major Witch's Villages also produce unique and rare Gu sources, each with its own wonderful uses.
Whenever he encountered such important intelligence, Gu Feng would silently note it down for future reference.
What concerned Gu Feng even more was that the White Tiger Witch's Village maintained a standing force of ten thousand witch soldiers.
Although the overall strength of these witch soldiers was mediocre, with an average cultivation level around the fifth stage of the Qi Refining Realm.
Compared to the cultivation corps of the Twelve Imperial Cities, both in quantity and quality, they were not even in the same league.
But it was better than nothing.
Gu Feng understood that controlling this force was equivalent to controlling the entire White Tiger Witch's Village.
To annex the other three major Witch's Villages, he must have military power in hand!
Otherwise, it would be impossible to make any progress!
After pondering for a while, Gu Feng suddenly asked, "Young Master, who usually commands the ten thousand witch soldiers in the Witch's Village?"
Hearing this, Ji Wenxuan paused, his face somewhat dejected, and slowly replied, "To be honest, sir, I've always been the one commanding these witch soldiers."
Before Gu Feng could rejoice, Ji Wenxuan continued, "Unfortunately, ever since my father's health began to deteriorate and he became bedridden, I was stripped of my military power. Now, this force of over ten thousand is controlled by my elder brother."
Gu Feng rolled his eyes internally, having gained a basic understanding of the current situation in the White Tiger Witch's Village.
This was practically a "Zhong Wuyan" scenario of brotherly conflict in a cultivation setting.
All the hard and dangerous work fell on Ji Wenxuan, and when the crisis was over, and it was time to vie for power and profit, he was left out, with all rights stripped away, reverting to his original status.
Moreover, now that the old village chief Ji Qin was on the brink of death, everyone was waiting for the old man to breathe his last so they could start fighting for territory.
It was even less likely that such an important military power would be left in the hands of Ji Wenxuan, a mere boy.
"This military power of ten thousand must be regained, or else the young master will be unable to move an inch!"
Putting down the beast skin scroll in his hand, Gu Feng silently made up his mind.
Ji Wenxuan remained silent for a long time, shaking his head and sighing, "Sir, you're absolutely right, but how easy is it to achieve?"
After contemplating for a while, Gu Feng's face showed a sly smile as he murmured, "No worries, as they say, heroes are made by the times. If there are no times, we can create them ourselves!"
Looking at Gu Feng in confusion, Ji Wenxuan asked, "Sir, do you have a good plan?"