Chapter 2586 - 2578: For You

Chapter 2586: Chapter 2578: For You

It is true that the Ancient Xiong Family has indeed retreated from the world, though not as completely as the Yao Family.

However, even the Yao Family has quite a few spies in the Tianqin Plane. If a clan wishes to preserve itself through the ages, it certainly cannot cut off all channels of information.

When they trade rare resources, they might encounter some trouble, possibly being investigated, so they use the Minor Realm Wei Clan as a cover.

The covert activities of the Ancient Xiong Family in the Tianqin Plane far exceed those of the Yao Family. Although the True Sage of the Xiong Family is also close to a state of seclusion, he still comes out periodically to understand the situation, feeling confident not to fall behind the times.

Feng Jun naturally wouldn’t tell him that there were only eight pieces of the Yi Jue’s ultimate spirit stones in total, and he hadn’t expected that when Yi Jue returned to the Spirit Plant Sect, he actually carried those ultimate spirit stones with him. After all, he had asked, "How many pieces of ultimate spirit stones do you have?"

However, he could guess his thoughts, feeling a bit emotional, but fortunately, the others’ shock gave him time to adjust his mood.

He spoke in a deep voice, "I don’t want to discuss whether the Xiong Family is in seclusion. A Nascent Soul Peak can carry eight ultimate spirit stones with them, yet your dignified Ancient Xiong Family claims you can’t come up with a hundred ultimate spirit stones. Do you think... this is something a Divine Spirit True Sage should say?"

The True Sage of the Xiong Family thought for a moment and spoke reluctantly, "Maybe the Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths are relatively affluent in ultimate spirit stones, while clan practitioners tend to be more impoverished. Don’t just look at my Xiong Family... Wei Sancai, can your Wei Family produce a hundred ultimate spirit stones?"

"I beg the True Sage not to underestimate the Wei Family," Wei Sancai responded proudly. He dared not disrespect the True Sage, but this matter concerned the honor of the clan, and he truly couldn’t hold back, "The Wei Family, despite having only a few High-Rank Practitioners, still has over a hundred ultimate spirit stones."

The True Sage of the Xiong Family nodded and spoke calmly, "I forgot, your Wei Family is a Minor Realm Family. When a Minor Realm is born, it might have an ultimate spirit stone vortex. It would be good for our two families to have more contact in the future."

"True Sage, are you threatening me?" Wei Sancai smiled slightly at the other party, "The Wei Family has never seen what an ultimate spirit stone vortex is, and as for interacting more between our families, I don’t even know where the Xiong Family is located, so where would this interaction come from?"

"Anyway, let future matters be discussed in the future. True Sage, you should first pass the hurdle in front of you right now."

The True Sage of the Xiong Family truly didn’t want to give out a hundred ultimate spirit stones, but Wei Sancai’s words reminded him that it’s no longer a matter of his willingness; without agreeing to the counterpart, the hurdle in front of him couldn’t be overcome.

So he steeled his heart, "Alright, one hundred ultimate spirit stones, but you must be responsible for dissuading others from making things difficult for me."

Feng Jun ignored the latter part and instead asked with a grin, "So now there are a hundred ultimate spirit stones again?"

"Giving you a hundred ultimate spirit stones leaves the Xiong Family with less than a hundred," the True Sage of the Xiong Family replied with no change in expression, "I’m practically squandering the Xiong Family’s tens of thousands of years of savings. Friend, are you satisfied now?"

"I think I’m being quite reasonable," Feng Jun stated earnestly, "The senior of the sect asked for five hundred ultimate spirit stones. I kindly persuaded him to ask for less; otherwise, your Xiong Family would truly not have many ultimate spirit stones left. You should be thanking me."

The True Sage of the Xiong Family replied expressionlessly, "Indeed, I should thank you, because the Xiong Family truly doesn’t have five hundred ultimate spirit stones. If you asked for five hundred, we’d only have the choice to fight to the death."

Feng Jun truly did not know the extent of the foundation ancient families possessed, but he imagined that a family born in ancient times, having witnessed the beginning of chaos, should definitely have encountered this more than once or twice. Wouldn’t a family have two to three hundred ultimate spirit stones at least?

An ordinary secret realm family... should have over a hundred ultimate spirit stones at the very least, right? And Wei Sancai’s answer corroborated his guess.

Thus, he felt that asking the other party for a hundred ultimate spirit stones was making them feel a little pain yet not causing too much harm. If it were truly to lead to battle, he couldn’t even bring the Guardian to the Tianqin; he could at most just mess with this True Sage in front of him.

Indeed, the Guardian had extracted a fragment of a rule from the other party. Though this rule was inherently weak, and even more tenuous when crossing planes, the Guardian still created three talismans for him based on it.

Crushing one talisman would induce backlash from the missing rule on the other party, causing them to need at least seventy to eighty years of recuperation to recover. Crushing two consecutively would set them back by at least two hundred years, and three in a row... they’d need to rest for a millennium.

The normal lifespan of a Divine Spirit Stage cultivator is twelve thousand years, so losing a thousand years may not seem much.

However, resting for a millennium is one thing; suffering a backlash from the rules one has comprehended can lead to a series of terrible consequences, possibly even causing immediate Qi deviation.

Moreover, the Guardian also crafted an aura-attracting item for him.

Why was the Guardian so generous? Surely not because of his looks. Simply put, it also hopes he could bring back some ultimate spirit stones.

Therefore, Feng Jun was determined to obtain the ultimate spirit stones. A hundred ultimate spirit stones was the bottom line, with no room for bargaining.

The reason he didn’t open with an exorbitant demand and then haggle with the other party was simply out of concern that they might find him too harsh; if they ended up reckless out of desperation, although he had means to protect himself, why disappoint the Guardian?

Also, worrying about being pushed too far, he did not explicitly mention this matter—I’m maintaining the True Sage’s dignity for you, you’d better be aware of it.

Upon hearing the opponent mention "dying in battle," he felt displeased, "I’m really not asking much. How much does it cost to maintain a secret realm? Could it be that the secret realm of the Xiong Family... has something special about it?"

The True Lord of the Xiong Family was evidently unwilling to be serious about this matter, so he said, "I have already agreed. You can put forward the third condition... if you have any more conditions."

However, Han Hai True Sage’s eyes lit up, "A secret realm with something special... a Cave Heaven Mini World?"

The True Lord of the Xiong Family gave him a cold look, "Enough, if you interrupt again, believe it or not, I’ll charge you with disrespecting a superior?"

Feng Jun heard the conversation and did not get involved further, because he had already passed the buck.

Strictly speaking, secret realms, minor realms, and Cave Heaven Mini Worlds are similar existences. Secret realms are small in area but can move, minor realms are larger but cannot move as a Domain Consciousness would be born, which requires a fixed position within the plane.

Due to stronger stability and the presence of a Domain Consciousness, minor realms have more powerful defenses compared to secret realms.

As for Cave Heaven Mini Worlds, they don’t emphasize area but have extremely strong defense capabilities and move more easily than secret realms; they can be taken along as easily as a carry-on, Great Ability Cultivators can even store them within their bodies.

If one can create a great world from the foundation of a Cave Heaven Mini World, it might help Mahayana Great Ability Cultivators ascend to the Harmonization stage.

Those are distant matters, but in any case, the Cave Heaven World is a must-fight-for resource.

Feng Jun didn’t continue the topic and raised his third finger, "The third condition is... within three years, the Xiong Family must find the mastermind behind the Lingmu Sect. I don’t believe you have no awareness of Xiong Nanti’s actions, True Lord, you could directly Soul Search him."

"Nanti is already an idiot. It’s because I vented my anger on him when I returned," the True Lord of the Xiong Family replied blandly, "Erasing his Nascent Soul, only the last step remains, so this investigation cannot be done in three years, it needs at least a hundred."

A Divine Spirit True Lord isn’t concerned with venting anger on a Nascent Soul Peak, although Xiong Nanti is a Nascent Soul High Stage and has a certain chance of ascending beyond the body, because of him, the True Lord suffered backlash!

"A hundred years won’t do, that’s too long. Evidence easily vanishes over time," Feng Jun stated bluntly, "A hundred years later, I’ll be a Nascent Soul... if the Xiong Family lacks sincerity to solve this, then I’ll have to suspect your family is still colluding with the Lingmu Sect."

Despite the other party’s convincing words, in his heart, he really suspects that there are other traitors in the Xiong Family—quite simply, daring to deceive other Sect Practitioners isn’t something a Nascent Soul High Stage could decide alone.

Xiong Nanti isn’t a Loose Cultivator, he has the backing of a huge family and clan practitioners.

"Then ten years," the True Lord of the Xiong Family wasn’t one to haggle, there was no "you reduce bit by bit, I add bit by bit" stereotype, he directly set the final price.

Moreover, he had reasons, "Your team is filled with talents, even excluding your influence, there are still two Great Sages and a Divine Spirit... you all couldn’t find clues, yet expect me to find them in three years?"

"Hand over Xiong Nanti’s Nascent Soul to me," Wei Sancai grinned, "Even if he’s brain-dead, I might be able to Soul Search something out."

"You want to Soul Search for information on my family’s secret realm, don’t you?" The True Lord of the Xiong Family gave him a cold look, "Only Xiong Family members can discipline Xiong Family people, if you continue to be so clueless, believe it or not, I’ll go back and Soul Search your Wei Family juniors for information on the extreme spirit whirlpool?"

"At least have some shame," Wei Sancai was enraged, disregarding the fact that the opponent was a Divine Spirit True Lord—he had a Divine Spirit True Lord beside him and Feng Jun to restrain the opponent, so his fear was reduced, "Are you saying the Xiong Family secluded themselves just to plot against others?"

The True Lord of the Xiong Family gave him a cold look, "If you don’t meddle, why would I trouble your Wei Family? I advise you to have some self-respect, don’t think the power you can borrow is your own strength."

Wei Sancai felt it was pointless, but he still said, "I just want to help you, since you have this attitude, so be it, when the ten-year term is over, don’t expect my Wei Family to plead for you."

My Xiong Family won’t stoop to relying on your Wei Family to plead! The True Lord of the Xiong Family snorted inwardly but didn’t continue to argue, instead, he said, "To me, ten years is enough. Mountain Master Feng, do you have a fourth condition?"

"I do," Feng Jun nodded, speaking with a smile, "It’s the condition I mentioned in the first round, Xiong Nanti must die..."

Then he pointed his hand at Xiong Yijun, "And he, must also commit suicide."

Upon hearing this, Xiong Yijun was stunned—how had they discussed it to this extent and he still had to die?

He came with the determination to die, back then he truly put life and death aside—family development always requires sacrifices, as long as they remember him and offer incense at the ancestral hall during festivities, that would be enough.

But now, seeing that he doesn’t need to die, his thoughts began to stir, and now he has to commit suicide again?

(Updated to, asking for the guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month.)