Chapter 2627 - 2619: Scattering Spirit Stones

Chapter 2627: Chapter 2619: Scattering Spirit Stones

When Yun Buyao left, she brought along three High Tier of Qi Refinement cultivators, four Qi Refinement Realm martial artists, and... eight cultivators at the Emerging Dust Stage.

Yun Buyao was not really adept at social interactions, but the Emerging Dust sisters expressed proactively, saying that they were merely going to ensure fairness, not to start any trouble. However, if anyone attempted to harm her, they wouldn’t stand for it.

She wanted to say, "My master temporarily granted me a few magical treasures," but she was well aware of the principle of not flaunting one’s wealth, so she could only express, "If you’re all going, I don’t have enough Spirit Stones for transmission."

The Emerging Dust elders replied, "We volunteered to come as witnesses, how could we trouble you to use Spirit Stones?"

What a joke, Yun Buyao was the first disciple Mountain Master Feng accepted in the native plane—Mi Yunsan was not considered Feng Jun’s disciple since she hasn’t advanced to the Emerging Dust Stage. However... being Mountain Master Feng’s female attendant was actually pretty good, and the relationship was closer.

Therefore, it was certain that these people were attempting to ingratiate themselves with Yun Buyao, not necessarily targeting Feng Jun—with Mountain Master Feng present, its rapid rise was imminent, and Yun Buyao reached Emerging Dust at such a young age. Who could predict how far she’ll go in the future?

Even when they were heading to Mingsha Fang Market, the Dantai and Gongyang families each sent a Golden Core cultivator to escort them.

Yun Buyao departed with a noisy crowd, while Yu Qingzhu leisurely arrived at Feng Jun’s courtyard, nonchalantly asking, "How much longer until the virtual battle magical treasure is refined?"

"About half a year," Feng Jun pondered before answering, "Maybe sooner, maybe later. I must say... control your emotions!"

"I’m really not bothered," Yu Qingzhu shook her head, speaking in a serious tone, "I just happened to catch up with her and then got surpassed; I feel a bit peculiar inside. Boss, you said cultivators must strive for courage and progress."

Yun Buyao returned a month later, reportedly having killed three thousand people in the Mortal Realm, though she hadn’t personally executed them—she only killed the main culprits, which still attracted the attention of Qiuchen Market.

The Taixu Sect Emerging Dust cultivators who accompanied her nearly destroyed the management of Qiuchen Market.

Fortunately, the other party discovered that the mastermind was Yun Buyao, and promptly knelt; in White Pebble Beach, Kunhao’s name was really resounding now, not only did they have hundreds of Golden Core Masters, but even Nascent Soul True Immortals could be seen there.

The Master of White Pebble Beach, Feng Jun, was not only renowned for his extraordinary Divine Skills but also notorious for being ruthless. He entered the Cultivation World through Qiuchen Market; the market was very clear about this, as Feng Jun even bought property in the market, and Yun Buyao had guarded it for a while.

With this origin laid out, Qiuchen Market narrowly escaped a calamity, but the disciples of Taixu Sect stated, "We are subordinates of the Upper Realm Taixu Sect; since you’re willing to shoulder this karma, reveal who’s behind that person."

In their words, there was no room for the other to argue... Dare to say you don’t know, and you’ll be taken as a counting number!

Thus, Yun Buyao and the others killed around the suburbs of Qiuchen Market once more, but they only caught a few stray cats, nothing much to mention.

Soon after Yun Buyao returned, the Spirit Plant sect started exhibiting the Swallowed Star Demon Corpse, for which Yi Jue made a special trip—such a significant event surely needed some ceremonial aspect.

Feng Jun didn’t go; he was merely responsible for specifically shuttling Yi Jue, spending the rest of the time huddled in White Pebble Beach.

A month later, Yi Jue returned, and the magical treasure’s refinement finally showed some promise.

However, three months went by before the magical treasure’s prototype truly took shape. Feng Jun didn’t completely assemble it but continued his rough experimentation. Another ten days later, and he finally confirmed there were no problems.

This time, Feng Jun once again activated the defensive formations, while Yi Jue sent out the Divine Sense, sternly notifying all the cultivators in White Pebble Beach, stating that Mountain Master Feng was in the process of refining a magical treasure, hoping everyone would take care and not make any mistakes.

The news that Feng Jun was refining a magical treasure quickly spread throughout White Pebble Beach. Those with sharp ears even knew that Mountain Master Feng was crafting a combinatory magical treasure—after all, he invited so many artifact refiners.

In the eyes of the Tianqin cultivators, combinatory magical treasures generally had less prestige; overall craftsmanship was certainly stronger than assembling components.

However, since it was crafted by Mountain Master Feng, everyone still held great expectations—not because they believed his artifact refining skills were particularly high, but because they felt with his extraordinary Divine Skills, he wouldn’t bother with trivial matters.

Yi Jue initially wanted to observe the process in the manor, but when she found that Qian Zhong was pretending not to know and lingered there, she couldn’t help but lightly cough, "Senior, shall we go?"

With the words so pointed, Qian Zhong could no longer play deaf, she shook her head with a wry smile, muttering softly, "Sigh, I’m really doing this for your good."

The two left the manor and found a pavilion nearby to rest—White Pebble Beach was becoming increasingly beautiful in its construction schemes.

After sitting down, Qian Zhong naturally released the Divine Sense and probed the manor; the manor’s defensive formation was only at Golden Core Peak, she was confident not to be discovered while spying, which was why she found it rather unwise for Yi Jue to accompany her outside.

However, as soon as her Divine Sense entered the defensive formation, it quickly retreated, causing her expression to slightly change—why is that mirror here?

The mirror did not appear frequently in the manor; Qian Zhong didn’t dare to investigate where it was hidden normally, but one thing she could confirm was—Yun Buyao carried this mirror when taking revenge.

The young Emerging Dust cultivator naturally wouldn’t know the terror of this mirror; she handled it playfully in her hand when Qian Zhong saw it.

Therefore Qian Zhong can confirm that Feng Jun not only protects his disciples but also has absolute control over the mirror. He knows that the mirror might not be in the manor long-term and is more likely in the small world.

As a result, this time when she attempted to spy, she suddenly discovered the mirror had appeared, and she nearly jumped up in fright, quickly withdrawing her divine sense.

The next moment, Feng Jun rolled his eyes and emitted a divine sense at Qian Zhong, indicating helplessly, "Prepare to compensate... any objections?"

"None," Qian Zhong shook her head decisively. She was caught red-handed; what could she say? This is the nature of stealing techniques, even if she emphasized curiosity repeatedly, it wouldn’t matter, instead leaving her with a reputation of being irresponsible.

Feng Jun did not dwell on it further and began to arrange mid-tier Spirit Stones while taking out an ordinary Fire Embryo, "Senior, it’s ready."

Indeed, the final module combination of the whole magical treasure is to be completed by the Artifact Spirit. Although it’s not proficient in artifact refining, its perspective and realm are high enough to perfectly combine these miscellaneous modules, which is its strength.

In other words, without its personal teaching, it’s basically impossible for cultivators with low cultivation levels to unravel this dharma. This consideration was deliberately integrated into the design of the magical treasure to prevent piracy and to earn more extreme Spirit Stones.

However, the Artifact Spirit itself doesn’t have much spiritual energy, so the vast amount of spiritual energy needed for refining can only be provided by Spirit Stones.

Feng Jun is reluctant to use high-tier Spirit Stones—taking these out would definitely attract attention, so he uses mid-tier ones.

Ordinary Spirit Stones are really unsuitable; the density of spiritual energy they contain isn’t enough, and their supply speed is much slower.

The Artifact Spirit protested, and Feng Jun was somewhat annoyed by its constant grumbling, "I’m also feeling wronged. How about this... use high-tier Spirit Stones for refining the magical treasure, while I pay your compensation with mid-tier ones?"

The Artifact Spirit chuckled instead of getting angry, "Haha, I’ve tested you out... You indeed have more high-tier Spirit Stones beyond what’s in the warehouse!"

"I don’t have high-tier Spirit Stones. I could borrow them," Feng Jun rolled his eyes helplessly, "Senior, don’t you think, with my reputation and strength... I can’t borrow Spirit Stones?"

The Artifact Spirit instantly lost its temper, "Okay, then use mid-tier ones. Really, I’ve never used such low-grade Spirit Stones... These should be left for your disciples."

"That makes sense," Feng Jun raised his hand and stored away five thousand mid-tier Spirit Stones, "Then we’ll use ordinary Spirit Stones."

He’s really tired of the Artifact Spirit’s lack of understanding—even if you grasp life and death rules, you can’t be completely unreasonable, can you?

Seriously, his disciples and attendants already have three in the out-of-body stage, and the fourth is not far off. When they reach Golden Core, it’s time to consider using mid-tier Spirit Stones.

Although disciples should earn the Spirit Stones they use, what does it mean to have strong foundations? Doesn’t it mean having what others’ disciples can’t get while my disciples lack nothing?

However, seeing him put away the Spirit Stones, the Artifact Spirit was displeased, "Are you kidding? How can you use ordinary Spirit Stones?"

"What’s wrong with using them?" Feng Jun took out a Storage Talisman, and suddenly a thick layer of Spirit Stones appeared on the ground, "This is a hundred thousand Spirit Stones, use them first."

"You need over ten thousand mid-tier Spirit Stones," the Artifact Spirit was nearly furious, "You’d need hundreds of millions of ordinary Spirit Stones, and the spiritual energy is absorbed swiftly, can you manage?"

Feng Jun took out a stack of Storage Talismans, swiped them in his hand, "This is three million Spirit Stones... if it’s not enough, I have more!"

Right now, what he most lacks is ordinary Spirit Stones. Although he currently doesn’t charge ordinary Spirit Stones as fees anymore, he has accumulated too many Spirit Stones before, and that Spirit Stone mine on the Ice Plate also provides a continuous dividend of Spirit Stones.

Moreover, it’s not that he absolutely doesn’t accept Spirit Stones now. If someone has low cultivation and can’t provide mid-tier Spirit Stones, he has to accept ordinary Spirit Stones at a discounted rate—though surely not at a one-hundred-to-one ratio.

The Artifact Spirit remained silent for a long while before weakly saying, "It’s exhausting. Can you manage?"

"If I have them, doesn’t matter if it’s exhausting," Feng Jun replied casually, then sent out a divine sense, "Cai Xin, Yi Yi, Hei Hu... you three come over and help me spread the Spirit Stones, listen to my commands."

Zhang Caixin, Liu Yiyi, and a cloud of mist drifted over.

Lin Heihu was discovered by the Artifact Spirit while it was wandering in Luohua—it doesn’t always stay at White Pebble Beach. When the Artifact Spirit discovered Lin Heihu appearing in Soul Body form and having achieved Incense Fire Ascension, it captured him for research.

Its intense pressure almost crushed Lin Heihu into fragments.

When the Artifact Spirit realized this little god was always doing good deeds, it didn’t do anything to him—that would incur karmic consequences. It just occasionally took him to walk around White Pebble Beach.

Lin Heihu dared not resist and has now stopped his live broadcast. Since he has free time in the day, he came to broaden his horizons and was conscripted for labor this time.