Chapter 2654 - 2646: Discrimination

Chapter 2654: Chapter 2646: Discrimination

It’s not that Feng Jun doesn’t want to deduce for Nascent Soul Middle Phase and High-Rank levels, it’s just that to deduce them, one must take a trip to the Tianqin Main Plane.

This time is no exception, not only did he make a special trip, but he also brought along Yi Jue, Qian Zhong, and Xuanyuan Buqi.

Bringing Yi Jue was easy to explain, but those two True Sages insisted on coming along without providing a reason—though, is it necessary to ask?

Feng Jun estimates that until he takes out another Soul Exit Pill, these two True Sages won’t leave him.

Feng Jun has also deduced the obstruction in Ji Niang True Immortal’s advancement, which lies in some minor karma in a certain lower realm besides some flaw in her foundation. Her mentor, True Sage Liu He, also deduced the flaw, but not the minor karma.

With Feng Jun’s current ability, he cannot deduce the specifics of the karma, he can only hint at them slightly, while recommending some advancement items.

Ji Niang True Immortal was somewhat stunned, "That lower realm... there shouldn’t be any karma left, right? Then I’ll take another look."

It’s not that she doesn’t trust Feng Jun, because few people know that she has been there, she just wonders what loose ends are left unresolved.

Just then, there was a spatial fluctuation, and a high-crowned Daoist appeared. He glanced at Ji Niang, slightly frowning, "Weren’t you supposed to go to Kunhao? Why are you here again?"

"Greetings, Master," Ji Niang raised her hand respectfully, then pointed at Feng Jun, "This is Mountain Master Feng, he brought me here to deduce the advancement process."

The high-crowned Daoist was the True Infant of True Sage Liu He, who, sensing that his disciple’s location was suspicious, specially rushed here.

Upon hearing this, he nodded towards Feng Jun, "Thank you, little friend... Huh? This is the aura of Xuanshui Sect, quite audacious to come here... Who are these two?"

When a True Sage from the Green Lotus Sect visits Xuanshui Sect, it should be announced in advance, even if it is just a branch of the Xuanshui Sect.

However, he was more concerned about the oddly familiar aura of that man and woman.

Xuanyuan Buqi, however, remained that arrogant demeanor, he laughed heartily, "Didn’t the youngster Jiu Ge mention it to you?"

"Jiu Ge... youngster?" True Sage Liu He was stunned. Jiu Ge Sage was notoriously hot-tempered, abhorred by both deities and ghosts within the Green Lotus Sect. He didn’t see eye to eye with that guy, and only assisted for the sake of his disciple’s advancement.

Thus, he wasn’t quite clear on what Jiu Ge Sage encountered in the Waner Plane—Jiu Ge Sage had enforced a gag order. What he could affirm was that Jiu Ge suffered a considerable setback, needing compensation with extreme pearls.

Now, seeing Xuanyuan Buqi speaking so boldly, True Sage Liu He naturally guessed that this person before him was at least a True Sovereign. Yet the True Sages of the Seven Gates and Eighteen Paths were not ones to be intimidated? So he raised his hand, "May I ask, which esteemed senior are you?"

Xuanyuan Buqi waved his hand, "Go ask Jiu Ge... Feng Xiaoyou, can we leave now?"

Feng Jun bowed towards True Sage Liu He respectfully, "Liu He Great Sage, until we meet again."

With that, he vanished with Yi Jue, Qian Zhong, and Xuanyuan Buqi.

"Such an exquisite teleportation technique, the rumors indeed are true," Liu He True Sage exclaimed, then turned to his disciple, "Did anything come from the deduction?"

After listening to Ji Niang True Immortal’s account, he calculated with his fingers, "Oh, indeed there are traces of karma, this deduction technique certainly lives up to its name, first take a trip to the lower realm... By the way, why would there be someone above the Soul Exit following him?"

"Reporting to Master, there’s not just one above the Soul Exit," Ji Niang True Immortal answered respectfully, "There’s also that Nascent Soul Middle Phase Kun Cultivator."

"What?" Liu He True Sage’s brows furrowed slightly, "Now, are the True Sovereigns all so idle?"

Feng Jun returned to White Pebble Beach, dismissing Xuanyuan Buqi and warning Qian Zhong not to use Divine Sense recklessly before going to see the Big Boss.

The Yin Spirit Bigwig had agreed to negotiate with him, allowing him to use another Soul Exit Pill, but this time it cared about, "You make connections with my Soul Exit Pill, those ten pieces of extreme pearls, you should at least give them to me, right?"

"I have use for these ten pieces of extreme pearls," Feng Jun replied solemnly, "Senior, the mission I am giving them is to discover your secret stash, those items in hand, what’s a mere few Soul Exit Pills?"

"A mere few? You have quite the tone," the Big Boss liked to boast, but when others do so, it feels somewhat displeased.

However, the next moment, it rather grumpily expressed, "But... I’ve forgotten where most of the stash is."

"Forgotten..." Feng Jun’s mouth twitched, "That’s rather troubling, a single Soul Exit Pill costs fifty extreme pearls."

"Let me think about it," said the big boss, who couldn’t stand being without exceedingly spiritual things either. "Why don’t we sell these last two pills first?"

"That won’t do," Feng Jun shook his head decisively. "We always need to have a few spare ones. What if I need a Soul Exit Pill to break through?"

"Then..." The big boss pondered for a moment and made a decision, "Let me first think about which hidden stash might still have a Soul Exit Pill."

The following days were calm. After another ten days, Feng Jun took a trip to the Insect World. As expected, the battle in the First Battlefield had indeed reached a pause. The insect race had already begun a large-scale retreat, and numerous transport ships and warships had landed on Xingzheng Star.

On other planets, there were still remnants of the insect race. Inside and outside the star system were small clusters of insect swarms. The Federation’s warships and troops were fully engaged in hunting down the stragglers, while the cultivators from Tianqin had fully withdrawn from the battle.

This time, Feng Jun came along with Yi Jue and two True Lords. Xiao Tong and Ren Tu True Sage also noticed something was off with the two True Lords but didn’t ask any questions. They simply stated they had discovered two more insect star systems.

It turned out these people, besides battling here, never forgot to explore.

However, apart from the True Sages, most of the cultivators were already very tired and needed to go back to rest and recuperate.

This time, they had to reach the passage entrance, and Feng Jun did not refuse to escort them to the entrance of the Tianqin Plane.

Following that, he, along with the two True Sages, found the two insect star systems, then proceeded to take two selected cultivators to these star systems to start new battles—this time adding two more True Sages to the team.

After wrapping all this up, it took about ten days. Feng Jun still wanted to make a trip to Xingzheng Star to ask if the limb regeneration medicine production line had arrived. However, after thinking it over, he realized the time hadn’t come yet, so he just checked on a few acquaintances’ whereabouts.

Thankfully, Xuan Gao, Chen Jiu, and He Runxian were all still alive, though He Runxian was severely injured and in critical condition.

However, the two True Lords with Feng Jun weren’t just for show; Xuanyuan Buqi’s divine sense swept across the entire planet under his observation. "Huh? There’s actually a device blocking divine sense, but it’s too weak... just ignore it, it’s a trap."

Buqi True Lord had never visited the Insect World, but once his cultivation reached that level, nothing was an issue, and even learning the Human Federation’s language was a matter of blinking an eye.

He mentioned that this trap was quite interesting. It turned out that He Runxian’s injury stemmed from a car accident. However, the Federation discovered that this person seemed to have connections with that humanoid civilization, so they directly placed him in a designated hospital.

The designated hospital looked ordinary on the surface, but it was controlled by a powerful department. The relevant personnel received a covert notice—not to cure this person immediately.

Although the Federation issued the final ultimatum verbally, they still wanted to contact that civilization deep down.

Seeing it in a negative light, only by knowing that civilization’s traits and cultural features could the Federation decide on its treatment approach to better fend off invasion, enslavement, or... destruction.

In a positive sense, the point is: the genetic differences between that civilization and the Human Race are not significant, possibly not existing severe barriers. As long as they don’t harbor hostile intentions towards the Federation, appropriate contact or even teaming up to exterminate the insect race isn’t out of the question.

Moreover, the opponent’s civilization seems to be highly skilled in single-combat activities, possessing some inexplicable attack and defense methods from a technological aspect. If the other side is willing to communicate, both parties can exchange views too.

With such thoughts, the Federation indeed sought contact with the other party. However, regrettably, the other side seemed to be intentionally avoiding it—some even speculated, are they too arrogant to communicate with us?

No matter what, the Federation held strong communication intentions. Xuan Gao and Chen Jiu were also under the Federation’s surveillance, but the methods were exceptionally subtle—they didn’t want the opposite civilization to misunderstand, so it was only incredibly weak telepathy.

But then He Runxian had a car accident, which was an exploitable point. With the Federation’s medical techniques, ensuring his short-term recovery posed no problem. However, the hospital committed a "wrong medication" error of a basic level.

Simplifying the situation, He Runxian’s life is currently in jeopardy, but healing him isn’t difficult, and the hospital presently exhibits "full-scale rescue," while in fact, they will delay it for a long time.

Feng Jun didn’t observe this point, nor did Yi Jue notice it, but Xuanyuan Buqi summarized the entire scenario in less than half a minute.

He dismissively remarked, "This method... is overwhelmingly poor. Such tiny beings, wanting to cultivate to immortality?"

This is a common understanding among Tianqin cultivators, yet Feng Jun still felt a bit uncomfortable listening to it—Earth Realm’s technology lags behind here. However, he did not oppose it, merely commenting, "This kind of civilization also has aspects worth learning from."

"I know," Xuanyuan Buqi was not surprised by his view, "Your stuff on White Pebble Beach, like your phones, although worldly, shares resemblance with the thought process here."

"Not just that," Yi Jue, knowing Feng Jun’s thoughts, even stated, "Even the virtual combat magical treasures you procured, some design concepts were adopted from this world."

"Really?" Xuanyuan Buqi was genuinely a bit surprised at this because he was quite impressed with Feng Jun’s whole magical treasure design.

But after sensing for another ten minutes or so, he shook his head indifferently, "It’s just that. The energy applications here are completely different from Tianqin. Feng Xiaoyou’s treasure ideas might come from here, but the design approach is still from the Cultivation World."