Chapter 2719 - 2711: Targeted (Second Update)

Chapter 2719: Chapter 2711: Targeted (Second Update)

Xuanyuan Buqi’s words were actually relatively objective, the Xuanyuan Family’s Nascent Souls have indeed suffered significant losses, so even if these words were passed to Tianqin, others wouldn’t mock the Xuanyuan Family for pretending to be strong—they’ve already admitted to the discontinuity.

But at the same time, he also mentioned that there are fewer than twenty people achieving Nascent Soul in a hundred years, and this blatant display is quite boastful.

The lifespan of a Nascent Soul is three thousand years, based on this calculation, in a thousand years, the Xuanyuan Family can produce around two hundred Nascent Souls.

The lifespan of a Golden Core is a thousand years, and within the age difference between these two, in two thousand years, four hundred Nascent Souls could be produced.

To be fair, at its peak, the Xuanyuan Family only had slightly over four hundred Nascent Souls, some of whom didn’t carry the Xuanyuan name.

However, there’s no exaggeration in his claim; in the past century, the growth rate of Nascent Souls in the Xuanyuan Family was very high, a result that he managed single-handedly—just seeing him lingering at White Pebble Beach suggests the pressure this Divine Spirit True Monarch faced was immense.

In other words, the number of Nascent Souls at the initial stage in the Xuanyuan Family isn’t particularly few—it’s the mid to high-end combat strength that is lacking, mainly the mid and high-stage Nascent Souls, especially the high-stage Nascent Souls, and fundamentally no one shows the potential to advance further.

So what Xuanyuan Buqi cared about more was the cultivation of high-rank combat strength.

Yet expecting him to give away a Nascent Baby Pill was simply daydreaming—the Xuanyuan Family never had enough Nascent Souls.

But upon hearing this, Guo Xiangding nearly spat a mouthful of blood, "Less than twenty Nascent Souls in a hundred years? If my Guo Family could reach twenty Nascent Souls, I’d laugh myself awake from sleep!"

"Oh," Xuanyuan Buqi casually nodded, showing no reaction, thinking, compared to the Xuanyuan Family, aren’t you being overly ambitious?

He didn’t respond further, making his stance clear, but Guo Xiangding became anxious, "Buqi, the resources of the Amber Realm are relatively abundant, I am very willing to support the junior members of the Xuanyuan Family to come to this lower realm for trials."

A True Immortal from the Yuan Family, listening from afar, his face suddenly changed—Do you even know what you’re saying?

With the Heavenly Curtain already closed, he could leave, but staying here was just to monitor Xuanyuan Buqi’s movements.

Upon hearing Guo Xiangding’s words, he truly felt regret: Had he known you wanted to attract the Xuanyuan Family to the Amber Realm, he might as well have let Xuanyuan Buqi leave... after all, it’s just a mere Nascent Baby Pill, what’s the big deal?

The consequences of inviting such trouble are far more severe.

But it’s too late for regrets now; after all, he couldn’t predict everything, could he?

However, Xuanyuan Buqi waved his hand and calmly expressed, "The Xuanyuan Family doesn’t lack resources, nor do we care to compete with lower realm families for resources... after all, it’s not easy for everyone, don’t you agree?"

If you don’t want to seize lower realm resources, then give me that Nascent Baby Pill, Guo Xiangding really wanted to say.

Yet he knew well enough inside that with the other party pretending to be deaf and mute to this extent, getting the Nascent Baby Pill was definitely out of question.

The relationship by marriage is sometimes easy to manage, but sometimes not, mainly it’s about the balance, and he had tested the waters for a long time; the other party hadn’t shown any animosity towards him, which was already very considerate towards the Guo Family.

If this testing continued cluelessly, the likelihood of it backfiring was very high; he wouldn’t take such a risk.

Besides Xuanyuan Buqi, Yi Jue and Feng Jun also found themselves surrounded by people. Yi Jue was alright, as those surrounding her were lower rank disciples, whereas Feng Jun faced the persuasive speakers from Tongda Commerce Alliance.

Tongda Commerce Alliance lived up to being merchants; they were extremely well-informed, and upon knowing the identities of Yi Jue and Xuanyuan Buqi, they even figured out Feng Jun’s identity right away. Moreover, they wanted to cooperate with him.

Feng Jun didn’t want too much involvement with these merchants, so he stated if they want to talk collaboration, they should head directly to White Pebble Beach and not bother him.

His attitude here was pretty poor, yet Tongda Commerce Alliance not only didn’t mind, they even lamented, saying they hadn’t considered going to White Pebble Beach, but their people hadn’t descended to the lower realm before they were warned by Tiantong, who claimed it was Tiantong’s territory and dared them to come to start a war.

Tiantong is this shameless? Feng Jun was a bit surprised; he had feuds with Tianqin Tiantong simply because they looked down on him.

However, he didn’t show any concern; if Tiantong isn’t decent, is Tongda necessarily good?

Don’t be ridiculous; they’re both into business, who doesn’t know how things work?

But he didn’t show concern, which, in the eyes of Tongda cultivators, confirmed Tiantong’s "wiles," prompting them to engage proactively, saying, "We’ve come to understand that you get along well with the Huang Fu Family, and prioritizing your own in business dealings is understandable."

But the key issue is, the Huang Fu Family only has some influence in Kunhao; they essentially lack the capability to promote mundane items to the Tianqin Higher Realm and other lower realms.

With their lack of capability but still occupying the position, not only is it affecting the development at White Pebble Beach, but other cultivators can’t enjoy such good things.

Tongda wants to establish comprehensive cooperation with White Pebble Beach, including but not limited to mundane communication equipment; Kunhao Realm can remain with the Huang Fu Family, Tongda is aiming for other domains, and the interests of the Huang Fu Family won’t be harmed from this.

Do you really think I don’t understand you all? Feng Jun felt quite disdainful. When talking about ideals, you seem so noble, but in the end, it’s all business in your head!

He couldn’t be bothered to say much to the other side, flipping it back and forth was just the same suspicion: Go to White Pebble Beach to talk business, don’t bother me!

The cultivator from Tongda finally expressed: We’d love to go to White Pebble Beach too, but Tiantong really has been ambushing and killing us.

Upon hearing this, Feng Jun couldn’t help but retort, "Afraid of death while trying to make money? Then just do some small trade and live a peaceful life."

It’s not that all profitable trades are written in the ’Penal Code,’ but that trades making big money face brutal competition!

In the end, the constant chatter from the Tongda Commerce Alliance cultivator made even Xuanyuan Buqi a bit fed up, "I say, kid, are you done? I originally couldn’t be bothered with you, but you keep going on and on here...are you really taking advantage of my good temper?"

So, finally, everyone’s ears got some peace.

Three days later, the Heavenly Curtain completely dissipated, and Yi Jue and Feng Jun were also making the final preparations before returning.

Xuanyuan Buqi drove away the onlookers, then happily remarked, "Feng Xiaoyou, I found that you really have deep fortune. I came along with you this time, and somehow got a Nascent Baby Pill."

Upon hearing this, Feng Jun felt a tightness in his heart, but just scoffed with a disdainful smile, "Elder Buqi, you must be joking. Just a Nascent Baby Pill, surely you wouldn’t be so petty?"

"Why can’t I be this petty?" Xuanyuan Buqi snorted disapprovingly, "It’s easy for you to talk when it’s not your responsibility. Try bearing the weight of a whole clan and you’ll definitely be more petty than I am... This is a Nascent Baby Pill, and the Xuanyuan Family’s stock isn’t plentiful anymore."

Yi Jue was a bit stunned upon hearing this, "The Xuanyuan Family still has Nascent Baby Pill stock?"

"Uh... not much left," Xuanyuan Buqi replied vaguely, then asked, "How many Spirit Plants do you have left?"

"I don’t know," Yi Jue shook her head, then thought for a moment and replied, "Probably none."

She wasn’t afraid to tell the truth, as a true strong person should have this mindset — a sect can’t be strong just because it lacks Nascent Baby Pills?

"You are... really confident," Xuanyuan Buqi chuckled awkwardly, but inside he sneered, thinking without managing a family, you won’t know the cost of living. Try bearing the whole family, then you’ll understand what responsibility means.

This time, the three of them took ten whole days on this trip, and upon returning to White Pebble Beach, everything seemed the same as before... Well, actually, it wasn’t the same because Xiong Youshan had returned, bringing fifteen top-grade spirit stones.

He came back with Ji Wuching, after being calculated once, who wouldn’t be trembling with fear?

Upon hearing of Feng Jun’s return, he came to pay the spirit stones, but the first thing he said was: The Wanhuan Sect is intentionally targeting White Pebble Beach!

The Wanhuan Sect’s dissatisfaction with Feng Jun was almost common knowledge among those who knew the inside story, but this time, Wanhuan Sect’s reaction was unexpected — they even disregarded the faces of Taixu Sect and Jinwu Sect.

In just these ten days, many cultivators entering the Wanhuan Sect had tracked the robbers multiple times, only to always fall short at the crucial moment — those robbers reacted incredibly fast, as if someone was tipping them off.

Some, due to the changes in the robbers’ tracks, sought help from Qian Zhong twice.

After deducing, Qian Zhong provided new movements of the robbers, but at the same time stated: Someone must be shielding the robbers from divination.

The Disciples of Taixu initially didn’t care about the Wanhuan Sect’s reaction — everyone is amongst the top seven sects, knowing well what taboos to watch out for, and selling face to each other... shouldn’t be difficult, right?

As it turned out, it was really difficult. This time, after the Disciples of Taixu entered Wanhuan Sect, they felt thwarted at every turn, with numerous unforeseen events hindering their actions.

A few Disciples of Taixu had friends in Wanhuan Sect who explicitly hinted to them — your actions this time are very resented by the sect, and they are determined to obstruct, considering the prize hunt reached Wanhuan Sect, don’t you think you’re treating us too lightly?

The Disciples of Taixu swore that what they said was absolutely true, but refused to reveal from whom in the Wanhuan Sect this information came — a friend is true to me, so I, of course, cannot betray a friend.

Expressing this way, others were not pleased, yet understandable — valuing loyalty is inherently a virtue.

Compared to the treatment of the Disciples of Taixu, the Jinwu Disciples had it even tougher, being frequently targeted by Wanhuan Disciples. The other side loudly proclaimed, "Elder Brother Beishan was killed by you, why not kill me too?"

The Jinwu Disciples were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to argue — do you even know that Ouyang Beishan first attacked our Wan Qing True Immortal, how come you act like you are the victims?

However, in matters like these, there’s no reason to argue. The Wanhuan Sect disciples just believed they were the victims, even though Wan Qing True Immortal at least still has his Nascent Soul, right? Ouyang Beishan has long been dead.

Moreover, Wan Qing was "accidentally" harmed by Ouyang Beishan, but Ouyang Beishan’s death was coerced by both Jinwu and Xuanshui jointly!

So once those tinted glasses are on, they’re really not easy to take off, even though some may understand their words have bias, but... as fellow disciples, shouldn’t one’s elbow be expected to turn inward?