Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1055: Rat Pack

Chapter 1055: Chapter 1055: Rat Pack

Bringing gold along is just a matter of words; given Feng Jun’s current relationship with Huang Fu Flawless, thirty to fifty thousand taels of gold is readily available.

Feng Jun was also delighted upon hearing this, "Have you gotten your hands on graphene?"

"I’ve got some of it, as samples," Huang Fu Flawless answered jubilantly, "approximately a hundred taels’ worth."

Feng Jun replied with a smile, "A hundred taels or so is not that impressive—it’s only about one tael of gold. Look at how pleased you are."

"It’s worth more than just one tael of gold," Huang Fu Flawless shook her head and said seriously, "The other party already said that you can only exchange for twenty taels of graphene with one tael of gold. You have no idea... Processing this stuff is too tiresome, and it’s relatively light, it takes a long time to produce one tael."

Light? Feng Jun realized, graphene of course wouldn’t be heavy, but... "So it has quintupled?"

Huang Fu Flawless spread her hands, expressing helplessness, "It’s their demand for a price increase. They mentioned it is because of the grain exchange... Interdimensional trade is like this, you propose, they counter, the advantage of the plane is something both you and they understand."

"One for twenty, huh?" Feng Jun pondered, with this price, he didn’t have to worry about having too much graphene on hand.

Those high-purity graphenes in the Earth Realm can be several times more expensive than gold. He shouldn’t lose out on this deal— even if a larger volume would impact the graphene prices later on.

He could get a hundred tons of graphene for a hundred thousand taels of gold, which is not considered a particularly large amount.

In the context of the Mobile Phone plane, a hundred thousand taels of gold could only get you a hundred thousand tons of flour. And on the Earth Plane, how much is a hundred thousand tons of flour worth? Just over three hundred million. All he needs is to sell a hundred tons of graphene for four yuan per gram to make a profit.

So, this deal is still viable, and the key is that he can use this to exchange gold for Huaxia currency, helping the country save on foreign exchange while solving his own significant funding issues.

However, such on-the-spot price hiking still irks him a bit. He wonders if Huang Fu Flawless is trying to scam him again? But he couldn’t just ask that. Instead, he indicated, "If that’s the price, I really can’t use much... you should understand."

"I understand," Huang Fu Flawless nodded with a smile, "They said on their end that if your transaction amount is big... say, reaching ten million taels of gold each time, the price could be further negotiated. Too bad your quantity isn’t large."

"I would like to deal in larger quantities, but where would I find so much food?" Feng Jun waved his hand impatiently, and said sullenly, "For a ten million tons of grain, I’d need to find a small world to start farming."

Huang Fu Flawless guessed what he was thinking and took the initiative to say, "It’s not me raising the price this time. I really do want to facilitate this deal, ah, what a hassle it has been."

Seeing that she even said as much, Feng Jun really had no room to bicker, "Alright then, bring out the sample for me to see."

The sample was over five kilograms, packed in a silver box. Upon opening it for a look, Feng Jun nodded, "Okay, I’ll have it tested. If it’s fine, we can proceed with the trade."

"You can rest assured, it’ll definitely be fine," Huang Fu Flawless replied confidently, "They said they’ve peeled it down to the thinnest layer possible. Otherwise, the yield could be even higher... Can’t you test it yourself?"

Feng Jun spread his hands and answered with a laugh, "Do you think I’m a jack-of-all-trades? I really have no clue about this stuff."

He felt that he didn’t reveal any information, but to Huang Fu Flawless’ ears, she could extract relevant useful information—buying without understanding? Perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate the value of graphene.

Then she asked, "How long will it take for you to give me a definite answer?"

"How would I know," Feng Jun replied helplessly with his hands spread, "I don’t call the shots on this matter... give it a month."

This concluded the sample delivery, and as for the cost of the sample, neither side brought it up.

Feng Jun was in no hurry to seek someone to interrogate; instead, he waited until nightfall to continue mining Spirit Stones at Mount Zhige.

With the sound of the drizzling rain as cover, he mined with ease and did not stop until dawn.

In the afternoon of that day, Leng Qionghua arrived with the repaired Demon-Sealing Pagoda.

The fixed Demon-Sealing Pagoda can seal up to eight Cultivators or Spirit Beasts at the Qi Refinement Realm simultaneously, but it still requires embedding Spirit Stones to maintain the sealed state.

At the same time, on behalf of Pine Cypress Peak, she extended an invitation to Feng Jun. The Yan Family invited him to visit Pine Cypress Peak at his convenience.

Feng Jun did not respond but instead asked curiously, "What was ultimately discovered about that Evil Cultivator, Liu Feng?"

"We uncovered an Evil Cultivator base and executed two Detached Realm Evil Cultivators on the spot," Leng Qionghua said, limited in what she knew, "Apparently, there’s a Detached Realm Evil Cultivator who slipped through the net, obscured by heaven’s secrets, making it difficult to divine their location in the short term. But it’s only a matter of time before we catch them."

Feng Jun asked with a smile, "I always hear that the Yan Family is very protective. I hope they won’t take it out on me."

The Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family is famed for being protective and also for their strict family discipline; ordinary people truly dare not provoke them lightly.

How protective are they? If a Yan Family descendant bullies someone outside and ends up killed, the Yan Family wouldn’t bother about who was in the right; their first choice is to immediately seek revenge—any wrongdoing by a Yan Family member is to be dealt with by the Yan Family themselves, and outsiders have no say.

So what should someone bullied by the Yan Family do? You can go to Pine Cypress Peak to lodge a complaint, and the Yan Family ensures you a fair judgment.

And this fairness isn’t just lip service; the Yan Family is much more ruthless with their own descendants than strangers. Those who should die will definitely die, and even those who shouldn’t... might also end up dead.

The Yan Family descendants are not invincible; it’s just that only members of the Yan Family are allowed to take their lives. Outsiders do not have the right to kill them!

The Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family is precisely that domineering.

However, because their family rules are extremely strict, outsiders don’t have many complaints— at most, they would say the Yan Family is arrogant and conceited.

Indeed, it’s because of such family rules and their rigorous enforcement that, despite the Yan Family descendants’ arrogant exterior when they are away from home, they never bully others without reason. The clan has not only failed to decline but has been thriving even more splendidly over thousands of years.

Feng Jun also didn’t know about the Yan Family’s reputation until Pine Cypress Peak assigned two high-rank experts to protect him. Out of curiosity, he inquired about it and eventually understood why they were sent to protect him—it turns out the Yan Family has a bad reputation in this aspect.

"Mountain Master Feng is joking," Leng Qionghua said with a smile, "You killed an evil cultivator; it’s a matter of right and wrong, not personal grudges. The Yan Family’s house rules can’t go against the consensus of all cultivators, right?"

Feng Jun thought for a moment and then asked another question, "How’s the installation of phones at Pine Cypress Peak going?"

"Only a small section has been installed," Leng Qionghua replied after returning, having seen the phones from Mount Zhige, "I’ve heard there were some data conflicts. If Mountain Master Feng could come as soon as possible to take a look, that would be a great help."

"You really think I’m good at everything," Feng Jun said with a smile, "That device requires considerable expertise, which I don’t have. I’m sincerely sorry."

"Indeed," Leng Qionghua nodded, "It’s already extraordinary that you have such talent in the field of medicine. People have limited energy. If one were to learn everything, where would be the time for cultivation? By the way, do you understand how to treat curse techniques?"

"Curse techniques? Sorry," Feng Jun said with a bitter smile and shook his head, "That’s really not my forte..."

The two chatted for a while longer, and then Feng Jun took the Demon-Sealing Pagoda and went out to test it.

The spring rain lasted four days, on and off, and Feng Jun also dug for Spirit Stones for three consecutive days.

On the fourth night, Feng Jun went into the mountains to begin excavating, but he had a feeling something wasn’t right. He looked around, then took out his mobile phone and swiped a few times.

He had already made a location fix before, and had figured out the "Spirit Stones in the process of condensing" nearby; he was just about to get started, but now... he wanted to check "people nearby."

There was no one nearby. He pondered for a moment then selected "nearby Storage Bags."

When the mobile phone searched for items, it could cover a radius of 1,200 meters. This time, he finally noticed something was amiss—an 800-meter away on a hillside, there was a Storage Bag.

If there’s a Storage Bag, there must be someone there. Feng Jun quietly noted that location, then strolled through the mountains as if nothing was amiss, taking out an infrared scope to look around.

Huh? The figure of that person, in the infrared scope, is actually invisible?

Feng Jun silently raised his guard and then wandered irregularly through the mountains.

Unconsciously, he reached a place only a hundred meters away from that Storage Bag. Since he didn’t walk straight toward it, but merely passed by, there were no reactions from the hillside, only the rustling sound of the spring rain falling on the leaves.

Feng Jun stopped, took out his mobile phone again, and searched for "people nearby." This time it worked—the hidden person was named Hong Bafang, a Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivator, currently in "invisibility" mode.

Oh, so there’s an "invisibility" effect? Without seeing any other details about this person, Feng Jun continued to walk forward.

Hong Bafang hid in the dark, his eyelids naturally drooping, trying not to let the other party sense him. He had been engaging in stealthy activities for a long time and was aware of the prowess of those high above the mundane world—if he stared, even the mere gaze landing on the other party could be perceived.

Even though the distance was so close, he did not believe that the other party could detect him; to be honest, the sensory abilities of someone just stepping out of the mundane realm were not something he took seriously.

Feng Jun walked more than two hundred meters away and stopped again, taking out his mobile phone to continue swiping—what equipment did this guy have on him?

In the next moment, he understood; the person had a "Mirage King Bracer" on their hand.

This should be an invisibility equipment, but... what the devil is a "Binding Formation Plate"?

Feng Jun pondered for a moment and started to react, guessing that the other party, fearing being discovered by him, had placed the array plate on the ground ahead of time without activating it. In case he was discovered, the other could activate the array plate and retreat safely.

The level of the Binding Formation was not high, only effective enough to trap someone in the High Tier of Qi Refinement. Nevertheless, if he was caught off guard by the Binding Formation, it would take at least two to three breaths of time to break out of it. If he was caught by surprise and panicked, it was entirely possible to spend five breaths or even ten.

Given that time, if the other party was focused on escaping, they could indeed get away.

Oh, there’s also a Spirit Binding Array nearby...

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