Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1056: Mirage King Bracer

Chapter 1056: Chapter 1056: Mirage King Bracer

Feng Jun walked another two hundred meters, then suddenly turned around and launched a fierce Divine Sense Attack while summoning the Demon-Sealing Pagoda.

At this moment, using the Mountain and River Seal and Immortal Binding Rope was not suitable as it wouldn’t guarantee a precise hit on the opponent. The Soul-Suppressing Bell would have been relatively more suitable, but Feng Jun felt that the Demon-Sealing Pagoda was the safest option.

Hong Bafang’s heart was actually always on guard, but seeing the opponent moving further and further, he allowed himself to relax a bit, to avoid letting the opponent sense his guard.

When a Divine Sense Attack came, Hong Bafang knew something was wrong; his Divine Sense was exceedingly strong, so he wasn’t prepared for such attacks—he believed his Divine Sense could withstand attacks from the initial stages of transcendent beings.

But as soon as Feng Jun released his Divine Sense, Hong Bafang knew his own Divine Sense was far inferior to his opponent’s, and he subconsciously crushed a Formation amulet in his hand.

This Formation was known as the "Shape Shifting Array," rarely seen in the Cultivation World; it evolved from his family’s ancestral "Puppetry Technique."

This kind of Formation was somewhat similar to Teleportation but wasn’t just simple Teleportation; strictly speaking, it should be called Substitute Teleportation.

Hong Bafang had hidden a Substitute Doll ten miles away from this spot, and in case of emergency, by crushing the amulet in his hand, he and his Substitute Doll would instantly swap positions. The doll might be destroyed, but his true body would have the chance to escape.

As for why only ten miles, because his Substitute Doll could only support such a distance. Even then, the Substitute Doll wasn’t something he constructed himself, but a legacy passed down from his ancestors.

However, at this moment, he couldn’t care less, as he straightaway wanted to crush the Substitute Doll and flee—because his current actions were utterly disrespectful towards a transcendent being. Not running would mean waiting for death!

The very next moment, with his head splitting in pain, he found himself flying into the sky, soaring a hundred meters high, and then plummeting towards the ground.

"Is this the Shape Shifting Array?" Hong Bafang’s head was in so much pain he could barely think, but he noticed something... his falling location, right above that big river, "How could this be?"

Clenching his teeth, he slapped on a High Tier of Qi Refinement Defense Talisman on himself and then passed out.

At the same time, Feng Jun also exclaimed in shock, "How could this be?"

He had summoned the Demon-Sealing Pagoda, but it failed to capture the opponent, and he vaguely sensed some spatial disturbances.

The next moment, right before his eyes, Hong Bafang’s invisibility was broken, he rose into the air, and like a bolt of lightning, shot towards the distant sky, moving so fast it nearly resembled instantaneous teleportation.

"Damn it!" Furious, Feng Jun stomped his foot and chased after him, "Dare to run!"

He chased after him, but seeing the speed of the opponent, he estimated he was likely to lose him.

This angered him even more, thinking you believe your movement technique astonishing enough to roam freely within my realm as a transcendent? And even flying so high—is this a show off?

He made up his mind: This person must die, even if he had to issue a bounty to finish this fellow off.

But for now, he was still pursuing, albeit unlikely to catch up. Since the fellow clearly used some secret technique, if the technique could not last long... there might still be a chance.

However, in the next moment, he saw this fellow descending in a free-fall trajectory and "plunked" into the river.

"What kind of maneuver is this?" Feng Jun watched, dumbfounded, feeling slightly outwitted,

But he could see that before falling into the river, the opponent had slapped a Defense Talisman on himself—currently, it was night, and raining, but the activated talisman emitted a faint halo of light.

He was quite puzzled but still hurried to the riverside, following the position where the opponent fell into the water, starting to search for "nearby people."

Hong Bafang was already head-splittingly pained before falling into the water, and after the turbulent river hit him, he directly fainted and was now drifting with the current.

It only took Feng Jun two uses of "nearby people" to locate the fellow, and as soon as he saw his body surfacing from underwater, he summoned the Demon-Sealing Pagoda again—he indeed wanted to find out exactly what happened, "Into my capture~"

This time, he captured Hong Bafang into the Demon-Sealing Pagoda without any fuss.

"It seems that the problem wasn’t with the Demon-Sealing Pagoda," Feng Jun levitated above the river, carefully recalling the scene from just before.

After considering for a long while, he came up with a vague guess: Could it be this person has some kind of spatial magic artifact that caused the spatial disturbance?

Just then, cultivators practicing at Mount Zhige also sensed the anomaly and hurried over, even Elder Liao, who was guarding the Lingzhi Sect Cave, flew up in the air to look towards this place.

The first to arrive was Liang Zhongyu, who had been having a comfortable time on Mount Zhige recently, wandering around during the day, teasing mortal girls, occasionally helping maintain order for the cultivators of Mount Zhige, and cultivating at the Spirit Gathering Array at night.

His task was to maintain contact with loose cultivators on behalf of Mount Zhige. Wandering was very necessary, yet it did not hinder his cultivation.

So immediately upon arrival, he spoke loudly, "Boss, what’s the matter, has someone caused trouble?"

"Just an impudent thief," Feng Jun answered indifferently, "I’ve captured him."

As they were speaking, others arrived too, including Mi Yunshan who had just advanced to the sixth level of Mortal Transcendence.

Yun Buyao’s progress was a bit slower, having just broken through to the fifth level of Mortal Transcendence, she was somewhat anxious herself.

However, Feng Jun, considering that she did not follow Elder Yan but chose to stay at Mount Zhige instead, made a suggestion: "You were cultivating swiftly before, but it’s impossible to maintain this speed forever. Easing and tightening are the way of cultivation."

Seeing that many people had gathered, Feng Jun straightforwardly stated, "A thief entered Mount Zhige tonight. Everyone, please help to investigate and see if there’s any suspicious person."

Tonight in Mount Zhige, several in the Ascension Realm were absent, but there were many in the Qi Refinement Realm, including members from Tiantong, Tianxin Platform, Wuyou Platform, Yinsha Sect and Crimson Phoenix Sect.

These cultivators need to pay Spirit Stones for cultivation, but... those in the lower tier of Qi Refinement couldn’t even contribute one Spirit Stone a month. Hearing that Mountain Master Feng ordered to search for the thief, everyone stopped their cultivation and started searching actively—hoping for a reward if the Mountain Master was pleased.

They continued their search till daylight the next day, but still, no second infiltrator was found.

As the day brightened, Feng Jun stopped searching. He borrowed a Spirit Binding Array for Ascension Realm from Luo Shuchen, left his territory, and flew nearly a hundred miles to land in an extremely desolate area.

He activated the Spirit Binding Array and threw Hong Bafang from the Demon-Sealing Pagoda directly into the Spirit Gathering Array.

By then, Hong Bafang had woken up, and the effect of his Defense Talisman had expired. Just when he emerged from the Demon-Sealing Pagoda and was about to initiate his secret technique to escape, how could the Spirit Binding Array allow him to escape so easily?

Sure enough, because there were spiritual energy fluctuations on him, he couldn’t escape, thus his figure was revealed.

It was then that Feng Jun brought out the Immortal Binding Rope, firmly tying up the opponent, and without speaking, he took out a camping stove to start making breakfast for himself.

The Spirit Binding Array, meant for capturing Spirit Beasts, let the fragrance drift unabated into the formation.

As Feng Jun was enjoying his meal, Hong Bafang couldn’t help but ask, "Esteemed cultivator, could you spare me some food?"

Feng Jun glanced at him and continued to eat, pretending not to hear—having learned his lesson from Tenpura Hiro, to what extent must he be foolish to repeat the same mistake?

After finishing his meal, he took out a cigarette to smoke, then lay back on the lounge chair, allowing the spring rain falling from the sky to soak him completely.

Knowing he had misspoken earlier, Hong Bafang boldly stated, "Esteemed Feng, I know I made a mistake, but I have my difficulties, please forgive me."

"I won’t forgive you," Feng Jun said while puffing smoke clouds casually, "You can choose a way to die... that depends on your performance."

Hong Bafang inwardly sighed, as he was extremely troubled by confrontations with those who don’t listen or reason, thus he had no choice but to reveal his cards, "I was commissioned by someone else to investigate you."

"What’s the point in telling me this?" Feng Jun turned his head and looked at him oddly, "A Qi Refinement Realm investigating an Ascension Realm, what makes you so confident? I don’t look that easy to bully... ultimately, you’ve just got carried away."

Hong Bafang definitely didn’t think he was getting carried away, "The person who commissioned me is very influential."

Feng Jun took a couple of drags from his cigarette, not even glancing at him, "No matter how influential, it won’t save your life. I guess, you thought having the Mirage King Bracer meant you could disregard an Ascension Realm cultivator."

"Who... who are you?" Hong Bafang, terrified out of his wits for a moment, asked, "How do you know about this?"

He had been unbeatable with that bracer, and while others thought he had learned some invisibility technique, only he knew the truth—that it was the bracer that emboldened him to take on various espionage tasks.

If it weren’t for the bracer, even with the Shape Shifting Array, he wouldn’t dare to easily spy on an Ascension Realm cultivator—indeed, just as Feng had said, he really did get ahead of himself,

Feng Jun sighed deeply, speaking somberly, "Ah, something long lost by my sect... was Master Linlang killed by your family?"

I f***ing... never heard of Master Linlang, Hong Bafang panicked to the point his bladder sphincter kept contracting, truly feeling the urge to wet himself.

He was stunned for a long while before he managed a bitter smile, "I stumbled upon this bracer... I didn’t even know it was called the Mirage King Bracer."

"Heh," Feng Jun sniggered, the implication clear: Keep making things up then.

Hong Bafang felt greatly misunderstood, then he remembered, I f***ing still have an ace up my sleeve yet to play.

"Esteemed Feng, Mountain Master Feng, wait a moment... I was commissioned by the Taiqing Sect to come and investigate," he said.

This was actually very secret information, and as the one who received the commission, he should in no way disclose his employer’s information.

But it wasn’t up to him not to disclose the information—being accused of killing a true master, he really couldn’t bear such a charge.

"Heh," Feng Jun coldly chuckled, "Are you trying to say that the Taiqing Sect is responsible for the death of Master Linlang?"