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Chapter 1072: Yinsha’s Accident (Three More for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1072: Chapter 1072: Yinsha’s Accident (Three More for Monthly Votes)

The fact was right there, Feng Jing had a much higher possibility of advancing to the sixth layer of transcendence than Sister Hong recently.

Feng Jun did not dampen her enthusiasm but smiled and nodded in agreement instead, "This time, I won’t be able to stay here for long."

"Let’s take it one day at a time," Sister Hong was very resolute in her attitude. She was always a decisive person, and the advancement speed of Zhang Caixin and Gu Jiahui also greatly spurred her on. Every additional day she could spend cultivating was a boon.

As for getting older by two days because of this—this wasn’t something she had any fear of.

After all, they were all cultivators, and in the end, cultivation level was what mattered most. If she could enter the Qi Refinement Realm, she could live at least fifty years longer.

If she could enter the Ascension Realm, she would at least gain three more lifetimes.

Feng Jun was somewhat helpless towards her persistence. This time, he had planned to take those seven people and leave directly.

But since he had already come, he might as well delay a few more days—the seasons in this plane were lagging more than twenty days behind the Earth Plane anyway. He might as well try to shorten the gap a little.

This time, Feng Jun changed his approach and let Feng Jing and Sister Hong make a public appearance in front of others. Although they seldom left the small courtyard, now at least everyone knew that Mountain Master Feng had three female servants in the transcendence period—all at the fifth layer.

The two new faces, although they looked a bit different from ordinary people, no one asked about their origins—Feng Jun had withdrawn the Spirit Dust Gathering Array of Mount Zhige, and there were no more Ascended beings left on his territory.

Once the two of them had shown themselves, others would surely receive the news. Feng Jun intentionally delayed for a few days to avoid letting some people analyze the inevitable connection between the appearance of the two and the disappearance of the training personnel.

However, after three days of cultivation, a small accident occurred—Mi Yunshan advanced to the sixth layer of transcendence.

Her advancement was quite normal, after all, she was a Cultivation Seedling, and her cultivation time was not too short.

But the expressions on Sister Hong and Feng Jing were strange—after so much desperate cultivation across two planes, they still couldn’t compete with her?

When Mi Yunshan advanced, the commotion was quite significant, and Feng Jun asked the others to leave the Spirit Gathering Array gradually.

The Spirit Gathering Array was a bit too small. Its ability to supply Spiritual Energy was lacking—not that it was really lacking, but it could accommodate at most two Mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators. However, currently in this array, there was already one Mid-stage Qi Refining disciple from the Yinsha Sect.

The process of Mi Yunshan’s advancement need not be elaborated. That very afternoon, Feng Jun reopened the High-Rank Spirit Dust Gathering Array on Mount Zhige.

Everyone thought that Mountain Master Feng wanted to cultivate again, but little did they know he was succumbing to the pressure from two people.

Sister Hong and Feng Jing were greatly stimulated. Since the two of them had no work or social commitments in the Mobile Phone plane—both were still playing mute—why not seize every second to cultivate with such precious time available?

The two even indicated that from now on, whenever Feng Jun visited, they would follow—after all, there’s no rush on the Earth Plane, and nothing would be delayed. Feng Jing had longed for this sort of carefree life like a salted fish, and Sister Hong had also expressed that there were too many mundane matters on the Earth Plane.

Of course, since they had proposed a condition, they had to pay a certain price. The two didn’t have any Cultivation resources themselves, but Feng Jun was relatively easy to satisfy. He agreed that in the future, during Yoga practice, the three of them must do that thing...

Two days later, Feng Jing expressed that she seemed to have touched upon the feeling of advancement and planned to make an attempt to reach the sixth layer of transcendence within two or three days.

Feng Jun hurriedly stopped her, "No, no, you must advance on Earth this time, otherwise Xiao Caixin will be suspicious... Last time I advanced, she was already very doubtful."

Feng Jing felt a bit unwilling in her heart, but she also knew that she could not create instability, so she nodded her head discontentedly.

Feng Jun brought the two back to the small courtyard and was about to call over the seven people from the Huang Fu Flawless group when the Mid-stage Qi Refining disciple from the Yinsha Sect asked for an audience and brought a message, "The sect has changed a master uncle who will negotiate with Tiantong on purchasing air conditioners and refrigerators."

After You Longzi returned to the sect, he indeed reported the matter. In fact, there were already similar items of the mundane in the Yinsha Sect, and after a simple inquiry, it was discovered they were indeed beneficial to the sect.

Contrary to You Longzi’s expectations, the Yinsha Sect’s regard for Gold was beyond everyone’s imagination—the perspective of a large power and an individual on the same issue is completely different.

To say how much they cared was hard to quantify, but anyway, the Yinsha Sect indicated they had received the news and took it very seriously. A representative would be sent to the negotiations.

You Longzi became anxious when he heard this, "It was an opportunity that I found, so why send someone else to negotiate?"

The answer from the sect was—"The amount of Gold is somewhat substantial, if the other party transports the Gold to another plane, causing an imbalance in Gold supply on certain planes, would you take responsibility?"

If Feng Junruo heard this, he would definitely understand their thinking, as his monopoly on Spirit Stone supply on the Earth Plane was also driven by this psychology—although he now had a significant quantity of Spirit Stones, he couldn’t just distribute them on the Earth Realm.

In other words, for the Yinsha Sect, maintaining a certain reserve of Gold was not only a representation of the sect’s foundation but also a responsibility mutually agreed upon by the major powers of the Mobile Phone Plane, to maintain a blockade on planes with strong demand for Gold.

This logic is straightforward, isn’t it? And familiar too—large powers maintain their interests in this very manner.

However, You Longzi was infuriated, "Merely twenty million taels of gold; our Yinsha Sect’s gold reserves surely exceed ten times that amount, don’t they? And now you’re telling me that this bit of gold is important?"

But the response was even more ruthless, "At the end of the day, this isn’t your concern. The sect has its own people responsible for procuring goods. We have taken your suggestion into consideration, which counts towards your contribution to the sect. What more do you want?"

The words only made You Longzi more annoyed. With a sneer, he remarked, "I just said, the gold reserves aren’t that important. You all are just looking to make some extra under the table with the procurement. However, I must tell you... that Mountain Master Feng only recognizes me!"

He believed the excuses made by the sect sounded reasonable, but in essence, they were just that - excuses. After all, they wanted to interfere in the business. Conveniently, he had left someone at Mount Zhige who passed this piece of information over, giving an outline of the cause and effect.

This disciple was quite astute; after receiving the news, he did not spread it recklessly because he knew Mountain Master Feng was not someone to trifle with.

Only after getting concrete information did he come to report, and of course, he had to preserve the face of the sect; many things couldn’t be said outright.

He merely emphasized one point, "Bai Li the Elder first went to Tiantong to pay a visit. I am only asking on behalf of You Longzi the Elder: does Mountain Master’s previous statement, that he only wishes to do business with You Longzi the Elder, still hold true?"

"Don’t play these mind games with me," Feng Jun waved his hand and spoke blandly, "What I’ve said will hold true. Otherwise, where would the dignity of an elder lie?"

In fact, he was well aware that what the other party wanted to imply was—"Bai Li the Elder went to Tiantong first, which is a great disrespect towards you." But for someone from a sect to voice such petty complaints, not to mention the internal punishments, even outsiders would look down upon you.

Yet what Feng Jun valued was the promise of his own side, one’s own flag which must be upheld even if one had to kneel.

But to uphold that promise... the pressure was quite mountainous indeed. Wording a pledge was easy, but with fifty thousand refrigerators and air conditioners that he’d placed a deposit for, the manufacturers had already begun production.

Of course, without the deposit, instructing the manufacturers to stop production would suffice; the loss would merely be twenty million.

Now Feng Jun was conflicted: should he accept the liability of twenty million, or should he pay the full amount and haul those plainly packaged air conditioners and fridges into his estate?

In truth, for him, plain packaging was not an issue. Since he needed to conceal the source, most of the goods he brought over were unbranded, and he would even go to the extent of grinding off certain markings.

Selling these items was not a worry, but without bulk purchasing, it would take a considerable amount of time to clear the stock.

And when the timeframe stretches, the funds get tied up for a long period.

Nevertheless, Feng Jun was inclined to purchase the refrigerators and air conditioners. Deep down, he believed that forfeiting the deposit was, in fact, unethical behavior.

He could afford the loss of twenty million; the very existence of a deposit is not just to be forfeited, right?

But he thought, with the capability to fulfill a contract, why opt to forfeit? Reputation matters greatly when you mingle in the world.

Of course, at the end of the day, he had recently acquired fifty billion; the Earth Plane suddenly wasn’t short of money anymore, could pay off all the starvation, and would still have sufficient surplus. So why not enhance his moral standing a bit?

He tentatively made up his mind but kept it to himself, waiting to see what Bai Li the Elder intended to do.

However, when he got the message, it was already afternoon, and by evening, Bai Li the Elder hadn’t sent any notification.

Feng Jun really wasn’t pleased now, "You are really ignoring me, aren’t you? Even though I was considering giving you some face, it seems that I can’t afford you that luxury now."

So he ordered his subordinates to notify the Huang Fu family’s training staff to gather early the next morning outside the courtyard.

These seven individuals were living on Feng Jun’s turf, not inside Tiantong.

Actually, it wouldn’t be a problem if they lived inside Tiantong, but Huang Fu Flawless thought that the installation business belonged to the Huang Fu family, not Tiantong. Allowing them to stay in Tiantong might lead to some unclear matters in the future.

Out of the seven people, six were present; the team leader was absent—he went to Tiantong for dinner.

Feng Jun ignored these trifles and conveyed the details of the next day’s assembly, "I won’t deal with anyone who fails to show up. It’s your absence, not mine."

The next morning, all seven arrived, and the team leader spoke up, "Mountain Master, Yinsha Sect’s Bai Li the Elder arrived yesterday and wished to see you."

Feng Jun didn’t fuss over this since he didn’t stipulate that trainees had to reside nearby. It was normal for the person to be absent yesterday; he simply snorted coldly, "Someone from Yinsha comes, yet they send word through you. What does this imply?"

Really... this question was embarrassingly telling. Yinsha Sect had its own people here, why send a message through outsiders?

(End of the third update, calling for monthly votes.)