Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1095: Changed Name (Asking for Minimum Monthly Votes Third Release)

Chapter 1095: Chapter 1095: Changed Name (Asking for Minimum Monthly Votes Third Release)

Huang Fu Flawless talked about the food supply in the Chaos Plane with Feng Jun, which was just a casual mention.

This trip of hers to the Cultivation World was initially just to enhance her cultivation level, so she waited for Feng Jun to ask a question.

However, she encountered matters regarding the Yinsha Sect, and her main task upon returning ended up being organizing the Communication Management Committee.

Thus, it took her one and a half months to return to Mount Zhige.

Feng Jun was most interested in her advancement in cultivation level, wanting to know how this flawless and clear-minded cultivation technique could allow one to advance quickly.

Huang Fu Flawless responded interestingly, "I am also curious, what cultivation technique do you practice, that allows you to advance quicker than me?"

After thinking for a while, Feng Jun looked around, lowered his voice, and answered, "I’ll tell you a secret, actually I am a Nascent Soul that has fallen in realm."

"Hehe," laughed Huang Fu Flawless, "What a coincidence, I am as well..."

Clearly, the topic could not continue further, and Huang Fu Flawless began to recount her experience working with the Communication Management Committee.

The undertaking was not smooth at the beginning. She reported level by level, and Chairman Qu from Tiantong Qiuchen Trading City was initially unwilling to let go of this sector, especially after she outlined the future prospects of the communication market.

Tiantong is a Commercial Alliance, focused on business interests. With such a big piece of the pie, why would they share it with others?

He stated that even if President Jiang from the other side would support Yinsha, they could fully withstand it— "Just go ahead and do your thing, if he dares to reach into my territory, don’t blame me for not being courteous."

With no other options, Huang Fu Flawless needed achievements, and so did he; how could he willingly give up so easily?

Huang Fu Flawless explained repeatedly, annoying him enough to say, "Your position isn’t enough for this matter, let your family’s ancestor talk to me."

Ancestor Huang Fu didn’t seek him out, but instead contacted his superior, explaining the situation once again.

Golden Core sees issues from a different perspective indeed; the higher-ups issued instructions: It’s correct for our Tiantong to focus on interests, but if every client is offended, who will you do business with?

Chairman Qu felt extremely agitated, but Huang Fu Flawless enlightened him: The higher-ups have this mentality, it’s utterly normal. It’s fortunate our suggestion was timely; otherwise, if Yinsha Sect proposed it, we would have lost everything.

This was her painstakingly analyzed result, and the reaction from above also confirmed her guess—achieving harmony brings wealth.

However, Chairman Qu was still somewhat reluctant, believing that if it weren’t for their proactive concession, even if the Yinsha Sect wanted to take over the business, with his capacities, he could definitely outwit the opposition.

He expressed regretfully, "Even if we have to give up in the end, setting up such a management committee is not too late."

His words made sense, but Huang Fu Flawless thought, if it came to that point, how would my Huang Fu Family’s interests be protected?

At the end of the day, differing focus on interests led to numerous stumbling blocks early on.

It was somewhat simpler afterward; Qiuchen reported upwards, and the Tiantong Commerce Alliance leveraged its sales network to disseminate the news to the Four Sects and Wutai.

The reactions from the Four Sects and Wutai varied, some were positive and some negative; some also inquired why this communication system was so crucial, needing such a management committee.

The ones with a positive attitude were the Crimson Phoenix Sect, Wuyou Platform, and Ten Directions Platform, particularly Ten Directions Platform being the most proactive. As previously mentioned, they were also adept in business, considered an outlier among the Wutai.

Ten Directions Platform, having some understanding of this newly emerged communication system, straightforwardly proposed that the two of us should share this market—what do the other four sects and four platforms understand about the intricacies here?

Of course, Tiantong could not agree, as doing so would not only irritate the other eight, but also empower their rivals—Ten Directions Platform was one of their most formidable business competitors.

Most within the Four Sects and Wutai, similar to the Taiqing Sect and Heavenly Heart Platform, harbored a rather indifferent attitude.

The Qinggang Sect and Wanfu Platform were the most curious, they insisted that Tiantong’s representatives clarify why this communication system was important and why it garnered such attention; if they couldn’t clearly explain... then sorry, but we aren’t much interested in this committee.

The person from Tiantong responsible for liaison wasn’t very clear about the significance of this committee either, hence he asked the headquarters, and the headquarters responded straightforwardly, telling them: Love it or leave it, we already informed you.

What cultivators value most is cultivation, but such a response from Tiantong piqued their interest instead: Then we will be sure to attend punctually.

Afterwards, Huang Fu Flawless advanced in her cultivation level, consolidating her state along with it, which took half a month.

When she emerged from seclusion, the preparations for the committee were still ongoing, and a higher-level cultivator from the Huang Fu Family took over the matter, allowing her to return to Mount Zhige again.

What made her laugh and cry at the same time was, "The Yinsha Sect must be infuriated, but they can’t oppose, so they insist on changing the name—from Communication Management Committee to the ’Mundane Communication Deliberative Assembly’. Isn’t that funny?"

Mundane Communication... Deliberative Assembly? Feng Jun chewed over the name, commenting with a smirk that wasn’t quite a smile, "Defining it as mundane... The intentions of the Yinsha Sect are indeed quite amusing."

On the third day after Huang Fu Flawless returned, Ji PingAn arrived, taking advantage of the night to enter Mount Zhige.

Mount Zhige was now managed quite strictly, but since Ji PingAn was considered a comrade-in-arms of Mountain Master Feng, nobody made it difficult for him.

When Feng Jun heard of his request for a meeting, he hurried back from the mountain and was instantly frightened, "What happened to your face?"

Ji PingAn’s face now bore two deep scars, and he looked terribly worn out. Upon her question, he couldn’t help but sigh, "We were ambushed... Zhou Linghai is dead, Liang Yisi is seriously injured."

Feng Jun had always had a good impression of Zhou Linghai, the young man at the Qi Refining Initial Stage, who was quite observant. Liang Yisi, too, was a man combining ruthlessness and patience. His brow furrowed slightly, "What happened?"

Ji PingAn sighed, the incident was related to their operation of the materials from Mount Zhige.

They were one of the only two businesses in the Cultivation World that could acquire high-end perfumes, and they also handled all the maintenance work for Boiler Camel Motorcycles.

About ten days ago, they were transporting a batch of goods to another market when they were ambushed en route.

Fortunately, their combat cultivators were formidable and fearless in the face of ambush. After paying the price of two dead and two injured, and due to the escape of one Innate Expert from their side, the attackers did not pursue further and quickly retreated.

After hearing about it, Feng Jun fell into silence, only speaking after a long pause, "What do you need me to do?"

Ji PingAn sighed, then shook his head, "We don’t expect Mountain Master to do anything; the path of cultivation is inherently fraught with peril, and struggles over wealth are common. Since we chose this path, we must accept the consequences."

Feng Jun nodded slightly upon hearing this. In fact, he felt somewhat conflicted. One could say Zhou Linghai died because of the goods he provided, but at the outset, he did it for their own benefit.

Because of this, he even withstood pressure from Huang Fu Flawless. He was securing a livelihood for his brothers and felt he had done nothing wrong, just as the other party said, it was their choice.

As Ji PingAn spoke so openly, Feng Jun felt deeply moved internally: Indeed, he is the person I chose to help; this is how cultivators should be!

However, Ji PingAn still continued, "Originally, we intended to resolve this ourselves, since we initiated the business, such incidents are inevitable, hence we gathered other combat cultivators to seek clues..."

The after-sales service that he and Liang Yisi and others launched, was creating opportunities for many combat cultivators. Those combat cultivators, whether they knew them personally or not, were quite grateful.

The potential energy of this group was immense; it took less than three days for Ji PingAn to receive news: the attackers were likely from a family named Xue—a retired combat cultivator who had been oppressed by the Xue family, had been keeping an eye on them.

Feng Jun’s brow furrowed upon hearing this, "The Xue family... the one with Xue Hongfei and Xue Jingren?"

"That’s right," Ji PingAn nodded, "Their seizing of the goods is one thing, but I fear their stubborn nature might pose a threat to you as well, so I specifically came to warn you."

Feng Jun asked calmly, "Does that... perhaps I’m being too pedantic, but is there direct evidence?"

"No," Ji PingAn shook his head straightforwardly, "If there was evidence, I could’ve taken them to court in the trading city. They retreated hastily because they were confident no evidence was left, otherwise I might not have survived."

Feng Jun actually believed Ji PingAn’s words, as there was no reason for him to lie—there was no direct conflict between the Xue family and the combat cultivators, but there was a feud with him, Feng. Ji PingAn had no reason to falsely accuse such a family.

Feng Jun had previously eliminated two Xue family members in the Out-of-World Stage—those two names he mentioned just now—causing a significant loss in the Xue family’s strength, and their plan to establish a foothold in Qiuchen Market had to be abandoned.

To say the Xue family didn’t resent him would be false, but the Xue family’s initial coercion and failed entrapment in the wilderness, which resulted in their humiliation, were truly embarrassing for them.

Because he was in good relations with Huang Fu Flawless, the Xue family had to be cautious about him possibly inviting the Huang Fu Family to deal with them, hence they had to cease their aggressive actions... following this logic, could the Xue family not harbor resentment?

ler]][The Xue family dared not provoke him directly, but targeting his comrades—the combat cultivators—posed no issue, and in doing so, they could vent their frustration, obtain some wealth, and further irritate Feng Jun. Why not do it?

This deduction had no flaws, not to mention Ji PingAn and his group also had indirect human testimony.

Feng Jun pondered for a moment before speaking, "Although it’s your goods that were stolen, ultimately, they belonged to me, Feng..."

"Master, your goods aren’t many," Ji PingAn immediately interrupted him, expressing straightforwardly, "Perfumes and Boiler Camel Motorcycles only make up a small part of it. We always carry some goods with us between markets for economical reasons, and I wouldn’t dare deceive you about this."

Feng Jun waved his hand dismissively, speaking boldly, "What’s there to deceive or not deceive? My goods were involved, that’s enough!"

(Third update today, seeking assurance for monthly votes.)