Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1122: It’s All Tricks

Chapter 1122: Chapter 1122: It’s All Tricks

Huang Fu Flawless was so angry when she received the news that she almost jumped up: What the hell does this trade have to do with Tiantong!

She firmly believed that the graphene business project was developed by her and Feng Jun together—though Feng Jun contributed more, she simply provided him with some information about the Chaos Plane.

In the whole affair, Tiantong from the Chaos Plane had played no role at all, and the trade was not carried out in the name of Tiantong.

Actually, such a situation was all too common. Tiantong’s business extended across multiple planes, and besides the fixed business of the Commerce Alliance, it was inevitable for shareholders to mix in some private goods.

In trades like exchanging graphene for grain, the Huang Fu Clan basically made no profit at all—the profits were all Feng Jun’s, what the Huang Fu Clan got was merely the friendship of the Chaos Plane.

This type of barter trade is normally difficult for outsiders to intervene, and Tiantong is not suited to meddle—The Chaos Plane recognizes only grain, and Tiantong, after receiving graphene, could only sell it to Feng Jun. What’s the point of their fuss?

As a result of the Nangong Family’s interference, this project has directly become a Tiantong affair, and even fell into the hands of the Nangong Family. Huang Fu Flawless did not immediately erupt in a fiery confrontation with Nangong Youjiu; this restraint already showed a sense of the bigger picture.

Feeling aggrieved, she couldn’t just let it go, so she sought out Feng Jun to complain.

Upon hearing this, Feng Jun was also somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or cry, "So he came to me for this reason? The self-perception of the Nangong Family is a bit too good, huh? Do they really think that without this graphene, I wouldn’t be able to survive?"

"Hmph," Huang Fu Flawless snorted disdainfully, "His monopoly on your supply is just the first step, just you watch... if nothing unexpected occurs, the next step will be demanding an explanation from you on how graphene should be used and on what it could be applied."

At this point, she revealed a strange smile, "Of course, you can choose not to answer, but well... you’d have to face the consequences."

Feng Jun knew people could be rather malicious, but he was still a little shocked by her words, "Can people really be so greedy? It’s not easy for the Nangong Family to have developed healthily up to this generation."

"Heh," Huang Fu Flawless sneered contemptuously, "They only bully the weak and fear the strong. You don’t think I’m slandering them, do you?... My Huang Fu Clan knows them too well; how could the Nangong Family have grown and expanded without being so aggressively greedy?"

"Forget it then," Feng Jun waved his hand dismissively, speaking indifferently, "It’s just graphene; can’t I live without it?"

He still had fifty tons of graphene not yet released, planning to hang Elder Yu’s side out for a few more months.

He had come to realize that the amount of graphene he had didn’t play a decisive role for Huaxia, as long as he didn’t let out the manufacturing process, Huaxia’s experiments would never stop. The greatest impact was merely helping to suppress similar foreign projects.

As for making money? He felt he temporarily didn’t need any; the last time, graphene brought in fifty billion, which basically solved his financial crisis. From now on, as long as he didn’t partake in any major projects, he wouldn’t run out of money again.

Just then, a figure floated in. It was Kong Zi Yi, who curiously asked, "What exactly can graphene be used for, that it demands two thousand times its weight in grain to buy?"

Feng Jun didn’t need to hide much from her—the key was, even as a High Disciple of Taiqing and after reaching the Golden Core, she would not be interested in such a small business, "It’s used for manufacturing mundane things, like batteries or whatever."

"Then the Nangong Family is simply too detestable," Kong Zi Yi said with a frown, "Feng Jun, do you want me to help vent your anger and snatch a few Intermediate-Level cultivators from the Nangong Family for experimentation?"

Huang Fu Flawless, who was cracking seeds, was so frightened that the seeds fell. She didn’t know that this person was an Intermediate-Level cultivator and thought it was Master Sumiao. She wondered what kind of love potion Mountain Master Feng had fed to Master Sumiao?

Feng Jun chuckled, "If you would do that, of course I’d be happy, but... even as a Golden Core, it’s still better to act reasonably."

"Hehe," Kong Zi Yi laughed carelessly, "No need for me to take action, if you wish for it, I will get it done for you."

Huang Fu Flawless grew anxious and gave Feng Jun a meaningful look—hurry up and accept her offer.

Feng Jun did not wish to get involved in the grudges between the Huang Fu and Nangong Clans, but the Nangong Family was getting more and more outrageous with each incident. He too was becoming intolerant, so he simply nodded and laughed, "Don’t force yourself."

Kong Zi Yi smiled faintly, "Just relax and look forward to the good news."

If she could find two subjects to certify the effectiveness of her treatment, she’d be more than eager; previously she lacked an excuse and did not want to take lives recklessly. Now that she had a reason, even though she considered herself benevolent, she wouldn’t hesitate.

Ten days later, near the Black Water Marsh, a group of Loose Cultivators surrounded a black-backed Jiao in fierce combat.

The black-backed Jiao was a ferocious creature, belonging to the Jiao species, and every part of its body was valuable. Altogether, it was certainly worth over ten thousand Spirit Stones. These dozen or so Qi-Refining Cultivators had fought for a full half day before killing it.

They were exhausted from the fight and were about to collect the corpse of the black-backed Jiao when a white light flashed in the distance, as a cultivator riding a sword arrived, shouting, "Stop! Who allowed you to hunt the wild beasts of Nanli Island?"

Nanli Island wasn’t situated at sea but in the midst of Black Water Marsh; it was called an island because it was entirely surrounded by marsh.

The dozen Qi-Refining Loose Cultivators were already gasping for air, some even grievously injured. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t fear a single soaring cultivator, but now completely spent, they had no energy left to confront.

Someone plucked up the courage to speak, "We lured this Black-Backed Jiao with Thousand Day Drunk; it’s a masterless wild beast. Are you trying to seize it by force, senior?"

"How dare you!" the unearthly cultivator’s eyes bulged with anger, "I had no intention of punishing you, but since you insist on disrespecting a cultivator, blame yourselves if I show no mercy!"

Then, the two sides clashed violently. Although the unearthly cultivator was overwhelmingly strong, these Qi-Refining Cultivators were also desperately fighting for their lives. For a moment, he actually couldn’t subdue them.

However, this place was very close to Nanli Island, and before long, the fighting here drew attention, leading a large group of cultivators to arrive, including one unearthly cultivator and seven or eight in the Qi Refinement Realm.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t summon more people, but there was only this one Black-Backed Jiao. Too many helpers and it would be hard to divide the spoils.

With these reinforcements suddenly joining the fray, the situation changed dramatically. The loose cultivators were in grave danger; not only was the Black-Backed Jiao snatched away, but one of them was even carelessly cut in two.

Seeing the situation turn dire, the leading loose cultivator shouted, "Brothers, scatter and flee, we must inform Mountain Master Feng of this vengeance and seek recompense in blood!"

"Thinking of escaping?" An unearthly cultivator sneered coldly and swung down with his sword, aiming to cleave the man in two.

Just then, a white shield suddenly appeared in the air, firmly blocking that lethal strike.

Everyone looked in the direction of the shield, only to see a disheveled middle-aged man approaching. He spoke three words without expression, "Bullying the weak?"

The attacking cultivator in the Qi Refinement Realm knew this newcomer was a formidable foe, but with the fight escalating to this point, there was no turning back for him.

So he replied gravely, "Fellow daoist, you are overthinking it. This is Nanli Island’s affair; outsiders should stay clear!"

"How presumptuous!" The disheveled middle-aged man raised his hand, and a white light emitted, knocking the opponent to the ground, "Is that how the Nangong family’s little cat taught you to talk?"

"A real master?" The cultivators of Nanli Island were all stunned.

The disheveled middle-aged man turned his head towards the loose cultivator who nearly got killed and lifted his chin, "Tell me, what’s happening, and who is Mountain Master Feng?"

The loose cultivator cupped his hands in a respectful bow, "Honored to meet Master Busheng. I am Ji PingAn of Qiuchen Market, honored to share a surname with you. We came here to hunt a Black-Backed Jiao..."

In reality, all of this was nothing more than a ruse. Ji PingAn and his group didn’t even dream of killing the Black-Backed Jiao, but with support, the situation changed.

The Black-Backed Jiao loved wine, and they had acquired a large quantity of Spiritual Wine and Affectionate Resin-Parting. Most crucially, they had also prepared a bit of the dream-inducing Resin, luring the Black-Backed Jiao over this way—otherwise, searching for it in the expanse of hundreds of millions of miles in Black Water Marsh would’ve exhausted them to death.

Surrounding and killing the Black-Backed Jiao was no easy task; besides the fact that their attacks hardly broke its defense, even if they had changed to divine weapons and inflicted severe damage, could they really prevent it from escaping?

Preventing the Black-Backed Jiao from fleeing, of course, required specific preparations; otherwise, it would have run away long before.

All of these tactics were well calculated, and Ji PingAn and his people were willing participants, not out of blind loyalty to Feng Jun, but because they too deeply despised the Nangong family—this power intended to protect the Xue Family!

Then their spoil of war drew the covetous gaze of the Nanli Island forces, which was quite normal. Despite Nanli Island being situated at the center of Black Water Marsh, actually encountering a Black-Backed Jiao there still depended on considerable luck.

Even if one was found, whether or not the Black-Backed Jiao could be kept was still an issue.

Seeing a group of Qi-Refining loose cultivators having slain a Black-Backed Jiao, it’d be strange if they didn’t intervene.

Deep down, Ji Buseng was somewhat irritated—just directly attacking and killing the enemy would suffice; it’s always you loose cultivators who make things so complicated.

The cultivators from Tianxin Platform are forever so incorruptibly straightforward.

However, now, holding the moral high ground wasn’t too bad either.

The two participating cultivators from the unearthly realm were at the initial stage; he took them down without hesitation, then with a broad sweep of his sleeves enveloped everyone, heading straight for Nanli Island, "Little cat of Nangong has indeed gotten a bit too arrogant these past few years."

Nanli Island wasn’t just an island, but rather... an archipelago. In the center of Black Water Marsh, there was a rather prominent raised area approximately twenty thousand miles in circumference, which is Nanli Island’s main island, housing nearly a hundred thousand members of the Nangong family.

Surrounding the main island were several smaller ones inhabited by affiliated clans of the Nangong family, among which there were not a few Qi Refinement cultivators at the intermediate and high-ranks, guarding the Nangong family’s main island.

Master Busheng was extremely dominating in his actions, wrapping everyone with him and arriving directly above a large island. Not even landing, he stood mid-air and shouted with a voice as loud as thunder, "Is the Head of the Fu Family there? Show yourself and I will spare your entire family."