Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1126: Bai Li Anxious and Uneasy

Chapter 1126: Chapter 1126: Bai Li Anxious and Uneasy

Feng Jun did some calculations and felt the price was fair: one tael of Gold for one ton of grain, roughly speaking, the deal wasn’t far off. "There’s nothing wrong with this condition, right?"

The Talisman Bearer could only respond with a bitter smile, "The price is reasonable, but over at the Chaos Plane, they only recognize grain. With our current grain production, one tael of Gold might buy one ton of grain, but fifty thousand taels of Gold definitely won’t buy fifty thousand tons of grain."

In the era of small-scale farming, the price of food wouldn’t follow the price system of an industrial society. That went without saying.

Feng Jun let out a cold laugh. "Whose fault is that? He’s the one who wanted to take advantage and had ill intentions. Who else is to blame?"

The Talisman Bearer looked around and lowered his voice, "I’ve already mentioned this to Nangong Youjiu. He asked me to tell you to clear out your graphene stock, as the Nangong Family will no longer be involved in this business."

Feng Jun replied indifferently, "Passing the message is useless. I’d say the same even to the Huang Fu Family, or even if a Cultivator from the Chaos Plane showed up at my doorstep."

In fact, what he really wanted to mutter was that if the Nangong Family really intended to quit the graphene business after this deal, they could just give it to me. Even though I would not cooperate with anyone outside the Huang Fu Family, I would still take something that’s given for free.

It’s only fifty thousand tons of grain. If the Nangong Family really wanted to prepare that amount, it shouldn’t be a problem, should it?

Therefore, Feng Jun suspected that the Nangong Family was probably up to no good—they’d draw you in with small favors, then from the perspective of "it’s for your own good", they’d start taking little steps and eventually become insatiable... Haven’t they always operated this way?

He had no idea that aside from the seventy-plus tons of graphene on hand, the Nangong Family had also promised to consign nearly two hundred tons for someone else. Such a huge shortfall—let alone Nangong Youjiu, even the Nangong Ancestor might not be willing to fill it.

The Talisman Bearer was not very familiar with the entirety of the situation; he was just relaying a message from Nangong Youjiu. Seeing Feng Jun’s lack of interest, he didn’t dare to advise further, "Alright, I’ll pass the message to Youjiu."

Feng Jun lost interest in this topic and instead was curious about something else, "You two participating in the experiment is one thing, but why is that Yang also involved? He seems hell-bent on seeking death... You didn’t pressure him into it, did you?"

"That’s not the case," the Talisman Bearer shook his head and smiled as he replied, "He wishes to move his family into the Black Water Marsh, but aside from him, the Yang Family only has one disabled elder, and his own lifespan is not long. Once he dies, it’s even less likely for the Yang Family to move into Nanli Island."

Feng Jun immediately understood; the elder from the Yang Family was facing a crisis of familial survival. Once he died, the only disabled elder in the clan could not shoulder such responsibility, so the Yang Family wanted to rely on the Nangong Family to avoid such a crisis.

But the Nangong Family was not running a charity. They much preferred to have stronger clans depend on them. Those weaker clans couldn’t bring much benefit to the Nangong Family and would instead add to their burden.

Upon hearing this explanation, Feng Jun finally grasped why that elder from the Yang Family had such an attitude.

But he was still puzzled, "He doesn’t look like someone doomed to die young, so why is he making arrangements for his aftermath now?"

"He has experienced a great war before and overdrawn his life," the Talisman Bearer was clear about this person’s situation, "He has been begging the Ancestor for thirty years. The Ancestor’s stance has always been that as long as the Yang Family produces another elder, they can enter the Black Water Marsh..."

"Alas, the Yang Family has not produced a third transcendent elder, so on this occasion... it just happened to be timely for them."

Feng Jun chuckled, then shook his head after a long while, "I would never have expected it; he truly is someone seeking death."

Realizing his compassion, the Talisman Bearer seized the opportunity to ask, "Could Mountain Master Feng perhaps explain a bit about the experiment?"

Feng Jun glanced at him and walked away without saying a word.

Two days later, Huang Fu Flawless found Feng Jun, "Nangong Youjiu has a total of two hundred and sixty tons of graphene over there, and he is willing to trade for three hundred thousand tons of grain to complete the deal in one go. What do you think, should I agree to it?"

Two hundred and sixty tons... Based on previous trade ratios, Feng Jun would need to put up five hundred and twenty thousand tons of grain. The current offer from the Nangong Family was already a loss for them. Of course, whether it was truly a loss, no one could say for certain.

After some thought, Feng Jun replied, "Do as you see fit. If you can take it, I’m willing to pay with five hundred thousand tons of grain."

"There’s no need," Huang Fu Flawless replied with a smile, waving his hand dismissively, "I’ve already said that I won’t profit from the difference... In fact, Nangong Youjiu really wants to mend relations with you. His Ancestor gave him a scolding and ordered him to improve relations with Mount Zhige."

"Then it’s really thanks to Master Busheng’s intervention," Feng Jun exclaimed, having made up his mind to earnestly help Kong Ziyi with her treatment. Even if it was impossible to completely cure her, he would strive to achieve the best possible outcome.

Huang Fu Flawless replied with a smile, "So you see, Nangong Youjiu is not yielding to me, but to you. How could I take advantage of the situation? However, if you indeed have surplus grain, you can credit me two hundred thousand tons... I’ll continue to pursue the graphene business."

Feng Jun nodded, "That can be considered, but what troubles me now is having three Intermediate-Level transcendent cultivators nearby doing nothing—it doesn’t seem appropriate."

Huang Fu Flawless’s eyes twinkled, "You could have them run errands and deliver goods. Anyway, they are at your disposal for the next three to six months. At worst, just compensate them with a few Spirit Stones."

Feng Jun thought it was a good idea, as those three, worried about possible "death rates", might work diligently to cooperate.

Indeed, it turned out that Nangong Youjiu and Master Busheng didn’t mind helping with the transportation of goods at all.

It’s just that Master Yang was somewhat resistant to the idea, but as soon as he heard it was a paid service, he immediately expressed support. His reasoning was simple, "Although it’s not much Spirit Stone, earning a bit is still something, I’ve got to leave something for the family."

They were responsible not only for transportation in the Mortal Realm but also for the escort through certain areas of the Cultivation World.

The influence of Ji PingAn’s gang swelled in an instant.

Due to the Black Jiao incident, they received a hefty compensation, and most of them chose to reinvest the compensation into their capital, ballooning their capital to nearly one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

With a hefty sum of Spirit Stones in hand, they could buy anything they wanted—except for communication equipment which was strictly regulated, they even began to market the concept of radios to the Xianxia.

However, the first ones in the Cultivation World to take note of radios were not Ji PingAn’s gang but the female cultivators of the Crimson Pheonix Sect.

Whether it’s due to gender differences or some other reason, female cultivators naturally seem to enjoy listening to radios more than male cultivators, especially those melodramatic love stories or imperial harem secrets filled with love at first sight entwined with family grudges.

The Crimson Pheonix Sect had two Qi Refinement Realm disciples stationed here who were on good terms with Mount Zhige. Since they hadn’t reached the Detachment Realm, they could enter and leave Mount Zhige freely and would occasionally go there to use the Spirit Gathering Array.

The two Qi-Refining Disciples didn’t dare to ask Feng Jun directly whether the broadcasting station was for sale, so they sought out Liang Zhongyu instead.

As soon as Liang Zhongyu heard about it, he thought it was a great business opportunity and hurried to inquire with Feng Jun.

Feng Jun had long had this idea in mind, and he said, "First, go and promote it, let everyone experience how great this thing is. As for samples... I’ll send a set to Pan Jinxiang’s family first—it’s good to have a role model."

Feng Jun hadn’t had much contact with Pan Jinxiang, but the Spirit Dust Gathering Array of High-Rank used in Mount Zhige was an item from the Pan Family. Pan Renjie had lost a bet to him, allowing him to use it for ten years, and he had been using it very frequently lately.

If anyone should be thanked, it should be Pan Renjie. However, when the broadcasting station is starting to make an impact, it needs a pilot area, and Pan Renjie, being a mere ordinary disciple at Wuyou Platform, wouldn’t find much use in the broadcasting station.

It’s the Pan Family from Guanquan Valley that really matters; the clan holds significant influence, surrounded by several smaller clans with good relationships. Setting up a broadcasting station there should have an effect.

Since Pan Renjie had left the Pan Family to become a disciple in Wuyou Valley, it was obviously not appropriate for him to continue contacting the Pan Family, so Feng Jun simply let Liang Zhongyu and Ji PingAn’s group handle this matter.

He believed that once the broadcasting station entered the market, it would become another profit growth point for this group of Loose Cultivators.

Of course, some broadcasting stations couldn’t be sold by them, such as those at the Crimson Pheonix Sect.

Feng Jun proactively sought out the disciples of the Crimson Pheonix Sect, saying he could sell the broadcasting stations, but that this was something they couldn’t decide on their own, so please send Bai Luan over—or any other Upper-Class Cultivator would do, because Qi Refining Realm disciples really can’t make that decision.

No sooner had he given this instruction than Bai Li, an Upper-Class Cultivator of the Yinsha Sect, came back, this time with a much more polite attitude.

He couldn’t be anything but polite; the recent incident of Master Busheng going to Nanli Island had already spread. Master Busheng himself took action, even collapsing a mountain peak—in the Cultivation World, this was absolutely major news.

Bai Li had not received complete information, but all he needed to know was that Master Busheng challenged the Nangong Family to stand up for Feng Jun, and that was enough.

The Yinsha Sect didn’t necessarily fear the Heavenly Heart Platform, but Bai Li wasn’t considered a particularly outstanding disciple within the Yinsha Sect, after all.

Moreover, he came this time with the Yinsha Sect’s latest directive: If they can’t buy air conditioning and refrigerators with Gold, then they’ll use Spirit Stones, one Spirit Stone per set.

The Yinsha Sect made this decision not only because their Gold reserves were indeed not that abundant, but also because the pressure from all sides within the sect had become just too great.

In the past, when no one used air conditioning or refrigerators, it didn’t seem like a big deal, but this year the summer heat started early. The sect bought back fifty thousand sets of air conditioners and refrigerators—not fifty sets, not five hundred, but fifty thousand sets.

Practically every disciple could feel the benefits up close, and as a result, the disciples were up in arms, demanding when their turn for this welfare would come.

There were even disciples who declared that if the sect wouldn’t distribute them, they would purchase them with their own Spirit Stones.

The Yinsha Sect didn’t want its disciples to spend Spirit Stones on air conditioners—why buy individually when you can negotiate as a group?

Some disciples had already bought them, but ended up spending six or seven, or even ten Spirit Stones, showing indeed that the bargaining power as individuals was not optimal.