Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1253: Weakness Is Original Sin

Chapter 1253: Chapter 1253: Weakness Is Original Sin

The sophistry of Qi-Refining Practitioners has a saying within it.

If Feng Jun is a native of the Cultivation World, then there is no problem, but if he is from the Mortal Realm and accidentally entered the Cultivation World, then even if he has ascended, his affiliation might still be considered as from the Mortal Realm.

If one really wanted to make an issue out of it, they could still label him as a stowaway.

Of course, generally speaking, no one is willing to offend an ascended individual to death.

This Qi-Refining Practitioner is now also trying to absolve himself of guilt, so he brought up this non-standard rule to justify himself.

However, Kong Ziyi sneered, "Even if Fellow Daoist Feng truly comes from the Mortal Realm, do you have the right to be disrespectful?"

——Don’t try to talk nonsense with me, it was you who first failed to answer Feng Jun’s question.

The Qi-Refining Practitioner pondered for a moment, then sighed, "These three female cultivators got into a conflict at the market. When we arrived and inquired, we learned that they did not have identity tokens, so we sought them out."

Feng Jun’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as he asked in a deep voice, "What kind of conflict arose?"

However, at this point, the Qi-Refining Practitioner refused to respond, "Ascended one, I have already answered your question, please present your identity token."

At this moment, Kong Ziyi snorted, "No need to ask him for an identity token, these three women are my subordinates. Do you want to see my identity token?"

She knew Feng Jun’s identity token was handled at "Customs," and guessed that these three women probably didn’t have identity tokens, so she simply stepped forward to take responsibility for the matter.

The Qi-Refining Practitioner was stunned when he heard this. His mind was working well enough to ensure he could determine that this female cultivator was undoubtedly a native of the Cultivation World—otherwise, why would she dare to take over the matter?

After a moment of hesitation, he said, "But those three female cultivators... aren’t part of your influences."

"They originally acted for your benefit," Kong Ziyi snorted lightly, speaking expressionlessly, "If you regret it after seeing my identity token, it will be too late... do you want to see it?"

After some contemplation, the Qi-Refining Practitioner ultimately shook his head, "No, I was being presumptuous."

One influence was already giving him a headache, the other side had two, one ascended was enough to terrify him, and the other side had two...

So he decided the matter would end here.

However, at this time, the matter would not be settled just by his decision, as Kong Ziyi spoke up, "Stop, I want to know how the conflict started and where the other side of the conflict is."

The Qi-Refining Practitioner felt a bit troubled, but still answered in a deep voice, "They asked for a price but didn’t buy, and the seller wouldn’t let them leave, so they got into an argument."

At this point, Zhang Caixin couldn’t help herself, "I just wanted to ask, I didn’t have that many Spirit Stones."

Her Haozhou dialect was still a bit stiff, but her appearance was different from the average person, so having a bit of an accent wasn’t too noticeable.

Feng Jun immediately understood what was going on, his brows slightly furrowing, "The seller, did they come along?"

The cultivators of the market turned their heads in unison, and not far away, a slightly chubby eighth-layer Qi Refinement stood there.

Seeing Feng Jun come out, the slightly chubby one remained silent. In fact, when he saw the three women leading people in front of the influence, his heart sank slightly: he had been deceived.

Indeed, he had been deceived, if the other party had stated at that time that they wanted to go to an influence to get Spirit Stones, he would never have agreed.

Feng Jun gave him a deep look, summoned the three women, and set up a Spiritual Energy Shield as he asked in a deep voice, "What’s going on?"

What could be going on, other than that they were shopping, saw something interesting, and wanted to ask about its details and price?

However, the three women did not realize that for the past two days, with Feng Jun around, no one dared to take advantage of them, at most they would just inflate prices a bit, and if Feng Jun found it unreasonable, he would take them away.

And what he instilled in them was: in these places, don’t fall for bargains, many items are priced unreasonably high, but once you buy it, it’s hard to return, the rule is to buy with finality.

So what they thought was: we should be cautious when buying things, but there’s no harm in asking about price.

Everything was normal in the morning, but in the afternoon, they finally encountered trouble: this slightly chubby fellow was selling a "Life-Nourishing Stone"—soaking it in water to drink could prolong life.

Zhang Caixin and the others asked about the price and wondered about the stone’s health benefits. The seller said a fist-sized piece would cost two thousand Spirit Stones, and confidently stated, "If you don’t believe this is a Life-Nourishing Stone, we can have it appraised in the market."

When they went out shopping, Feng Jun had given them one hundred Spirit Stones, not more because for small purchases, one hundred Spirit Stones was enough, and having too much would be bad if they couldn’t control their spending and were targeted.

Zhang Caixin and the others didn’t intend to buy this stone, once they understood the price, they turned to leave.

However, the slightly chubby one was not happy, after asking for so long, you dare not to buy?

Many onlookers nearby could guess why the slightly chubby one was troubling the three women—low cultivation, many questions, and an impure accent. If he didn’t trouble them, who would he trouble?

Zhang Caixin and her friends were a bit surprised, this didn’t happen a couple of days ago, and they asked, why are you blocking me without reason?

The slightly chubby one said I was in the midst of a moment of enlightenment, and you interrupted it, now saying you’re not buying anything, are you looking for trouble?

Zhang Caixin wasn’t familiar with such disputes, but Sister Hong was, being a street-smart woman. She said, we don’t have many Spirit Stones on us, I’ll give you ten as a deposit first, okay?

She estimated that the opposite side wouldn’t agree, so she’d "reluctantly" take the chubby one back to collect money.

If they agreed, ten Spirit Stones at least buy some peace, and then they could see how Feng Jun would like to handle it.

However, the chubby one didn’t buy it and directly called the police — which actually meant calling the Fang Market’s administrators.

When the administrator arrived, seeing the cultivation levels of the three female cultivators were quite low, he said he wanted to check their identification cards — if they didn’t have particularly notable backgrounds, he would be reluctant to intervene.

Such an attitude might be somewhat irresponsible for his role as an administrator, but it’s not unusual in any realm.

Sister Hong had heard of identification cards. She simply said she left it at her residence, not mentioning she didn’t have one.

So they hurried over, the chubby one thought: even if you have a bit of background, I have the market administrator on my side, I’m definitely getting the better of this today.

Sister Hong was a seasoned player and instead of flaunting connections, simply said she was accompanied by family.

But upon arriving at the residence, the chubby one knew there was trouble and immediately sent out a paper crane for help, saying: One girl is quite unattractive, but her bloodline is somewhat unusual.

Feng Jun understood the situation and beckoned to the chubby one, "Take out your Life-Nourishing Stone, let me have a look."

The chubby one hesitated and replied, "The transaction has been settled, I’m here for the Spirit Stones now."

Zhang Caixin shouted, "No, we didn’t plan to buy anything!"

Feng Jun waved his hand dismissively, "You all head inside to retreat for now."

Then he looked at the chubby one, with a smirk on his face, "Kid, I told you to bring out your Life-Nourishing Stone, are you intending... to be disrespectful towards a superior?"

Just then, the high-rank practitioner from the market spoke up, "To this elder, I need to check your identification card, because I suspect these three female cultivators are your subordinates."

Feng Jun squinted his eyes, giving him a cold look, "There wasn’t originally an issue with you, are you sure you want to involve yourself?"

The high-rank practitioner hesitated briefly, then reluctantly replied, "I just want to verify illegal identities, it’s my duty..."

Feng Jun’s lips curled into a slight smile, just as he prepared to act, Kong Ziyi coughed lightly, "I already told you to check my identification card, now... open your eyes wide!"

She then raised her hand, revealing the disciple’s Imperial Token of the Taiqing Sect, then snorted coldly, "I said those three female cultivators are my subordinates, do you have any objections?"

"Tai... Taiqing disciple plate?" The high-rank practitioner’s face turned pale instantly. He thought Feng Jun didn’t have a proper background, so with a sense of righteousness, he dared to give him some trouble, but the Taiqing disciple’s background was completely legitimate.

Having such a token and being at the Intermediate Level of the Dust-Clean Realm, even if those three women were illegal immigrants, he wouldn’t dare to question further.

The chubby Qi-refining cultivator saw this and went pale too, silently retreating.

Feng Jun raised a hand, seized him directly, and slammed him heavily onto the ground, casually untying his Storage Bag.

"How dare you..." The high-rank Qi-refinement practitioner’s expression changed, about to say "How dare you act in the Fang Market," then forcibly swallowed his words.

Feng Jun handed the Storage Bag to Zhang Caixin at the entrance, "Take out the Life-Nourishing Stone he wanted to sell... truly a shameless brat, I asked nicely for you to take it out, but you chose to disrespect a superior and suffer for it..."

Xiao Caixin glanced inside the Storage Bag, taking out a stone the size of a fist, "Look, he said this is the Life-Nourishing Stone."

Feng Jun looked at it and laughed with anger. He had seen this stone a few times; its effect was somewhat like a Body Tempering Pill, but not as potent. Ground into powder and dissolved in water, it had some detoxifying and beauty-enhancing effects. Indeed, elderly folks could use it for health.

The price of such a large stone should be one-third or one-quarter of a Body Tempering Pill.

This thing could be bought with silver dollars; Feng Jun hadn’t bought it because he didn’t need it — his parents could endure the Body Tempering Pill, and he would treat Elder Yu and Elder Yuan with Body Tempering Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills to enhance the effects.

He couldn’t help but ask, "This thing... you’re asking for Spirit Stones, and still two thousand?"

Kong Ziyi had no idea what it was, "Feng Daoist, is this object very costly?"

Feng Jun thought for a moment but couldn’t recall the name, though someone nearby piped up, "Oh my, this is Green Grass Stone... it’s just a mortal stone, far inferior to the Body Tempering Pill."

Kong Ziyi’s face flushed slightly, she looked coldly at the high-rank practitioner, "Do you think it’s worth two thousand Spirit Stones?"

Just then, someone shouted from not far away, "Who dares to act in the Fang Market?"