Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1283: Setting Up a Stall

The Yin spirits have been setting things up here for over eighty years. Because the Wen Family occupied this land and carried out massive construction, the terrain has changed quite a lot, so it’s normal for it to have trouble finding the location.

Feng Jun was observing the cultivation point for the Energy of Wooden Fiends, but the Yin spirit directly found the millennia-old Wooden Marrow Amber, and then made an accurate positioning.

This positioning is really somewhat difficult to swallow, but the good thing is: the secret vault is not in any particular room of the surrounding building, but on the empty land surrounded by the building.

Otherwise, Feng Jun would have to consider smashing through the walls of the house to enter and open the secret vault inside.

That would be truly a hellish difficulty; at least, Feng Jun would need to call in thirty or fifty Emergence Stage experts to forcefully attack the Wen Family to succeed.

Of course, if it were really that kind of situation, Feng Jun’s choice would certainly be to turn around and leave—how about switching to another quest?

If he splashed out Spirit Stones and widely invited friends, plus Kong Ziyi, he could probably gather thirty or fifty Emergence Stage experts, but the problem is that doing so would be too costly and uneconomical.

Moreover, operating like this in the Bewildering Soul Forest would easily cause him to be looked down upon by the Spirit Beasts—the Human Race really shouldn’t fight the Human Race.

Feng Jun finally made a judgment, "It seems we have to withdraw this time... Do you have any other treasure locations?"

"There’s another one at the inspection office of Wanfu Platform," the Yin spirit replied weakly, "If you’re willing to go, I can go with you. It’s not far from the Immortal-Slaying Stake."

"Are you out of your mind?" Feng Jun rolled his eyes, "If you want to go there, just go ahead, I definitely won’t accompany you. I’m especially curious, how did you think of building a secret vault there?"

"Because it’s easy to remember," the Yin spirit replied with a sentence that left Feng Jun speechless, smugly stating, "Something like the Immortal-Slaying Stake, which can cut down a Nascent Soul, is hard to move once set up... Aren’t you a bit impressed by my intelligence now?"

Feng Jun was silent for a long time before coughing dryly, "So uh, didn’t you think about the possibility that I might not even be able to get through the Mountain Protection Array?"

"How was I supposed to know something like this would happen?" The Yin spirit was also very frustrated, "But this secret vault can be opened at the Emergence Stage, and I really didn’t prepare many of such low-level secret vaults... How come you have such a cultivation level? You’re actually shameless enough to complain about me."

"Hold on," Feng Jun detected something off, "This should be a secret vault you prepared for yourself, actually, if you reach the Emergence Stage, you could go fetch it yourself, right?"

"That’s for sure," the Yin spirit responded very confidently, "I never thought of asking others for help, I just planned to handle these things myself, but now I don’t have a body... Do you think I’d really want others to know about such embarrassing and disappointing matters?"

Feng Jun pondered for a moment and tentatively spoke up, "So actually you are confident about slipping into the Mountain Protection Array of the Wanfu Platform?"

"Absolutely confident," the Yin spirit declared without hesitation, "Mortal, you really know nothing about power, my realm is very high, can the little tricks of Wanfu Platform stop me?"

After hesitating for a moment, Feng Jun spoke, "So actually... I can enter the surrounding building, right? Since I have you with me anyway."

"I also hope you can enter the surrounding building," the Yin spirit stated straightforwardly, "Technically speaking, there’s no problem with that at all. I can assure you won’t be discovered by others, you need to know, with my cultivation level back then... I supposedly shouldn’t be entering the Bewildering Soul Forest."

Feng Jun had actually been considering this issue all along; Golden Core cultivators cannot cross the boundary of the Bewildering Soul Forest, so he was slightly suspicious that the big boss could set up a secret vault there—could it be a Demon Beast?

However, he had always been too embarrassed to ask this question because, after all, there is a difference between humans and beasts, and he didn’t expect the other side to betray its own kind.

Of course, he also had hopes in his heart that the big boss might well be a Human Race—otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many cultivation techniques.

The development of humans and demons is different; one crucial point is that the Human Race has a lot of cultivation techniques and enforces strict restrictions on demon races.

In short, this question really itched him to ask, had been wanting to ask for a long time, but was always too shy to ask.

If asking it would ruin the foundation of cooperation, wouldn’t that be quite meaningless?

But at this point, he had no choice but to ask, "Then how did you get into the Bewildering Soul Forest?"

The big boss’s answer was always so breezy, it casually stated, "Just came in there, that’s all, very simple. Golden Core cultivators can’t enter, you just suppress your cultivation below the Golden Core level and you’re in... A restriction set by someone at the Emergence Stage, is it that hard to break?"

I don’t want to talk to you! Feng Jun’s mouth twitched a little, but eventually, he still asked, "So what you mean is, if we want to enter this Six Harmonies Unification Array... I mean, entering this array, is it free of any technical issue?"

"I really don’t want to say anything more about this formation," the Yin Spirit said with a look of disdain. Although it only existed in Feng Jun’s sea of consciousness and had no facial expressions to worry about, its tone was enough to let one imagine its expression.

"The formation materials are already bad, and the formation itself is even worse... This kind of formation is like a street at four in the morning, you can cross it however you want. Young man, I’m very curious, do you have some misunderstanding about the Emergence Stage?"

Feng Jun couldn’t stand this inexplicable sense of superiority. He had to interrupt the other’s show of superiority, "So, are we going to that perimeter building tonight?"

The Yin Spirit was silent for a while before speaking, "It’s impolite to interrupt others while they are speaking. Of course, I can take you there, but there’s also a Spirit Gathering Array of the Out Dust Period inside that perimeter building."

"A Spirit Gathering Array of the Out Dust Period..." Feng Jun was at a loss for words. The Wen Family had several out dust cultivators, so having a Spirit Gathering Array wasn’t unusual, but the key question was, "Is the Spirit Gathering Array open?"

"It’s open," the Yin Spirit replied. "Currently, only four out dust cultivators are cultivating. Their array shouldn’t be open all the time; they close it after a period of cultivation, otherwise, the cost would be too high."

The cost is not only the consumption of Spirit Stones; prolonged use of the Spirit Gathering Array would reduce its durability rather quickly.

What else could Feng Jun say? After thinking for a moment, he decided, "Forget it, let’s find something else to do."

When the Spirit Gathering Array is active, he certainly couldn’t enter the perimeter building; it would be too easy to get caught. But if he simply left, wouldn’t that be a wasted trip? However, to stay at the Wen Family Village without raising suspicion, he had to find some kind of work to do.

So Feng Jun wandered around with his mobile phone, occasionally swiping on it as if he was surveying the Earth Vein.

He initially thought Kong Ziyi might find it a bit boring, and he needed an excuse to keep her, but it turned out Kong Ziyi was also quite interested in the Energy of Wooden Fiends, and without him needing to say a word, she took a compass and wandered around, sometimes even pulling out divination sticks to calculate.

By evening, Feng Jun unleashed his presence, which even caught the attention of a mid-level out dust cultivator from the Wen Family.

He called Fang Wenping over to ask about it and upon learning that the other party was led by a Taiqing senior, lost interest in questioning further. He merely instructed Fang Wenping, "Keep a close eye on that Taiqing senior, and don’t let them get too reckless."

Fang Wenping nodded in agreement, although feeling a bit frustrated: in truth, he was more eager to uncover Feng Jun’s background.

Early the next day, Feng Jun changed his strategy. He set up a stall on an open space and made a banner similar to a summoning flag, standing it upright to sway with the wind — specializing in all kinds of difficult ailments.

The folks who lived all year round in the Bewildering Soul Forest rarely had a whole body. Not long after he set up his banner, a man and a woman, both of high-level Qi refinement, approached the stall.

No matter how unruly the cultivators here might be, they wouldn’t casually offend an out dust cultivator, particularly since Feng Jun was accompanied by an out dust cultivator, and they had boldly revealed their presence.

So the female cultivator respectfully asked, "Dare I ask, how is the diagnostic fee calculated, senior?"

"There is no fixed fee," Feng Jun replied lazily, squinting his eyes. "It depends on the specific situation. I am only responsible for diagnosing and prescribing. If any medicine is needed, you’ll have to buy it yourselves."

The female cultivator felt a bit surprised, "It depends on the situation... You don’t even provide the medicinal ingredients?"

Feng Jun wasn’t obligated to answer this question, but he obviously had his reasons for doing so, hence he answered solemnly, "I am not a professional physician; my strength lies more in calculations, so I don’t have much medicine."

The female cultivator’s mouth moved as if she wanted to continue speaking, but the male cultivator had already spoken up, "Please help diagnose my companion first, Senior. She has been coughing severely recently. Could it be a problem with her lung meridian?"

"No need to say more," Feng Jun picked up his mobile phone and started tapping away, "Wait until I ask you before speaking."

Since this time it was a face-to-face calculation, Feng Jun consciously controlled the time. During the process, he even lit a cigarette and asked Chen Junwei to brew a cup of tea.

After about twenty minutes, he finally set down his phone and spoke seriously, "Your lady companion’s ailment is not serious. I can give diagnostic advice for five Spirit Stones. However, your problem is more serious and requires thirty Spirit Stones."

"No way?" The male cultivator was first stunned, then he realized he was questioning an out dust cultivator, so he quickly apologized, "I’m not doubting you, sir. I’ve been with her for the past five years, and I know her condition very well."

Feng Jun shook his head and replied lightly, "You understand her condition, but you don’t understand her illness. These are two different concepts. Let me put it this way... speaking of physical condition, you both had some internal injuries about two months ago until you encountered the Ghost-faced Scorpion."

"Huh?" The male cultivator was taken aback, "You could deduce that we encountered a Ghost-faced Scorpion?"

Feng Jun looked at him as if he were an idiot, "If I couldn’t tell something as trivial as this, how dare I say I can do calculations? Moreover, I can also tell you, the scorpion venom of the Ghost-faced Scorpion is not as easy to treat as you think, so your problem is quite serious... do you still want to hear more?"