Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1323: A New Hope

Chapter 1323: Chapter 1323: A New Hope

Xie Qingyun understood, but he did not immediately speak up, as doing so would be unbecoming for someone of his stature.

He merely cast a hopeful gaze towards Liu Fuyu—Hang in there, kid!

It turned out, Liu Fuyu dared to ask questions because he indeed had something in mind. After Feng Jun’s explanation, he respectfully replied, "Thank you, Master Feng, for clearing up my confusion. You’re saying I can use the thunder technique to temper my body, but it’s dangerous... am I correct in understanding that?"

Feng Jun got it too, raising his hand to slap his forehead, he said helplessly, "Kid, you’re looking to cause me trouble."

"No, I really don’t dare," Liu Fuyu responded with a smile plastered on his face, then added with a wry smile, "I just think, I can’t advance any further, so does the foundation even matter now?"

"Good," Xie Qingyun clapped his hands, "This... you’re Xiao Liu, right? Well done, making such a big decision, truly deserving of being a disciple of Kongxing Peak."

Feng Jun gave him a helpless look, "Friend Xie, let me tell you, this kind of request is akin to customization."

Nearby, Kong Ziyi also understood and quickly spoke up, "Friend Feng, the less killing, the better. You can follow the treatment and matching procedures."

The other two disappointed Qi Refining disciples heard this, their eyes brightened... Do we still have a chance?

Feng Jun thought about it, and what Kong Ziyi said was indeed correct. This truly isn’t a custom modification of the cultivation technique—though he could do that, it would undoubtedly consume a lot of his time.

So he nodded, "Alright, you make a good point. But you should be sure, it’s not that I want to harm you; if you choose to accept the match, you’re responsible for the consequences... Forget it, let’s sign a liability waiver first."

"No problem," Liu Fuyu nodded repeatedly, willing to pay any price just to keep cultivating, "If anything goes wrong, it’s my own fault, and has nothing to do with you, Master Feng... How many Spirit Stones do I need to give you?"

Feng Jun pointed a finger at him and sighed, "I really don’t want to let you off, kid. Do you know how much trouble you’re causing me?"

"Hehe," Liu Fuyu said with a grin, "Master Feng, your benevolent hands and heart, it’s a merit, it helps stabilize your Dao heart."

"Cut it out," Feng Jun stroked his chin, pondering, "Charging you less would feel unfair... the starting price is five thousand!"

Liu Fuyu flinched at those words, "Uh, I didn’t bring that much. I’m just a Qi Refining disciple and didn’t know the purpose of coming here. How about this..."

"Ahem," Xie Qingyun lightly coughed twice, "Why don’t you hurry up and thank Master Feng? I’ll cover the Spirit Stones for you."

Xie Qingyun was different from Tang Shixun; Tang Shixun was genuinely laid back and spent Spirit Stones as he pleased, while Xie Qingyun was reluctant to spend them casually after losing hope for progress in cultivation. Instead, he spent most of his time in the Cultivation Technique Pavilion, hoping to find a way to solve his own issues—though it was very unlikely, so unlikely that even Tang Shixun couldn’t be bothered.

In short, Xie Qingyun wasn’t lacking in Spirit Stones, and for Liu Fuyu’s question today, he felt it was worth sponsoring five thousand Spirit Stones—a disciple like this is a promising seedling, and as an uncle, he must encourage it.

After all, this was a question suited for a Qi Refining disciple to ask. Even if the moment rewound to earlier and he knew asking would yield an ideal answer, he still wouldn’t risk speaking out—for he ultimately had to maintain the dignity of Taiqing’s eighth level and couldn’t let himself be looked down upon.

So now, that five thousand Spirit Stones will serve as reputation support.

"Thank you, Master Feng, thank you, Uncle," Liu Fuyu grinned from ear to ear, continuously bowing in gratitude, "Thank you, Uncle Kong."

An Yuhong snorted coldly, pretending to be displeased, "Why don’t I hear you thanking Uncle An? Liu boy, you should realize, this path was paved by your Uncle An."

My last name is Liu, not Liu, Liu Fuyu thought with a smile on his face but sighed inwardly, having a low cultivation level means having no presence, "Thank you, Uncle An."

Li Zhishen also wanted to get a thank you, to join the excitement, but then reconsidered, realizing that he had already offended Feng Jun enough. If this Liu boy thanked him, things could fall apart, so he chose to stay silent.

Feng Jun had Liu Fuyu sit by the table, then waved his hand, and countless cultivation techniques came crashing down with a clatter; a rough look revealed at least three to five hundred of them.

In fact, these were just the physical cultivation technique manuals he had collected, there were even more electronic versions, but everyone knew electronic versions weren’t suitable for showing off.

Xie Qingyun understood Feng Jun’s matching technique talk, but seeing titles like "Yin Yang Harmony True Classic," he couldn’t help but twitch his mouth—what kind of cultivation technique are you even willing to bring out?

So he too took out seven cultivation technique manuals—three of which were thunder techniques that he specifically prepared when he knew the purpose of coming here, even unavailable in Taiqing’s cultivation technique pavilion.

The other four were from his personal collection; he usually didn’t spend Spirit Stones except when buying cultivation techniques—even though Taiqing’s cultivation technique pavilion didn’t have everything, he was able to borrow access to many cultivation techniques.

"These seven cultivation techniques, please also match them, Master Feng, to give Xiao Liu more options."

Feng Jun looked at the seven cultivation techniques and gave him a surprised glance, "Oh, you carry so many cultivation techniques with you?"

Xie Qingyun forced a smile, which was more of a wry smile, "I’m not someone who likes to concede either, so... I often ponder over them."

Feng Jun was initially taken aback, then nodded slightly, "Indeed, it’s not easy for anyone."

Lu Wanfeng couldn’t tolerate seeing them fussing around like this, so he walked over to Li Zhishen and quietly asked, "Senior Brother Li, is it only Thunder Techniques that can temper Gold... can’t Fire Techniques temper Gold?"

Fire overcoming Gold, isn’t that the right path?

Li Zhishen, hearing this, glared at him fiercely and wanted to scold him a few words, but... this guy is from Zixia Peak, and wind attribute cultivators are almost non-existent there, so it’s normal for him not to understand some things.

Although he is a Sword Cultivator, eighty percent of the cultivators on Kongxing Peak have a Wind Attribute, so they are quite clear about the issues with latent Fierce Wind Gold—even he, a Sword Cultivator, occasionally hears people lamenting "the gold is wasted," and he would grasp the relevant knowledge.

Therefore, Li Zhishen suppressed his discontent and softly replied, "There have been numerous experts throughout Kongxing Peak’s history, and they wouldn’t fail to see Fire overcoming Gold, but it doesn’t work. Gold and Fire are both within the Five Elements, with overcoming comes growth. The latent physique is the biggest problem. Thunder is not part of the Five Elements and can temper Gold, making it a better choice."

While they were chatting, Feng Jun had already started deducing. In fact, it’s not an easy task, much harder than matching something like the Fire Marrow Pill.

What’s difficult about Fire Marrow Pills? One is not enough, use two, two are not enough, use three. Once the program runs, the data of twenty people is available in a matter of minutes.

However, since there’s a program, deducing this isn’t particularly difficult, the challenging part is modifying the cultivation technique, which is really labor-intensive.

Feng Jun considered making a program in the future specifically for modifying cultivation techniques. However, while the program is easy to create, the database is the difficult part—you really need big data for that.

But trying to obtain big data from the Cultivation World, is no easy task, is it?

Still, Feng Jun’s deducing today went quite smoothly. After finishing the deductions, he selected a Thunder Technique for the other party, along with a supportive body refinement technique, and some common medications—following my instructions for cultivation and taking the medicine in sequence, there’s a seventy percent chance of reaching the Out of Dust stage.

Actually, what he deduced showed a ninety percent chance of reaching the Out of Dust stage, which was already very high.

But having interacted with people from the Daoist Sects in the Earth Realm for a long time, he was quite familiar with some of their methods.

Probability is purely for fooling people—for the adherents, regardless of how much the probability is, the outcome you ultimately encounter is a hundred percent.

So he planned to lower the probability a bit, so when the other party advances to the Out of Dust stage, they would definitely feel like "I’m so awesome, with such a low probability, I could achieve it through effort."

Feng Jun didn’t mind fostering the other party’s vanity, he just wanted to conduct an experiment, to understand how the natives of the mobile phone dimension handle their swelling vanity—aside from cultural differences, this behavior itself is also collecting data.

Moreover, although his deducing process today went smoothly, the subsequent cultivation procedure is somewhat complicated—with such a complicated operation, only a seventy percent chance to advance to the Out of Dust stage makes it necessary to consider whether it’s worth it.

However, Liu FuYu didn’t mind at all. When he heard that following Feng Jun’s arrangement, he had a seventy percent chance of advancing to the Out of Dust stage, he was about to explode with excitement, "Thank you, Master Feng, you’ve given me a second life..."

"Could you say something else," Feng Jun couldn’t stand this flattery, "I might as well have given you an early death."

"I’m willing," Liu FuYu, whose name has a "Fu" for "foolish," wasn’t foolish at all, "This Qingmu Divine Sky Scripture and the Copper Organ Iron Bowels Delight Technique are both your cultivation techniques, name your price, I’ll buy them."

He wasn’t short of money and never gave up hope of ascending, so how could he not save money?

Master Uncle Xie was willing to give him five thousand Spirit Stones, that was the master’s favor, which he accepted comfortably—he could slowly settle it internally when he got back, but now these two sets of cultivation techniques were offered by Feng Jun, so he had to buy them.

One must have insight—Boss Feng tossed out so many cultivation techniques with a bang, surely he expected something in return?

However... as mentioned earlier, Feng Jun’s intentions were quite clear, he simply waved his hand, "I don’t sell cultivation techniques, nor do I take on this kind of business, I’m just telling you the names of the cultivation techniques, go buy them yourself, don’t blame me if you buy the wrong one."

Liu FuYu was a bit dumbfounded, he didn’t understand this operation—I’m asking to buy cultivation techniques from you, and you won’t sell?

Simply put, cultivation techniques can be duplicated, and of course, along with duplication, there’s authenticity and falsity. The most reliable are Soul Imprint Techniques, which are basically impossible to fake, but where could ordinary people buy Soul Imprint Techniques?

Therefore, when buying cultivation techniques, transcriptions are common, for instance, a cultivator from Thunder Plain, his own Yang Thunder Scripture was fake, which is unavoidable.

However, most of the time, as long as the seller has a good reputation, the possibility of encountering fake cultivation techniques is very small.

So Liu FuYu felt he must insist a bit, "Master Feng, I’m not too confident in others’ cultivation techniques."