Chapter 1730: Chapter 1732: Eye-Catching Heavenly Demon
Zou Bufan was used to Feng Jun avoiding answering, so he wasn’t angry, but he still refused to back down.
He cupped his hands once more, "This matter is very important to me. I hope Mountain Master Feng will give me some face. I will surely repay you in the future."
"I’m just curious," Feng Jun couldn’t hold back his short temper, "everyone wants me to give face, but don’t I need face too? Do you think you can just open your mouth and ask whatever you want and that I owe you all these answers?"
With that, he patted the Spirit Beast Bag at his waist and said irritably, "You’re actually asking what kind of Heavenly Demon I’ve captured... Is that something you can casually ask? Put yourself in my shoes. If you had a Heavenly Demon, could I just ask you about it?"
Zou Bufan was red-faced, but when he heard the last sentence, his eyes lit up and he answered without hesitation, "Of course, you can ask whatever you want. My family has a Heavenly Demon, the Sorrowful Devil."
"Sorrowful Devil," Master Shanqing snorted disdainfully, "Is that supposed to be a Heavenly Demon? Ha, you really have the nerve to say that."
"What’s there to be embarrassed about saying?" Zou Bufan rolled his eyes and replied with confidence, "Do you know how many people have begged to borrow that Heavenly Demon from my family to train?"
Feng Jun waved his hand and bluntly stated, "The Heavenly Demon I have is being kept for someone else. I neither lend nor sell it, so there’s no need for you to ask."
Zou Bufan was taken aback, finally shaking his head and sighing, "Mountain Master Feng still holds a grudge against the secret realm clans."
"Ha," Feng Jun chuckled indifferently, "Since Master Bufan knows about the Dantai family, you naturally understand where my dissatisfaction comes from. There’s no grudge... If twenty-plus Golden Cores appeared at your front door in the middle of the night, would you feel good?"
Most of the Four Sects and Wutai knew a little about this matter, but it was chilling to others when they heard it. Master Motong couldn’t help but mutter, "Wow, more than twenty Gold Cores... They weren’t there for dinner, were they?"
Zou Bufan immediately closed his mouth. However, after holding back for a moment, he couldn’t help but say, "But you were compensated with tens of thousands of mid-grade Spirit Stones, and... my family is different from the Dantai family."
Upon hearing this, Master Shanqing couldn’t help but grin, "Were there really more than twenty Masters?"
She was asking Master Lingyun, but even he didn’t know the specifics. Ultimately, it was Ji Buseng who nodded, "There really were."
Master Wenji remembered what he was supposed to do, glaring at Elder Lu, "Hand over the head!"
"Why should I? I snatched it with my own skills," Elder Lu replied dismissively, "Besides, even if the heart of a Demon Cultivator is pierced, they don’t die immediately. Otherwise, why would Mountain Master Feng bring out the Heavenly Demon?"
Master Wenji was finally at a loss for words. Then he turned his head and saw Master Zhaoxi’s corpse, his eyes lit up, "That..."
Before he could finish speaking, Master Shanqing’s large sword had already come down, directly chopping off the head and bringing it back.
She smiled triumphantly, "It’s mine!"
She didn’t even think about taking the Storage Bag—clearly, that wasn’t something she could get her hands on.
Feng Jun could only shake his head with a wry smile, "Heads from the Loose Cultivator Alliance... don’t count. We are here to deal with the Hunting Alliance."
He aimed to avoid broadening the scope of the conflict, but he didn’t realize that many Golden Cores from the Loose Cultivator Alliance were secretly relieved—it was terrifying how they were scrambling for the heads.
Master Chang also let out a sigh of relief, stepping forward and cupping his hands to Feng Jun, "Thank you, Mountain Master Feng, for exposing the Demon Cultivation. My Chang family will never forget this great kindness, but unfortunately, we couldn’t save your senior brother last time. We feel truly ashamed..."
Bringing out Master Lan He’s situation might not necessarily be credited to Feng Jun because Master Wenji had known even earlier and had already delivered the heart-piercing sword. But Master Chang wasn’t planning on thanking him—he was already restraining himself by not demanding an explanation from him.
—Knowing about the Demon Cultivator’s existence long ago but choosing not to expose it, how could there be such insufferable cultivators under the heavens?
Of course, Master Chang could also understand that Master Wenji was plotting on behalf of the Taiqing. He understood the logic very well, but understanding and acceptance are two different matters, and he certainly wasn’t going to thank Master Wenji for it.
"Forget it," Feng Jun said with a wave of his hand, sounding disinterested. "My senior brother was just unlucky, and reportedly, your warship took good care of him... The deceased are gone, and there’s no point in talking further."
The matters that followed were pretty straightforward, merely dealing with the aftermath. Unfortunately, the Hunting Alliance couldn’t even elect a new leader now, although the current Master Su was still nominally part of the Alliance.
Thus, after discussions among Master Dameng and other Golden Cores, it was decided that Master Furious Sage would temporarily manage the Alliance’s affairs. However, given his somewhat inadequate cultivation level, they planned to look for a newcomer for the Hunting Alliance.
He even invited Master Chang on the spot, but the latter politely declined, saying something like his heart is in the clan, and since the great revenge was already avenged, he would rather focus on nurturing his clan members. When time permits, going to the Endless Sea for some hunting would suffice.
As for the warship that Feng Jun secured, it was generally agreed that it didn’t need to be returned. If the ship’s owner had any objections, the Hunting Alliance would resolve them.
In short, the result of this battle was that Master Banshan was forced to leave the Hunting Alliance, and Zou Bufan also received a warning not to have any further contact with the Loose Cultivator Alliance—or even any close contact with any Loose Cultivator forces.
This warning is not a joke; among the Wutai, there are two platforms... no, three platforms endorsing it. It doesn’t matter if it’s his family; if he violates it, Wutai can issue a Wutai Kill Order against him, and if his clan dares to assist him, it could escalate to a Clan Annihilation Order.
Master Banshan was also somewhat disheartened, declaring his intention to chase after Liu Laoda within the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
The few remaining members of the Ban Family live near the headquarters of the Hunting Alliance, so anyone seeking revenge would have to reconsider.
After a great battle, the tense atmosphere around the Endless Sea greatly eased, although some individuals took advantage of this vacuum period to create some chaos through burning, killing, and looting. Still, the main force of the Ten Directions Platform quickly imposed bloody suppression.
As long as suppression is timely, small disturbances can be quickly quelled. Those who see the determination of the Ten Directions Platform will quickly become restrained, being more obedient than when facing the Hunting Alliance.
The Ten Directions Platform is establishing order here, and upon hearing this, other forces of the Four Sects and Five Platforms started sending people over.
Previously, Endless Sea was under the management of the Hunting Alliance, and these forces did not pay much attention to it. But with the change to the Ten Directions Platform, it’s not viable—the resources here might not be abundant and are quite dangerous, but allowing the Ten Directions Platform to monopolize it could easily affect the balance of power.
The Golden Core Masters from Wanfu Platform were the first to arrive—after all, there’s a Spirit Stone Mine nearby, followed by Yinsha Sect...
Finally, even the Crimson Phoenix Sect sent people; in fact, the resources of Endless Sea are of little help to Crimson Phoenix—water subdues fire!
Nonetheless, Crimson Phoenix still sent a delegation, headed by a very unpopular Elder. Fortunately, the Elder was unpopular within the sect and even more unpopular outside of it.
Ding Xin, an experienced Golden Core Master of the Yinsha Sect, mocked her, saying, "Does Crimson Phoenix coming to Endless Sea serve any purpose?"
The Elder retorted with a single phrase, "All Kun Cultivators love seafood, didn’t you know? You old bachelor!"
Unlike what matters to them, Master Luoshi of the Qinggang Sect came and immediately started inquiring about Feng Jun’s whereabouts—Feng Yishu has been feeling increasingly uneasy about forming a Nascent Soul lately, and the Steward Broken Blade Master hopes to invite him to perform another deduction.
The Steward Broken Blade doesn’t want to go to White Pebble Beach again because Yue Qing is there. Although he doesn’t necessarily think Yue Qing will cause trouble, there’s at least a sense of disharmony, and many cultivators are quite idealistic.
Master Luoshi has also vaguely heard of the feud between Yue Qing and Feng Yishu, and he doesn’t favor either person.
On one hand, he’s not particularly fond of cultivators from other realms; on the other hand, he’s somewhat fed up with Yue Qing’s dawdling—if you can find the reason, then find it; if not, just forget it. What’s the point of going on and on all day?
However, it’s precisely because of this attitude that he approaches the matter relatively impartially.
After arriving, Master Luoshi searched everywhere for Feng Jun’s whereabouts but couldn’t find him—instead, those who knew weren’t willing to tell him. The Ten Directions Platform’s Elder of Discipline stated, "How can we casually reveal his whereabouts? You should ask someone else."
Finally, after having a moment of inspiration, he went to Tiantong to inquire and learned that Feng Jun had gone out to sea alone.
Tianxin Platform and Pine Cypress Peak have already agreed with Feng Jun to develop Netherworld Island. Jin Dadao remained to manage various formalities, while the rest boarded the warship to fly directly toward the Netherworld Mist.
Feng Jun didn’t want to spend any more time traveling, so he declared that he had a "Single-Use Long-Distance Transmission Array Plate" and intended to go alone, advising the others to follow slowly behind.
Yan Yuxi and Ji Buseng both knew that he planned to use "Space Supernatural Power." However, this secret is truly Feng Jun’s life-saving trump card, and it’s enough for them to know individually—even telling family members would risk "betraying a friend."
So Ji Buseng and Master Lingyun took the Tianxin Platform disciples aboard the warship, and Yan Yuxi, not having seen her family for a long time, was willing to spend a few extra days on the warship—even Aunt Qiu, whose injuries had improved, boarded the ship.
They all left, and among the remaining others, not only didn’t they know Feng Jun’s whereabouts, even if a few limited individuals did know, it wasn’t possible for them to reveal it, right?
When Feng Jun returned to Netherworld Island, he shockingly found that an additional Golden Core Master had arrived on the island. It turned out the missing Master from Ten Directions Platform had been found—not only was he not dead, but he had also brought back an elite Ascended Master and a Qi Refining Disciple.
However, unfortunately, although Feng Jun had left, he had left Xiao Bai and the Phantom Devil to accompany the Big Boss.
Thus, when Feng Jun encountered them, the three looked as disheveled as their cultivation rank. The Golden Core Master had all four limbs broken, while the Ascended Master only had his right arm intact, both having their cultivation sealed, and their Storage Bags taken.
On the other hand, the Qi Refining Disciple was not beaten, although his Storage Bag was taken. Xiao Bai left him a Storage Talisman containing daily necessities.
However, this Qi Refining Disciple was already severely injured and poisoned in the Endless Sea, so he had no choice but to simultaneously heal, detoxify, and attend to the two elder cultivators.
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