Chapter 1735: Chapter 1737: First Come, First Served (Bonus Chapter Celebrating Gourd Child Patron)
When Aunt Qiu saw Feng Jun’s healing plan, she was utterly dumbfounded. Some of the modifications she could understand the subtlety of, but there were many more changes... she didn’t know why they were made that way!
So she decisively put down her pride and sought out Feng Jun for guidance.
However, Feng Jun’s answer was quite speechless: I don’t know why it was changed this way, but the deduction result is just like that.
That’s right, he admitted that he wasn’t a healing master, but he was good at deduction — this should be his correct persona!
There’s no need to mention how regretful Aunt Qiu was. Feng Jun, following the tracks, went directly to Linhai Square Market.
The transmission array over in Linhai had already been approved. The Hunting Alliance had just been beaten down, and Ten Directions Platform, Heavenly Heart Platform, and Pine Cypress Peak were at their peak. How dare the managers of Linhai Square Market offend Jin Dadao?
The paperwork was approved, and the location was chosen. While the disciples of Pine Cypress Peak were setting up the transmission array, Feng Jun arrived.
The transmission array was set up quickly; the key was the high requirements for the surrounding transmission environment to prevent accidents.
The Yan Family descendants had already set up the transmission array and were building various defensive and detection formations, along with related equipment and facilities.
Feng Jun took a look. The corresponding coordinates of the transmission array could actually be activated, but since the transmission array on the other side was not completed, activating the synchronization wouldn’t be meaningful.
So, he didn’t wait any longer, left the square market directly, and returned to White Pebble Beach through the tracks.
Not long after he disappeared, a figure chased after him. It was a female cultivator in the Golden Core stage.
The one who came was none other than the grand elder of the Crimson Phoenix Sect. Upon hearing of Feng Jun’s appearance, she hurriedly chased after him, but she was a step too late. Sensing all around but unable to find the earlier aura, she couldn’t help but stomp her foot, "That little thief runs fast."
She only dared to say this behind his back. Currently, Feng Jun was at his peak in the Kunhao Plane. The grand elder didn’t have a good temper and wasn’t afraid of authority challenges, but she also wouldn’t stupidly offend those exceptionally strong ones.
"Which little thief is the grand elder talking about?" A figure appeared not far away, none other than Master Luoshi of the Qinggang Sect. He asked with a smile, "Shall my Qinggang Sect help in the capture?"
The grand elder rolled her eyes at him, turned around, and left, not forgetting to say, "Mind your own business!"
Master Luoshi watched her figure leave, and slightly frowned, "Even the Crimson Phoenix can’t figure out Feng Jun’s whereabouts?"
Two days later, news of Feng Jun returning to White Pebble Beach came over, but this didn’t cause any suspicion, as the land here was different from the Endless Sea, which had transmission arrays!
It was normal for Feng Jun not to use the square market’s transmission array to return. The square market’s transmission array required inspection. However, the land had numerous transmission arrays and transfer matrix plates, some public, some not, and no one knew them all.
When Feng Jun returned to White Pebble Beach, the real people who were previously there were still there. Everyone was building White Pebble Beach, along with two more forces from Heavenly Heart Platform and Ten Directions Platform.
Previously, there was only Ji Buseng at Tianxin Platform here. Taiqing and Crimson Phoenix were building Bieyuan, and later Qinggang also started building. But Ji Buseng was just one person, so he found Du Wentian to help build a small courtyard.
Master Busheng was used to accommodating, and the courtyard wasn’t exactly small; five or six rooms were enough to live in.
But this time, Tianxin Platform brought over thirty people, and it was nowhere near enough space.
They planned to expand the courtyard, but were blocked by Du Wentian and his men, saying that White Pebble Beach was Mountain Master Feng’s place. While we welcome you to stay here, wouldn’t it be better to wait for Mountain Master Feng to return before starting the construction of residences?
For another loose cultivator, daring to speak to the Heavenly Heart Platform disciples this way would be asking for consequence, but how to treat Feng Jun’s people, the Heavenly Heart Platform disciples had long been officially warned: be polite!
So, although they knew this guy was hired by the local clan and felt a bit resentful, they still indicated: This place was originally given to Master Busheng by Mountain Master Feng, and we also came by following Master Busheng’s instructions.
Soon, the cultivators of Taiqing and Crimson Phoenix came over, saying you should wait a bit longer, as Feng Jun is expected to return soon.
In fact, at the beginning of Feng Jun’s disappearance, White Pebble Beach was far from being as calm as it is now. Everyone was enquiring about Feng Jun’s whereabouts, and Qu Jianlei even regretted so much that he wanted to bang his head against the wall and moved permanently to Mingsha Fang Market to seek news of Feng Jun.
When news of Feng Jun’s appearance came, many real people directly chased after, but no matter what, they couldn’t keep up with Feng Jun’s pace.
At White Pebble Beach here, the people waiting for deductions grew in number and in impatience, and although the disciples of Taiqing and Crimson Phoenix were trying to calm things down, and even Yue Qing showed up occasionally, the atmosphere grew more tense by the day.
Later, there were even cultivators from other planes showing up here, also seeking Feng Jun for deductions.
Xia Nichang and Master Guyue, who had gone out to look for Feng Jun, heard the news and had to rush back. Later, Qu Jianlei also returned, as everyone realized—it was difficult to catch up with Feng Jun outside, so it was better to maintain order at White Pebble Beach.
When Feng Jun returned, the order at White Pebble Beach was still decent. The disciples of Tianxin Platform and Ten Directions Platform were building houses diligently—these houses had no foundations, and if they could get Feng Jun’s approval, they could move in directly.
Feng Jun still held some grudges against Ten Directions Platform. Just considering the resentment of that last Golden Core who returned, he knew it would take a long path to resolve the enmity with Ten Directions Platform, so he straightforwardly rejected their application to build a Bieyuan.
However, he did not obstruct the construction of a Bieyuan outside his territory, and considering that Tiantong’s Bieyuan was set at the border, he suggested Ten Directions Platform set theirs outside Tiantong Bieyuan.
This suggestion essentially amounted to an explicit announcement that he did not trust Ten Directions Platform and intended to monitor and restrain through Tiantong.
The disciples of Ten Directions Platform felt very frustrated by this behavior, but...what could frustration achieve? In the end, they had to obediently accept it.
In the following days, he focused on deducing for people; he had some debts from his absence that needed settling.
Feng Jun naturally prioritized deductions for the three major factions and Tiantong, as for the Loose Cultivators...well, to those he knew first, and Combat Cultivators also took precedence.
For three consecutive days, there was no chance for the general public, and on the fourth day, Huang Fu Wu Xia brought in a group of people again.
The waiting people couldn’t take it anymore, and an Initial Golden Core forcibly pushed through the blockage, step by step walked over to the outside of the courtyard, and shouted, "Mountain Master Feng, shouldn’t we talk about the rule of first come, first served?"
Feng Jun was doing deductions in the Bieyuan and heard this shout, but he paid it no mind until a while later when Nie Chifeng walked over quietly, "Mountain Master Feng, that person outside is from the Heiyan Plane, which is a Nascent Soul Plane."
"I don’t care which plane he’s from," Feng Jun shook his head, "this is my territory. While the rule of first come, first served is valid, my rules are the biggest. If he hasn’t reached his turn, let him wait."
Nie Chifeng nodded and left; the last couple of days she was finally able to cultivate the Chaos Kan-Li Secret Technique again, becoming more loyal to Feng Jun. The cultivator from the Heiyan Plane indeed wasn’t easy to provoke, but...so what?
It wasn’t until the fifth day that Feng Jun began deducing for those with no particular connection, and the Golden Core from Heiyan Plane was still relatively ahead in the ranking. However, the request this person made was, surprisingly, a deduction on a flying Demon Beast—Jiao Peng.
"Humans first, Demon Beasts after," Feng Jun stated without hesitation, "call up the people in the back first."
"Why?" The Initial Golden Core glared at him, "Demon Beasts are more trustworthy than humans; I followed your rules, why are you letting others cut in line?"
Feng Jun was most annoyed by such words. He admitted some people certainly were scum, worse than beasts, and some Demon Beasts were indeed friendly and loyal to humans, but humans are humans, and beasts are beasts. If you think Demon Beasts are good, why do you mingle amongst humans?
Wouldn’t it be better to join the Demon Beasts?
You’re cursing the Human Race while mixing with them; isn’t there something wrong with you?
So he straightforwardly declared, "When human priority trumps Demon Beast’s turn, that’s not cutting in line. The Human Race’s priority is higher than any other race... Additionally, this is my territory, whomever I let cut in line, they can cut in line."
The Initial Golden Core was about to argue, but Qu Jianlei and Master Sumiao already gave him a cold glare—ever since Feng Jun was kidnapped once, his Bieyuan now had double Golden Core guards.
The Initial Golden Core had been here for a while and knew all too well what a perilous place White Pebble Beach was. He dared to complain but truly didn’t dare to fall out with them, thus silently withdrew when he saw this.
Originally, Feng Jun planned to wait another day before deducing the Demon Beast for this fellow, but that afternoon he learned that Huang Fu Wu Xia brought people not for deductions, but to buy "Fossilized Insect Corpses."
Days ago when Feng Jun disappeared, Huang Fu Wu Xia happened to be installing a batch of communication devices, urgently needing generators. Forced to rush work at Thunder’s Origin, they managed to replicate fifty units.
Anyway, in Kunhao Plane, copying such things was debatable; the key is to see whether the one being copied is influential.
Three years ago, someone wanted to copy Feng Jun’s stuff, and they could’ve with no fuss. Even though Thunder’s Origin agreed not to sell out, if they genuinely wished to clone, Feng Jun couldn’t have stopped them.
But with the current Feng Jun, who dared replicate his things now? Huang Fu Wu Xia nearly wore out her lips persuading Thunder’s Origin to agree to fifty units and promised to explain it to White Pebble Beach.
She came this time to purchase Fossilized Insect Corpses mainly to explain this incident, yet truth be told, while this plane lacks crude oil, the quality comparable to White Pebble Beach’s is rare.
When Feng Jun heard of the matter, he told her to speak later, mentioning he still had others to deduce for.
In truth, he wished to calm down a bit and analyze the subsequent development of this matter.
(First post in the Year of the Rat, celebrating Tiger-Pelt Gourd Baby, Feng Xiao wishes everyone a happy new year, all the best, sincerely delivering an extra post, asking for some remaining votes)
