Chapter 2245: Chapter 2247: A Gentleman Loves Wealth
"Of course it’s meaningful!" the Guardian answered decisively, "Do you know what the liver represents?"
"Of course I know that," Feng Jun felt a bit amused, you can’t expect to stump me with this, right? "The liver stores blood, the spleen controls blood."
"Exactly," the Guardian truly didn’t intend to make it difficult for him, "The liver stores blood, a lifeless desert must store vitality inside. Now we store spirit energy, the effect will only be better... any objections?"
Feng Jun thought carefully, then replied, "Yes! Although I also want to transform the desert, if we modify it this way, an oasis will soon emerge in the desert. Won’t it be a bit rushed?"
"It will be a bit rushed," the Guardian replied without thinking, "but life energy is also nurtured bit by bit. It won’t be too obvious. First, buy a piece of land, keep up appearances for a while, and then activate the formation... it won’t be too abrupt, right?"
It had a clear causal relationship in its mind, "Listen to me, the liver of the Swallowed Star Demon must be buried in barren land to exert a relatively significant effect."
Feng Jun couldn’t help but raise his hand to touch his forehead, "Seems like you’ve dealt with quite a few Swallowed Star Demons, you’re so familiar with them?"
"Dealing with these low-level alien parasites isn’t that easy?" the Guardian spoke with great disdain, "If it weren’t for things not going well on Earth lately, I’d have just tossed these organs away. They wouldn’t have had the chance to pollute things."
Feng Jun didn’t have time to say anything before it continued, "But there are gaps, and we must acknowledge them. There’s no shame in that."
"I don’t feel ashamed either," Feng Jun felt that the big boss was truly formidable. The viscera of the Star Devouring Clan is a treasure in the Kunhao Realm, yet you think it’s shameful? "I know our ancestors were impressive, but now things aren’t so great... admitting reality is the mark of a true strong person."
"Good that you think so," the Guardian noted his openness before stating, "The liver can harbor spirit energy and must be buried in barren land. If you bury it in your Luohua, it would really be a disaster."
"Don’t worry, it won’t be buried in Luohua," Feng Jun waved it off nonchalantly, "I never thought about burying it in Luohua. The liver is too big to fit!"
That’s the honest truth. Luohua is too small a place—while the spleen and such would fit, the liver truly wouldn’t. Even though in terms of absolute area, it might fit, the disruption would be too large, and the augmentative effects would disperse too much.
Feng Jun wasn’t afraid of the dispersal of augmentative effects, but stirring up significant attention might still require some cumbersome maneuvers.
"Even if it did fit, it shouldn’t be buried there," the Guardian candidly stated, "If suddenly a hundred-meter-high tree grew in your place, would it be easy to explain to the outside world?"
Before Feng Jun could answer, it added, "This is just a metaphor; there might be a hundred such tall trees."
"I understand," Feng Jun nodded. If he didn’t understand the liver’s purpose, how could he argue to reclaim it? "Should I go buy land now?"
"Buying land can wait a bit," the Guardian suggested, "I’ll help you bury the kidney first. Where do you think it would be best buried?"
As it spoke, it conjured up the surroundings of Luohua again.
Feng Jun found its method both awe-inspiring and a bit laughable, but he still carefully filtered through, choosing a spot near where he cultivated, saying, "Can this spot perfectly avoid the Earth Vein?"
"No problem," the Guardian confidently affirmed, "The place you’ve chosen is actually the one I also favored."
"Please wait," Feng Jun remembered another issue, "When activating the formation in the foreign realm, not only did it attract Domain Care, but it also caused the surface to rise. Will similar operations on Earth cause noticeable changes in the terrain?"
"Foreign realm operations?" The Guardian was initially puzzled, then realized that the technique Feng Jun obtained was from a foreign realm. It was normal for someone there to operate it, and for him to observe it.
It calculated slightly, then stated, "Domain Care will indeed appear on Earth, and the possibility of anomalies is quite high—it goes without saying about the rising terrain, since spiritual energy here is always in short supply... maybe even merit will descend."
"Anomalies and... merit?" Feng Jun felt his mouth go dry, "Senior, can you prevent anomalies from occurring?"
"Well," the Guardian seemed somewhat at a loss, only after a moment did it say, "Within the heavens and the earth, such great joy should not be interrupted by rights. But if you must forcibly cease it... I need you to offer some Spirit Stones."
"I do have some Spirit Stones," Feng Jun didn’t dare boast. Who knew how high this one’s standards were? But he had another question, "Senior, I only wish to prevent anomalies that mortals can see. I still need the Domain Care."
"I understand this, you don’t want mortals discovering unexpected events. I get this mindset without you saying it," the Guardian responded without hesitation, seemingly having encountered this multiple times, "Domain Care absolutely has to be retained. Otherwise, wouldn’t it all be for nothing?"
"I need Spirit Stones of relatively high quality. Do you have Top-Grade Spirit Stones?"
"I don’t have Top-Grade Spirit Stones," Feng Jun shook his head with a wry smile. Although he intended to boast about the strength of the Kunhao Realm, no matter how powerful a domain may be, Golden Core Cultivators cannot access Top-Grade Spirit Stones. "I do have some High-grade Spirit Stones."
The Guardian wasn’t disappointed; instead, there was a hint of surprise. "Being at the Golden Core Stage and already having access to High-grade Spirit Stones... Your development in that plane shows quite some potential. Do you have two hundred pieces of High-grade Spirit Stone?"
"I do have two hundred pieces," Feng Jun actually had more than two thousand pieces of High-grade Spirit Stones, but the Yin Spirit Bigwig had a great demand for them, so he only brought around five hundred pieces to the Earth Plane.
Should he give the High-grade Spirit Stones to the Guardian? He only hesitated for a moment before making a decision, "I can offer four hundred pieces of High-grade Spirits. I request the senior to look after Luohua and Chaoyang."
Although he didn’t know the origins of the Guardian, they were reliable. Facing such a powerful figure, he thought he should curry favor with them. As long as they were willing to keep an eye out, Feng Jun felt no one could trouble his people in the Earth Realm.
"You are quite perceptive," unsurprisingly, the Guardian felt no embarrassment, and even showed a bit of appreciation. "Rest assured, not only Luohua and Chaoyang, but also Pingyang, Taklimakan, and Australia’s Amstan... I’ll take care of them all."
Upon hearing this, Feng Jun couldn’t help but raise his hand respectfully. "Thank you, senior, for your noble spirit. This way, I can safely seek Spiritual Energy in alternate realms and, in turn, feed back into my world."
He knew what the Guardian liked to hear, so he took care to say what they liked—especially since it didn’t contradict his intentions.
The Guardian indeed liked hearing those words; it had deep ties with the Earth Realm. Once the Spiritual Mechanism of the domain increased, it would also benefit.
Although the advantage was not even one ten-thousandth of its prime, it was still better than sitting idly until everything ran out—did it really enjoy sleeping all the time? In fact, Spiritual Energy was sparse, and sleeping reduced its consumption.
As for the few Spirit Stone mines in the Earth Realm, the Guardian knew about them, with some veins even being sealed by it personally. Feng Jun could mine them because he was a cultivator in this realm, but if the Guardian mined them, it would break its promise of protection.
Feng Jun’s ability to increase the domain’s Spiritual Mechanism already made the Guardian quite pleased, not to mention his commitment to continue transporting Spirit Stones from elsewhere, allowing it to legitimately replenish some Spiritual Energy.
However, it made an upfront declaration, "I can offer protection for now, but it can’t be indefinite—at most a hundred years."
"A hundred years is plenty," Feng Jun smiled, nodded, and thought to himself that if protection were still needed later, couldn’t he pay for it?
In a hundred years, Luohua would be able to produce a Golden Core. Having a Golden Core guarding the house should be more than enough for Luohua to prosper.
Yet he immediately recalled a persistent question that plagued him, "May I ask, if I were to reach the Nascent Soul Stage, would the current Spiritual Energy of the Earth Realm accommodate me?"
"Would it accommodate you?" The Guardian was surprised by the question, taking a moment to respond. "Do you mean Domain Consciousness? You have Domain Care, so it certainly won’t reject you. As for the Spiritual Energy required for the Nascent Soul Stage... Earth isn’t as fragile as you think."
Is that so? Feng Jun hadn’t thought about it; the issue he had always worried about was solved just like that. He couldn’t help but ask again, "If I didn’t enhance the domain’s Spiritual Mechanism, would the Nascent Soul be rejected?"
"That would definitely happen," the Guardian was well-versed in this matter. "Earth’s foundations can accommodate a Nascent Soul, but if there’s no sufficient reason, why waste Spiritual Energy to house a Nascent Soul? Not to mention you’re also mining Spirit Stones."
Feng Jun, being a native of the plane, certainly would have no problem mining Spirit Stones. But in this Law End Era, touching the Spirit Stone mine could be seen as not quite friendly to the domain, hence wouldn’t receive positive recognition.
Feng Jun nodded thoughtfully, "Seems like indeed good deeds are rewarded."
"Alright, no need to ask more," the Guardian also wasn’t inclined to chit-chat, "Take out the other visceral organs."
"Let’s start with the spleen; I need to buy land," Feng Jun replied solemnly. "Once that’s settled, I’ll give you the kidneys and liver... By the way, here are four hundred High-grade Spirit Stones, please accept them."
The Guardian was a bit displeased with his calculative nature. However, seeing the four hundred pieces of High-grade Spirit Stone, it admitted that it couldn’t really be angry, "You are quite the scrupulous one."
"Not scrupulous, just being a bit cautious," Feng Jun replied fearlessly without a hint of guilt. "Guardian, you’re a big figure. What if one day you hurried to restore Spiritual Mechanism and casually buried the kidneys and liver, where would I go to cry?"
The Guardian remained silent, acknowledging that it could indeed act that way. After all, Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism had been deficient for a very long time...
