Chapter 2288: Chapter 2290: New Members
Feng Jun listened to the guardian’s words and suddenly had an epiphany, realizing that his own perspective was actually quite narrow.
From the education he received since childhood, his thoughts were not wrong—once a person has the ability, they should benefit their hometown.
However, the guardian’s approach is purely a cultivator’s thinking; a seeker of the Dao must walk alone, without the need to consider too many distractions.
In this way, one might appear somewhat merciless, yet it is precisely because of this that the cultivation world speaks of "severing mortal ties."
After understanding this, Feng Jun would not completely accept the viewpoint of the guardian, but where he previously thought some of his ideas "might be a bit selfish," now he realizes that it is the nature of a cultivator, and he can stop hiding it.
The ultimate goal of a cultivator is to grow and strengthen oneself; whether he places the vitality stone in Kunhao or Earth, it is not important.
Of course, he will still retain his original intentions and try to help Earth with spiritual energy as much as possible, but ultimately he will not force it too much.
At the same time, if he can avoid troubling the guardian, he’ll try not to—after all, the guardian is obligated to watch over Earth, and does not owe him anything.
However, since the guardian agreed to help him analyze the aura of the Kunhao realm, he certainly would not be shy.
So he took a handful of soil from both White Pebble Beach and Mount Zhige, along with some corresponding air, packed them into two storage talismans, and returned to Earth.
The guardian analyzed the two strands of aura and then stated that the aura from Mount Zhige is more suitable for the existence of the vitality stone, although it cannot be preserved long-term; conversely, the aura from White Pebble Beach suggests that the vitality stone can be converted into spiritual energy.
However, the guardian is not certain how to convert it—since it does not have the ability to fully experience the environment of Kunhao.
Thus, its suggestion is: you could approach the masters of that world to ask about the methods of conversion.
Feng Jun thought of the Yin Spirit Bigwig, so he clasped his hands in farewell to the guardian and once again entered the insect world.
Currently, the bigwig is not in this world but on the Yellow Sky Plate, because he knows Feng Jun intends to participate in the boundary-breaking action and has voluntarily expressed willingness to wreak havoc, but insisted on not being dragged into it.
However, the bigwig hasn’t actually strayed far from the boundary-breaking point, remaining on Yellow Sky, sensing the boundary-breaking action—after all, despite being quite cautious about his safety, he still wants to view the event from a distance.
Feng Jun is uncertain about the current attitude the Xuanhuang cultivators would have toward him upon his return to Yellow Sky, so he seeks out Chen Xi and says, "I wish to deduce how to develop the energy of the vitality stone on the Yellow Sky Plate, and I hope you can take me there."
Chen Xi did not find his words surprising; a so-called genius has this kind of enigmatic confidence, believing that while others cannot find results, he might just find them.
As expected, once Feng Jun suddenly appeared in Yellow Sky, it attracted great attention from the Xuanhuang cultivators, since at that moment there were Xuanhuang disciples continuously entering the insect world, simultaneously blocking external cultivators from entering, making the atmosphere rather tense.
Luckily enough, Feng Jun had Chen Xi, the True Immortal, by his side. Ordinary Xuanhuang disciples had to give some face, later some Xuanhuang Nascent Soul High Stage arrived and inquired how Feng Jun managed to return, only to be amazed by Chen Xi’s description.
A mere Initial Golden Core Stage actually has the teleportation technique capable of crossing worlds?
Yet they could not help but believe it, not to mention, in the previous battle, Chen Xi had slain both Nascent Soul bugs and Golden Core bugs; the bodies of the bugs alone made it convincing.
The arriving Nascent Soul High Stage wasted no time taking away two bug corpses and several pieces of vitality stone—it was exactly the time to understand the insect society as quickly as possible, anything useful had to be handed over to the sect for study, and as for Chen Xi’s well-deserved merit, it could be slowly discussed later.
The Xuanhuang sect deserved its reputation as a prestigious faction; this Nascent Soul High Stage indeed had great self-control. Although he deeply coveted Feng Jun’s abilities and desired to make use of them, he managed to restrain his greed—if refused, it would be a significant embarrassment.
Therefore, he did not mention the matter at all, only upon departure, covertly using Divine Sense to inquire of Chen Xi, "Given your understanding of him, would we be able to borrow the ability he has to teleport people?"
Chen Xi calmly responded using Divine Sense, "I will report this matter to senior brother later."
His suggestion was that borrowing should not be an issue, but Feng Jun is currently focusing on delving deep into the insect race, and he has several elders from the Seven Gates and Eighteen Paths alongside him, adding True Immortals from the Xuanhuang sect would not give them control.
Instead, sending too many True Immortals could easily arouse misunderstandings among those elders.
Moreover, the manpower of the Xuanhuang sect is already stretched thin, with large numbers of personnel stationed at both ends of the passageways, exploring the insect world, even throwing in ten thousand people might not be enough.
Chen Xi’s meaning is that having himself participate is sufficient, not likely to cause much misunderstanding with Feng Jun, if absolutely necessary, adding one or two more True Immortals is doable, but there is truly no need to crowd too many people.
While they discussed these matters, Feng Jun had already found the bigwig, silently put it away, and began to deduce how to utilize the vitality stone in this realm.
The Big Boss, being experienced and knowledgeable, said, "The rules governing the formation of these stones are a bit different from this world. The best approach is to convert them into electrical energy or something similar in the Insect World, then bring them back to Tianqin."
Feng Jun was somewhat unwilling, "I’ve consulted with a senior, and this item can be converted into Spiritual Energy, but the method is much more complicated, so I hope to find a more convenient way."
"Converted into Spiritual Energy?" The Big Boss was filled with doubt, "How is that possible... What is the cultivation level of that senior?"
Feng Jun remained silent for quite some time before answering, "It’s a bit disrespectful to discuss the cultivation level of a senior in private."
The Big Boss seemed to have considered certain things, so he changed the question, "That senior of yours isn’t from the Tianqin Plane, right?"
"No," Feng Jun did not fear admitting this, "Furthermore, his cultivation level is not suitable for the Tianqin Plane."
The Big Boss didn’t question this because it had sensed the terrifying presence above the Alxa League; if Feng Jun knew one such existence, knowing another wasn’t impossible.
It pondered and said, "The Tianqin Plane cannot bear it, so it’s at least at the Fusion Stage... In fact, as long as there are differences in the plane’s rules, converting these stones into Spiritual Energy isn’t impossible either."
Feng Jun’s eyes lit up instantly, "I feel Kunhao might have this possibility, after all, it’s just a lower realm, not the main plane."
"Kunhao?" The Big Boss started to think, and after quite a while, it asked in a deep voice, "Wanting Domain Care?"
Having cultivated along the same path, the Guardian could guess, and so could it.
"Domain Care is only one aspect," Feng Jun answered in a deep voice, "The key is that I feel it’s possible to convert Spiritual Energy there, so I want to try."
"Neglecting the proper business," the Big Boss actually commented, then after a while said, "Alright, since you have this idea, I naturally want to support it—let’s go to Kunhao then."
So Feng Jun released his Divine Sense, found Chen Xi, and expressed that the Tianqin Plane wasn’t easy to convert Spiritual Energy, wanting to try it out in Kunhao, "Should I send you off first, or will you go with me to Kunhao?"
"Wait a moment," Chen Xi True Immortal said, "I plan to find two more Nascent Soul colleagues, one to go down and keep an eye on White Pebble Beach, the other to go with me to kill the Insect Race... Our manpower is still a bit thin."
Feng Jun naturally didn’t mind this, so after waiting for two hours, a man and a woman, both True Immortals at the Nascent Soul Initial Stage, arrived. The female Kunxiu named Mou Qiang was stationed at White Pebble Beach, while the male Qianxiu named Ming Xin was a Sword Cultivator and would follow to the Insect World.
Initially, according to Chen Xi True Immortal’s plan, they intended to wait at Yellow Sky, but Feng Jun stated—I’ll enter the Insect World directly from Kunhao, so you’d better go down to Kunhao with me.
After all, he was still randomly shifting teleportation locations, not wanting anyone to find his activity pattern.
Even though he had already resolved his conflict with the Xuanhuang Sect, it was impossible for them to quietly lie in ambush at Yellow Sky under everyone’s eyes. Still, he didn’t want to test human intentions.
After arriving at Kunhao, Feng Jun and the Big Boss spent two days attempting to deduce a method for converting Spiritual Energy, but in the end, their deductions always felt a bit lacking.
So Feng Jun stopped waiting and, after helping several cultivators with their Core Formation and treatment plans, he took Chen Xi and Ming Xin, the two True Immortals, directly from Kunhao to the space filled with rubble.
Yi Jue and others had been mining for five days. Currently, Elder Qinghuang and True Immortal Huo Liu were responsible for guarding. When they saw the three arriving, they nodded and greeted them.
Interestingly, True Immortal Huo Liu actually knew True Immortal Ming Xin, but their relationship wasn’t good. As soon as they met, they started arguing. After listening for a while, Feng Jun understood that Ming Xin once took advantage of the Sword Cultivator’s combat power and speed to forcibly seize an opportunity from Huo Liu.
However, such grievances between cultivators are extremely common. When opportunities are at stake, it’s impossible not to vie for them. As long as it doesn’t involve heavenly opportunities related to the path, minor benefits usually don’t lead to a life-or-death situation.
Even if they couldn’t let go, with so many True Immortal Elders gathered here, affecting more than just one sect’s interests, they wouldn’t dare start an internal conflict.
In fact, Ming Xin didn’t mind—he benefited, primarily Huo Liu was having trouble letting it go, but he couldn’t create trouble for Yi Jue.
Upon hearing their return, Yi Jue and others emerged from the mine and asked if he had figured out how to use the Vitality Stone.
Feng Jun said this matter needed further consideration, and no one was surprised; the endless experts of Xuanhuang and Yuangang hadn’t figured out the solution, so he couldn’t conceive of it either. If he did, now that would be truly unexpected.
The fact that Xuanhuang Sect gained another True Immortal Ming Xin was unaffected, as Xuanhuang and Yuangang obtained the resources through risking their disciples’ lives. As long as they didn’t intend to seize control, everyone could accept it.
Elder Qing Ji even remarked, "We’ve mined for several days and have made some gains. Can we fill the mine and proceed?"
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