Chapter 2324: Chapter 2326: Bemused
Feng Jun felt that he had basically sorted out the matters related to Gold, though the process was a bit bumpy, the result was acceptable.
Sure enough, the number of times Beauty Lin requested to see him significantly decreased over the following period.
Even though she requested to see him often, Feng Jun still wouldn’t meet her, but the frequency of her requests still represented an attitude.
Feng Jun was currently focusing on transmitting knowledge via Divine Sense through Obsidian, he was constantly refining his Divine Sense, making quite a few related pieces of Obsidian, but didn’t dare use them on his family members.
As midsummer approached, and he was nearing the time to deliver the second batch of Gold, he took the initiative to contact the Guardian.
The Guardian guided him, then analyzed the more than twenty pieces of Obsidian he had made, ultimately selecting five pieces, "This can be the upper limit, this can be the lower limit... This piece holds the most suitable technique for conveying information."
Upper and lower limits aren’t actually that easy to define. The cultivators in Luohua currently have varying cultivation levels, ranging from Qi Refining Ninth Layer to Mortal Transformation Second Layer, with significant differences.
Although Feng Jun was certain that those who needed this information should be at least in the Qi Refinement Realm — like Yang Yuxin, who hadn’t reached the Qi Refinement Realm, she wouldn’t stand a chance in the Insect World, but even within the Qi Refinement Realm, there are differences, aren’t there?
The Guardian helped him establish boundaries well, although he had similar abilities, when it came to the sense of proportion, he was at least two blocks behind the Guardian, which was why he needed it — anyone encountering an accident was unacceptable to him.
After establishing the boundaries, he was able to handle the small details within by himself — if he required the Guardian for such trivial matters, it might look down on him.
Upon returning, his first test subject was Zhang Caixin — she was most likely to accompany him to the Insect World, so he needed to prioritize instilling information into her, and as Luohua’s number two, her tolerance was also the strongest, presumably nothing unexpected would happen.
However, facts proved that Feng Jun was somewhat presumptuous. He output according to the upper limit, and thanks to the Guardian’s guidance, he knew how to transmit more messages in a single information unit.
Then, Zhang Caixin suffered... After receiving the information from Obsidian, she clutched her head and rolled on the ground for three hours. Fortunately, she was very resilient and didn’t make a sound even in pain.
In the end, when she couldn’t bear it anymore, she activated her mute acupuncture point, allowing her to cry out loudly, though due to the suppression on her vocal cords, she could only let out a low "huh-huh" sound.
In any case, to Luohua’s second person, it was an unforgettable day. Although she fully accepted the language of the human race in the Insect World, her image was utterly ruined.
Feng Jun conducted the experiment with her in the Jade Small Building, there were no onlookers around, yet to Xiao Caixin, her embarrassing appearance was seen by him — better dead than this.
If others truly saw her, she might seriously consider suicide.
Her suffering continued for twenty-four hours before it began to lessen, at least she no longer throbbed in bed and could sit at the bedside and eat some liquid food.
Looking at Feng Jun feeding her Spiritual Rice Porridge, she cursed with every bite, calling him a "beast," "too ruthless," "do you know how to cherish jade," "was it necessary to output so intensely?"...
"Hey hey," Feng Jun couldn’t help it, "We discussed this, you said you were Luohua’s number two and weren’t afraid at all, that’s why I did it this way. Although I went a bit overboard, I’m here serving you now, aren’t I?"
"Overkill... even speaking in rogue tone," Zhang Caixin rolled her eyes at him, "I feel like I won’t be able to get out of bed tomorrow."
Now you’re the one driving, right? Feng Jun helplessly rolled his eyes, "If you can’t get out of bed, I’ll just have to find someone else."
This wasn’t driving at all, tonight was when the second batch of Gold would be transported, initially he thought since he had paved the way, he could hand it to Zhang Caixin the second time, but... she was problematic.
Currently, Luohua’s third person, unquestionably Yu Qingzhu, is in Qi Refining Sixth Layer — she recently advanced a level, though there’s still some time before reaching High Tier of Qi Refinement, the dominance of the Profound Yin physique is undeniable.
However, to Feng Jun now, her aptitude... is just ordinary, before the Golden Core Stage she might progress smoothly, but after reaching the Golden Core Stage, it’s uncertain.
It’s worth noting that Yu Qingzhu was once Feng Jun’s goddess, although he never defined the goddess concept, during his time at Hongjie Fitness Club, Yu Qingzhu was an unattainable existence for him.
Beautiful? Absolutely stunning, he still remembers that moment, yellow dress fluttering, seemingly untouched by worldly smoke.
Back then, his thought was, a girl like this isn’t within my reach — this wasn’t self-deprecation, instead... a person’s knowledge should match their capability.
He believed even if Yu Qingzhu pursued him back then, he would have been apprehensive, as a man aware of himself, he knew very clearly — with my abilities, I shouldn’t be able to preserve such beauty.
Later he had a fortuitous encounter, started cultivating, felt he had some capability, even planned to bring Yu Qingzhu onto the cultivation path, he thought, this life is really satisfying.
He even secretly planned to silently guard this beauty, unlike what he did with Zhang Caixin, by using co-synthesis to help her through the Qi Refinement Realm, at least wait till she reached the Mortal Transformation stage before taking the Red Pill to assist her advancement.
Thus, he emphasized to Yu Qingzhu: before Mortal Transformation, don’t find a boyfriend.
He intended to keep her for himself.
This thought was despicable, filthy, and shameless... he admitted it, but that’s what he thought at the time.
But looking back from his current perspective... he was still too young then, only seeing her as his lifelong pursuit.
But was it really like that? It was merely because he hadn’t reached high enough, his vision wasn’t broad enough.
Of course, he still has feelings for Yu Qingzhu now, but not as urgently as before — maybe helping her form a Golden Core wouldn’t be bad?
This is really not a matter of "it’s easy to forget the heart of an old friend, yet claim an old friend’s heart easily changes," but rather his growth speed is truly hard for others to match, different perspectives lead to different concerns.
Not even mentioning his relationship with Yi Jue... their relationship is still very pure, but talking about Yan Yuxi, why must Yu Qingzhu be stronger than Pine Cypress Peak’s top Beauty?
Strictly speaking, these comparisons are all too worldly, Feng Jun has these thoughts but he won’t voice them, the key is that certain youthful memories will accompany you for a lifetime.
His first love Zhang Yunzhen and such, he has already forgotten — after all, he owes her nothing, in his impression it is she who owes him.
However, it’s really hard for him to forget his impression of Yu Qingzhu... perhaps she was his true first love, the kind of unrequited love.
Gathering those thoughts, Feng Jun walked out of the Jade building, glanced at Yu Qingzhu who was cultivating, "Qingzhu, send Gold over tonight, Xiao Caixin isn’t feeling well, any issues?"
"No problem," Yu Qingzhu immediately stood up, "to Jin Province... right?"
Actually, she has been troubled recently, her cultivation speed isn’t slow, but she often feels... it’s still not enough.
The human mind is inherently endless, she has lived in a privileged environment since childhood, always feeling many things don’t need her striving, yet she can still have them — as she sees it, this is normal.
She also knows, her cultivation aptitude is excellent, not entering Luohua’s system earlier is most likely because... Feng Jun has misconceptions about her due to past grievances?
Anyway, she tries as best as she can to hold back her missy temper and conform to all Luohua’s rules — if she were developing in the officialdom, there’s someone to arrange everything for her, but here, she can only rely on herself.
However, she inherently resists officialdom development because no matter how hard she tries, it’s hard to surpass her grandfather.
That’s the sorrow of most second and third generations — no matter how hard they try, there’s a mountain in front, impossible to climb over.
Moreover, she found that accidentally encountering the cultivation path seems more interesting than the things her elders cared about — to put it offensively, it’s more worth pursuing.
So she now virtually abandoned the clan’s support, striving alone on her own.
Yet, accustomed to family support — at least accustomed to what she deemed as fairness, she feels Luohua is a bit unfair now... clearly, my aptitude is so good, why not support me?
But this fairness or inequality, she herself knows well, is a very subjective thing...
Especially, the Yu Family’s power in the Secular World reaches heaven, but it cannot influence the cultivation world in the slightest.
So Yu Qingzhu finally realized, how difficult it is to struggle alone in a strange field.
She knew about Luohua transporting large amounts of Gold to Jin Province, but what’s ironically amusing is that outsiders found her father, even sought her grandfather, to know if it’s true.
Yet she, as a member of Luohua, knew nothing about it, making her somewhat... ashamed.
But once she actively investigated, she got the answer, and it was the kind of "don’t spread out", making her feel that the identity of "Luohua core member" still held some significance.
However, she’s still somewhat puzzled — I should have better prospects, so why do I always feel something is lacking?
Now hearing Feng Jun say that she is responsible for transporting the second batch of Gold, she immediately responded — I know about this, boss, you can trust me with it, guaranteed no problem.
Once a person reaches a certain height, what they pursue becomes different, even though the Yu Family holds power over Huaxia, there’s much they still can’t obtain, and what the second batch of Gold represents is valuable enough to make anyone in the Yu Family envious.
But Yu Qingzhu wouldn’t envy it, what she pursues has indeed transcended realistic meanings — in this world, is there anything she can’t get?
Perhaps only her own value?
(Updates to the last three days of this month, did anyone see the new monthly ticket?)
