It turns out that Feng Jun has been spoiled by the luxurious material lifestyle of the Earth Realm. Yuan Shangren proves to him once again that this place is an underdeveloped plane; even in the Cultivation World, the material life isn’t necessarily so enjoyable.
Yuan Shangren first tells Feng Jun that although the building looks small, it’s actually quite large; it’s the feeling of "looking at the mountain and exhausting the horse."
Additionally, the Wen Family Disciples here mainly focus on cultivation aside from various chores, and the accommodation conditions are not great. The large dormitory is divided into upper, middle, and lower bunks, and a ten-square-ter room can definitely house ten people.
In other words, you could indeed squeeze ten thousand Wen Family Disciples into just ten thousand square ters of housing.
And in fact, that three-story big earth building alone has over six hundred rooms, and with seven earth buildings combined, there are more than three thousand rooms, exceeding fifty thousand square ters.
While they were talking, soone ca over and asked what they were doing there.
Fortunately, the person saw that they had co in a flying boat very ostentatiously, so his questioning was still polite.
The elder Qi Refining Disciple showed his Imperial Token, "My Taiqing Sect uncle is traveling here, no need to be overly startled."
Upon hearing this, the person was first shocked and then hurriedly went to report.
Soon after, an upperman walked out; it was none other than Fang Wenping, with whom they had crossed paths before.
He cupped his hands towards Kong Ziyi and spoke with a wry smile, "Greetings, Friend Kong. Although I didn’t use my real na, I didn’t do anything else, right? Is it necessary for you to chase here?"
Kong Ziyi was initially taken aback, then shook her head, "I didn’t co after you, you’re overthinking it."
"Really?" Fang Wenping was a bit skeptical of her words, thinking to himself that he had been hiding outside for days without seeing her at the Wen Family, and now, just as he returned, she coincidentally arrived?
In any case, people with power usually don’t believe in coincidences; they prefer to trust their own judgnt.
However, as he said, he hasn’t made more mistakes, so since the other party indicates they wouldn’t pursue it, he treats the other party’s words as truth, "May I ask, friend, what brings you here?"
Kong Ziyi looked at him and smiled instead of answering, "Don’t you think you should reintroduce yourself?"
"I really have nothing to introduce," Fang Wenping spread his hands and laughed, "I’ve only been a Wen Family Guest Elder for three years, not daring to use their na during errands, hence I used a cover with a fake na."
His words weren’t entirely truthful, but Kong Ziyi didn’t pursue it. She asked calmly, "So, when you went to our place, did the Wen Family know or not know?"
Fang Wenping was also an interesting character, he candidly replied, "If it’s a troubleso matter, they aren’t aware; if it’s not a big deal, they can be aware. Us Guest Elders and Patrons are ant to be at the forefront, aren’t we?"
Kong Ziyi felt this person was sowhat shaless, as well as a bit of an old hand, slippery.
But Feng Jun had experience dealing with such people, so he straightforwardly said, "So, when you use the Wen Family as a guise to seek wealth... is it possible the Wen Family is unaware, am I right?"
When an expert extends a hand, you can tell if they are competent; hearing this, Fang Wenping realized this person wouldn’t be easily fooled.
He had to answer seriously, "First, when I used an alias, I didn’t invoke the Wen Family na; secondly... I wasn’t planning to seek profit from you, just wanted to know if you are Tiantong cultivators."
Even Tiantong Comrce Alliance had been driven to the Fang Market, is it wrong for us to be cautious with outsiders?
Feng Jun looked at him and asked with a half-smile, "Have you never sought external wealth?"
Fang Wenping coughed lightly, "Whether or not I have sought it is my business, I have no such intention with you two."
Feng Jun nodded slightly, "Not denying it outright does indeed show manliness."
Fang Wenping was choked by these words; he had only been vague, which is a slippery attitude, allowing for both offense and defense, but the other party twisted it into "not denying outright," which was equally adept at being convoluted.
"Mountain Master Feng, what have I done to offend you, to make you seize relentlessly?" He shook his head, amused yet helpless, then turned to Kong Ziyi, "Friend Kong... please clarify your intentions, and we will cooperate as much as possible."
Kong Ziyi didn’t want to bicker with him, so she straightforwardly stated, "I heard there’s Energy of Wooden Fiends at the Wen Family Estate, here to have a look."
"That’s unfortunate," Fang Wenping replied solemnly, "This is a Wen Family secret, observing it isn’t possible, but you can sense it briefly in the Wood Fiends’ emission area; if it’s only a brief sense without cultivation... I can decide to waive the related fees for you."
His response was reasonable; even ordinary cultivators have the right to protect their fundantal interests, even against the Four Sects and Wutai.
But Kong Ziyi was a straightforward person, "Is it because of the Taiqing Wuwei Peak brothers?"
So that’s the personality! Fang Wenping couldn’t help but chuckle, "I personally respect Taiqing, but you also know I’ve only been here three years and have heard about Wuwei Peak, so you can guess the Wen Family’s view of Taiqing."
Since he spoke truthfully, Kong Ziyi naturally didn’t say much, then glanced at Feng Jun, "You make the decision."
Feng Jun put away the mobile phone he was fiddling with and glanced up at Fang Wenping, "Why don’t you like the Burning Desert?"
Fang Wenping’s expression changed drastically, but he quickly adjusted his emotions, "Cultivating in the Land of the Wood Fiend, Mountain Master Feng, do you plan to take a look?"
Feng Jun nodded and replied with a smile, "Since I’m here, of course, I should take a look."
This wasn’t just his plan, but also the requirent of the Yin Spirit—it wanted to figure out what changes had occurred here and what was going on with that Golden Core Defense Array.
The source of the Wood Fiend energy leakage, the Wen Family won’t show it to outsiders, but they’ve drawn out a trace of Wood Fiend energy, right next to the central pagoda, which is a giant house asuring two thousand square ters.
Inside the house, there’s a formation, and it’s divided into one thousand and twenty-four closed small rooms for cultivation.
There’s a faint energy of Wooden Fiends circulating in the air, but nothing more can be seen.
However, the Yin Spirit sighed softly and spoke in Feng Jun’s mind, "A lot of the energy from the Wooden Marrow Amber has been maliciously extracted. In a hundred years, there won’t be any more Wood Fiend energy here... Alas, it’s most likely the demon beast that did it."
As Feng Jun wandered around, he fiddled with his mobile phone, seemingly deducing sothing.
Kong Ziyi, on the other hand, seriously made calculations with gestures and occasionally took out a compass to manipulate it.
Fang Wenping smiled as he watched them, but if observed carefully, one could see a deeply hidden trace of coldness in his eyes.
There’s definitely a reason why he ca to serve as a Guest Elder in this dangerous place—it’s quite normal for cultivators to have blood on their hands, but anyone willing to stay long-term in such a perilous place is either a psychopath or deeply troubled.
Fang Wenping is the sa; he carries a murder case, with his foes being two elusive clans. If he hadn’t escaped promptly, his roots would have been unearthed.
He doesn’t see himself as a good person, but if it implicates his clan, that would be unforgivable no matter how many tis he dies for it.
In fact, he believes that the clan concept is just nonsense, which makes him quite the outsider in this society.
But he must protect his two sons and a daughter, alongside the woman who quietly raised his children—the couple’s relationship isn’t great, he often hits her, but in this realm... only he can hit her, nobody else can!
Fang Wenping is now pondering on how to make Feng Jun disappear without a trace. He’s not sure how much the other party knows, but anyone suspicious won’t be spared—better to wrongly kill a thousand than miss one.
Of course, he doesn’t want to target Kong Ziyi, so designing a distraction for her also requires careful planning.
However, if this woman really becos too obstructive, he would have to consider eliminating her too.
This is not re boasting; the Taiqing Sect is undeniably powerful, but the Wen Family Estate is within the Bewildering Soul Forest—Golden Core cultivators can’t enter, and the Wen Family has a defense formation capable of blocking Golden Cores; would they care for those of Taiqing?
To care... in the end, they must care, but it’s just like that. If they didn’t have this confidence, the Wen Family wouldn’t have dared to show face to the two ascendants from Wuwei Peak.
Feng Jun quickly figured out the layout here, even understanding the Golden Core Defense Array—well, the formation was analyzed by the Yin Spirit Bigwig.
It doesn’t seem to be a qualified Array Master, but it truly knows this defense formation and criticizes it thoroughly.
"I’ve never seen such a crudely crafted Six Harmonies Unification Array. The materials were already poor, and the formation even poorer... To think soone of this level could beco a master, they must have had a bad relationship with their master, who likely hoped he’d be beaten to death."
Feng Jun knows the bigwig has the potential for being talkative, so he doesn’t argue with it but continues to carefully analyze the Six Harmonies Unification Array.
For him, this formation is still quite formidable. Randomly attacking one or two points, even including the main pagoda, won’t work; it requires three high-rank ascendant cultivators attacking simultaneously, and another Golden Core attacking a separate point for a quick breach.
Of course, if not aiming for a quick breach, it can be worn down slowly, but that becos ticulous work.
More crucially, the Golden Core Demon Beast that attacked the defense formation initially couldn’t understand this formation at all.
In short, this formation isn’t genuinely bad; it’s just that the Yin Spirit—the bigwig—it really didn’t know how it managed previously, yet it recognized the formation’s roots at a glance and thus found a thod to break it.
If it hadn’t had this insight... it would have ended up like the Golden Core Demon Beast, strong and violent, but unable to break through this defense formation in the short term.
Bear in mind, Feng Jun knows so superficial formation concepts, but he definitely couldn’t see the formation’s roots.
Thus, a bigwig is indeed a bigwig, being able to perceive what others cannot at a glance.
But then, the thing that felt even more exasperating happened: the secret vault where the Yin Spirit hid things turned out to be located in a small pagoda...
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