Chapter 1360: Chapter 1360 Pan Peach Pit (First Update to Celebrate the Alliance Leader 114)
Liu Yong, hearing it was “temporary use”, secretly breathed a sigh of relief—fortunately, the gap between them wasn’t too significant; otherwise, he wouldn’t even know how to adjust his tone for the conversation.
Even so, he still felt a bit awkward and forced a smile as he spoke, “You were a top student before, and even after entering society, you remain so successful. Truly, remarkable people are just remarkable.”
“Just got lucky,” Feng Jun chuckled. He initially wanted to ask again why Liu Yong was looking for him, but upon reconsideration, decided to wait for Liu Yong to bring it up.
Liu Yong attempted to bridge the gap, “With such a large estate, won’t you show around?”
Feng Jun really couldn’t take him around; not only were there Taoists everywhere, but also Elder Yu and a small jade building in the villa… so he apologetically responded, “Sorry about that. It’s really inconvenient.”
Liu Yong thought this must be the “temporary use” Feng Jun ntioned, so he didn’t insist. He just nodded, “Okay, then. I heard you can treat cancer here?”
“You actually know about that?” Feng Jun gave him a surprised look and then shook his head, “Strictly speaking, it’s not treating cancer, just care, and I’m not the specific person handling it. The care cost is quite high… Who has cancer?”
If it was a close relative of Liu Yong, Feng Jun wouldn’t mind offering a discount, as long as Liu Yong kept it discreet.
Of course, if it wasn’t a blood relative of a classmate, they would definitely not receive such treatnt.
Feng Jun didn’t even realize that due to his increased cultivation level and long-term position of relative high standing, even when encountering so high-rank practitioners, they were often seeking his help. Hence, when he spoke, he naturally exuded a certain aura.
This wasn’t sothing he did intentionally; it just happened naturally—more like the idea that “your environnt influences your character”.
Liu Yong, on the other hand, was very sensitive and felt Feng Jun’s tone, along with the pressure. Yet, he wasn’t angry and instead asked another question, “Heard the treatnt is quite expensive?”
This ti Feng Jun genuinely felt a bit annoyed. He considered Liu Yong a classmate, but Liu Yong kept avoiding the question. Even soone as significant as Elder Yu wouldn’t ignore his questions like this.
So he flatly said, “It’s effective, so of course, it’s expensive. If you have no other business, I still have matters here, so I won’t see you out.”
With just a few words, the pressure he exerted on Liu Yong multiplied. The key point was… it was unintentional!
This ti Liu Yong couldn’t hold back. No matter how defiant he was before, Feng Jun’s invisible pressure even surpassed that of so high-ranking official Liu Yong had once t, “I’m actually asking for soone else, it’s that Xu Xiaofu… He wants to treat bone cancer, but he’s further back in the queue.”
Feng Jun blinked, confused, “Xu Xiaofu… from which class?”
“He’s not our classmate,” Liu Yong shook his head, smiling wryly, “He’s a popular young actor, haven’t you heard of him?”
“Should I have heard of him?” Feng Jun furrowed his brow, thinking of saying more but found it unnecessary. People choosing to follow celebrities is their freedom. He nodded, “Alright, I got it. I’ll ntion it to them.”
Liu Yong’s eyes darted around, still a bit incredulous, “Can you ensure it will work?”
“He’ll be put in the next batch of care lists, shouldn’t be a problem,” Feng Jun replied casually, yet his curiosity couldn’t be suppressed, “Are you… following a male celebrity?”
Liu Yong gave a dry cough, “Ahem, my girlfriend… is in his fan club.”
What a ssy relationship this is. Feng Jun glanced at him and didn’t bother to comnt, “You’re not married yet, then let know when you do.”
He certainly wouldn’t attend, but giving Mou Miao a gift wouldn’t be an issue.
Liu Yong coughed once more, “Ahem, well… I’ve been married before, currently divorced without children.”
“Alright,” Feng Jun stood up, “It’s late today, let’s call it a day. I still have matters, so I can’t host you for dinner.”
Liu Yong didn’t feel it was rude; he also stood with a gentle smile, “Okay, I’ll count on you then. I was planning to treat you to dinner anyway… next ti, perhaps.”
As for Feng Jun, this eting with a classmate neither felt good nor bad, just that he felt increasingly distanced from these people. He wished to maintain their friendship, but ultimately… it wasn’t the sa as before.
Tonight was the eve of the celebration; the banquet was set around the pavilion next to Pump No.1. Including Luohua’s own hospitality staff, there were seven tables full.
After the banquet, Feng Jun instructed Li Shishi, “From now on, no one else is allowed into the estate. Wait until tomorrow to gather for the ceremony… By the way, do you know Xu Xiaofu?”
“Of course, he’s a famous young influencer,” Assistant Xiao Li indeed knew of such a person, and she even knew he was on the waiting list, “Mid-stage bone cancer, reported by Wudang… It’ll probably be his turn in about three rounds.”
Feng Jun glanced at her, laughing as he spoke, “You don’t follow him? I thought won liked young celebrities.”
“Only old ladies like young celebrities, right?” Li Shishi’s snark was equally sharp, “Or maybe shut-in otakus.”
Feng Jun couldn’t resist laughing, “I think you’re quite the shut-in too.”
“But I’m not fat, I am a cultivator,” Li Shishi responded proudly, “Boss, you’ve ntioned… that the hierarchy of disdain objectively exists!”
“You’re getting arrogant,” Feng Jun humorously pointed at her, but he liked this kind of confidence. This was a quality Luohua people should have, “Arrange that young actor for the next round. My classmate’s fiancée is in his fan club.”
“This isn’t a problem, but is there really a fan club?” Li Shishi was a bit curious, “Wasn’t it said that all the fans were bought?”
“There will always be a few,” Feng Jun wasn’t very interested in this topic, “By the way, my classmate’s na is Liu Yong.”
Li Shishi nodded, then suddenly rembered sothing, “Soone brought gifts this ti, quite interesting ones.”
Feng Jun didn’t really care about others’ congratulatory gifts; organizing this celebration, he would definitely spend a lot, and the gifts from others certainly wouldn’t make up for it—what good things could there be in a dying magic realm?
Of course, there are things like Soul Stones and Fake Heavenly Corpses, but those are things you co across by chance or pick up, no family would send such mysterious gifts.
Li Shishi was responsible for registering the gifts. Being young and curious, she paid special attention to the gift list.
But hearing her say “interesting,” Feng Jun naturally didn’t mind listening, “Oh, what did we receive?”
“Well…” Li Shishi’s expression was strange, then she let out a laugh, “Pan Peach Core… Do you think it could be real?”
“I…” Feng Jun was montarily speechless, took a while to ask, “Which family sent it?”
“Dragon Phoenix Mountain Zhang Tianshi,” Li Shishi was also a bit speechless, “He said it was obtained from the royal court of the previous dynasty. The royals wanted them to cultivate Pan Peaches, but they couldn’t grow them no matter what, nor did they dare to destroy them, so they were preserved until now.”
“Dragon Phoenix Mountain…” Feng Jun pondered briefly, “It shouldn’t be so unreliable.”
“Yeah,” Li Shishi nodded in agreent, “I think so too. Their family also sent other strange items, like a piece of Five-colored Divine Stone left by Nuwa repairing the sky, and a grayish stone coin.”
The Five-colored Divine Stone from Nuwa repairing the sky… Feng Jun found it genuinely amusing, “Why not ntion the stones used by Jingwei to fill the sea, or the soil used by Gun to control floods? Wait… what did you say, a stone coin? Grayish?”
“Yes, gray,” Li Shishi thought for a mont, “Dark gray, sowhat blackened.”
Feng Jun’s heart couldn’t help but race, “Where did you put those gifts?”
The twin rings… finally about to beco triple rings?
Li Shishi gave him a surprised look, wondering what’s up with the boss’s condition today?
But she still answered earnestly, “In the safe in the front yard; do you want to see them now?”
The al earlier didn’t take long, but now it’s already past nine, ti to rest.
“Of course,” Feng Jun replied without hesitation, then added after thinking, “Bring them to the back building.”
So things are better handled low-key.
However, no matter how much he wanted to keep it low-key, when he saw the third Stone Ring appear in front of him, he couldn’t help but show his joy, “The foundation of Dragon Phoenix Mountain is truly not ordinary.”
Li Shishi was a bit curious, “Is this stone coin a good thing?”
“Not bad,” Feng Jun smiled and nodded, then coughed lightly, “This Pan Peach Core… is also quite interesting.”
As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone to check the dark red peach core.
Surprisingly, the Pan Peach Core wasn’t fake; unfortunately, there’s a bracket with the words inside: Second Generation Grafted Peach Core.
Feng Jun wasn’t surprised by this grafting technique. In fact, in the mobile phone realm, plant grafting is already quite common, and cultivators who know planting techniques aren’t much worse than agricultural experts in the Earth Realm; the title of “Spirit Plant Farr” isn’t given lightly.
So the term “Second Generation Grafted” wasn’t new to Feng Jun. The first generation graft involves cutting branches from the mother plant and planting them in the soil; the second generation graft cuts branches from the first generation plants.
And this peach core was obtained from the peach fruit picked from the second generation grafted peach tree. If it can really grow into a peach tree, then technically it’s the third generation of the mother plant.
Simply put, it’s a peach core with a sowhat impure lineage, but no matter what, it does have a blood relation with Pan Peaches.
As for that fist-sized Five-colored Divine Stone, it’s indeed a fake. Feng Jun thought this item could be sold as a Rare Stone—indeed, it’s just an ordinary stone, and whether it can sell for one hundred thousand depends on whether soone is foolish enough.
In terms of value alone, this Rare Stone isn’t worth even ten thousand, but considering it’s quite an old artifact, Feng Jun valued it at one hundred thousand.
This Rare Stone has a scent of incense and patina, indicating it was previously always valued, so… let’s add so archaeological value to it.
“Is it really the Pan Peach of the Queen Mother?” Yang Yuxin’s eyes lit up.
(First update, celebrating the main reader 1149858072285876224; the old ID seed to be sothing like ‘one ku’, summoning monthly tickets at the beginning of the month.)
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