Guan Hongxiu is still continuing her retreat to stabilize her realm, while this Core Formation storm intensifies.
On the Kunhao Plane, Core Formation is not particularly rare; isn’t there usually one or two people forming a core each year?
But when placed against Kunhao’s imnse population base, Core Formation is indeed rare.
Take the Four Great Sects for example; having one person forming a core every ten years is already impressive. You must know that once Core Formation succeeds, life expectancy increases by at least five hundred years.
In these five hundred years, if one Golden Core erges per decade, that’s fifty Golden Cores. Which of the Four Great Sects can have fifty Golden Cores? Not to ntion those produced internally, even with external hired patrons and protectors, the total doesn’t reach fifty.
Well, during these five hundred years, so Golden Cores inevitably fall, but even if half are lost, there would still be twenty-five.
Twenty-five, plus external hired patrons and protectors, almost reaches forty Golden Cores. Do the Four Great Sects have that many?
This proves that Golden Cores are not rare in a broad sense, but truly scarce in a narrow sense. Each Golden Core’s formation, the Core Formation process, holds exceptional significance for surrounding people.
The rise of a Golden Core signifies the rise of a Golden Core Family, especially for those crippled Golden Core Families; the entire clan hinges on just one Golden Core, and proper concealnt is necessary. The key is... the Core Formation process must be safe!
Soone like Guan Hongxiu, forming a core in a different location under everyone’s watchful eyes, with many powerful factions observing, owing Feng Jun the favor of borrowing the location—here we don’t even ntion the favor of guiding Core Formation—such a situation is rare enough once in two hundred years.
She has to be from the Crimson Phoenix, with prestigious status, otherwise for smaller forces, they wouldn’t dare play like this. Even in the average Ninth Level of Out of Dust among the Four Great Sects, they have no qualification to play like this—after all, prestigious status demands greater respect.
Therefore, those who witnessed her Core Formation process received countless benefits, but more importantly, they discovered why this four hundred and sixty-year-old woman succeeded in Core Formation.
Initially, everyone surely wanted to probe Feng Jun’s stance. For such a publicly known matter, Feng Jun couldn’t deny it; he could only vaguely state that Guan Hongxiu’s foundation was well-built, managing to form a core rely by luck.
Especially coincidentally, he had just wiped out Master Xin Feng and rescued many spare cauldrons with excellent qualifications, so there were people at hand who could guide Qi resonance.
People generally believed that Feng Jun’s rescue of the cauldrons was accidental, after all, everyone knew about his recent affairs at the Qiuchen Market.
But to say Guan Hongxiu’s foundation was excellent was truly debatable, and so familiar with the Jinwu Nirvana Technique even stated that Guan Hongxiu’s transformation into a Falcon Swan originated from problems during cultivation of the Jinwu Technique.
Ultimately, Feng Jun could help the elderly deduce Core Formation. With this confirmation, people frantically contacted their families, and so even unearthed Qu Jianlei’s background—this guy had previously failed Core Formation but now succeeded!
Fortunately, Feng Jun now has a considerable standing; if this were three years ago, him revealing such ability would surely lead to his confinent by powerful factions, with the only difference being which faction would confine him.
In fact, even now, no one has completely discarded this notion; so approached i Jiushan of Sword Forging Peak’s i Family at White Pebble Beach: There are many interested in Feng Jun; does he need additional protection?
The words "additional protection" sound quite congenial, yet in truth, they express coveting intentions.
Feng Jun found such tone quite botherso, but the inquiry ca from a secret realm clan—or possibly multiple—so he could only have i Jiushan respond that if additional protection was needed, White Pebble Beach would reach out to True Immortals from the Tianqin Plane, not troubling others.
Weakness indeed constitutes original sin, but he has already connected with Tianqin’s True Immortals, so if it’s about intimidation, who fears whom?
Those inquiring also understood Feng Jun has indeed interacted with people from the Tianqin Plane, finally dispelling that unrealistic thought.
Moreover, the inquiring clan received a warning from Pine Cypress Peak: Feng Jun is a partner of the Yan Family; we’re pleased if you wish to protect him, but should there be other intentions, the Yan Family won’t stand idly by.
Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family is not a secret realm clan but is even more formidable than a typical secret realm clan. When they issue a warning, others can’t ignore it, especially considering White Pebble Beach has Crimson Phoenix, Taiqing, and Qinggang’s three sects, so the Gongyang Family finally faced reality.
Yet this family is quite interesting, actually dispatching two Golden Cores, ten Out of Dust cultivators, and a hundred Qi Refining disciples to White Pebble Beach.
The two Golden Cores are a man and a woman, the man’s na is Gongyang Youyu, and the woman’s na is Gongyang Youqing, both at the Seventh Level of Golden Core.
The Out of Dust cultivators are primarily high-rank, totaling five, among whom three appear visibly aged at the Ninth Level of Out of Dust, with the remaining two, one at the Seventh Level, the other at the Eighth Level, with that at the Eighth Level also being over four hundred and twenty years old.
The Gongyang family’s intentions are well-known, but Gongyang Youyu expressed that we are indeed here on our own initiative to protect Mountain Master Feng. We hope people don’t misunderstand—such precious talent must be guarded well.
However, Feng Jun doesn’t show them much respect and directly avoids seeing them, stating that it’s best for the secret realm families not to step into White Pebble Beach and only guard around its periphery.
His attitude received support from Taiqing, Qinggang, and Crimson Phoenix for a simple reason: before the rise of the sect system, the secret realm families were the leaders of the cultivation world. The Four Sects and Wutai gained their space only after defeating them.
It can be said that they are naturally opposed. Although everyone has been working hard to resolve the resentnt, ultimately, they are not in the sa camp.
The people of the Gongyang family are quite helpless about this, but helplessness doesn’t help. Ever since their failure to test the waters, they were destined to receive similar treatnt. If there’s anyone to bla, it’s only themselves for overestimating their worth initially.
After all, mistakes demand acknowledgnt. The Gongyang family also bought a piece of land around White Pebble Beach, spanning thousands of miles.
Besides starting to build a camp, Gongyang Youyu also led a skilled team to search for organizations selling furnaces everywhere.
There are indeed few organizations selling furnaces with real person backgrounds, but there are quite a few in this trade. A few from the Dust Realm and over a hundred from the Qi Refinent Realm can make the furnace business large.
However, once rumors spread at White Pebble Beach about the "alternative use of furnaces," these organizations suffered brutal assaults overnight—the attackers not only assassinated those selling furnaces but also seized the existing ones for consideration.
And without exception, these raiders would amicably inform those under consideration, saying that they wouldn’t treat them as furnaces for use, but at the sa ti, if they ever needed their breath for guidance in the future, they should cooperate.
This must be clearly stated, as whether the furnace is willing to cooperate willingly is the crux of the breath guidance, unlike actions aid at plucking, where the furnace’s unwillingness doesn’t prevent the user from forcibly extracting.
The trade of furnaces in the cultivation world is also a gray industry chain, once various forces simultaneously intervene, the industry chain faces imdiate devastation, let alone the fact many forces act with ruthless decisiveness.
The Gongyang family intervened a bit late but they have many undercover agents throughout the cultivation world. Eventually, they managed to find out the whereabouts of two furnace trade organizations fleeing in panic.
They also acted swiftly and destroyed one organization instantly. When they intended to deal with another larger organization, they were astonished to find out that the other party had... surrendered to Master Qiyu!
Around the periphery of White Pebble Beach, the Gongyang family and Master Qiyu could be considered neighbors—very familiar with his origins. He was originally known for illegally trading mortal realm furnaces, but due to Feng Jun’s crazed slaughter of Master Xinfeng’s family, he got frightened and actively sought out forgiveness.
Now he continues trading furnaces but it’s beco quite formalized. He buys furnaces from poor households and sells them to those in need, while striving to ensure the safety and cultivation level of the furnaces.
As for whether this act would anger Feng Jun, it’s said Feng Jun comnted—"I didn’t expect furnaces could also have interdiary companies."
The aning of interdiary company is unclear to the Gongyang family, but they understand the concept of "introducing parties" at least, aning Feng Jun roughly considers Master Qiyu’s actions as barely brokering between buyers and sellers.
The industry remains gray, but the truth is there’s genuine market demand, and so people truly need Spirit Stones.
Regardless, since Master Qiyu is sheltering at White Pebble Beach, the Gongyang family can’t do anything to him anymore—they’ve already displeased Feng Jun, why stir trouble now that his temper has eased?
However, Master Qiyu dares to shelter others, so Gongyang Youyu personally visits him and rather bluntly asks, "Qi Daoist, being this furnace broker is one thing, but sheltering that Zhao fellow, what’s the reasoning?"
Master Qiyu can only respond with a bitter smile, "So furnaces in his hands have already had interests expressed, and so have even received deposits. If he abandons the furnaces to escape, you might not pursue the matter, but those who placed deposits would not let him off, so he can only seek refuge with ."
Master Qiyu is not a kind-hearted person, but he now conducts furnace business in the most regulated manner possible. This Zhao fellow has cooperated with him multiple tis, earning him quite a sum, and importantly, Zhao’s furnace business is quite regulated as well.
Now this person is seeking refuge with him, even making a significant concession, how can he just wash his hands of it?
In fact, he had actively requested guidance from Feng Jun regarding this matter, but Feng Jun didn’t see him; only Qu Jianlei said one sentence, "Just rember to conduct business properly, the rest is not important."
Hearing Master Qiyu’s explanation, Gongyang Youyu was left speechless and could only admonish him, "Fine, considering Mountain Master Feng’s face, we won’t argue much this ti, but let’s agree if the Gongyang family needs furnaces for... breath guidance in the future, you must cooperate!"
This request, Master Qiyu actually agreed to—Gongyang family’s willingness to beco potential custors couldn’t make him happier.
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