The attitude of the True Immortal from the Golden Crow Sect was still quite proper, but before Feng Jun could speak, Yi Jue expressed her opinion, "No need to report to the Golden Crow."
Moreover, her reasoning was rather compelling, "If the True Sage won’t take charge, we’ll handle it ourselves! But don’t underestimate Lingmu Sect, they have connections... Once you report, it’s bad news if it leaks."
Only then did the two True Immortals realize that, knowing the suspect, there were so things they really couldn’t say casually.
Being overly inford can sotis be a disadvantage, a prophetic truth indeed.
The two shared a glance, and it was Qianxiu who spoke, "In other words, are we supposed to go into seclusion for cultivation?"
Rather than "seclusion for cultivation," it was more like a house arrest, voluntarily confining themselves, which was in fact a form of cooperation.
They could accept it calmly, given that they could still cultivate while on a mission, which was considered a decent assignnt, though their mood would certainly not be great—voluntary seclusion and "forced seclusion" are entirely different states of mind.
Feng Jun shook his head and spoke with a smile, "It’s not necessary, I trust both of you, but I need you to cooperate, pretending I’m still in the Ice Plains, and you can accompany hunting."
"Accompany you hunting..." Qianxiu chuckled helplessly, shaking his head, "Cooperation is no problem, but we still have to report."
"Couldn’t you say you didn’t know where he went?" Yi Jue True Immortal beca impatient, "I don’t believe you’ve never lied since you were little. You’re lucky Mountain Master Feng fought for dry shares in the Spirit Stone Mine for you!"
"Dry shares?" The two True Immortals from the Golden Crow’s eyes lit up, clearly showing "Now that’s interesting."
Yi Jue nudged Feng Jun with her mouth, clearly suggesting "It’s your turn to speak."
"Your negotiation talent is being developed too?" Feng Jun glanced at her, "This was agreed upon last night..."
The two True Immortals from the Golden Crow originally planned to accept reality, no longer pondering over the mine, and suddenly hearing they could still receive so dry shares was truly exhilarating.
Although each only received one percent, it was one percent of the Spirit Stone Mine! It’s annual.
As for their previous plan of buying the land to mine Spirit Stones, it was just talk.
When it ca to actual operation, who knows how many troubles there would be. Although the earnings were high, the effort was considerable, and real cultivators shouldn’t waste excessive energy on external matters.
In fact, they were not particularly confident about protecting the Spirit Stone Mine, holding the notion of "sell it for a decent price" if all else fails.
So now, although the shares they received were dry shares and not nurous, the matter beca simpler, and the collaborator was an actual landlord, what’s there to be dissatisfied with?
Thus, handling the subsequent matters beca easier; the True Immortal from Xuanshui Sect summoned a disciple, who mimicked Feng Jun’s appearance and aura, joining the two True Immortals from the Golden Crow to roam, while Feng Jun prepared to enter the Lingmu Sect’s secondary mountain gate.
Yi Jue straightforwardly stated she could only accompany him inside once, as her aura was well-known in Lingmu Sect, she could go no more than once before attracting attention.
Elder Cang Jing shared this sentint, even advising Feng Jun not to enter, just endure until You Xuan True Sage resolves the issue—you have a bright future, why bother with trivial matters?
However, she was unaware of Feng Jun’s concerns, which Yi Jue True Immortal understood; even though Yi Jue also hoped Feng Jun wouldn’t take the risk, she admired his courage.
While the two True Immortals from the Golden Crow accompanied Feng Jun’s substitute in leisure walks around the Ice Plains, Feng Jun, Yi Jue, and Elder Cang Jing quietly entered the Lingmu Sect’s secondary mountain gate with the help of the Wood User.
This area’s primary role wasn’t the cultivation of Spirit Plants, so supervision wasn’t strict; many ca to trade spirit plants, and wood cultivators ca to practice, with quite a few outsiders. The three ford a small team, two High-Rank Golden Core, one at the initial stage.
All three had Spirit Plant Master and Apprentice waist tokens, which here were almost considered as half an ID—useless for identity checks, but generally, no one bothers spirit plant apprentices without cause.
Indeed, so spirit plants were forbidden for ordinary people to purchase; only spirit plant masters or apprentices had the privilege to buy them—a ans to raise prices, but essentially to prevent ruining good spirit plants by the unknowledgeable.
Upon arrival, for the first three days, they stayed in a place called Sun City.
Sun City wasn’t the largest city here, yet it was significant, with a population of 800 thousand, ranking in the top ten on this domain, surrounded by seven or eight small towns with populations of roughly ten to twenty thousand.
The three didn’t stay at inns, as staying required identity registration; they initially planned to rent a house but ran into a quirky landlord demanding ID proof.
Renting here seldom required ID proof, just rent and deposit sufficed, but this landlord insisted.
Realizing sothing was amiss, Feng Jun noticed Yi Jue was about to use a soul-like technique, signaled to her, and vigorously lowered the rent until the impatient landlord no longer asked for ID proof and directly evicted these three "paupers."
Then, Feng Jun and his group didn’t bother trying, instead, they directly set up their dwelling in the wilderness on the outskirts of the city.
In fact, many people do this too. Living in such dwellings consus Spirit Stones, but it’s relatively peaceful. Moreover, the outskirts are quite a distance from the city and pose no threat. The patrols of the Lingmu Sect typically don’t inspect these areas.
Of course, the dwelling needs to be set far from the road. Getting too close to the road wouldn’t be very respectful to the patrol disciples, would it?
Thus, they stayed overnight in the suburbs and shopped in the city during the day, occasionally selling so goods. In the eyes of others, they appeared to be typical itinerant rchants.
However, on the fourth night, soone set their sights on this small dwelling; two Golden Core level cultivators ca over with four disciples.
But how could their actions escape the detection of two high-stage Nascent Souls?
Yi Jue raised her Cultivation Level to the Nascent Soul First Layer, subtly exuding so wood elent aura.
One Golden Core stepped forward and knocked on the door, with sowhat malicious intent — they claid they were tired from traveling at night and wanted to borrow a spot to rest.
If you’re that tired, just put in a little effort to enter the city. What does it an to be tired from walking on the city outskirts?
Feng Jun, who opened the door, calmly stated, "This is a private dwelling, sorry, we don’t entertain external guests."
"Not entertaining? Do you have so contraband here?" The one knocking was at the Fifth Layer Golden Core, he spoke with a sideways glance, "Show your ID, or I’ll report this."
In the Kunhao Realm, Golden Core Masters are incredibly arrogant, but in the Tianqin Main Plane, many Golden Cores are like small-ti hooligans. This is inevitable, as there are simply too many Golden Cores in Tianqin. Despite the abundance of resources, there’s no shortage of destitute ones.
Just then, a crisp voice sounded from the side, "Report what?"
"Contraband, I’m quite familiar with Yun Shan Hui," the Golden Core hooligan replied offhandedly. Then suddenly, he felt a wave of pressure descend upon him, freezing him in place and even rendering his tongue twisted, "True... True... True Immortal?"
Yi Jue stepped out of the house, speaking coldly, "Yun Shan Hui... that small organization with just two Nascent Souls?"
Although she only displayed her Cultivation Level at the Nascent Soul First Layer, for a Nascent Soul to kill a Golden Core is much easier than for a Golden Core to kill a disciple. The Golden Core hooligan’s expression changed instantly, forcing out a wry smile, "True Immortal, it... it was a misunderstanding."
"Go ahead and report," Yi Jue said coolly. Although she’s more of a hobody, she is quite clear about analyzing strength: characters who randomly knock on doors to extort are essentially the bottom of society — even if his Cultivation Level isn’t that low.
For soone like him, she didn’t need to be polite, and she did know Yun Shan Hui — the enmity between the Lingmu Sect and the Spirit Plant Sect was intense, with both sides having a thorough understanding of each other.
With her insight, she wouldn’t normally bother with such a small organization. However, after watching related news for fifty or sixty years, she inevitably had so impression in her mind.
Also, she was sure that although Yun Shan Hui was small, it was a force in Shan City following a "Lingmu Fellowship" approach, and valued its reputation. This kind of Golden Core hooligan could, at most, be an outer mber.
If the extortion failed, Yun Shan Hui wouldn’t just disown these guys but might also take severe action to "preserve its reputation."
The Golden Core hooligan knew imdiately that he had hit a hard spot. He promptly bowed, constantly smiling apologetically, "True Immortal, my eyes were blind. Looking at such a simple Golden Core dwelling, I really didn’t expect a True Immortal inside."
Feng Jun’s dwelling was indeed simple, only about one hundred and fifty square ters, with a one hundred square ter yard, empty space all around, and four rooms in the middle — a standard poor man’s setup.
Only Feng Jun could deploy such a dwelling; the other two wouldn’t have such embarrassing stock.
Of course, having a dwelling ans you’re not utterly destitute. Hence, the Golden Core hooligan dared to extort. From this, one could also see how poorly this Golden Core was doing — if Feng Jun had deployed a more advanced dwelling, he might not have had the courage to knock.
Yi Jue was unhappy upon hearing this; "So, it’s because there’s a True Immortal, without one... you’d report?"
The Golden Core hooligan forced a smile, "I was just saying that to scare people, mainly because I’m so poor, trying to scavenge so extra inco. You’ve reached the Nascent Soul stage, why bother with a small fry like ?"
He really didn’t dare contact Yun Shan Hui lightly. The other party had too strong a tone; even though she was just at the Nascent Soul First Layer, she dared say "only two Nascent Souls."
In fact, Yun Shan Hui now had one more Nascent Soul, but he wouldn’t dare gamble, as he truly was just on the outermost fringe of Yun Shan Hui.
Just as Yi Jue True Immortal thought, if such low-level extortion and intimidation hit a spot like this, Yun Shan Hui would likely take his head to apologize — they’d claim others were impersonating their na.
Thus, he could only humble himself and apologize, hoping the other party would give him a way out — in life, sotis you just have to bow down.
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