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Chapter 686 - Chapter 686 Chapter 686 Astonishing Maneuver (Second Update)

Chapter 686: Chapter 686: Astonishing Maneuver (Second Update) Chapter 686: Chapter 686: Astonishing Maneuver (Second Update) Three days after Feng Jun stowed away the Spirit Gathering Array, Yu Changqing’s small Spirit Gathering Array was activated again.

Chen Junsheng, Mi Yunshan, and the like, also became more accustomed to taking advantage of her Spirit Gathering Array.

However, this Spirit Gathering Array no longer had any effect on Feng Jun’s cultivation, so he once again had a lot of time to continue mining Spirit Stones at Mount Zhige.

He felt that he needed to speed up his mining since he was becoming increasingly conspicuous and more people were taking notice of him. Sooner or later, someone would come to investigate his true purpose for staying at Mount Zhige.

So far, the Standard Spirit Stones he had mined from Mount Zhige, if converted from the concentrated ones, were equivalent to the Spiritual Energy contained in more than three thousand Standard Spirit Stones, and up to this point, he had not felt any obvious signs of “resource depletion”.

To Huang Fu Flawless, this amount of Spirit Stones might not seem much, but for Feng Jun, it was his largest source of Spiritual Energy income.

With his current cultivation level, he could just about be self-sufficient in the Earth Plane, and he might even live more comfortably if he were willing to let go of his pride. However, back in the Earth Realm, there was still a whole group of people waiting for him to provide Spiritual Energy.

He had to ensure a stable source of Spiritual Energy–it didn’t have to be much, but it couldn’t be non-existent.

Additionally, he also needed to earn his daily gold and silver treasures. Besides cultivation, he had a life to live as well.

Recently, another source of income had developed for him, which was drawing talismans. He definitely wouldn’t draw Essence Blood Protection Talismans–that was for his own people’s self-defense–but he could draw Sweet Dew Talismans, couldn’t he?

Shangguan Yunjin, who prided herself on being a half-businesswoman, didn’t think much of the talismans drawn by Feng Jun. They were just the lowest-grade Sweet Dew Talismans. Still, she quoted a price of one Spirit Stone for ten Sweet Dew Talismans.

This was just the purchase price, not very high, but the cost of Sweet Dew Talismans was not high, either. Feng Jun could draw one in about five minutes, draw ten and rest for ten minutes, exactly making one hour, and in this one Spirit Stone, about seventy percent of it was Feng Jun’s hard-earned fee.

That is to say, if Feng Jun worked ten hours a day, he could earn roughly seven Spirit Stones.

If half a year ago, he could have such a stable income based solely on his own abilities, he would have been truly satisfied.

Of course, such an income is somewhat low now, but since he was idle anyway, spending two hours a day drawing talismans to make one Spirit Stone was a nice pastime.

In addition, Feng Jun had deciphered another type of Formation called the “Earth Wall Formation”, a kind of defensive formation that was quite widely used.

It was at this time that Huang Fu Flawless’s people finally arrived, a total of seven, including one at the Qi Refining Initial Stage who was in charge of management.

Among the other six, two were there to study and evaluate the Task Management System.

Another two accompanied Wang Botai to analyze the generator series because they believed there was great potential in electricity.

It wasn’t for nothing that Tiantong was praised for being skilled in business. Once they recognized the potential of something, they were willing to invest in it, and it didn’t matter much to them that Wang Botai was a disciple of Wuyou Platform.

The remaining two were specifically here to learn about the telephone system.

Both of them were men, one was a Martial Master in his nearly thirty and was quite reticent, while the other was in his early twenties and at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement. This young man had a strong curiosity, asking about everything and seldom held back in conversation.

In the beginning, Feng Jun arranged for both of them to learn about the Task Management System with Yu Changzhu and Chen Junsheng, primarily to develop an intuitive understanding of computers and to get acquainted with their operation.

In fact, they were not entirely unfamiliar with the Task Management System. It was said they had visited the Pan Family and Wuyou Platform for evaluation and had even performed hands-on exercises at terminals, but their understanding was still lacking in terms of the overarching structure and management of the entire database.

After all, the two factions under their scrutiny were not likely to divulge the core parts of their databases. It was already quite accommodating to let them try out operations at terminals.

So, after observing for three days, the two told Feng Jun that they had formed an intuitive impression and were ready to discuss the telephone system.

However, it was at this time that Huang Fu Flawless showed up, claiming that Tiantong Commerce Alliance had already landed a deal for a larger Task Management System with twenty-eight terminals and two servers.

For this configuration, Feng Jun quoted Tiantong Commerce Alliance three hundred Spirit Stones. They didn’t say how much they were selling it for, but undoubtedly, they were making at least a double profit.

But Feng Jun still couldn’t understand which power had such a big appetite to swallow such an order, even Wuyou Platform couldn’t afford such a large system.

Seeing his surprise, Huang Fu Flawless said with pride, “It’s a trial version ordered by the Ten Directions Platform.”

“You must be mistaken,” Feng Jun was genuinely dumbfounded, “Even the official version for Wuyou Platform is not this massive, and they’re all part of the Five Platforms–how can there be such a big difference?”

“That’s because you don’t know how to sell,” Chairman Huang Fu responded smugly, “And this is just the trial version for the East Platform of the Ten Directions Platform. Such a system must face all the disciples… do you understand? It cannot become a tool of the few.”

Now he understood–it was all about being people-oriented. This time, Feng Jun was thoroughly impressed by Huang Fu Flawless’s maneuvering. “I only installed a warehouse management system for Wuyou Platform, and you’ve already upgraded the Ten Directions Platform to an ATM machine.”

Delighted with the impact on him, Huang Fu Flawless couldn’t help but boast further, “Wait until later, I’m going to sell another set to Wuyou Platform, I wonder if you believe me or not?”

“You’re amazing!” Feng Jun gave a big thumbs up, not hesitant at all to lavish praise.

In truth, he had been staying put on his territory this whole time, burying himself in farming and production because he didn’t want to see her again in the short term.

Why? It was simply because he had gained too much benefit last time and was very worried she might discover that the Black Colt Tower had been used–after all, he hadn’t figured out the principle behind the tower yet.

So he tried to keep his distance from Huang Fu Flawless, as she had the Treasure-Appraising Eye. If she noticed him skyrocketing from the Qi Refining Sixth Layer to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, she was bound to become curious. And if she inspected the Black Colt Tower while harboring suspicions, she might easily find something amiss.

At this point, Feng Jun truly envied the protagonists in web novels, who all had techniques like “Breath Concealment Technique” to hide their true Cultivation Level. But while those protagonists chose to keep a low profile for the sake of showing off, his need to conceal his cultivation was imperative.

Regardless, he had decided that he had to keep a low profile for a while, and praising Huang Fu Flawless now was also to make her happy.

Of course, the main reason was that she had indeed done a great job, so praising her came naturally to him.

Huang Fu Flawless gladly accepted the praise, her perception being very sharp, but she also had a desire to show off. Having made such a beautiful deal, it was only natural to brag a little.

So she asked with a smile, “When do you plan to supply the goods?”

Feng Jun answered seriously, “It won’t be long. In the meantime, I’m planning to teach your people about the concept of a mobile phone management system.”

Huang Fu Flawless looked at him quizzically, “I’ve already delivered the materials to you, shouldn’t you be trying to set up the Spirit Binding Array as soon as possible?”

“Just be assured,” Feng Jun glanced at her indifferently, and spoke arrogantly, “I might be less experienced in business than you are, but when it comes to these tests, you’re far behind me.”

In fact, he felt that he wasn’t necessarily worse in business than her–if you set personal factors aside, there were countless successful business cases from the Earth Plane available online, and as a person from the Information Explosion era, how could he concede to the natives?

However, she was a native of this plane and had powerful backing, so he truly couldn’t replicate her moves.

He had already sold a system to Wuyou Platform, and they were planning to buy a bigger one–could such a maneuver work without connections? Why would Wuyou Platform recognize her but not him?

But Huang Fu Flawless didn’t take his words to heart. In her view, this guy had always been pretty stubborn. If he suddenly became entirely submissive, it would have raised her suspicions. So his current attitude, which acknowledged her capabilities, was what she expected.

So she simply smiled and said, “Then please hurry.”

“Don’t worry, I am more anxious than you are,” Feng Jun replied casually, “I’m running low on Spirit Stones.”

“Hmm,” Huang Fu Flawless nodded and replied offhandedly, “I heard you’ve started making Talismans to earn money. Need me to lend you some?”

“No need,” Feng Jun shook his head, clearly stating, “If you can pay the deposit for this system, I’ll be content.”

Huang Fu Flawless’s eyes swirled around, “Why don’t you prepare the stock first? I can pay when I see the goods… To tell you the truth, I don’t have many Spirit Stones on me either.”

In the end, she was still that shrewd businesswoman. Despite her continual claims of being able to extend credit, that was just her strategy. The Spirit Stones of Tiantong Commercial Alliance were not so easily deferred–she never gave up on the idea of bringing him into the alliance.

She did have Spirit Stones on her, but she intended to press him a bit–without some discomfort on his part, how would she get an opportunity to act?

Feng Jun took those two people to the machine room and began to explain some mobile phone concepts to them.

No matter what, he had received relevant training, and even if he wasn’t extremely proficient in the details, he could still talk about the general architecture.

Huang Fu Flawless wanted to listen in, but he refused her without hesitation.

It wasn’t because he wanted to show off his personality, but rather because he was worried about being too distracted during the lecture, failing to pay enough attention to her and giving her a chance to observe him.

After all, one can’t be in two places at once.

Chairman Huang Fu didn’t mind, in her eyes, Feng Jun was just a strange guy. When it comes to technical stuff, if you don’t mind someone seeing it, good; if you do, that’s fine, because my people are learning alongside.

The machine room was quite far from the small courtyard, located halfway up the mountain, with a linear distance of almost one kilometer.

Inside the machine room, Feng Jun trained them for a full two days. Those two people were actually quite sharp-minded, and the Intermediate Level martial master was just taciturn, not slow-witted, showing true talent.

But he still spent two days pouring in the basics. There was no help for it–the people of this plane just lacked too much common sense. Concepts like anti-static precautions and grounding took him quite a while to explain.

However, he wasn’t just training people the whole time. In the meantime, he quietly set up an Illusion Array next to the machine room.

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