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Chapter 727 - Chapter 727 Chapter 727 Hiding Secrets

Chapter 727: Chapter 727: Hiding Secrets Chapter 727: Chapter 727: Hiding Secrets Feng Jun’s body stiffened upon hearing these words.

After a while, he coldly looked at Le Ye, “Your joke isn’t funny at all… Maybe next time, I’ll die in the battle against Yin beings, how could I get the Nether Bead?”

“As a disciple of the Yinsha Sect, you should know that these things don’t always drop, it depends on chance.”

Le Ye shivered under his gaze, but finally mustered up the courage to speak, “I know you have one now.”

“Hmm?” Feng Jun’s eyes narrowed, and he bared his teeth in a grin, revealing his snow-white teeth.

He spoke eerily, “Then may I ask, how many do I have now?”

“You… you have at least one,” Le Ye said bravely, though trembling, “it wasn’t me who said it, it was Huang Fu Flawless who mentioned it.”

“What the…” Feng Jun touched his chin, leaped into the air, and flew directly towards the courtyard of the Tiantong Commerce Alliance, “I’m going to find her.”

After descending into the yard, he called out loudly, “Chairman Huang Fu Flawless, come out here!”

The next moment, a voice responded, “Hey, hey, my yard might not have much protection, but isn’t it inappropriate for you to barge in like this?”

Feng Jun’s temper was clearly ruffled, and he wanted to make a scene, responding with a snide snicker, “Your yard lacks protection… who are you trying to fool?”

In the yard of the Tiantong Commerce Alliance, there were no shortage of formations; his words weren’t going to fool anyone, least of all him.

It was broad daylight, and likely because the Crimson Phoenix Sect was also staying there, Huang Fu Flawless had all the formations turned off.

By now, Chairman Huang had come out. Hearing his direct approach, she could only darken her expression, “This is also my place, and I have never been an unwelcome guest at yours. Your invasion of my privacy… is that appropriate?”

Having interacted with Feng Jun for so long, she had also learned some trendy words.

Yet Feng Jun looked at her with a darkened face, “You know about privacy, and yet you talk behind my back?”

Huang Fu Flawless was at first startled, then burst into laughter, “So it’s about that… Are you sure you want to discuss it here?”

Feng Jun snorted indifferently, replying, “I don’t care where we talk, I just want to know what your intentions are.”

Chairman Huang’s laughter grew more joyous, “Then shall we… talk inside?”

Once they were inside, she raised her hand, and a faint fluctuation passed through the space. She then cheerfully said, “Alright, I’ve blocked the sound, even Bai Luan couldn’t eavesdrop on us without alerting me.”

Seeing this set-up, Feng Jun knew she was serious. If he kept denying it, it would seem like he was shirking responsibility, so he asked somberly, “What exactly do you know?”

“You did it on purpose, didn’t you?” Huang Fu Flawless looked at him with a smirk, “You presented two different Nether Beads, isn’t that a hint to me… that we could continue trading?”

“What?” Feng Jun was dumbfounded: So it’s my mistake?

Huang Fu Flawless was right; he had two Nether Beads. One he obtained from killing a Nether Wolf, and the other from encountering a transcendent Ming Snake on his second venture into the Danxia Heaven Secret Land.

He found it easier to deal with the Ming Snake than with the Nether Wolf, especially since he now possessed a Fierce Sun Stone.

After killing the Ming Snake, he obtained another Nether Bead, so in the Secret Land of Danxia Heaven, he had encountered four transcendent beings in total.

This was something even Xu Lei Gang was unaware of. It wasn’t that Feng Jun was dead set on hiding the Nether Bead; he just couldn’t prove to Guan Shanyue that he only obtained one Nether Bead the second time he entered the Stone Gate.

What if Guan Shanyue thought he might have gotten four or five, or even more?

Some things are better left unsaid as they only cause confusion. So he simply chose to say nothing about it.

Lately, he compared the two Nether Beads and found almost no difference between them, even the age was the same.

In fact, he suspected that both the Nether Wolf and Ming Snake were spawned by those two Yin creatures in the stone door’s beast heads; otherwise, it made no sense for the secret land, that had been closed for at least eight hundred years, to have two Yin creatures with only over seven hundred years.

Of course, if the Stone Gate had closed and not budged an inch, then his speculation would be wrong. However, he believed this to be highly unlikely.

These were all digressions. He truly hadn’t anticipated that the two Nether Beads he produced on separate occasions would be different. How could he make such a basic mistake? “You must be kidding me, right?”

“The purity of the Yin Energy is different,” Huang Fu Flawless said with a smirk, “Remember Bai Luan’s assessment? The Nether Bead she saw had a purity of five nines.”

Feng Jun raised his hand and slapped his forehead hard, “That’s exactly it.”

Seeing his reaction, Huang Fu Flawless doubled over in laughter, “Ha ha, so it was a mistake after all. Here I thought you were hinting that you wanted to continue selling Nether Beads.”

Well, with that, Feng Jun lost any desire to complain and had to offer a sincere apology for his own oversight, “I’m truly sorry, it was my fault. Please, Chairman Huang, forgive my earlier offense.”

Chairman Huang Fu blinked, pondering as she inquired, “So what you’re saying is… you’re not selling the Nether Bead?”

“I never planned to sell it,” Feng Jun spread his hands helplessly, “I only have two Nether Beads. Selling one doesn’t matter, but I must keep one for research.”

“Last time you said you weren’t selling the Nether Bead,” Chairman Huang Fu’s eyes spun with suspicion as she looked at him, “and now you’re saying the same thing… Couldn’t you come up with a fresher excuse?”

This time, Feng Jun truly felt like crying but had no tears, “Fine, I’ll sell it for twenty thousand Spirit… This is the last one.”

In fact, he didn’t even know what use he had for the Nether Bead; he just figured that since he had two, selling one wouldn’t hurt.

But he’d made a slip-up, and others had discovered it… And misunderstood him, so he couldn’t talk about keeping one for research anymore and decided to sell it to correct the mistake.

Of course, this was mainly because the Nether Bead wasn’t very useful to him; if it had been Soul Stones, he would absolutely not have sold them no matter what.

“Daoist Friend Feng, you’re going too far,” Chairman Huang Fu frowned, dissatisfied, “Twenty thousand Spirit for one with a purity of five nines, and the same price for one with four nines… Is that fair?”

“Fine, I’ll give you this favor,” Feng Jun’s heart was truly filled with disgust, a single mistake had put him at a disadvantage, “A five percent discount, take it at this price if you want it, otherwise forget it.”

A five percent concession might look small, but twenty thousand Spirit Stones became nineteen thousand, a whole thousand Spirit Stones less.

Chairman Huang Fu didn’t rush to negotiate the price but instead looked at him thoughtfully, “Could there be a third Nether Bead?”

“Am I the kind of person you’re suggesting?” Feng Jun’s eyes widened in dissatisfaction.

However, a moment later, his brows raised slightly, “Hmm, when I go to kill Yin creatures, I’ll see if I can get one or two more, but I can’t guarantee that.”

Hearing this, Chairman Huang Fu’s beautiful eyes widened considerably, “When are you going to kill Yin creatures?”

Feng Jun shook his head slightly, speaking a bit cluelessly, “How would I know? I’ll wait for news.”

Chairman Huang Fu hastened to say, “Then remind me when you get more Nether Beads.”

Feng Jun hesitated, then shook his head again, “I’d like to figure them out on my own.”

His power was growing greater and greater, and he needed to pay attention to accumulating resources. Just because the Nether Beads had no use for him now didn’t mean they wouldn’t in the future. The reserves of those great powers were also accumulated bit by bit.

Chairman Huang Fu frowned in dissatisfaction, “Such items… they sell for more in larger quantities.”

Rare treasures seldom come with the notion of bulk discounts. In reality, if there are more, buyers don’t need to bother collecting them from various places, and they might even sell for a higher price– if there’s a small quantity, buyers may not have the patience to negotiate further with you.

But the next moment, she smiled sweetly, “Never mind, considering you didn’t play any tricks this time, I will take just this one.”

Feng Jun gestured to the door with his mouth, “Let’s talk after Bai Luan leaves; I don’t want her knowing about this.”

Two days later, Bai Luan left with her people, and Chairman Huang Fu purchased the remaining Nether Bead for nineteen thousand Spirit.

Feng Jun didn’t ask her what she planned to do with the Nether Bead. He merely told her that he didn’t want to be harassed by Le Ye anymore.

By this time, he had realized that Le Ye and You Longzi were not exactly close.

One of Le Ye’s aunts was the consort of a Golden Core Master from the Yinsha Sect, but that Golden Core Master had perished eight years ago, leaving her and her master with much diminished powers. However, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse, and they were still considerably stronger than You Longzi.

When Le Ye sought help from her master this time, he had sent You Longzi over, perhaps with the intention of letting You Longzi have a share as well, aiming to win over one of the rising stars within the sect.

Unfortunately, You Longzi returned defeated, yet Le Ye still refused to give up.

Feng Jun also thought that Le Ye was the type to be duped by her uncle. He had opinions about You Longzi and his two followers, but he really didn’t care about Le Ye, so he didn’t want to know where the Nether Bead would ultimately end up.

Seriously speaking, after selling the bead, he had a substantial increase in Spirit Stones in hand and could feel a bit more at ease.

Another benefit of selling the bead was that Chairman Huang Fu agreed to let him analyze the Teleportation Formation.

A pair of Teleportation Formations was worth only forty thousand Spirit Stones. Having sold two Nether Beads for roughly forty thousand Spirit Stones, Chairman Huang Fu felt his wealth fit the bill, and so she was willing to lend him the Teleportation Formation.

Unfortunately, the Transfer Matrix Plate was much too difficult to analyze, and his mobile phone couldn’t even display the complete pattern.

For the next two and a half months, Feng Jun spent his time at Mount Zhige.

With the roads closed due to heavy snow, people’s movements diminished. Before the first snow had melted, the second had arrived. Under such conditions, even the Mi Family’s body corporate and the Yu Family’s CheMa Trading Company made fewer visits, leading to a decline in Boiler Camel Motorcycle sales.

Since Feng Jun did not need to restock on Earth, he had more time to dedicate to cultivation.

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