Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 794 - Chapter 794 Chapter 794 Red Alert

Chapter 794: Chapter 794: Red Alert Chapter 794: Chapter 794: Red Alert A crowd of people were discussing their gains with great excitement, all except for Jing Qingyang, who felt somewhat out of the loop.

He had come to the Immortal Market in search of a fateful opportunity and was mentally prepared to keep a low profile and curb his irascible temper.

Seeing everyone talk about their income in Spirit Stones, he too was envious, but… that was about all he could do.

Being just a bodyguard, and a fairly new one at that, he didn’t need to think about such remuneration. Who would generously reward him without any personal ties?

Even if he were given a lot of Spirit Stones, he had to consider whether he could live long enough to spend them.

However, he did sense that this employer was rather generous.

The next morning, Master Xu hurried over and brought with him the method for brewing wine using the “Acacia Imperial”.

In this respect, one had to admit the proficiency of the Tiantong Commercial Alliance, as they truly fed on information. Feng Jun would have found it difficult to even recognize “Acacia Imperial”, yet they managed to find the instructions overnight.

At the same time, Master Xu also brought three hundred catties of Spiritual Wine, but Feng Jun only charged him for one hundred catties. He bought the extra two hundred catties outright–I’m only optimizing a hundred catties for you, and when it’s finished, you only get half of the final product.

Master Xu had intended to test the waters. Finding that the other party was only willing to optimize one hundred catties, he had no other choice but to agree.

After reviewing the optimization method, Feng Jun found it rather straightforward. The “Acacia Imperial” remained the key ingredient due to its abilities to purify, mellow, and layer flavors. The other ingredients, mixing, and Spirit Stone assistance were secondary.

After pondering for a while, Feng Jun went straight to the winery and bought a brewing gourd, which contained ten thousand catties of Spiritual Wine.

The brewing gourd is a type of Storage Talisman, but it can only contain liquids.

The Spirit Rice Feng Jun purchased cost five Spirit Stones per hundred catties, but Spiritual Wine was much pricier. He bought mid-range quality, with ten thousand catties costing one thousand Spirit Stones–essentially, one Spirit Stone for ten catties, ten shattered Spirit Stones per catty.

After tasting it, he bought another two brewing gourds. This way, he spent three thousand Spirit Stones on Spiritual Wine.

But this Spiritual Wine was indeed a fine item, notably effective in restoring Spiritual Energy, much stronger than Spirit Rice. He considered it a wise choice to buy more, not knowing when he would next visit the Immortal Market.

Then came the purchase of ingredients to optimize the Spiritual Wine with “Acacia Imperial,” which cost him over seven thousand Spirit Stones.

It’s often said that indulgences are expensive, and indeed they are. If he hadn’t decided to sell the “Acacia Imperial”, he definitely wouldn’t have been willing to spend so much.

With everything purchased, it was time to promote the growth of the Spiritual Wine. Meanwhile, Shangguan Yunjin finally received a reply from the Wuyou Platform. One of her fellow disciples had arrived nearby and wanted her to bring Chairman Huang Fu Flawless to discuss the purchase of Aquatic Sandalwood Spikenard.

Upon hearing this, Chairman Huang Fu followed her, leaving Feng Jun with nothing urgent at hand. So, he headed to the management office to apply for the rental of an Intermediate-Level “Dusty-Cavern” Cave Dwelling to advance his rank.

To be honest, he was quite troubled by Huang Fu Flawless’s keen perception. He hadn’t considered renting a cave dwelling while she was around, only applying for one the moment she left.

Regrettably, the Qiuchen Market offered only five “Dusty-Cavern” High-Rank Cave Dwellings.

At the moment, two High-Rank Dwellings were in use for Cultivation, and two Intermediate-Level Dwellings were being used by others attempting to advance their ranks. The remaining cave dwelling was the market’s reserve, typically not opened to the general public unless necessary.

Therefore, Feng Jun could only wait in line, being told that a dwelling would become available in three days, and he was presently first in queue.

The market’s personnel even questioned him–since your Cultivation Level is suitable, why insist on a High-Rank Dwelling when there are available Intermediate-Level Dwellings right now?

After considering for a moment, Feng Jun decided to follow the management personnel to see the Intermediate-Level Dwelling.

These Cultivation Cave Dwellings were located to the east of the Qiuchen Market, occupying a considerable expanse of over ten square kilometers. Five mountain peaks contained more than five thousand cave dwellings for those in the Qi Refinement Realm, and there were over one hundred dwellings for those at the Dusty-Cavern Stage.

And as for Golden Core Stage Cultivation cave dwellings? None! Who in the Golden Core Stage would come to the Immortal Market for Cultivation?

However, strictly speaking, there was one Golden Core Stage cave dwelling, but it wasn’t open to the public by the Immortal Market.

Feng Jun visited an available Dusty-Cavern Intermediate Level cave dwelling and, after feeling the Spiritual Energy inside, concluded it was indeed sufficient for his Cultivation. The dwelling wasn’t yet sealed, and its Spiritual Energy was comparable to the Spirit Gathering Array at the Intermediate-Dusty-Cavern Level on Mount Zhige.

But after some thought, he felt it safer to cultivate in a High-Rank Dusty-Cavern Dwelling, given the unclear origins of the Devouring Primordial Heaven Technique–a higher grade of dwelling meant fewer who would dare to pry.

It’s just a matter of waiting three days anyway; meanwhile, he could concurrently optimize a batch of Spiritual Wine.

Three days later, the Spiritual Wine was ready. Feng Jun added eighty jins of Spiritual Wine to the Acacia Goblet, and the produced Acacia Dream only amounted to thirty-six jins. This meant that a hundred jins of Spiritual Wine could be refined into forty-five jins of Acacia Dream.

Strictly speaking, such optimized wine could not be called Acacia Dream. The genuine Acacia Dream required adherence to a specific proportion of various materials and a brewing process of eighty-one days.

Although the Tiantong Commerce Alliance was well-informed, they did not possess the recipe for Acacia Dream, and it was unlikely they would find it in the short term.

Even so, the optimized wine was still quite formidable. The moment Feng Jun lifted the lid, the fragrance from within the Acacia Goblet burst forth instantly, uncontrollable like a swarm of agitated wasps.

Fortunately, Divine Doctor Xu had not left with Chairman Huang Fu Flawless and, knowing that the wine would be opened, had already arrived at the scene. Seeing the situation, he swept his sleeves, collecting much of the escaping fragrance back into the goblet.

However, he still cautioned Feng Jun, “Next time you open the wine, it’s best to find a closed-off area. Such an open space is really not appropriate.”

From a hundred jins of wine producing forty-five, Feng Jun only needed to give Divine Doctor Xu twenty-two and a half jins. In the end, he gave him twenty-five jins as a token of gratitude for providing the instruction manual.

Even then, Divine Doctor Xu was somewhat dissatisfied, wanting to take thirty jins for himself.

But Feng Jun was resolute in his refusal. This time, only thirty-two jins of wine were produced in total, and you want to leave me with only two jins?

Furthermore, the cost of optimizing the Spiritual Wine was quite high. For these eighty jins of wine and the three days of optimization, Feng Jun had invested materials worth almost seventy to eighty Spirit Stones, much higher than Divine Doctor Xu’s cost of buying the wine.

In the end, Divine Doctor Xu shamelessly brought out a large cup that could hold two jins of wine and said, “Feng Daoist, you still owe that craftsman a cup of wine. I’ll bring it back for you.”

Feng Jun was willing to indulge this little trick, handing over the two jins of wine. After all, he would still have five jins left for himself to enjoy that night.

However, before Divine Doctor Xu could leave, two cultivators arrived looking for them, one at a high tier of Qi Refinement and the other at the initial stage of being dust-free.

“How fragrant,” the cultivator at the initial stage of being dust-free sniffed incessantly and spoke out loud, “It should be close by… eh, there’s actually a friend in the dust-free stage here?”

Divine Doctor Xu glanced at him and spoke indifferently, “This place has been set up as a campsite; it’s better if non-invitees do not intrude.”

This area was public land, but Feng Jun had applied for a camping permit, and the land surrounding their tents was not to be entered by others without permission.

Nevertheless, the audacity of the cultivator at the initial stage of being dust-free was not small. He smiled and gave Divine Doctor Xu a respectful bow, “May I ask for the esteemed name of the Daoist friend?”

Divine Doctor Xu couldn’t be bothered with him, though. As a Guest Elder of the Tiantong Commerce Alliance, it was sufficient to only be responsible to the alliance. There was no need to befriend unrelated individuals, so he simply replied coldly, “The Tiantong Commerce Alliance is handling matters here. It’s best for irrelevant people to stay away.”

In reality, his current actions could not be considered an official act of the Tiantong, but without a doubt, Feng Jun was an honored guest of the Commerce Alliance, and the fragrant Acacia Goblet was a product that the alliance planned to auction off next.

Thus, invoking the Tiantong Commerce Alliance’s name was justified.

The newcomer at the initial stage of being dust-free was taken aback upon hearing “Tiantong Commerce Alliance.” He had followed the scent of the wine, thinking that his status would grant him the opportunity to enjoy a couple of cups without issue–even the presence of someone at the intermediate stage of being dust-free did not concern him.

But upon hearing those four words, he was genuinely at a loss, as that was a power he couldn’t afford to provoke.

In the Cultivation World, discussions of power often bring up the Four Great Sects and the Five Great Platforms, but in fact, the Tiantong Commerce Alliance is unquestionably a major force to be reckoned with, possibly even stronger than the Five Great Platforms.

Chairman Huang Fu Flawless, a mid-stage Qi Refiner, dared to build an even larger house next to the Wuyou Platform. And Divine Doctor Yan from the platform didn’t mind or take issue, isn’t that telling enough?

The newcomer at the initial stage was quite self-important but didn’t dare to clash head-on with Tiantong. His eyes darted around, and he forced a smile, “Tiantong has two properties in Qiuchen, why would it conduct business here?”

“Why must I explain my actions to you?” Divine Doctor Xu looked at him with contempt, “If you don’t believe me, feel free to inquire at Tiantong. Continue to make noise here, and don’t blame me for not being polite.”

With no other option, the visitor could only leave in disappointment with the high-ranked Qi Refiner.

This was rather inconvenient for Feng Jun, who had initially planned to invite everyone to enjoy the wine that evening. Suddenly realizing that Acacia Dream could so easily attract hostility, he discarded the idea, “This wine… is better saved for when we return to Mount Zhige.”

Unknowingly, Mount Zhige had become his home in this realm. Although the Immortal Market was excellent, with abundant goods and filled with Spiritual Energy, he truly didn’t feel a sense of belonging there.

That very night, he started optimizing the second batch of Spiritual Wine. However, he anticipated that before the second batch was finished, the cave dwelling would be vacated, and he would need to take the wine into the cave to continue the process.

Regrettably, he didn’t get to wait for the cave dwelling to be vacated. The following day, nearing noon, three loud bangs suddenly resonated from the Qiuchen Immortal Workshop, and in the core area, three columns of red smoke arose, each as thick as ten feet, shooting straight into the sky.

Upon witnessing this, Chen Junsheng rushed into Feng Jun’s tent, “Divine Doctor, the Fang Market has issued a level three red alert.”

As Feng Jun stepped out of the tent, he saw countless Flying Artifacts rising from the core area and scattering in all directions.