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Chapter 819 - Chapter 819 Chapter 819 Whos Trap

Chapter 819: Chapter 819 Who’s Trap Chapter 819: Chapter 819 Who’s Trap Feng Jun quietly left the courtyard on the fourth night and made his way to a small forest within the Fang Market–a place not uncommon here.

He then took out a pack of cigarettes and smoked one after another, silently waiting.

About ten minutes later, two kids around eight or nine years old were playing and passed by, glanced at him, and then ran off into the distance.

Five minutes later, Zhou Linghai and Liang Yisi arrived silently, both dressed in black. If Feng Jun, having advanced to a higher realm, hadn’t significantly improved his perception, it wouldn’t have been so easy to detect them.

The two of them, who had been stationed at the boundary walls for years, also had large nicotine cravings. The three squatted in the darkness, blowing smoke and casually exchanging opinions.

Towards the end of the conversation, Feng Jun looked thoughtfully at Liang Yisi, “There’s always someone watching my small courtyard… So you think they want to make an example out of me, kill the chicken to warn the monkeys?”

“That’s what I think,” Liang Yisi’s face was hidden in the darkness, his expressions imperceptible, only the glow of his cigarette flickering, “Killing you would have the least impact, and in fact, everyone who knows about you understands you have high combat strength, so the effect would be significant…”

Feng Jun was silent for a long time before finally asking, “In the Immortal Pavilion… do they dare to kill someone?”

“You have a good relationship with Tiantong, and the cost of killing someone in the Immortal Pavilion is too high, so high that even the Xue Family can’t afford it,” Zhou Linghai responded softly, “You should be careful on your way back to Mount Zhige… The outside world says you have a lot of Spirit Stones; that’s one of their motives to act.”

Smiling, Feng Jun asked, “So if I take you back to Mount Zhige, wouldn’t that put you in danger too?”

“What’s the danger in that?” Zhou Linghai scoffed with disdain, “I survived an attack from two wild beasts; living another day is a bonus. At worst, we fight to the death together… Lao Feng, I’m just giving you a heads-up.”

“That’s the spirit,” Feng Jun smacked his lips and pondered for a long while before speaking again, “Can you lure out Xue Family’s experts from their realm? I don’t want to kill people in the Fang Market… The cost is too high.”

This time, it was Zhou Linghai and Liang Yisi’s turn to be silent. After a while, the bolder Liang Yisi spoke up, “Luring them out is not a big problem… no, it’s certainly possible, but are you sure you can kill them, Feng Daoist Friend?”

Feng Jun smiled faintly and answered leisurely, “Such matters… who can be sure? But just be careful, and don’t let them notice you; any problem with that?”

If he had said he was sure, Liang Yisi would have had second thoughts, but since he expressed uncertainty, Liang Yisi found it more believable.

He nodded decisively, “Alright, no problem. We will definitely lure them out, but this will take a few days.”

“A few days?” Feng Jun thought for a moment and then nodded, “Alright, no problem.”

In the following days, he practiced the “Yin Yang Dual Polarity Sword” in the small courtyard.

Originally he had wanted to try practicing some movement techniques, the ones from the Gu Family’s secret archives for those in their realm, but after trying, he found the technique was absolute trash, even worse than his natural agility, and he eventually gave up.

This wasn’t to say the Gu Family’s collection was terrible–although indeed it wasn’t great–but the key issue was that the technique was designed for ordinary cultivators in that realm, mainly for controlling one’s body while flying.

As an Innate Expert who had chosen the path of martial enlightenment, Feng Jun had practiced movement techniques during the Qi Refinement Realm, and with his constant flying around Mount Zhige and several major battles with those in higher realms, he had exceptional control over his body; he truly didn’t need to learn this technique.

You could say that cultivators who choose the path of martial enlightenment have great potential, and this was not said in vain.

That morning, as he was in the house drawing Talismans, Yun Buyao came in to report that a man named Liang Zhongyu was seeking an audience.

Liang Zhongyu, not long after the war, had also bought a house in Qiuchen. Unlike Feng Jun, who was ostentatious, he spent only two thousand Spirit Stones on a less than three-acre courtyard and moved five or six people from his clan.

One of the young disciples who had reached the third layer of Ascendency obtained a household registration in Qiuchen–indeed, his actions were not much different from Feng Jun’s.

He even inquired at the management office if there was someone named Feng Jun who had also bought a house.

Such information usually wasn’t accessible to the general public, but Liang Zhongyu had connections there and casually learned of the news.

Upon hearing Feng Jun had bought a twelve-acre courtyard located among “high-end properties,” Liang Zhongyu was unsure how to approach him–the man’s wealth was clearly greater than his, and even if he wanted to curry favor, he needed to find the right approach.

However, not far from his departure, two men quickly passed by him, excitedly discussing in hushed tones, “Is it true that the Tiantong Commerce Alliance is offering a high price for Golden Viper Liquid?”

“Of course it’s true. I have an inside connection,” the other was just as excited, “And I’m certain that in the Red River Valley…”

Halting mid-sentence, the man suddenly looked up and glanced at Liang Zhongyu, then closed his mouth firmly.

Ha… Liang Zhongyu thought to himself with a smirk; his experience with Vipers had almost gotten him sick, these two Qi Refinement novices dreaming of battle better hope they make it back alive.

He thought he had no interest in hunting Spirit Beasts for a long time.

But the next moment, his eyes lit up: The Tiantong Commerce Alliance… Feng Jun? Wasn’t this handing him a reason to pay a visit?

Liang Zhongyu was a meticulous thinker–except for not employing a craftsman to identify the Siamese Dukedom, his calculations rarely went wrong.

So, he decided to first inquire at the market about the price of Golden Viper venom, to see if it had gone up.

This type of material can be used in various pills and was originally quite expensive, selling for two to three hundred Spirit Stones per tael.

But obtaining even one tael of this venom is difficult, it usually requires killing three or four Golden Vipers that haven’t sprayed their venom, and extracting their venom glands to barely gather enough for a tael.

If the vipers have already sprayed their venom, even ten may not yield a tael’s worth of venom.

Of course, if someone has the ability to capture a viper alive and care for it, extracting venom once a month, they could gather about a tael over the course of four to five months.

Liang Zhongyu first went to the materials market and discovered that the price of viper venom had indeed risen slightly, to about two hundred eighty-nine per tael.

This wasn’t really surprising, though recent Spirit Beast attacks had made Spirit Beast materials correspondingly cheaper, some materials went up in price instead, and viper venom was a classic example–the attacking Golden Vipers would certainly spray their venom, and collecting their bodies wasn’t easy.

Liang Zhongyu felt that the fluctuation in the price of viper venom wasn’t significant, but he needed to check in with Tiantong to understand the price better.

Tiantong treated High Tier Qi Refinement cultivators quite well; unfortunately, they quoted a purchase price of two hundred sixty Spirit Stones per tael.

Liang Zhongyu felt he might have been tricked, but then he thought: What about insider information… maybe it wasn’t that simple.

He quickly realized that, tricked or not, with this information, he now had a reason to approach Feng Jun.

So, he went to request a meeting, suggesting an adventure to see if they could take the risk.

Feng Jun really wanted to control his expression, but in the end, he couldn’t help but show a trace of peculiarity: Were Ji PingAn’s comrades-in-arms really that crafty, capable of setting such a trap?

Indeed, he thought it was a setup–after Liang Zhongyu asked about him at the administration office, and just so happened to walk out and overhear two people chatting?

Liang Zhongyu, very keenly aware of his peculiarity, asked out loud, “You’re quite familiar with Tiantong, why not ask them what their purchase price is?”

Feng Jun pondered a moment before speaking, “Red River Valley, eh? I have some doubts about you… that Qi Concealment Technique you gave me, what kind of trash is that?”

“Oh my, with the way you’re talking, I’m feeling a bit helpless,” Liang Zhongyu feigned surprise, “Aren’t you about to spend two thousand five hundred to buy the following Cultivation Technique… I didn’t even have the heart to ask you about it.”

Feng Jun had absolutely no qualms about deceiving this con artist, “I’m actually planning to return it, converting the merit points into Spirit Stones might be better.”

“You must be joking?” Liang Zhongyu cried out exaggeratedly, his face a picture of grief, “You learn it and then return it?”

“It’s not worth five hundred Spirit Stones,” Feng Jun shook his head, “After studying it for a long time, there’s been no gain… feels like a loss.”

“How is that possible? Try studying it a bit longer,” Liang Zhongyu voiced his extreme disappointment.

So he stopped talking about past incidents, “Don’t you want to know where in Red River Valley the Golden Vipers are?”

Feng Jun was now almost certain this slippery fellow had been set up by Zhou Linghai or Liang Yisi.

Only this guy could proceed without raising the Xue Family Innate Expert’s suspicions, and since the random pick of individual was someone not well understood by the schemers themselves, they could avoid the Xue Family’s scrutiny should anything go awry.

Frankly speaking, Feng Jun had to admire the scheming ability of that group, it was ingenious.

He felt it was probably the work of Liang Yisi, swaggering with confidence, surely having some tricks up his sleeve.

Of course, there was a ten percent chance it was a misunderstanding, or even a trap set by the Xue Family to counterkill him, but Feng Jun was willing to take that risk–for choosing to lay low was due to the environment, not because he was afraid to risk his life.

He glanced up at the sun and saw it wasn’t yet noon, so he stood up, drained the cup of tea in one gulp, “Alright then, let’s go check out Red River Valley.”

After saying that, he left immediately and summoned an all-terrain vehicle.

Despite Liang Zhongyu’s corpulence, his movements were not slow at all; he chased after him and dashed out, yelling, “Wait for me.”

After they climbed onboard, the vehicle sped away from the Fang Market, leaving Liang Zhongyu in a daze until he belatedly asked, “Aren’t you going to ask Tiantong about the situation… What’s the price of Golden Viper Liquid?”

“What’s there to ask,” Feng Jun laughed nonchalantly, “Anyway, snake meat tastes great, and you know the location… just out for a casual hunt.”

But I don’t know the exact location, Liang Zhongyu sighed inwardly; of course, he couldn’t possibly voice this thought aloud.

In fact, what he was thinking was that Feng Jun probably knew the real offer price from Tiantong, which is why, upon hearing the news, he rushed off without a second thought.

Engrossed in his wild thoughts, the vehicle had unwittingly arrived at a black archway–not the same one where they had fought last time, but another one.

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