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Chapter 891 - Chapter 891 Chapter 911 Small World

Chapter 891: Chapter 911 Small World Chapter 891: Chapter 911 Small World Guan Shanyue hesitated for a moment but still very firmly stated, “Reporting to the Ancestor Master, I trust Master Feng.”

Ma Sanniang only asked this question as a formality; if Feng Jun really didn’t want to leave, she would have no way to force him.

After hesitating for a while, she spoke up, “The secret treasure… is actually a mini-world.”

With these words released, not only did Guan Shanyue’s face change, even Feng Jun drew in a breath of cold air, “A mini-world?”

Such a thing, even placed in the mobile phone dimension, would set off numerous Golden Core cultivators to vie for it, and it would definitely bring hidden Nascent Soul Stage cultivators out of the woodwork upon hearing the news.

Seeing the shock on all three of their faces, Ma Sanniang couldn’t help but snort coldly, “Look, I didn’t want to reveal this, but you insisted I tell you. Now, whether we can keep the treasure depends on others’ whims.”

“You don’t need to provoke me,” Feng Jun sneered, “My goal is not limited to Golden Core, and I won’t ruin my own moral integrity for a mere mini-world… after all, I have seen better treasures.”

“That’s the best I could ask for,” Ma Sanniang gave a bow to Feng Jun, the first time she had been so courteous, “But I am curious, in the age of Dharma decline, being able to rise above the common is already a great opportunity. How can you be confident about reaching Gold Consolidation?”

Feng Jun replied promptly, “That, I’m afraid, I cannot say. Is it difficult to transcend the common? Heh, this disciple by my side… if she does not transcend within ten years, I will expel her from the sect!”

Zhang Caixin rolled her eyes upon hearing this and mumbled softly, “Ten years… aren’t you understimating me?”

“Her aptitude is indeed excellent,” Ma Sanniang nodded, “It’s not impossible for her to transcend within ten years. However, Feng Fellow, do you know why transcending is so difficult?”

Feng Jun replied nonchalantly, “It’s nothing more than the scarcity of Spiritual Energy in the age of Dharma decline, and the lack of resources. To the disciples of Luohua Manor, resources are not a problem.”

Ma Sanniang nodded thoughtfully, “No wonder you are so confident, daring to speak of reaching Gold Consolidation… How about this, our two parties join forces, share what we have? What do you think?”

“Heh,” Feng Jun laughed, “Allying isn’t out of the question, but if I am to cooperate with you, what does Luohua stand to gain?”

Ma Sanniang answered promptly, “Your Luohua disciples can come to the mini-world to train, what do you think?”

Feng Jun pondered for a while before asking in a deep voice, “You must be in great need of Spirit Stones now, aren’t you?”

He had said before that Luohua wasn’t interested in the mini-world, which wasn’t actually true. It was merely that he was a man of principle and couldn’t bring himself to forcefully take from his allies, and more importantly, he knew the other party must be lacking Spirit Stones.

In the Earth Realm, Luohua Manor was the only one capable of offering a large number of Spirit Stones; he didn’t believe that she could find a second collaborator–even Kunlun lacked that ability.

Even if he wasn’t moved by the mini-world, she would have come to him nonetheless, without a second option; thus he held a firm position.

“I am indeed in need of Spirit Stones,” Ma Sanniang replied without hesitation, not because she was straightforward, but because in the presence of an expert, lying was unnecessary, “I hope you can give me one hundred Spirit Stones first.”

“One hundred Spirit Stones?” Upon hearing this, Guan Shanyue could not help but exclaim, “Ancestor Master, it’s not like your era anymore, Spirit Stones are extremely rare, even our Danxia Heaven doesn’t have a single one, you’re asking for too many…”

Ma Sanniang replied with confidence, “Don’t overthink it, Feng Fellow has them.”

“Correct, I do have them,” Feng Jun replied promptly, “But why should I give them to you? You must give me a reason.”

“Because…” Ma Sanniang paused thoughtfully before replying with implication, “The Nether Wolf and Nether Snake, died at your hand.”

Come on, waiting here for me, Feng Jun was also speechless; so you knew I picked up two Nether Beads?

To be honest, having this kind of thing exposed made him quite embarrassed. It was originally just taking advantage of a situation, and if people saw it as stealing, it would be shameful.

But he was also quick-witted, immediately responding, “Yes, I killed them, as well as two Ghosts, Ma Fellow… how do you plan to thank me?”

Actually, the issue of spoils of war was never absolutely fair. Even if Feng Jun admitted to taking the Nether Beads, there was also the principle of “those who act, benefit,” and it wasn’t necessary for him to hand the Nether Beads over to Danxia Heaven.

Now, he pointed out another fact: please, if it weren’t for my involvement, you’d still be suppressed. As for the secret treasure being returned to Danxia Heaven, who knows when that would be–perhaps never.

Ma Sanniang became anxious upon hearing this; she truly needed the Spirit Stones urgently, “Feng Fellow, I didn’t want to discuss this matter in front of the juniors, but since you insisted, I have to be honest: those two beads are crucial for me.”

Feng Jun steeled himself and sneered with feigned bravado, “Crucial… so crucial they’re worth one hundred Spirit Stones?”

He had to gamble on whether she knew the price of the Nether Beads, especially in a dimension at the end of the Dharma era, where values were different.

“If the other party knew the true value of it, then… Alright, am I not allowed to be ignorant of the market prices?”

However, his guess was correct. Although Ma Sanni had lived a thousand years longer, she also did not know the true value of the Nether Bead.

Hearing him ask this, she could only respond sulkily, “The bead is really quite good. The key point is that it’s of great use to my secret land. Besides, you don’t practice Yin attribute Dharma, so what use would it have for you?”

“Let’s not get tangled up in this,” Feng Jun waved his hand dismissively, a bit roughly stating, “Consider the two beads as a fee for my troubles. If I were truly greedy, I would have just taken the small world for myself–why would I even bother asking for the beads?”

Then he looked at Guan Shanyue, “Director Guan, please say something fair.”

If Guan Shanyue hadn’t heard that her sect had gained a small world, she would have been quite upset–taking some things from Danxia Heaven is one thing, but shouldn’t you at least notify me, the host?

But now that a small world had appeared out of nowhere, she was both pleased and anxious, and couldn’t help but mutter to herself: At this time, it would already be too late to try to flatter Feng Jun. Ancestor, are you intent on provoking his anger before you are willing to rest?

Therefore, she nodded straightforwardly, “Master Feng’s great kindness is deeply appreciated by Danxia Heaven. How can a mere two beads reflect our gratitude? Ancestor, you might not be aware, but times are indeed tough now.”

Ma Sanni was left speechless and could only sigh after a long while, “But I really am lacking in Spirit Stones right now.”

“I know!” Feng Jun nodded. He could easily guess that the thousand years within this secret land, producing four more individuals at the stage of breaking away from the mortal coil, wouldn’t have resulted in sparing any resources.

And Ma Sanni had been suppressed before, so her cultivation level would definitely have been affected.

The most critical point was that in this age of declining Dharma, replenishing spiritual energy was too difficult. So, how could she possibly not be lacking in Spirit Stones?

Feng Jun was not averse to cooperation, he just disliked the other party’s attitude. “I’m not opposed to negotiating a partnership, but when you start by demanding a hundred Spirit Stones from me, it’s as if I owe you something… That attitude is hardly appropriate!”

Ma Sanni felt somewhat wronged, thinking that she wasn’t asking for nothing but rather exchanging the beads. Who knew he would come up with so many excuses?

Though she had once managed Danxia Heaven, she was now nothing more than a soul body — and a separated soul at that — with a weak autonomous consciousness. She felt that his words seemed to make some sense, so she relented.

“How about this?” Ma Sanni put forward a new proposal. “You give me Spirit Stones in exchange for your Luohua Disciples to train in the small world. It’s a fair trade, there shouldn’t be any issues, right?”

Feng Jun could certainly accept such a suggestion, and he nodded, “There’s no issue in principle, but it depends on what exactly is inside the small world. If it’s too rudimentary, I might find it uninteresting.”

He sounded rather arrogant with this statement, but it wasn’t without reason. Ma Sanni was initially a bit annoyed–how could he show so little interest in the treasures that she and her mother had managed and hardly refined with great effort? It was simply too much.

But then she thought it over and calmed down. The higher his standards, the safer her treasures would be.

So she nodded, “Of course that’s possible. However… could you possibly step outside for a moment? I have some information that I’d like to learn from the current manager.”

“Of course, that’s not a problem,” Feng Jun smiled and nodded, giving a signal to Zhang Caixin, and the two left the Stone Gate.

After they had stepped out, Ma Sanni breathed a sigh of relief–as an Artifact Spirit, she still had some sense of perception.

Her first question was, “Is it true that within Jiuzhou, there is only this Cultivator Feng who has broken free of the mortal coil?”

“I think… likely so,” replied Guan Shanyue respectfully. “In Jiuzhou, even those in the Qi Refinement Realm are rarely seen.”

“What do you mean ‘likely so’?” Ma Sanni was immediately furious. “Just because those in the Qi Refinement Realm are not commonly seen doesn’t mean they don’t exist. If there are multiple individuals who have broken free of the mortal coil, do you realize how much trouble the news of Danxia Heaven’s treasures could bring?”

“I acknowledge my faults,” Guan Shanyue hurriedly bowed, then carefully explained, “However, Master Feng has already defeated Kunlun and is searching for the Kunlun gates everywhere… I feel that Kunlun might not have anyone at such a level anymore.”

“Nonsense, you should call him Reverend Feng!” When Ma Sanni was alive, Jiuzhou still had quite a few cultivators who had broken free of the mortal coil, at least one in each of the ten great Cave Heavens, so she took titles very seriously.

However, she soon breathed a sigh of relief, “If Kunlun no longer has such a person, we don’t need to worry about our treasures… Kunlun has always looked down upon the rank of Cave Heavens.”

Knowing she was one of the only two individuals at her cultivation level left, her mood improved significantly, “Although my talents were not bad in the past, they were no match for those monsters. Who would have thought I’d be the one to survive to the end… It’s just a pity I’m in such a neither human nor ghostlike state.”

After taking pride in her longevity, she suddenly remembered something else. “Has Penglai also declined?”

“Penglai…” Guan Shanyue hesitated before answering, “It seems the Dao lineage of Penglai has been completely severed.”

“Is that so? What a pity,” Ma Sanni sighed lightly, then snapped back to reality, “Oh right, I still don’t know your name…”