Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 942 - Chapter 942 Chapter 942 Early Hatching

Chapter 942: Chapter 942: Early Hatching Chapter 942: Chapter 942: Early Hatching Ji Buseng expressed a certain disappointment with Luo Shuchen’s negotiating skills.

However, he didn’t dwell on it too much. It was just as Feng Jun had said – once the “Sentimental Earl” appeared, no matter who bought it at the auction, their identity would eventually be exposed. An anonymous auction would be useless – could it be that they wouldn’t brew wine?

As a Golden Core Master, as long as he knew the identity of the other party, he wasn’t worried about not being able to obtain some wine.

Thus, the people from Heavenly Heart Platform really did things in a straightforward manner. They could have easily pressured Feng Jun, but they agreed quite easily.

Because they felt that this move wasn’t a loss for them.

Feng Jun still had a trump card up his sleeve, waiting to charge the other party a “healing fee.” But they readily admitted defeat. He felt that he had saved the time it would take to haggle, and so he couldn’t be bothered to bring up the matter of the healing fee again – dealing with someone so straightforward, he didn’t mind taking a bit of a loss.

Once they had finished negotiating, someone from Heavenly Heart Platform came over to deliver a Spirit Beast Bag specifically for holding small Gu Insects. As for the original Spirit Beast Bag, the people from Heavenly Heart Platform just waved their hands – not wanting it anymore, they gave it to him for transporting spirit plant herders.

Actually, this plane wasn’t short of spirit plant herders. There were plenty like the rubble worm, the iron mandible Seven Stars ladybug, etc., who could take good care of spirit plants, and there were even plant-type herders like the Flower Spirit Tree Monster. However, Gu Insects serving as spirit plant herders were indeed rare.

In the following days, at the rate of hatching a batch of small Gu Insects every three days, Feng Jun worked on removing Gu eggs from Liang Huan, continuously cutting open his body to let blood.

But Cultivators were ultimately different from mortals.

Although Liang Huan was only at the Qi Refining Second Layer, he was backed by a true master, so he didn’t lack medicinal herbs and spiritual objects. Bleeding every three days was bearable; his wounds could heal completely in less than three days, and he could even replenish quite a bit of his vital essence.

During this period, the existence of Feng Jing and Sister Hong gradually came to everyone’s attention. However… this wasn’t really anything significant, especially since Hua Hua was stealing the spotlight far more than the two of them.

Since a spirit plant herder could suddenly appear, the emergence of two female attendants at the Mortal Shedding level wasn’t too shocking – even if they were mute. But with their beauty on display, it was normal for the venerated Feng to like this type. Even the people from Heavenly Heart Platform simply ignored them – were cultivators at the Mortal Shedding level even worth noting?

Only Mi Yunshan felt somewhat disappointed inside. These two women were openly ignoring her presence. Although they didn’t interact with the natives of Mount Zhige and shake her influence there, their presence was indeed depressing for her.

However, she couldn’t do anything about it now. She could guess that they were probably from the same place as Feng Jun. This kind of regional kinship couldn’t be imitated, and jealousy was useless.

Thus, Sister Lin became more melancholic and sentimental.

By the time they were hatching the third batch of Gu Insects, the group comprised of Ji PingAn, Liang Yisi, and Zhou Linghai had finally collected enough goods.

This was truly no easy feat. Feng Jun frequently travelled between planes transporting goods, but he had accumulated too much debt before and now wanted to stock up on goods. The allocation was inevitably tight. It was only because the others considered that his team had returned with the venerated Feng that they were willing to turn a blind eye.

Of course, those qualified to compete with them for resources were not people from the Mortal Realm. Tiantong Commercial Alliance, Wuyou Platform, Crimson Pheonix Sect… These were all forces that the average Loose Cultivator couldn’t afford to provoke, and recently, Heavenly Heart Platform had been added to the list.

Yes, Heavenly Heart Platform. Those madmen might not care much for commerce, but as Cultivators, they couldn’t possibly ignore cultivation resources. As other cultivation forces were scrambling for wholesale goods, they, of course, followed suit.

These powers allowing Ji PingAn and the others to take all the goods was indeed a matter of giving face.

Liang Yisi and Zhou Linghai left with the goods, following the caravan of Tiantong Commercial Alliance, while Ji PingAn stayed behind to help Feng Jun look after things and also began collecting the next batch of goods.

He didn’t choose to stay in the small courtyard but instead built a small courtyard in a populated area as a fixed foothold for their group.

When Feng Jun was hatching the fourth batch of Gu Insects for Liang Huan, Feng Jing finally advanced to the fifth layer of Mortal Shedding. Six days later, Sister Hong also advanced. Mi Yunshan, no longer able to contain herself, one day complained to him of “favoritism.”

Was it really favoritism? Feng Jun didn’t believe so. He knew he had more women back in the Earth Realm, and in the Mobile Phone Realm, he truly only had Mi Yunshan.

He had been striving to synchronize the seasons in both places, meaning he spent roughly the same amount of time in each. If there was any favoritism, he was perhaps a little more biased towards Mi Yunshan.

However, since she complained, Feng Jun didn’t want her to become the real Sister Lin. Therefore, he had no choice but to agree to take turns, spending two days with the other two and one day with her… perfectly coinciding with a Gu hatching cycle.

On the day of the eighth Gu Insect hatching, Mi Yunshan finally advanced as well – to the sixth layer of Mortal Shedding!

She cried with joy, yet there wasn’t really a need to be so happy over such a trivial advancement. She was purely provoked by the other two women.

Of course, reaching the sixth layer of Mortal Shedding was indeed an accomplishment. Her next step was to face the advancement to high-rank Mortal Shedding. Once she overcame this hurdle, her next major challenge would be stepping into the Qi Refinement Realm.

Feng Jing and Sister Hong found themselves feeling gloomy again; both were mature women, and upon arriving in this dimension, they discovered that Feng Jun had a female attendant who did everything with him. Although they felt uncomfortable about it, they could still accept the situation.

Expecting Feng Jun to develop on his own in this dimension without any women was unrealistic; after all, aren’t all men like that?

Yet Mi Yunshan’s cultivation level was higher than both of them, which added to their discomfort–a young girl with such natural talent had a cultivation level that seemed a bit too high, right?

It wasn’t until they both advanced in rank themselves that they felt a bit more balanced, only for the young girl to advance again, leaving them behind once more.

Therefore, the cooperation between the two mature mei women became even more skilled and tacit. Each time, it was a relentless effort, almost as if their goal was to squeeze his last drop of essence, ensuring that the spiritual liquid would not be lost to outsiders.

Of course, Feng Jun, who had already ascended and become a refined individual, had greatly improved in both cultivation and physical strength. He wouldn’t be bothered by such minor issues, although this did lead to him spending even more time practicing yoga.

Fortunately, his hard work paid off as Sister Hong and Feng Jing’s cultivation levels grew rapidly.

Especially Teacher Mei, after advancing to the fifth layer of mortal detachment, without any pause, she stabilized her realm in two days and then rushed towards the sixth layer–her progress was rapid, on par with Mi Yunshan.

Feng Jun couldn’t help but speculate whether Teacher Mei’s “space” attribute required her to cross dimensions multiple times in order to effectively boost her cultivation.

Regardless, Feng Jing had initially been his biggest concern; she lived a more comfortable life than most, lacked great aspirations, and practiced cultivation sporadically, merely drifting through life.

Now that she displayed rapid improvement in her cultivation, he was more than delighted.

But Sister Hong was utterly frustrated. Competitive by nature, she couldn’t tolerate being the weakest in Luohua Manor–so she intensified her passion for practicing yoga, to the point where even Feng Jun found it a bit extreme…

After eight rounds of incubation, they successfully hatched eighty-one juvenile Gu insects–of which two were twins, while the rest, seventeen, left Liang Huan in quite a dire state.

Since Feng Jun was now quite preoccupied with the three women, he went to Luo Shuchen and suggested resting for ten full days to rejuvenate his vital energy, ensuring the final two incubations wouldn’t lead to any serious complications.

Luo Shuchen was indifferent. The Heavenly Heart Platform encouraged disciples to undergo trials, believing that only through adversity could one grow strong. Yet since the suggestion came from a physician, they decided to follow his advice.

Then… the unexpected happened. On the seventh day, Hua Hua came to inform Feng Jun–a Gu egg was about to hatch.

Strictly speaking, this wasn’t really unexpected. Even without Hua Hua’s assistance, the Gu eggs within Liang Huan’s body were bound to be hatched by his vital essence eventually, albeit in a more random and less controllable manner.

But Hua Hua told Feng Jun that it had a premonition: this spontaneously hatching Gu insect had the potential to become a Gu King.

Indeed, competition among Gu insects occurred everywhere. Those that hatched earlier naturally had an advantage over those that hatched later; survival of the fittest was part of the Heavenly Dao.

Hua Hua hoped it could gain the newborn Gu insect rather than having the people of the Heavenly Heart Platform detect the anomaly and take what belonged to it.

Not many cultivators understood Gu insects, but who couldn’t guess the value of such an unusual one?

Feng Jun felt this was a tricky situation, “Forget it, you already have a mother Gu, this time let’s not compete with the Heavenly Heart Platform, shall we?”

After Hua Hua threw a tantrum for quite a while and saw that he was unwilling to support it, it finally made up its mind, “Fine, I’ll work for you for another year… Is that enough?”

“Hua Hua, you can’t always think about hoarding for yourself. Cultivators should aim to unite more with their fellow daoists to…,” Feng Jun’s speech was cut off halfway, then he decisively nodded, “Alright, if you really want it that much… work for an extra fifty years!”

After much haggling, they both agreed ten years was a realistic term.

Feng Jun truly didn’t want such a heavy cut, but Hua Hua believed that with ten years of service, it could find at least three to four Gu insects of this caliber–maybe even more than ten.

It said with a sense of grievance, “There are only two possible reasons for an employee to quit: being underpaid or feeling undervalued… I have a contract with you and can’t search for Gu insects freely in this dimension; can you consider my feelings?”

Feng Jun replied quite displeased, “Have you considered the consequences if others find out? They won’t just isolate you; they might even force you to do things you dislike. How likely are you to meet another cultivator as easygoing as me?”

Both parties seemed reluctant, but the real situation was clear only to themselves.

Now that they had set a timeline, the next thing was how to deceive the people of the Heavenly Heart Platform.

For Hua Hua, this was a difficult task, “It’s only the seventh day now, far from ten days. If it hatches early… how should we explain it to them?”