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Chapter 945 - Chapter 945 Chapter 945 Instant Retribution (2nd Update)

Chapter 945: Chapter 945: Instant Retribution (2nd Update) Chapter 945: Chapter 945: Instant Retribution (2nd Update) “Resolve conflict with me?” Feng Jun found the topic incredibly unbelievable.

He didn’t think he had done anything wrong, and he couldn’t tolerate Pine Cypress Peak harming innocent people.

It’s true that cultivators and mortals are different, but in his eyes, the lives of mortals are still lives.

Feng Jun absolutely refused to admit that he was a ‘virtue-signaler’; he thought his heart was very tough!

On Earth Realm, he didn’t indulge ‘dog fans’ or ‘bear children’. Whoever caused trouble, he would handle–judging each case on its own merits!

However, in the Cultivation World’s Secular Realm, mortals were also people. They were deprived of the right to cultivate, and their upward mobility was blocked; that was tolerable since cultivation resources couldn’t be supplied indefinitely. But why should they become second-class citizens, their lives and deaths controlled by others?

Feng Jun inherently had a grassroots complex; thus, he believed there was no conflict between himself and Pine Cypress Peak. It was that evil cultivator named Liu Feng from Pine Cypress Peak who was the perpetrator behind the killings.

So, he answered clearly, “Evil cultivators harm people; dealing with it by the book is all that’s needed. Would Pine Cypress Peak refuse to agree?”

After hesitating for a moment, Chairman Huang Fu replied, “People from Pine Cypress Peak said Liu Feng practiced evil techniques to harm people, and he truly deserves death. However, the Yan Family was unaware of this. We hope venerable Feng can discern the truth…”

In the Cultivation World, evil cultivators were universally condemned. Feng Jun directly notified Qiuchen Market this time; Pine Cypress Peak couldn’t cover it up, even though they were more powerful than Qiuchen Market.

Since they took the public route, Pine Cypress Peak must cooperate with the investigation. It was a team formed by cultivators, and previously, Pine Cypress Peak cultivators used to participate in it. However, this time they would definitely have to recuse themselves.

Pine Cypress Peak was willing to accept the investigation, but they hoped to conduct it internally rather than publicly–doing so not only affected the Yan Family’s reputation but also risked being exploited by those with ulterior motives.

But to change to an internal investigation, they would need Feng Jun’s approval; otherwise, if he made a fuss, it would affect the credibility of the investigation team. The implications would be disastrous–would high-ranking members of the Cultivation World give evil cultivators a free pass?

If they could deal with him, any hindrance from others wouldn’t worry the Yan Family–they could use it to check who harbored malice against them.

Only if Feng Jun publicly declared it would the Yan Family be helpless–as the victim, he certainly had the right to protest.

It was just like in the Earth Realm when petty citizens were harmed by criminals; dealing with the criminals wasn’t the issue, but if the criminals involved higher-ups who cared about face and wanted to settle matters quietly, they must first handle the citizens well.

Hearing this, Feng Jun couldn’t help but laugh, “I even thought they might consider silencing me; Pine Cypress Peak has more than one Golden Core. Killing me, a mere Beyond Mortal Stage cultivator, should be easy, right?”

“The problem is, killing you would be useless,” Chairman Huang Fu seriously explained, thinking he hadn’t considered some consequences.

“If you died mysteriously, even if Heavenly Heart Platform didn’t intervene, the Yan Family couldn’t stop the raging public opinion… There are many who want to take action against Pine Cypress Peak, and this would give them the perfect opportunity!”

Feng Jun actually understood; this was the advantage of going public immediately. If he had hidden it or not dared to declare it, the Yan Family might indeed have tried to kill him–families focused on legacy would do anything to protect their reputation.

He didn’t want to confront the Yan Family, but now that they were making such demands, he found it somewhat amusing. “I don’t have such relations with the Yan Family. Just handling things officially should suffice; why would they think I should give way?”

Pine Cypress Peak was one of the two peaks and one valley; but unlike other forces, Pine Cypress Peak was completely dominated by the Yan Family, with two Golden Core Masters, and even a Golden Core Stage Demon Beast.

Moreover, the previous ancestor of Yan Family hadn’t clearly died, and there were even rumors that they had broken through from Golden Core to Nascent Soul…

If one talked solely about clan strength, Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family could be considered the strongest family in the Cultivation World. Not even the families of the Four Sects and Wutai could surpass the Yan Family.

–Of course, if the legendary Hidden Families existed, that would be another story.

Anyway, being such a powerful family, the Yan Family was bound to have people dissatisfied in secret; after all, there are only so many resources in the Cultivation World. If their family got more, others got less.

Feng Jun felt that the other party wanting him to keep quiet on baseless grounds was because they thought he was easy to bully?

Chairman Huang Fu knew his thoughts. “The Liu Family has two Beyond Mortal Stage members, and another person has already been dealt with by Pine Cypress Peak, fallen back to the dust… all cultivators above High Tier of Qi Refinement, losing their cultivation.”

Feng Jun unconcernedly responded, “Having an evil cultivator in the family is very normal, isn’t it? What does it have to do with me?”

Unless one was expelled from their family, once an evil cultivator appeared, the family members were inevitably implicated; this was an iron rule in the Cultivation World–without such strictness, how could small criminals be deterred?

Chairman Huang Fu shook his head with a wry smile, “But… it was Pine Cypress Peak who dealt with him themselves. If the Yan Family intended to protect him, the other Beyond Mortal member from the Liu Family might also escape punishment.”

This was also a fact. Beyond Mortal Stage was high-end combat power in the Cultivation World. Upon a thorough investigation, if it was proven that the other master had nothing to do with the evil cultivation, he might indeed escape punishment–albeit gradually ostracized and unaccepted by others in the future.

Because of this, others might say the Yan Family failed in governance, but they couldn’t accuse them of protecting or indulging in wrongdoing.

Feng Jun merely gave a cold laugh in response, “Isn’t it expected for them to dissociate themselves? If they were capable, they wouldn’t dissociate.”

Chairman Huang Fu sighed helplessly, “Well then, how much of the assets that the Liu Family will confiscate in the future do you want?”

Feng Jun’s eyebrows rose at this, “Oh? How much can the Liu Family confiscate?”

I knew it would be like this, Chairman Huang Fu grumbled in her heart, this guy just can’t resist Spirit Stones.

She replied solemnly, “The Liu Family is originally a small clan with a direct lineage of more than a hundred people, only about seventy or eighty thousand Spirit Stones, but roughly that amount should still be obtainable. I can guarantee that you will get at least ten thousand Spirit Stones in compensation… Actually, this compensation comes from the Yan Family.”

Confiscating the assets of an Evil Cultivator’s family, those related forces shouldn’t expect to share in the benefits–Not being held accountable is already fortunate.

“Ten thousand Spirit Stones to buy my silence?” Feng Jun laughed upon hearing this, “It seems the situation of the Yan Family is indeed delicate.”

Chairman Huang Fu nodded slightly, “So I think, the sincerity of the Yan Family is not small.”

Feng Jun glanced at her curiously, “You speak so favorably on behalf of the Yan Family, what benefits have you gained?”

Chairman Huang Fu glared at him helplessly, “What benefits could there be? I’m selling them mobile phones, of course, I have to maintain a good relationship… Interestingly, this too is for selling your goods.”

Damn it! Feng Jun then remembered that Chairman Huang Fu had mentioned before that the Yan Family indeed intended to purchase telecommunication devices.

He shook his head, amused, “Since that’s the case, I don’t want those materials anymore… I want to ask, what will happen to those clan members of the Liu Family?”

“That depends on the circumstances,” Chairman Huang Fu shook her head, indicating she didn’t have a definitive answer.

But the next moment, she looked at Feng Jun in surprise, “Could it be… you want to take revenge on the weak and frail?”

“Those two mortals who died tragically, what was their fault?” Feng Jun scoffed coldly, “The man’s death was merely because he had uttered ‘seen an immortal’… Haha, funny, isn’t it? He was actually intending to show reverence!”

After a pause, he spoke leisurely again, “If he could recklessly take lives, why can’t others reciprocate in the same way?”

Chairman Huang Fu pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly, “It’s said that the Yan Family rules very strictly, your request is not too excessive, I’ll go ask about it… Perhaps they even wish to exterminate the Liu Family.”

Feng Jun looked at her curiously, “Huh? I thought you were going to accuse me of indiscriminate killing.”

“Where are there so many innocents?” Chairman Huang Fu responded dismissively, “On Liu Feng’s Soul-Capturing Banner, there are over a thousand Yin Spirits, how many of them deserve death? The Liu Family members received Liu Feng’s protection and enjoyed the goods he earned, how is that innocent?”

Speaking of killing, people in the Cultivation World viewed it very lightly. Although mass extermination of an entire clan is rare, the execution of three generations is not uncommon, and for a big crime like being an Evil Cultivator, exterminating the entire clan is also normal.

Over a thousand years ago, Guanquan Valley had a major family surnamed Cui with six Evil Cultivators emerging from different branches. After the incident, the Cultivation World decided through public deliberation–to exterminate the entire Cui clan as a warning to future generations.

You should know, that was a major family of five thousand people, along with various vassal families and dependents, totaling almost twenty thousand people!

Nearly twenty thousand people were killed, their bodies crushed and ashes scattered.

The reason given was: We were worried about the leakage of Evil Cultivation Techniques, so we rather kill wrongly than let go!

But there were also rumors that someone in the Cui family had once bullied a member of the investigation team, an ‘Ascended Immortal,’ who was helpless in his youth; this was a perfect opportunity for a personal and public vendetta.

Regardless, this massacre did not provoke disgust from others–The six Evil Cultivators were spread too wide, who knows if something disgraceful was passed down?

Feng Jun nodded, “Then let’s settle it that way, anyway, I will still stay in Mount Zhige for a good while, awaiting your news.”

Chairman Huang Fu also breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid Feng Jun would stick to his point stubbornly, and in that case, she would really have to coordinate well.

She asked with a smile, “I heard that your Spirit Plant shepherd has arrived?”

Chairman Huang Fu had previously sent someone to study in the ‘Last Dharma Minor World’, and they were guarded by Hua Hua during their time there. Naturally, upon their return, they talked about it, hence she knew.

As for Hua Hua appearing in Mount Zhige… it had been treating Liang Huan for over a month continuously, and people in Tiantong were neither blind nor deaf, so naturally, they got the news and informed Chairman Huang Fu, which was quite normal.

Feng Jun nodded with a smile, “Yes, do you want to meet it?”

Chairman Huang Fu blinked her eyes, “I heard it’s a very beautiful Butterfly.”

Feng Jun lit a cigarette and said leisurely, “You’ll see it in a couple of days, it is currently removing Gu Insects for the Tianxin Platform Disciples.”