Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 969 - Chapter 969 Chapter 969 Demons Running Wild

Chapter 969: Chapter 969: Demons Running Wild Chapter 969: Chapter 969: Demons Running Wild In good conscience, Xu Mansha really didn’t know what Kunlun had recently been up to.

Kunlun had few peripheral members, but numerous peripheral forces, which seldom communicated with each other.

There was also competition among these peripheral forces. In the capital district, accidental friendly fire had even occurred.

Trembling with fear, she said, “Kunlun… I’ve recently been discussing an investment project in an original literature website, I really had no idea.”

Feng Jun laughed upon hearing this, “Investment in a literature website… come on, tell me how much you plan to invest.”

“A literature website… doesn’t need much investment, just a few million will do,” Xu Mansha answered, bewilderedly looking at him, “With piracy, tributes, and Chinese-to-Chinese translations… Just put up a free front to dupe the daily active users, that’s all.”

Feng Jun stroked his chin and didn’t want to talk further with her, “That stone lamp, who took it?”

“Stone lamp?” Xu Mansha was startled, thinking what on earth was that?

“A man named Li Xiaomao,” Smith spoke up, “he’s the one who instructed me to do it…”

He briefly explained the whole story. As for Li Xiaomao clearly being a pseudonym, he was too lazy to mention it but described the features of that person, “… you won’t tell me you don’t know this person, right?”

Xu Mansha longed to say she didn’t know, but upon hearing that it was Feng Jun’s possession that Kunlun intercepted, her heart sank.

Looking around, the place here was desolate and rarely visited, truly a good spot… for murder and plunder.

Xu Mansha had some favor towards Kunlun, but she did not plan to sacrifice her life for it–if this were twenty years ago, perhaps she would have kept the secret at all costs, but at her current age, she could no longer tread the cultivation path.

After hesitating for a moment, she answered with a heavy voice, “Smith, you know this isn’t my style. Only the guy from Pan Homestead could operate like this, this has nothing to do with me.”

Smith’s mouth twitched slightly. He knew she was referring to the person who had first got in touch with his mother. It had been many years since he last saw that person, and he didn’t know where exactly they might be.

So, he sighed, “Whatever I say doesn’t count here, we’ll have to see what the upper… what Feng Jun thinks.”

Feng Jun spoke with a grave tone, “Let’s not talk about that anymore, do you know where the Kunlun Sect Gate is located?”

He was actually a bit angry inside. He had intended to look for the Kunlun Sect Gate after spring began, but now he felt the need to do it sooner–having given you a break once and here you are intercepting my stuff again, do you think I’m easy to talk to?

Xu Mansha shook her head, her face showing helplessness, “I really don’t know where Kunlun Sect Gate is, there are very few who do…”

Feng Jun looked at her indifferently, “Then, to whom do you usually hand over the antiquities you receive?”

“I know where that person is, but he isn’t in the capital most of the time,” Xu Mansha replied promptly, ready to cooperate actively, “If you want to know, I can take you there right now.”

Feng Jun looked at her suspiciously, “I’m warning you solemnly, don’t play any tricks.”

“I’m just afraid you’ll misunderstand, thinking that I’m tipping someone off,” Xu Mansha’s clothes were covered in dirt, her makeup smeared, looking utterly ragged, yet her thoughts were clear, “If I personally take you and he’s not there, it’s not my responsibility.”

She led Feng Jun back to the suburbs again. This time, they came to a sanatorium.

There were actually many sanatoriums in the capital, though the capital nowadays wasn’t quite suitable for recuperation. Yet the wealthy groups who frequented the capital had a strong demand for it, and the well-greened environments did indeed offer some better quality.

The sanatorium was of average status, but the conditions were really good, with excellent greening and considerable tranquility.

Upon entering this place, Feng Jun sensed a faint trace of spiritual energy, and he immediately believed Xu Mansha’s words.

The spiritual energy at this location was highly unstable. Not only was it extremely weak, but it also appeared sporadically.

Feng Jun analyzed briefly and felt it was likely related to the earth vein, but the spiritual energy here was destined to be unremarkable, so he lost interest in mulling over it.

The person Xu Mansha was looking for, Cai Chunfeng, was a horticulturist at the sanatorium, signed on a short-term contract. He only needed to be busy for a couple of days a month, naturally busier during the spring and summer.

The man came and went freely, and the sanatorium didn’t concern itself with him. However, he knew Tai Chi, Baduanjin Technique, and other exercise practices, and was happy to teach others. Many old folks in the sanatorium liked to learn from him and enjoyed his company.

These were not secrets, and Feng Jun knew them with just an inquiry. Xu Mansha did indeed tell the truth, but unfortunately, Cai Chunfeng had left three days ago, reportedly not returning until after the new year and the start of spring.

Yang Yuxin expressed quite decisively, “I can have someone keep an eye on this place, to watch when he comes back.”

“It’s no use,” Smith took the initiative to speak, “these people are highly vigilant. If they sense something wrong, they will change locations. I’ve experienced it firsthand.”

Feng Jun did not want Yang Yuxin to take any risks – her power was great in the Mortal Realm, but after all, she hadn’t even entered the phase of shedding mortality. If one from Kunlun attacked stealthily, she wouldn’t even have the ability to defend herself.

So, he turned to Xu Mansha again, asking further, “You should… have been to Kunlun before, right?”

Xu Mansha hesitated for a moment, but still answered honestly, “I’ve been near Kunlun and had the fortune to once meet Kou Laozhong.”

Her encounter with Kou Laozhong was actually quite normal since Kou Heiyi was indeed a Traveler under Kunlun’s domain, holding the Jiuzhou Traveler’s Seal.

Feng Junruo looked at her thoughtfully, “Where exactly is that place?”

“We travelled there by horse in the dark,” Xu Mansha replied listlessly, “Stuff like mobile phones and cameras, we were forbidden to bring… The people of Kunlun are very protective of their sect gate.”

Feng Jun simply looked at her calmly, saying nothing, his gaze growing colder and colder.

Xu Mansha found this kind of scrutiny unbearable; her complexion changed several times before she finally spoke up, “I have a rough guess, but if it’s not accurate, you can’t blame me…”

Actually, she was very curious about the gate of Kunlun herself. After leaving, she had secretly visited several times, trying to figure out the exact location of Kunlun’s sect gate.

It’s said that many things in this world are interconnected. She was being furtive around Smith, yet he still managed to secretly discover her whereabouts, similar to how she was discreetly inspecting Kunlun’s concealment of their sect gate.

Xu Mansha candidly shared her speculation, and it turned out to be similar to Feng Tianyang’s guess, both within the same small area.

In the end, she pleaded with Feng Jun to let her go, “I’m just helping Kunlun purchase some items. I’ve never done anything atrocious; at most, I just buy low and sell high. Master Feng, I beseech you to show mercy.”

At his core, Feng Jun was not a bloodthirsty person, especially since Xu Mansha could be said to have no grudge against him. He felt there was no need to be too harsh.

However, letting her leave now was definitely out of the question, “Once you leave, Kunlun will find out very soon.”

Xu Mansha swore and promised she would not divulge anything to Kunlun, but how could Feng Jun possibly believe her?

After thinking it over, he made up his mind, “Like this then, you may go home to pack up today, and tomorrow you will take me to Kunlun. Some matters seem they cannot wait any longer.”

Yang Yuxin made a phone call, and soon, several burly women arrived to accompany Xu Mansha back to pack her belongings.

At Xu Mansha’s doorstep, the female bodyguards encountered a handsome man in his thirties.

A stout woman with a round face narrowed her eyes, then turned her head away emotionlessly. After a while, she quietly sent out a message, “Spotted an individual, suspected to be Li Moushou, related to a department in South Shinra.”

Most women working in personal security are sports school graduates who can work after a period of training, but some are retired military personnel. Although female military strongwomen are rare, they certainly exist.

This woman was one of those rare strongwomen. Even though she had retired, she had received several official bodyguard missions and undergone some related training, maintaining a rather close relationship with official authorities.

She suspected this man might be from South Shinra and wanted to report to her superiors immediately: it might involve a foreign spy.

Yang Yuxin had encountered such matters before and heard even more, so she wasn’t surprised. She simply told Feng Jun as if it were a curious anecdote.

Feng Jun frowned upon hearing this, “Does this mean… people from South Shinra are also targeting Kunlun?”

“So what if they’re targeting it?” Yang Yuxin raised an eyebrow indifferently, “Do they think they can claim Kunlun belongs to South Shinra?”

Feng Jun shook his head, “My concern is the outflow of Daoist Sects’ cultivation techniques, but… he has only just begun contacting Xu Mansha, it will be a very long time before he could learn Kunlun’s cultivation techniques.”

Yang Yuxin thought about it and nodded slightly, “Seems like we should give that woman a heads-up, so she doesn’t think she just stumbled upon a handsome good opportunity.”

The two of them sat and chatted, completely ignoring Smith beside them.

After half a day of interaction and many overheard conversations, Smith finally realized the severity of the mistake he had made. Kunlun, whom he regarded as a fearsome power, would scare others into fleeing just by mentioning their name.

And he had ridiculously chosen to tamper with this person’s belongings. If he didn’t have some status, would he have been eradicated on the spot?

After much thought, he mustered up the courage to speak up with a forced smile, “Miss Yang, how about I arrange a dinner tonight to apologize? What do you say?”

Yang Yuxin glanced at him coolly, “You first steal Master Feng’s item and now you offer an apology dinner… Do you think you have the final say in everything?”

“Whether to forgive you or not depends on Master Feng,” she stated resolutely, “The Stone Lamp you took has immeasurable value…”

Smith sighed internally. How could he have known that the seemingly inconsequential Stone Lamp would cause such a huge issue? He certainly knew that the collectibles world was no stranger to crimes over collectibles, and anything that caught Kunlun’s eye must be exceptional. Under normal pressures, he could handle himself, and if it was too much, Kunlun would back him up.

Today, however, this was a hurdle he found difficult to cross.

He hesitated, then spoke, “Do you still want that Zhi Ning Yuanbao?”

(Three last hours of January asking for monthly votes, an extra chapter as usual at dawn, and reserving minimum monthly votes for the next month.)

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.