Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 541 - Subverting Cognition

Chapter 541: Chapter 541 Subverting Cognition

Wang Botai was confident in himself, but Shangguan Yunjin became cautious instead. “Feng Daoist friend, why might we not be able to sell it?”

Feng Jun didn’t answer directly but just smiled and spoke, “I have already said, I can set up this formation; whether you can learn it or not, that’s your business… But Pan Daoist friend said, an Intermediate Level Spirit Gathering Array, lend it to me for three years?”

Pan Renjie nodded, “That’s right, if you can realize these, I’ll lend it to you… hmm, it must be obviously cheaper, with no disputes allowed.”

“That’s a must, guaranteed no disputes,” Feng Jun replied with a smile, “But I’m not responsible for teaching. You can just watch from outside the Spirit Gathering Array. However much you can understand, that’s how much… no problem, right?”

Elder Brother Pan was still hesitating, but Wang Botai had already rapidly nodded, “No problem.”

“Then please wait a moment,” Feng Jun said with a smile and a cupped-fist salute. He leaped into the air and flew out for about three miles before landing, and then quickly started arranging something on the ground.

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“That’s… his territory,” Shangguan Yunjin frowned slightly, “Indeed… he is guarding against us?”

“Is that necessary?” Wang Botai replied casually.

Despite betting against the other party, his impressions of Feng Daoist friend were quite good. The man had provided a lot of new theories and didn’t mind him experimenting at will. For someone obsessed with Artifact Crafting, this was a very friendly attitude, one that could be called a confidant.

So he thought, “This is the agreement we just made. He won’t set up the formation in front of us… Both parties are just fulfilling their promises.”

Shangguan Yunjin agreed with this and nodded. Then she frowned slightly and muttered softly, “Why do I always have a bad feeling? It feels like… Elder Brother Wang might lose?”

Wang Botai laughed heartily, “If I lose, you would be able to make money… I really didn’t expect you to be such a person, Shangguan junior sister!”

After a brief exchange, they saw Feng Jun waving at them.

“He’s done already?” The three Wuyou Platform Disciples looked at each other, did not ride horses, and directly dashed there at high speed.

By the time they arrived, Feng Jun had already thrown a Spirit Stone into the formation and started activating the Spirit Gathering Array.

He emphasized, “Fellow Daoists, you are only allowed to watch from the outside, no touching.”

The three Wuyou Platform Disciples, at the least of Mid-stage Qi Refining, circled around the Spirit Gathering Array and had to admit it truly was a Mid-stage Spirit Gathering Array. If they couldn’t even recognize this, it would seem like they were intentionally being unfair.

However, looking at the materials of the Spirit Gathering Array on the ground, the expressions of the three were quite peculiar.

After a good while, Shangguan Yunjin asked with a strange expression, “It seems the most expensive… is Crystal Fire Potato Mud?”

Wang Botai nodded disconsolately, “This… truly is cheap; you can buy a Spirit Gathering Array with just gold and silver.”

The materials he could identify were all available in the Mortal Realm, meaning, apart from the formation’s eye, one could build a Spirit Gathering Array without buying materials with Spirit Stones.

For him, this was simply a revolution in his understanding; could a Spirit Gathering Array really be built like this?

It wasn’t just a matter of being cheap or not, but that it was too, too, too cheap!

Only “Worldly Trials” Elder Brother Pan, maintaining his composure, glanced at Feng Jun and spoke thoughtfully, “Not all materials have been laid out, right?”

“Elder Brother Pan really has discerning eyes,” Feng Jun said with a nod and a smile, not concealing his own thoughts at all. “Most of the materials have been shown, but I’ve deliberately concealed one or two spots… The idea is laid out here; you can perfect the formation through divination.”

“How do we go about divining?” Wang Botai sighed in frustration, “I am good at crafting artifacts, not formations.”

“If you can’t divine it, you can’t blame me,” Feng Jun said, spreading his hands with a smile. “I told you, I’m not responsible for teaching. But you must admit, this is a new Spirit Gathering Array, right?”

Wang Botai indeed wanted to deny it. Was it possible? He had never heard of anyone whose Spirit Gathering Array was assembled like this.

Shangguan Yunjin’s eyes turned, “The parts you’ve concealed, are they also ordinary materials?”

“Correct, ordinary materials,” Feng Jun replied with a smile. “You got it right, the most expensive is indeed the Crystal Fire Potato Mud.”

Shangguan Yunjin’s mouth twitched slightly, if she remembered correctly, in Wuyou Platform, Crystal Fire Potato Mud was just a fertilizer often used by Lingzhi Sect Disciples…

“Pan Daoist friend,” Feng Jun looked at Pan Renjie, his voice full of excitement, “When can you deliver the Intermediate Level Spirit Gathering Array?”

“That…” Pan Renjie felt dispirited but then decisively switched gears and looked at Shangguan Yunjin, speaking solemnly, “Shangguan junior sister, does this Spirit Gathering Array have a market?”

“What market could there be for this?” Shangguan Yunjin said with a wry smile as she shook her head, “The materials for the formation are all very common, it’s really too cheap, but the key issue is… this formation is crystal clear. As soon as we sell a set of formations, everyone else will have learned it.”

Pan Renjie turned to Wang Botai, his smile faint, “Junior Brother Wang, the rent for my Spirit Gathering Array is going to fall on you… Feng Jun has made good on his word, and now it’s time for you to settle the bill.”

“No, please,” Wang Botai’s complexion turned slightly pale, “This Spirit Gathering Array really can be sold. If we seal up the critical parts, preventing others from guessing what’s inside, couldn’t we sell it?”

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Feng Jun quietly nodded in approval upon hearing this. You actually have an awareness of encryption, indeed you possess the potential of an engineering man.

However, it proved that no matter the plane, there is always a higher wisdom overcoming a lesser one. Having an awareness of encryption is good, but this suggestion had not even been implemented before it faced the threat of being cracked.

Pan Renjie snorted coldly, “This is a joke. With such ordinary stuff, can’t we just deduce everything with divination?”

Wang Botai’s complexion turned even whiter. He was only at the intermediate level of Qi Refining, yet he had to bear the rent for an intermediate level Dust-Free Spirit Gathering Array for three years, which made him see a bleak future—really, one should not gamble carelessly. Should he consider a visit to the rooftop?

Just then, Shangguan Yunjin spoke up, her eyes shining, a thoughtful expression on her face, “Elder Brother Pan, divination may indeed be possible, but what we are selling is merely a Spirit Gathering Array for those at the mid-stage of Qi Refinement. Those great cultivators… they care about their status, don’t they?”

That’s also true. The bosses who drive Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs to work every day can’t compete with those who sell rice noodles, can they?

“Exactly,” Wang Botai quickly agreed, “Elder Brother Pan, at your father’s place, we can sell some. After all, we are disciples of Wuyou… anyone who wants to interfere should consider the consequences, right?”

——Although we’re just selling rice noodles, we hold the unique recipe for those noodles, and we have backing: if anyone dares interfere, our whole village will unite and stand up, not to mention you have a mob boss as a father.

“Huh?” Pan Renjie was intrigued by the discussion and nodded after a while, “That makes sense…”

“Good that it does,” Feng Jun finally waited until they finished their discussion, “Well then, Elder Brother Pan, about this Spirit Gathering Array…”

Pan Renjie, usually a man of few words, did not lack decisiveness, “Feng Jun, rest assured, it will be delivered to you within five days. Pan always keeps his word.”

“Wait a moment,” Shangguan Yunjin interjected. Her eyes darted around, “Feng Jun, we want to see the complete Spirit Gathering Array… what else is needed for that?”

Feng Jun looked at her, smiling but not smiling, “Let’s talk about one thing after another, shall we?”

In the Earth Realm, there is a saying, “A bird in the forest is worth less than a bird in hand.” He was not a faithful follower of this saying, but in the Mobile Phone Realm, he was still a newbie in the Cultivation World, having just entered the threshold. A bit more caution wouldn’t hurt.

And for him, the result was already quite satisfactory. He did not need to own the Dust-Free Spirit Gathering Array for intermediate use; in the end, he would still need to decode it, so borrowing one for three years would basically achieve his goal.

But Shangguan Yunjin was a businesswoman—a cultivator turned businesswoman. In business, she was more far-sighted than her two fellow disciples.

She smiled and broached the topic, “Feng Jun, you heard it too. We plan to sell this Spirit Gathering Array.”

Feng Jun pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and took a couple of deep drags before finally speaking with a smile, “I’m not familiar with business, anyway, as long as our arrangement is followed, that would be good enough.”

Shangguan Yunjin’s eyes spun around, “Since that’s the case, you didn’t say we could only look at the Spirit Gathering Array once. When our sect’s elders come, let us have another look, okay?”

You’re quite good at finding loopholes in a contract, Feng Jun thought, looking at her interestedly and nodding, “Alright, I didn’t think of that. You can have another look… but there won’t be a third time.”

Huh? Shangguan Yunjin was a bit surprised by his reaction, looking at him cautiously: You really aren’t worried about the Spirit Gathering Array being cracked?

Before it’s cracked, you could put forward some conditions, no need to wait for us to crack it, you could just give out the answer.

But once it’s cracked, you won’t get anything, and… you even agreed to let us observe it a second time.

How could she know? Feng Jun had no intention of keeping the secret of the decoded Spirit Gathering Array. The opportunity to study a Dust-Free Spirit Gathering Array for intermediate use was already enough to satisfy him.

He had also considered, before the other party’s research, to reveal everything about the Spirit Gathering Array himself, but… what would he gain from that? The best outcome would be to turn the borrowed Dust-Free Spirit Gathering Array for intermediate use into a permanent possession. Is there a significant difference?

For others, maybe there is a big difference, but for him, if he cannot fully decode this Spirit Gathering Array, having one or having ten makes little essential difference—he can’t complete the Heaven-Swallowing Formation anyway.

If he could decode it, then one borrowed Spirit Gathering Array would be enough.

What does it mean to be desireless and thus invulnerable? This was it.

Looking at him leisurely smoking, Shangguan Yunjin didn’t know why, but a sudden anger flared up inside her, “Then we’ll have to summon the uncle-master… Are you sure you don’t want to negotiate further? Everything is up for discussion.”

Feng Jun smiled, “Go ahead and call your uncle-master then. Oh, and… Dust-Free period cultivators should stay off my turf.”