Big Data Cultivation

For ordinary thieves, "steal the wind but not the moon, steal the rain but not the snow" is correct.

But Feng Jun dislikes the rain when he acts, because it will cause his invisible parts to fail.

Activating the Mirage King Bracer, he arrived near Sofia's home, searched a bit, but unexpectedly found she wasn't home.

What's going on? Feng Jun went to Old Jansen's house, searched again, but still got no results.

A bit unwilling, he searched for "nearby jade" once more.

After searching for quite a while, he finally found his Mutton Fat White Jade in a house about two kilometers from Sofia's home.

He quietly went over and saw a car parked in the yard, with steam faintly visible on the hood.

Two lights were on inside the house, but Sofia was hiding in a room without lights, and she was alone.

She hid behind the door, holding a shotgun, watching the window carefully.

Feng Jun understood at a glance that she was defending two directions.

It seems she's indeed encountered some trouble.

Seeing she didn't carry a mobile phone or anything similar, Feng Jun no longer acted cautiously, stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Even though Sofia had The Eye of Disillusionment, it couldn't penetrate walls. Hearing the knock, she shivered with fright.

Then her eyes lit up, and she asked in a low voice, "Is it you?"

"It's me," Feng Jun's voice sounded from outside, "Looks like you're in a bit of trouble?"

Sofia noticeably breathed a sigh of relief, walked out holding the shotgun, "It's because of you…"

As she spoke, she opened the door, and upon seeing the black man outside, she hesitated, softly complained, "Why change to this look again?"

"Because I don't want to leave image evidence in your country," Feng Jun responded with a smile, since it was already guessed, there was no need to hide, "Do I need to do something now?"

Sofia stepped aside at the door, "Aren't you coming in?"

Late at night, with no one around, a girl is making such an invitation, truly ambiguous—even the wording is so.

Feng Jun didn't consider himself a person with high willpower, and he didn't intend to get too close to the other party, so even though he had just practiced yoga with Director Yang, he still refused, "No need to enter the house, I like the rain, and also enjoy watching the rain."

As he spoke, he turned, sat on the wooden steps under the eaves, and took out a cigarette to light, "Go ahead."

Sofia looked at his back, then at the shotgun in her hand, tentatively asked, "My gun is loaded."

"What's the point of saying meaningless things?" Feng Jun didn't even turn his head, took another puff, "If you're cold, wear more clothes."

Sofia was wearing denim shorts, with a white tight-fitting cropped vest on top.

She hesitated, unloaded the shotgun bullets, threw the gun aside, stepped forward twice, and sat on the steps next to Feng Jun, "Give me one too."

Taking the cigarette Feng Jun handed over and waiting for him to light it for her, she leisurely took a puff, "Nice cigarette."

You're smoking like you're having a cigar, Feng Jun saw clearly but didn't mention it, instead asked, "Smoking so young?"

"I'm considered restrained," Sofia proudly replied, "In our school, there are those who use that leaf."

Just when Feng Jun felt a bit impatient and wanted to urge her, she finally spoke up actively, "The news about Holy Water is quite sensitive. At first, I entrusted various people to inquire…"

Actually, before this, countless people had inquired about Holy Water, the Jansen Family also tried, but the church completely blocked all information, some people went too far and even suffered punishments from the church.

Sofia inquired very discreetly, so she didn't attract too much attention, but the result was also predictable.

Because she spent quite a bit of money, someone actively approached, saying there was news about black market Holy Water.

Sofia knew black market Holy Water was mostly secretly managed by church clergy, although cheap, its quality wasn't guaranteed, so she refused, saying she was only interested in the origin of Holy Water, for scientific research.

This situation isn't uncommon, indeed, Holy Water and science aren't completely contradictory. The great Newton, in his late years, attempted to prove the existence of God with equations.

Of course, although Sofia's subjective intentions are not uncommon, it doesn't mean the church would support her in doing this—Holy Water is sacred and irreplaceable, how dare you, a mere amateur, analyze it?

In other words, her actions were taboo, but there were too many amateurs nowadays, as long as she didn't cause any substantive harm, the church basically couldn't be bothered to care.

She turned him down, but two days later someone else contacted her on social media, claiming to know the secret behind the holy water and hoping to sell it for a reasonable price.

Sofia happened to be off social media for these two days, and half a day later, someone called her, claiming to be Apostate Keane.

Apostate Keane emerged last century and became quite infamous. It's said he knows the secret of holy water, and he managed to sell quite a lot of cheap holy water on the black market. The earliest black market holy water referred to was the one created by Keane.

Soon, Keane was met with a huge bounty from the church, and this case lasted over a decade, causing the deaths of thousands and impacting millions.

Even now, whether Keane is dead or alive remains a mystery; it's been thirty years without hearing anything about him.

Sofia wouldn't easily believe him. She opened the social media app for a look and saw the other person's photo—but what does that prove?

With the existence of beauty filters, makeup techniques, and even Photoshop, videos can be fake, not to mention photos that you can get from anywhere.

What to do if you can't trust him? The only option is to meet face-to-face, so Sofia arranged to meet him in a park.

She brought two bodyguards with her, but the other person merely showed his face from afar, allowing her to see it wasn't an impersonation.

Keane has been wanted for over forty years, his appearance has changed somewhat, but he can still be recognized.

He left a small bottle for Sofia on a bench in the park, containing two drops of holy water he himself had made.

Sofia examined the holy water and found it quite similar to the holy water she'd encountered before.

But what surprised her the most was a hidden little black figure with wings hovering above Keane's head.

Sofia was nearly scared out of her wits because she recognized it. That little figure must be the legendary Little Demon.

Luckily, she knew a few supernatural individuals like Feng Jun, and there were churches of various sizes in Mai Nation. No matter how formidable Keane might be, he would dare not cause mischief at the church.

Once she was certain it indeed was Keane, the two began to haggle over the secret of making holy water. Keane asked for a price of one hundred million US dollars, claiming that with the technique, one could make money easily.

Sofia thought of buying the technique herself, just like buying holy water for Feng Jun. Even if she couldn't cultivate, she'd certainly not make a loss. However, one hundred million US dollars was way beyond her means.

Keane disliked bargaining, threatening her repeatedly that he'd send demons to her house at night. Sofia was so frightened she didn't dare return home and had to hide outside.

Tonight, something seemed to have affected Keane, causing a dramatic change in temperament. He notified her through social media, agreeing to lower the price from ninety-five million to ninety million, but he hoped to receive the money within two days; otherwise, he'd turn Sofia into a demon.

Staring at the social media app, Sofia felt something was off and found that the alert from AiPai indicated a virus attacking the device.

At this moment, she realized that Keane was starting to lock onto her location.

Therefore, she escaped into the night, leaving the AiPai behind but taking her mobile phone, only to discard it after calling Wang Haifeng during her journey.

After tossing away the mobile phone, she realized Feng Jun might not be able to reach her, so she planned to hide here until dawn and then seek refuge in the church.

Unexpectedly, within less than an hour, Feng Jun showed up. She couldn't help but exclaim, "I thought I understood how capable you are, but in the end, you are still more formidable than I imagined."

Feng Jun pursed his lips thoughtfully, "So, you can confirm this person knows how to make holy water?"

"There's a ninety percent chance," Sofia said, smoking her second cigarette and sighing deeply. "If I weren't worried about him harming me, I could continue to probe slowly."

Your nerves are really thick, Feng Jun shook his head speechlessly. "What makes you qualified to bargain with this Keane… does he have blood on his hands?"

"Of course," Sofia answered nonchalantly, "He was found out by blood sacrifice; secretly making holy water is just an incidental crime… it's not a rumor. The Little Demon above his head can only be summoned using souls."

Feng Jun thought for a moment, "Do you know where that Keane is?"

"I don't," Sofia shook her head in frustration, "I don't dare to ask around either."

"Let's set this matter aside for now," Feng Jun coughed lightly. "I'm still lacking ten million dollars' worth of gold from you. At thirty dollars per gram, that's… three hundred and forty kilograms—let's say three hundred and fifty kilograms. Where should it be placed?"

Sofia rolled her eyes and spoke feebly, "Just put it in the car's trunk, then what do we do next?"

Feng Jun took out thirty-five ten-kilogram gold bars and placed them in the car, then asked after pondering, "Is it convenient to go home for a while? I hope you can log into the social media app again and ask if it could be converted into gold."

"That's unnecessary," Sofia gestured to the room behind her, "There's an AiPai and a computer inside, as well as Wi-Fi. Are you planning to trade with him?"

Feng Jun, after some contemplation, replied, "If he's sincerely willing to trade, I also don't want to bully people unnecessarily… Huaxia citizens and you Mai Nation people are ultimately different."

(Updated to summon monthly tickets.)