Big Data Cultivation

Yue Qing said he was going back, but instead of returning to the Qinggang Sect, he went directly to the Yinsha Sect.

He was friends with Master Hanji of the Yinsha. Strictly speaking, Master Hanji is the younger brother of his master, Master Nanmen; they knew each other during the Early Stage, and later advanced to the Golden Core quite late, at three hundred and forty years old.

Master Hanji is skilled in Tianji divination, and Master Nanmen often asks him for help. Their relationship has always been good, and Yue Qing is also very familiar with him.

Master Yue didn't go directly to the Yinsha Sect to find people, but waited in the outskirts of Yinsha Fang City.

Master Hanji comes to Yinsha Fang City every early and mid-month. A female Executor there is his dual cultivation partner, who bore him a daughter and also helps take jobs in the Fang Market.

Indeed, although Hanji is a master, he cares very much about wealth. His cultivation level is destined to stop at the Golden Core, and now he takes various divination jobs—of course, at a high price.

Masters generally don't personally take on jobs; the female Executor handles relevant matters on his behalf, screening jobs that match the price and identity, and then Master Hanji performs the divination.

Jobs are not guaranteed every month—it's impossible for his personal divination to be common, and Master Hanji often shuts himself away in the sect, so he visits the Fang Market at regular intervals, but not necessarily every time.

Yue Qing arrived at the Fang Market right at the beginning of the month. He didn't go to Master Hanji's house to find him and found a place outside to camp.

His luck was quite good; Master Hanji happened to be at home, and a day later, he left for the sect.

Yue Qing changed his appearance and followed him from a distance.

Master Hanji has an extremely keen sense of energy, and soon felt a slight unease, then realized a master was following behind.

Among the Four Great Sects, Masters truly have confidence. He did not panic but turned around and confronted directly, prepared for combat, and spoke in a deep voice, "Who are you, fellow Daoist, hiding your head and tail… Why are you following me?"

Yue Qing released a trace of his own aura and spoke with a smile, "Hanji old brother, have you forgotten me?"

"Ha, it's you, scared me," Master Hanji shook his head with a laugh, "Being so sneaky, what kind of manners is this?"

He did not call out Yue Qing's name because he knew that Yue Qing was now much stronger than him and must have a reason for changing his appearance to find him.

"Something to discuss with you," Yue Qing no longer used words but Divine Sense, "A big deal, need your Tianji divination… starting at five hundred medium Spirit Stones."

"Five hundred medium Spirit Stones are considered a big deal?" Master Hanji rolled his eyes, "I have a disciple at a fifth of my skill level; take him, just pay two hundred medium Spirit Stones."

He somewhat looked down on such little money and had a faint sense of crisis. Initially, he thought he was alarmed by Yue Qing, but now this sense of crisis lingered, and he didn't like that feeling.

Playing Tianji divination is really hard to deal with, Yue Qing sighed internally and sent over another thought, "Five hundred medium Spirit Stones is just the start. If we have big gains, could I cheat you, old brother?"

Ah? Master Hanji's heart was stirred; no wonder he felt a sense of crisis—it must mean big profits are involved. Risks and benefits are proportional; cultivators understand this clearly.

And Yue Qing is notably strong among the Four Great Sects' Golden Cores; anything he sets his sights on is certainly a big deal.

Master Hanji immediately expressed his stance, "Wouldn't it be better to discuss this elsewhere?"

"It'd be best to go further," Yue Qing suggested, "I don't want to alert your Yinsha Golden Cores."

"Are your Qinggang Golden Cores involved?" Master Hanji teleported to a wooded area, changed his appearance, and swapped his clothes, "Ever since old brother Nanmen passed away, I really don't want to deal with your Qinggang Golden Cores."

"Why would I tell them?" Yue Qing released a Flying Boat, "Once Qinggang Golden Cores are involved, it can't be hidden from the sect, and most gains would go to the sect, with me being the principal combat strength. Is that worthwhile for me?"

The two got on the Flying Boat, flew for one day and night, twenty thousand miles had passed, then landed to take a rest.

Master Hanji released his residence, "Come in, have a bite and drink, can you tell what the matter is now?"

"Taste the 'Longing into Dreams' I just acquired," Yue Qing took out a jar of wine, "Old brother, your Tianji divination skill is amazing, can't say it immediately, let's snack a bit before I have the nerve to talk."

"What's our relationship," Master Hanji laughed indifferently, "You know, too dangerous a job I won't take, I'm saving for future generations… Of course, if there's an opportunity for transformation, and there are two shares, I'll definitely take it!"

Actually, with his cultivation progress, it's unlikely he'd reach the Golden Core Peak within his lifespan, yet people always need dreams; if the chance arises, he's willing to risk it.

After they drank for a while, Yue Qing sighed softly, "If my Master hadn't fallen, and there was a chance for transformation, I'd definitely invite him to go… If he were alive, he would be at the point of transformation now."

Master Hanji felt something was off, "Why did you call me here, what exactly do you want to discuss?"

"I wanted to say, Master looked at the wrong person," Yue Qing stared intently at him, "Old Brother Hanji, has he ever wronged you?"

"What do you mean by that," Master Hanji's face turned dark, "What's this about feeling invincible in combat? Old Brother Nanmen's death…what does it have to do with me?"

Yue Qing picked up his drink, gestured slightly, and then drank it all in one go, "Drinking, longing enters the dream, something even Spirit Stones can't buy… I know my master's death has nothing to do with you, old brother, but you shouldn't have deceived me."

"How the hell did I deceive you?" Master Hanji also picked up his drink and drank it all at once, the strength of longing entering the dream was indeed powerful enough to intoxicate even a cultivator in the Out of Dust stage, "Get this straight, you're in my residence now… if you can't explain clearly, don't think about leaving easily."

"Then try and hold me," Yue Qing laughed up toward the sky, "Hold me, and I'll tell you everything."

"If you can't handle it, drink less," Master Hanji poured himself another drink, "I know your rotten habit, Old Brother Nanmen's fall, it pained me too, but…don't show off in front of me."

"What did I show off to you?" Yue Qing slapped the table, a thick puff of alcohol bursting from his mouth, "Some things I can't say without drinking…now I'll tell you, there's no deal, I came to settle scores with you."

"Problematic," Master Hanji snorted coldly, drinking his fill again, "I owe you nothing, if it's about settling scores, Old Brother Nanmen had some entitlement, but you don't… I'll warn you once more, you're in my domain, don't you think I can't trap you and sober you up for three years?"

His combat strength wasn't really up to par, but his divination ability was strong, and he wasn't lacking in Spirit Stones; plus, he feared death, so he had added many things inside his residence—for battles in his own territory, even a Golden Core Peak wouldn't scare him.

"You owe me nothing?" Yue Qing also refilled his drink, downing it in one go, speaking with a half-smile, "In my memory, the Star Initiation Plane…you've been there, haven't you?"

Although Master Hanji had drunk a lot, he froze upon hearing this, then instinctively began to mobilize the Spiritual Energy within his body, trying to dispel the intoxication of longing entering the dream.

However, since longing entering the dream claimed to be able to drink to death even an Out of Dust stage, the intoxication wasn't that easily dispelled. He worked hard to make himself more sober, "The Star Initiation Plane… I have been there, but didn't travel much of it, what do you want to say?"

"That fragment, I found someone and deduced it," Yue Qing began pouring wine again, not sparing a glance at the other party, still with alcohol reeking from his mouth, "I did ask you to deduce it once, and you said you didn't know what it was."

Master Hanji was taken aback, remaining silent for a long time before he spoke, "Then, what is it exactly?"

"The fruit of Dragon Blood Thorn Wood, refined into a Precious Treasure," Yue Qing glanced up at him, picked up the wine glass yet refrained from drinking.

Word by word, he spoke, "There are only two planes that have Dragon Blood Thorn Wood, and one of the planes is the Star Initiation!"

Master Hanji was left speechless.

Yue Qing picked up his wine glass again, drained it, but his eyes began to redden, then he smashed the wine glass directly, "Should I call that deducing person here to confront you?"

Master Hanji was in a stupor for a while, then smacked his lips, "You really found such a person… who is it?"

"Who? You want to take revenge on him?" Yue Qing laughed toward the sky, "If you aren't afraid of the Yinsha daotong breaking off, just go ahead and take revenge!"

Despite not being very good at combat, Master Hanji's skills in playing tricks were not lacking. He furrowed his brows, forcibly suppressing the intoxication within his body, "There is another plane, which one is it?"

"Stop evading the issue," Yue Qing sneered, "I just want to ask you now, is it the fruit of the Dragon Blood Thorn Wood or not?"

Master Hanji pondered for some time before sighing, "Yue Qing, in fact, I'm also doing this for your good, back then Nanmen was already gone, and you were only at the Golden Core Third Layer while Broken Blade Steward was at the Fifth Layer, wasn't he? And wasn't Feng Yishu at the Seventh Layer? How could you fight them?"

The focus of the dispute between the two actually revolved around Feng Yishu. This person came from the Sky Initiation Plane and was sent to the Kunhao Plane since childhood, with the sole purpose of cultivating in the Qinggang Sect.

To put it bluntly, he is also an Immortal Second Generation, but for various reasons, he was sent by his clan to cultivate in another plane.

Feng Yishu's aptitude wasn't bad, but being sent away by his clan revealed some issues—the key being that cultivating outside the home plane could absolutely not gain the favor of the plane's fortune.

Feng Yishu's cultivation speed… how to say, it was only standard, a bit inferior to Master Nanmen, but not by much. When Master Nanmen fell, he was also at the Golden Core Seventh Layer—the crucial point being that Nanmen was a late bloomer!

More critically, they were both there because of competing for the same resources.

Especially significant was that Master Nanmen's demise occurred during an expedition with Feng Yishu.

Of course, it wasn't a team of just the two of them alone; nobody was that foolish. They had taken a team from the Qinggang Sect along with them at the time.