Big Data Cultivation

Feng Jun wanted to know if Yue Qing had any intention of killing someone to silence them.

Master Yue was very direct, "To be honest, I don't want to get caught between Taiqing and Crimson Phoenix while scheming against a fellow sect member, and I believe you have some self-preservation ability, so... if you're unwilling to help, I hope you can make an oath."

Feng Jun furrowed his brows and thought for a moment, "How about this, you first find out this person's location. I need to get within thirty zhang of him to perform a divination, and I require... it absolutely can't be within the Qinggang Sect, I won't go there."

"Only thirty zhang away?" Yue Qing frowned upon hearing this; it made things a bit tricky for him. However, upon another thought, this was indeed very normal. Mountain Master Feng's divination abilities were so extraordinary that if there weren't some limitations, it wouldn't be fair.

Of course, he couldn't help but ask, "Can't you use things like fingernails or hair?"

Feng Jun shook his head with a wry smile, "I'm doing Heavenly Divination, not cursing someone... but I've never tried this before, how about this: Master Yue, you leave a strand of hair and hide two li away, and I'll give it a try."

Upon hearing this, Yue Qing hesitated slightly — he had great fear of curses.

If he were to fight Feng Jun, he wouldn't mind the latter's potential tricks, but with this kind of elusive method, he was quite unsure — in his eyes, Feng Jun had quite an understanding of such mysterious techniques.

However, ultimately, the desire to avenge his master overpowered his unease, so he took a hair and handed it to Feng Jun, then asked, "Should I retreat ten li away?"

"Ten li is also fine," Feng Jun nodded. He was quite interested in conducting this experiment, but immediately, he frowned, "A Golden Core is an immaculate body, and you found it hard to get a hair, how can you get his hair?"

An immaculate body could seal all its pores when faced with danger, preventing any spiritual energy from leaking. As for hair falling out, that was absolutely impossible.

"By a lucky coincidence, I managed to obtain some," Master Yue answered evasively. He certainly wouldn't admit that he'd gone through great effort to obtain it with the intent of using curse techniques against the person.

However, the Qinggang Sect had secret techniques to guard against curses; while they couldn't ensure complete immunity, they could at least provide a warning when affected.

Yue Qing's plan was to secretly use the curse technique while Feng Yishu was fighting someone else.

But good curse techniques were hard to find, and he wasn't certain if Feng Yishu was really the culprit, so he's delayed until now.

Feng Jun's eyebrows slightly knit. He didn't want to delve into any secrets, but he had to confirm one thing, "Then, how recent is the hair you acquired?"

Yue Qing was stunned for a while, then smacked his forehead, "How foolish of me, using an item from the Golden Core Eighth Layer to divine a Golden Core Peak status... how could it work?"

This was another point he deeply resented about Master Hanji. If he'd known earlier that his master was killed by Feng Yishu, he would've certainly cursed the man during his transition from the Golden Core Eighth Layer to the Ninth Layer—regardless of its effect, it might have affected the opponent's breakthrough.

Now he was dismayed to realize the hair... was useless?

Realizing it, Feng Jun shrugged helplessly, "Looks like you'll have to get another hair sample."

Yue Qing was taken aback and shook his head dejectedly. This expression was so rare on someone who usually cared so much about his image, "It's impossible now, within ten to eight years, he'll start condensing a Nascent Soul, I can't possibly get anything from him again."

"Even if you get it, I'm not sure I can perform a divination," Feng Jun shook his head, "So I personally suggest you lure him out. This will allow me to perform a divination from a closer distance, which would be more reliable."

Yue Qing thought carefully and still shook his head, "Meeting him alone has a ten percent chance, but getting him out where others can be present... that's pretty much impossible."

"If you don't try, how would you know it won't work?" Feng Jun said slowly, "You could meet him at the Qinggang Fang Market, have tea or something. I can drink tea in the next room."

Yue Qing pondered this; his mind felt a bit overloaded, "Wanting to invite him out makes it even harder... under what pretext?"

What kind of real person are you if you're lacking this much in intelligence? Feng Jun gave him a peculiar look, "Haven't you already learned about the Dragon Blood Thorn Wood fruit? Use that pretext... can't get him out?"

"I was overthinking," Yue Qing realized and nodded, after all, he wasn't genuinely stupid, just wanted to stay far away while plotting against the opponent. If he had any reliable means, he wouldn't want the Feng Family's wrath from the Kongqi Plane.

Now, Feng Jun's suggestion made his plan feasible, but once implemented, if Feng Yishu failed to form his Nascent Soul, the Feng Family would likely vent their fury on him.

Yue Qing couldn't help but calculate: How can I act to minimize the risk?

After pondering for a long time, he finally nodded, "I can give it a try, but... can I trouble you to use my hair for a divination? At least that might give me another option."

"Of course," Feng Jun nodded, "Why don't you head a hundred li away, come back after the time it takes to burn an incense stick."

"No problem," Yue Qing stood up, his figure flickered, and he disappeared into the vast night sky.

About ten minutes later, his divine sense transmitted over, "It's five hundred li away, you can begin your deduction."

He also realized that the further away the better. After all, Feng Yishu, at such a critical moment like this, would mostly stay out of sight, while Feng Jun couldn't possibly enter Qinggang Sect—Master Yue could get him in, but the problem is that he himself didn't want to.

Feng Jun tried to deduce, shook his head regretfully, and said, "Alas, it still doesn't work. A strand of hair can at most reveal the other party's identity and cultivation technique. I really can't attempt anything else."

But that's normal. After the third ring, when Feng Jun probes living people's information, the radius is only one hundred and twenty meters—saying thirty zhang was about ten zhang less because he subconsciously wanted to hide a bit.

But when he checks the information of other objects, the radius is twelve hundred meters.

It shows the huge difference between having vitality and not—it's like Earth's NDA detection. A single hair is enough but getting the genetic sequence doesn't mean the person is right in front of you. It just makes searching easier.

At this moment, Big Boss's thought popped out, "Why push it? Isn't it better to use curse techniques for such risky matters?"

"I don't know how," Feng Jun answered confidently, "You think I don't know this is risky?"

Both he and Big Boss preferred to stay safe, and if they could develop stealthily, they would definitely avoid taking risks.

"You can ask me if you don't know," Big Boss expressed dissatisfaction, "I thought you didn't want to get involved in karma."

Deduction can at least be regarded as paid work, whereas curse techniques are outright harming others.

Feng Jun nodded, "I also don't like getting involved in karma. Although I don't like Qinggang Sect... it's the same on both sides."

"Actually, there's not much karma," Big Boss said leisurely, "That guy is originally from the empty Qiyi plane, coming to Kunhao plane to cultivate is somewhat inappropriate, and you are favored by this plane's fortune, so hindering his path isn't a big deal."

Actually, Feng Jun wanted to explain that he isn't a native of this plane either.

But thinking again, Big Boss had said earlier that he is a person favored by fortune in two planes.

After hesitating for a while, he asked again, "Plane's force... can actually block Heavenly Dao Karma?"

"You're overthinking it," Big Boss sarcastically mocked him, "Plane's force definitely cannot block Heavenly Dao Karma, but that's something cultivators above the Emergence Stage would encounter. You're not even a Golden Core, so that little karma... do you think it can break through plane's force?"

After hearing this, Feng Jun couldn't help but have a thought, if I sabotage your words, can this kind of karma be blocked by plane's force?

Of course, he could only think about this as an evil amusement, and couldn't even voice it. The rare little mutual trust between the two should not be questioned with sentiments-damaging issues.

However, some questions must be asked, "Aren't curse techniques very easily detected by others?"

"There are absolutely no curse techniques that are completely hidden," Big Boss answered leisurely, "But the curse technique I teach you was lost by an Emergence Stage demon cultivator to me. Generally, Divine Spirit Stage cultivators can't detect it."

Feng Jun was startled, "Emergence Stage, demon cultivator... can I even perform it?"

"You definitely can't perform it," Big Boss stated very clearly but immediately followed with a 180-degree turn, "However, it can be realized through formation setup, it's just a bit of spending Spirit Stones and materials."

Feng Jun hesitated a bit, then continued to ask, "Setting up a formation for the Emergence Stage... is very expensive, right?"

"Definitely not cheap," Big Boss initially said this, and then continued panting, "But to shade a Small Golden Core, we don't need such high-level formations; a simplified version will do..."

Feng Jun waited for a while, confirmed that Big Boss's words had no further twists, then asked again, "The simplified version won't easily be backtracked to karma, right?"

"Of course not," Big Boss replied very confidently, and then continued panting, "However, I'll need to think about how to simplify this version so that the effect won't be poor in the end, otherwise it's quite embarrassing."

Feng Jun couldn't help but find it a bit funny, "So this simplified version is still just your idea, senior?"

"Isn't that what you're here for?" Big Boss answered leisurely, "I provide the scheme, you perform deduction on its correctness."

So... this is my task again? Feng Jun was left speechless, and Yue Qing's divine sense arrived again, "Is it time?"

"Stay put!"

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