Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 2067 - 2069: Unexpected

The Dantai Clan is usually rather overbearing, but they aren’t lacking in intelligence. Whether it’s Master Xiaodong rushing over quickly, or the gradual arrival of the Rongxun from the Four Sects and Wutai, it all indirectly confirms one thing: there might really be a "shared energy field" here.

So after the thunder tribulation passed, the Dantai Clan’s master once again approached Feng Jun, hoping that Mountain Master Feng would accommodate and allow their disciples to form their core nearby.

Although Feng Jun received a "compensation" of twenty thousand middle-grade spiritual stones from the Dantai Clan, he has no real fondness for them. So he declined again, saying that the earth vein of this area wasn’t created by him alone; if their clan wants to form their core nearby, they should discuss with the other five families.

Discuss with the other five families... The Dantai Clan was truly at a loss: If we could negotiate, wouldn’t we have done so long ago? Why would we have to come to you?

In over four or five months, five people have successfully formed their cores at White Pebble Beach. Especially with Yan Yuxi’s recent core formation, everyone witnessed firsthand what it means to be a prodigy.

The Rongxun who came were also shocked. No matter how many legends there are, they’re not as impactful as seeing it firsthand. So people started discussing which family’s turn it was next to form their core.

Of course, this competition was merely about having a voice; among the other five families, it didn’t necessarily mean there would immediately be someone ready to form a core. Essentially, it was like lining up—once you got your spot, you could pass it on, but next time you’d have priority.

For example, the Crimson Phoenix Sect fought fiercely for their place, claiming that among the five families, only they hadn’t had anyone form a core, so they should be first!

The other four families showed disdain on their faces, even Yue Qing couldn’t hold back, "Hasn’t the Crimson Phoenix already had three members form a core?"

"Master Yue, your words are incorrect." Master Xiaomeng stood up. "Our Crimson Phoenix has had more than three thousand core formations... but since the successful attraction of the Six Harmonies Earth Vein at White Pebble Beach, our Crimson Phoenix hasn’t had a single one!"

These words weren’t wrong; the three were formed before the Six Harmonies Earth Vein came into play. It’s a bit of a stretch in logic, but not entirely unreasonable.

What kind of proud person is Yue Qing? He simply couldn’t be bothered to argue, choosing to remain silent.

If it were someone else, he might have sneered a couple of times, but Master Xiaomeng—it’s Qu Jianlei’s partner!

Putting aside Qu Jianlei’s relationship with Feng Jun, Yue Qing also has a good impression of Qu Jianlei. It’s not just because this guy is good at fighting and isn’t afraid to go all out; it’s mainly because this fellow successfully formed a core on his second attempt.

Yue Qing asked himself, if he failed at core formation once, he might not have the courage to try a second time, let alone succeed. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Things he couldn’t achieve, others could, and he had a lot of respect for that.

However, Master Sumiao was unfazed by Master Xiaomeng and argued with reason, "At least two people formed their core at White Pebble Beach, right? Our Taiqing only has one, Master Xiaomeng. If you speak kindly, we wouldn’t mind taking a step back, but if you insist on claiming grievance... that would be bullying!"

"We aren’t really bullying!" Xiaomeng’s face straightened. She also knew that Master Sumiao’s family was on good terms with Feng Jun; hence, she couldn’t use her Mid-Stage Golden Core to pressure them.

But she still had her reasoning, "Without the Crimson Phoenix Sect’s sincerity towards Mountain Master Feng, how many of you would even know of his ability to infer? We discovered Mountain Master Feng’s true value; did we really make a mistake?"

This was typical female sophistry, but fortunately, Sumiao knows these tricks too.

She smiled coldly, "Besides Tianxin Platform’s Ji Buseng, I’m the one who discovered Mountain Master Feng’s potential... I visited when he was at the mundane Mount Zhige, but I dare not claim I discovered his true value; I wouldn’t dare take undue credit."

"So what if you discovered it?" Master Xiaomeng retorted coldly, women can be fierce when squabbling, "Did you help him spread his fame? The first to truly discover Mountain Master Feng was Tiantong, who also doesn’t claim credit... Our Crimson Phoenix dares to say, we’ve done it!"

While they argued, the Dantai Clan’s master approached Feng Jun again, wanting to know what their family could do to let Dantai Shenmin form his core at White Pebble Beach—not because they were too stubborn, but because Dantai Shenmin’s chance of forming a core wasn’t high, only 59%.

Dantai Shenmin is over 390 years old, nearly 400, and has been at Outskirts Level Nine for a long time. But his cultivation was built on Heaven and Earth Treasures, primarily because his father died in a clan war, which allowed him to receive some benefits as a descendant.

He’s been diligently cultivating to recreate his father’s glory, but his potential cap has been set. Not only is his cultivation level shallow, but his combat strength is also quite lacking, and he’s basically on the verge of being abandoned by the clan. This time, they came as a last-resort effort.

When they first arrived, he only had a 41% chance of forming a core. After Feng Jun’s inference, he refined his aura, and now it’s 59%, which isn’t exactly low, but the Dantai members still feel it’s not high enough.

The Dantai Clan has invested significantly in this person, ultimately hoping for some returns.

One must know, although the Dantai family is renowned, with more than one or two Nascent Souls, a single Golden Core is still very precious—during the last night’s raid on White Pebble Beach, the Dantai family deployed over twenty Golden Cores, which seemed intimidating, but they included Golden Cores from beyond Kunhao Domain.

Feng Jun just shook his head, "You’re a bit late in approaching me; he’s already started forming his core."

"Has he already started?" One master was shocked, couldn’t resist probing with her divine sense, and after a long moment, she finally shook her head dejectedly, "It seems... there are indeed signs of core formation."

"It’s not just probable, it’s certain," Feng Jun shook his head and answered without hesitation. "It’s already impossible to change locations now."

Everyone attempting to enter the Core Formation knew that after a Heavenly Tribulation, one could still move — just like Nie Chifeng, who had just transcended.

But once a cultivator starts forming the Core, any feeling of entering the Core Formation must not be disrupted — if it’s lost, it’s uncertain when such a chance will come again... in many cases, it never comes again.

Dantai Shenmin was already near four hundred years old and had finally gotten the opportunity to feel this stage. Interrupting him now would mean that finding such a feeling within twenty years would be unlikely. After twenty years... is it even possible?

At least, after hearing this, the people from the Dantai family did not insist on relocating — at this moment, it was too late to say anything.

Dantai Shenmin’s Core Formation wasn’t going smoothly; on the fifteenth day, his aura started to stagnate somewhat.

The Dantai family’s elders felt something was amiss and hastily went to find Feng Jun — he’s their "adviser," after all.

However, it was very unfortunate that Feng Jun was not only advising them, and at this moment, someone at White Pebble Beach was also forming a Core.

The one forming the Core was no outsider; it was Taiqing Li Zhishen, and since Li Zhishen was a Sword Cultivator, his formation was unique — he was forming a Sword Core!

His chances to form the Core weren’t high; initially, it was thirty-six percent. After Feng Jun provided him with a refining recipe, the chance increased to fifty-nine percent.

Now, with the presence of allied atmosphere, there might be some improvement, but an increase of a mere ten percent would be extraordinary.

Such odds did not even pique Feng Jun’s interest for monitoring, but this instance intrigued him — he’d never witnessed a Sword Cultivator forming a Core, so he had to see it for himself.

Li Zhishen at White Pebble Beach was also an old client, someone who dared to chase down Qinggang Sect’s King Liang Tian alone. He never expected that his opportunity for Core Formation would arrive so quickly — he thought he was still a distance away.

Although his relationship with Feng Jun wasn’t particularly close, he had been attentive at White Pebble Beach, working diligently, and although he achieved no major feats, he had put significant effort. So he respectfully asked Mountain Master Feng to give a casual deduction, not a detailed one — he figured they could be more thorough as the need arose.

At any rate, Taiqing’s relationship with Mountain Master Feng was second only to the Crimson Pheonix Sect, so whenever he needed something, acquiring some resources was no worry — if all else failed, he could humble himself to ask Kong Ziyi, who couldn’t simply ignore him.

Recently, as Core Formations were happening successively at White Pebble Beach, he witnessed them fully. As someone who reached the peak of Out-of-Dust Stage, he didn’t need to retreat too far, taking in wave after wave of different auras up close.

However, he couldn’t have imagined that along the way as an observer, he would suddenly experience the feeling of Core Formation — who could make sense of that?

The moment Li Zhishen had that feeling, he requested a Golden Core Cultivation Spot in an annex, and he immediately declared, "I’m going to form a Core; I really can’t hold back. Fellow brothers, please bear with me a bit..."

His attitude left many people feeling disgruntled because, within the Taiqing camp, more than just one or two people were eyeing Core Formation.

Even though they understood Li Zhishen’s situation and were willing to accommodate a fellow member, the process from preparing for Core Formation to beginning it was really long. It’s difficult to resume if interrupted, and these Taiqing disciples were all at the pinnacle, with three of them being veterans of Rongxun Hall.

If someone from another section forms a Core over the Earth’s meridian, it would hardly affect them, but being disrupted by their own truly felt frustrating.

Master Xiaodong noticed this negative sentiment and hurried to discuss with Feng Jun whether Taiqing disciples could use the Golden Core Journey near the Earth’s meridian.

Feng Jun stated that it was certainly permissible, but they would need consent from the other four families since the Earth’s meridian belonged to all six.

The other four families expressed that if Taiqing could agree in the future when they had such a need, there would be no issue.

Of course, the Golden Core Journey also had restrictions, needing to be placed near Taiqing’s meridian so as not to affect others’ meridian — although there would objectively be an impact, as long as it wasn’t directly affecting anyone else, it would be acceptable.

Hence, Taiqing placed two residences ten miles from the annex to accommodate those three Rongxun veterans continuing to seek the feeling of Core Formation — the distance was primarily due to lack of closer options.

When these two residences were laid down, the Dantai family felt it was extremely unfair and specifically approached Feng Jun: "Are you doing this to deliberately humiliate the Dantai family?"

They were holding back their frustration, and their tone wasn’t pleasant, but Feng Jun was not one to indulge them, responding directly: "Taiqing Sect obtained consensus from the other four families. If you can achieve the same, I won’t obstruct you."

This response truly stifled them, but the Dantai family was helpless — they couldn’t do without Feng Jun, after all.

Just like now, when Dantai Shenmin’s Core Formation encountered issues, they still needed to approach him.