Big Data Cultivation

Feng Jun waited outside Geng Zi Yuan for about an hour before Yi Jue tore open the space and walked out.

The palace-dressed beauty still had a cold face, "You arrived late."

"Too many things," Feng Jun spread his hands with a bitter smile, "Finally finished, but then Han Hai True Sage discovered a mining star in the Insect World, and he wants me to help buy equipment. Mainly... I’m still counting on him to accompany me to Lingmu Sect."

As expected, upon hearing the words Lingmu Sect, Yi Jue’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, "Was the attack really their doing?"

Feng Jun nodded, "Confirmed, the Luo Family has exterminated the Xiao Family Clan, but it’s not convenient for them to investigate Lingmu Sect; after all, they are clan practitioners."

Yi Jue naturally recalled the suspicions surrounding the Xiao Family; in fact, the investigation into the Xiao Family roots was something she completed with Feng Jun. So as soon as she heard it, she knew what was going on, "So, your plan now is to re-enter the Lingmu Sect?"

"It has to be me," Feng Jun expressed firmly, "You know, only with my deductions can we find clues."

This point he truly wasn’t boasting about; although his deductions weren’t unparalleled on the Tianqin Plane, among the Golden Core group—and even including the Nascent Soul group—he was still one of the top.

Moreover, he himself is part of the case, adding an extra layer of intuition. If he doesn’t go to Lingmu Sect, who else would be more qualified?

Yi Jue nodded, "True, then I’ll take you to find the Wood User again."

Feng Jun shook his head; he remembers that the Wood User didn’t have a good attitude towards him, "If we use the same trick again, I think the effect may not be good. Better wait to ask Han Hai Great Sage if he has any solutions when we see him."

"Alright then," Yi Jue nodded, "So shall we go find him now?"

"The appointment is two days later," Feng Jun replied solemnly, "I’m worried I won’t be able to contact you immediately... how about we go to White Pebble Beach first?"

Yi Jue did not respond, merely flicked her horsetail whisk, which directly wrapped around his waist...

When they met Han Hai True Sage again, the sage’s face didn’t look well, "Feng Xiaoyou, borrow two cultivators from your Big Planet; these disciples... are really ignorant!"

As it turned out, in just two days, Xuanshui Sect had already broken five devices, and the sect’s own True Sage was watching nearby. Later on, those who attempted to operate became nervous, as for repairs... there were repair manuals, but who dared to work on them?

Feng Jun was also a bit at a loss, so he recruited two Golden Core cultivators from the Big Planet—both from Xuanshui Sect.

Finally, Han Hai True Sage had the mindset to ask Feng Jun about his plans.

After hearing Feng Jun’s scheme, he expressed after a while, "A very foolish method, but... there’s no other way."

"True Sage," Feng Jun requested, "I’d like to mask my aura, Lingmu Sect must loathe me, so I’m asking, do you have any good suggestions?"

"Lingmu Sect... definitely has reasons to hate you two," Han Hai True Sage nodded and then looked at Yi Jue, "I remember Spirit Plant Sect has a True Immortal skilled in masking, right?"

Yi Jue replied solemnly, "Great Sage, last time when we went to the Lingmu auxiliary sect, the Wood User helped in masking; doing such things often exposes vulnerabilities, and the Wood User’s abilities should not be entirely revealed now."

"You disappoint me," Han Hai True Sage shook his head, "Tianqin cultivators endure humiliation in this world and dare not reveal themselves. Spirit Plant and Lingmu Sects have long been irreconcilable, yet you’re still concerned about this or that... shouldn’t cultivators act freely and revenge with delight?"

Yi Jue was also slightly speechless by this, but she couldn’t say it was Feng Jun’s intention, so she could only defend, "Wood User is a strategic force of Spirit Plant Sect; helping occasionally is fine, but one shouldn’t be scrutinized too much."

Han Hai True Sage instantly understood, "A decisive force against Lingmu, indeed? That I do understand."

Then he looked at Feng Jun, "I’m not shirking, mainly it’s not my expertise, but I do have a suggestion. If you want to mask your aura, go find Wei Sancai."

Feng Jun’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Wei Family is skilled in masking aura? How come I’ve never heard him mention it?"

"Wei Family is close to Yao Family," Han Hai True Sage replied, "As for the techniques of masking and simulating aura, Yao Family is unmatched on Tianqin."

"Yao Family..." Feng Jun glanced sideways at Yi Jue, "Is it one of the Three Hundred Secret Realm Families?"

Yi Jue’s eyebrows raised, pensively asking, "Ancient Yao Family?"

"Indeed, Ancient Yao Family," Han Hai True Sage nodded, "There’s still a legacy, but besides Wei Family, no one knows where the Yao Family members are."

Yi Jue looked at Feng Jun; she also knew he didn’t know much about the secrets, so she explained, "Among the founders of Wanhuan Sect was a disciple who defected from Yao Family. So, in terms of illusion techniques, Wanhuan Sect is still a notch below."

"A disciple from the Yao Family who defected?" Feng Jun was quite surprised. "Can such a person even make friends?"

He knew how much the Tianqin Plane valued family and lineage; a person who betrayed fundamental moral understanding could become one of the founders of the Wanhuan Sect?

Yi Jue, however, told him that the truth was not as he imagined. That Yao Family disciple wasn’t expelled from the family; he left the family on his own initiative, driven by the family’s injustice in its affairs.

The management style of a large family, although emphasizing blood ties, is itself a form of governance.

A family of fifty or sixty people is manageable with a strong Clan Leader; there won’t be much trouble.

For a family of five or six hundred people, the Clan Leader not only needs to be strong but must also have enough capability, yet even this isn’t very secure.

A family of five or six thousand people... is truly a small society, where nepotism becomes particularly important.

According to Yi Jue, now the family’s conduct is relatively fair, but it isn’t absolutely fair.

In ancient times, the family was the only governance model, with no other governance model to compete with, leading to extremely unfair practices.

The Yao Family disciple felt that distributing cultivation resources based solely on bloodline proximity was too unfair; it would be better to unite with like-minded friends to create a new form of governance.

This person himself was somewhat idealistic, and crucially, there were many who felt this injustice, so they became gravediggers of the old system to establish a relatively fair society.

Interestingly, when Sect Practitioners became mainstream, many people felt that the conduct within the Sects was even more unjust than in families—at least families emphasized kinship and cohesion; within Sects, if you encounter injustice, you have no place to reason with.

Of course, Sects have their advantages as well. True geniuses, even if they have poorer lineages or backgrounds, can enter Sect cultivation; but within a family, this really isn’t possible, foreigners will always be foreigners, at most they can become dependents.

Simply put, the family system has an inherent ceiling, but the sect’s hierarchy isn’t completely solidified and can still absorb a large number of geniuses—just for this reason, the strength of the Sect is warranted.

These topics meandered further away, but in any case, at that time the Yao Family disciple participated in the establishment of the Wanhuan Sect, and later many Yao Family disciples joined in succession, bringing many mental techniques and techniques with them—having already betrayed the clan, would they still care about that?

Once the sect’s power became significant, the Wanhuan Sect turned around to trouble the Yao Family—can we have a look at some of your core secret techniques that we at the Wanhuan Sect don’t have?

At this point, the Yao Family should have sought help from other families, yet sadly, other Secret Realm Families also deeply resented them—for your Yao Family disciples to get involved with Sects, and even become leaders of certain Sects, don’t you owe us an explanation?

The Yao Family was also one of the twelve great surnames in ancient times. If they didn’t make big mistakes, they would certainly be part of the Three Hundred Secret Realm Families now, and with one or two capable figures emerging, they might squeeze into the ten major Minor Realm Families.

However, because of the Wanhuan Sect incident, they were caught between family and sect attacks, quickly leading to the annihilation of the main Yao branch. Currently, there’s still a Yao Family within the Three Hundred Secret Realm Families, but that’s a branch, not proficient in illusion techniques.

Among the Three Hundred Secret Realm Families, there are the Chen Family, Lu Family, Hu Family, and others—branches of the Yao Family; there are also the Yao Family and Chao Family, which, although not branches, were once dependents of the Yao Family. Truly, it was historically remarkable.

But nowadays, the main branch of the Yao Family isn’t spoken of, neither by Sect Practitioners nor by Clan Practitioners who are ashamed to speak of it.

It’s quite normal for Feng Jun not to know the Yao Family, even Yi Jue only remembered the ancient Yao Family upon hearing "Unique in Tianqin."

Of course, talking about the Yao Family now is irrelevant, the Wanhuan Sect likely won’t keep pursuing, and Clan Practitioners have become accustomed to the status quo.

After Yi Jue finished speaking, Han Hai True Sage added, "The Yao Family is likely to be more willing to help you because... you have enmity with the Wanhuan Sect!"

The Yao Family might reconcile with all opponents, but the Wanhuan Sect—absolutely not possible.

Feng Jun thought for a moment and asked, "What’s the relationship between the Yao Family and the Lingmu Sect?"

"I don’t know," Han Hai True Sage shook his head decisively, but then quickly added, "However, since the Lingmu Sect and the Wanhuan Sect teamed up to ambush the three of you, causing only Wan Qing to escape by Nascent Soul... the Yao Family would only help you, not the Lingmu Sect."

"So shall we take a trip to the Luan Jiu Galaxy?" Feng Jun lamented internally, this transit attribute is becoming more and more overwhelming...

The three went to the Luan Jiu Galaxy, but did not find Wei Sancai, as Wei Sancai felt somewhat ostracized in the Luan Jiu Galaxy. Nevertheless, he arranged for his family members to mine here, while he went in search of new galaxies.

With Luan Xiong and Jiu Si looking after things here, he wasn’t worried about any problems occurring.

More puzzling was that Tuotuo also went off to find galaxies, yet he and Wei Sancai both left a beacon point for Luan Xiong, convenient for emergency calls. A beacon point isn’t for teleportation; in case of emergency, they can rush back, but the speed isn’t guaranteed while spiritual energy consumption is high.

Feng Jun, Yi Jue, and Han Hai True Sage could only wait; even for a True Sage, there is daily life, and if timing doesn’t match, they could only wait.