Chapter 2680 - 2672: Want to Join the Family Registry?

Chapter 2680: Chapter 2672: Want to Join the Family Registry?

Yi Jue very decisively shirked responsibility and accompanied Feng Jun in observing the heavenly curtain around them.

However, the Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators who followed were all dumbfounded: What should we do?

The three factions controlling the heavenly curtain noticed this and immediately dispatched more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators to encircle them: Leave quickly, you’re not welcome here!

The accompanying cultivators included nine Nascent Souls and nearly forty Golden Cores, even the gentlest could snap under pressure, and they were prepared to fight if necessary.

Seeing a great battle about to commence, Huo Xingyu finally consulted Yi Jue, "Fellow Daoist, is it alright for us to expel them?"

Yi Jue waved a hand and said coolly, "As long as you don’t bother me, there’s no problem."

"Everyone, please listen to me," at the critical moment, Bi Yun True Immortal stepped forward, speaking loudly, "Since we’re all part of the Amber Lineage, this fighting and killing would only harm everyone... why not let Tiantong Commercial Alliance mediate?"

To be honest, conflicts of this scale made the three factions uneasy. The old saying goes, killing ten thousand enemies can cost you eight thousand, and for the uncertain gains of the heavenly curtain... it really felt not quite worth it.

However, everyone was positioned such that it was hard to back out, and now the Tiantong Commercial Alliance was offering a way out, so... let’s hear them out first.

Actually, the controlling factions didn’t quite welcome Tiantong’s involvement, especially Tongda Commerce Alliance, which was naturally opposed to Tiantong. In the Amber Realm, they had the absolute upper hand and genuinely disliked Tiantong.

Yet there was no choice; facing nine Nascent Soul cultivators, expelling such a force would definitely incur a cost, and trying to bully them with numbers... it wasn’t just about whether the cultivator from the Higher Realm would tolerate it; Tiantong might make it an issue too.

No matter what people did privately, publicly, "big versus small" and "many versus few" all violated social mores.

This issue really couldn’t be detached from Yi Jue. Without her "leading," this group of helpful roving cultivators wouldn’t have dared to face the three major powers.

But now, she started the fire and then withdrew, leaving both sides caught in her trap.

But actually, she and Feng Jun were deliberately lenient, because the market manager did not leave a good impression on them, so they ignored the minor provocations—it’s one’s own greed, who else is there to blame?

The mediation tactics of Bi Yun True Immortal were the same as his purpose at Ji Niang True Immortal’s place: to convene a meeting. He proposed that everyone invests some Spirit Stones, while exploration would be handled by the three parties, and they would just take a cut.

Actually, his convening of this meeting was met with some resistance from both sides; one side thought it was merely about exploring the heavenly curtain, and they could very well afford Spirit Stones themselves, why gather them?

Tongda Commerce Alliance was even more resentful: Even if a meeting was to be convened, it wouldn’t need to be Tiantong doing it. Couldn’t we manage it ourselves?

The small Family Alliance felt, we’re already here, and now we can only contribute Spirit Stones? If that were the case, we would have offered Spirit Stones from the beginning, avoiding this trouble.

When the heavenly curtain was discovered, Tiantong Commercial Alliance was organizing a meeting, but some clans in the Amber Realm had already been recruited by the three factions and participated in the exploration team registration, whereas the small clans, who did not join, harbored grievances and did not wish to participate in this meeting.

Some directly voiced sarcastic remarks: Two to three percent profit, who are you underestimating? Our Spirit Stones may not be plentiful, but we won’t deign to accept this kind of charity!

The result is that after going in circles, we’re back at convening a meeting, neither party is particularly satisfied, yet they have to reluctantly negotiate... there’s no option, without negotiations, it’ll lead to a fight.

At this point, hardly anyone paid attention to Feng Jun and Yi Jue, as Yi Jue released a cloud, a Magical Treasure specifically designed to guard against the Nine Heavens Fierce Wind, "Brought specially for this occasion, conserving Spirit Stones against the fierce wind."

She wasn’t short on Spirit Stones, but still maintained the frugal habits most cultivators possess, Spirit Stones need to be saved when appropriate—it’s easy to grow extravagant and hard to return to frugality.

Of course, Feng Jun expressed his gratitude—he really didn’t have a Magical Treasure to guard against the fierce wind, "Much appreciated, feels like it was brought specially for me."

Yi Jue pursed her lips with a smile, then casually remarked, "I need the Magical Treasure too; enduring the fierce wind directly isn’t worth the trouble."

She had reached Nascent Soul Peak, easily able to withstand such fierce wind, but ultimately, it still consumed Spiritual Energy, enduring physically was possible but unnecessary—all while she was about to attempt the Out-of-Body breakthrough, any hidden issues could prove troublesome.

However, Feng Jun truly understood that Yi Jue absolutely brought this specifically for him, "Luckily, we arrived neither too early nor too late, sparing us from a long ordeal." ℴ

They genuinely hadn’t expected to catch the heavenly curtain’s opening, a truly rare opportunity, observing the changes in celestial rules at this moment, even the Big Boss’s secret stores were temporarily set aside.

They watched stably from the sidelines, with the cultivators of the three factions occasionally glancing at them, but not reacting strongly—the other side was in such chaos that, as long as the duo made no major moves, they were ultimately ignored.

In fact, these people were making quite a ruckus, a day later, the heavenly curtain began to ripple, revealing a space fissure, the arguing cultivators sensed the rule changes and paused to look back, then... resumed arguing!

Like Feng Jun and Yi Jue, there were a dozen or so cultivators who stayed out of the matter, quietly sensing the changes unfolding in the heavenly curtain, but not entering.

After about half a day, the Heavenly Curtain ceased its wriggling, revealing a crack half a mile long, over twenty meters wide. It seemed to have stabilized, but still, none of the explorers had entered—it was still a matter of dispute among them.

At this moment, if Feng Jun and Yi Jue were to Blink and rush in, others would have a hard time stopping them, but clearly, neither of them wanted to lose their dignity like that.

Another half-day passed, and Feng Jun felt he had nearly completed his calculations, "It seems there’s nothing much left to predict, how about you?"

"Same here," Yi Jue nodded, "I’ve almost calculated the closing time as well."

Feng Jun had also deduced the closing time; a few months of time was no obstacle for him. Although he couldn’t determine the exact closing time—since the exploration would involve variables of cause and effect—it was not far off, just within a few days.

So he put away his mobile phone, speaking without interest, "Let’s leave, we’ll see if we return... depending on the situation."

His gains were not large, and the same applied to Yi Jue, but still, some gains were better than none. Just over a day was sufficient to learn something new, one could be content with that.

She cheerfully gathered up the clouds, glanced around, and noticed that the two camps were still arguing, with a few onlookers noticing them.

The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously descended, leaving just like that, without even saying goodbye.

Of course, there was no need for them to greet anyone. Having come to observe a natural phenomenon, was there any necessity to inform others when they decided to leave?

However, they hadn’t anticipated that with their departure, the two quarreling camps would again pause.

After a while, True Immortal Biyun remarked, "Alright, they’ve gone; there’s no need to place our hopes on unrelated people."

"Indeed, they’re gone," the Nascent Soul High Stage of the Yuan Family spoke coldly, "We’re not holding another meeting, what say you?"

Putting aside the camp disputes, Feng Jun and Yi Jue pierced through the Fierce Wind, landed on the ground, exchanged a glance, and Yi Jue finally spoke, "Got any?"

"Got some," Feng Jun nodded, his expression slightly odd, "But... the distance is quite far."

It wasn’t just quite far—the opposite side of the Amber Realm was where their goal lay.

Unlike Kunhao’s vast plane, the Amber Realm was a planet, with a diameter ten times that of Earth. It was unnecessary to delve deeply into how this domain formed or what its rules were, as none of them were ordinary, and anything could manifest.

The key issue now was that the Big Boss’s secret treasure was on the planet’s opposite side, correlating precisely with the position of the Heavenly Curtain, as if piercing through the heart of the Amber Realm.

Such a situation even left the Big Boss in disarray when it was discovered, "What is going on? What did I do to deserve this... Is my secret treasure being swallowed by the Heavenly Curtain?"

Feng Jun could only console it to accept and move on, "The possibility truly exists... You seem like the favored child of destiny."

"To hell with being the child of destiny, I only want the secret treasure," the Big Boss muttered before finally summoning the courage, "Let’s set off!"

Before setting off, the route needed to be replanned, but one thing was certain—this point was the farthest from the secret treasure. After some calculations, Feng Jun realized the path leading to the Spirit Plant’s outpost was closest to the treasure.

After coordinating with Yi Jue, both agreed that due to the inexplicable Golden Core Eighth Layer, it was not suitable to continue using Shou Liu’s identity.

Fortunately, Feng Jun had recorded many tracks; he selected a spot closer to the Spirit Plant outpost. He first took Yi Jue there, then they continued to alter their appearances and conceal their cultivation levels.

Yi Jue had always operated under her true visage, seldom having such an experience of constant change, and logically, she should have felt uncomfortable with it. Yet to Feng Jun’s surprise, she was delighted, like a child finding it an amusing game.

Having changed her appearance, she actually discussed with Feng Jun whether this appearance looked good or that.

Feng Jun understood well what "a woman makes herself beautiful for her beloved" meant. Faced with her enthusiasm, he was obliged to express that the purpose of changing appearances was to conceal identity, and thus the plainer the better.

Anyone would wish to dress appealingly, but it would draw too much attention!

Yi Jue’s eyes turned slightly as she altered her appearance significantly, at first glance resembling Feng Jun by seventy percent.

Raising her hand, she spoke coarsely, "Greetings, fellow cultivator! I am Feng Yue; Master of White Pebble Beach, Feng Jun, is my younger brother!"

Feng Jun lifted his hand to slap his forehead, letting out a bitter laugh, "Stop joking, okay? My identity is sensitive enough as it is."

Is this... your way of trying to become part of my family register?