Chapter 2681 - 2673: Another Problem Emerges

Chapter 2681: Chapter 2673: Another Problem Emerges

Yi Jue was having a lot of fun changing her appearance, but ultimately heeded Feng Jun’s advice and chose a relatively unremarkable face.

However, she didn’t spare Feng Jun either, forcing him to change into a similar appearance before nodding in satisfaction, "That’s right, traveling under the same sky, looking alike is the true path; from now on, I’m your sister."

Feng Jun shrugged helplessly, "Alright, if it makes you happy. Now... should we pass through the Spirit Plant Sect or take a detour?"

"Let’s skirt around," Yi Jue had done some research when planning to come to the Amber Realm, "The Spirit Plant Sect sells the latest Spirit Plant diagrams, annotated with various clans’ territories. With a Spirit Plant Master certification, you can purchase them."

"Huh?" Feng Jun found this strange, "Then why didn’t we buy it initially and instead went to the market to inquire?"

"Because it’s merely about territorial scopes," Yi Jue answered very clearly, "It’s meant to facilitate Spirit Plant Masters in collecting Spirit Plants, not to encourage them to trade in other markets; the sect here is constantly collecting Spirit Plants."

The divisions between the Seven Gates and the Eighteen Paths ultimately differ. The Seven Gates allow any bias, naming doesn’t matter—the Wanhuan Sect’s division is even called the Yinsha Sect, who could relate these two?

But the Eighteen Paths are different; the division names won’t vary much. For example, the Spirit Plant Path’s division here is called the Qingmu Sect.

The most crucial aspect is that the Qingmu Sect puts emphasis on the cultivation of Spirit Plants, which is a genuine lineage of skill, so cultivators of the Qingmu Sect rarely switch to other sects upon entering the Higher Realm—so do the other seventeen paths.

And precisely because of the heavy emphasis on skill inheritance, the divisions of the Eighteen Paths are much fewer than those of the Seven Gates.

No need to elaborate on trivial matters, because with this information at hand, Yi Jue and Feng Jun came to a market on the edge of the Spirit Plant Path and bought the latest Spirit Plant diagrams, naturally obtaining a map of clan territories.

Interestingly, when proving their purchase eligibility, Yi Jue presented a Spirit Plant Master’s waist token from the Tianqin Plane, which resulted in the shop’s assistant having to invite the shopkeeper to authenticate its validity.

Of course, the shopkeeper could discern its authenticity but hoped Yi Jue would explain how she acquired this waist token.

Yi Jue very firmly refused them, even stating that until they could prove the token did not belong to her, such operations were in violation—the Elder Kumu of the Spirit Plant Path was responsible for handling such matters.

As a Spirit Plant Path elder, if she couldn’t handle such trivial matters, it would be embarrassing.

This small dispute didn’t take too long, but upon seeing this, Feng Jun couldn’t help but think of Qian Zhong; the Big Boss’s storage bag also contained various sects’ proofs—does everyone love cultivating small accounts?

With the diagrams obtained, traveling became much more convenient. Most of the time, they would choose to pass through wilderness areas, only entering clan territories when avoiding them was too far, which greatly reduced the harassment they experienced en route.

Of course, even in the wilderness, there might be cultivators and teams with ill intentions, but with Yi Jue suppressing her cultivation level yet still displaying Nascent Soul Middle Phase strength, generally speaking, no one would risk offending such a presence.

Actually, this was also thanks to the emergence of the Heavenly Curtain, attracting the attention of many Nascent Soul cultivators, while at the same time, due to changes in the True Immortal population, many clans were cautiously tightening their defenses, fearing unexpected events.

So much so that Yi Jue was solicited by two clans, who hoped she would become a clan patron; after she clearly refused, they didn’t get angry, merely sent escorts to follow and courteously send her off.

The two journeyed for about ten days before approaching the vicinity of the secret stash point, then continued moving forward without hesitation—unable to stop as too many eyes were upon them.

After another three days, they finally reached the Wanhuan Sect’s division territory.

Indeed, it’s the Wanhuan Sect that both Feng Jun and Yi Jue disliked, but there was no choice, as it was the closest division with only within a sect’s territory did clan practitioners hesitate to unrestrainedly stalk them.

In fact, because Yi Jue exhibited the Nascent Soul Middle Phase cultivation level, the "sibling duo" even caught the Wanhuan Sect division’s attention.

But they were merely a division of the Seven Gates, just paid some attention, and a day later, when the "sibling duo" disappeared, they went all out looking, but alas, truly couldn’t find them.

At this time, Feng Jun and Yi Jue had already arrived at the secret stash point, only to find, unfortunately, that this place had been occupied by a medium-sized clan and transformed into a pasture for grazing herbivorous animals.

The Big Boss was furious about this, "This place was originally a barren pebble beach, even more desolate than White Pebble Beach, with no minerals. Who’d be so blind to choose this spot for a pasture? The cost of transforming it wouldn’t be small!"

"The winds of change, sands through time, isn’t this quite normal?" Feng Jun sighed softly in response, "Why do I feel like you’re calling me names?"

"I’m not insulting you; White Pebble Beach at least has fossilized insect corpses, whereas here has no minerals," the Big Boss’s mood was somewhat low, "I’m just wondering, clearly they are cultivator families, why bother grazing these spiritless herbivorous animals?"

This place is indeed very barren, the land lacks spiritual energy, and the grass that grows is just weeds. Naturally, what eats these weeds won’t be Spirit Beasts, just ordinary herbivores.

However, contrary to what the Big Boss said, it’s not so desolate here; there are even a few small streams flowing gently.

If someone insists grass can’t grow here, Feng Jun would be the first to disbelieve it. So when he speaks of great changes over the millennia, it might really be possible... after all, it’s been thousands of years, and climate change isn’t surprising.

That’s why he expressed, "Can Cultivators only eat Spirit Beast Meat? Many low-level Cultivators hope there will be a couple of meat dishes on the table, even if they can’t have Spirit Beast meat... Is this so strange?"

The Big Boss was silent for a long time before expressing, "Their tents are too close together, let Yi Jue hypnotize them."

"Hm?" Yi Jue was looking around and subconsciously glanced at Feng Jun, "Are you talking bad about me?"

"My goodness, she’s really about to break through," the Big Boss remarked in Feng Jun’s sea of consciousness, "Can’t even mention her name. Wait until night to hypnotize them."

In fact, the herders’ tents were still twenty miles away, but the twenty miles were completely empty with no obstacles.

However, considering the commotion when the Secret Stash is unearthed, Feng Jun had to admit that without any precautions, it might really alarm those herders, "I wasn’t speaking ill of you, just thinking I might have to trouble you to hypnotize those herders."

Yi Jue scanned with her Divine Sense and was immediately clear, "Seven people, only one is at the Initial Phase, a simple illusion technique is enough."

She wasn’t skilled in illusion techniques, but since she was already at Nascent Soul Peak, she had at least some exposure to everything. Dealing with these rookies was indeed too easy.

She didn’t even wait until night, just flicked her finger forward, and a cloud of nebulous white mist slowly emerged. It seemed very slow, but because twenty miles wasn’t too close, in just a few minutes, the tents became invisible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, the Big Boss couldn’t help but sigh again, "Her mist control technique is so brilliant, no wonder she could create the Si Ganlin Divine Skill at the Nascent Soul stage... She’s truly a once-in-a-millennium genius in water control."

Water control... Feng Jun’s mouth twitched slightly, are you sure you’re not making a pun?

Yi Jue had already turned her head to look at Feng Jun, "Besides mist concealment, there’s a simple illusion technique; they won’t be aware of it. As for the ground vibration... not too intense will be fine."

"Okay," Feng Jun nodded promptly, and with no further ado, he raised his hand to perform a spell; she had always trusted him, so naturally, he should reciprocate with the same trust. This is the true friendship of morality.

After completing the spell, it took about ten seconds before the ground shook slightly, and a not-so-large box rose. It was about half the size of the box from the Guan’er Plane and two-thirds the size of a box from the White Qi Realm.

"Tsk, not much good stuff," the Big Boss expressed disappointment. The quality of the secret stash generally corresponds to the size of the box—though there are exceptions, but clearly, this wasn’t one of those exceptions, "Take the stuff and let’s go."

Feng Jun first released his Divine Sense to probe, but Yi Jue had already done so ahead of time. She said, "Those people didn’t notice, open the box... Can we check the contents on-site?"

Normally, she wouldn’t make such an unfriendly request, but with nobody around now, she couldn’t help but feel excited—not because she had designs on the secret stash, but because it was their first time alone opening a secret stash, and she wanted to pursue a sense of... solitary trust.

"No problem," Feng Jun answered without hesitation, raising his hand to perform another string of spells.

This time, he waited a full thirty seconds... but the side door of the box showed no response!

After waiting roughly another minute, Feng Jun couldn’t help but blink, "Did I... mess up the spell?"

"Try the spell again," the Big Boss had just finished the thought when Feng Jun raised his hand to perform a whole string of spells, and this time, his speed noticeably slowed—he had promised Yi Jue a check, how could he mess it up?

However, after another half minute, the side door still showed no response. Feng Jun was about to ask with his Divine Sense when the Big Boss sighed quietly, "Alas, your spell was flawless, but this secret stash... is acting up again!"

Feng Jun raised his hand and smacked his forehead fiercely, "Come on, can you stop playing tricks on me?"

Yi Jue didn’t say anything when he failed the first time, but after seeing the second failure, she specifically waited a bit before speaking softly, "Did something go wrong?"

"Yes," Feng Jun nodded with frustration, this embarrassment really went big time.

Yi Jue blinked slowly and spoke, "How about... I give it a try? I’ve remembered your spell."