Big Data Cultivation

Chapter 534: 534

Why did Shangguan Yunjin say it was disrespectful? Because these men had all arrived bare-bodied.

Other than holding shovels and crowbars, their entire bodies were clad only in underpants, some of them even barefoot.

Shangguan Yunjin felt it was an eyesore—”You really have some nerve.”

“Exalted Immortal, please hear me out,” the One-Eyed Pixiu hastily shouted, “Cleaning the battlefield must be done in this way, to clearly see whether anyone is hiding something for themselves. It is not intended to be disrespectful to the Exalted Immortal.”

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yunjin thought it made sense, and so she snorted coldly, “I won’t let you work in vain, but if anyone truly pockets something for themselves… do you know what crime it is to deceive an Immortal Family?”

All answered in unison that they dared not and then began to clean up the battlefield.

The One-Eyed Pixiu was quite methodical; he organized everyone into groups of four, which ensured both cooperation between them and mutual supervision.

The dozen or so men were quickly divided into four groups, and soon more people rushed over. By midday, more than two hundred had arrived.

You have to admit, the guy had some influence—indeed he did. Everyone arrived naked, save for underpants, and in the pouring rain, they searched for corpses and hidden objects.

Among the newcomers were women, and being bare-backed was unseemly; they were tasked with taking care of the seven survivors and performing duties like boiling water and cooking, effectively providing logistical support.

There were also quite a few children around the ages of fourteen or fifteen, tending to tasks like running errands and sending messages while maintaining order around the area, forbidding others from entering the site.

The children’s deterring power was definitely inadequate, and their leader, the One-Eyed Pixiu, wasn’t taken seriously by certain individuals, but with the backing of an Immortal Family, naturally no one foolishly sought death by intruding.

As evening approached, the Magistrate of Linqiu arrived, asking to meet with the three members of the Immortal Family.

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Shangguan Yunjin responded directly, “We will not meet! Since when can petty officials… see members of the Immortal Family?”

The Linqiu County Magistrate dared not quibble and could only explain loudly, “I have already reported this matter upwards. I just wanted the Exalted Immortal to be informed that the Sage of the Prefecture will arrive tomorrow and hopes for an audience with the Exalted Immortal.”

According to the rules here, the County Magistrate truly didn’t have the authority to speak with cultivators. The head of a county wasn’t even qualified to converse equally with Innate Experts.

The Magistrate might just about have the authority to dialogue with an Innate Expert, but when it came to speaking with cultivators… the Magistrate could only be described as barely qualified, the lowest level for cultivators to deal with the Official Government.

So Shangguan Yunjin’s reply was quite dismissive, “What do I care if he comes or not? If he arrives too late, I’m not interested in waiting for him.”

That night, Feng Jun brought out a generator, ran some wires, and set up about a dozen large light bulbs that brightly illuminated the entire estate while everyone worked through the night.

The rain had stopped by then, and he had also found the treasure room—three in total, all located about twenty meters underground.

However, he wasn’t in a rush to dig them up. Instead, he called over Shangguan Yunjin and Pan Renjie, pointing down, “The treasure vault is here.”

Shangguan Yunjin immediately jumped up, elated, “Then let’s get started, what are we waiting for?”

Feng Jun glanced around and smiled helplessly, “Do we… not need to avoid these people?”

“It’s fine,” Shangguan Yunjin said decisively, “At worst, we’ll use the name of Wuyou Platform. After all, it’s just a small branch of the Wonderful Hand Pavilion, who would bother about that?”

Wuyou Platform wasn’t a top force in the Cultivation World, just one of the Wutai, and not comparable to the Four Great Sects.

But her idea wasn’t wrong—a mere branch of Wonderful Hand Pavilion, what treasures could it possibly hold?

Since Wuyou Platform had already intervened, not to mention disciples of the Four Great Sects, even the other platforms within the Wutai wouldn’t bother squabbling over such trivialities.

Pan Renjie was very cautious. He flipped his hand and revealed an Array Plate, “I do have an Obstructing Vision Array with me, which can prevent them from seeing.”

The Obstructing Vision Array could block outside view, and its coverage could be adjusted from a radius of one to ten zhang (approximately 3.3 to 33 meters).

The larger the area covered by the array, the weaker its effect. However, for dealing with these mortals, it could certainly be set at maximum.

Activating the Obstructing Vision Array, the three casually dug and uncovered the treasure room. As for traps and mechanisms, those held little significance to Immortals.

The three treasure rooms contained gold, silver, various treasures, weapons, armor and talismans, books, as well as natural treasures and pills.

Pan Renjie and Shangguan Yunjin weren’t very interested in the first two treasure rooms. For cultivators, worldly possessions merely needed to suffice for use; they would casually take some for their families and that was it.

Their only requirement for these two treasure rooms was for Feng Jun to take what he wished, leaving just a bit for them.

Feng Jun was also not very interested in these items, but he did have one condition—he wanted all the books, and they could take whatever they wanted, but they had to allow him to make copies.

Familiar with his obsession for collecting books, Pan Renjie and Shangguan Yunjin found nothing odd about it, so Shangguan Yunjin simply said, “You collect them first. Once we return to Zhige, we will choose slowly… You may keep the originals, and we can make copies.”

Certainly, they wouldn’t copy the books themselves; there were plenty of idle hands beneath Mount Zhige.

Feng Jun’s mouth twitched, and he slowly said, “How much longer do you plan to stay at my place?”

Pan Renjie was thinking about something else, “A mere branch has hidden so many weapons… Does the Wonderful Hand Pavilion intend to rebel?”

There were more than twenty Spirit Weapons here alone, which was even richer than what the thousand-year-old Yangshan Gu Family had in their storage.

By the time they reached the third treasure chamber, Pan Renjie and his companion could no longer remain indifferent. Natural Treasures and Pills, even though they were for Martial Cultivators’ use, were items not available on the market.

In fact, both of them had friends and relatives who couldn’t cultivate, and these items would make fine gifts to take back.

Even many of the Natural Treasures needed not only by Martial Cultivators but by Cultivators as well could attract those in need to exchange them for Spirit Stones, even if the two of them didn’t need them.

After all, they had strong Sect backing and did not lack Cultivation Techniques and books, so they didn’t care much about those. But both Natural Treasures and Pills were consumables that diminished with each use, and they definitely needed to accumulate more.

Shangguan Yunjin took out a Storage Talisman, “Let’s slowly divide the items from this treasure chamber when we get back, how about that?”

“Agreed,” Feng Jun replied with a smile. He was quite envious of these Natural Treasures and found them to be more abundant and superior to the Gu Family’s stash. However, to him, these were items he could still try to buy on the market—if money could solve a problem, it wasn’t a problem.

What he cared about was actually the small compartment next to the three treasure vaults.

In the small compartment was where the real treasures were, to which Pan Renjie and Shangguan Yunjin chorused in unison, “Feng Daoist friend, how should we split these items? We should thoroughly discuss it.”

In a word: Inside the small compartment were the items used by Cultivators.

Feng Jun took out a Storage Talisman. At this time, he couldn’t use a Storage Bag, as the use of a Storage Talisman was noticeable. It could be hard to determine after too many uses, but the first deposit and withdrawal absolutely couldn’t be hidden from watchful eyes.

He unyieldingly stated, “Then I will take them first, any objections?”

The two disciples from the Wuyou Platform were actually a bit reluctant, but truth be told, since Feng Jun was the cause of the campaign against the Wonderful Hand Pavilion branch, and he had also put forth the most effort, they didn’t feel it right to say anything.

Of course, they could choose to fall out with him, but… was there any need?

By the time they had scoured the secret caches and emerged, the sky was getting a bit light.

After deactivating the Obstructing Vision Array, they patrolled around and found everyone busily cleaning up the battlefield.

Shangguan Yunjin raised her voice again, “Feng Daoist friend, Elder Brother Pan, since we have cleared out the treasure vault, should we still wait here?”

Compared to the gains from the treasure vault, the items collected from the dead seemed insignificant to her—how many good things could be on the bodies of secular Martial Cultivators?

She was eager to return to Zhige and share the plunder from the treasure chambers.

“Heh,” Feng Jun chuckled indifferently and turned his head to glance at Pan Renjie, “I suggest we wait a bit longer, what does Daoist Pan think?”

Elder Brother Pan coughed lightly, “Junior Sister Yunjin, if we leave now, others will surely speculate about what we have obtained. It’s better to tidy up today and leave openly.”

Although they did get some good things from the treasure room, they weren’t rare opportunities like Golden Core inheritances—this place simply didn’t hold such treasures, and it would be pointless if others misunderstood.

By the afternoon of the next day, the battlefield was roughly cleaned up. There were still some nooks and crannies left, but the three didn’t bother to wait any longer and started to inventory the items.

Indeed, there were many good things among the dead and the rubble, including four Spirit Stones, two of which were partially used and the other two intact.

Other Cultivation Techniques, manuals, Spirit Weapons, and Pills were not in short supply either, indicating that the people of the Wonderful Hand Pavilion possessed considerable wealth in everyday life.

The three packed up most of the Cultivation items and collected quite a bit of wealth, leaving behind things they deemed unworthy with a grand gesture, “You guys take them.”

The One-Eyed Pixiu hastily stepped forward to express his gratitude. Things that the Immortals didn’t value were treasures to them.

For example, the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Meridian Opening Pill were first-class treasures in the eyes of Martial Cultivators—Lang Zhen had to leave the Escort Bureau and retire to the mountains because he couldn’t obtain the Meridian Opening Pill.

What these people didn’t know was that there were numerous Meridian Opening Pills in the treasure vaults, taken away en masse by the Immortals.

In short, although Shangguan Yunjin was quite greedy for wealth, she ultimately lived up to the image of an Immortal by offering a very generous reward.

She even left seventy taels of Gold for them to take good care of the seven prisoners who were rescued.

After finishing these tasks, just as the three were about to mount their horses and leave, they suddenly heard a long whistle from afar, “Qinggang Disciples are on the move with swords, may I ask which Daoist friend is gracing us with their presence?”

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