Chapter 2744 - 2736: The Guest Usurps the Host

Chapter 2744: Chapter 2736: The Guest Usurps the Host

The question Xuanyuan Youdao posed wasn’t difficult to answer, but to answer it well and convincingly wasn’t so easy.

So this type of question is of a Daoist debate nature, and it can be asked even among cultivators who have no particular relationship.

If a cultivator being asked is willing to answer, they can respond, and the depth of the discussion depends on the willingness of both parties to communicate.

If one doesn’t want to answer, then naturally there’s no need to, but one cannot blame the other for not sharing knowledge lightly.

Feng Jun didn’t want to provoke her, but since she asked directly, if he didn’t answer, it would seem a bit impolite—especially because this question tightly grasped the essence of the ’Devouring Primordial Heaven Technique.’

He turned his head to look at Xuanyuan Buqi and spoke with a smile, "I didn’t expect that among the members of the Great Xuanyuan Clan, there’s someone who can deduce this technique."

"It’s just the excitement of seeing an opportunity," Xuanyuan Buqi replied lightly with a slight smile, "When I initially discovered you were a Golden Core under fifty years of age, I felt this Devouring Primordial Heaven Technique... perhaps everyone underestimated its power, so I let the clan members deduce it a bit."

Then he glanced at Xuanyuan Youdao, "Youdao is a talented junior in our clan and also eager to study and deduce in this field, so she probably participated. Now she’s puzzled... if it’s convenient for you, just give her some guidance."

"In front of a Nascent Soul True Immortal, how could I dare to offer guidance," Feng Jun shook his head with a smile, "Let’s just exchange freely."

However, though his words sounded nice, he immediately turned serious, "But I must admit, in Daoist methods, I have considerable shortcomings... being less than a century old, how dare I engage in Daoist debates?"

When he lectured in the Earth Realm, he was considered top-notch, but he wasn’t deluded; in Tianqin’s Daoist discussions... apart from Liu Yiyi, everyone present could easily surpass him.

Xuanyuan Youdao was somewhat suspicious, suspecting this guy intentionally avoided interacting with her. Even though she also believed that the other party’s age indeed didn’t quite qualify for Daoist debates, there was an undeniable fact: "Mountain Master Feng, you’re being modest; you can deduce Golden Core Techniques."

"True Immortal Youdao, there’s a flaw in your logic," Feng Jun responded seriously, "Being able to deduce doesn’t imply having the qualification for Daoist debates."

"What does that mean?" Xuanyuan Youdao expressed confusion, "If one doesn’t understand Dao intent, how could they accurately deduce?"

"And this is what I mean by a logical flaw," Feng Jun smiled faintly. Although he didn’t want to engage too much with this woman, he needed to clarify, "The deduction method I use... is exhaustive enumeration, eliminating all wrong options so what remains is correct."

"What?" Upon hearing this, not only was Xuanyuan Youdao astonished, but all the present cultivators were stunned, even including two True Sovereigns. After a long moment, Elder Hu Lie finally asked, "For such deduction... how high must the computational power be?"

Don’t think the cultivation world doesn’t understand computational power. Chess sect cultivators are famous for strong computational capacities, and in the Yitian and Yidi competition, computational power is a key assessment factor. As soon as Feng Jun mentioned exhaustive enumeration, others understood the difficulty involved.

Feng Jun, however, just smiled, "It’s not necessarily about having high computational power; the algorithm is also crucial."

The first half of his sentence was nonsense, but the latter was the truth, as exhaustive enumeration doesn’t mean blindly calculating everything.

However, having spoken this much, he absolutely wouldn’t continue the explanation—joking aside, he had already said plenty, hadn’t he?

Xuanyuan Youdao still wanted to ask more, but Elder Hu Lie subtly shook his head at her—not to inquire further or it would cause trouble.

Then Qian Zhong leisurely remarked, "Feng Xiaoyou, if one wants to know more, what should they offer?"

Feng Jun thought for a moment and then shook his head, "My sect’s core inheritance, there are restrictions in my soul... I hope Senior Qian Zhong won’t mind."

"It’s fine," Qian Zhong waved it off indifferently, "I was only asking on behalf of the junior members of the Xuanyuan family, saving them from holding it back."

Xuanyuan Buqi couldn’t help rolling his eyes upon hearing this, do I really need you to meddle?

That evening’s banquet was quite successful; the Xuanyuan family already had a separate courtyard here, which usually had over a hundred low-level juniors doing daily upkeep, but that night the number of juniors exceeded a thousand, and there were even performances of songs and dances.

On the Tianqin plane, singing and dancing are considered low-class professions, and for cultivators to perform is to insult people.

However, there’s an exception when the cultivator does not rely on it for a living but treats it as a Dao, like the cultivators of the music sect; who dares to look down on them?

The Xuanyuan family had entertainers for hosting guests, as well as juniors proficient in various paths, creating a lively scene.

Xuanyuan Youdao even personally took the stage, playing a piece on the cave flute, capturing the essence of the music, evidently well-versed in this path.

Particularly noteworthy was that the ingredients were not only exquisite but also quite expensive. Eventually, Feng Jun had to stop himself, "I can’t eat any more, or else I might inadvertently advance a stage."

"Then advance in rank," Xuanyuan Unskilled laughed heartily upon hearing this, "If you’re worried about insufficient ingredients, we have plenty at home."

"The timing isn’t right," Feng Jun smiled faintly, then took out a box and handed it to Yu Qingzhu, and spoke loudly, "There are a hundred Heavenly Fragrance Fruits in the box, please take them, Nascent Soul seniors and Golden Core Dao friends. Consider it a small token of my appreciation for the host."

The efficacy of the Heavenly Fragrance Fruits...well, it’s actually just average; when Yi Jue purchased them from Feng Jun initially, each only cost two pieces of upper spirit stones.

However, it is something even the Spirit Plant Dao finds difficult to cultivate, so its "rare" attribute multiplies its value—none of the Nascent Soul and Golden Core participants present showed any dissatisfaction.

Yet, the junior members of the Xuanyuan Family have rules and wouldn’t step forward to take it themselves, they merely awaited Xuanyuan Unskilled’s word silently.

Xuanyuan Unskilled glanced at the juniors present, already making calculations in his mind, and spoke in a solemn voice, "There are eighty-seven Nascent Soul and Golden Core individuals; one Heavenly Fragrance Fruit per person when back in the clan... The remaining thirteen, please allow Feng Xiaoyou to take back."

"No need," Feng Jun waved his hand with a smile, "The excess...let others have it; how to distribute it is up to the Great Lord."

Xuanyuan Unskilled of course couldn’t refuse, it’s not a matter of the Xuanyuan Family being petty, but rejecting would mean not giving Feng Jun face. With such a harmonious scene, how could he commit such an error?

There were no further words overnight. Early the next morning, the traveling party was ready. This time, there were not as many people as yesterday—members of the Xuanyuan Family, after all, aren’t idle; showing appropriate emphasis yesterday was enough.

A company of five Nascent Souls, over ten Golden Cores, and more than twenty Dustless disciples were accompanying—Elder Hu Lie and Xuanyuan Youdao were both present.

Their first destination was the Sunfury Mystic Ice Cave, a place exceedingly hot, with temperatures equivalent to seventy to eighty degrees Celsius, and the surface temperature at noon reaching nearly a hundred degrees. If it weren’t for the slightly higher pressure here, it could almost boil water directly.

Fortunately, everyone here was beyond the Dustless stage; the Qi Refinement realm would find it unbearable if one stayed too long.

Yet, in the surrounding area of several hundred thousand miles, there are many caves, and deep within these caves lie the Profound Ice. Instead, the hotter the weather, the thicker the Profound Ice, making it a famous sight of the Huanqiong Realm.

The cause of this phenomenon has been deduced by a Great Ability Cultivator to be mainly related to air movement, underground cold currents, etc. Feng Jun once attempted to understand it, but ultimately gave up—firstly, it was vaguely explained, secondly, the principles were too complex.

Anyway, in the Earth Realm’s Huaxia Jin Province, there are also millennia-old ice caves, similarly, the hotter it gets, the thicker the ice, Feng Jun hadn’t considered figuring it out.

He didn’t plan to understand it, but the Nascent Soul Initial Stage beside him was explaining enthusiastically, clearly he had already figured out the reason.

Noticing Feng Jun’s absent-mindedness, this junior couldn’t help but ask after explaining for a while, "Mountain Master Feng, have you researched it?"

"No," Feng Jun shook his head, answering honestly, "I understand the general logic, but going into details makes me dumbfounded, can’t learn it."

The Nascent Soul Initial Stage thought for a moment, cautiously speaking, "Should I speak slower then?"

"It’s not necessary," Xuanyuan Youdao interjected, subtly expressing, "Mountain Master Feng clearly isn’t interested, compared to the principles, he is more focused on application... Mountain Master Feng, am I right to say so?"

"Indeed correct," Feng Jun candidly admitted, "Some principles I need to understand thoroughly, while others, I just need to know how to match them, after all, a cultivator’s life is both long and short."

His answer was clear, Xuanyuan Youdao grew curious, "Do you believe understanding this isn’t important?"

"True Immortal Youdao, please allow me to speak boldly," Yu Qingzhu suddenly interjected, gaining permission, she spoke softly, "This principle is really simple, I managed to understand it, in fact, we’ve seen similar scenarios..."

Though she is also a humanities student, she had indeed pondered over the millennia-old ice caves in Jin Province. She even whimsically considered investing in a rehabilitation center there—after all, it’s warm in winter and cool in summer, a good place for recuperation.

Due to certain reasons, the rehabilitation center wasn’t established, but she did understand some of the causes of the ice caves.

She explained fervently, ultimately stating, "The causes of the two ice caves aren’t entirely identical, yet they universally share the same essence, they should be more similar than different, right?"

If it weren’t for the last sentence, perhaps there would be issues, but since she said so, others really couldn’t take issue with this little Dustless.

As the atmosphere was about to turn awkward, suddenly a figure appeared in front of the ice cave, a Nascent Soul Middle Phase, who loudly declared, "Friends of the Xuanyuan Family, this ice cave has been temporarily occupied by the Fire Spirit Sect... I hope for your understanding."

"The Fire Spirit Sect is being unreasonable," Elder Hu Lie, despite being from a lesser realm, was familiar with the Huanqiong Realm’s affairs. He frowned, speaking coldly.

"This is a mining area shared by my Xuanyuan Family and two other families...and you dare to steal our thunder?"

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