Big Data Cultivation

Chapter 2531: Chapter 2523: Pressure

Feng Jun’s instructions basically sorted out Yang Yuxi’s work, but it also gave rise to some reflections: some people’s characters are inherently unsuitable for handling matters independently.

Yang Yuxi is too typical of an example. Did she do anything wrong? She truly did not. She genuinely lacks the experience of managing things on her own, and whether she can grow from this incident is still unknown.

Then Feng Jun realized, should Luohua consider recruiting the third batch of disciples?

For the third batch, he doesn’t plan on using the recommendation system anymore because the relationships among the first two batches have already shown signs of forming cliques within Luohua.

Feng Jun doesn’t think cliques are necessarily bad. An old saying is quite profound: "Outside the party, no party; royal thoughts. Inside the party, no factions; all kinds of strange thoughts," moderate cliques can actually serve as checks and balances.

He doesn’t see this as imperial tactics; strictly speaking, even managing a small company inevitably encounters such matters. It’s not quite the legitimate idea of "when brothers work together, their strength cuts through gold," which really is not desirable.

Of course, not using the recommendation system doesn’t mean he cannot control the reliability of the disciples. In fact, he already has a target, and that is the Daoist disciples who have trained at the Xiuzhen Courtyard.

Those who come to train at the Xiuzhen Courtyard are all elite members of various Daoist sects, though there are connections through family ties among them. But to be fair, these people should be the most talented among young Daoists.

Moreover, they have an indescribably good impression of Luohua Manor. Some of them even voluntarily help the neighboring Prayer Courtyard with their exorcism during their training, which is a form of indirect repayment for Luohua’s assistance.

Quite a few are directly inquiring about joining Luohua Sect.

These days, biases among various Daoist factions have long since loosened. As long as there are better opportunities, jumping between sects is really common—in fact, many switches don’t even have a reason.

After having this intention, Feng Jun asked some Daoist masters what their thoughts were.

The attitudes of these masters were decisive: as long as Master Feng is willing to take them, we will definitely let them go. Our disciples training with you have already gained a great advantage; isn’t it natural for you to accept two disciples?

However, Feng Jun thinks that these people might feel: even if our disciples leave, there is at least some kind of bond—it’s actually a good thing to have two people from our sect appear in Luohua City.

This isn’t self-adoration; when Tang Wangsun from Maoshan talks to people, he often mentions how his daughter joined Luohua, showing a face full of pride.

Some people say your daughter didn’t stay in Maoshan, Tang Tianshi nonchalantly replies that with Wenji in Luohua, Maoshan’s rise is only a matter of time.

Opting to bring apprentices from the courtyard into Luohua definitely has some risks: some people still have deep feelings for their original sect.

But this still doesn’t count for much; as long as they recognize their priorities, it’s fine—as long as they don’t spread Luohua’s Cultivation Technique, being considerate is human nature—Tang Wenji often cares for Maoshan, and Feng Jun doesn’t mind either.

As for Feng Jing being the head of the Xiuzhen Courtyard, this mountain might be big, but that’s even less of an issue.

Teacher Mei is inherently philosophical and isn’t interested in intrigues, and the sources of the courtyard’s cultivators are diverse, so it’s impossible to form a faction.

Feng Jun was pondering over this when Guan Shanyue came over again, saying, "There’s a matter on my side that I need your help with, Mountain Master Feng."

This matter, when you talk about it, makes one cry and laugh: the county where Danxia Heaven is located hopes Danxia Heaven can accept a batch of Ni Hong disciples.

There’s a historical reason for this; Danxia Heaven has been in decline for hundreds of years and is located in a remote area, living quite a difficult life, especially when the Japanese invaders burned, killed, and looted, nearly severing the secret line of inheritance of Danxia Heaven.

Fortunately, Magu Mountain, which is predominantly female in cultivation, has a loyal group of female believers locally, and some from outside the county occasionally come to offer patronage, barely sustaining it.

In the latter half of the last century, Huaxia established diplomatic relations with Ni Hong, and Ni Hong people are very superstitious about Huaxia culture. Although Magu Mountain is remote and not one of the top ten Cave Heavens, Thirty-Six Minor Cavern Heavens sounds pretty decent.

Moreover, there are many female cultivators here, and Ni Hong people, you know—everyone gets it. They’ve offered some patronage here and kept the relationship.

Later, Danxia Heaven aligned with Luohua, visibly reviving, which Ni Hong people noticed.

Ni Hong people wanted to register through Danxia Heaven, hoping to send some cancer patients for treatment at the care center. Guan Shanyue flatly refused—because of historical reasons, she’s inherently uninterested in Ni Hong people, and she knows the extent of Mountain Master Feng’s patriotism.

However, Ni Hong people still wanted to buy Sansheng Wine, which Master Guan couldn’t refuse. She knows this stuff is really good, but it’s way too expensive, and the consumption level near Fuzhou Prefecture is really low, especially since public funds consumption has been banned.

Guan Shanyue needs to consider Danxia Heaven’s development; the money that can be earned shouldn’t be left unearned. But she wouldn’t sell an entire bottle of wine to Ni Hong people; she’s quite traditional and knows the stories of rice paper and cloisonné. Giving you some benefits is fine, but trying to steal skills? Not happening!

So, the Sansheng Wine from Danxia Heaven sold to Ni Hong people is served by the cup, and they must drink it on the spot; the cups are immediately collected—even if you want to dip a tie in the cup, you won’t get the chance.

Then she discovered something interesting. Every few days, Ni Hong people came up the mountain—not for any particular reason, just because the effect of the Sansheng Wine was so good. However, everyone knows how poorly Ni Hong people can handle their alcohol.

Ni Hong people would get drunk after drinking a little, and once they woke up and felt the effects were good, they had no choice but to continue coming up the mountain.

Later on, an unexpected situation arose where other believers sold the wine at high prices to Ni Hong people. Guan Shanyue heard about it, but she wasn’t as strong as Feng Jun, and couldn’t do much about it—believers buy wine, and how they handle it is their business.

Through channels like believer groups, she expressed some dissatisfaction, hoping everyone wouldn’t be greedy for a little gain and give away Huaxia’s good things to foreigners. But who knows how effective that is?

The Ni Hong people seemed to sense the unfriendly attitude from Danxia Tian, so they made a choice—they threw money!

Isn’t there an organization in Danxia Tian dedicated to rescuing trafficked women? Ni Hong people donated ten million as the first batch!

By this point, Magu Mountain no longer cared about this amount of money—the secret realm had been opened twice, and Danxia Tian was already loaded with riches. Did they lack this bit of money?

However, the annoying thing was that the Ni Hong people didn’t directly give the money to Danxia Tian, but donated it to the county’s Foot Education Committee and Women’s Association, specifying that this money must be spent on Danxia Tian’s anti-trafficking efforts, dedicated funds.

For Huaxia’s official government, money that comes with a label may not necessarily be used for designated projects. However, a donation specified by foreign friends absolutely cannot have any discrepancies; this pertains to the nation’s image.

Actually, for the Foot Education Committee and Women’s Association, having someone donate such a large sum, especially foreign friends, was an incredible achievement. They just needed to faithfully record it and had no reason to tamper with it.

But for Guan Shanyue, this was indeed tricky. Does Danxia Tian lack money? Currently, not really, but if they want to develop, no one would complain about having too much money.

However, do they really lack this little bit of money? Not really. The cost of fighting trafficking is not something that can be measured in money.

Knowing the money came from Ni Hong, Guan Shanyue truly didn’t want it. But she couldn’t refuse it, or it would seem Danxia Tian is overflowing with wealth or disregarding the county’s intentions?

After accepting this sum, Ni Hong people flocked in, wanting to know the details of the anti-trafficking efforts—we donated money, so you have to let us know where the money was spent, right?

Is this request unreasonable? Not at all, donors want to know where the charitable funds are spent.

But Ni Hong people were really interested in some secrets of Danxia Tian, such as the Spirit Gathering Array, and the Devotion Testing Array—how do you determine the devotion of believers?

To be honest, it’s fortunate that Guan Shanyue herself was already repelled by Ni Hong people, and she knew how much Feng Jun disliked them. Otherwise, she might not have been able to withstand these inquiries.

This is all in the past now. Guan Shanyue could hang on struggling in Danxia Tian until the day of revival came, and she could seize the opportunity. Her wit absolutely surpasses that of an average person.

So in her view, this kind of matter is trivial, she could handle it independently, without needing to alarm Feng Jun—the key is if she did, the issue would expose her own soft spot.

But now, she has no choice but to seek help. The county stated that Ni Hong wanted to send people to join Danxia Tian’s cultivation.

To say Ni Hong people have a deep fascination with Huaxia Daoist Sect.

The common belief is that Ni Hong people believe in Buddhism, like the Pure Land Sect, coming to Huaxia to visit Wutai Mountain and Xuanweng Mountain.

But in reality, more Ni Hong people are seeking the Dao—the Sword Dao, Karate, Judo, not the Sword Buddha, Karate Buddha, Judo Buddha. Even their neighbors in Korea created Taekwondo.

So Ni Hong people wanting to join the Daoist sects isn’t surprising—it’s the friendly exchange between nations.

But Guan Shanyue was completely frustrated: Cultivate the damn Dao, clearly they’re eyeing our Spirit Gathering Array in Danxia Tian!

Or... they want to know about our Devotion Array?

Danxia Tian’s Spirit Gathering Array is actually quite fragile; Feng Jun provided an electric version, but despite that, Guan Shanyue sees it as a treasure that Danxia Tian can pass down.

Master Guan is extremely dissatisfied with this, but she lacks the ability to resist. Ni Hong people have convinced the county, and now it’s a task imposed from above—accept this mission, and you’re considered a good sect member, otherwise... we’ll see.

Guan Shanyue has been doing well these past two years, once thinking, although her cultivation level is a bit lacking—it’s a fact—but she’s expanded Danxia Tian’s influence, and others couldn’t force her to do what she didn’t like.

But it wasn’t until she encountered this matter that she realized, Danxia Tian is still far from being truly influential.

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!