Chapter 1522: Chapter 1522: Visitors
Chen Shengwang was Feng Jun’s protector and had also discerned the fragrance on him, knowing that this scent carried some mystery.
However, he found the claim that it could help someone advance in rank hard to believe. This fragrance could make one feel dazed and put them in a relatively relaxed mental state, but its effect on cultivation was not very apparent.
In any case, he didn’t feel that this fragrance was helpful to himself, and diligent cultivation was the proper way.
As a cultivator who still liked women in his old age, he wasn’t surprised by the recent upgrades of many female cultivators in the manor. His aged eyes could easily discern the kind of relationship those women had with Feng Jun.
However, he had no interest in delving too much into the affairs between men and women. As long as it was consensual, no one had the right to interfere. Moreover, he knew that since Feng Jun could offer him a cultivation technique, he naturally wouldn’t lack similar techniques.
So Chen Shengwang believed that the upgrades of those female cultivators were related to Feng Jun, but mostly because they had just advanced, with unstable auras that could easily affect them, but it had no necessary link to the fragrance.
In fact, Feng Jun also conveyed this view to the outside—he didn’t want the miracle of the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit to be exposed to others, even though he wasn’t afraid of being robbed. Still, avoiding trouble is better, right?
When Chen Shengwang heard that Gao Qiang had also advanced, he couldn’t help but come to see for himself: Could a martial cultivator also advance because of this? And... a male at that?
Shen Qingyi had witnessed Gao Qiang’s advancement with her own eyes and felt rather uneasy. Since arriving in Luohua, almost everyone she knew had advanced, and they were constantly advancing, while she remained stuck at the third level of Qi Refinement, unable to move.
This time, when everyone advanced upon encountering the fragrance, she actually could feel that the fragrance was also beneficial to her. She didn’t even need another cultivation technique; as long as she could cultivate near the fragrance, there was a certain probability she could break through to the mid-stage Qi Refinement.
However, unfortunately, her status in Luohua was extremely awkward. Although her freedom wasn’t restricted, it was basically of a "labor reform" nature, with the main task being patrol, leaving little time for cultivation, and there were strict limitations.
But this "little" time was still more abundant than the resources she had for cultivation in Kunlun.
Recently, she could only cultivate at night, and even then, only every other night, perfectly missing out on Mountain Master Feng’s benefits—Feng Jun wouldn’t stay in the bamboo forest at night.
So when she saw Gao Qiang advancing, her emotions were quite complicated.
Shen Qingyi observed for a while before shifting her gaze to Lu Xiaoning: Really curious about what you think?
However, Gazi’s reaction surprised everyone; he wasn’t the least bit jealous but instead expressed joyfully, "This is great, another High-Rank Martial Master has appeared, and now I finally have someone to exchange with."
He really didn’t care that Gao Qiang had surpassed him because, in his view, his childhood friendship with Elder Feng was too precious in the adult world, and he never imagined that the elder would ignore him.
He believed that Gao Qiang indeed had the potential to surpass him, but that was their capability. Lu didn’t mind earning the money he should earn and getting the resources he should receive—since Elder Feng wouldn’t short him on resources, why should he worry about anything else?
Moreover, Gazi had another trait—he was very stubborn; he didn’t believe that he would necessarily be inferior to Gao Qiang in the future.
Maybe my talent is a little poorer, but I’m diligent enough. Elder Gao learned martial arts from a young age, which is an advantage, but when cultivating with Brother Jun, he was already quite old, while when I started with the elder, I was young enough.
In any case, he was delighted to see a second High-Rank Martial Master, whereas Wang Haifeng and Xu Leigang were a bit uncomfortable, as they were completely overtaken.
So, both of them coincidentally began cultivating more earnestly, with Wang Haifeng even actively seeking out Feng Jun to inquire about any shortcuts for rapid progress.
Feng Jun, amused and helpless, replied, "You must have been given such advice since you were young, right? Don’t compare yourself to others so easily; Gao Qiang and Gazi are better than you in certain aspects, but you have your own path, so why bother about others?"
Wang Haifeng was speechless for a while before sighing, "From childhood to adulthood... in fact, I was always the one others compared to."
"Envy what they can’t," Feng Jun said with a chuckle, "Work hard, I think for you, the Innate stage isn’t difficult."
In short, during this advancement, because he was briefly interrupted by Xiao Wu, Feng Jun suddenly realized: After eating the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit, I’ve actually become like Tang Monk’s flesh!
The previous two advancements, he had also eaten the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit, but he didn’t wander around, instead securely stabilizing his realm in the Spirit Gathering Array, so nothing much happened. This time, however, it stirred the entire manor’s people’s hearts.
Even Li Shishi quietly approached him, "Boss, I feel I’m about to advance to the third layer of shedding the mortal coil."
"I also think I’m almost at the Golden Core," Feng Jun waved her away, "Go cultivate sincerely. With your procrastination, don’t wait until I form my core, and you’re still not at the third layer of shedding the mortal coil."
"Aren’t you underestimating people?" Li Shishi stomped her foot and walked away angrily.
As Feng Jun watched her back, he couldn’t help but frown. This little girl... her thoughts are quite dangerous.
When he first met Assistant Xiao Li, they almost sparked something. At that time, he didn’t even have much money, purely relying on his good looks to make the girl smile. Even later, he came close several times to winning her over.
Even now, as long as he wanted to, with just a beckoning finger, little Shishi would absolutely rush in like a moth to a flame.
The key point is Feng Jun... not interested, he has already passed that stage, and he doesn’t lack a cultivation partner.
The little girl wouldn’t sneak over at night, would she? Feng Jun pondered for a moment and felt that this possibility was quite high.
But after these days of pleasant fragrances and nightly revelry, he was actually a bit tired of it, so he decided not to give her the chance.
So he took out his mobile phone and directly traveled to Chaoyang County via the footprints.
The large-scale construction here had already wrapped up, and what was left were the interior decorations and some landscaping projects.
When Feng Jun arrived, it was already six-thirty in the evening, still far from dark. He saw his parents sitting in the yard of the construction site, talking to Gazi’s parents, with two middle-aged people nearby.
Seeing him appear, Feng Wenhui and Zhang Junyi merely nodded slightly—there’s no helping it, their son was too much in demand now, and they wouldn’t actively expose him.
But Gazi’s mom just outright called out. She stood up with a face full of surprise, "Xiao Jun is back?"
"Hello, He Niang," Feng Jun greeted with a smile, "I was just passing by to see my parents."
He Niang’s eyes narrowed into slits from smiling, "Good, good, everyone’s doing well. Ning Ning called yesterday, saying everything is going great in Zhengyang, but he didn’t mention you coming back."
"I’m so busy I can’t even finalize my schedule," Feng Jun replied with a smile, "This time, I’m back also because it was on the way."
He Niang became more and more pleased the more she looked at him. He used to be the "child of others" in everyone’s eyes, and after her son had epilepsy, the old couple almost cried their eyes out—it’s bearable to work hard for the rest of their lives, but what about the child when they’re gone?
It was still Xiao Jun, who was successful, took Ning Ning with him, not only cured the illness but also made a lot of money—last time, Ning Ning left fifty thousand at home, said he also had savings in the bank.
So when He Niang saw Feng Jun, she was genuinely happy and very concerned about him, she sniffed, "Xiao Jun, what’s that smell on your body? It smells rather good."
"I don’t know what kind of fruit it is," Feng Jun replied vaguely, "Aren’t you and him going back tonight?"
"We can drive back," He Niang smiled, pointing to the nearby tricycle, "The road is fixed, it’s particularly easy to travel."
The tricycle was bought by Gazi’s family this year. The old man used to be a tractor driver, and now that he’s older, driving a tricycle not only serves as a means of transportation but also allows him to pick up odd jobs in his spare time, and the family’s life is getting better and better.
At this moment, Feng Wenhui raised his hand to beckon, "Xiao Jun, come here, this is your second uncle."
"Second uncle?" Feng Jun walked over, blinked his eyes, looked at the two middle-aged men, a bit confused.
"From your aunt’s family," Feng Wenhui introduced with a smile, "Didn’t you see him in Yangcheng?"
Feng Jun remembered, he had indeed seen this person, but the impression was very ordinary... or even somewhat negative.
Back then... never mind, he couldn’t be bothered to think too much, he forced out what could be called a "polite" smile, nodded slightly, "Hello, Second Uncle."
"Haha," the slightly chubby middle-aged man stood up, spoke with a laugh, "Sit down and talk, sit down and talk... you’ve grown taller and more handsome."
Is this my house, do I need you to invite me? Feng Jun couldn’t help but secretly critique in his heart, he lightly coughed, "No need, I just came to take a casual look, you all enjoy chatting."
"Ah, Xiao Jun still holds a grudge against me," Second Uncle sighed, turning his head to explain to Feng Wenhui.
"I already talked to Big Brother about it, back then we just settled in Yangcheng, the pressure to survive was great, when Xiao Jun came to me for help, your sister-in-law’s attitude wasn’t very good, I couldn’t control her, but her intention was to vent her anger on me... it was really tough back then."
His words sounded like a family that just settled in the city, encountering poor relatives from the countryside, with an occasionally less than virtuous wife, leading to some unpleasant incidents.
But in fact, Feng Jun remembered clearly, back then, the second uncle’s attitude was lukewarm, and all he wanted to know was how much money the factory where the second uncle worked spent on advertising each year.
This could be considered a company secret, but it’s something that could easily be found out by checking a tax record, how secretive could it be?
The two families were not complete strangers, there was some familial relation. You couldn’t give an accurate number, but a rough idea could work—even chatting with others, these are things you could casually mention, right?
The second uncle was also interesting, knowing well that he did wrong at the time, even took the initiative to speak to Feng Wenhui about it.
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