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Chapter 370: Chapter 370: Innate Celebration (2nd Update)

Feng Jun, during his recovery period, sent fifty Boiler Camel Motorcycles to the mobile phone world.

Through the operations of Lang Zhen and others, over thirty units have already been sold.

The average selling price of a Boiler Camel generator is controlled at around twenty taels of gold, roughly a tenfold profit.

However, items such as lamps, wires, switches, and power strips are sold separately.

To Feng Jun’s surprise, the Boiler Camel machines sold very well. The Mi Family from Yuanguang Prefecture alone bought five units, three for their own use and two as gifts—only costing a total of a hundred taels of gold, which was really a steal.

What’s more interesting is that the appearance of the Boiler Camel generators has actually boosted the sales of diesel generators.

Buyers know that diesel generators are expensive, almost ten times the price of Boiler Camel machines, even though they come with free lamps. However, the fuel must be purchased separately from Doctor Feng, and it is not cheap.

But… diesel machines are good to use; they are quiet, produce less smoke, and are convenient to operate. A simple pull of a cord is all it takes, not like the Boiler Camel machine, where you have to consider air pressure, releasing air when the pressure is too high, and the water used must be distilled, making it quite inconvenient.

The lamps that come with the diesel machines also have a warranty. If they break within the warranty period, the Divine Doctor takes responsibility for replacing them.

Actually, it all boils down to four words: the prestige is high enough!

There’s a reason why brands can emerge in human society; no one can resist the urge to display status with luxury goods.

Forget the Yongyi Duke, even the mansion of Lord Beiyuan would rather go without a diesel machine than use a Boiler Camel machine—such a noble estate cannot afford to lose face.

After the Luohua Manor started to get on the right track, Feng Jun’s focus shifted back to the Cultivation Plane.

Before the Innate Celebration was held, he brought loads of food, as well as five farming vehicles and five all-terrain vehicles, and appeared in the courtyard built of Jade.

Having made a breakthrough in his business operations on Earth Plane, he started to teach people to drive upon his return.

However, he did not change his initial setting; he would teach driving, but he would not sell cars because he truly didn’t have the time to maintain them for people.

The vehicles he brought were intended for his own people’s use. If they broke down, simply replace them; repairs and all… would be addressed later.

To speak frankly, learning to drive was really quite simple. Just level a piece of land and teach by hand, and one could learn within a morning. If one practiced for an entire day, they’d basically remember all the essential points.

In fact, Feng Jun had already taken on an apprentice, the sister who was exceptionally interested in driving, Yu Second Young Master.

By this time, it was necessary to reveal the sister Yu Second Young Master’s name—otherwise, it would be rather unscrupulous to keep padding out the text.

Yu Changzhu—she should actually be called Yu Changzhu, like her sister Yu Changqing, belonging to the ‘Chang’ generation. However, matters such as family registers are more important to men; after all, girls are going to marry eventually, so being approximate is fine.

Feng Jun and Yu Changzhu split up to teach apprentices, and within two days, they taught ten people to drive, all of whom had hands-on experience.

Of course, these ten people could only make the vehicle go, turn, accelerate and stop, and had no issues turning on the lights and using the windshield wipers, but only Liu Feifei and Lang Zhen knew how to use turn signals—was there a need to learn this in the mobile phone realm?

In fact, among these ten people, four had a natural talent for driving.

Lang Zhen had been with Feng Jun the longest and had good observational skills, so even though he only had one hand, he looked more like a seasoned driver than Yu Changzhu as soon as he got behind the wheel.

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He loved all sorts of novelties, naturally indulgent but without much of the indulgent temperament. Although being a coachman was a lowly job, he didn’t mind at all because he could sit in the cab; he didn’t enjoy displaying his nobility from the open cargo bed.

Another one was Tian Lewen, the number one expert of the younger generation of the Tian Family. He didn’t spend long learning to drive; after watching the car for a morning and trying his hand at driving twice, he demonstrated a very strong sense of driving.

Somebody who can stand out in a big clan will never be simple.

As for Liu Feifei, she was an unexpected delight. Due to family circumstances, she could not remember her own birthday, but without a doubt, she was no more than a little over seven years old, not quite eight. Her legs were too short to reach the pedals when she was driving; she could only perch on the edge of the seat, unable to sit properly.

Yet, she drove really well—even using the turn signals.

Three days later, the number of people who could drive had reached twenty, but out of the five instructors, only Tian Lewen’s vehicle had never flipped—a three-wheeled farming vehicle, which was a true test of balance aptitude.

And that’s why he’s said to have a good sense of driving; it refers to this skill, always alerting in time before the vehicle might lose balance. He might not be a good driver, but he is definitely a decent instructor.

On the fourth day, it was time for the Innate Celebration.

Over the past two days, people had started arriving. Deng Yifu arrived with his wife, bringing along a total of ten family members.

For ordinary people, attending the celebration of an Innate Expert is probably the pinnacle of their lifetime.

Lang Zhen was moved, he somewhat wanted to bring his family over from Small Lake Village.

However, Feng Jun told him that they were not yet firmly established, and if the family were to follow and an accident occurred, it would not be good.

The Lang Family was not like the Deng Family, the old couple of the Deng Family had a considerable ability to protect themselves, whereas the Lang Family was much lacking in this regard.

Following on the heels of this were the Mi Family, the Yu Family, and others, with Magistrate Han arriving at the foot of Mount Zhige the night before, on the same day that Lord Beiyuan and his people arrived.

Early on the morning of the celebration day, the Sage of the Prefecture and the Princely Heir of the Yongyi Duke arrived hand in hand, accompanied by the aides of the Prefectural Governor’s office.

The Prefectural Governor ultimately did not come, reportedly due to busy official duties, but his aide, Mr. Shi, was not only the confidant of the Prefectural Governor but also considered half a friend rather than a mere subordinate, with a somewhat transcendent status.

The celebration started at ten in the morning, and the first item was Magistrate Han inviting Doctor Feng, the Divine Doctor, to register in Zhige County.

The person in charge of this ceremony was not Magistrate Han, however, but the Sage of the Prefecture himself who personally granted Dr. Feng one hundred acres of land.

Although relationships can actually make the process of registration and such not difficult, it is the Official Government’s land grant that is the most direct recognition of a foreigner’s registration — not everyone who registers will necessarily receive a land grant, but those who receive a land grant can register at any time.

Then came the submission of various gift lists. According to the customs of this plane, things are not as bare as on the Earth Realm; for ordinary celebrations, whether gift lists are submitted or not is optional.

Feng Jun felt that presenting a gift was a gesture of goodwill, and there was no need to announce it aloud, as that would seem somewhat mercenary.

However, his idea was unanimously opposed by the others, “Divine Doctor, you think announcing the gift list is too stingy, and we also think it’s stingy, but you need to understand that this isn’t a wedding or funeral celebration, it’s a celebration for becoming an Innate Expert.”

For those attending the celebration, being invited is already a great honor; bringing an unsuitable gift would be an insult to an Innate Expert.

Among the secular martial cultivators, Innate Expert is the highest existence, how can they tolerate any insult?

The consequences of deliberately offending an Innate Expert are only slightly less severe than offending an Immortal.

Thankfully, the demand for gifts was not solely about value; the real measure was the sincerity behind them.

The Princely Heir of the Yongyi Duke presented a Spirit Weapon, while the Tian Family gave a set of Cultivation Techniques, and Deng Yifu outdid them all, gifting two human heads, precisely the two fake constables that Feng Jun encountered on his first trip to Xiyin City outside the city wall.

The Prefectural Governor’s gift was also very interesting, unexpectedly a “request to purchase thirty Boiler Camel Motorcycles and accompanying lighting fixtures.”

Lord Beiyuan’s gift was also quite thoughtful, a Donghua Kan Yu Map. This kind of item is strictly controlled by the Imperial Court; let alone civilians, ordinary officials could at most obtain a small part of it, and only the military would have a relatively complete map.

Ordinary people are forbidden from owning such a map, and he knew that Feng Jun was a special case and might continue to explore Donghua Land, so he prepared it specially.

Magistrate Han’s gift seemed a bit superfluous.

His gift was not bad either – a two-year-old steed valued at approximately fifty to sixty taels of gold, which could be considered a strategic resource in most clans, but… Feng Jun possessed a farm vehicle and an all-terrain vehicle.

The announcement of the gift list took almost an hour, and then it was time for the Innate Expert to impart their teachings.

This was the highlight of each Innate ceremony, where the Innate Expert would share their experiences and insights.

In this plane, knowledge is priceless, but there is still appropriate exchange among the major forces. It is not feasible to work in isolation — even the Immortals discuss the Dao, let alone mortals?

The Innate Expert didn’t have a specific topic for their lecture; they spoke about whatever came to mind. They could speak for a day and a night or just half an hour, as long as they shared their uniqueness. However, if their words were perfunctory, it would inevitably lead to disdain.

This lecture also had standard ceremonies and procedures.

Feng Jun did not strictly follow the procedures; he simply sat cross-legged in mid-air, about three feet off the ground, and began to discuss his understanding of the External Release of Internal Qi.

The content he discussed strictly fell under the category of “technique” and not “Dao.” To those not in the know, it might seem somewhat perfunctory.

In reality, it wasn’t so. Over the years, many experts had advanced to Innate, and the Dao that could be discussed had been covered extensively, particularly since the content of everyone’s Cultivation varied, with some even in opposite directions.

After all, those who knew about these topics essentially knew them already, and only those from smaller forces without much heritage would be willing to listen to such teachings to broaden their horizons.

What Feng Jun discussed pertained to the application of techniques, and although it belonged to the finer details, if one were to carefully contemplate them, they might indeed derive some insights. Such tangible benefits were stronger than anything else.

Therefore, Feng Jun’s teachings still attracted several people, even the Magistrate of Qingning Prefecture nodded in approval, murmuring, “Open-hearted, truly magnanimous.”

However, some people’s attention wasn’t focused on this point; the Princely Heir of the Yongyi Duke stared blankly at Feng Jun suspended in the air.

After a stick of incense had burned down, he couldn’t hold back and whispered to a bodyguard by his side, “Can one levitate for so long just after entering the Innate stage?”