Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 117: I Am a Heart Devil

Yun Zhi couldn’t shake off the feeling that the thing she dreaded had happened. After all, this is the Dao-Seeking Sect—it would be strange if nothing happened.

Lu Yang had entered an abstruse state. He felt every one of his orifices overflowing with spirit qi, while the circulation within his meridians and the spirit qi from the external world merged seamlessly, completing the exchange of spirit qi with each breath. He attained an inner peace he never had before. As he relished in the benefits from refining the kui ox, he could clearly sense his body continuing to strengthen.

“Best to check what’s going on.” Yun Zhi glanced at Lu Yang, who was immersed in cultivation, and decided not to disturb him. She headed for the pine forest by herself, asking the puppet to guard Lu Yang’s cultivation in the meantime.

It was already deep into the night and especially quiet on Heaven’s Gate Peak, where the only people around were Yun Zhi and Lu Yang.

Yun Zhi walked through the mountain, like an immortal traversing the clouds. Then, she saw her master and elders trapped inside the cave abode and making a din. She could hear them even from a distance.

Yun Zhi sighed. What’s meant to happen will happen.

She walked toward the cave abode, wondering if she should let them out.

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Inside the cave abode, the higher-ups of the Dao-Seeking Sect were gathered together.

“I know that all of you, my senior brothers and sisters, are kindhearted souls. You couldn’t bear to see me alone in here, so you specially came inside to keep me company.” The Taciturn Daoist Priest expressed his deepfelt gratitude, though he couldn’t stop the corners of his lips from curving up. “Especially you, Old Two. On the surface, you appeared to be breaking the array, but in fact, you saw that I was lonely here and pulled everyone in here to accompany me!”

Grandpa Ba immediately felt immense pressure from the malicious glares his junior brothers and sisters were giving him. He pretended to be composed as he urged, “Everyone, don’t be nervous! This is just a seal set by Junior Niece Yun Zhi, not the real person. As long as everyone works together, we can surely tide through this difficulty together and break the seal! Think about the Dao-Seeking Nine we once were, and think of your esteemed positions now. What kind of challenge can beat us down?”

When they were young and carving out their path in the jianghu, they exterminated demons and devils, leaving a mighty reputation on the Central Continent. “The Dao-Seeking Nine” was how people had referred to them at that time.

Now, the Dao-Seeking Nine were united once more in a cramped cave.

“So, Old Nine, how on earth do we get out of here?” Grandpa Ba glowered at the Taciturn Daoist Priest. I only came here to watch the spectacle, yet I have become the spectacle myself instead.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest giggled inwardly. It’s not easy to have everyone come and keep me company. How can I let them leave so easily?

He solemnly replied, “I’m not afraid of anyone laughing, but Little Yun’s cultivation has already surpassed mine, so her purpose in setting this seal is to encourage me to cultivate diligently and push past my boundaries. In other words, to break the seal, we must go beyond our limits and transcend ourselves!”

Everyone realized the gravity of the situation. Transcending oneself was easier said than done.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest had already predicted how the events would play out. First, everyone will step forward and attempt to break the seal. After they get repelled, they’ll definitely become downhearted. This is when I’ll say that I suddenly have an epiphany and that I am about to break through, which requires me to sit in meditation for three days. When the three days are over, I’ll feign a surge of power and unleash a flashy sword technique to strike the cave entrance. At that point, the seal would have just come undone automatically, and my senior brothers and sisters would be amazed by my comprehension ability.

A perfect plan!

“If that’s the case, as the second senior brother, this is where I’ll step up and take the lead in attempting it first!” Since First Elder wasn’t around, Grandpa Ba was the most senior person present, so he felt the need to set an example.

Everyone else looked at Grandpa Ba in anticipation.

Figuring that he would probably fail, Grandpa Ba felt that it would be very embarrassing, so he turned the rest, “Step back, everyone. I have a unique skill that I’d prefer not to display in front of others.”

Everyone heeded his words and retreated into the depths of the cave, where the entrance was out of sight.

With everyone out of the way, Grandpa Ba inhaled a deep breath and shook out a few seeds from his sleeves. As Grandpa Ba murmured incantations, the seeds instantly transformed into thick vines that struck at the cave entrance, glowing faintly as lightning erupted and shook the heavens and the earth.

This was the rare Purple Lightning Vine, rumored to have been born from bathing in lightning tribulations. It was engraved with the mark of heaven and earth since birth, carrying a portion of a lightning tribulation’s formidable power.

After a frenzied barrage of explosions, there was no change to the cave entrance; the seal remained completely untouched.

“Hmm?” Grandpa Ba furrowed his brow as he saw a graceful figure in the thick smoke.

As the smoke dissipated, it revealed Yun Zhi’s figure.

With his vast amount of experience, Grandpa Ba instantly understood what was happening. What I’m seeing must be my heart devil![1] Didn’t Old Nine say that if we want to break the seal, we must transcend ourselves? And how does one transcend themselves if not by defeating their heart devil?

“I thought I’d already come to terms with it, believing that every generation grows stronger and that it’s a good thing for the young to surpass the old. I didn’t expect that I still haven’t let it go!” Grandpa Ba’s fighting spirit soared.

With this thought in mind, he no longer hesitated and launched an all-out attack on Yun Zhi.

Yun Zhi had originally intended to come in and see what the elders were up to, pondering whether she should release them. To her surprise, as soon as she reached the cave entrance, she witnessed Grandpa Ba’s indiscriminate bombardment.

Yun Zhi had no choice but to retaliate. Extending her delicate hand, the bells on her wrist rang melodiously, and with a single strike of the palm, she sent Grandpa Ba flying deep into the cave until the other elders caught him.

“Second Senior Brother, what’s the matter?”

Grandpa Ba coughed a few times, his eyes carrying a trace of terror. He raised his trembling hand to point at the cave entrance. “Be careful, Old Nine wasn’t lying to us. Junior Niece Yun Zhi possesses unrivaled talent and has set a heart devil seal. If we want to break through to destroy the seal, we must first resolve our heart devil!”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest was perplexed. Heart devil? What heart devil?

Third Elder was not convinced and stepped forward to test it out, and he also met Yun Zhi. As he was originally not good with his brains, he naturally believed whatever Grandpa Ba said.

When Yun Zhi defeated the five sect leaders at the Immortal Sect Tournament, she had once become the heart devil of the older generation, making them question what they had accomplished in their cultivation for the past thousand years. Third Elder was no exception.

Upon seeing Yun Zhi, Third Elder immediately assumed a fighting stance and engaged in battle. The result was the same as Grandpa Ba’s—sent flying with a palm.

“What a powerful heart devil!”

And so, Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder, all the way until Eighth Elder, took their turns trying it out, and they were all defeated by Yun Zhi.

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Unable to wrap his head around what was happening, the Taciturn Daoist Priest went to the cave entrance, and everything clicked the moment he saw Yun Zhi. How is this a heart devil? This is clearly Little Yun herself!

“Little Yun?” the Taciturn Daoist Priest called out tentatively.

Yun Zhi replied with an impassive face, “I’m a heart devil.”

Without giving her master a chance to react, she sent him flying with a palm and turned to leave the cave abode.

All of you treated me as a heart devil and attacked me right away, yet you still want to be let out? Just stay put and sit in meditation for three whole days.

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Lu Yang slowly opened his eyes, feeling a warm sensation flowing through his body; he was now only a step away from a breakthrough.

Yun Zhi was already back in her seat which was across from him. Lu Yang wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he felt that Yun Zhi seemed somewhat happy.

“Big Senior Sister, is there something you’re happy about?”

“No,” Yun Zhi replied in her usual indifferent tone.

1. It’s something like one’s inner demons but the cultivation version. ☜