Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 174: Take Action!

The fifth match of the Nascent Soul category was nearing its end, and the representative from the Dao-Seeking Sect was Ma Tianyang, also someone the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had challenged.

Vice Creed Leader Liu provided his appraisal. “This person called Ma Tianyang is at the Advanced Nascent Soul Stage, whereas his opponent from the Dao-Seeking Sect is at the Apex Nascent Soul Stage. Both are disciples of immortal sects with similar resources. External factors don’t matter now. It’s a contest of their cultivation. A subtle difference in cultivation is the determining factor of the outcome. Ma Tianyang is not far from losing.”

Just as Vice Creed Leader Liu had predicted, Ma Tianyang gradually fell into a disadvantageous position, while his opponent became increasingly bold, and resolved to defeat Ma Tianyang in one final blow.

Ma Tianyang was a talisman cultivator, and the myriad talismans he crafted were considered the finest and most premium products in the outside world. If a small clan purchased them, they could even enshrine it as an ancestral treasure which can deliver a fatal blow in critical moments and secure the clan’s survival.

Unfortunately, Ma Tianyang’s opponent was a cultivator who wielded lightning and thunder. The deafening booms of thunder moved at peak speed, and every bolt of lightning precisely disrupted Ma Tianyang’s attempts to draw the talismans, preventing him from leveraging the strengths of a talisman cultivator.

Just when his opponent assumed that victory was assured and followed up with an attack, he saw Ma Tianyang suddenly slamming his palms down on the ground. Countless runes flickered, forming a towering mountain that suppressed him.

Pinned beneath the mountain, his opponent could not mobilize any spirit energy. He couldn’t figure out why he had lost. “Crushing-Weight Mountain Talisman! This talisman cannot be stored on paper and must be drawn on-site. Even you would need five minutes to draw it. How did you get the time to do that?”

Ma Tianyang snorted. “I have been drawing it all this time. You simply didn’t see it.”

“How is that possible?! Where did you draw it?”

Ma Tianyang pointed at himself. “Blood vessels.

“While I was fighting with you, I was constantly adjusting the position of my blood vessels.”

“I @#￥%...”

The arrays at the Martial Plaza were comprehensive and considerate in their designs. It even had an array that could automatically censor profanities. To outsiders, all they could hear was a series of beeping sounds.

His opponent thought that after observing the Dao-Seeking Sect for so long, he was about to grasp their line of thought, but he now realized that he was actually far from it.

Vice Creed Leader Liu’s eyelids twitched. I didn’t expect Ma Tianyang to have such a trump card hidden up his sleeves. I was too careless.

The blood contained spirit energy, so adjusting the blood vessels into the shape of a talisman was certainly feasible. In fact, it could also be said to be even more ingenious than drawing talismans outside, for it didn’t incur any loss of spirit energy.

But the problem is, would a normal person ever think of using their blood vessels to draw talismans?!

Vice Creed Leader Liu educated Lu Yang dispassionately, “Don’t learn from this type of fighting style. Blood vessels can easily form blood clots when tied up.”

Lu Yang felt that Vice Creed Leader Liu was overthinking things. He had heard that Ma Tianyang could undo even the most complex knots.

After the Nascent Soul category ended, the Divine Transfiguration category was the final one left.

This was the category with the highest stakes in the exchange event. Watching a battle between Divine Transfiguration cultivators would undoubtedly offer tremendous benefits!

Representing the Dao-Seeking Sect was Lu Wang[1] from the Pill Cauldron Peak, someone Lu Yang had not met before.

Others whispered, “It’s Senior Brother Lu! I haven’t seen him in a long time.”

“I heard that Senior Brother Lu discarded his three Golden Cores from his three attempts because he was very dissatisfied with his first-grade golden core.”

“Why is that?”

“He insisted that a golden core is also a type of pill.[2] If the golden core doesn’t have pill marks or pill fragrance, it’s considered a useless golden core. Hence, he repeatedly formed his golden core, trying to create one with pill fragrance.”

“Did he succeed?”

“He succeeded. Senior Brother Lu really formed a golden core with pill fragrance.”

“What kind of miraculous effects does this kind of golden core have?”

“It’s amazingly fragrant.”

Lu Yang didn’t know how he should react.

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He asked his subordinate, “Little Liu, who do you think would win?”

“Huh?” Vice Creed Leader Liu thought he had misheard. What did this kid just call me?

Lu Yang explained calmly, “Your identity here is a temporary staff I have hired, so I am your boss. If we are going to act, we need to see it through. If I’m too respectful toward you, it’ll seem very fake. Our plan is about to be implemented soon. We mustn't slip up now!”

Vice Creed Leader Liu nodded, agreeing with Lu Yang’s point.

“Lu Wang is famous among Divine Transfiguration cultivators. Few are willing to have him as their opponent. He is both a pill and poison cultivator, and his poison skills are stronger than his pill abilities. However, Lu Wang is unlucky to meet an opponent who counters him.

“I have heard about his opponent before. He grew up in the Five Poisons Pit[3] and has long cultivated a body immune to poison. Against him, Lu Wang cannot showcase his full potential.”

As Lu Wang and his opponent from the Five-Elements Sect faced off, he first released a bone-corroding poison mist as a test. However, just like Vice Creed Leader Liu had mentioned, his opponent was not in the least bit afraid. The poison mist had no effect on him.

“This will be a tough one.” Lu Wang felt that the situation was getting tricky.

His opponent snickered, “Lu Wang, just give up. You might win against anyone else, but you will definitely lose to me!”

In a battle among Divine Transfiguration cultivators, they were no longer limited to the ground. Both parties would sometimes fly into the sky and burrow into the ground. Although each side had their strengths and weaknesses, Lu Wang’s opponent possessed more strength, putting Lu Wang at a disadvantage.

Lu Wang whipped out a pill for boosting one’s strength from the front of his robe; this was allowed in the competition.

Just as Lu Wang was about to consume it, his opponent snatched it away and swallowed it instead.

His opponent sneered. “You wanted to ingest a pill? You’ll need the chance to do so first!”

As soon as the pill entered the opponent’s stomach, however, he felt that his strength was plummeting at an alarming rate. “What’s going on?!” He was shocked. This shouldn’t be!

Lu Wang sent him flying with a punch. “It’s the Ten-Elephant Strength Pill. It grants the strength of ten elephants to the user.

“However, this is only for the Foundation Establishment Stage. In other words, you now only have the strength of ten Foundation Establishment elephants.”

“You &%*#...”

“Be glad I didn’t give you the Ten-Elephant Strength Pill Aphrodisiac Version. I have saved your face.” Lu Wang tossed his opponent out of the ring.

Of the four subsequent matches in the Divine Transfiguration category, Vice Creed Leader Liu failed to predict any of the outcomes correctly. It wasn’t because he lacked foresight—the Divine Transfiguration cultivators of the Dao-Seeking Sect had too many ideas beyond one’s imagination.

Vice Creed Leader Liu inhaled two deep breaths and steadied his emotions. The time to take action is drawing near. I can’t let such trivial matters affect my mood.

He noticed that the others had already taken their respective positions, forming the Yellow Millet Dream Array which would maximize the effects of the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow.

According to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, this was her go-to array for sleeping, and it worked wonderfully.

Vice Creed Leader Liu heard the members of the Dao-Seeking Sect begin their closing remarks. “The friendly exchange event between the Dao-Seeking Sect and the Five-Elements Sect has concluded here. It has been a pleasure spending this wonderful time with everyone...”

Everyone’s attention was on the stage. This is the perfect moment to take action!

Vice Creed Leader Liu raised his hand and hollered, “Take action!”

The disciples from the Dao-Seeking Sect had been lying in ambush around the area. As soon as they heard the code “take action,” they immediately sprang into action and pounced toward the higher-ups of the Everlasting Creed.

They remembered Lu Yang telling them that someone would shout “take action,” and that would be the cue for them to act.

Prior to this, they had been speculating who would issue the command. Some guessed it would be Lu Yang, some guessed it would be Meng Jingzhou, while some guessed it would be Man Gu.

Now, the mystery was finally unraveled.

The Dao-Seeking Sect’s disciples even respectfully nodded in salute to the stunned Vice Creed Leader Liu. What a true hero!

It turns out that Vice Creed Leader Liu has been a spy from our side all along, and he even managed to climb to the position of vice creed leader.

1. The surname “Lu” here is a different one from Lu Yang’s surname. ☜

2. It may not be obvious in the English translation, but golden core is jindan in Chinese, while pills are danyao, and the “dan” in both terms is the same. ☜

3. The Five Poisons or Five Noxious Creatures refer to centipedes, snakes, scorpions, lizards, and toads. ☜