Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 237: Penal Exile

“I suppose you have found your cultivation boring recently and lack the motivation to advance your cultivation realm, so you have decided to concern yourselves with such trivial matters instead.

“Since that’s the case, why don’t you two go to the border between the Central Continent and the Demon Region for some training and experience?”

“Big Senior Sister, this might not...”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou still wanted to resist, but Yun Zhi didn’t give them a chance. Grabbing them by the collar in each hand like she was carrying two little rabbits, she casually tossed them out.

The two only felt the scenery change before their eyes as they appeared mid-air and flew, or rather, were thrown southward at an incredibly terrifying speed. Their surroundings changed so rapidly that they couldn’t even deduce their current speed. They could only catch sight of the occasional flying vessels or cultivation experts passing by in a flash. The passengers on the flying vessels and cultivation experts were left nonplussed, secretly wondering what cultivation level the two had attained for them to fly at such astonishing speeds.

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Thud! As the two descended headfirst with their legs pointing skyward, they were promptly snared by tree vines.

“I feel like my body’s falling apart.” Lu Yang grimaced in pain as he got up. It felt as if he had been dismantled and then reassembled.

“Where are we?” Meng Jingzhou surveyed the environment around them. It was a dense forest with many rare plants growing nearby, and the air was extremely humid.

“Didn’t Big Senior Sister say that we should train at the border with the Demon Region? This is probably the place.” Lu Yang pointed out the local specialties. “Look, these are all rare on the Central Continent. This is the Money Flower, this is the Drifting Cloud Grass, this is the Evergreen Tree, and this is a snake demon whose cultivation realm we can’t tell... Hmm?”

Several dark green snake demons with triangular heads appeared, hissing with their tongues out as they rapidly slithered toward the two.

“Run!”

The two couldn’t see which cultivation stage the snake demons were at, so they dared not act recklessly. Quickly freeing themselves from the tree vines, they somersaulted as they dropped to the ground, taking to their heel right away. These snake demons clearly spelled trouble, though it wouldn’t be a problem if they were at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Their only fear was that these snake demons’ cultivation was higher.

“Handsome brothers, don’t run; come play with us sisters,” the snake demons spoke in human language, their voices seductive and tingling.

“We little sisters will definitely make you feel heavenly~

“Come play~”

The two turned their heads back and noticed that the snake demons had transformed into human form. Their appearances were enchanting and pitiable. They were scantily clad, their get-up practically screaming that they didn’t come from respectable households.

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“No no, you’re too ugly,” Meng Jingzhou refused politely.

The snake demons were stunned for a moment before rage took over, and they chased the two even faster.

Fortunately, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were not to be underestimated. Escaping abilities were their forte, and their legs moved at lightning speed.

Unfortunately, misfortune never comes alone. Suddenly, they found themselves falling into a swamp.

Seeing the snake demons almost catching up to them, Lu Yang steeled himself. “This won’t do. Let’s escape with Shrinking Earth.”

“What about me?”

“Stand still. Draw Underground Prison!” Lu Yang quickly drew a circle around Meng Jingzhou. Before the latter could react, he found himself in an underground prison.

Lu Yang performed Shrinking Earth, pushing the underground prison and its inmate, Meng Jingzhou, as he fled.

“These two spells can be used together?”

The snake demons were in a daze, not registering what had just happened. By the time they spread out their spiritual consciousness to search for the two, they were already long gone, leaving no trace behind.

“Are we really so scary?” The snake demons exchanged glances with one another. They had hoped to use their bodies to earn some spirit stones from humans, but they didn’t expect the humans to possess such resolute willpower, running away as soon as they saw them.

What’s even more absurd is that when we offered them to play with our bodies, they ran even faster.

They were from the Jade Sky Green Snake Tribe, known in the Demon Region for such business. Now, they wanted to expand their operations into human society, but they hadn’t clinched a single successful deal.

“Should we go apply for a job at the humans’ brothels instead of coming here for some battles in the wild? I heard that’s what many of our sisters do,” one of the snake demons commented.

“Didn’t they say that humans like to play in the wild? Besides, there’s no need to pay tax out here.”

“I don’t get it.”

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Meanwhile, Lu Yang was still madly fleeing while pushing Meng Jingzhou along, his two legs as nimble as fish swimming.

“Should be good now, right?”

“We should have escaped.”

The two popped their heads out of the earth at the same time, only to see a giant elephant’s foot stomping toward them. Behind the elephant trailed a whole herd, eyes bloodshot and tusks over three meters long—it was clear they spelled trouble.

Lu Yang immediately pulled himself and Meng Jingzhou back underground.

The two peeked out again, only to see a tiger-like and leopard-like demon beast crouching over a deer demon’s corpse and devouring it with relish.

As the two humans and one demon beast made eye contact, they froze for a split second before the demon beast let out a roar.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou retreated underground once more and fled for their lives.

Finally, the two of them burrowed out of the earth, leaning against their crutches. It was unknown what setbacks they had endured yet again.

“How can this be called training? This is simply pe...”

Before the words “penal exile”[1] could leave his mouth, Lu Yang interrupted him. “Don’t talk nonsense! This is the training Big Senior Sister has given us!” He was more cautious than Meng Jingzhou. Fearing that Yun Zhi might have some methods to monitor their situation, he desperately signaled to Meng Jingzhou with his eyes. He was worried that if Meng Jingzhou angered Yun Zhi, she might add even more torture to their ordeal.

Meng Jingzhou instantly got his clue and hastily changed his words. “Pe-perceiving that our cultivation realms are unstable, which is why she wants us to fight it out here and seek an opportunity for breakthrough!”

“Where do we go now? We can’t stay here forever, right?” Lu Yang limped along, deeply appreciating the hardships of survival.

“Don’t worry. Since this is the border between the Central Continent and the Demon Region, there must be large cities nearby! I heard from my family that the Great Xia Dynasty has established six cities here to guard against the demon race. One of my uncles is stationed in one of those cities!”

“Hmm? What’s that on your arm?” Lu Yang noticed a tiny black worm wriggling on Meng Jingzhou’s arm. Its head was thick, while its tail was thin. He didn’t know when it had climbed there.

“It’s a leech!” Meng Jingzhou flung his arm in horror, but the leech seemed stuck, no matter how hard he flailed.

“Don’t panic. I’ve heard that these things are afraid of fire. Let me burn it! Pah!” Lu Yang spat out the Three Flavor True Fire, brushing it slightly against the leech. It immediately burned to death and loosened its grip, falling off from Meng Jingzhou’s arm.

The two had been keeping their spiritual consciousness open, but it was only to watch out for large demon beasts; they didn’t expect that they had to watch out for even the bugs in this place.

The leech was not strong enough to break through Meng Jingzhou’s defenses, but the latter had been pampered since childhood and was physiologically unaccustomed to such things.

After darting into nests of demon beasts seven times, being besieged by demon beasts five times, being forced into battles with demon beasts four times, and crawling out from a demon beast’s stomach one time, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou finally walked out of the jungle and saw a city built by humans.

The two were disheveled and hobbling, with demon beast saliva still clinging to their hair.

The characters “Demon Suppression Pass” above the city gate glistened, emitting an inexplicable sense of oppressive pressure that gave the two an inexplicable sense of reassurance.

“Big Senior Sister bless us, we’ve finally made it out!” The two clasped their hands in gratitude to the heavens and Yun Zhi for sparing their lives.

1. This type of punishment was where people were not only banished to the borders but also required to serve with hard labor. It’s penal servitude but at the borders and in harsh conditions. ☜