Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 29: The Story Of The Ancient Great Era

“I have already seen your mission report. You made use of your wisdom to eliminate a Painted Skin Ghost. You did pretty well.”

Lu Yang was elated. Receiving praise from Big Senior Sister is not easy. It’s worth me making the trip to Taiping Village.

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After her appraisal, Yun Zhi thought of the implication behind the Painted Skin Ghost, and her brow furrowed. “For a hundred years, following the arrival of the Great Era, various hidden factions are getting restless, and monsters are starting to roam freely. Although the Great Xia Dynasty may seem peaceful, it is unknown how many calamities lie hidden within. However, the Great Xia Dynasty insists on preserving its face, too proud to seek the Five Great Immortal Sects for help.” Yun Zhi sighed softly, her words clearly not directed at Lu Yang.

Lu Yang paid particular attention to a term Yun Zhi mentioned. “The arrival of the Great Era?” He had not heard of it before, and neither had he seen it in books.

Yun Zhi’s voice became ethereal, as if it didn’t belong to this world. “A hundred years ago, after the Grand Elder of the Heaven Strategy Sect narrowly avoided death, with his blood polluting the clear rivers, he used his life to ask the heavens, but it was unknown what he had divined.”

It was said that the Heaven Strategy Sect could divine all things. They paid attention to Heaven’s law and the natural order and believed in karma. They were the ones who questioned the Luodi Merchant Guild’s insurance.

Yun Zhi continued, “The Grand Elder announced to the world that the Great Era has already arrived and that the glory of the ancient cultivation world would reappear.

“According to past cases, accepting one Single Spirit Root from one cohort of disciples was already considered a decent outcome. However, for your batch, we have someone from the Ancient Barbarian Tribe, three Single Spirit Roots, and a Metamorphic Celestial Physique which is even more rare than a Single Spirit Root. I heard from others that the other sects have also recruited a number of Single Spirit Root geniuses in the past hundred years. From these signs, we can get a glimpse of one corner of the Ancient Great Era.”

A rare, almost indiscernible smile appeared at the corner of Yun Zhi’s mouth, seemingly mocking. “Although the Ancient Great Era is said to be a period of glory, it was in fact in extreme chaos. Various factions were intertwined; the demons, devils and monsters schemed against one another, and human hearts were unfathomable with their life and death left up to fate. Countless innocent people died before any formidable cultivator appeared. The peace and stability then definitely can’t be compared to now.”

Lu Yang found Yun Zhi’s smile to be very cold.

He had come across descriptions of the Ancient Great Era in books. It was a survival of the strongest. The victors would reign supreme, and there was no distinction between good and evil. Humans were also only one of the many powerful forces then, a far cry from their current hegemon status on the continent today.

Demons and devils emerged, intense battles clashed ceaselessly, and prodigies roamed the world, using their blood and bone to forge their fame. They were swift and decisive in slaughter, and countless cultivation experts became legends admired by millions in the process. This was a goal unattainable for many cultivators in their lifetime. Such depictions stirred cultivators’ hearts, and they wished they could transmigrate to that era to showcase their talents.

It was only in such turbulent times that various heroes had the chance to stand out. However, judging by Yun Zhi’s expression, Lu Yang realized that the Ancient Great Era might have been a good thing for prodigies, but it was hell for ordinary people. Their lives were fleeting, alive in one moment and dead in another. Just a normal conflict between those from the upper echelons, and one’s own clan members might be enslaved and imprisoned. There was no stability to speak of.

The books painted a magnificent Ancient Great Era because the author was a high-level cultivator, so he yearned for those times. If it were from an ordinary person’s perspective, it would have been an entirely different picture.

It dawned upon Lu Yang that ever since becoming a cultivator, he had seemed to forget that he was once a mortal.

This is not the way.

Yun Zhi didn’t discuss this topic further, finding it too early for Lu Yang. “What else did you want to ask?”

“Well, Big Senior Sister, do you have spells for traveling quickly?”

“Of course, I do. But what do you need this kind of spell for?” The Dao-Seeking Sect and the Luodi Merchant Guild have an agreement: when our disciples travel out, the Luodi Merchant Guild will cover all their travel and accommodation expenses and record it under our sect. Lu Yang doesn’t even need to fork out spirit stones for riding the flying vessel. What use is there for him to learn a spell for traveling quickly?

Lu Yang scratched his head, revealing an embarrassed expression. “Nothing much, I just want to learn and help our sect save money.”

Yun Zhi didn’t suspect anything. “Since you have this kind intention, as your senior sister, I shouldn’t turn you down. You’ve just reached Foundation Establishment, so there aren’t many spells you can use.”

Lu Yang sheepishly rubbed his hands. “Anything that works will do.”

“I’ve witnessed your journey in cultivation for the past year, and you live up to the name of a Sword Spirit Root. I have a Flying Sword Technique here. It can let you step on a flying sword and travel across the world.

“I also have a repositioning technique. It trains your spiritual consciousness, making it powerful enough to shift your body. You can fly as you wish, but it’s not as fast as the Flying Sword Technique. Its advantage is that it conserves our energy, and honing your spiritual consciousness can be beneficial for your battles in the future.

“Transformation techniques are also an option. After you get the grasp of it, you can transform into a bird and soar in the skies freely.

“Little Junior Brother, which one would you like?” Yun Zhi listed out a few spells for Lu Yang to choose.

“...Umm, are there spells that don’t involve flying?”

Yun Zhi looked at Lu Yang’s reddened face with an amused look. “Oh? Why do you want to learn a traveling acceleration spell that doesn’t require flying?”

Lu Yang stammered but couldn’t form a proper word.

Yun Zhi didn’t press further. “There is also a spell that doesn’t require flying. However, this spell requires immense comprehension of the Dao and has a high requirements for one’s magic power. It’s a bit too early for you to learn it now.”

“No worries, I can give it a try first. It’s fine if it doesn’t work out.”

“The name of this spell is Shrinking Earth To Inches. This is an inner cultivation method and mantra. Once you’ve memorized it, I’ll teach it to you officially.”

Yun Zhi raised her hand, casually tearing open a space. She took out a golden piece of paper that had delicate and pretty characters written neatly on it.

Lu Yang gingerly took the golden paper. This thing looks incredibly expensive. I mustn’t accidentally tear it.

After Lu Yang left, Yun Zhi closed her eyes and continued cultivating. A gust of frigid wind blew by, and an old grudgeful voice streamed into her ears. It was capable of sending chills down one’s spine and making them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

“My dear disciple, how much longer do you plan to imprison your shifu?” The voice sounded like it had come from the depths of hell, causing one’s hair to stand on ends.

“I haven’t taught you much, but it’s not easy for you to have obtained such achievements in your cultivation. Your shifu is proud of you. The saying goes that ‘a teacher for a day is a father for life.’ You can’t disregard the gratitude for your shifu’s teachings and imprison me here.

“The Dao-Seeking Sect has been without a sect leader for ten years. By acting on my behalf as the sect leader, aren’t you afraid of rumors and that it would ruin your illustrious image as Big Senior Sister?

“You even accepted a disciple in my stead. Since he’s a sword Dao genius, I’ll leave it be. But at the very least, you should let me out so that I can meet that disciple of mine. You have the real person here, yet you only let him bow at my portrait. Wouldn’t that be laughable if word gets out?” The voice contained a kind of magical power that seemed to enchant one’s heart, making one subconsciously want to believe the voice and do as it said.

Yun Zhi continued concentrating on her cultivation, turning a deaf ear to the voice.

Seeing that Yun Zhi was unmoved, the old voice turned into a long sigh. It completely vanished, as if it had never appeared.

Nothing changed for Yun Zhi as she continued sitting in a meditative position.