Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 30: Shrinking Earth To Inches

Three days later, Lu Yang was clad in a fit outfit. He stood ramrod straight with a jubilant smile on his face from finally memorizing the contents of the golden paper.

“Recite it once for me.”

“An existence from a thousand li instantly appears right before one’s eyes, it can be returned to normal...“[1] Lu Yang recited it fluently from memory.

Yun Zhi nodded. The mantra was awkward to chant, and every seemingly subtle word held profound underlying meaning. Reciting it would deplete a tremendous amount of mental energy. The fact that Lu Yang could recite so much was evidence enough that he had worked hard.

“This mantra is a preamble. In the initial phases, when you’re still not used to the spell, you can recite it inside your mind, and it can help you execute the spell successfully. When you become familiar with Shrinking Earth To Inches, this mantra will no longer be needed.

“Shrinking Earth To Inches is categorized as a spatial spell. You’re still early in your cultivation, but you’re Shifu’s disciple after all. When Shifu was at your cultivation, he learned this spell. Perhaps you can do it too.

“The most important thing about cultivating spatial spells is safety. As soon as there is a wrong distortion and shift in space, you may end up with your head and body separate or be severed at the waist. As such, the cultivation world has an unspoken rule—when one cultivates spatial spells, there must be a senior well-versed in spatial cultivation to guide them by the side.”

Yun Zhi was rarely solemn, so Lu Yang followed suit and listened intently to her.

“The principle of the spell Shrinking Earth To Inches is to shrink the earth until it is as small as one square inch. With that, the spell caster can easily step over it, traveling across limitless distances and arriving at a totally different place. The more familiar one becomes with the spell, the area of landmass that can be shrunk becomes bigger, and the distance they can cross also becomes farther. When you master it, nothing can stop your footsteps no matter how huge the Central Continent is.

“What you need to pay attention to is that cultivating spells requires comprehension. You’ve never been exposed to spatial spells. You should be mentally prepared that the outcome can go both ways. A cultivator should remain calm in all situations and avoid extreme joy and sorrow.” Yun Zhi imparted her cultivation experiences to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang nodded. Big Senior Sister is indeed the most qualified to say this. I've never seen her lose control of her emotions.

This is one of my flaws.

At the start, when Lu Yang saw that Yun Zhi had always maintained the same expression, he thought that it was because she had no emotions. However, after spending time with her, he realized that she did have varying emotions. It was just that the fluctuations were too subtle. Lu Yang could now roughly guess Yun Zhi’s mood based on the minute changes in her expression.

For example, now...umm, I can’t tell.

“I’ll demonstrate it for you once.”

Yun Zhi didn’t know what Lu Yang was thinking about. She threw a red flag to the summit of the mountain opposite them. Before Lu Yang could see clearly, she had already taken a step gracefully, suddenly disappearing and suddenly appearing back again, this time with the red flag in her hand.

“Just like this. After you succeed, practice a few more times and you’ll become as proficient as I am.”

Lu Yang stood rooted to the spot. He blinked his eyes.

And blinked his eyes again.

What just happened?

In Lu Yang’s eyes, Yun Zhi seemed to have thrown the red flag and taken it back directly. He couldn’t even see if the red flag had landed on the opposite mountaintop. There were no traces of a spell being used.

Yun Zhi frowned, which was a rare sight. Back when Shifu taught me, he also demonstrated it like this. I learned it in one go.

Worried that Lu Yang might not have understood, she demonstrated it once more.

She threw the flag, stepped forward, and came back. It was as fluid as the water muddling Lu Yang’s brain.

Lu Yang, “...”

As expected, there are also times when Big Senior Sister isn’t reliable. I still have to rely on myself to learn things like this.

Lu Yang met Yun Zhi’s eyes. This time, he could discern her mood.

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She hopes to see me succeed.

But Big Senior Sister, you have to know that no one can learn anything based on your teaching methods. Lu Yang sighed. I can’t count on Big Senior Sister anymore. I should cast the spell based on my understanding of Shrinking Earth To Inches.

“An existence from a thousand li, instantly appears right before one’s eyes, returning to normal when left alone...” Lu Yang's eyes were tightly shut. He chanted and made finger gestures as he performed the spell.

“Shrinking Earth To Inches!” Lu Yang yelled. Instantly, his body vanished, and his surroundings changed. It became pitch black, as if he had landed in an alternate space.

Lu Yang was elated. I actually succeeded on the first try.

I’m indeed a genius!

Lu Yang had heard from Yun Zhi that the principles of Shrinking Earth To Inches were distorting space. The spell caster walked in an alternate space which was a straight line. Through this alternate space, one could reach their destination in the shortest possible time.

Just as Lu Yang wanted to smile, he realized that the surrounding black matter began pouring into his mouth. He also got trapped by the black matter, unable to move his hands and legs. Furthermore, there seemed to be no air inside this alternate space, making his breathing laborious.

After a short moment of composed rumination, he realized one thing—he had shrunk into the earth.

Lu Yang now had good news and bad news.

The good news was that he had learned half of Shrinking Earth To Inches: Shrinking Earth.

The bad news was that he had only learned half of it.

Still standing on the ground surface, Yun Zhi didn’t know what to say. She witnessed the whole process of Lu Yang casting the spell and then shrinking into the earth, learning the Earth Escape Technique.

How did a spatial spell change to an elemental spell?

As the Big Senior Sister of the Dao-Seeking Sect and the most senior disciple of the sect leader, her cultivation and talent were the best among all disciples. She could casually scribe cultivation techniques and learn spells by just observing. Her comprehension was also extraordinary and rare even throughout history. Any genius before her would probably lose their radiance and might even find her terrifying.

However, even she could not understand Lu Yang’s spellcasting principle. These are clearly two unrelated spell types.

With a muffled pop, Lu Yang performed Shrinking Earth To Inches again. His head popped out of the ground like a mole, giving people the urge to hit him with a hammer or step on him.

He coughed, trying to resolve the awkwardness. However, no matter how thick-skinned Lu Yang was, he still couldn’t withstand such an awkward situation.

Yun Zhi pulled Lu Yang out from the earth without any expression, shaking off a pile of mud and dirt along with it.

It was just like pulling up a radish.

“That was just an accident. I’ll try again.” Lu Yang felt like he was close to finding the key trick.

“An existence from a thousand li, instantly appears right before one’s eyes, returning to normal when left alone...” Lu Yang made finger gestures as he chanted faster than before.

“Shrinking Earth to Inches!” Lu Yang hollered.

Something took effect again.

Although Yun Zhi was tall, she was still half a head shorter than Lu Yang. Usually, Lu Yang could see the top of Yun Zhi’s head, but it was different now.

Yun Zhi’s body gradually became taller. Starting from looking down at her, Lu Yang looked straight at her, then looked up at her, and finally ended up straining his neck to look up. With his current angle, he couldn’t even see the whole of Yun Zhi’s face.

Yun Zhi looked like a titan holding up the sky, her head touching the heavens and her feet stepping on the earth.

“Wait, it’s me who got smaller!” Lu Yang shrieked. When he saw the stone that was half a person’s height, he realized the source of the problem.

The three-inch Lu Yang jumped around on the ground, his voice much softer than normal.

He had learned a new spell: To Inches.

Lu Yang’s talent in spells could also be described as terrifying. The genius, Yun Zhi, had only learned one spell—Shrinking Earth To Inches—when she was learning the spell. However, Lu Yang learned two spells instead—Shrinking Earth and To Inches!

Yun Zhi squatted down to observe Lu Yang. Her brow was knitted, seemingly because she still couldn’t figure out which step had gone wrong.

1. This is taken from the poet Li Bai. The “Shrinking Earth” technique is also a well-known immortal technique. It originated from the book Deities and Immortals or Shenxian Zhuan by Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty ☜