Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 40: The Dining Hall

Zhou Lulu’s expression was one of visible frustration. “I like reading books, and I want to become a disciple of Fourth Elder who specializes as a Confucian cultivator. However, my dad insisted that I choose the Hundred Refinements Peak, claiming that Fourth Elder has gone silly from reading books and that I can't learn from him.”

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“Your father is...”

“Fifth Elder, Zhou Xin.”

Lu Yang instantly shut his mouth. The Hundred Refinements Peak belongs to your family; of course, your dad would want you to choose your family business.

The Hundred Refinements Peak was dyed in crimson and towered into the clouds, resembling an erupting volcano lighting up the horizon. The temperature here would always be slightly higher than other places, but it was unclear whether it was due to their long-term weapon crafting activities or if it had always been like this. Spring had just begun, but it felt like the Hundred Refinements Peak was already in summer.

Lu Yang’s skin felt prickly, as if something was trying to burrow inside his body. He instinctively manipulated his cultivation technique, forming a protective membrane as thin as a cicada wing covering his body.

Zhou Lulu explained softly, “What you felt should be metal qi. There are too many magical treasures crafted at the Hundred Refinements Peak, so the air is suffused with metal qi. However, it isn't harmful to cultivators. You just have to get used to it. That said, Junior Brother, your reaction was very quick. Few people could do it like you did.”

Lu Yang chuckled, “My cultivation technique is very useful.”

Lu Yang could also hear clanging sounds. He imagined that there were probably senior disciples striking a metal with a large hammer intensely with sparks flying everywhere until steel was forged through multiple refinements.

He followed the direction of the sounds, and realized that it was the dining hall.

“Umm...” Lu Yang felt that it was somewhat acceptable.

I'm used to it.

The entrance to the dining hall was a lively sight. People came and went, engaged in their lively conversations. They would carry all kinds of food and brandished them like they were wandering heroes wielding sharp blades. Even the disciples who passed by the dining hall to buy a meal after their classes looked like heroes who had just walked out of a weapon store.

“Is Li Haoran here?” Lu Yang recalled that Li Haoran, who had a Fire Spirit Root, was a disciple under Fifth Elder. In theory, they should be at a similar level, but Lu Yang didn’t know exactly which cultivation stage Li Haoran was at.

Zhou Lulu shook her head. “Junior Brother Li hasn’t exited from his seclusion, so he isn’t qualified to buy a meal at the dining hall. My father said that Li Haoran’s foundation is very good, so he needs to soak in lava longer to achieve better progress. I heard others say that they heard blood-curdling screams from Junior Brother Li when he first bathed in lava, but there was no sound afterward, so he’s probably cooking.

“...Is there a possibility that he isn’t cooking but rather got cooked?” [1]

“Hmm?”

Lu Yang didn’t expect that his bathing in boiling water wasn’t the worst. Big Senior Sister was still too kind to me. It’s a pity that I didn’t get to meet Li Haoran; otherwise we could’ve exchanged our insights on bathing.

When Zhou Lulu arrived at the bustling dining hall, her fervor vanished without a trace. She secretly retreated two steps back, and she spoke as rapidly as a machine gun, “Junior Brother Lu, the food in the dining hall is of high quality and reasonably priced. Go ahead and buy it yourself.”

Before the last word left her mouth, she had already run off. Lu Yang didn’t even see how she disappeared.

He sighed. Looks like I can only count on myself.

“Braised fish bones in soy sauce, freshly made braised fish bones in soy sauce! The best choice for cutting down trees and humans. Everyone who has used them says that they’re great!”

“Shaobing, fresh meat shaobing fresh out of the oven. They won’t break even with punches and kicks!”

“Come and take a look! Noodles that are even harder than steel and bones, an essential for binding people. They can’t break free once bound. Purchase now and get a complimentary binding tutorial!”

The dining hall was like a food market in the mortal world where the vendors would hawk their own food. The only difference was that the dining hall was much noisier than a marketplace; the vendors were of high cultivation and had louder voices.

Lu Yang noticed a senior male disciple holding a braised fish bone that looked like a sharp blade. Just a light scrape would result in a deep wound, as if bitten by a ferocious shark.

The senior male disciple promoted enthusiastically, “Junior Brother, would you like a fish bone? This is from a fish demon in the Blue Wave Pool, and it was at the Apex Foundation Establishment Stage, so the fish bones it left behind are very sturdy. It took me a very long time before I finally crafted these few bones. This can be used as a weapon in combat and food when hungry.” Crunch. He bit down on a fish bone.

I have no idea how he trained his teeth.

Lu Yang checked out the very useful fish bone then glanced at the price.

Right, I can’t afford it.

Seeing Lu Yang’s apologetic smile, the male disciple didn’t force him and continued promoting to others.

Lu Yang saw another senior male disciple putting his hand directly into the pot of oil to take out the youtiao and drain the oil.

“Junior Brother, do you want one? There are ones suitable for Foundation Establishment and Golden Core respectively. The Foundation Establishment ones only cost one hundred and fifty contribution points.”

In terms of price, it was indeed cheaper than the Mountain Quaking Hammer on the redemption list. The latter cost two hundred and seventy contribution points while the youtiao only cost one hundred fifty contribution points, almost half of it.

“My youtiao’s strength isn’t only its sturdiness. It comprises three layers of covert force. A single strike combined with the three layers of hidden force could unleash tremendous power, delivering a surprise blow to the enemy.

“If you are hungry and want to eat it, that’s also fine. It has a long shelf life.” The senior male disciple even took a bite. The three layers of covert force blasted inside his mouth, but other than his mouth bulging for a moment, nothing else happened.

“Senior Brother, I’m new here, so there are some things I don’t understand. Why can our youtiao be both a weapon and food? Can you really bite through them?”

The senior male disciple discerned Lu Yang’s cultivation. Since this junior brother is at Foundation Establishment, he’s definitely from the newest batch. It’s normal for a newcomer to ask such a question.

“This is a way to train and verify the results of our training in refining the body. In body refinement, one must refine the internal organs, muscles and bones while also refining the outer skin and seven orifices. Only then can they be counted as a true physique cultivator. Apart from that, the teeth are also an indispensable part.

“I heard that some physique cultivators only refine their muscle, bones, and skin to the extreme. Just a brute collision from them would even lead to mountains shaking. They can be considered excellent. However, others are very troubled when they face these impenetrable physique cultivators, so they thought of a solution.”

“What solution?”

“They used body transformation spells like Size At Will to shrink their body and attack these physique cultivators from the inside. As these physique cultivators didn’t reinforce their organs, they are very susceptible to these kinds of attacks.

“These people are not considered as true physique cultivators, or they can be called unorthodox physique cultivators.” The senior male disciple clinked his teeth, producing the sound of metal clanging.

People like them who crafted artifacts were considered half a physique cultivator. Although their body’s strength couldn’t be compared to a true physique cultivator, their bodies had been refined internally and externally.

“Ordinary cultivators use magical treasures as weapons, while a physique cultivator’s strongest weapon is their body. Since it’s their strongest weapon, eating youtiao isn’t a hard thing.”

Lu Yang finally understood. The food in the dining hall has strong functionalities that were divided into two main purposes—selling them as weapons to cultivators like me who aren’t physique cultivators and selling them as food to physique cultivators.

“Meng Jingzhou became a disciple of Third Elder and is a bona fide physique cultivator, so he should be able to bite through it,” Lu Yang murmured to himself.

He bought a youtiao and swung it twice, finding it heavy and compact.

1. The original Chinese text stated that Li Haoran got used to it, but Zhou Lulu wondered if it’s not that he has gotten used to it but rather that he has been cooked. There’s a double meaning to the “cooked” here—it can also mean to be familiar with something. ☜