Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 432: Number One of the Younger Generation!

“This is information I’ve obtained only after verification through numerous channels. The national fortune’s power is a high-level matter you shouldn’t be privy to now. All you need to know is that using the power of the national fortune can eliminate karmic backlash!” Qiu Jin’an reminded them that their cultivation was still too low to be qualified to learn such secrets.

This is knowledge typically reserved for Transcendent Tribulation cultivators. Were I not a sect leader, I wouldn’t have known about the national fortune’s existence.

Lu Yang was in full agreement. “Indeed. The power of the national fortune belongs to the imperial court’s immortals and is connected to Dao Fruits, one of the immortal methods. Those under the protection of the national fortune become immune to poison and disease and can unleash tremendous combat power instantly. This power also possesses memory-erasing properties. Even the Great Yu Dynasty’s imperial preceptors feared it and didn’t dare to oppose it openly!”

Qiu Jin’an froze. Why does Lu Yang seem to know more than I do? Is this really the amount of knowledge Golden Core cultivators should have?

Back in my Golden Core days, I’d barely learned about the Ancient Nameless One who refined the stars into a continent. As for concepts like immortals and Dao Fruits, they were completely foreign to me. Occasionally, I had gone to train in secret domains left behind by Nascent Soul and Divine Transfiguration cultivators, only accessible to Golden Core cultivators.

Moreover, the national fortune has memory-erasing properties, which can only be mitigated with a treasure gifted by the imperial court. Why didn’t this kid Lu Yang forget?

After a moment of contemplation, Qiu Jin’an didn’t dig deeper. There are too many things I can’t figure out in the Dao-Seeking Sect—what’s one more mystery with Lu Yang?

For instance, there’s something I still can’t understand after all this time. The cultivation world is so big, but how did the nine scourges end up together in the Dao-Seeking Sect as the Dao-Seeking Nine?

I can probably only explain it with ‘birds of a feather flock together.’

“After learning this information, I went to the Dao-Seeking Sect to look for you. Those old rascals there told me you’d gone to the Corpse-Driving Sect in Wilderness Province, so I rushed here immediately to inform you, and I arrived just in time to intercept the Great Yu Fusion cultivator.” Qiu Jin’an wore an expression that read, “Thank goodness, I came in time.”

Lu Yang cast him a sidelong glance. What do you mean ‘you arrived just in time?’ The Everlasting Immortal Fairy has already told me you’d been tailing us the whole way and enjoying the show.

The battle between Qiu Jin’an and Meng Tian True Lord quickly drew the official guards from Hanshui City. Judging by the commotion, Hanshui City determined that the involved parties had high cultivation, so the highest official they dispatched was at the Fusion Stage.

“Ah, it’s Fellow Daoist Qiu.” The Hanshui City official recognized Qiu Jin’an and bowed respectfully.

As an official of the imperial court, recognizing the leaders of the Five Great Immortal Sects was basic etiquette. After all, these sect leaders wielded both supervision and enforcement authorities and were a double-edged sword.

Once, the Taciturn Daoist Priest had blatantly broken the law. When the official considered covering up due to his powerful background, the Taciturn Daoist Priest was displeased and directly reported it to the Xia Emperor. The official was punished as a result, and the Taciturn Daoist Priest also ended up imprisoned for his crime.

This incident had shocked the court. No official dared show favoritism and bend the law afterward—at least not in front of the Five Great Immortal Sects. After all, there were ruthless people like the Taciturn Daoist Priest who would throw himself into prison.

“You are...” Qiu Jin’an drew a blank.

“I am An Ping, Marshal of Wilderness Province.”

“Ah, Lord An.” Although Qiu Jin’an had never seen him before, he still feigned sudden recognition.

“I saw flames soaring upward and suns suspended in the sky. Could you share with us what happened here, Fellow Daoist Qiu?”

“I ran into a Great Yu Fusion cultivator earlier and exchanged blows with him. After he lost in just two moves, he fled in a panic.

“According to the information he revealed, he’s behind the current ghost calamities in the city, though I’m not sure whether he has accomplices.”

Marshal An’s expression grew solemn. This is no trivial matter, now that the ghost calamities have been classified as a top-priority crisis. We’ve been suspecting that the Nine-Netherworlds Creed is the culprit, but it appears to be the work of Great Yu cultivators! 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

“Fellow Daoist Qiu, could you discuss this in detail with His Excellency the Provincial Governor?”

Qiu Jin’an smiled. “I happen to have business with him.”

“That’s great! May I know who these people are?”

“The three of them are Dao-Seeking Sect disciples, and the one in front is the old Taciturn scoundrel’s youngest disciple.”

Upon hearing Lu Yang’s identity, Marshal An regarded him with newfound respect.

He was a junior who was not yet born when the Taciturn Daoist Priest was active. In a sense, he grew up on the Silent Daoist’s tales. He understood all too well how unlucky it was to be the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s disciple.

“This is a disciple from the Corpse-Driving Sect. This Drowned Ghost and this unconscious mortal woman are involved in insurance fraud, and we were going to hand them over to you. They also have an accomplice, Liu San from Baishui Village.”

Without Marshal An having to issue any orders, his subordinates had already seized the Drowned Ghost and the unconscious Huang Zao’er, while someone raced to Baishui Village to apprehend Liu San. The follow-up matters would no longer require the involvement of Lu Yang and the rest.

“Wait a moment,” Lu Yang said before departing. Then, under the bewildered gazes of the crowd, he reached his hand into the dried-up frigid pool. An endless stream of saltwater gushed from his sleeve and filled the pool. The original water drained from the pool had been stored away by using Village in Palm.

Marshal An was dumbfounded. Lu Yang is so young, yet he has already mastered Sleeve Cosmos?

Noticing Marshal An’s expression, Qiu Jin’an guffawed. “Never expected that, right? Earlier, Lu Yang even fought with a Fusion cultivator who dispersed his cultivation to cultivate anew and emerged victorious. His combat prowess can be said to be the number one of the younger generation.” Although my own disciples can also defeat that reforged Fusion cultivator, they couldn’t have done it as effortlessly as Lu Yang.

During Lu Yang’s battle, Qiu Jin’an had been watching from the side. When he observed how Lu Yang never once drew upon his golden core’s power, he even suspected that Lu Yang had more formidable methods he had yet to unleash.

I couldn’t have defeated Lu Yang even if I were at his age. Truly a disciple taught by Yun Zhi.

“So strong?!” Marshal An was flabbergasted once again, not expecting such a high appraisal from Qiu Jin’an. With Qiu Jin’an’s vast experience and knowledge, his judgment wouldn’t be wrong. I mean, there’s no need for him to exaggerate. After all, Lu Yang is a disciple of the Dao-Seeking Sect, not the Five-Elements Sect.

As always, the Dao-Seeking Sect is really teeming with talents.

Zhao Po nodded inwardly. When he saw Lu Yang’s ferocious combat style, he had an inkling that Lu Yang looked like the number one of the younger generation. However, due to his limited experience, he dared not come to a conclusion rashly.

“You heard that, didn’t you? I’m the number one of the younger generation!” Lu Yang preened himself like a triumphant peacock in front of Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu.

Man Gu applauded with sincerity from the bottom of his heart. “Brother Lu, you’re amazing!”

Meng Jingzhou pouted. This grandson Lu Yang is getting so full of himself that his tail is sticking up into the sky. “How are you the number one of the younger generation? Big Senior Sister is the one.”

Lu Yang was gleeful. “You’re just envious of me. Big Senior Sister is not the younger generation’s...”

Noticing the mischievous and dangerous glint in Meng Jingzhou’s eyes, Lu Yang suddenly realized his slip of the tongue, and the words died in his mouth as he shot a furious glare at Meng Jingzhou.

Meng Jingzhou glanced around innocently, as if he hadn’t been the one who dug the pit in the first place.

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Under Marshal An’s lead, the group managed to meet the newly appointed Wilderness Province’s governor without any hiccups.