Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 544: Five-Elements Combat Tactic

After finalizing their positions, the transmission elder led the five of them outdoors and had them stand according to their assigned five elements. With his hands clasped behind his back, he spoke in a clear and resonant voice.

“If you wish to achieve perfect coordination, you must first know yourselves and each other. The five of you are of similar age and cultivation realm, which should make this process much easier. Release your auras and carefully sense the cultivation realms of the other four.

Lu Yang and the other four sat cross-legged and closed their eyes, releasing their aura waves while perceiving the external world with their spiritual consciousness.

“Hmm? Such strong spiritual consciousness,” the transmission elder exclaimed softly. He noticed that Lu Yang’s and Meng Jingzhou’s spiritual consciousness stood out the most, significantly stronger than the others. And Lu Yang’s spiritual consciousness is even stronger than Meng Jingzhou’s; the difference is apparent.

“Spiritual consciousness is the hardest to cultivate. To this day, I've never heard of any method of cultivating the spiritual consciousness at this stage. How did these two kids manage it?

“Ah, yes. Meng Jingzhou has a Single’s Spirit Root. The documents provided by the Dao-Seeking Sect showed that he formed the unprecedented Double Single’s Golden Core. His yang energy is abundant, and his desires are stronger. However, as a Single’s Spirit Root cultivator, he must constantly restrain those urges. Such tempering would naturally lead to a powerful spiritual consciousness.

“But what about Lu Yang? Did Yun Zhi impart an untransmitted spell to him? Or did that old Taciturn scoundrel stumble upon a fluke solution like a blind cat finding a dead mouse?”

Having endured the relentless torment of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, Lu Yang was especially skilled with his spiritual consciousness. Without any concealment of auras, he could sense the cultivation realms of three junior brothers and sisters and one “grandson.”

All four had reached the Advanced Golden Core Stage. Even Li Haoran, the slowest among them, had successfully broken through before their departure. Li Haoran had spent a year soaking in lava during the Qi Training Stage, delaying his progress. But now, with his accumulated strength, he had finally caught up with the others.

Lu Yang also sensed Meng Jingzhou’s overflowing qi, blood, and yang energy, so terrifying that ordinary ghosts would be scorched with a mere glance.

Of course, not all ghosts fear Meng Jingzhou. Female ghosts like the Everlasting Immortal Fairy aren’t scared of him at all.

After roughly an hour, everyone opened their eyes, now fully aware of each other’s capabilities.

“Next, we’ll proceed with the second step—spirit energy transmission.”

The transmission elder had the five lined up in the order of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Starting with Man Gu, each placed their hands on the back of the person in front, channeling their spirit energy in sequence until Tao Yaoye transmitted the combined spirit energy, including her own, to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang’s eyes instantly turned bloodshot. Though he had prepared himself, the sudden surge of overwhelming spirit energy still exceeded his expectations, pushing him dangerously close to his limit.

“Release all of it!” the transmission elder commanded loudly.

Lu Yang sheathed his Qingfeng Sword and merged his essence, qi, and mind into one. Sword qi expanded explosively, resembling a sash of white silk.

“Slash!”

The combined spirit energy of the five morphed into sword qi, cascading down like a flood that breached a dam.

Boom!

A ten-meter-long sword qi cleaved downward like a waterfall, crashing into the pool with boundless power. In a split second, the winds and clouds shifted, a deafening impact shook the earth, and the ground split into a fathomless fissure.

Huff... Huff... Huff...

After unleashing that sword strike, the five’s spirit energy was completely drained. Their legs trembled and eventually buckled. They sat on the ground, staring at the chasm they had created and grinning like fools.

Even Lu Yang was stunned by the sheer power of that attack; it was the strongest sword strike he had ever executed. “Did you see that sword strike of mine? I knew it would contain such mighty power!”

“That sword strike of yours was nothing. The surge of aura waves Man Gu and Li Haoran channeled nearly crushed me. I was using the Nirvana True Fire to repair my meridians while dispersing the energy at the same time!

“Man Gu, you transferred way too much spirit energy.”

“I just wanted it to be more powerful.”

The five chatted animatedly, their faces brimming with excitement as they recounted the process of unleashing the attack.

The transmission elder handed each of them a bottle of Great Rejuvenation Pills and nodded in approval. “For a first joint attack, that sword strike was not bad. Next time, be careful not to expend all your energy at once; keep some in reserve.

“The Five-Elements Combat Tactic has been around for many years. Old Song and the four other branch elders use it frequently, but even they have only unleashed their full power seven or eight times. And when they did, it was truly savage—they held nothing back and left no path of retreat for themselves.” 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

“Was it because they faced formidable enemies?”

“They faced your Dao-Seeking Sect’s elders.”

Everyone was speechless.

“Oh, and the old Taciturn scoundrel.” The transmission elder emphasized the keynote figure.

Everyone was speechless once again.

The transmission elder clicked his tongue, shuddering at the memory of those battles.

Truly exhilarating.

“Did the sect leader cause trouble again?” Tao Yaoye asked. For the five branch elders to unleash the full might of the Five-Elements Combat Tactic, just how deep was the grudge?

“That was seven to eight hundred years ago. The old Taciturn scoundrel took your Fifth Elder and Eighth Elder to the Golden Buddhist Kingdom and built a temple there. Whether it was legal or not is unclear, but anyway, the temple was successfully constructed. It thrived with visitors and received incredibly abundant incense offerings. I bet they used some marketing tactic, given how many worshippers flocked there.”

Tao Yaoye was still bemused. “Was there a problem with that?"

“The problem was that the old Taciturn scoundrel named the temple the ‘Five Organs Temple,’ enshrining and worshipping the five branch elders. The Golden Buddhist Kingdom mistakenly thought our Five-Elements Sect was trying to steal their business; they were just short of sending a cross-border arrest order to the imperial court.

“Fortunately, Old Qiu figured out the situation in time and intervened to clarify. Only then did the Golden Buddhist Kingdom withdraw the arrest order.

“When the old Taciturn scoundrel was getting beaten up, he claimed it was an experiment—to see if Old Song and the others could sense the power of faith.

“Old Song roared back, asking why he didn’t offer himself up as the object of worship. The old Taciturn scoundrel said he was afraid of becoming wanted.”

Tao Yaoye, “...”

The sect leader absolutely deserved that beating.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy observed the tremendous power in Lu Yang’s sword strike and chuckled with amusement. “This Five-Elements Combat Tactic is quite something. It’s creative; the Nine-Layers Immortal came up with something similar.”

Lu Yang’s heart skipped a beat. The Five-Elements Combat Tactic is already incredibly powerful. Given that the Nine-Layers Immortal was an immortal with a broader vision, just how terrifying must his creation have been?! “Please elaborate, Immortal Fairy.”

“When we Five Ancient Immortals gathered to exchange cultivation insights, the Nine-Layers Immortal proposed an idea to merge yin-yang and the five elements to provide future generations a reference. If later generations could comprehend the marvelous mysteries within, they would surely make considerable improvements in the study of yin-yang and the five elements.

“Did the Nine-Layers Immortal succeed?” Lu Yang asked hurriedly.

“He did. It’s called Five in a Row. Haven’t you played it before?”

Lu Yang, “...”

Once the five had mostly recovered, the transmission elder had them resume transmitting spirit energy, with Lu Yang as the output. However, they were to hold back their power to avoid the overexhaustion they experienced the first time.

After several attempts, the five quickly learned how to control the amount of energy transferred.

“Next, we’ll begin the second step. Stand in the same order, but form a circle. Lu Yang, place your hands on Man Gu’s back. You will channel spirit energy to the person in front of you. Control both the speed and quantity of spirit energy. If it’s too fast or too much, the recipient won’t be able to withstand it.”