Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 567: Fragments

The domineering old demons who usually commanded the winds and clouds now trembled in fear, not even daring to breathe heavily. In the past, encountering a Nascent Soul old monster was rare, happening once every few years. This time, they had not only encountered one, but two.

“This token is yours, right?” Lu Yang asked casually, swinging the token by its string in a circle.

“Yes... No no no! It belongs to you, Your Excellency!”

“I heard this token can open a hidden treasure site. Is that true or false? What did you hide in there?” Meng Jingzhou was curious. With such grand fanfare, there should be good stuff.

“It is true. The hidden treasure site contains this little one’s cultivation insights and the materials needed for my next attempt at breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage.” Ever since losing the token, Old Ancestor Bai Tan had secretly spread information, luring others with profits as bait to help him search for the token.

“That’s it?”

Half-Step Nascent Soul cultivation insights? The Dao-Seeking Sect’s scripture library has several shelves filled with them, available for anyone to read. The half-baked cultivation insights of someone like Old Ancestor Bai Tan aren’t even qualified to be placed on those shelves.

As for materials needed for a Nascent Soul breakthrough, they mattered even less. What materials are required for shattering one’s golden core to form a nascent soul? The Dao-Seeking Sect has no such tradition.

“Y-Your Excellency, this little one truly did not know your identity! Had I known, I wouldn’t have dared to act this way even with ten thousand times the courage!” Old Ancestor Bai Tan felt like dying. He kowtowed violently with loud bangs, as if he wished he could knock his head off.

The other old demons followed suit, kowtowing to express their loyalty.

Truth be told, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had never witnessed such a scene since they entered the world of cultivation.

So satisfying!

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy popped up, seizing the opportunity to broaden Lu Yang’s horizons. “Eh, this is nothing. Back when I traveled incognito, I often encountered such situations.

“Generally, they’d see I wasn’t easy to bully, so they’d bring out their backer, boasting about how powerful this backer was. After I defeated the backer, they’d bring out the backer’s backer. This would repeat until the ultimate backer appeared. Bystanders would often introduce this backer, saying he was one of the subordinates of one of the subordinates of the Heaven Mandate Immortal. They claimed he wielded immense power with direct access to an immortal.

“After that, the ultimate backer would see me and stammer things like ‘I-it’s you!’ ‘This lowly one has eyes but no pupils and failed to recognize you, Immortal; please forgive my sins.’ ‘Spare this little one just this once!’ and so on, while slapping himself hard and kowtowing vehemently, as if they wished they could shatter the planets. Sometimes, they’d even place righteousness before family, slaughtering the troublemaker.

“When the ultimate backer kowtowed, others would follow suit, resulting in a vast sea of people kowtowing all at once—it was quite a spectacular sight.

“Finally, I’d mete out punishment based on their crimes—sometimes direct execution, sometimes severing their foundation, or other penalties.

“It’s a pity your cultivation still isn’t enough to witness such scenes.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy clicked her tongue, feeling regretful for Lu Yang. This is a treatment only immortals can enjoy.

Lu Yang looked helplessly at his mental space, which had transformed into a tropical rainforest.

After arriving in the Demon Region, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had tried to match the mood of the new environment by transforming the pink mental space, where giant trees shot up, verdant and luxuriant. She often slept on the branches without falling off.

Now, she had built a swing. Wearing stirrup leggings, she swayed back and forth, her dainty little feet dangling in rhythm.

“Immortal Fairy, what about those troublemakers you met before becoming an immortal?”

“That would typically lead to two scenarios.”

“Which two scenarios?”

“One, the other party’s cultivation was higher than mine, and I couldn’t beat them, so I could only run.

“Two, although their cultivation was inferior to mine, I would always end up being chased down through a twist of fate.

“Sometimes, when there were many pursuers, they often fought among themselves. I ran into such situations two or three times. They would surround me, blocking escape routes in all directions. When I could no longer get away, disputes rose over who should deliver the killing blow, and they’d start fighting. I would slip away amidst the chaos.”

Lu Yang, “...”

Immortal Fairy, your experiences are truly bizarre.

Meng Jingzhou asked quietly, “How should we deal with these old demons?”

With their ruthless behavior, their hands are surely stained with blood. Under Great Xia’s law, they would all receive the death penalty. But this is the Demon Region, and its customs are like this. We can’t possibly exercise cross-regional jurisdiction and forcibly impose Great Xia’s law on them. That’s not how the immortal sects’ enforcement authority is supposed to be used.

Besides, if we were to kill them all, the territories they govern would fall into turmoil, inevitably leading to war and the deaths of many innocent demons.

Suddenly, the exquisite snake mark on Old Ancestor Bai Tan’s brow flashed, casting a spiritual consciousness projection. It vibrated, stunning all demons except Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

A magnificently adorned white snake appeared, looking much younger than Old Ancestor Bai Tan and brimming with greater vitality.

“You are?”

“I am Bai Gu of the White Snake Tribe. Greetings to you two fellow Daoists. This Bai Tan is one of my clones. My original intention was to reclaim him after he broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, which could aid my advancement to the Divine Transfiguration Stage. It seems Bai Tan encountered a life-threatening danger, triggering the mark I left behind.

“Please spare Bai Tan’s life, fellow Daoists. In return, I’ll offer you this fragment!”

Lu Yang had heard of this cultivation method—refining a clone whose cultivation achievements would be transferred to the main body. Female cultivators practicing Blissful Union arts even used this method to pose as twins, increasing amorous pleasure and boosting cultivation speed.

“What is this item?” 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

“Legends say there are three such fragments. When combined, they formed a key to a certain secret domain. Unfortunately, I never found the other two fragments. By my observation, your fortune and fate are profound, fellow Daoists. You are destined for greatness. I believe you will find the remaining two fragments.”

Before Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou could respond, a mark also flashed on the cyan-faced tiger’s brow, casting a spiritual consciousness projection.

A brightly striped tiger with wings appeared. Seeing the cyan-faced tiger unconscious, its expression twisted, clearly shocked.

As he surveyed the surroundings, he noticed Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Bai Gu. Cupping his fists, he implored, “I am an administrator of the Qiongqi Tribe. This is my unfilial son. I do not know what he has done to offend you, but I beg you to be magnanimous and spare his life.

“In return, I’ll gift you two this fragment.

“Legends say this fragment is the key to a Divine Transfiguration-level secret domain. Unfortunately, I never found the remaining fragments despite all these years. May I exchange this fragment for my son’s life?”

The flame mark on the Blazing Savage Lion’s brow flickered. An old lion whose eyelids could barely open appeared. Seeing the most outstanding descendant of his tribe unconscious, he knew it was the work of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

He was the old ancestor of the Savage Lion Tribe. The Blazing Savage Lion was the junior he saw the most promise in, which was why he had supported him to become the tribe chieftain. He couldn’t stand by and watch the Blazing Savage Lion be killed.

The old lion produced a fragment. “This is a fragment I obtained by chance. Gathering all three fragments forms the key to a Divine Transfiguration-level secret domain. I wonder if this can be exchanged for his life?”

Lu Yang, “...”

Meng Jingzhou, “...”

“Why don’t the three of you see if your fragments can fit together?”