Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 591: Unusual Rewards

Luo Hong, “...”

Lu Yang’s words delivered such a huge blow to Luo Hong that she was momentarily unable to find the words to construct a reply.

She had been a secret domain spirit since she was born. Over the past three hundred thousand years, she had seen every prodigy of the demon race. The current chieftains had all come here to challenge the trials in their youth.

But no prodigy, regardless of their race, had left her as shaken as she was today.

The second level indeed tests one’s ability to lie, but I never imagined someone could fabricate a lie that even managed to deceive me.

Or was what he said actually a lie?

With her current knowledge reserves, she couldn’t determine whether Lu Yang’s words were true or false.

Inside the mental space, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was rolling on the floor laughing, clutching her stomach and gasping for air between peals of laughter as tears streamed down her face.

“No, no, I can’t...my stomach hurts from laughing... Hahahahaha...”

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, trying to stifle her laughter, but the moment she took a glimpse at Luo Hong’s stupefied expression, she couldn’t contain herself and burst into laughter again.

Lu Yang looked at the Everlasting Immortal Fairy helplessly. Is it really that funny?

And Senior Luo Hong, you’re stumped by this? Isn’t this exactly what the trial is testing?

I, Lu Yang, always act within the rules, ensuring I never overstep their boundaries.

Since I can already excel perfectly well within the rules, why would I need to cheat?

The rules for this trial were extremely simple, and the loopholes Senior Luo Hong had left behind were also obvious at a glance. For example, the rules didn’t stipulate that the flower must bloom from the provided seed, nor that it must bloom on the fifteenth day, and so forth.

The only uncertainty was whether this trial required us to tell truths or lies. After all, Senior Luo Hong set the rules herself. If she chooses not to abide by them, who could hold her accountable?

Therefore, Lu Yang had prepared for both outcomes, preparing an empty flowerpot for the inspection.

If it tested truthfulness, he would simply state he hadn’t succeeded in growing the flower.

If it tested lying, he would bring out the elaborate explanation he had just given.

Luo Hong inhaled two deep breaths, her fists clenching and unclenching. She practically gritted her teeth as she announced the result.

“You...pass!”

She had no choice but to admit that Lu Yang’s performance on the second floor was the best in history.

Ao Yue and the other demon prodigies stared at Lu Yang in astonishment.

Which race does this guy belong to?

On the first level, he anticipated Qin Feng’s blockade at the heavenly stairway entrance and laid an ambush in advance.

On the second level, he passed using such a bizarre method.

Where did Jiang Shishi find these two geniuses?

Furthermore, based on Ao Yue’s understanding of Jiang Shishi, she should have made the same choice he did. However, the results completely defied his expectations—he was eliminated, while Jiang Shishi passed.

With the second trial concluded, Luo Hong forced herself to stop thinking about Lu Yang and performed her duties. She snapped her fingers, and a massive shower of treasures rained down, piling up into a small hill.

Luo Hong pointed at Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Jiang Shishi, and Su Lian’er. “You four shall proceed to the third level. The rest are eliminated.

“Considering you all passed the first level, each of you may select one treasure from this pile as your reward. This treasure is for your personal use only. It cannot be transferred, nor can its contents be recited or shared with others.”

Such rules were in place to prevent mighty demon experts from seizing the treasures. After all, even demon experts would covet the treasures here.

“Demon Immortal high above, these are cultivation insights left by our ancient ancestors, which include two phases—the process of shattering the golden core to form the nascent soul and the Nascent Soul Stage itself.” The Jade Rabbit prodigy exclaimed, her rabbit ears twitching in surprise.

Luo Hong had already translated all these cultivation insights.

“Our ancient ancestors’ cultivation insights are here too!” The Qiongqi prodigy also cried out.

The cultivation insights were written with the characters “Jin Shi,” the name of the ancient Qiongqi.

It wasn’t just these two races. The cultivation insights of the ancient ancestors from races eliminated in the first level, such as the Jiuying and the Taowu, were also mixed in the pile like miscellaneous books; it was impossible to find them without careful searching.

Not all these ancient ancestors were half-immortals; many were at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage.

But ancient Transcendent Tribulation cultivators were different from modern ones. The former could attend lectures given by immortals and listen in on exchanges between half-immortals. Their knowledge and experiences were on a completely different level compared to today’s Transcendent Tribulation cultivators of the demon race. Even among Transcendent Tribulation cultivators, the status of an ancient demon emperor was higher than that of a modern demon emperor in the eyes of demons.

Ao Yue also found the cultivation insights left by his Dragon Ancient Ancestor, and his heart pounded wildly. The Dragon Tribe’s ancient ancestor was renowned as the strongest below the immortals—absolutely powerful.

“What is this? An immortal’s personal notes? Records of Copulation between Jinwu Golden Crows and Jade Rabbits?” The Jade Rabbit prodigy read the title and was so startled that the book nearly dropped.

Lu Yang, “...”

I remember this was research conducted by the Nine-Layers Immortal to study the changes of yin and yang. This Creation Ancient Domain’s collection is really comprehensive to have even gathered this.

Aside from the various ancient texts and copies, there were also natural treasures from ancient times.

Examples were the Longevity Grass that could prolong one’s life by five hundred years, spirit fruits that healed hidden injuries upon consumption, and all sorts of antidotal herbs.

In previous cohorts, there had been demon prodigies whose kin or lover was afflicted with lethal poison from ancient times, their lives hanging by a thread, but modern methods couldn’t detoxify the poison. Hence, they came to the ancient domain to seek long-extinct herbs from the ancient era.

In this cohort, no such situation occurred.

“These things...” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy frowned slightly, her legs swinging back and forth as she sat on a tree branch.

“What about them?”

“These things don’t seem like something an ordinary demon could have collected. Many of these cultivation insights are from half-immortals. The average half-immortal wouldn’t have the prestige and face to obtain the cultivation notes from other half-immortals.

“And then there’s this ‘Records of Copulation between Jinwu Golden Crows and Jade Rabbits.’ This is the compilation of the Nine-Layers Immortal’s research results. The copies were only distributed to the four of us; no half-immortals received them.

“Who created this ancient domain?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was perplexed.

Lu Yang’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy is implying that this ancient domain wasn’t created by a Transcendent Tribulation demon or even a half-immortal, but by one of the Four Ancient Immortals?!

“Never mind. Isn’t there still the third level? Work hard to clear it. Who knows, you might find clues there.”

“What if I still can’t find clues?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy flashed a brilliant smile, revealing eight neatly aligned teeth, and gave a thumbs-up. “Then find a secluded spot and let me interrogate and torture that little lass called Luo Hong!”

Lu Yang prayed he would find a clue on the third level.

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The demon prodigies selected their desired treasures. Ao Yue did not choose his ancient ancestor’s cultivation insights and instead chose a spirit fruit that could dispel hidden injuries.

Ao Yue and the others were teleported out of the ancient domain.

Outside, the atmosphere was tense and heavy. All the demon tribes were staring menacingly at the Jiuying Tribe.

Entering the Creation Ancient Domain was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Yet they didn’t gain a single reward, having been eliminated after believing Qin Feng’s nonsense.

Qin Feng hid behind his tribe’s elder, trembling like a leaf, fearing that he would get skinned alive the moment he showed his face.

Seeing Ao Yue and the rest teleported back, the Phoenix Tribe elder quickly did a head count and heaved a sigh of relief. Jiang Shishi was still inside. Given that Jiang Shishi and Ao Yue were roughly equal in ability, he had assumed she would have been eliminated alongside Ao Yue.

Gan Tian’s tone was placid. “See? I told you joining forces with us wouldn’t be a loss.”