Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 597: Meeting for the First Time

As the Qilin Immortal’s phantom image vanished, the patterns on the recording stone faded. It remained unresponsive no matter how much spirit energy was channeled into it. The recording stone had become useless.

The whole place was draped in silence.

Jiang Lianyi opened her arms and gently embraced the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, patting her back softly. “Don’t cry. I believe you. Can you tell me what I was like in your memories?”

Lu Yang’s inability to touch the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was due to the insufficient cultivation of his soul. In Jiang Lianyi’s case, it was effortless.

“Mmm!” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy nodded vigorously, forcing her tears back.

Jiang Lianyi got out of bed and invited the Everlasting Immortal Fairy and Lu Yang to sit at the stone table, where she began brewing tea.

The curled golden tea leaves unfurled in the cup. Countless laws evolved in the cup before finally dissolving.

This was for the Everlasting Immortal Fairy.

If Lu Yang were to take a sip, he feared he would be melted on the spot by the laws of the tea leaves.

Jiang Lianyi personally poured tea for Lu Yang. He hurriedly stood up to thank her, feeling overwhelmed by the honor.

Lu Yang drank a different type of tea. He didn’t know its name, but it was certainly good tea. The tea’s fragrance lingered at the tip of his nose, and his cultivation technique automatically began circulating.

“You and I first got to know each other because of a misunderstanding...” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy recounted in detail the story of how she and Jiang Lianyi met and became friends, clearly describing the specifics of teaching her culinary skills and the Play-Dead Technique.

“Back then, you and Ao Ling cried and begged to become my disciples, but I didn’t agree. Not long after, you two faced the Qilin Immortal in battle. Unable to overcome his Survival of the Fittest Incipient Dao Fruit, you lost the qualification for immortal ascension.”

She continued narrating Jiang Lianyi’s wedding with the Qilin Immortal, their life after marriage, and her attending gatherings of the Five Immortals and conversing joyfully...

Jiang Lianyi remained absorbed in the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s vivid portrayals, unable to free herself for a long time.

“Finally, I lost consciousness. When I woke up again, I met Lu Yang.” By the end, even the Everlasting Immortal Fairy herself laughed.

“Why are you crying?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy noticed Jiang Lianyi sitting there in a daze with vacant eyes, allowing tears to stream down her cheeks.

“Ah? Ah.” Only after the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s reminder did Jiang Lianyi seem to have woken from a dream. Snapping back to her senses, she wiped her tears while apologizing, forcing a smile. “I’m sorry for letting you see me make a fool of myself. I don’t know why, but the tears just won’t stop.”

Is it because the Everlasting Immortal Fairy is pitiful, waking to find her old friends suddenly gone and the world having completely forgotten her? Or is it because she is so pitiable, yet completely unaware and still living without a care?

Or is there some other reason?

Jiang Lianyi didn’t know.

She wiped her tears dry and inhaled two deep breaths to calm herself, regaining her dignified and graceful demeanor. “The Jiang Lianyi in your memories is very similar to me. The details you describe also don’t seem fabricated. But I really don’t remember these events you spoke of. Without personal experience, I can’t truly empathize.

“A voice deep in my heart keeps telling me to believe you, saying I must must must trust you. My husband said the same. I choose to believe you. Unfortunately, I have no impression of those experiences. I am not the Phoenix Tribe’s prodigy from your memories, nor can I pretend to be.

“So...”

Jiang Lianyi stood up and extended her hand with a smile.

“Can we get to know each other again? I’m Jiang Lianyi.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy stood up and shook her hand, also smiling.

“I’m Huang Doudou.”

The two shook hands, smiling at each other as if they were meeting for the first time, yet also as if they had known each other for a long time.

Jiang Lianyi then walked over to Lu Yang, startling him. He didn’t know what this ancient ancestor intended to do.

Jiang Lianyi said solemnly, “Thank you for resurrecting Everlasting-jiejie. On behalf of Little Ling and my husband, I thank you!” She bowed deeply, frightening Lu Yang so much that he hastily stood up and told her he couldn’t accept it, wanting to help her up.

But Jiang Lianyi was an almighty half-immortal. How could Lu Yang possibly budge her? Despite exerting all his strength, he couldn’t even make the hem of her clothes flutter. He could only watch helplessly, his calves trembling as Jiang Lianyi bowed.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy asked, “Can you share what happened before you performed the Play-Dead Technique?”

“Of course.”

The three sat down, and Jiang Lianyi began recalling the past.

“At the time, I was cultivating when suddenly a wave of dizziness hit me. It felt like I had forgotten something very important, leaving a hollow sensation in my heart. But upon closer recollection, I couldn’t remember what exactly I had forgotten.

“My husband was guarding my cultivation when his expression changed drastically. His visage distorted with extreme fury, and his pupils blazed with rage. I had never seen him that angry before.

“Revealing his Qilin true form, my husband fully released his oppressive pressure. The entire galaxy shook. I was closest and felt it most deeply, and even I couldn’t withstand it. This oppressive pressure was so powerful that it made my heart palpitate.

“My husband flew out of the cave abode, heading north. He crossed countless galaxies and probably stopped in the region of the North Star. Only then did I notice that it wasn’t just my husband—Heaven Mandate, Nine-Layers, and Epoch also displayed the same wrath as my husband, if not greater.

“The four immortals acted simultaneously. Their auras could be sensed throughout the entire universe. That kind of burning rage could make even my heart quiver. It seemed capable of incinerating everything.

“Although the four of them often sparred and exchanged moves, and there were times when real fire was ignited, none of their fights had been like this one.

“I also have no idea who their opponent was. I only remember the battle lasted seven days and seven nights straight without a decisive outcome. The level of that battle was too high, beyond my scope of understanding. Please forgive me for being unable to describe it in detail.

“I don’t know if the opponent vanished or for some other reason, but in the end, the four of them used the power of their Dao Fruits to refine all the stars in the sky into six continents, forming a cube that sealed all living beings, including themselves.

“My husband returned severely wounded. He told me the situation was perplexing and instructed me to immediately perform the Play-Dead Technique and leave the rest to him. Seeing my husband’s grave visage, I didn’t doubt him. I used the Play-Dead Technique and fell into a death-like slumber.

“When I woke up again, I met you two.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy nodded. “In other words, this secret domain wasn’t created by you but the Qilin Immortal?”

Jiang Lianyi replied, “At the very least, I have no impression of this secret domain. I don’t know anything about a first or second level.”

“What do you plan to do next? Do you want to leave this place with us?”

“Before that, may I ask how long I have been asleep?”

“Roughly three hundred thousand years. Your Phoenix Tribe is now the number one major tribe in the Demon Region, and they revere you as their ancient ancestor. There are many legends about you in the outside world.”

“I actually slept for that long?” Jiang Lianyi was shocked. I thought it wouldn’t have been more than a hundred thousand years. After so long, how has the cultivation world changed?

“Then let’s go out and take a look.” Jiang Lianyi developed a strong interest in the outside world. “By the way, there’s one more thing I was embarrassed to mention earlier.” She thought about it and felt that bottling it inside her heart felt uncomfortable.

“Feel free to speak.”

“Can you wear something more formal?” Jiang Lianyi sized up the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. This style of dressing is too coarse.

“No.”

“Oh.”