Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 647: Battle of Evenly Matched Opponents

Lu Yang felt conflicted. Should I or should I not continue learning this Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array?

He had just grasped the fundamentals when he heard the terrible news about the sword array’s true origin, which dealt a heavy blow to his enthusiasm to learn.

If I don’t learn it, I have no other sword array to study.

If I learn it, this is the sword array Qilin Immortal used to deceive his wives, and its true power is uncertain.

What if the array’s ultimate function is just to soften the sword tips?

“That won’t happen,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy refuted after hearing Lu Yang’s concerns. “You don’t have to worry about this sword array’s power; it’s very strong. The Qilin Immortal and the Heaven Mandate Immortal only tampered with the immortal swords.”

“Immortal Fairy, you understand sword arrays?”

“By intuition.”

“...Is your intuition reliable?”

“My intuition tells me that my intuition is very reliable.”

Lu Yang fell speechless for a moment before sighing with a sense of resignation. I should just learn it. Regardless of its actual power, in terms of grade, this is undoubtedly the highest-level sword array the Dao-Seeking Sect possesses.

Jiang Lianyi shared the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s view, also believing the sword array’s power was considerable and worth learning.

Lu Yang found Jiang Lianyi’s opinion utterly unconvincing—he had never seen Jiang Lianyi disagree with the Everlasting Immortal Fairy.

“Senior Brother, there’s one more thing I need to tell you,” Jiang Lianyi said with a solemn expression.

“What is it?”

“I have stayed in the Dao-Seeking Sect for over two months now and have grasped the basic situation of the current cultivation world. It’s time for me to travel around and search for the Taciturn Daoist Priest and the Phoenix Tribe’s talented junior while I’m at it. I did say I would guide her, and promises must be honored.”

Lu Yang didn’t find it surprising. Jiang Lianyi couldn’t stay in the Dao-Seeking Sect forever and remain by the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s side. She had another purpose for leaving, which Lu Yang could guess even if she didn’t state it.

The whereabouts of the Qilin Immortal and Ao Ling.

Jiang Lianyi’s feelings for those two were no less than her feelings for the Everlasting Immortal Fairy.

“Senior Lianyi, then I shall wish you a smooth journey. May your wishes come true, and I hope you achieve your goals soon.” Lu Yang cupped his fists and smiled.

Although I exposed Shifu as the author of Dragon Phoenix Transformation, I didn’t tell Senior Lianyi that Big Senior Sister can find Shifu, giving him a longer lease on life.

As a disciple, I’ve shown extreme benevolence and done my utmost.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy also darted out to bid Jiang Lianyi farewell, saying fiercely, “Achieve your goals quickly and come back soon! If anyone bullies you out there, tell this immortal! I’ll have Lass Yun teach them a lesson!”

“Certainly.”

Jiang Lianyi didn’t leave immediately. She waited until Lu Yang’s fifth day of comprehending the sword array and then departed quietly one afternoon.

~~~

Another two days passed. Lu Yang’s mastery of the sword array became more proficient, and his energy consumption decreased significantly.

“I just lack a target to test the sword array’s power on.”

After practicing for so many days, the lawn had been shaved down several layers by the sword array. He found the power formidable, but without an actual test subject for reference, he kept feeling like something was missing.

There are only so many potential targets on Heaven’s Gate Peak. Big Senior Sister is out of the question, and Third Senior Sister is not an option...that leaves that damned puppet...

Recalling that puppet that had been overpowering him since the very beginning of his cultivation, Lu Yang felt he should have no problem with it now.

The most suitable test subject!

No sooner said than done.

Heaven’s Gate Peak wasn’t that large. Lu Yang soon found the puppet digging a hole to plant a tree under a pine tree.

“Hehe, I’ve finally found you. Let’s settle our old and new scores together!”

~~~

A battle of evenly matched opponents began.

Ten breaths into the battle, the Unbeatable Nascent Soul fled in haste.

Twenty-five breaths into the battle, Lu Yang was pummeled black and blue, howling as the iron shovel struck him.

One minute into the battle, Lu Yang was buried in the soil, becoming brothers with the pine tree planted beside him.

The battle ended with a narrow victory by the puppet.

Only after the puppet carried its shovel on its shoulder and staggered out of the pine grove did Lu Yang dare to emerge, his heart still pounding with fear.

“As expected of the puppet that’s been beating me up since I was young. It has some skill. Looks like I’m still not its match at this stage.”

During the fight with the puppet, Lu Yang didn’t even have time to deploy the Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array before the battle concluded. Given Lu Yang’s position at the bottom of the cultivation ladder on Heaven’s Gate Peak, it was truly difficult to find a target to test his sword array on as he pleased.

“Old Lu, are you around?”

Meng Jingzhou’s voice echoed through the pine grove. He had come looking for Lu Yang. The commotion from the earlier battle had caught his attention, and he figured Lu Yang could be here.

Hearing his voice, Lu Yang hurriedly brushed the dirt off his clothes. I can’t give Meng Jingzhou a chance to mock me!

He plucked out the pine twigs stuck to his hair and tidied himself up before replying irritably, pretending as though he had just heard Meng Jingzhou. “Stop shouting! I’m here!”

“The injuries on your face...”

The puppet had shown restraint; the swelling on the face would subside naturally.

Lu Yang remained composed. “It’s nothing. I just ingested a pill, but the medical potency was too strong and hard to digest. Big Senior Sister helped by striking the acupoints on my face to accelerate the absorption.”

Meng Jingzhou eyed Lu Yang suspiciously. I keep feeling like this grandson is spouting nonsense.

“By the way, I’ve just mastered a sword array. Come and give it a try.” Lu Yang hastily diverted Meng Jingzhou’s attention to prevent him from noticing anything amiss.

Besides, isn’t this brat the most suitable target?

“Oh, you’ve started to learn sword arrays? I’d like to see just how powerful your sword array is!”

Sword arrays were a sword cultivator’s trump card. Meng Jingzhou could gauge Lu Yang’s capabilities through it.

“Then you’d better be careful!” Lu Yang knew Meng Jingzhou would agree.

Without standing on ceremony, he flicked his wrists, and nine gleaming swords materialized above Meng Jingzhou’s head, their sharp sword qi causing one’s heart to palpitate.

Meng Jingzhou uttered a command softly and activated Three Heads Six Arms, raising all six arms skyward to block the attack head-on.

“Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array!”

“Holy crap, hold on, what did you say your sword array is called...”

The moment Meng Jingzhou heard the sword array’s name, he had a sense of foreboding. This thing sounds ridiculously powerful!

Before the sword array even descended, Meng Jingzhou, whose six arms were raised to the sky, dropped to his knees with a thud, his posture extremely precise.

Startled, Lu Yang immediately withdrew the sword array and helped Meng Jingzhou up, a delighted expression spreading across his face. “Old Meng, if you wanted me to stop, you didn’t need to perform such a grand bow.”

Meng Jingzhou flared with rage. “Bullshit! Who’s performing a grand bow to you? It was clearly your sword array that forced me to my knees!”

Lu Yang was flummoxed.

Seeing Lu Yang was still playing dumb, Meng Jingzhou cursed furiously, “Don’t play dumb with me! You brat must have done this on purpose! Your sword array has a kneeling effect! When I was standing beneath it, my legs wouldn’t listen to me!”

Lu Yang had never stood beneath the sword array himself and didn’t know it had this effect. He scratched his head. This experiment is really effective, and there is an unexpected gain too.

But why does the Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array have such an effect?

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy pondered for a moment and figured it out. “I get it!” She explained, “The Qilin Immortal was probably worried his kneeling posture wouldn’t be precise enough to earn Lianyi and Little Ling’s forgiveness, so he added an ‘Automatic Kneeling Array’ to the sword array!

“See, I always said the Qilin Immortal was meticulous. He couldn’t have simply set up an ordinary sword array.”

Lu Yang, “...”

Good thing Senior Lianyi left early. If she had found out about this, it would have spelled disaster.