Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 659: Pendant

Originally, the trio’s plan was to find concrete evidence, expose Kang Wei’s true colors, and make Zhong Qing’er realize her previous love was just a deception.

All that was now unnecessary; she had fallen in love with someone else—Shi Chan.

“Senior Brother Meng, you jest. This poor monk is merely more handsome than the average person. Alas, people only see my fine outer appearance but remain unmoved by my Buddhist principles.”

Meng Jingzhou’s desire to hit someone grew stronger.

Meanwhile, the drama of two men vying for one woman continued in the pavilion.

“Kang Wei, you’re a good person, but we’re not suitable for each other.” Zhong Qing’er snuggled against the fake Shi Chan’s embrace, watching his expression while speaking to Kang Wei, afraid the fake Shi Chan might be displeased. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

The fake Shi Chan booped Zhong Qing’er on the nose. “Silly, why would I be unhappy? You rejected him and chose me. I can’t be any happier.”

“Shi Chan, you’re so great.”

“You too.”

Kang Wei, “...”

What’s going on? Everything was fine yesterday. How come I’m being cuckolded today?

And in a dream too.

“Looking at Kang Wei, he seems like an ordinary person with no signs of cultivation.”

Even if cultivators didn’t reveal their cultivation, their breathing and walking differed from those of ordinary people who had never cultivated, unless they deliberately concealed it or had reached the realm of returning to simplicity.

“How can an ordinary person use dream-entering spells?” Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou frowned. Wouldn’t that make the two of us seem stupid?

“Let’s just make a move now. I honestly can’t watch this anymore; it’s giving me goosebumps,” Meng Jingzhou proposed.

As Shi Chan watched his fake self and Zhong Qing’er being lovey-dovey, he also found it hard to bear and silently nodded in agreement.

“Go!” Meng Jingzhou roared, his voice so loud it startled even Lu Yang.

“Who’s there?!”

Kang Wei reacted first. He was lucid in the dream. As Zhong Qing’er was the dream’s owner, she was muddle-headed and slow to react.

However, Kang Wei’s quick reaction was useless. When the three top prodigies of the current era acted, even Divine Transfiguration cultivators would avoid confronting them head-on, much less an ordinary person like him.

The three charged forward, pinning Kang Wei to the ground. With a thought, Shi Chan conjured a rope and bound Kang Wei tightly.

“We’ve had our eyes on you for a while now, brat. Behave!” Meng Jingzhou warned fiercely, his visage distorted with menace.

Only then did Zhong Qing’er react. “Two...two Shi Chans?”

Shi Chan looked at Zhong Qing’er quietly, deciding that he must stay as far as possible from the Zhong Estate after this matter was resolved.

Suddenly, Kang Wei’s figure began to fade. Shi Chan was sharp-eyed and adroit, deftly producing a talisman and sticking it on Kang Wei’s forehead to halt the transformation. “This poor monk has prevented his awakening. Senior brothers, please wake up and go to Benefactor Kang’s house. I will remain here to prevent any unforeseen incidents.”

“Alright, but how do we wake up?”

“Follow me.” Shi Chan demonstrated a hand seal and placed it before his chest. He didn’t conceal his meridian circulation when performing the hand seal; with Lu Yang’s and Meng Jingzhou’s talents, they could learn it just by watching him once.

The two slowly woke up, kicked off their blankets, and sprang up like a carp kip-up.

They had already gotten hold of Kang Wei’s address from Zhong Ming. Carrying Shi Chan, they jogged two streets while ignoring the surprised looks from passers-by and found Kang Wei’s home.

His home was a simple house made of bricks and tile, far inferior to the Zhong Family’s large three-courtyard residence.

The two kicked the door open and found Kang Wei fast asleep inside.

“He really is an ordinary person.”

“What’s that in his hand?”

Kang Wei’s fingers were interlaced over his chest, holding a pendant.

“There are spirit energy fluctuations from the pendant; it should be a magical artifact. His ability to invade Young Miss Zhong’s dream is related to this pendant.”

Lu Yang shook Shi Chan. “Wake up, we’re here.”

Inside the dream, Shi Chan felt himself awakening and preemptively threw Kang Wei out of the dream. Otherwise, if he left the dream and Kang Wei didn’t, the latter might take Zhong Qing’er as hostage.

Kang Wei and Shi Chan woke up in succession.

Kang Wei naturally knew the others were cultivators and that he stood no chance.

Shi Chan demanded, “Benefactor Kang, this poor monk hopes you will confess truthfully.”

“Choose—will you confess obediently, or do we beat you up before you confess?” Meng Jingzhou cracked his knuckles loudly. He pressed Kang Wei against the wall and punched the wall beside his ear.

Without a word, Lu Yang extended two fingers and shot out a green sword qi that was one zhang long. It merely took a casual swipe for a corner of the nearby table to fall off, making Kang Wei’s heart tremble with fear. He was just an ordinary mortal and had never witnessed such a scene.

“I’ll confess, I’ll confess everything. Where should I start?”

“From how you met Young Miss Zhong and where you got this pendant!”

“Y-yes. The first time I saw Young Miss Zhong was a month ago. It was a chance encounter on the street, and I fell in love with her at first sight. From then on, I lost my appetite and couldn’t sleep; all I could think of was her.

“However, I knew my background wasn’t worthy of a wealthy young miss. Yet, I couldn’t let her go.

“At the time, Boss Hong approached me. He said he had a pendant; as long as I aimed it at Qing’er, I could enter her dream every night. Over time, with constant hints and prompts, she would come to like me.

“To buy this pendant, I even took out a huge loan from a merchant guild.”

“Who is Boss Hong?”

“He’s the local gang leader around here and has over thirty subordinates. I met him at a gambling den. He once cultivated at the Bamboo Leaf Sect and is a cultivator with unfathomable power. Later, he did something wrong in the sect and was expelled.

“Although he was expelled, I heard he still has contact with the Bamboo Leaf Sect’s masters in private.” Kang Wei attempted to use the Bamboo Lead Sect’s name to scare the trio.

“Where is Boss Hong?” Lu Yang was unmoved; he hadn’t even heard of this minor sect.

Kang Wei didn’t answer, and Meng Jingzhou assumed a ferocious expression, resembling the legendary Acalanatha (Immovable Vidyaraja). He frightened Kang Wei until the latter trembled like a leaf, forcing him to lead them to Boss Hong.

Boss Hong lived just one street away.

“Hong Estate. Quite imposing.”

Boss Hong’s residence was even bigger than the Zhong Family’s.

“Halt! Who are you?!”

As the local gang leader, Boss Hong had men stationed at the entrance of the Hong Estate to prevent enemies from knocking on his door.

Lu Yang’s trio naturally didn’t bother with answering. With a casual wave, they sent the guards flying.

Inside the Hong Estate, Boss Hong’s subordinates were raucously gambling as they ate and drank. Seeing the three intruders, they rushed forward to stop them.

Meng Jingzhou punched the air, and the resulting sonic boom directly knocked these people unconscious.

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In a room deep within the Hong Estate, Boss Hong was conversing with a young lady. “Junior Sister, your request is a little difficult. The authorities are very strict about this. If they trace it back to me, I’m afraid my life would be over.”

The young maiden smiled and handed Boss Hong a wooden box. “I’ll have to trouble you to put in more effort, Senior Brother Hong.”

Boss Hong opened the box, and his heart skipped two beats.

It’s actually a Foundation Establishment Pill! And it’s not the lowest grade either!

Without batting an eyelid, he stowed the box away calmly and smiled. “The authorities may be strict, but who is your senior brother? How could I not have a way? Who do you want me to kill though?”

“She’s called Fuling, from Xuan City. Her cultivation is at the Level Three Qi Training Stage. She has come here to do business. Just a slightly pretty woman who dares to snatch my lover-gege. She truly doesn’t know how the character for ‘death’ is written!”

Boss Hong smiled ingratiatingly. “In that case, she truly deserves to die.”

Suddenly, sounds of fighting came from outside.

Boss Hong furrowed his brows. “I’ll go out to see what’s going on.”

“Who are you people?!”

Boss Hong walked out of the room, radiating his Great Perfection Qi Training aura to intimidate the trio.

A young woman dressed in bright clothes followed Boss Hong out. She had a well-proportioned figure and a pitiable countenance.

At first, Lu Yang thought Boss Hong had abducted her, but then he noticed she was at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

A Bamboo Leaf Sect disciple?

“Did you sell this pendant to Benefactor Kang?” Shi Chan chanted “Amitabha” as he retrieved Kang Wei and the pendant.

“So what if I did?” Boss Hong knitted his brows, not expecting them to be here for this reason.

Selling a pendant isn’t illegal. Why are a monk and two protectors looking for me in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?

Lu Yang sneered. “Selling a pendant isn’t illegal, but instigating Kang Wei to deceive Young Miss Zhong is wrong.”

There was another reason he didn’t reveal. This pendant is a magical artifact, while Kang Wei is just an ordinary person who could afford it only through a loan. Its origin might not be clean.

“Who are you people? Aren’t your hands reaching a bit too far into others’ business?” Boss Hong had mingled in the jianghu for years and wasn’t easily bullied. With a low shout, two massive hands composed of black mist materialized behind him.

“Dao-Seeking Sect, Lu Yang.”

Clang.

Without another word, Boss Hong knelt on the ground, hands behind his head. “I am guilty. I’ll turn myself in.”