Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 678: How Did You Two Attract Two Half-Immortals?

“It’s finally over.” Lu Yang heaved a sigh of relief. The earlier half-immortal battle had frightened him out of his wits.

“Since when were you so timid?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy looked at Lu Yang in puzzlement. “Back when I fought Lass Yun, I didn’t see you this scared.”

That was a battle between almighty immortals. Compared to our battle, those two half-immortals are nothing, merely a village scuffle.

Lu Yang, “...”

The logic is sound, but I can’t help but feel something is off.

“Thank goodness you summoned Big Senior Sister.” Meng Jingzhou was also quite petrified by the battle. Without Big Senior Sister, that would have been perilous. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

“Amitabha. No wonder this poor monk couldn’t defeat Senior Sister Yun.” Shi Chan finally understood why his shifu told him not to provoke Yun Zhi.

Lu Yang had explained the Heavenly Court Creed to Shi Chan, who now knew its creed leader was Yun Zhi.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou turned to Shi Chan in surprise, their faces full of disbelief. “You fought Big Senior Sister?”

Shi Chan answered calmly, “Back when this poor monk went to the Dao-Seeking Sect for studies, I once challenged Senior Sister Yun. Unfortunately, I did not win.”

To think Shi Chan had done such a foolish thing. The two saluted him with cupped fists.

Respect.

As expected of an accomplished monk, his courage is extraordinary.

“Three young heroes, is everything really fine now?” Fuling asked cautiously. She and her sister hadn’t even dared to breathe heavily during the great battle earlier.

Lu Yang nodded. “Chunjiang City is safe now.”

With Big Senior Sister around, no demons, devils, ghosts, or monsters will stand a chance.

“Do you plan to continue tempering your mental state here?” Lu Yang asked Shi Chan.

Shi Chan shook his head gently. The matter was concluded, but given the current situation, the brothel wouldn’t open for a while, and neither were they in the mood to open. Hence, he needed to search for another place to temper his mental state.

“Then I wish you success in advance,” Lu Yang said with a smile and cupped his fists. He and Meng Jingzhou needed to find Yun Zhi later and couldn’t tag along with Shi Chan.

“Senior brothers, this poor monk thanks you for your kind intentions.”

The inn’s second floor had completely become an open-air room, with wooden splinters scattered everywhere and debris messily strewn around.

Lu Yang picked up a wooden plank, likely part of the roof. Using his finger as a sword, he swiftly carved it into the shape of a wooden sword and engraved the characters “Lu Yang” on the hilt.

After carving two wooden swords, he gave them to Fuling and Kongque.

“This wooden sword contains a wisp of my sword qi, which has defensive capabilities. Evil spirits and demons won’t dare approach. If you encounter danger, the unleashed attack is equivalent to a full-power strike from an Apex Nascent Soul cultivator. If you face any difficulties in the future, you can also bring this sword to the Dao-Seeking Sect to find me.”

According to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, she had cast a spell to locate the Twins River through the sisters, but they wouldn’t sense it. It wasn’t wise to let the sisters learn of the Twins River, else it might easily attract trouble.

The sisters carefully stowed the wooden swords away and thanked Lu Yang. These are priceless protective talismans that can save our lives in critical moments.

Seeing Lu Yang hand them gifts so solemnly, Meng Jingzhou also wanted to give them something. But upon second thought, he only had yang-boosting blood and spirit stones, neither of which was suitable as a gift.

He pondered for a bit and made a promise. “If you two ladies ever need spirit stones in the future, feel free to borrow from our Meng Family.”

After bidding farewell to the sisters, the trio saw the grief-stricken innkeeper.

My fine inn has been reduced to just the first floor being inhabitable. Even if the imperial court provides relief funds to rebuild the inn, that will take considerable time.

The kind-hearted Eldest Young Master Meng gave the innkeeper some spirit stones as compensation for the disruption.

The trio then went to bid farewell to City Lord Liu.

After such events in Chunjiang City, the simple meal they had been promised was out of the question. City Lord Liu was as busy as a spinning top, maintaining order and providing disaster relief within the city while writing reports to his superiors beyond the city.

When the three arrived, they happened to witness the One-Qi Venerable Lord demonstrating his might, vigorously battling the Fusion Stage Vice Pavilion Leader of the Dark Night Pavilion. The One-Qi Venerable Lord fought with great relish, while the Vice Pavilion Leader was beaten black and blue.

The three parted ways outside the city. Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou followed Yun Zhi’s instructions and headed to the small hill thirty li east of the city.

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Upon arriving at the small hill, they ran into Yun Zhi conducting a brief interrogation to ascertain the identities of the two archaic supreme lords. Yun Zhi had set up an array around the hill, causing outsiders to subconsciously avoid the area.

“In other words, one of you is the Nightmare Supreme Lord from the late Great Qian era, and the other is the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord from the late Great Yu era?”

“Senior, you flatter me. Just call me Little Dream.”[1]

“Just call me Little Void.”

The two supreme lords were as well-behaved as they could be. Under someone else’s roof, one must bow their head. Both archaic supreme lords were outstanding figures of their eras. They knew when to yield and never acted tough unnecessarily.

In terms of era, Creed Leader Yun hails from the ancient era, earlier than our time. In terms of cultivation, she is an immortal, higher than us.

There’s no problem with addressing her as senior.

“Big Senior Sister, we’ve finished handling our matters.”

Yun Zhi produced the specialty Lu Yang had brought back from the Demon Region—the monarch’s chair. She sat on it and inquired about the events in an unruffled tone.

“Explain what happened. Junior Brother Meng, I recall you had inquired about the black market from Junior Brother Dai before leaving and promised to ‘absolutely not cause any trouble for the next six months.’”

Yun Zhi had heard this from Dai Bufan. Who would have thought that it wouldn’t take six months, but merely half a month to attract a battle between two archaic half-immortals?

Meng Jingzhou protested his innocence, determined to clarify the matter. “Big Senior Sister, please investigate this properly. Old Lu and I are victims!

“Originally, I had the idea of starting my own business independently. I stopped after earning my first pot of gold and left the black market. When Lu Yang bumped into Shi Chan seeking alms, we saw that he was impoverished and struggling with his livelihood. As fellow disciples of immortal sects, we were concerned about him and decided to accompany him in training his heart in the mundane realm.

“In Chunjiang City, the three of us acted courageously for justice. We repeatedly saved a pair of sisters, provided the authorities with leads on an assassin organization, subdued demons and vanquished evil, and peacefully resolved a dispute involving four Nascent Soul demons, ghosts, and spirits, allowing them to coexist harmoniously under one roof.

“Upon learning of our deeds, the city lord even invited us for a meal.”

Meng Jingzhou pointed firmly at the two supreme lords kneeling on the ground and declared loudly, “It was clearly these two who stirred up trouble for no reason, insisting on fighting in Chunjiang City. We are the victims.

“These two battled wantonly, tearing off the roof of the inn we were staying in, completely disregarding the innkeeper’s feelings. Even the innkeeper’s losses were covered by me on their behalf!”

Lu Yang backed him up. “That’s right! These two not only brawled in public but also abducted criminals, openly shielded an evil criminal organization, and attempted to steal ancient treasures... There’s no wicked deed they aren’t capable of, and even bamboo slats aren’t enough to list their numerous crimes!”

1. The term for nightmare in Chinese is made up of the character for “dream” and “nightmare.” ☜