Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 681: An Old Acquaintance

Last time, you brought the Phoenix Ancient Ancestor. This time, you’re directly bringing two archaic half-immortals to Incarceration Peak, huh?

I’m a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator, not an immortal.

If this goes on, I dare not imagine what other major figures may be brought back next.

“It’s that kid Lu Yang again?” The childlike grand-shifu suddenly realized the source of the constant unrest since his retirement.

“Little Junior Brother just happened to be present.”

The prisoners of Incarceration Peak sucked in a cold breath in succession.

In the last two years, the prisoners locked up at Incarceration Peak are all connected to this cultivator named Lu Yang.

Moreover, the backgrounds of the new prisoners have been increasingly astounding. First, a Great Yu emperor, then half-immortals who contended for supremacy. If Incarceration Peak could be considered a faction, it could rival the Demon Kingdom.

The Demon Kingdom only had two half-immortals.

They never expected to see the two supreme lords who once vied for supremacy in their lifetimes.

Wu Youdao, the Yu Emperor, avoided eye contact upon seeing the Nightmare Supreme Lord. As the sixth Yu emperor, I know all too well how powerful the Nightmare Supreme Lord is. In my ancestor’s struggle for the empire, the Nightmare Supreme Lord was undoubtedly the biggest obstacle. This is an indisputable fact!

“Nightmare stays here. I’ll take Void Emptiness out for a bit.” Yun Zhi wasn’t afraid of the Nightmare Supreme Lord escaping. She had planted a Thought Seed in him. Once he entertained thoughts of escape, the seed would grow, tormenting him until he wished he could be dead instead.

Learning about the Thought Seed, Grand-Shifu finally relaxed slightly.

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord didn’t know where Yun Zhi was taking him. Grabbed by the collar, he was whisked away at breakneck speed until they reached their destination.

The imperial city’s imperial palace!

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord’s eyes instantly turned red from envy. If not for the Jiang and Meng families, this should have been my territory—no, the entire Great Xia should have been mine!

Before arriving at the imperial palace, Yun Zhi had transmitted an auditory message to the Xia Emperor, asking him to dismiss his attendants.

The Xia Emperor had been handling court memorials about Chunjiang City in the Mental Cultivation Hall. He was initially taken aback but quickly regained his senses, ordering the eunuchs and palace maids to leave.

Yun Zhi dragged the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord to the Mental Cultivation Hall. Seeing the Xia Emperor, whose features somewhat resembled Jiang Ping’an, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord’s breathing grew unsteady with rage.

“I presume this is the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord who contended with my ancestor for supremacy?” The Xia Emperor marveled as he examined the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord. It wasn’t easy to have a chance to meet his old ancestor’s opponent.

Due to Yun Zhi’s power, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord feared her. But facing his enemy’s descendant, a Xia Emperor with little cultivation talent, he wasn’t so restrained.

“It seems Jiang Ping’an committed many evil deeds, leaving his descendants hardly any years to live!” He saw through the Xia Emperor’s weakness at a glance, which stemmed from a deficient lifespan, and couldn’t help but gloat.

The Xia Emperor’s expression turned unpleasant. This was his greatest sore point.

Yun Zhi suddenly recalled the Everlasting Immortal Fairy mentioning a natural spiritual root in the form of a peach tree, not categorized as a natural treasure. The peaches it bore could extend one’s lifespan, but its whereabouts were unknown. And in the secret domain where she grew up, there were countless peach trees aside from the Mother-Child River.

Could one of them be that so-called natural spiritual root?

If so, the Xia Emperor can be saved.

This isn’t certain yet, so there’s no need to tell the Xia Emperor, lest it give him false hopes.

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord’s mood inexplicably improved. I initially thought Creed Leader Yun had brought me here to anger me, but now it looks like it’s for my own amusement.

Wait, since Creed Leader Yun knows the current Xia Emperor, does that mean Great Xia is colluding with the ancient Heavenly Court?

I can’t help but feel like something is off.

“Then I’ll take him in to meet someone first,” Yun Zhi said casually.

Hearing this, the Xia Emperor personally opened the door for her.

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord was puzzled. Who else is she taking me to see?

Yun Zhi didn’t answer, instead grabbing the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord by the collar and bringing him to the palace’s rear courtyard, an area the eunuchs and palace maids called the “forbidden ground.”

Red walls, red doors, blue tiles—this was the palace servants’ impression of the forbidden ground.

As for what it looked like inside, why entry was forbidden, or who resided there, that remained unknown.

The tall red doors were carved with two heads of bronze demon beasts holding ring door knockers in their mouths. Yun Zhi lightly knocked three times.

Clang, clang, clang.

The ferocious bronze demon beasts’ eyes lit up, and the doors opened silently.

Entering the forbidden ground, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord found the interior was different from how it appeared outside.

Looking at the forbidden ground from outside, there were no structures or hills that were higher than the red palace walls.

But inside, it was vast and boundless, complete with mountains and rivers, except that everything was diminutive. The highest peak was only thirty or forty meters tall, like a small earth mound. The rivers were pitifully narrow, and the lakes were as small as puddles after a rain.

It was as if everything from the outside world had shrunk upon coming in. They were like titans walking through a miniature world.

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord found one mountain increasingly familiar. “Wait, that is Tai’an Mountain, and next to it is the Bamboo Grove Lake...” He matched the scenery around him one by one, and realization dawned upon him.

This is a miniature version of Great Xia!

“Let me see who Fellow Daoist Yun has brought. Ah, an old acquaintance.” A relatively young voice sounded from the horizon.

“This voice...” Upon hearing it, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord’s aura leaked uncontrollably as killing intent surged.

A young man dressed in coarse hemp clothes and carrying a hoe landed, looking cheerfully at the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord. The young man had a bright smile and delicate features, easily winning goodwill from others.

“Void Emptiness, it’s been a hundred thousand years since we last met, hasn’t it?”

As soon as his eyes fell on the young man, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord wished he could devour him alive. I will never forget this face for a lifetime! “Jiang Ping’an, you’re still alive!”

If it weren’t for Jiang Ping’an, I would be the current emperor. Great Xia should have been mine!

Jiang Ping’an’s smile widened. “You’re still alive, so why can’t I be?” He cupped his fists and requested, “Fellow Daoist Yun, you can put him down. With you and me here, he can’t escape.”

Yun Zhi released her grip, and the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord flipped mid-air before landing steadily.

“Void Emptiness, I know you’re indignant about the results, believing you lost back then only because it was two against one—me and Junzi against you.”

Meng Junzi was the Meng Family’s old ancestor.[1]

“Actually, I could have beaten you alone. It was simply faster with two people.”

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord sneered repeatedly. I’d be a fool if I believe your foolish nonsense.

“How about this? I’m not one to refuse admitting to a loss. It’s rare for us to meet. Since you’re indignant, let’s have a proper rematch, just you and me; I won’t ask anyone to help. How’s that?”

“Fine!” The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord agreed immediately.

“Void Realm, descend!” He shouted, a triumphant smile spreading across his face. As the Void Realm opened up, it enveloped both of them.

Yun Zhi brought out the monarch chair and waited nearby for the outcome.

Soon, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord couldn’t smile anymore.

“Jiang Ping’an, you motherf*cker became an immortal?!”

1. “Junzi” means gentleman or a person of noble character. ☜