Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 755: Bounty Notices

As the headquarters of the East Sea Cultivators Alliance and the largest human faction in the East Sea, Penglai Island was truly magnificent. An endless stream of whales docked at the shore, their mouths opening to let groups of cultivators emerge.

The island’s residents were still predominantly mortals, but cultivators were not scarce. Qi Training and Foundation Establishment cultivators could be seen everywhere. Compared to here, Fangshan Island was as different as mud to clouds.

The island lord of Penglai Island was a veteran Transcendent Tribulation cultivator. According to Great Xia’s classification, Penglai Island was considered an S-tier faction, of which there were only nine in all of Great Xia.

Moreover, Penglai Island gathered the vast majority of East Sea cultivators and possessed a profound foundation, making it several times stronger than the S-class sects in Great Xia.

Hero Yan arrived at the alliance headquarters, which was a nine-story pagoda. The pagoda was rustic and simple, having weathered countless years. Each story was carved with talismans, arrays, or diagrams encompassing Great Dao principles, embodying the mysteries of heaven and earth’s laws. Any person standing before the pagoda would appear as small as an ant.

“Daoists, I will enter the alliance to register first. After my business is concluded, I shall take you all on a tour of Penglai Island. Does that work?” Hero Yan asked, cupping his fists. Non-alliance members were not permitted to enter the pagoda.

“No problem, no problem. Attend to your matters first, Hero Yan,” Lu Yang replied cheerfully. They were in no hurry.

Divine Transfiguration cultivators carried some weight in the alliance. After Hero Yan entered the nine-story pagoda and explained his situation, a Divine Transfiguration cultivator soon came out to receive him. Hearing that Hero Yan had passed the lightning tribulation through his own efforts, the cultivator’s words held a bit more respect.

Lu Yang called out to the others. “Let’s go. Hero Yan has his own business to attend to. We’ll explore on our own first.” He reckoned that lacking a local guide probably wouldn’t matter much.

“Take a look, freshly caught Nine-Star Lightning Eel!” Someone yelled as he held up a dark, gleaming eel that was over a meter long. It had four spots on each side and one right in the center of its head—a fairly rare Nine-Star Lightning Eel.

“Old uncle, how much for this Nine-Star Lightning Eel?”

The old uncle chuckled and casually uttered, “Not for sale.”

The person was annoyed. “Then why are you shouting about it?!”

“If I don’t shout, how would you know I caught a Nine-Star Lightning Eel?”

“Ancient pills freshly dug from a secret domain, one hundred thousand spirit stones per bottle!” Someone had several small medicinal bottles in front of him, still covered in mud.

This was a common practice in the cultivation world. Bottles of pills unearthed from secret domains were sold unopened, and buyers had to gamble on whether the pills inside were good or bad. This was also a way to test one’s discernment.

“There are ancient pills here,” Tao Yaoye exclaimed softly, quite surprised.

The Metamorphic Immortal Grass was full of contempt. “What ancient pills? Only the mud is ancient.” As a little herb king that has lived from ancient times until now, I’ve eaten who knows how much dirt in my lifetime. I can tell the era of the mud at a glance, without tasting it.

“Barbeque skewers! Freshly grilled lamb skewers! Eat one to prolong your lifespan, eat two to break through cultivation realms, and eat three to achieve longevity!”

Hearing the familiar hawking, Lu Yang instinctively turned his head and found a One More Time Barbeque Shop by the roadside.

“The barbeque shop has opened here too?” Meng Jingzhou was astonished. The Nine-Netherworlds Creed is really working hard to make money, expanding overseas business all the way to Penglai Island.

Lu Yang shook his head, his expression grave. “Our barbeque doesn’t smell like this, and the fire used isn’t true fire. This is a counterfeit.”

Apart from that, Lu Yang also spotted flying cars without trademarks, unauthorized Dreamlike Bubble Mirages...All were counterfeits.

Great Xia strictly managed copyrights, but the East Sea was not like that. The latter’s principle was that as long as something made money, even money and arson were normal, let alone protecting intellectual property.

It was precisely because of this that pill formulas, arrays, and the like in Great Xia had strict master-disciple lineages. Unauthorized external dissemination meant certain death.

Lu Yang calculated that he had lost at least eight million stones in the East Sea. His heart ached. Eight million! That’s enough to buy Old Meng’s dog life!

Meng Jingzhou glanced sideways at Lu Yang. I keep feeling like this brat is talking badly about me.

Li Haoran comforted him kindly. “The East Sea is like this. You just have to get used to it. Back then, Qin Haoran made a fortune by dealing in counterfeits in the East Sea. That’s where the money for his marriage to Yiren came from.”

Lu Yang, “...”

“Why is Shifu’s portrait here?” Lu Yang noticed a poster of the Taciturn Daoist Priest on the announcement board. Looking at the heading, it was a bounty notice.

Taciturn Daoist Priest, Dao-Seeking Sect Leader

Bounty: One billion spirit stones

The bounty was even jointly issued by the seafolk and humans.

“I’d long heard that Shifu fetches a high price on the black market. Now that I’ve seen it today, it truly is the case,” Lu Yang remarked. One billion spirit stones—that’s much more than Old Meng’s eight million.

Aside from the Taciturn Daoist Priest, there were many familiar faces on the wanted posters, such as First Elder, Sixth Elder, Seventh Elder, and Eighth Elder.

Half of the Dao-Seeking Sect’s higher-ups were here. Of course, their bounties couldn’t compare to the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s. The latter firmly secured the top spot, his position unshakable.

Before leaving, Lu Yang had heard Grandpa Ba mention the elders’ stories.

First Elder had valiantly gone in and out of tombs at Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou multiple times. He even built one on an island in the East Sea. When the three islands discovered the tomb, they all thought it was their own ancient burial site and fought until the contents of their brains nearly spilled out. In the end, Penglai Island won and triumphantly brought the coffin back. They spent a long time comparing it to their genealogy and knelt and bowed to the coffin... and then First Elder pushed open the coffin lid from within and sat up...

Sixth Elder was in the midst of a breakthrough with her Immaculate Immortal Physique at the time, and her Immaculate Field was quite unstable and activated by voice. When she attended a banquet, the host’s speech triggered the Immaculate Field to open. Every time someone spoke, the field opened. From then on, she was blacklisted from banquets.

Seventh Elder and Eighth Elder exploited the fact that Great Xia’s laws didn’t extend to the East Sea and roamed about scamming people, their deception skills growing by the day. Eventually, the East Sea couldn’t tolerate it anymore. After multiple failed attempts to capture them, they asked Great Xia to exercise personal jurisdiction and bring them to justice. However, Great Xia refused to handle the case, citing respect for the East Sea’s sovereignty.

Passers-by noticed the wanted posters and found them nostalgic, recalling past events. “I didn’t think the Taciturn Daoist Priest would still be posted here. It’s been centuries; he hasn’t shown his face in the East Sea for two hundred years, right?”

“Exactly. Remember when the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s bounty was five hundred million spirit stones? He pretended to be captured, and together with the Dao-Seeking Sect’s First Elder, they swindled the bounty money.”

“Since then, his bounty has risen to one billion. And whenever there was news of him, a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator would personally lead the capture team.”

“One billion spirit stones! If someone could catch the Taciturn Daoist Priest, they wouldn’t have to worry about cultivation resources for several lifetimes.”

“Catch the Taciturn Daoist Priest? You really can dream. I heard that some cultivators committed crimes under the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s name in the past. After that incident, even plundering cultivators don’t dare to use his name anymore.”

Lu Yang was glad that they were currently using the identity of Five-Elements Sect disciples.

Given the relationship between the Dao-Seeking Sect and the Five-Elements Sect, the Five-Elements Sect likely couldn’t do much even if they minded.