Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 767: Gourd Brothers Wreak Havoc in the Sea

“You can film Dreamlike Bubble Mirages? I thought only Fan Chong of Penglai Island could do that!” Xiao Xinghai grew interested in the topic upon overhearing Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye’s conversation.

Lu Yang replied with pride, “What’s Fan Chong? Nothing more than a trivial person. This is my junior sister, Tao Yaoye. She’s not only beautiful but also clever. Dreamlike Bubble Mirages are her invention!”

Tao Yaoye’s cheeks flushed slightly. She pretended she didn’t hear Man Gu’s earlier response.

“As for Fan Chong of Penglai Island, his version is pirated. If someone like him were in our Great Xia, he would have been thrown in prison long ago. Junior Sister Tao is the original creator.”

“So impressive.” Xiao Xinghai’s eyes lit up. “Can you assign me a role then? Either hero or villain works.” Xiao Xinghai had long wished to become a character in a Dreamlike Bubble Mirage. If nothing else, this thing is famous.

Tao Yaoye felt that the Kunpeng Tribe had been quite hospitable. The Black Feather Venerable Lord hadn’t taken his anger out on them, Chieftain Xiao had regaled them with stories of mighty experts, and Xiao Xinghai had transformed into a Peng and a Kun to ferry them around.

“Alright.” It’s just one role anyway.

Lu Yang pondered. “What do you think of the earlier script? How about changing the Dragon Tribe to the Kunpeng Tribe, and you can play the Kunpeng who drags Junior Sister Tao into the water?”

“Sure, sure!” Hearing he would have so much screen time, Xiao Xinghai immediately agreed.

“Then what about me? Can I get a role too?” Meng Jingzhou sidled over to join the fun.

Lu Yang pushed Meng Jingzhou aside with disdain. “The roles are filled. No room for you.”

Meng Jingzhou said enthusiastically, “How is there no room? Didn’t you plan to return your flesh and bones to your parents? I can play your father.”

Li Haoran also leaned in. “Yiran and I are engaged. How about we play the parents?” To play Lu Yang’s father, Li Haoran was willing to sacrifice his dignity by leveraging his looks and act as a kept pretty boy.

“Get lost! How about you two wreak havoc in the sea, and I’ll be your father.”

“Fine, fine, fine, I’ll change roles... But this won’t do. Your script barely has any major roles.” Meng Jingzhou felt that someone of his stature couldn’t possibly play some obscure minor character in a Dreamlike Bubble Mirage. “Think of a way to revise the script.”

“Brother Lu, can you give me a role too?” Man Gu moved closer; he also wanted to be featured in a Dreamlike Bubble Mirage.

Lu Yang felt a headache coming on. How would there be so many important roles in Nezha Wreaks Havoc in the Sea?

Tough.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Lu Yang, and he thought of a solution. “We can change everyone’s origins. Four gourds grow from an innate vine. The gourds crack open, and four people emerge.

“Hey, that background is good. It fits the reality of the East Sea having many natural treasures.”

“When the time comes, I’ll pop out of the gourd first and challenge Xiao Xinghai. If I can’t beat him, Old Meng, you go next, then it’ll be Junior Brother Man and Junior Brother Li... We’ll fight like that...”

Su Yiren was a reclusive cultivator and unsuitable to appear in a Dreamlike Bubble Mirage.

Hearing the fervent discussion, Xiao Xinghai joined in. The five of them grew more excited as they walked, itching to act it out on the spot.

“I’ll attack like this then...”

“Then I’ll return the hit like this, trading injury for injury...”

Tao Yaoye didn’t quite understand why Lu Yang and the others were so excited.

“What is Junior Sister Tao’s identity?” Meng Jingzhou asked the crucial question. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Lu Yang stroked his chin in thought. “A butterfly demon spirit... No, where would a butterfly demon spirit come from? How about setting her up as a prodigy disciple from Penglai Island?”

“Junior Sister Tao, what do you think?”

“I’m fine with anything.” Tao Yaoye wore an expression of utter despair. No matter how I listen, my role in this script has minimal screen time. Whatever, they can do as they please.

“Little Tao, are you interested in Lu Yang?” Su Yiren transmitted an auditory message to Tao Yaoye.

After all, Su Yiren was experienced, unlike Lu Yang and his blockheaded companions. She could see that Tao Yaoye harbored feelings for Lu Yang.

Tao Yaoye’s cheeks blushed even more than before. She was abashed as she replied through an auditory message. “Senior Su, you noticed?”

“Mmm, I noticed a bit.”

“Senior Su, do you have any advice?”

Su Yiren thought for a moment and seriously suggested, “Cultivate.”

“Cultivate?”

Su Yiren answered with certainty, “Yes. As long as you cultivate diligently and surpass Lu Yang in cultivation, when the time comes, you can forcefully drag him into the nuptial chamber. It’ll be useless even if he resists!

“For example, I could do that to Haoran.”

Tao Yaoye contemplated. That does seem to be true. It aligns well with the cultivation world’s principle of the strong reigning supreme.

Su Yiren remembered something else. “Also, after you return to Great Xia, you can visit the black market in Chunjiang City of You Province. That’s where I bought this drop of blood. I heard everyone who has used it says it’s good...”

While Su Yiren and Tao Yaoye were engaged in a private conversation, Lu Yang had already finalized the script details on his side.

“We four gourds grow on Penglai Island. Brother Xinghai, you want to eat Junior Sister Tao, so you cause her to drown. That’s when I make my entrance, popping out of the gourd... Perfect, let’s do just that! Should we find a place to rehearse?”

For Tao Yaoye to construct the scenes for the Dreamlike Bubble Mirages, she needed real-world places and events as templates for modification. If she didn’t witness Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Man Gu, and Li Haoran fighting a Kunpeng, she couldn’t construct the Dreamlike Bubble Mirage.

“Are there islands nearby?”

“Yes,” Xiao Xinghai replied. This is so fun. Even if there aren’t other islands, I would make the elders of the tribe create one.

“Junior Sister Tao, why don’t you also run through the scene?”

“Alright.” Having just received Su Yiren’s authentic pointers, Tao Yaoye shed her earlier despondency.

Carrying everyone on his back, Xiao Xinghai found an island filled with bird songs and the fragrance of flowers.

This place was beyond the Kunpeng Tribe’s sea territory, but no one dared to live right next to it. It was an uninhabited island, most suitable for acting.

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Tao Yaoye changed her attire, donning a Penglai Island uniform that highlighted her playful cuteness.

With her hands behind her back, she held a pair of shoes. The fine, soft sand and seawater submerged her ankles. She hummed a cheerful folk tune as she walked along the shore, a freshly plucked wildflower tucked into her hair.

Suddenly, a demonic wind blew past. The Kun fish that was Xiao Xinghai surfaced, its emerald-green eyes fixed eerily on Tao Yaoye, exuding extreme danger.

“What pure cultivation! Truly a favored child of heaven and earth. Penglai cultivator, you are destined to enter my belly today!”

Xiao Xinghai unleashed a mighty ability. Tao Yaoye’s figure swayed, involuntarily leaning forward and plunging into the sea. Bubbles gurgled as she struggled, crying for help.

At this critical juncture, deep within Penglai Island, a gourd vine, an ancient innate spirit root that had endured countless hardships, finally matured.

Crack. The first to ripen was a red gourd.

The red gourd split open. Lu Yang was wearing oversized shorts made of red gourd leaves as he popped out. Meeting the wind, he grew from an inch tall to the size of an ordinary person.

“Evil demon! How dare you harm others!” Lu Yang yelled. He dove headfirst into the East Sea and pulled the drenched Tao Yaoye into his embrace.

Tao Yaoye didn’t expect Lu Yang to make such an intimate move. Now held in his arms, she was so nervous she stammered, “Senior Brother Lu Yang, th-th-this...”

Junior Sister Tao, you have to act more convincingly,” Lu Yang whispered.

Tao Yaoye murmured a barely audible “mmm,” soft as a mosquito’s buzz.