Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 773: Rivalry Between Dragon and Phoenix

When Lu Yang visited Tao Yaoye, he brought a recording crystal as promised. The scenes within the recording orb were of immense value.

Lying on her bed, Tao Yaoye held the recording orb. She saw Chieftain Xiao brutally beat his own son, Xiao Xinghai, like a vicious tiger eating its child. For a moment, she wondered if she hadn’t rested properly.

Weren’t you five supposed to be acting? How did it turn into a real fight while acting?

Perhaps this is a Kunpeng Tribe tradition—the old ancestor beats the chieftain, and the chieftain beats the son. The muscle memory is passed down through generations, Tao Yaoye mused randomly.

The recording orb also emitted Chieftain Xiao’s angry voice.

“You brat! I was wondering why things I’d never done were being pinned on me recently. So you are the culprit!”

“Dad, hit lighter! How can you blame me? If it weren’t for your bad reputation, would others have suspected you?”

“You still dare to argue!”

Fusion cultivator versus Nascent Soul cultivator—unsurprisingly, the battle was one-sided.

Regrettably, the Four Gourd Brothers Wreak Havoc in the Sea stopped at flooding Penglai Island. That scene could only be left to Tao Yaoye’s imagination.

However, it wasn’t too hard to imagine. When Chieftain Xiao was teaching Xiao Xinghai a lesson, he summoned humongous waves to drown Xiao Xinghai. If Xiao Xinghai were replaced with Penglai Island, the island would probably be flooded too.

Tao Yaoye couldn’t help but laugh. Bored from lying in bed, watching the recording orb was quite enjoyable.

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“Fellow Daoist Xinghai, are you alright? Chieftain Xiao was too heavy-handed.” Meng Jingzhou repeated the words he had spoken not long ago.

“Hai, my dad doesn’t understand my painstakingly earnest intentions.” Xiao Xinghai lay on the bed while Lu Yang and the other three attended to him, either peeling fruit or pouring water.

“Currently, our tribe only has the Black Feather Venerable Lord as a Transcendent Tribulation old ancestor. My dad is the most likely to become the next Transcendent Tribulation old ancestor. It’s just a pity he can’t bring himself to be ruthless enough, so as his son, I have to give him a push.

“The so-called Transcendent Tribulation Stage is a realm where one must undergo tribulations to advance. But tribulations aren’t limited to one kind. Lightning tribulation is a tribulation, but isn’t the enmity I draw on his behalf also a tribulation?”

Lu Yang kindly comforted Xiao Xinghai. “Fellow Daoist Xinghai, don’t say anymore. You said the same thing while Chieftain Xiao was beating you. He didn’t believe it and hit you even harder.”

Otherwise, Xiao Xinghai wouldn’t be bedridden.

He was now even weaker than Tao Yaoye after using the Metamorphic Immortal Physique.

The good news was that he could ingest pills to recover.

The bad news was that Chieftain Xiao had forbidden him from ingesting pills to recover.

This was a [Rule].

As a Nascent Soul cultivator challenging a Fusion cultivator and forcing the latter to use the power of rules, Xiao Xinghai could be proud.

“How about trying my Nirvana True Flame?” Meng Jingzhou held a dancing, orange-red flame in his palm—the Nirvana True Flame, which possessed restorative effects.

Xiao Xinghai hurriedly shook his head. “That won’t do. To cultivate the Dragon Transformation Mantra, I’ve taken on some Dragon Tribe characteristics. However, the Nirvana True Flame represents the Phoenix Tribe. With Dragon and Phoenix contending, it would only add injury to injury.”

This is a theory I haven’t heard before.

“Immortal Fairy, is there such a thing?” Lu Yang sought verification from the ancient cultivator.

“It is true. Little Ling and Lianyi had always been rivals, either competing for an immortal ascension slot or for the Qilin Immortal in bed.”

Lu Yang, “...”

So everything they competed over was related to immortals, huh?

“Perhaps it became a tradition, flowing in the bloodlines of later dragons and phoenixes. However, there’s also the saying that ‘dragons and phoenixes are auspicious symbols,’ indicating that dragon and phoenix powers can coexist. I saw that those two were quite united when resisting the mistress and third parties, like that little Qiongqi or the nine-tailed fox. It’s just that this little Kunpeng is too severely injured, lacking the strength to harmonize two forces and let dragon and phoenix coexist.”

Xiao Xinghai added, “But there is a way.”

“What is it?”

“Although Dragon blood doesn’t have a healing effect, it strengthens the body. As long as I soak in Dragon blood, I can still speed up my recovery.”

Dragon blood wasn’t considered a pill and fell outside the [Rule].

“You have Dragon blood?” In Lu Yang’s recollection, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had told him the key to learning the Dragon Transformation Mantra was soaking in a large amount of Dragon blood.

“Not on hand. I used it all up while cultivating the Dragon Transformation Mantra. But I can buy it at the Dragon Palace’s sea market. That’s where I got the Dragon blood for cultivating previously.”

Lu Yang and the other three discussed. Su Yiren would stay to care for Tao Yaoye, while the four of them would go to the Dragon Palace’s sea market for a look.

“Bring me along too. The fresher the Dragon blood, the better the effect. By the time you come back, the effect would be greatly diminished.” Xiao Xinghai struggled to get up, startling Lu Yang and the others, who hastily pressed him back onto the bed.

“You can barely stand. How can you go to the sea market?”

“You can carry me there.” Xiao Xinghai still refused to give up.

“Wouldn’t that be too obvious? Would Chieftain Xiao let you leave?”

“It’s fine. I have a way.”

~~~

Lu Yang and the other three carried a coffin, flying toward the Dragon Palace’s sea market.

Xiao Xinghai was a prominent prodigy in the East Sea. Carrying him on a stretcher to the Dragon Palace’s sea market would be somewhat embarrassing. Covering him with a coffin lid eliminated the concern of being recognized. The coffin was a magical treasure with the function of blocking spiritual consciousness.

One could call it killing multiple birds with one stone.

The Dragon Palace’s sea market was the largest sea market in the East Sea. It was a gathering place for individuals from all walks of life. Unlike Penglai Island’s sea market, which only humans visited, the Dragon Palace’s sea market had both seafolk and humans.

The Dragon Palace’s sea market was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, with crooks among honest folks. New things happened daily. But people carrying a coffin to tour around the sea market was a first.

“Who passed away?”

“Four humans are carrying the coffin. Could it be a human elder?”

“Then what are they doing here? Planning a sea burial at the Dragon Palace? Would the Dragon Palace allow it?”

“Who knows?”

“Strange, why do those four humans look rather happy?”

“Extreme grief leading to joy, perhaps.”

Lu Yang and the other three arrived at the Dragon Palace’s sea market, chatting and laughing. The sea market was constructed in the deep sea, which should have been pitch-black. However, the extravagant Dragon Palace used countless luminous pearls to form a great array, illuminating the deep sea.

“This place is truly huge.” Lu Yang and the others descended, looking down at the Dragon Palace’s sea market. It resembled a colossal dragon adorned with numerous jewels, sleeping on the seabed. No matter how many sea tribes swam over it or how many buildings were built upon it, nothing could disturb this slumbering dragon.

At the end of the sea market stood an old, simple hall—the Dragon Palace, known to everyone in the East Sea.

The Dragon Palace wasn’t open to other races. Even Jiao-Dragons, which were just one step away from transforming into true dragons, weren’t qualified to enter.

“When the Old Dragon Emperor’s birthday banquet arrives, we’ll be able to see what the Dragon Palace looks like.” The Old Dragon Emperor’s birthday banquet was just around the corner. Through Su Yiren’s connections, Lu Yang and the others could gain entry.

Given the reputation of the Dao-Seeking Nine, receiving an invitation was out of the question. Coming would be akin to walking into a trap themselves.

“They‘re too disrespectful to this immortal! You are the Second-in-Command of the Everlasting Lineage and Lianyi’s senior brother. That Old Dragon Emperor should personally come out and invite you into the Dragon Palace!” The mermaid Everlasting Immortal Fairy swam back and forth in the mental space, feeling indignant about the unfair treatment Lu Yang received.

Even though Lu Yang didn’t feel he was being treated unfairly.