Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 774: Coffin

Lu Yang ignored the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s incessant chatter, focusing on carrying the coffin.

“Speaking of which, the quality of this coffin is really quite good. According to Fellow Daoist Xinghai, it can even block the spiritual consciousness of a Fusion cultivator.”

Generally speaking, coffins in the cultivation world had the effect of blocking spiritual consciousness—a sign of respect for the deceased. But to refine a coffin to this level was truly rare.

“I keep feeling the style of this coffin looks familiar.” Lu Yang frowned, then suddenly remembered.

“Isn’t this the coffin First Elder often sleeps in?” When Lu Yang had just learned Close Horizon From Cliff and randomly teleported to a cliff, he had the fortune of barging into a tomb chamber built by First Elder. The coffin style in that chamber was extremely similar to the one Xiao Xinghai was lying in.

“First Elder probably built tombs all over the East Sea, and Fellow Daoist Xinghai found one.” Meng Jingzhou wasn’t surprised at all.

The East Sea was rife with similar legends: some genius would inadvertently enter a tomb, pass the trials left by predecessors, obtain their legacy and magical treasures, and soar to greatness from then on.

It was just that the magical treasure Xiao Xinghai obtained was a coffin.

Lu Yang felt that Meng Jingzhou’s words made sense. After all, wasn’t the Heaven Mandate Immortal buried as a burial object before rising to prominence?

This is all legacy passed down from history.

“According to Fellow Daoist Xinghai, the Dragon Tribe is extravagant, spending lavishly. They wouldn’t sell blood due to a lack of money; they usually sell blood because they have a request. Once the requested task is completed, they would repay with Dragon blood.

“Since Dragon blood is priceless, the difficulty of the requested tasks is also very great. Moreover, some tasks involve the Dragon Tribe’s privacy and aren’t suitable for public disclosure. Hence, such tasks are issued at covert contact points.”

“Is it inappropriate for us to carry a coffin around everywhere?” Man Gu asked. He could clearly feel the surrounding gazes converging on them.

“Although we won’t have to worry about it being picked up if we leave it by the roadside, it still seems inappropriate. How about we find a place to put it down first, then move the coffin after we obtain the Dragon blood?” Meng Jingzhou proposed. After all, they were already at the sea market. There would be no issue of the transport distance causing the Dragon blood to lose its freshness.

He transmitted an auditory message to Xiao Xinghai. “Fellow Daoist Xinghai, what do you think?”

No response.

“Oh right, the coffin blocks spiritual consciousness; auditory messages can’t be transmitted.” Meng Jingzhou recalled that his voice couldn’t get through unless they opened the coffin lid.

“Then we shall decide for Fellow Daoist Xinghai. Let’s find a place to store it... Hmm, ahead is the Luodi Merchant Guild. So they have a branch here too.” Meng Jingzhou smiled. The Luodi Merchant Guild’s business scope is quite broad, extending even to the East Sea.

In this aspect, our Meng Family isn’t lacking either; the East Sea and the Demon Region are also within our business scope.

“Perfect. Merchant guilds have temporary storage services for large items.”

~~~

At the sea market’s end, the Dragon Palace.

“Damn it! The supreme treasure still hasn’t been found?” A Dragon Tribe elder bellowed in fury. He had a dragon’s head and a human body. Seething with rage, he wished he could rip the thief who stole the supreme treasure into smithereens.

“The arrangement was meticulous. This was a premeditated theft, committed by at least a Fusion cultivator. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to find.” Another Dragon Tribe elder was equally furious but could still maintain reason, analyzing the situation.

“Ancient Ancestor above, we pray for your blessing, let us find the supreme treasure as soon as possible.” A third Dragon Tribe elder prayed for the legendary Ancient Ancestor to manifest.

“Search! Carrying the supreme treasure prevents spatial teleportation. They definitely haven’t gone far. We must find them even if we have to turn the East Sea upside down!”

“Especially the sea market—that’s where the thieves are most likely to be!”

“Why don’t we scan the entire sea market with our spiritual consciousness?”

“Foolish! Using spiritual consciousness to scan the entire sea market would create a huge commotion. Are you afraid outsiders won’t know we lost a supreme treasure? Take your subordinates, split up, and scan in small ranges!

“Remember, don’t let outsiders know what we are doing!”

~~~

“Big Brother, we really succeeded?!” A Fusion Stage True Lord with a shady appearance and furtive eyes remarked delightedly. Even with a Fusion cultivator’s temperament, he couldn’t help but feel thrilled.

Although the other two Fusion Stage True Lords didn’t speak, their excitement and joy were evident in their eyes.

The Dragon Tribe’s supreme treasure! We’ll never worry about cultivation resources again in this lifetime. We’ll even have hope of advancing to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage!

“Don’t get too excited. We’ve only succeeded halfway. Don’t forget the sea market we’re in is also under the Dragon Tribe’s scope of management. Only by getting the treasure out of the sea market can we call it a success.” The Fusion Stage True Lord, whom the others called “Big Brother,” was also elated. But after all, he was the big brother and had a better temperament than his underlings. He knew the matter wasn’t finished and that it wasn’t time to celebrate yet.

“But Big Brother, this supreme treasure belongs to the Dragon Tribe. It can’t be stowed away in a storage ring. How do we take it out of the sea market?” another underling asked worriedly.

If we can’t place it in a storage ring, there’s no guarantee it won’t be detected by the Dragon Tribe’s spiritual consciousness.

“It’s fine. I’ve already thought of a method.” The big brother took a magical treasure out of his storage ring.

“Look what this is!”

“A coffin?” the three underlings exclaimed.

The big brother’s expression turned solemn, recalling the scene from back then still frightened him. He lowered his voice, recounting his origin story to his underlings. “Correct. In the past, when I was a grave robber I sneaked into an ancient tomb. After narrowly escaping death multiple times, I finally reached the tomb’s depths. Unfortunately, the burial chamber had no burial goods, and even the coffin was empty. I suspect the tomb’s owner had already achieved corpse liberation and ascended to immortality!

“A thief doesn’t leave empty-handed, so I respectfully took this coffin away! 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

“This coffin is a great treasure. Even with our Fusion Stage spiritual consciousness, we can’t probe inside it!”

The three underlings tried and found it was indeed the case.

“So we put the supreme treasure in this coffin, then secretly transport it out by carrying the coffin?” the underling inquired. As expected of Big Brother! He considers things so thoroughly. No matter what, the Dragon Tribe won’t show such disrespect to the deceased and open a coffin for inspection. Such an outrageous act would surely make people suspect the Dragon Tribe has lost something very important.

The Dragon Tribe loves their face; they won’t do such a thing.

“Yes, but it’s not that simple. Carrying a coffin around the sea market is too ostentatious; it would attract the Dragon Tribe’s attention.”

“So what is your plan, Big Brother?”

“I know someone at the Luodi Merchant Guild; I’ve already made arrangements in advance. We’ll temporarily store the coffin at the merchant guild. After the heat dies down, we’ll retrieve it.

“Also, we need to disguise ourselves.” The big brother fished out four pills from the front of his robes. “These are pills I bought from Great Xia’s black market. They’re produced by a pill-concocting master of the Dao-Seeking Sect. It’s said that eating one can temporarily lower one’s cultivation realm. All four of us are at the Fusion Stage. If the Dragon Tribe investigates, they’ll definitely suspect Fusion cultivators first. That would be dangerous! If we lower our cultivation realms, the Dragon Tribe won’t suspect us!”

“Big Brother is wise!” The three underlings were impressed. Big Brother’s calculations leave nothing to chance; he considers every aspect.

The plan is flawless.

~~~

“Excuse me, may I ask if we can store a coffin here?” Lu Yang and the other three carried the coffin into the Luodi Merchant Guild and inquired politely.