Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 780: Old Ba, I Really Can’t Do Anything to Help

Lu Yang couldn’t figure it out. How did Xiao Xinghai disappear for no reason and turn into some Dragon Pearl?

Did Xiao Xinghai push open the coffin lid, climb out, and put the Dragon Pearl inside?

Meng Jingzhou and Li Haoran were equally perplexed.

Only Man Gu suddenly understood, wearing a sorrowful expression. “Fellow Daoist Xinghai didn’t get his severe injuries treated and turned into śarīra relics!”

Lu Yang, “...” 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Man Gu, how about you stop talking? I was almost getting some ideas, but you interrupted that line of thought.

“What is this Dragon Pearl?” Lu Yang quietly asked Li Haoran.

“I haven’t seen the actual object either; I’ve only heard it through word of mouth. The Dragon Pearl is the Dragon Tribe’s supreme treasure and an ancient marvel. Both its origin and grade are unknown. It’s extremely hard, indestructible, can neutralize myriad poisons, heal injuries, aid in cultivation, and bring good fortune—its wonders are endless.”

Lu Yang remembered. To save someone, Shifu once stole the Dragon Tribe’s supreme treasure from the Dragon Palace Princess. It seems that it was this very Dragon Pearl.

I never thought it would be my turn as the disciple to steal the Dragon Pearl... Pah, I almost got led astray into the gutter by the Dragon Tribe. I am totally clueless about what’s going on.

Ao Ye was still arguing with Ao Ran. The more he looked at the coffin, the more familiar he found it.

“It’s that grandson Qin Jiunian’s coffin!” Ao Ye finally recalled the origin of the coffin.

Qin Jiunian was the Dao-Seeking Sect’s First Elder.

Ao Ye massaged his forehead, feeling that today’s events were getting more complicated the more he tried to explain.

Just then, a deep, authoritative voice boomed from the sky. “Enough, Ao Ye. This matter likely has nothing to do with the Dao-Seeking Sect.”

Ao Ye looked up and saw a true dragon larger than himself entering the sea. It coiled in nine bends and brimmed with strength, clutching another coffin in its claw.

Ao Ye furrowed his brows. “Ao Li, weren’t you pursuing the other group?”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou recognized Ao Li. He was the one who represented the Dragon Tribe at the Demon Kingdom’s founding ceremony, a testament to his status within the Dragon Palace.

Moreover, Ao Li and First Elder were old acquaintances.

Back then, Ao Li was trapped in the lust tribulation within his heart devil tribulation, deeply mired and unable to break free. First Elder employed a slight trick, rendering Ao Li impotent, and the latter successfully broke the lust tribulation. It could be said that it was a life-saving favor.

Ao Li landed and opened the coffin in his claw. The coffin was filled with Dragon blood, and Xiao Xinghai lay inside, absorbing the blood. The blood was Ao Li’s, the highest quality among Fusion Stage dragons.

Lying in the coffin, Xiao Xinghai greeted, “Lu Yang, what’s going on?” The Dragon Tribe’s inexplicable enthusiasm toward me is a bit overwhelming.

Lu Yang also wanted to know what was going on.

“Nephew Xinghai, recount in detail what happened after you left the Kunpeng Tribe.”

Xiao Xinghai didn’t understand why but still complied, consciously skipping the part about getting beaten by his father. Dirty laundry shouldn’t be aired in public—I can’t let Dad lose face outside. He only mentioned he lay in the coffin and was carried by Lu Yang’s group to the Dragon Palace’s sea market.

Ao Ran finally figured out what had transpired. “In other words, the Dao-Seeking Sect and those four Divine Transfiguration thieves took the wrong coffins?”

First Elder’s coffins were hidden all over the East Sea; finding one wasn’t strange.

Ao Li shook his head and corrected, “Not four Divine Transfiguration cultivators. After they died, their disguises faded. We’ve already confirmed that they were the notorious Juxuan Island Four Thieves.”

“Four Divine Transfiguration cultivators? We got the Ancestral Dragon Grass from four Divine Transfiguration cultivators!” Meng Jingzhou exclaimed.

Ao Ran nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. That explains everything. “The Juxuan Island Four Thieves must have stolen the Dragon Pearl, killed my subordinate, and seized the Ancestral Dragon Grass. All this has nothing to do with the Dao-Seeking Sect disciples.”

Ao Li concurred. “I think so too. This should be a misunderstanding. However, it’s an indisputable fact that Nephew Xinghai helped our tribe eliminate the Juxuan Island Four Thieves. He is still a hero of our tribe!”

Lu Yang’s group also breathed a sigh of relief. Great that we’ve pieced together the sequence of events. We are pure, innocent, righteous cultivators. We can’t become thieves just from touring the Dragon Palace once. That would damage the Dao-Seeking Sect’s reputation.

Of course, even without Xiao Xinghai as a witness, Lu Yang could have clarified the matter and cleared themselves of suspicion.

Because the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had been laughing all this time.

She must have witnessed everything but kept quiet!

Inside his mental space, the mermaid Everlasting Immortal Fairy split her sides laughing until she lacked the strength to swim in the sea. She rolled back and forth on her waterbed, her laughter reverberating through the mental space, completely ignoring Lu Yang’s dark expression.

Lu Yang only regretted that he wasn’t an immortal, unable to teach the Everlasting Immortal Fairy a lesson for enjoying the spectacle without caring about the problem snowballing.

“By the way, Immortal Fairy, have you seen this Dragon Pearl?” Lu Yang had heard Li Haoran mention that it was an ancient object earlier. Since the Everlasting Immortal Fairy also hailed from ancient times, he reckoned she might recognize it.

“What Dragon Pearl? Isn’t this just the bead the Qilin Immortal and the Heaven Mandate Immortal often flicked back and forth while squatting on the ground? Shouldn’t this come in a set?”

“Huh?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was confused by Lu Yang’s confusion. “Haven’t you heard of this story? That shouldn’t be. Aren’t there often design motifs like ‘Qilin Playing with a Pearl’ or ‘True Dragon Playing with a Pearl’ among the common folk? It’s even said to be auspicious.

“It’s not wrong to say it’s auspicious. Every time I invited them for meals, they’d play a round before eating and keep it on the table during the meal.

“By the way, this thing also has detoxifying functions. I’m just not sure what it’s used for.”

It immediately clicked for Lu Yang. This thing is probably a detoxifying magical treasure. Every mealtime, the Qilin Immortal and the Heaven Mandate Immortal used playing with marbles as a pretext to openly take out the Dragon Pearl.

Though from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s description, the Dragon Pear’s detoxifying effects were minimal.

“But this marble is so big. Wasn’t it cumbersome for the two immortals to play with?” Lu Yang gestured; the pearl was the size of a palm. How did they play?

“Oh, this isn’t its original form. The outer layer is a protective shell. This immortal will show you the pearl’s true appearance.”

Lu Yang wanted to stop her, but then heard a string of obscure ancient words. The Dragon Pearl lying quietly in the coffin developed countless fine cracks.

Crack, crack...

Under everyone’s eyes, the Dragon Pearl split open, revealing the marble’s original appearance—a grayish bead the size of a pill.

“See, it looks like this. It’s a bead refined from an entire star and extremely sturdy.”

The Dragon tribesmen were horrified. Isn’t this Dragon Pearl indestructible? How did it crack just like that?

Lu Yang guiltily lowered his head.

Suddenly, the identity jade tablet at Lu Yang’s waist grew hot, resonating with the grayish bead.

The grayish bead floated out of the coffin. Before Lu Yang could react, he felt a tremendous suction force firmly attaching him to the bead.

Lu Yang realized that the Dragon-Pattern Bracelet within his identity jade tablet and this bead had produced some unknown resonance!

“What the...”

Under everyone’s stunned gazes, the bead carried Lu Yang toward the sky with a whoosh, vanishing without a trace. Its speed was so fast it left everyone in the dust; no one present could catch up.

Ao Li’s huge dragon eyes blinked twice. “Did Lu Yang snatch the Dragon Pearl... or did the Dragon Pearl snatch Lu Yang?”

Ao Li also didn’t know how to handle this situation and hesitantly suggested, “Should we contact the Dao-Seeking Sect?”

Ao Ran looked up at the sky, gazing in the direction Lu Yang and the bead had flown, sighing quietly in his heart.

Old Ba, I really can’t do anything to help.