Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 931: Lu Yang’s Seniority

Man Gu and Lan Ting were about to rush to Lu Yang’s aid, but before they could even move, they witnessed him decapitate the Heartless Creed elder with a series of sword moves as fluid as flowing water.

Even when they saw the Heartless Creed elder’s wide eyes staring at them with nothing but a head, they still felt a sense of surreal disorientation.

The two of them took turns explaining the sequence of events, and Lu Yang finally grasped roughly what had transpired.

“In other words, you two ran into a Heartless Creed elder you couldn’t defeat, so you summoned me?”

“I summoned our Barbarian Tribe’s ancestor with the highest combat prowess,” Man Gu said, correcting him.

Lu Yang could only press his hand to his forehead in resignation. He recalled how he had gone so far as to acknowledge the Everlasting Immortal Fairy as his shifu for the sake of learning the Play-Dead Technique.

She had claimed that becoming her disciple would elevate his seniority, placing him on the same generational level as those in the Ancient Barbarian Tribe.

Now it seems like the Everlasting Immortal Fairy really didn’t deceive me.

What is the trait of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe? They were a special branch of humanity upon whom the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had planted her Tame Head Curse. From this perspective, I’m a bona fide member of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe.

In fact, I may be the most ancient and purest among them all.

Man Gu’s primordial soul could invoke the power left behind in the world by the Barbarian ancestors. Since those ancestors had long since become a part of history, only a fraction of their power lingered between heaven and earth. Man Gu’s primordial soul could summon only that remnant of power.

Now that I, a bona fide Barbarian Tribe ancestor, am still alive and kicking, I was summoned directly.

“I had no idea, Brother Lu. So you are an ancestor of our Barbarian Tribe?” Man Gu asked cautiously, regarding Lu Yang with reverence.

Lan Ting also gazed at Lu Yang in astonishment. No wonder they say that hanging out with Dao-Seeking Sect disciples can broaden one’s horizons.

Lu Yang. “...”

I also just found out myself.

“Junior Sister Lan Ting, long time no see,” Lu Yang greeted with a smile. The last time he saw her was when the Vast Sea Daoist Lord had emerged after dealing with the Myriad Spells Daoist Lord. A crowd of cultivation experts had come to pay their respects then.

Lan Ting smiled. Clad in a cyan top and a gauze skirt, with strands of hair clinging to her face after the battle, she possessed a unique charm. “Although we haven’t met for a while, Senior Brother Lu Yang, your reputation has certainly reached my ears.

"Rescuing the Dragon Ancient Ancestor at the East Sea and leaving her indebted to you, composing the timeless ci poem for Ye Mengmeng, reporting the Fourth Imperial Prince’s rebellion, saving the Sword Tower Supreme Lord and Senior Sister Yun Zhi at the Sword Tower, holding off the Heaven Mandate Immortal...”

Lu Yang broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing the last line. How did that rumor spread?

Ah, right. Back then, Yun Mengmeng had fought the Heaven Mandate corpse while borrowing Big Senior Sister’s name. Given Yun Mengmeng’s and Big Senior Sister’s temperaments, they likely couldn’t be bothered to clarify matters afterward. In the eyes of the world, it would naturally appear as though I had spoken up to save Big Senior Sister!

“They’re all rumors.” Lu Yang laughed dryly, not daring to acknowledge these matters, especially since some had been the work of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy while she took over his body.

However, to Lan Ting and Man Gu, it seemed like Lu Yang was simply modest, and their admiration for him only deepened.

“By the way, ever since I arrived here, I’ve sensed an additional power within that doesn’t belong to me. Do you know what’s going on?” Without that power bolstering him, even though his techniques were swift and ingenious, and the Heartless Creed elder had already been worn down by Man Gu and Lan Ting, he wouldn’t have finished the elder off so quickly.

Man Gu was taken aback. “What a coincidence. I sense that my primordial soul is within you, Brother Lu.”

“Junior Brother Man...perhaps you could try ending your invocation to the ancestors?”

“Oh, oh, of course.” Man Gu terminated the ancestral invocation.

Man Gu’s primordial soul drifted out of Lu Yang’s body and returned to him, while Lu Yang’s power also reverted to its original state.

“Why is your summoning one-way?” Lu Yang was still thinking about returning to continue bamboozling Meng Jingzhou.

Noticing that Lu Yang wasn’t in a rush to leave, Lan Ting’s eyes lit up. “Senior Brother Lu Yang, if you have no urgent matters, why don’t you visit our Moon Laurel Immortal Palace as a guest? We could spar a little and improve together.”

Lu Yang indeed had no pressing matters at the moment. “But isn’t your Moon Laurel Immortal Palace off-limits to males?”

“There’s no such strict rule.” Lan Ting chuckled.

Lu Yang mulled over it. Since she has extended an invitation, wouldn’t it be ungracious to refuse her kindness? 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Besides, I do want to see what the legendary Moon Laurel Immortal Palace looks like.

“Then I’ll have to trouble you, Junior Sister Lan Ting.”

As Man Gu watched the two chat amiably, he couldn’t help but feel he was unnecessary.

“To whom should the soul of this Heartless Creed elder belong?” Lan Ting and I had accepted the mission, so which sect should we bring this elder back to?

“That’s easily settled.” From observing how Jiang Ping’an had divided Guan Shanhai’s soul, Lu Yang had more or less grasped the method.

He evenly smeared a few drops of his blood onto the blade of his sword, affixed several incantations, and then extracted the soul hidden in the Heartless Creed elder’s head.

He ignored the elder’s blood-curdling screams and brought down his sword, neatly splitting the three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls. Lan Ting took the three ethereal souls, while Man Gu took the seven corporeal souls.

“Senior Brother Lu Yang, do you not want a share?” Lan Ting asked. He clearly contributed the most.

Lu Yang waved his hand dismissively. He was wealthy with the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s contribution points at his disposal. A mere Fusion cultivator is hardly worth anything.

A thought seemed to have struck Lu Yang, and he instructed Man Gu seriously, “By the way, Junior Brother Man, when you return, make sure to emphasize to Senior Brother Dai how much I contributed. It’ll be a great chance to improve my image in his eyes.”

“Alright.”

“Junior Sister Lan Ting, let’s go.”

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Dai Bufan was quite surprised to see Man Gu bringing back the three ethereal souls of a Heartless Creed elder. The mission had been for Man Gu to investigate leads on the Heartless Creed.

I didn’t expect him to track down a high-ranking member right away. It’s truly an unexpected delight. With the elder’s three ethereal souls, we’ll definitely be able to capture more Heartless Creed higher-ups after performing a soul search!

“Junior Brother Man, I never expected you to slay a Basic Fusion cultivator at the Divine Transfiguration Stage. Impressive.”

Man Gu chuckled sheepishly, not taking credit. “All the credit goes to Senior Sister Lan Ting and Senior Brother Lu Yang. I didn’t contribute much.”

“How so? Tell me about it.”

Man Gu recounted in detail how he and Lan Ting had met, found the clues, and run into the Heartless Creed elder. Following Lu Yang’s wishes, Man Gu emphasized Lu Yang’s timely appearance, his rescue of Lan Ting at the critical juncture, and his decapitation of the Heartless Creed elder to demonstrate his paramount contribution.

Dai Bufan found this amusing. How did Lu Yang become a Barbarian Tribe ancestor?

“It seems Junior Brother Lu isn’t only capable of giving me scares; he can do many good deeds, too. I never imagined him to play such a pivotal role in this matter,” Dai Bufan remarked with a smile.

In the past, it wasn’t that Lu Yang didn’t do good deeds. It was that while doing good deeds, he also managed to give me tremendous scares, like when he suddenly established the Heavenly Court Creed to infiltrate the diabolic creeds, discovered Founding Ancestor Innate, and so on.

It’s different this time. Lu Yang has only done good deeds and has not given me any scares.

“Is everything you’ve said true?” Dai Bufan asked, verifying it once more.

Man Gu honestly replied, “Yes, it’s true. It’s exactly what Senior Brother Lu Yang had told me to say.”

A question mark popped into Dai Bufan’s head.