Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 108: Remove This Talisman, and Your Shifu Can Come Out

When Lu Yang returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak, he still didn’t see Yun Zhi around; only the puppet was guarding the place.

“Why is the meeting taking so long this time? It probably has to do with the allocation of spirit stones, right?”

Based on Lu Yang’s impression, only a situation like this would warrant such a lengthy meeting. The elders always have a multitude of strange ideas which are limited by the availability of spirit stones. Whenever an opportunity to obtain spirit stones arises, they will definitely fight to the end with all sorts of reasoning.

Just then, he saw eight beams of light flying out from the Discussion Hall, signifying that the eight elders had departed. Yun Zhi sauntered out of the Great Hall leisurely as the meeting adjourned.

“Back already?”

“Just got back.”

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Yun Zhi used her spiritual consciousness to scan Lu Yang, verifying that Huang Doudou was still sleeping in his mental realm. “There are still many points of doubt regarding the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. Perhaps even she herself may not know the answers to these questions. I will be going out to visit some friends to see if I can make any headway. Cultivate diligently here on Heaven’s Gate Peak and aim to reach the Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage as fast as possible.”

“Understood.”

Yun Zhi said nothing more and flew into the sky, her figure becoming blurred and leaving Lu Yang clueless about her destination.

After Yun Zhi was gone, Lu Yang turned to the puppet that had once accompanied him in his cultivation training, eager to spar with it. However, he was soon beaten to a pulp.

I can’t even defeat a puppet. Overwhelmed with the feeling of failure, Lu Yang decided to obediently sit down in a meditative state and cultivate. Big Senior Sister is busily on the move to attend to my matters; I can’t afford to be lazy.

“Is this my disciple? Has my disciple returned?”

A ghost-like whisper streamed into Lu Yang’s ears. He instinctively covered his ears but realized that it did nothing to help. The voice held unfathomable power.

“Who is it!” Lu Yang examined his surroundings warily. I don’t remember having any shifu. It has been Big Senior Sister guiding me all this time.

Wait, I think I do have a shifu.

“Lu Yang, you’re back. I’m your shifu, the Taciturn Daoist Priest.”

It was the current sect leader of the Dao-Seeking Sect, the Taciturn Daoist Priest, who had disappeared for ten years. Despite his absence, the Dao-Seeking Sect had operated smoothly and even recruited a new batch of disciples, as if there was practically no difference between having a sect leader and not having one.

“Shifu?!” Lu Yang was astonished. Even after becoming the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s disciple for a year, he still hadn’t met his master once. Big Senior Sister always said that Shifu is in seclusion and has no time to meet me. Could it be that he is finally done with his seclusion?

“It’s me. Although you’ve never met me, I’ve always been paying attention to you. I am very glad that you were able to draw qi into your body and have also successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.” The voice was filled with the sense of the vicissitudes of life, sounding like it belonged to a benevolent old grandfather.

“Shifu, where are you? Are you in seclusion and unable to come out to meet me?” Lu Yang felt that something was amiss. If Shifu can see me and talk to me, why hasn’t there been any news from him in the past year?

The voice sighed deeply, as if it carried an ineffable bitterness. “This is a long story. I have always been on Heaven’s Gate Peak, but I’m temporarily unable to leave my current position. Some things can’t be explained in a few words. Just follow the route I’m about to tell you, and you’ll get to see me.”

Despite Lu Yang’s misgivings, he figured there wouldn’t be any danger. After all, this is Heaven’s Gate Peak, and he is my shifu. Most importantly, Big Senior Sister has never warned me about matters like this. If there were any danger, Big Senior Sister would have told me a long time ago.

“First, you need to locate the pine forest halfway up the mountain. There is a three-hundred-meter tall ancient pine tree, the largest in the entire pine grove.”

Lu Yang quickly found the ancient pine tree the Taciturn Daoist Priest mentioned. He remembered that the puppet had previously picked the pine nuts from here and made pine nut corn for him, which was very delicious.

“Gently knock on the ancient pine three times, pause for three seconds, and then knock three more times.”

Lu Yang followed the instructions and saw that a spatial distortion had occurred to the east of the ancient pine, as if a piece of camouflage cloth had been removed, revealing the truth behind it. A huge area of pine trees had vanished, replaced with a pitch-black cave abode with a radiant gold talisman affixed at the entrance; it was hard to miss it. The Taciturn Daoist Priest’s voice had emitted from within this cave abode.

Lu Yang tentatively called out, “Shifu?”

“Ah, good disciple. We finally meet.” An elderly man with a celestial deportment walked out from the cave abode with a horsetail whisk[1] resting on his arm, as if he was an immortal that had descended from above. Upon laying his eyes on Lu Yang, he grew visibly excited. So this is my youngest disciple?

The Taciturn Daoist Priest stopped at the entrance, not taking another step forward.

“Shifu, what’s the matter? Are you trapped here? When Big Senior Sister comes back, I’ll ask her to rescue you!” Lu Yang anxiously said.

“No no no,” the Taciturn Daoist Priest immediately stopped Lu Yang. If Yun Zhi hadn’t left Heaven’s Gate Peak, I wouldn’t have dared to call Lu Yang over.

“Don’t tell your Big Senior Sister that you have met me.”

“Why is that?”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest looked up at the ceiling of the cave, his gaze complicated. “One lives for nothing but fame and fortune. As the sect leader of one of the Five Great Immortal Sects, I wield tremendous power, and naturally, it would attract the attention of many people who wish to take my place. That I can understand. Back then, I also had to go through harrowing battles before emerging victorious among my senior and junior brothers.

“I originally thought that everything would be resolved after I became the sect leader, but I never expected that I would be betrayed by those closest to me.” The Taciturn Daoist Priest revealed an expression of agony, as if he was reluctant to recall the past but was forced to relive those memories. “Your Big Senior Sister is exceptionally gifted. After I step down, the position of sect leader will definitely belong to her, but she couldn’t even wait for that day to come, breaking our promise and imprisoning me here, while she took over as acting sect leader to manage all affairs of the sect.

“How has the sect been the past ten years? Did your Big Senior Sister follow the plans I outlined?”

Lu Yang was astounded. I’ve heard a few senior brothers and sisters say that the sect has been flourishing by the day and thriving with exuberance during these ten years and that most of the credit belongs to Big Senior Sister. Could all of this have been based on Shifu’s plans?

Lu Yang relayed the truth, to which the Taciturn Daoist Priest replied with a tinge of comfort in his voice, “Little Yun has done well. Even without me, she can still manage the sect smoothly. It’s just a pity...”

“What’s a pity?”

“It’s just a pity that I’m not personally managing the sect. If it were me, I would have better management strategies.”

“Then can you come out?”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest smiled bitterly as he attempted to walk out of the cave abode. As soon as he took one step forward, countless bolts of purple lightning burst forth from the entrance, enveloping the Taciturn Daoist Priest. He instantly retreated in fright, using the horsetail whisk to extinguish the flames on his body.

“You saw that, right? I can’t come out.”

“Then how do I rescue you?”

“There’s a golden talisman written by Little Yun at the entrance of the cave abode. You just have to remove it, and I’ll be able to come out.”

Lu Yang eyed the Taciturn Daoist Priest suspiciously. “That simple?”

“It’s that simple. Little Yun said that as long as someone removes the talisman, it signifies that I’m not destined to be imprisoned here, and I will naturally have to be let out to comply with heaven’s will.”

Lu Yang leaned in to take a closer look, only to see that it lacked the strange patterns that one would normally see on a talisman. Instead, it only bore seven huge words left by Yun Zhi.

Let me see who dares remove this.

1. Fuchen or horsetail whisk ☜