Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 113: Lu Yang’s Three Rounds of Questions

“Y-you can’t exactly say that. Cultivation emphasizes work-life balance. As they say, extreme stillness breeds restlessness. When you stay in a place for too long, you can’t help but want to go out and take a look.

“Little Yun, think about it. Isn’t cultivation all about achieving immortality and carefreeness? If one spends all their time in seclusion and sitting in a meditative position to cultivate, wouldn’t cultivation become a prison sentence? That’s putting the cart before the horse,” the Taciturn Daoist Priest advised earnestly.

As a frequent visitor of the prison, I have the right of speech toward imprisonment that no one else has.

“Besides, isn’t cultivation divided into secular cultivators and secluded cultivators? I’m the typical secular cultivator. Only by mingling around in the mundane world can I comprehend the Immortal Dao and break through!”

Lu Yang had heard of this viewpoint before. For instance, the cultivators who entered the imperial court of the Great Xia Dynasty as officials were considered secular cultivators, while the cultivators from the Five Great Immortal Sects tended to be secluded cultivators, though only a few were pure secluded cultivators like Yun Zhi.

No matter how flowery the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s words were, Yun Zhi remained unmoved, not even lifting her eyelids. “Shifu, back when you taught me, you told me that only with pressure comes motivation. Cultivation requires diligence, and the day’s plan should span across morning, afternoon, and night, while a year’s plan should span across spring, summer, autumn, and winter.”

And that was what Yun Zhi followed through with. She would cultivate from morning to night assiduously. As she was already a rare genius, combined with her hard work, her cultivation progressed rapidly. By the time the Immortal Sect Tournament was held, Yun Zhi pulled ahead right away, easily clinching the first position.

As was customary, the sect leaders of the Five Great Immortal Sects would critique the shortcomings of the victor, while some sect leaders might also be worried that the victor would become arrogant, so they would join the arena for a battle with the victor.

That was when the five sect leaders suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Yun Zhi.

When the next Immortal Sect Tournament came around, while the immortal sect disciples were struggling through battles, Yun Zhi was sitting in a sect leader’s seat as a critic; in fact, she was sitting right in the middle.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest grumbled inwardly, Isn’t that because I wanted you to cultivate diligently, quickly enhance your cultivation, and take over my position as sect leader so that I can sneak out to have fun?

Naturally, the Taciturn Daoist Priest would never verbalize such thoughts unless he had a death wish.

Yun Zhi was not averse to cultivation. On the contrary, she enjoyed the process. When she was cultivating, she felt an unprecedented peace, as if she had merged into one with the world, allowing her to distinctly sense herself continuously becoming stronger. After she was done training, her mind would become clear and invigorated, so she saw no harm in continuing to cultivate.

“Never mind, since you want to come out, then come out...” Yun Zhi said calmly, seeming to give in.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest was overjoyed. All my efforts and saliva haven’t been in vain. Is Little Yun finally willing to let me out?

“By your own abilities,” Yun Zhi completed the second half of the sentence and turned to leave.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest’s mouth was agape, completely dumbstruck. If I could get out by my own abilities, I would have done that a long time ago!

“Lu Yang, you...” He wanted to ask Lu Yang to plead for him, but Lu Yang wore an expression that seemed to say, “Shifu, you’re on your own, good luck.” He then hurriedly scurried after Yun Zhi.

On one side is the omnipotent Big Senior Sister who dominates over the Dao-Seeking Sect, while on the other side is my Shifu who has been dominated. It’s very easy to choose which side to stand on.

“Little disciple, don’t go! As long as you remove the talisman, I’ll teach you the technique of One Sword Into Ten Thousand Swords. Imagine tens of thousands of swords hovering in the air, their sharp, gleaming tips pointing downward. The imposing aura will give you an edge even before the battle begins!”

“Can it defeat Big Senior Sister?” Lu Yang scampered back. Which sword cultivator wouldn’t want to learn one or two cool and flashy sword techniques? What is power when there is style!

The Taciturn Daoist Priest shook his head, so Lu Yang wanted to leave again.

He quickly stopped Lu Yang, “I can teach you The True Insight to Sword Dao. It can deepen your understanding of the sword Dao, and when your swordsmanship has reached an apex, you can break all spells with one sword. None will dare take a strike of your sword! You’ll be invincible among those at the same rank!”

“Can it defeat Big Senior Sister?”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest shook his head, so Lu Yang wanted to leave again.

He quickly stopped Lu Yang again, “I can also teach you the Supreme Four Sword Array. Once the array is unleashed, its power will surge like a raging bull. Sever all chances of life and causing everything to wither, you can sweep away all enemies in your way!”

“Can it defeat Big Senior Sister?”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest was now enraged. “Rebellious disciple, if I could defeat her, would I still be trapped here?!”

Lu Yang thought that his master made a valid point, so he decided to side with Yun Zhi.

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“Big Senior Sister, during this mission, I discovered another problem.”

“What is it?”

“I realized that the Five Great Immortal Sects are not well-known enough. Many people don’t know that they can approach us when they encounter problems related to demons and monsters, so they can only rely on the authorities. If the authorities don’t care about them, these people would be left waiting helplessly.”

The Great Xia Dynasty lacked manpower, but due to pride, they found it inconvenient to seek help from the Five Great Immortal Sects. The civilians then ended up being the unlucky ones who had to suffer.

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This was an issue Lu Yang had already noticed when he was on Pine Mountain. Although the old hunter and tiger-henchman ghosts were acting the whole time, their ignorance of the Dao-Seeking Sect was real. Similarly, in Yanjiang Commandery, Lu Yang had also randomly inquired around the place and realized that the commoners possessed limited knowledge of the upper echelons of society and were oblivious to the Five Great Immortal Sects.

Yun Zhi was somewhat astonished. I’ve really not noticed this problem before, or perhaps I should say that no one from the Five Great Immortal Sects has. Despite attending the Immortal Sect Summit Meeting every year, I’ve not heard anyone mention this before.

“That is indeed a problem. What about compiling the matters of the Dao-Seeking Sect into a book and spreading it among the people?”

Lu Yang offered his own proposal, as if he was presenting a treasure, “Writing a book is certainly a great way to spread awareness, but from what I know, the literacy rate among the commoners is low, with hardly any being able to afford books. Perhaps we could compile the matters of the Dao-Seeking Sect into the pingshu format[1], where a storyteller will narrate the stories.”

“Pingshu?” Yun Zhi was far from well-versed in this area. However, the Taciturn Daoist Priest was an expert in this field. After all, he once donated the book Introduction to Xiangsheng Comedy.

“That’s right, the pingshu format. Before joining the Dao-Seeking Sect, most of my cultivation knowledge came from the storyteller. However, the content and quality of pingshu in the market at the moment are inconsistent and oftentimes contradictory, not to mention that the records of cultivation are scant and superficial, so people are susceptible to misunderstandings about the concept of cultivation. If we compile the matters of the Dao-Seeking Sect into a storytelling format, it will definitely be a hit among the masses!” Lu Yang exclaimed excitedly, clenching his fists.

Yun Zhi was still somewhat skeptical. “There’s nothing unusual or remarkable happening in the Dao-Seeking Sect. Would they really attract an audience?”

Lu Yang responded in his heart, If even the matters of the Dao-Seeking Sect aren’t unusual or remarkable, then how outrageous must the cultivation world be?! Big Senior Sister, you are so devoted to cultivation that your knowledge of common-sense issues is lacking. You probably don’t know about the Dao-Seeking Sect’s reputation in the outside world.

With Big Senior Sister’s cultivation, those from the other immortal sects probably won't actively find trouble for themselves by saying to Big Senior Sister’s face that the Dao-Seeking Sect is not of a sound mind.

“Absolutely no problem!” Lu Yang declared with conviction.

Yun Zhi’s eyebrow was slightly furrowed as she pondered. “But who in the sect is most suitable to compile the pingshu and promote it outside?”

“I can recommend someone who will definitely be up to the task!”

“Who?”

“Shifu.”

1. Pingshu is a traditional folk art where one narrates stories with a folding fan and a storyteller’s gavel. ☜