Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 177: Yellow Millet Dream Pillow

“The grass at my dad’s grave is taller than me!”

“You’re not that short,” Shangguan Yu mumbled to herself.

After learning of Shangguan Yu’s true identity, Grandpa Ba’s eyes lit up as he patted Qiu Jin’an’s shoulder. “You can call me Old Ba from now on.”

“Get lost!” Qiu Jin’an shook off Grandpa Ba’s hand. As I thought, we can’t dwell in the Dao-Seeking Sect for long. This place has depleted almost all my lifetime of anger.

“Little Qiu, I find it quite fun here. It’s rare for us to come to the Dao-Seeking Sect, so why don’t we stay a few more days,” Shangguan Yu proposed.

Qiu Jin’an dragged Shangguan Yu away without looking back and boarded the flying vessel to depart.

Shangguan Yu was still jabbering on, “Since you were young, I have been teaching you, solve problems without anger, handle matters with composure, carry yourself with steadiness. Look at yourself, you’re all grown up and the sect leader, yet you get angry all the time. That’s not good...”

Qiu Jin’an’s face darkened, though he didn’t answer her.

Shangguan Yu wiped away a tear. “My child has grown up and doesn’t listen to me anymore.”

Qiu Jin’an responded helplessly, “Mom, can you stop acting like a child?”

“What’s wrong with acting like a child? That’s what your dad liked about me.”

“I...” Qiu Jin’an was at a loss for words. He had no idea how his father had taken a liking to his mother back then.

On the flying vessel, Qiu Jin’an assigned everyone their task. “Everyone must write a 2000-word reflection on this visit to the Dao-Seeking Sect. It must incorporate your insights, retrospection, and actionable next steps. Hand it in to me tomorrow!”

Groans instantly filled the air.

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At the entrance of the Dao-Seeking Sect, Grandpa Ba waved goodbye to the flying vessel, his zest waning. “Say, do you think I still have a chance with Shangguan Yu?”

First Elder sized up Grandpa Ba with disdain. “You’re not even as handsome as I am, and you have the nerve to court her?”

Third Elder shared his heartfelt words, “Second Brother, I won’t stop you from changing your seniority to the previous generation, but I’m just afraid that Shifu won’t approve. Shifu oversees the Incarceration Peak, so he probably wouldn’t mind having one more person there.”

The elders adhered to the tradition of “when a brother has fallen down a well, hurl stones at him instead.” All of them were not about to help out their brother in times of trouble and instead advised Grandpa Ba not to give up on his life.

“Get lost, all of you!” Grandpa Ba shouted angrily. What kind of brothers do I have? None of them can say anything nice.

“Come on, let’s go and see the Everlasting Creed’s higher-ups we have caught,” First Elder reminded everyone what the priority was.

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At the Martial Plaza, the disciples of the Dao-Seeking Sect had congregated around the higher-ups from the Everlasting Creed, pointing and whispering as if they were viewing a menagerie of rare animals.

However, they actually hadn’t captured all of them—two branch leaders and the creed founder were still at large, disguised as disciples of the Dao-Seeking Sect.

Lu Yang inspected the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow in his hand with much curiosity. It was his first time seeing an immortal treasure.

The Yellow Millet Dream Pillow was made of bluish-green porcelain. A blooming cyan lotus was painted on it with a colorful glaze.

“This is the immortal treasure, the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow, Little Lu had mentioned?” First Elder and the others arrived, equally intrigued with the immortal treasure.

“Let me examine it.” First Elder took the pillow. He was an expert in dreamscapes, so he was particularly excited about such treasures that could forcefully induce sleep in people.

He tried infusing a wisp of spirit energy to activate the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow. However, the spirit energy was like a stone sinking into the deep sea, and there was no response from the pillow.

“Interesting.” First Elder was even more curious about how the pillow could be activated.

Yun Zhi parted her lips, wanting to tell First Elder how to use it, but seeing how elated he was, she closed her mouth again. Maybe it’s better to let First Elder figure it out on his own.

First Elder exhausted every method he could think of, but they all ended in failure, and he became somewhat frustrated. “How on earth do you use this thing?”

Vice Creed Leader Liu, also currently a prisoner, laughed derisively. “Fools! This is an immortal item from my creed. How could mere plebeians like you be qualified to use it?”

As First Elder continued to analyze the pillow, Vice Creed Leader Liu ridiculed him, while the other five higher-ups would occasionally snicker sarcastically.

Finally, First Elder couldn’t take it anymore. He grabbed the porcelain pillow and hit Vice Creed Leader Gao, putting him into a peaceful sleep.

“So that’s how you use this immortal treasure,” First Elder murmured pensively. I finally know how to use the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow.

Yun Zhi also couldn’t take it anymore. She reminded him, “First Elder, use your spirit energy thread to create a cyan lotus on the back of the pillow, just like the one at the front. That will activate it.”

“I see, so that’s how it works.”

First Elder followed her instructions and drew the exact cyan lotus on the back of the pillow, then hit another higher-up from the Everlasting Creed with the pillow, putting that person into a peaceful sleep.

“It’s pretty useful.”

First Elder returned the pillow to Lu Yang. The latter followed the same instructions, but nothing happened.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy mocked, “With your mere Foundation Establishment cultivation, you think you can activate my immortal treasure?”

Out of options, Lu Yang could only pass the pillow to Yun Zhi.

Yun Zhi formed a seal with just one hand, and the sigil gradually sank into the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow. Once the sigil disappeared, she handed the pillow back to First Elder.

“First Elder, you are the most adept at dreamscapes in our sect. This item can reach its full potential in your hands. I have left an imprint on the pillow so that I can chase it back even if someone else steals it.”

First Elder was stunned and delighted. He thanked Yun Zhi earnestly. This is an incredibly precious immortal treasure. With this item, my combat power can be elevated to a whole new level.

I’m already the most powerful among the Fusion Stage. Now that I have this immortal treasure, I will be invincible at the Fusion Stage. Even the Taciturn Daoist Priest will have to be careful!

Yun Zhi also told First Elder to remember an ancient phrase he should recite when using the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow, claiming that it could enhance its power.

First Elder was curious and asked Yun Zhi if she knew the meaning of this ancient phrase.

Yun Zhi’s expression morphed into a strange one as she told First Elder that he was better off not knowing what it meant.

Lu Yang asked the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, “Speaking of which, why is your pillow called the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow? Is it because you fell asleep on this pillow while making millet porridge and lived through your entire life in your dream, only to realize that the millet porridge still wasn’t cooked when you woke up?” Lu Yang remembered a certain legend.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy nodded. “You’re pretty close.

“When the pillow was first crafted, I invited the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the others over for a meal, and the main dish was millet porridge. As my mind was occupied by something else, the millet porridge bubbled and almost boiled over.

“At that moment, I suddenly remembered the Nine-Layers Immortal once saying to throw porcelain shards into boiling liquid to prevent it from bubbling. I didn’t have porcelain shards on hand, but I did have this porcelain pillow, so I tossed it into the millet porridge. When I fished it out, the pillow was covered in millet porridge, and that’s why it is named the Yellow Millet Dream Pillow.”

Lu Yang, “...”

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How does that have anything to do with what I guessed?

“Then after you threw it in, did it still spill over?” Lu Yang was intrigued about how the whole thing played out.

“It stopped.”

Just as Lu Yang was about to comment that the method seemed really reliable, he heard the Everlasting Immortal Fairy continue. “But I used too much strength and smashed the pot.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy still looked shaken from the trauma. “Fortunately, the Heaven Mandate Immortal and others stood me up. Otherwise, we would have no main course, and it would have been very embarrassing.”

It’s said that immortals possess the ability to focus on the benefits and avoid the negatives. The rumors are indeed not groundless.