Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 44: Gentlemen Hide Weapons On Themselves

Qi Wu watched incredulously as the scene unfolded before his eyes. The clay Mountain God statue has come alive! And it’s wielding a sword to slay demons!

“The Mountain God has answered our prayers,” Ayue commented in a daze.

Qi Wu was the fastest to react. “That’s not right. Someone was hiding in the Mountain God statue!”

His words had hit home. During the battle with the tiger demon, chunks of clay fell from the “Mountain God,” revealing the person’s original appearance.

It was none other than Lu Yang.

“Son of a dog! I’ve been waiting for you for five whole days! My efforts in pretending to be a statue weren’t in vain. Have a taste of my sword!” Lu Yang viciously yelled as he thrust a kick.

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A quick-witted person like me just can’t sit still. In order to prevent the tiger demon from discovering me, I had to hide inside the statue and not move an inch for five days. It has been truly unbearable.

Before the rest could fully register what was happening, the other two civil and military Mountain God statues also came to life. “Lu Yang, let us assist you!”

Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu broke free from the clay and demonstrated their own expertise, annihilating the tiger demon.

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Five days ago, three uninvited guests arrived at the Mountain God Temple. After ingesting Fasting Pills, they dug the Mountain God statues hollow and hid inside. As the statues were much larger than the average person, they had no problems staying inside.

“Are you sure this method will work?” Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu glanced at Lu Yang in doubt.

“Based on information Brother Man Gu provided, we can only play the waiting game and wait for the tiger demon to come over for its meal... Let's go in first.”

Man Gu mused about it. Is this what the books mean by “gentlemen hide weapons on themselves,” waiting only for the perfect moment to strike?

“Indeed, indeed, this must be what it means. Just like they say, not only do we have to read ten thousand books, but we should also travel ten thousand li.” Man Gu was elated. Back when he had come across this phrase, he couldn’t understand its meaning. However, he had only just come on his first mission with Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, and he had already gained such insights.

Shifu is right. If I want to study well, I have to first find a good study role model!

After the three of them selected their respective god statues, they entered them and maintained the same posture, leaving only their eyes exposed.

“Hey, hey, can you hear me?” Lu Yang used the Divine Mind Technique as a form of telepathy.

The Divine Mind Technique was a spell the three of them just picked up on their journey. At close proximity, they didn’t have to rely on spirit power. Instead, they could just use their mental power to communicate. It was also easy to learn and easily applied with just a bit of practice with their mental power.

“We can hear you,” Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu replied.

“The horse carriage is fine, right?” Meng Jingzhou was worried about his carriage and old horse.

To avoid being detected by the tiger demon, they had entrusted the carriage to a hostelry in Yanjiang Commandery.

“We have too little information on the tiger demon, but what we can be currently certain of is that this tiger demon’s cultivation is between the Basic Foundation Establishment to the Basic Golden Core stage. It is a sly one, and it is wary of drawing trouble by harming cultivators, so it only eats mortals. If cultivators search the mountains, it will hide somewhere no one can find it.

“In other words, it will definitely avoid confrontation with cultivators as much as it can.”

It was not without reason that the tiger demon could settle in Pine Mountain for so long without being discovered by cultivators—the key was avoiding conflict.

“That’s why we have to hide ourselves beforehand. When the tiger demon comes later, we’ll annihilate it in one strike!

“Tiger demons are more sensitive toward spirit energy, so we mustn’t use spirit energy while waiting.”

That was also the reason they had decided to activate the Divine Mind Technique.

Five days later.

“Dude, after waiting for so many days, someone’s finally here.”

“Looks like traveling merchants?”

“Hold on, why is there an old hunter? Didn’t they say that all the hunters had left Pine Mountain because of the tiger demon?”

When they were thoroughly inspecting Pine Mountain, they heard from the locals that all the hunters in the mountains had left and it had been a long time since one came down from the mountains to sell hide.

Tiger-henchman ghost!

The three communicated mentally, obtaining the same conclusion in an instant. This wasn’t some old hunter leading the way—he was a tiger-henchman ghost leading victims to their doom!

They were initially still skeptical about the matter of the tiger demon, but now that they had seen the tiger-henchman ghost, they were sure that there was a tiger demon in the mountain!

“Have you heard what the old hunter said? He and a few other hunters were staying together, and that was where the leader of the traveling merchants found him. He didn’t seem to be lying about that. It’s possible that those few hunters were also tiger-henchman ghosts. They disguised themselves as normal people and deceived passers-by together. This would make them more convincing and prevent others from suspecting that they are tiger-henchman ghosts! Do we get rid of the tiger-henchman ghost now?” Meng Jingzhou was eager to go.

Lu Yang held Meng Jingzhou back. “Don’t alarm them. Didn’t you hear the guy Qi Wu mention seeking the Five Great Immortal Sects for help? Based on the tiger demon’s prudent character, it will definitely come and eliminate them. We should wait quietly. Once the tiger demon appears, I will attack. Both of you, cover me and also let the traveling merchants evacuate the place.”

“Roger.”

“Hmm, did you hear the footsteps outside the temple? It’s probably not the tiger demon.”

Hearing that Qi Wu and the old hunter wanted to chase away the girl in cyan, Man Gu couldn’t help but mutter, “They’re really stupid. With this female cultivator around, the tiger demon wouldn’t come over to kill them because it’s worried about its existence getting discovered. If it kills the female cultivator, her sect may come to take revenge, but if it doesn’t kill her, the female cultivator will bring her fellow sect members along. Either way, it’s a dead end. The only solution is to divert the female cultivator away.

“Look, I got it right. The tiger-henchman ghost diverted her away.”

Lu Yang was more composed. “But if you think about it from another angle, the tiger demon won’t appear with the female cultivator around. How much longer would we have to wait then?”

Meng Jingzhou exclaimed softly, “Did you notice the jade tablet at the young woman’s waist?”

“Is there a problem with the jade tablet?” Lu Yang and Man Gu were aware that jade tablets were often a symbol of the owner’s identity, but they didn’t know the specifics.

“That’s from the Moon Laurel Celestial Palace.”

Moon Laurel Celestial Palace.

One of the Five Great Immortal Sects.

Between the Central Continent and the extreme north lay a continuous range of snow-capped mountains. It would snow all year long, and the snow mountains were known as the tallest peaks on the Central Continent, closest to the moon.

Sitting above the snow mountains was a picturesque celestial palace—the Moon Laurel Celestial Palace.

“She is probably at the Foundation Establishment Stage. When we fight with the tiger demon later, let’s try our best to make the commotion louder so that she notices. We’ll see if she’s willing to lend a hand.”

They could deduce that she was not at the Golden Core Stage since cultivators at that level could see through the old hunter’s guise rather than being easily deceived and led away like she was.

After a while more, the three watched on as Qi Wu and the rest slept like a log.

Man Gu recited quotes of sages and used his willpower to dispel his sleepiness. “A sage once said, ‘One reflects upon oneself thrice a day...’[1] Are you tired? I’m not tired? Are you tired? I’m not tired? Are you tired? I’m not tired...”

“Stop reciting! You’re making me sleepy.” Meng Jingzhou told Man Gu to recite in his mind instead as he couldn’t help but yawn.

“But I’m reciting in my mind now,” Man Gu replied with the Divine Mind Technique.

“Listen closely!” Lu Yang paid no attention to their foolish conversation. He had been forcing himself to concentrate and constantly be on guard for any commotion outside.

“Something is stepping on the dry grass...the tiger demon is here!”

With Lu Yang’s reminder, Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu stopped bickering and prepared themselves for battle.

“We’ve waited long enough for this beast!”

Lu Yang no longer suppressed his aura waves. His body shook, and he smashed through the mountain god statue. He wielded his Qingfeng sword, the sword’s rays illuminating the whole temple.

1. This is a saying by Zengzi, a student of Confucius. ☜