Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 449: If His Big Senior Sister Is Already This Strong, Just How Formidable Must Lu Yang’s Shifu Be?
Lu Yang wiped the tea from his face and looked at First Elder innocently. “First Elder, what’s wrong?”
First Elder stared at Lu Yang as if he had seen a ghost, briefly wondering if age had dulled his hearing. I have lived over two thousand years, and as the Dao-Seeking Nine’s Big Bro and a Half-Step Transcendent Tribulation powerhouse, this is the first time I’ve encountered something like this.
As far as I know, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou headed to Wilderness Province with at most that Dragon-Horse Great Demon King in tow. Forget about this lineup, even if their group had been ten times stronger, capturing the souls of three Transcendent Tribulation cultivators shouldn’t have been possible.
“Who did you capture?”
“Wu Youdao, the Azure Lightning Venerable Lord, and the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord.” Lu Yang counted off his fingers.
First Elder almost choked on his tea. These three were legendary figures of the Great Yu Dynasty, especially Wu Youdao, whose born dragon-tiger imperial destiny had been praised by historians for generations.
“Thanks to the old horse’s speed, we returned before the news could spread. First Elder, you have no idea how perilous this trip to Wilderness Province was. We nearly lost our lives there. It was extremely dangerous.”
First Elder cast a sidelong glance at Lu Yang. By “extremely dangerous,” do you mean how these three were captured by you?
“Explain clearly, boy. How exactly did you catch these three Transcendent Tribulation cultivators?”
Lu Yang lowered his voice mysteriously. “First Elder, since there are no outsiders here and we’re all members of the Heavenly Court Creed, I’ll be frank. Our Heavenly Court Creed has a prominent figure—the ruler of the ancient Heavenly Court, the Supreme Grand Heavenly Sovereign, Dou Heavenly Sovereign!
“It was all because of Dou Heavenly Sovereign’s help that I managed to capture these three!”
First Elder paused, then smiled knowingly. So it was Yun Zhi who stepped in.
Although Junior Niece Yun’s official position in the Heavenly Court Creed is its creed leader, that doesn’t preclude her from holding multiple identities. For instance, she’s both the Big Senior Sister of the disciples and the acting sect leader.
“Alright, alright. Since this involves Junior Niece Yun Zhi, you should discuss this with her.” With that, First Elder unceremoniously threw Lu Yang out of the Great Mission Hall.
Lu Yang shook his head helplessly and said to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, “See? I told you we’d have to look for Big Senior Sister. Yet you wanted to bypass her and come straight to the Great Mission Hall for contribution points? Impossible.”
“Fine.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was deflated.
Just like Qiu Jin’an had mentioned, Yun Zhi had already completed the prison release procedures for the Taciturn Daoist Priest and returned to the sect.
When Lu Yang returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak, Yun Zhi maintained her aloof and otherworldly demeanor as she sat atop the summit. Her eyes contained millions of stars and galaxies, exuding an air of enigma. Even when gazing from a distance, one could feel overwhelming pressure from her.
Wu Youdao and his companions felt their scalps prickle at the sight. While Lu Yang couldn’t grasp the meaning behind this scene, as Transcendent Tribulation cultivators, they understood all too well. And it was precisely that understanding that bred terror from the bottom of their hearts.
During the Great Yu era, the stars in the sky had been remnant afterimages from ancient times; real stars had all but vanished. Thus, when Wu Youdao and the others awoke from their slumber, they immediately noticed the anomaly in the starry sky.
The stars that were once afterimages had been silently filled in, with no records of how it happened.
What kind of tremendous power could have achieved such a feat?
And what cultivation realm must one be at to accomplish this?
They had long wondered who was responsible for the new resplendent stars in the sky.
Now, they knew.
Though they wished they didn’t.
“Big Senior Sister, I’m back.” Lu Yang became extremely well-behaved in Yun Zhi’s presence.
“What did he just call that immortal? Big Senior Sister?” the Azure Lightning Venerable Lord blurted out, utterly losing his composure.
The other two reacted similarly. This woman is actually Lu Yang’s Big Senior Sister?
Then just how formidable must Lu Yang’s shifu be?
The Dao-Seeking Sect is so terrifying.
“You’re back?” Yun Zhi rose, the stars in her frosty eyes flashing away as if they had never appeared, leaving only clear pupils quietly fixed on Lu Yang. “What’s the situation with these three Transcendent Tribulation cultivators inside you?” With just a cursory glance, she noticed the liveliness in Lu Yang’s mental space.
“Enough. Out you go.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy yanked all three Transcendent Tribulation cultivators out like they were chicks.
“Your cultivation foundations are mediocre. Immortal ascension is unlikely. Explain yourselves, what’s going on?” Yun Zhi had knocked on the doors of all current Transcendent Tribulation cultivators to seek their advice, but she recognized none of these three, so they were evidently archaic cultivators.
Lu Yang summarized the events succinctly. Omitting his romantic peach-blossom luck, he focused on how he headed to the Corpse-Driving Sect, discovered the ghost calamities in Hanshui City, ran into Huang Ming, a reforged Great Yu Fusion cultivator while he was vanquishing ghosts, and was saved by Qiu Jin’an after Meng Tian True Lord’s intervention.
“Meng Tian True Lord and Huang Ming escaped capture, but then Wu Youdao showed up, looking like his plans had been exposed and he was forced to execute his plan prematurely.”
Wu Youdao, “...”
So it wasn’t you lot who caught Meng Tian True Lord and Huang Ming!
The Azure Lightning Venerable Lord and the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord shot accusatory glares at Wu Youdao. Why did you have to rush in like that?
Their original plan had been to wait for the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord to successfully undergo the tribulation to reach the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, activate the great array, and seize the national fortune’s power. However, despite following the plan, they still ended up being thrashed by the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, who borrowed the power of the national fortune.
Lu Yang also recounted the battle between Wu Youdao’s faction and Provincial Governor Lü’s party, emphasizing that Sect Leader Lu’s body was taken over and that the white paper-hatted man who had helped out was likely to be the creed leader of the Nine-Netherworlds Creed.
“Took over Sect Leader Lu’s body?” Yun Zhi’s eyes narrowed slightly as the space in their surroundings rippled.
The Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord’s soul shuddered, as though he had been locked onto by some terrifying entity and rendered unable to escape.
When Yun Zhi went to the Corpse-Driving Sect for exchange, she had primarily consulted Sect Leader Lu on Corpse-Driving Techniques. “Sect Leader Lu’s soul lamp isn’t extinguished. It seems that it was due to this consideration that the body takeover wasn’t complete. Nevertheless, this is unforgivable.”
Yun Zhi stepped forward and coldly pressed down on the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord’s head. The latter’s agonized screams were blood-curdling, sounding as though his three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls had been forcefully torn apart, his consciousness rapidly dissipating.
“Why have you all disappeared? Why can’t I see any of you?” The Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord’s vision was consumed by darkness, staggering blindly as he reached out his hand to grope about.
“Witchcraft Sacrifice, you...” The Azure Lightning Venerable Lord hesitated. It’s not us who vanished, but you who have lost your external senses.
“Is someone speaking? Louder; I can’t hear you.” His hearing was gone.
His consciousness faded entirely, and his mouth moved soundlessly before he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
His soul had been scoured clean—from now on, the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord existed no more.
“He can be used as an artifact spirit.” Yun Zhi tossed the hollowed shell aside, turning her gaze to the trembling Wu Youdao and Azure Lightning Venerable Lord.
A Transcendent Tribulation artifact spirit—even Transcendent Tribulation-grade magical treasures might not necessarily house such powerful artifact spirits. For a cultivator’s soul to be refined into an artifact spirit was a tragic fate second only to the disintegration of one’s soul.
“Should you two withhold information, you’ll join him as artifact spirits.”
