Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 460: Working in Shifts

Lu Yang politely declined the Sword Tower’s invitation to the Hongmen Feast—an obvious death trap. As promised, Yun Zhi penned a letter at the side desk, suggesting that the Taciturn Daoist Priest visit Ji Province.

“Big Senior Sister, you can locate Shifu?” Lu Yang suddenly recalled their shifu had enemies everywhere and operated like a sly hare with three burrows, making his whereabouts elusive.

“I can.” While she spoke, she finished the letter to the Taciturn Daoist Priest and gracefully folded it into a paper crane. Lifting it, she blew gently. The paper crane’s eyes gleamed with life as its wings fluttered, flying out of the cave abode.

“This is...” Lu Yang had never seen such a spell before.

“A minor spell I created to pass the time. I call it Folding Paper (Origami) Art,” Yun Zhi replied offhandedly.

Lu Yang inhaled sharply. Creating spells to pass the time? How does one achieve that?

Is the gap between people this vast? Why is my way of passing the time listening to ancient scandals and dark history from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy?

Although Lu Yang had feared that listening to such ancient secrets in the past would result in ancient immortals joining hands to eliminate him, he feared nothing now.

There’s no need to be scared. If these matters get leaked, I’ll definitely get eliminated. Since death awaits either way, why fear listening to a few more stories?

“It’s just creating spells; child’s play.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was dismayed by Lu Yang’s lack of knowledge and experience. What’s difficult about creating spells? “I could already create spells at the Golden Core Stage. That was when I created the Play-Dead Technique. Study well under me and you’ll be able to create spells too!”

Faced with the lofty promises painted by the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, Lu Yang kept a respectful distance, utterly unmoved.

What use is the Play-Dead Technique? What about the Water-Repelling Mantra?

Lu Yang continued reviewing the documents.

The elders bewailed their poverty, requesting more spirit stones. First Elder needed spirit stones as rewards for the missions in the Great Mission Hall, Second Elder didn’t have enough spirit stones to sustain the arrays in the herb garden, Third Elder lamented having less wealth than his disciple Meng Jingzhou...

All the reasons seemed valid, making Lu Yang uncertain whether he should refuse or allocate funds.

“Leave this to me.” Yun Zhi took the documents from the elders. It’s still too early for Lu Yang to deal with such matters.

Lu Yang inwardly noted, It seems like navigating the dynamics among the elders requires a certain finesse. I'm still too young and haven’t yet figured out their relationships or how they interact. I’ll need to learn more from Big Senior Sister.

Then Lu Yang watched Yun Zhi write two words at the end of each document: Request Denied.

Yun Zhi was worried that Lu Yang’s skin was too thin to turn them down directly.

Loop by loop by loop, Lu Yang finally processed every document.[1]

“Whew—finally, it’s all done.”

As he went through the paperwork, he felt none of the exhilaration of wielding authority—instead, he found that an immortal’s trials were truly grueling.

At least I’ve passed this daunting trial safely.

“My turn, my turn!” Seeing the work was completed, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy took over Lu Yang’s body, eager to strut around and flaunt.

“Perfect timing. With the documents settled, it’s time to sort out the sect celebration’s guest invitation list,” Yun Zhi stated flatly, her gaze drilling into the Everlasting Immortal Fairy.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy, “...”

“I’ve worked so long without rest!” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy pouted, though doing it with Lu Yang’s face was a peculiar sight.

Yun Zhi was unmoved, seeing through her ploy at a glance. “It was Lu Yang who handled the documents just now. It’s your turn now.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy flashed a saccharine smile, trying to get into Lu Yang’s good books. “Lu Yang, why don’t I return your body to you?”

Lu Yang remained impassive, seeing through her fake smile at a glance.

Left with no choice, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy could only hang her head dispiritedly and begin filtering the guest list.

“These are all the S-class and first-class sects registered with the imperial court.” Yun Zhi had prepared the compiled registry beforehand.

The imperial court and four Great Immortal Sects would certainly be invited.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy counted the sects on the list. “Eight S-class sects, 116 first-class sects.” This implied that eight more sects apart from the Five Great Immortal Sects had Transcendent Tribulation experts.

“Wait, it’s nine now. The Corpse-Driving Sect is also considered an S-class sect.” The Corpse-Driving Sect Leader barely scraped through and carried the sect into the S-class sect category.

The number of S-class sects rarely changed for centuries. The list provided by Yun Zhi was based on the previous month’s calculations, so it should technically be the newest version. However, the Corpse-Driving Sect Leader happened to break through right afterward.

Lu Yang tallied the currently known Transcendent Tribulation cultivators. At least five from the Five Great Immortal Sects and eight from the S-class sects.

The imperial court undoubtedly has more. There are four garrison generals at the borders, one of whom I have met after the Hanshui City incident, and another who was deployed by the imperial court during the annihilation of the Everlasting Creed. Since the Luoshui Guard specializes in handling archaic cultivators, they surely consist of Transcendent Tribulation cultivators.

And these are only those on the surface. There has to be more in the dark. Most Transcendent Tribulation cultivators—excluding the Corpse-Driving Sect Leader—are highly senior and rarely intervene.

“All nine S-class sects must be invited. These 116 first-class sects require screening...” Yun Zhi patiently taught the Everlasting Immortal Fairy how to carry out the selection.

Due to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s peak intelligence, she quickly figured out a screening method. “Should we exclude all those who bear grudges against the Taciturn Daoist Priest?” This is a good idea. If we invite a bunch of the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s enemies, it’d be hard for the celebration to go on.

“Then there will be no sects we can invite.”

“Fine then.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s plan had failed before it even began.

With Yun Zhi’s step-by-step guidance, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy soon produced a guest invitation list according to Yun Zhi’s wishes.

“Ask Big Senior Sister how to handle Second Senior Brother’s matter.” Lu Yang recalled he had received a complaint from the Golden Buddhist Kingdom during Yun Zhi’s absence.

In a flustered manner, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy retrieved the document buried at the bottom.

Yun Zhi opened it and scanned it. “Ah, it’s about Second Junior Brother again.”

“What should we do?”

“No matter. This isn’t Second Junior Brother’s first time doing something like this. The Buddhist Kingdom has complained before. You don’t have to care.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy uttered an “oh” and scribbled in reply: You don’t have to care about him.

Regaining control of his body, Lu Yang read the description of the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body in all its grandeur and grew envious. “By the way, Big Senior Sister, can I learn the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body?”

Imagine roaring in battle as the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body rises, as imposing as a deity and as dignified as Buddha, sweeping through armies.

Just the thought of it is so cool!

“You can give it a try.”

1. It was really hard to translate this tongue twister. The meaning is like “Lu Yang continuously continuously continuously...” and the character “Lu” is repeated. The original Chinese sounds like this: Lu Yang luluxuxu luluxuxu luluxuxu ☜