Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 469: The Increasingly Lively Anniversary Celebration

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s words sent ripples of shock across everyone. As expected of the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s most junior disciple. He’s only at the Golden Core Stage, yet he is already planning to usurp the sect leadership.

Even Yun Zhi turned her head slightly in surprise.

Lu Yang buried his face in his hands. I knew nothing good would come from attending this meeting.

Immortal Fairy, stop trying to emulate Big Senior Sister all the time. Even if you can mimic her words, you can’t mimic her ability.

Shifu might agree to you staying as sect leader forever, but Big Senior Sister won’t!

Right, Big Senior Sister?

Lu Yang turned to Yun Zhi, only to find her wearing a contemplative expression, as if she was genuinely considering the feasibility of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s proposal.

The Xia Emperor coughed lightly, steering the conversation away. “Ahem, let’s not dwell on the Taciturn Daoist Priest. We’ve already learned the location of the Imperial Preceptor from Great Yu’s Transcendent Tribulation cultivators. Mr. Chen Tao rushed there immediately, but unfortunately, he was still a step too late. The Imperial Preceptor and his subordinates had already fled, leaving the cave domain empty—even the ground had been scraped and stored away in storage rings.”

His tone sounded helpless. The imperial court had acted swiftly enough, even skipping the interrogation and torture for the Dawnbreaker Venerable Lord and directly searching his soul to pinpoint the Imperial Preceptor’s location as fast as possible.

However, the Great Yu faction was no pushover either. They abandoned their cave domain without hesitation, fleeing with a speed that rivaled the crafty Everlasting Creed’s.

With the Nine-Netherworlds Creed bamboozled by the Heavenly Court Creed, the two Great Yu imperial preceptors were undoubtedly the greatest hidden threats. Catching them sooner would ease the imperial court’s burden.

“I’ve gathered everyone here today to discuss the issue of archaic cultivators dispersing their cultivation to cultivate anew. In the past, we only set our sights on those at the Fusion and Transcendent Tribulation stages.

“As it happens, Sect Leader Lu—the person involved—is here. After the incident with Huang Ming of the Corpse-Driving Sect, we realized our previous understanding had some serious blind spots. These archaic cultivators are ruthless in their pursuit of fortuitous opportunities in the Great Era, even resorting to something as uncertain as dispersing their cultivation to cultivate anew.

“Right now, they’re still weak and pose no immediate threat. But give them time to grow, and they’ll become a big problem. They may stab us in the back at a critical moment or leak core intelligence.”

Luo Hongxia frowned, finding the matter intractable. “We recognize the problem, but is there any solution?”

The Xia Emperor had convoked them precisely because he had an idea.

“I’ve thought of a solution. I’ll issue an edict to call upon all young cultivators in the land to participate in a grand competition—starting at the city level, then the provincial level, and finally the national level. Every young cultivator must participate, with no exceptions or excuses permitted.

“Let’s take Qing Province as an example. Qing Province will internally select thirty individuals from each cultivation stage, representing the pinnacle of Qing Province’s young cultivators. Then, we’ll gather the young cultivators from all seventeen provinces for a grand tournament. From there, we can identify those who might be archaic cultivators who have dispersed their cultivation to cultivate anew.

“What are the characteristics of such reforged cultivators? They possess vast experience, avoiding the typical mistakes in cultivation. Their combat styles also differ from modern cultivators. These two factors would likely make them stand out.”

This was a feasible method, but Luo Hongxia remained slightly doubtful. “But wouldn’t the archaic cultivators deliberately concede defeat halfway through or deliberately lose at the provincial level? They’d never reach the national level and show themselves to us.”

The Xia Emperor shook his head. “Concede defeat? How could archaic Fusion cultivators yield or lose on purpose to their peers after dispersing their cultivation to start anew? Their pride wouldn’t allow it. If they do concede defeat, even if they achieve success in their cultivation in the future, their mental state will be flawed and prevent them from going far.”

Lu Yang could attest to this. During his fight with Huang Ming, the latter had even resorted to Mental Arrows to secure victory; he would rather risk exposing his identity than lose.

“Why only young cultivators? Why not older ones?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was puzzled but didn’t voice her question out loud, secretly asking Lu Yang instead.

“Think about it, Immortal Fairy. What do these reforged cultivators seek? It’s perfection at every cultivation stage before advancing to the next. Why would they choose to stay at one cultivation stage until they’re old? There’s no benefit in that.”

“That makes sense. I thought the same,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy replied.

Yang Ding raised another loophole in the plan. “But what if your imperial edict doesn’t work and the reforged cultivators refuse to participate? Those who are part of sects won’t have a choice; their elders will drag them there even if they don’t want to attend. However, others may hide in cave domains and stay there until they reach the Fusion Stage. What do we do with those?”

The Xia Emperor analyzed, “Then there’s nothing we can do. If they remain hidden in cave domains, no one will discover them, and any imperial edict will be useless. But such cases should be rare. Great Xia is a new world to them. Could they truly resist the temptation to explore it—ignoring modern cultivation theories and faction dynamics and focusing solely on cultivating in seclusion?

“Besides, even if they emerge from seclusion after reaching the Fusion Stage, they’ll just be another rogue Fusion cultivator who has no access to core intelligence, rendering them hardly any threat.”

After the Xia Emperor’s explanation, everyone agreed the plan was sound. While it wouldn’t ferret out all archaic reforged cultivators, tracking down some was better than none.

“Should the immortal sects send participants?”

“Yes. Archaic reforged cultivators would have reached the peak of every cultivation stage. Ordinary cultivators may not defeat them. We can’t let these archaic cultivators win the championship, can we?”

“The immortal sect disciples will serve as the safety net.”

“Alright.”

“Coincidentally, the Dao-Seeking Sect’s sect celebration is around the corner. We can host the final national-level tournament there. What do you think, Sect Leader Lu?” The Xia Emperor turned to Lu Yang.

“Of course, no problem!” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy agreed readily; she had already received Yun Zhi’s approval.

The more attendees, the livelier the celebration, and the more it would showcase my prowess as acting sect leader!

Seeing the gleeful Everlasting Immortal Fairy, Luo Hongxia suggested, “By the way, Sect Leader Lu, since you defeated the reforged cultivator Huang Ming at the same cultivation stage and even Sect Leader Qiu is full of praises for you, would you be willing to demonstrate your remarkable skills?” Though she framed it as a friendly exchange, her real intention was to teach Lu Yang a lesson. It wouldn’t be too harsh, so Yun Zhi wouldn’t intervene.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy showed a troubled expression. “Wouldn’t it be unfair for the strong to bully the weak?” As an almighty immortal, fighting a Fusion cultivator would mean fighting beyond two major realms.

Luo Hongxia misunderstood, assuming she meant that a Fusion cultivator fighting a Golden Core cultivator would be unfair. She retrieved a small circular box from her storage ring. “This is a supreme treasure of the immortal palace. It can adjust our cultivation to the same realm. It’ll absolutely be fair!”

As the almighty Moon Laurel Immortal Palace Leader and a top-tier Fusion cultivator, even if I lower my cultivation to Lu Yang’s level, I can still beat him up easily!

So what if Lu Yang had defeated a reforged cultivator? They’re merely cultivators with shaky foundations. I’m far stronger than them!