Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 67: We Are Doing This for the Sake of the Diabolic Creed

Not only did the branch leader have the highest cultivation in the entire branch, he had also undergone systematic training at the headquarters, where he studied the true essence of the diabolic path. He thought that he had already experienced all kinds of situations.

But something like this? I’ve really never encountered this before.

If one were to tell him that the administrators were considerate of their hard work and made preparations beforehand, that would still be understandable, and he would even be gratified. But what’s with these three? From which hole in the ground did they crawl out?

The branch leader soon figured out what was going on, his frosty gaze almost capable of killing. These three people are impersonating examiners and weeding out their competition in advance!

“What a clever trick!” the branch leader exclaimed through gritted teeth.

The three of them were still playing the role of examiners. Lu Yang propped his legs on the table. “You think you can pass without bribing us? Next!”

The next candidate respectfully presented spirit stones to the three examiners. Meng Jingzhou nodded but found the offering to be inadequate. “Do you have any experience in joining a diabolic creed?”

“No.”

“Oh, I’m sorry then. We don’t take in people without experience. Go back.”

He was at a loss for words. These examiners might as well write ‘we refuse to recruit anyone’ on their faces.

The branch leader appeared behind the trio like a specter. Frigid air seeped through their teeth as he fully unleashed their Golden Core aura, sending the three of them flying into a wall with just a smack. Had I arrived any later, everyone would have been gone!

Lu Yang extricated himself from the wall and hurriedly beseeched, “Your Excellency, we’re innocent! We were wholeheartedly thinking in the diabolic creed’s best interests!”

The branch leader found it amusing despite seething with anger. “Then why don’t you explain how you were being considerate of the diabolic creed?”

“Your Excellency, think about it. As diabolic cultivators, we should be skeptical, question everything, and not trust others easily. But look at these people. As soon as the three of us sat down here, they believed that we were the examiners. Not one person raised any questions. If they could fall for the trick so easily, wouldn’t they be just as easily duped by others? If there are smart people from the righteous path, they could just deceive every single one of them.

“Besides, only cultivators of the righteous path believe everything they’re told. I even suspected that there might be spies from the righteous path among these people. Your Excellency, you must investigate their identities thoroughly. We can’t let any righteous cultivators infiltrate the creed!” Lu Yang even shot a suspicious glance at the crowd of candidates, wearing an expression that said, “There’s definitely spies among you.” His heartfelt speech seemed to be a testament to how he had the branch leader’s interests at heart.

The branch leader’s expression relaxed slightly.

Meng Jingzhou was even more sincere than Lu Yang, as if he had directly translated his thoughts into words. “Moreover, diabolic cultivators are selfish and only think of themselves. With so many people here for the selection trials, we naturally needed to find ways to reduce the competition! If they’re not as skilled and get tricked, who can they blame? They can only blame it on themselves for not being experienced enough in deception!”

The branch leader’s brow smoothened out. This should be their genuine thoughts.

They are right. Diabolic cultivators should be wanton, show no regard for the law, be unscrupulous, and use any means possible. Back when I joined the diabolic creed, I also resorted to every trick in the book, which earned me the favor of the higher-ups, and that’s how I managed to achieve my position today.

These three people’s methods are even superior to mine in those days. Is this what they call a student surpassing the teacher?

Man Gu was the most straightforward as he declared, “We truly want to join the diabolic creed, and we guarantee that we won’t do a single good thing!”

The branch leader nodded. Maybe these three can also earn the favor of the higher-ups and improve the Yanjiang Branch’s evaluation.

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The crowd glowered at the trio. All of us here are infamous hoodlums, rascals, and swindlers, but even then, none of us are as shameless as these three in deceiving everyone so brutally! These bastards!

If the branch leader weren’t around, they would have charged at the trio and shred them to pieces!

The branch leader didn’t care about the opinions of the people beneath him. Just a mediocre bunch. How can they compare to the value of these three?

“The three of you, what is your cultivation?”

Lu Yang replied deferentially, “We are all at the Basic Foundation Establishment Stage. The three of us brothers are not from this region. We came to Yanjiang Commandery one month ago and happened to hear that the diabolic creed was recruiting, so we thought we’d give it a try. When we saw that there were too many competitors, we came up with this plan.”

“Well done.” The branch leader grew more pleased with the trio the more he looked at them. Such good fledglings. These are all part of my accomplishments.

With how I had casually waved my hand earlier, ordinary Basic Foundation Establishment cultivators would have gotten injured. In contrast, these three people were unscathed. This goes to show that they are the cream of the crop even among people at their level.

If these three perform decently well during the trials, it’s not impossible to promote them to administrators.

The people who had been “disqualified” gradually came back. The branch leader had called them back when he arrived. These people bore even greater resentment toward the trio. Lu Yang felt that if they were killed right now, they could likely turn into vengeful spirits.

The branch leader opened the stone wall and told everyone, “All of you, come in.”

Behind the stone wall was a vast yet dim space. Giant boulders were floating and connected by chains, forming a rather magnificent sight.

Lu Yang’s speculation had hit home—the Yanjiang Branch was located in a cave domain.

The branch leader’s attitude toward the trio was distinctly different compared to his attitude toward the rest. “Your idea was a good one, and you did well in eliminating the competition, but your direction was wrong from the start. Even if you eliminate these people or only the three of you had participated in the trials, it doesn’t mean that you’d pass.”

“What do you mean?” Lu Yang and the other two were bewildered.

The branch leader smiled underneath his mask. Stepping on the floating rocks, he led everyone to the most massive one.

It was a platform whose surface was carved with intricate and elegant patterns. Four ancient stone pillars stood at the four cardinal directions, and eleven respective black-robed administrators were stationed at the periphery of the platform.

“Spread yourselves out and have a seat; relax your minds.”

Everyone followed his instructions. The branch leader went to the center of the platform where a dark green stone hovered. The stone was engraved with dense, mysterious symbols.

As the branch leader infused the stone with spirit qi, the array beneath him activated. It expanded as it spun and replicated, covering the entire platform in an instant. The platform resembled an ancient colossal beast that was awakening, using mysterious powers from ancient times to send everyone to an unknown space.

In a pristinely white space, shadowy figures stood with blank expressions, unaware of what had happened. When Lu Yang saw the white space, he kept imagining that a Tofu Heavenly Sovereign might suddenly emerge from the crowd. He also noticed that neither Meng Jingzhou nor Man Gu was beside him; he was completely surrounded by strangers.

“Brother, where are you from?” Lu Yang tried to strike up a friendly conversation, but the person didn’t seem comfortable with Lu Yang’s enthusiasm.

However, the person also thought that it would be impolite to remain silent, so he replied, “From Huangyue City.”

Lu Yang continued asking a few more people. They came from different bases of the diabolic creed, yet they were all transported here with the gigantic array. He roughly understood what the branch leader’s intentions were. This selection trial isn’t conducted by each base but rather the headquarters; all rogue diabolic cultivators will be participating simultaneously.

“This feels like having the soul leave the body, but that’s not exactly it either,” Lu Yang mumbled to himself. He thought that the platform hadn’t transported their physical bodies but something similar to their consciousness instead. “This is pretty interesting. I wonder whether Big Senior Sister can...” Lu Yang stopped himself from thinking further. If I’m in a form of consciousness now, maybe the Everlasting Creed can detect what I am thinking.

Best to be cautious.

Suddenly, the whole space darkened. A figure emitting a white halo appeared in the air and announced without much emotion, “I am the Vice Creed Leader of the Everlasting Creed. I have set three rounds of trials for all of you. Those who pass all three trials may join our creed.”