Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 69: The Wrong Methods to Pass

After the Jin Kingdom’s army failed too many times, even Meng Jingzhou spiraled into despondence, thinking that victory was just a pipe dream.

“Can I really win?” Meng Jingzhou asked himself in the mountain cave, but he found the answer in his heart too bitter to utter it out loud.

“Hmm, a spider?” Meng Jingzhou noticed a spider weaving a web.

Watching the spider fail repeatedly but never stop trying greatly astonished him.

“The spider rises again after every failure. I can’t be worse than a spider, right?”

Meng Jingzhou’s morale was boosted, and he planned to rally his forces again to battle the Liang Kingdom once more!

“The Liang Kingdom’s army is stronger than ours, but it is not an insurmountable gulf between us. Besides, how could I give up just because of a few defeats? If I give up, what is the Jin Kingdom behind me supposed to do? I believe that with the appropriate stratagem this time, we have a chance at victory!” Meng Jingzhou clenched his fists, a plan already formulated in his mind.

After failing several times, he was now familiar with the Liang Kingdom’s general’s tactics.

Having won numerous times, the Liang Kingdom’s general’s ego must have inflated. I can make use of his mentality to my advantage. I’ll first feign defeat and scurry away like a sorry loser, then lure the Liang Kingdom’s army into a canyon, turning the tables on them and encircling them. This time, we’ll definitely strike with the element of surprise and not let down the expectations of our elders!

“Thank you for the guidance,” Meng Jingzhou cupped his fists at the spider.

If it weren’t for the spider’s edification, I would have remained demoralized and not been able to bounce back. Victory would have really been a lost cause then.

There were many mosquitoes and insects in the cave. To express his gratitude, Meng Jingzhou caught an insect and placed it beside the spider. However, the spider didn’t seem to understand Meng Jingzhou’s actions. It treated him as an enemy and bit him.

“It’s a venomous spider...” Meng Jingzhou fainted.

It was unclear how much time had passed; it was perhaps a few minutes or more than ten minutes. In any case, it wasn’t long. Meng Jingzhou woke up and found himself brimming with strength. “What happened to me?”

Meng Jingzhou felt that his body had undergone some change. His vision, hearing, and senses were all enhanced, and his body was flexible and agile like never before, as if he had been born again. Suddenly, his right hand subconsciously moved, and his middle and ring fingers bent, as white silk spurted forth.

“What the hell is this?!!!”

The white silk adhered to the wall. Meng Jingzhou pulled them with force and found them to be unusually tough and durable.

“Why do they look like spider silk?”

Meng Jingzhou pressed both of his hands against the wall and was shocked that they could also stick. Leaping across roofs and vaulting over walls will be a cinch.

“I remember that I was bitten by a spider... wait a minute, where’s the spider?”

By the time Meng Jingzhou found the spider, it had already been killed by a mantis. He stomped the mantis to death to avenge the spider. Inheriting the spider’s final wishes and legacy, he regrouped his army and battled it out with the Liang Kingdom’s army again.

On the night before the final battle, wearing a night stealth attire and relying on his newly obtained powers, he carried out a decapitation operation by himself, directly beheading the Liang Kingdom’s general. Although the general had bodyguards who were cultivators, they weren’t as nimble as Meng Jingzhou, allowing Meng Jingzhou to kill the general successfully.

Before dying, the Liang Kingdom’s general had been dumbfounded. As generals, shouldn’t both our armies meet on the battlefield with weapons and engage in some kind of final battle? Yet you’re here skipping through all the steps and having a general kill another general?

The Liang Kingdom’s general was a rare military genius. After he died, his army was left without a leader and thrown into disarray. As there was no one who could rise up to the occasion and take charge, Meng Jingzhou led the Jin Kingdom’s army to crush the Liang Kingdom’s army.

Meng Jingzhou passed.

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At the Everlasting Creed’s headquarters, the creed leader and vice creed leader didn’t speak for a long time after watching the way Meng Jingzhou passed.

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A second method of passing has really emerged.

The creed leader massaged his brow. “What’s the deal with the spider? Why could it grant someone spider-like abilities with just a bite? Don’t tell me that if I bite the spider, it can turn into human form?”

The vice creed leader was also dumbstruck. After pondering for a while, it seemed like a revelation had hit him. He took out an ancient book from his storage ring and pointed to a passage. “I’ve found it. Look, the ancient texts record that there once was a type of peculiar spider on the Central Continent. Its strength was the same as ordinary spiders, and it never bit people, but anyone who was bitten by it would undergo a mutation.

“This type of spider had become extinct tens of thousands of years ago.” The vice creed leader reasoned, “The events of the Jin Kingdom and Liang Kingdom took place one hundred thousand years ago. Since we perfectly recreated the scenes from that time, from a theoretical viewpoint, it is possible for such a spider to appear in the cave.”

The creed leader nodded. “Looks like this Meng Jingzhou not only has resolve and a quick-witted mind but also good fortune.”

However, the topic of luck was elusive. Perhaps only the Qi-Gazing Technique from the legends could truly assess one’s fortune. Nonetheless, it could be reflected in other aspects. Meng Jingzhou was one example. Among the plethora of people going through the trial, he was the only one who got bitten by the spider and mutated. This exemplified how his luck was exceptional, unlike others.

A person with great fortune will find their cultivation to be on a flatland, and their accomplishments in the future will be very impressive.

“Let’s continue to check out the others. I refuse to believe that there is a third method of passing.”

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Lu Yang watched the spider continuously weaving its web yet constantly failing, causing him to sink into deep thought.

“If spider webs can capture prey, why did waiting idly for a rabbit to crash into a tree fail?[1] Aren’t they all waiting for prey to come to their doorstep? What’s the difference between the two?

“Is it because the insects aren’t smart, so they could only foolishly bump into the web? On the other hand, the rabbit is smarter and knows how to avoid the tree? If bugs aren’t smart, that means that spiders also aren’t smart. The spider experiences repeated setbacks but doesn’t stop weaving the web—does that reflect strong determination or a fool’s persistence? Even the rabbit knows not to crash into trees, so why are there still people stubbornly insisting on crashing into a wall?” Lu Yang’s thoughts wandered far. Despite experiencing failures, he wasn’t discouraged. He simply sought shelter from the rain in the cave and took the chance to come up with methods to defeat the enemy. Now that he saw the spider weaving its web, he thought of many questions that seemed profound but were actually useless.

Suddenly, a mantis appeared, ambushing the spider while it had its guard down. The spider desperately resisted with its web, but the mantis was deft and intense. After a few rounds, it killed the spider.

Having witnessed the whole process, Lu Yang fell deep in thought. He stood up and recalled the mantis’ movements. For the hand movements, he learned how the mantis skillfully used its agile forelimbs, and for the leg movements, he learned how it deftly leaped in all directions.

“Imagine myself as a mantis...” Lu Yang murmured to himself. He felt as if he had learned something similar before and was extremely talented in this area.

Lu Yang was like a human-form mantis, bold and swift with the coalescence of firmness and flexibility. Any opponent would fall under his fist technique.

The general of the Jin Kingdom in history was at the Intermediate Qi Training Stage, which Lu Yang had inherited.

Toward the end of his training, he transformed into a large mantis. One swift fist from his forelimb caused the cave to collapse.

Lu Yang marveled, “So is this the legendary Mantis Fist in the wulin? It has such formidable power, but a problem is that ordinary people can’t learn it.”

Lu Yang simplified Mantis Fist so that it was easy to pick up. He widely propagated it throughout the Jin Kingdom’s army, allowing their military power to surpass that of the Liang Kingdom. There was no need for any stratagem. They simply marched forward, sweeping through the enemy lines effortlessly.

Lu Yang passed.

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“Who on earth passes like this?!” the vice creed leader roared in rage.

1. The idiom of the rabbit waiting idly by the tree is a classic story advising people to not just sit back and leave things to chance but take the initiative instead. ☜