Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 786: The Meticulous, Foolproof Plan

“Then how do we transport the Great Void Immortal Grass?” The Six Directions Venerable Lord continued asking, his brows slightly furrowed with concern. He couldn’t help but feel the preparations this time weren’t sufficient.

“If we don’t set up restrictions around the Great Void Immortal Grass, it will release poison gas the entire journey. All creatures along the way will be poisoned—that would be too conspicuous.

“But if we set up restrictions, a small box probably can’t hold it, right?”

The Sea-Listening Teacher was confident as he took out a small wooden box. “Can you sense the slightest bit of poison gas from this?”

The Six Directions Venerable Lord was startled. “This holds the Great Void Immortal Grass?”

“Indeed.”

The Sea-Listening Teacher opened the box, presenting a tall and straight immortal grass to the three.

The Six Directions Venerable Lord instinctively activated his cultivation technique to resist the poison gas, but discovered the immortal grass emanated no poison gas even at close range. “What array is this?” He noticed that aside from the Great Void Immortal Grass, an array was engraved inside the box.

The Sea-Listening Teacher closed the box and smiled insipidly. “All things mutually engender and restrain one another. Since the Great Void Immortal Grass exists, there exists something that restrains it. This is a detoxifying array that our Yingzhou Island predecessors discovered in an ancient secret domain. It can neutralize all poisons, perfectly countering the Great Void Immortal Grass.

“Regrettably, research indicates that this detoxifying array should have a focal point, but it has never been found.”

The Six Directions Venerable Lord was amazed. I didn’t imagine such a good thing to exist. He wanted to open the box again to see this rarity, but the Sea-Listening Teacher stopped him.

“It can’t be opened again. Another array is set up inside the box. The next time the box is opened, that array will crush the Great Void Immortal Grass, causing its poison gas to be fully released. Even this detoxifying array won’t be able to suppress it.”

Realization dawned upon the Six Directions Venerable Lord. “So we must open it at the Old Dragon Emperor’s birthday banquet!”

“Correct.”

The Six Directions Venerable Lord mulled over it. The plan accounts for everything from start to finish; nothing is left out.

“If I must say a flaw, it would be the Juxuan Island Four Thieves failing their task.” The Three Mountains Daoist Priest sighed.

“The Dragon Palace houses a Dragon Pearl, which is said to be an ancient object with a great connection to the Dragon Tribe’s Ancient Ancestor. The Old Dragon Emperor treasures it dearly. That Dragon Pearl also has detoxifying properties and may affect the Great Void Immortal Grass.

“Fortunately, although the Juxuan Island Four Thieves failed to steal the Dragon Pearl, according to intelligence from the Dragon Palace’s sea market, that Dragon Pearl was snatched by a Dao-Seeking Sect disciple. Even the Dragon Palace has no clue about its whereabouts.” 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

“Good that it’s lost. As long as the Dragon Palace can’t find it, anything works.”

The Sea-Listening Teacher handed the box to the Three Mountains Daoist Priest, who solemnly stowed it away. The three smiled at each other and sprang into action.

No one realized a pill-sized bead flying toward Penglai Island at incredible speed, penetrating layer upon layer of restrictions. It passed through the wooden box and landed precisely at the center of the detoxifying array.

Exactly like the focal point of an array.

The Great Void Immortal Grass withered at an extremely rapid pace.

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“Lu Yang, come!”

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord activated his Incipient Dao Fruit, lightly pulling at the void.

Nothing.

“This shouldn’t be. Where did that kid Lu Yang run off to?”

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord was befuddled. I possess the Space Incipient Dao Fruit, which allows me to go anywhere in the cultivation world. Finding a Nascent Soul cultivator should be effortless.

“Lu Yang, come!”

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord repeated the technique, reaching out to scratch at space multiple times, but he still couldn’t track Lu Yang down.

Meng Jingzhou remained silent, watching the Vast Sea Daoist Lord act as though he was possessed by a malevolent ghost. The latter appeared to have lost command of his body, clawing at empty space.

If even the Founding Ancestor can’t locate that grandson Lu Yang, he has probably gone to some secret domain prepared by an immortal or the likes.

Five days ago, the Vast Sea Daoist Lord used his Space Incipient Dao Fruit to open a spatial passage, directly stepping over to the East Sea and inquiring about the situation from Meng Jingzhou and the others.

Meng Jingzhou and the other two had no idea where Lu Yang had flown to, shaking their heads.

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord had no choice but to repeatedly use his Space Incipient Dao Fruit, summoning Lu Yang like he would a soul. But he never succeeded.

Later, the Vast Sea Daoist Lord brought Meng Jingzhou’s trio and the Dragon Tribe’s hero, Xiao Xinghai, back to the Kunpeng Tribe. The Black Feather Venerable Lord personally came out to welcome them. Even someone as powerful as the Black Feather Venerable Lord was merely a junior before the Vast Sea Daoist Lord.

If records were accurate, the Vast Sea Daoist Lord had interacted with the Kunpeng Tribe in his early years. That was fifty thousand years ago. Whether it was in terms of cultivation or seniority, the Black Feather Venerable Lord didn’t dare to act presumptuously.

“Little Meng and the others, rest assured. With me here, no one in the whole of East Sea is my match,” the Vast Sea Daoist Lord declared impassively, his tone exuding unparalleled confidence to step up to the occasion.

He wasn’t wrong. For an East Sea without half-immortals, he was unbeatable.

~~~

Five days later, the aftereffects of Tao Yaoye using the Metamorphic Immortal Body faded. The Old Dragon Emperor’s birthday banquet was about to commence, so the Vast Sea Daoist Lord led the group to attend.

The Old Dragon Emperor’s nine-thousandth birthday banquet was a major event of paramount importance in the East Sea. All seafolk and humans at the Divine Transfiguration Stage and above received invitations.

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord stood on an auspicious cloud with his hands clasped behind his back. The sea’s surface was filled with human cultivators displaying their mighty abilities, crossing the East Sea to attend the birthday banquet. In the sea were countless old ancestors of various races in their original forms—fish, crab, or shellfish—coming in response to the invitation.

“It’s been a long time since I came to the East Sea. I didn’t think it’d still be so lively,” the Vast Sea Daoist Lord commented casually, fully displaying the demeanor of a Daoist Lord. In terms of species numbers, the East Sea surpassed the Demon Region.

Meng Jingzhou asked curiously, “Old Ancestor, you’ve traveled around the East Sea before?”

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord laughed heartily, his visage glowing with vigor. “Of course. Back in the day, I established a great reputation in the East Sea. It’s a pity you young cultivators only know me as the Dao-Seeking Sect’s Resurgence Ancestor but are unaware of my East Sea experiences.”

The era where the Vast Sea Daoist Lord was active in the East Sea was too distant, so distant that even Chieftain Xiao and Xiao Xinghai hadn’t heard of his deeds here.

“The ‘Vast Sea’ in my Daoist title commemorates my active years in the East Sea. At that time, I was still at the Fusion Stage. I was researching the Dao of Space, which triggered spatial turbulence, teleporting me from the Dao-Seeking Sect to the East Sea.

“The spatial turbulence severely injured me, and my strength fell below the Golden Core Stage. Fortunately, the fishermen then saved me.

“In that small fishing village, I met a little princess who had sneaked out from the Dragon Palace, and we hit it off immediately.

“Under the little princess’s care, my injuries gradually healed. The two of us felt an instant bond and became Dao partners, roaming the East Sea together. We searched for immortal grass, encountered rogue cultivators, and ventured into secret domains...”

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord gazed up at the sky and let out a long sigh, his tone full of melancholy. “Alas, those who walk different paths cannot make plans together. We ultimately had racial differences and couldn’t be together.”

Meng Jingzhou and the others were immersed in the Vast Sea Daoist Lord’s lament, as if they could feel his emotions from that time.

Behind them, the Black Feather Venerable Lord murmured to himself, “That doesn’t sound right. What I heard was that the Dragon Tribe said dragons are inherently lascivious, and Senior Vast Sea couldn’t endure the demands and pressure, so he secretly fled...”

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord abruptly turned his head, glaring fixedly at the Black Feather Venerable Lord.