Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 936: Does Your Immortal Palace Need the Twins River?
Lu Yang was quite popular in the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace. As Lan Ting escorted him on his tour of the immortal palace, the disciples also conducted their own “tour” of Lu Yang. Wherever he went, crowds of disciples would surround him, peppering him with all sorts of questions, making him feel like some rare and exotic specimen.
Though male cultivators were indeed a rare and exotic species in the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace.
“Alright, that’s enough. Don’t forget it’s cultivation time now. Do not let yourselves be distracted.” A steady voice rang out, instantly silencing the chattering disciples. They quickly returned to their places and resumed their cultivation obediently. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
A cold and aloof female cultivator with a jet-black ring on her middle finger approached.
“Senior Sister Jinghong.” Lan Ting greeted with a bow.
Lu Yang followed suit, mimicking her gesture. “Greetings, Senior Sister Jinghong.”
Jinghong returned the courtesy. “You must be the Junior Brother Lu Yang in the rumors.
“Junior Sister Lan Ting, if you are going to show Junior Brother Lu Yang around our immortal palace, you should keep a low profile. Our junior sisters’ Dao hearts are not steadfast enough. When they see such an outstanding talent like Junior Brother Lu Yang, they will inevitably get excited, rendering their cultivation efforts today wasted.”
“Yes,” Lan Ting acknowledged.
There were also immortal palace disciples like Jinghong, who wasn’t interested in Lu Yang.
Once they were out of Jinghong’s line of sight, Lu Yang whispered, “Why does it feel like Senior Sister Jinghong doesn’t really welcome me?”
Lan Ting tittered. “Senior Brother, don’t find Senior Sister Jinghong cold; she’s like this with everyone.
“She is Third Elder’s disciple and skilled in artifact refinement. She entered the sect before I did and is at the Intermediate Divine Transfiguration Stage. Although her cultivation isn’t top-tier, she’s thorough in her work and steady in character, thus deeply favored by the elders.”
Lu Yang nodded. He thought he had done something wrong to displease her. It’s good to know that wasn’t the case.
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Elsewhere, after Jinghong confirmed no one was nearby, she surreptitiously rubbed her ring and split off a wisp of spiritual consciousness to enter the ring.
“Shifu, is that sufficient?”
An old yet authoritative voice reverberated within the ring’s space. “This will suffice.”
“One senses that this person called Lu Yang is far from simple. He likely harbors a great secret. You should keep your distance from him. Be sure not to become entangled, lest karmic ties form. I am worried that if you become overly involved with him, it may cause him to detect my existence, causing me to emerge prematurely and triggering an upheaval of the ages.”
“Yes.”
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“This is the scripture library. Senior Brother, would you like to take a look inside?” Lan Ting led Lu Yang to a wooden building almost completely buried under snow, as if it could collapse under the weight at any moment.
This was the scripture library, which had stood firm for a hundred thousand years. It naturally wouldn’t be brought down by mere snow.
“Let’s go in to have a look.” As long as he wasn’t asked to write cultivation techniques, Lu Yang enjoyed wandering around places like the scripture library.
The layout of the immortal palace’s scripture library was largely similar to that of the Dao-Seeking Sect. The difference was in the collection of texts.
Most of the texts housed here were female-oriented cultivation techniques. Male-oriented ones were rare, and those that existed generally pertained to gathering luna power.
“What is this? Immortal Fairy’s Tribulation?” Lu Yang randomly pulled out an ancient text and flipped through a couple of pages, his expression turning peculiar.
The content of this book doesn’t seem improper. Is it really displayed so openly in the scripture library?
Our Dao-Seeking Sect was very secretive about the Dragon Phoenix Transformation.
And judging by the book’s condition, it appears to have been browsed quite frequently.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy scanned it with her immortal consciousness, and her face instantly flushed. She stammered, unable to construct a sentence.
Finally, she managed to spit out a word furiously. “Vulgar!”
Lan Ting’s cheeks blushed slightly. She coughed twice to ease the awkwardness. “This is an ancient text brought back by Founding Ancestor Moonchaser a hundred thousand years ago. The stories within are highly instructive. The purpose of placing it here in the scripture library is to caution later generations, so that such fates do not befall them.”
Aside from Immortal Fairy’s Tribulation, Lu Yang noticed many other bizarre titles. He surmised they were all brought back by the Moonchaser True Person, their contents likely similar.
Many spots where books should have been were empty, presumably borrowed by the immortal palace disciples.
Regardless, the Moonchaser True Person’s various actions had indeed heightened the disciples’ vigilance, preserving their chastity. Lu Yang had never heard of any immortal palace disciple descending the mountain and hooking up with some random man.
“There are so many ancient texts here,” Lu Yang commented with a smile. He was most familiar with ancient texts, more so than with sword techniques.
“The immortal palace didn’t use to have so many ancient texts. It was due to recent demand that we purchased many from the Taixue Imperial Academy.”
“Demand?”
“Mmm. Senior Brother, you should know that the ancient Heaven Mandate Immortal created the Mother-Child River, right?”
Lu Yang’s expression grew odd. Should I say that I know or that I don’t know?
“Some immortal palace disciples aren’t interested in romantic love, yet they desire a child. Previously, there was no way. Now that they’ve learned of the Mother-Child River’s existence, they’ve begun devising all kinds of methods to locate it. Searching for clues in ancient texts is one such method.”
“Have they found anything?” Lu Yang inquired on behalf of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy.
Lan Ting shook her head regretfully. “Not a single thing. Senior Brother, you’re well-versed in ancient knowledge. Do you know where the Mother-Child River might be?”
“I have no idea.”
Suddenly, Lu Yang remembered something. Although I don’t know where the Mother-Child River is, I know where the Twins River is—right atop Heaven’s Gate Peak.
“Hmm? So they need the Twins River? Why not just move it over for them?” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy suggested magnanimously. Since it’s just sitting unused on Heaven’s Gate Peak without anyone drinking from it, we might as well give it to somewhere like the immortal palace that needs it.
Lu Yang contemplated seriously. It does seem possible to gift the Twins River to the immortal palace; this won’t expose anything either.
“Actually, although I don’t know where the Mother-Child River is, I do know the location of the Twins River.”
“Twins River?” Lan Ting had never heard of it.
Lu Yang pondered over how he should explain. The Twins River’s origins were somewhat complicated. “The Twins River, like the Mother-Child River, was created by the Heaven Mandate Immortal. The difference is that a woman drinking from the Mother-Child River can only bear one child, while drinking from the Twins River can produce twins.
“The exceedingly rare Twin Lotus Flower growing from a single stalk is a product of the Twins River.”
Lan Ting hadn’t imagined such an immortal item existed. The abilities of immortals are truly mysterious and inscrutable.
But why did the Heaven Mandate Immortal create the Twins River?
“And where is this Twins River?” she asked.
“It was recently discovered in an ancient secret domain. It’s currently at our Dao-Seeking Sect. If your immortal palace requires it, I could request some river water from our sect.”
Lan Ting’s face lit up with joy at this unexpected gain. If the immortal palace obtains water from the Twins River, who knows how many senior sisters and elders might bear children?
“Then I’ll thank you in advance, Senior Brother. May I report this matter to my shifu?” The matter of the Twins River was of great significance; Lan Ting couldn’t handle it alone.
“Of course, you can.”
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Upon learning of the wondrous Twins River, Luo Hongxia was equally overjoyed. Our immortal palace needs something like this the most.
The way she looked at Lu Yang changed entirely. Everything about him seemed pleasing to the eye now.
“Lu Yang, if our immortal palace disciples become pregnant, you’ll be the greatest contributor!”
“...” Lu Yang. Why does that sound so strange?
