Who Let Him Cultivate?!

A celestial phenomenon occurred, celebrating Lu Yang’s successful advancement to the mid-stage of Golden Core.

“Congratulations, congratulations! You’ve reached the mid-stage Golden Core!” Fairy Eternity clapped her hands eagerly.

With slight helplessness, Lu Yang chimed in, “Fairy, I have advanced to mid-stage Golden Core, not become an immortal. We don’t need these celestial phenomena. Please, put them away.”

“Oh.” Fairy Eternity cancelled the magic that she held in her hand.

The celestial phenomenon disappeared.

Lu Yang didnt expect himself to advance to mid-stage Golden Core so quickly, without any feeling of hitting a bottleneck. It probably had something to do with the food he ate made by Fairy Eternity.

The trials of immortality always proved to be beneficial in some form.

Lu Yang then felt a warmth in his chest. It was a wooden tag with the words “Nine Nether” on it.

The tag slowly revealed a message: “We’re out of fire seeds and barbecue grills. Meet me at the main shop.”

This was the magic artifact that Vice Headmaster Shi used to communicate with Lu Yang. Each party could only utter one sentence before a long cooling-off period began.

Lu Yang replied with a single word.

“Oh.”

Solving the grill issue was easy, Fifth Elder had long ago refined a large batch of automatic grills, they could be used as one wished.

The fire seeds required Meng Jingzhou’s cooperation.

“Let’s go see what Old Meng is up to.”

…

Just as Lu Yang approached Body Refinement Peak, he could feel the astonishing Yang Qi. Even the wandering spirits had to keep a safe distance lest their spirits should get burned.

Lu Yang could hear Third Elder’s vigorous voice even standing at the foot of the mountain.

“So called body refinement, is about refining every part of the body, and not allowing any flaw!”

“Remember, our biggest reliance as body cultivators is our strong bodies. If there’s a problem with the body, then what advantage do you have to speak of!”

“Recently I noticed some disciples have become lazy in their cultivation, avoiding hair training, and shaving their heads bald. This is self-deception!”

“And some disciples, just focusing on hair cultivation, have neglected training their shadows. Leaving such a huge weakness, what’s that for!”

“We body cultivators are not afraid of any challenges or difficulties, but we must also not slack off ourselves!”

Third Elder has rich battle experience, he knew very well that the best defense against an unexpected attack was to strengthen oneself.

Lu Yang: “…”

Does body cultivation also include shadow training?

Are body cultivators in the outside world trained this way?

Lu Yang had heard of some magic skills that could attack through shadows, and if shadows could be trained, that would indeed be a good thing.

But the question was, how does one train their shadows?

“What an innovative body cultivation concept!” Fairy Eternity was quite amazed. Even in the era of active thinking in ancient times, no one promoted such a concept.

“Alright, go practice!” Third Elder waved his hand, dispersing the disciples.

“Senior Brother Zhao Zhao, Master was referring to you, right? Your bald head. You look like a monk!” Meng Jingzhou joked with a smile. Zhao Zhao’s head was shiny and bright, looking no different from getting hit by Lu Yang’s Arhat Fist.

Zhao Zhao’s just rolled his eyes: “It’s not that I find hair cultivation troublesome and shaved it off. I did it for deep considerations.”

“What considerations?”

“Junior Brother Meng, think about it. If the opponent grabs your hair during a fight, wouldn’t that restrict your movement? Hair is a weak point! What’s wrong with shaving my hair off to overcome it?”

Lu Yang made a mental note of this, “After I finish with the Arhat Fist, I’ll just tell the ‘victim’ as such. They should understand my good intentions.”

Meng Jingzhou shook his head, brainstorming a more effective method: “Wouldn’t it be better if you, Senior Brother Zhao, kept your hair short? This way, opponents wouldn’t be able to grab it. Plus, your hair would be like a porcupine, functioning as a weapon!”

Brother Zhao’s eyes lit up, convinced that Meng Jingzhou made a lot of sense. He patted Meng Jingzhou on the shoulder enthusiastically, causing Meng Jingzhou to wince in pain.

“Good idea, Junior Brother. I’ll cut my hair short right away. I’ll rummage through the Scripture Pavilion and see if there are any magic skills that could help with hair growth,” Zhao declared before running off with an urgency.

“Old Meng, over here!” Lu Yang waved him over.

Meng Jingzhou strode over, “What’s up? Are you trying to steal techniques from our Body Refinement Peak again?”

“Hell no, it’s just the people from Nine Nether contacting me.”

Lu Yang took out the wooden tile, and Meng Jingzhou realized instantly, Nine Nether had opened too many barbecue shops and they were running short of fire seeds and grills.

“Can I borrow some fire?”

“Sure.”

Lu Yang took out a bunch of tiny bottles from his Identity Jade. These were special jade bottles from the Hundred Refinement Peak that could store fire seeds.

One spat out the Three Flavored True Fire and the other the Pure Yang True Fire. The two elemental fires combined together to birth the fire seeds, which were then stored in the bottle and sealed. The major task was completed.

The two made two hundred fire seeds in one go, their mouths almost smoking from exhaustion. They had to drink some water to regain their strength.

“These should be enough for Nine Nether for a while.”

They made light of the situation while packing up the jade bottles. They then made a trip to the Hundred Refinement Peak to fetch the ready-made automatic grilling stand. Lu Yang wanted to tell Fifth Elder about it, but he was still away getting a patent.

Submitting for a patent was an easy task, but approval was time-consuming. Knowing the value of the Mirage of Dreams, the Fifth Elder remained in the Imperial City waiting for the patent to be cleared before leaving.

The two then set off for Yanjiang County. Their objective was twofold: to deliver the goods to Nine Nether and to collect the profits accrued from running the barbecue shop over time.

After all, their Heaven’s Court wasn’t running a charity.

“Should we inform Eldest Senior Sister before we head off to Yanjiang County?”

Lu sighed, “I would like to, but Eldest Senior Sister hasn’t been out since she went to Captive Peak. She might be considering using a soul searching technique due to the Heavenly Calamity Sovereign’s stubborn refusal to divulge anything.”

Meng Jingzhou nodded in agreement.

Having reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage required overcoming countless obstacles to stand on top. It wouldn’t be easy to get any information out of them.

Punishment by Eldest Senior Sister might not work either.

…

Captive Peak.

“I was wrong… When I was at the Golden Core Stage, I shouldn’t have had designs on Master’s wife. But I couldn’t help it… She’s really beautiful, and I couldn’t control myself…”

Like spilling beans, the Heavenly Calamity Sovereign confessed all his wrongdoings in his life.

Half a month had passed. He confessed everything starting from his childhood when he used to peek at a widow bathing in the village, to selling low-quality elixirs during his Qi Refinement Stage and earning his first Spirit Stone, to killing fellow adventurers in the Secret Realm for treasure during his Foundation Establishment Stage, to lusting after the Master’s wife after joining the sect during his Golden Core Stage, and then during his Nascent Soul Stage… Not a single detail was missed in his confession; no need for Yun Zhi to inquire, he confessed all on his own.

Yun Zhi sat across from him, her legs crossed and face expressionless. She was contemplating whether or not to just use a soul searching technique on Heavenly Calamity Sovereign to save time and energy.

A complete soul from the Transcendance Tribulation Stage could make an extremely high-quality, sentient magic artifact. It would be perfect for Grandmaster’s use.

It would be a real waste to destroy so much.

Truly a dilemma.

The Heavenly Calamity Sovereign sneaked a peek at the expressionless Yun Zhi, remembering the torturous techniques she had used at the very beginning. If he still had a physical body, he would have been sweating profusely.

He continued to confess, not daring to hide anything.

“After the Master’s wife seduced me into bed…”