Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 133: It Is Normal for Corpses to Move

When the two returned to their room, they happened to bump into the two traveling merchants. A stark contrast to their boorish demeanor from yesterday, they were unusually friendly today, even inviting Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou into their room. As Lu Yang was unwilling to interact with them unless necessary, he declined outright.

Despite being rejected, the merchants didn’t get upset; they simply closed the door to their room.

The sound of the gong reverberated through the air, and the night watchman announced, “It is now 9pm. The hour of the pig is upon us.”

Clack, clack, clack. The rhythmic sounds of footsteps echoed again as the waiter with pitch-black eyes wandered through the corridor.

The waiter lightly knocked on the door of the room across from theirs. “Guests, are you in there? Please open the door.”

The two thought that everything would play out similarly to the night before, with the traveling merchants refusing to open the door.

Creak. The door opened.

The other traveling merchant was appalled by his companion’s actions. “Wh-what are you doing?! Why did you open the door?!

“Quick, shut the door! Hurry!

“If you want to die, don’t drag me down with you!

“Why can’t the door close?!”

Although there were supposed to be two traveling merchants, only one had spoken all this time, while the other had remained completely silent, which was very uncanny.

“Y-you, don’t come over, ah—”

Following the blood-curdling scream, nothing but stillness remained.

“What happened? The traveling merchants aren’t fools, so why would they open the door voluntarily?” A chill seeped into Meng Jingzhou’s heart.

Lu Yang mulled over it for a bit and thought of a possibility. “Do you remember the person who was killed by the authorities in the morning? He came back to life and looked no different from a living person.

“The rules state that ‘it is normal for corpses to move,’ but it doesn’t mention anything about corpses coming back to life!

“Is the person who came back to life this morning really still himself?”

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Meng Jingzhou’s eyes widened. “Are you saying that...one of the traveling merchants is already dead, but his companion didn’t notice at all?”

Lu Yang nodded. “Yes, exactly!”

Meng Jingzhou could feel goosebumps tingling all over him. When he saw the streets filled with people earlier today, he had thought that there weren’t many casualties. But from the looks of it now, I’m afraid that quite a number of them were living dead!

Violent knocking on the door sounded again; this time, it was Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou’s room.

“Help, please save me! The waiter wants to kill me!

“Open the door, please open the door!

“I beg of you, please have mercy and save me. I can give you anything, gold, spirit stones, and the locations of ancient cave ruins!

“Don’t kill me—”

Then came the muffled sound of an axe lodging itself into flesh and bones, accompanied by the agonizing screams of the traveling merchant.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou exchanged glances with each other and decided not to open the door. The room opposite had already gone silent moments ago, yet there was this sudden call for help now; everything about it screamed uncanniness. Moreover, Lu Yang had also learned from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy that the two traveling merchants weren’t good people who warranted rescuing.

The traveling merchant’s cries faded, and the waiter’s gentle knocking returned. “Dear guests, are you in there? Could you please open the door?

“Guests, are you in there? Please open the door!

“I’m telling you to open the door!

“Open this damn door for me!”

Just like the previous day, the knocking sounds grew louder until they resounded through the entire inn.

Whether it was because of the door’s superb quality or the restriction of some rules, the waiter failed to break the door down.

Lu Yang heard the waiter going upstairs, presumably returning to the Heaven-Grade Rooms directly.

No monster appeared outside the window again.

And the night passed peacefully.

~~~

When they left the inn after 9am the next day, Lu Yang noticed that the door across their room had turned from brown to black. The two traveling merchants emerged from their room, chatting and laughing together, even greeting Lu Yang with smiles.

<Rule 16: After entering a black door, do not speak and do not eat anything inside.>

Lu Yang’s gaze sharpened. These two don’t have to follow the ordinary rules anymore.

Meng Jingzhou couldn’t hold himself back from asking, “Which one of you was calling for help last night?”

The two traveling merchants were bewildered, and it didn’t look like they were faking it. “Help? Who was calling for help?”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou could not figure out the situation with the traveling merchants and chose not to say anything more, leaving in a hurry.

This day, the two trailed the bailiffs from a distance and discovered that they only ate one meal a day—and it had to be meat baozi.

Meng Jingzhou secretly stole a meat baozi. Upon opening it, he found not just meat but also what appeared to be nails and hair.

After the bailiffs finished their meal, they walked through the streets and dispersed the crowd like they were chasing after ducks. Any unlucky person who accidentally turned their head immediately met with a gruesome death and then got revived.

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“Have you noticed? The bailiffs roamed all across the town but never got close to the private school!”

Lu Yang spread out a map he had drawn during their stroll in town yesterday. The map marked spots like the flying carriage’s crash site, inn, private school, tailor stores, apothecaries, and the municipal office.

The map is awkwardly drawn, but the good news is that I can understand what I’ve drawn.

“It seems like the rules they follow are different; they are not one unified group!” Meng Jingzhou chuckled. This is good news. Now it’s up to us to use this information wisely.

As they walked down the street, they noticed a figure flitting through the paper window of a thatched cottage.

The rule stipulates that one must not return to the thatched cottages or inn before 7pm, so what could have been inside the thatched cottage?

“Looks like this town still has many rules we don’t know about.” Lu Yang thought, One has to abide by different rules according to their identity. The ancient Fusion cultivators must have been bored out of their minds.

“Immortal Fairy, can you see the situation outside? How is my shifu faring in the battle?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy clicked her tongue in awe. “Your shifu has a profound comprehension of the Sword Dao. He’s holding his own even against four opponents.”

Lu Yang nodded, feeling reassured.

~~~

When the two returned to the inn, Lu Yang wrote on a slip of paper and handed it to the innkeeper: Are you from outside?

Meng Jingzhou watched by the side, immediately understanding what Lu Yang was trying to do. The rules state that locals can’t disclose the matters of the town to outsiders, but the innkeeper can do so, which implies that the innkeeper is not a local.

The innkeeper was surprised by Lu Yang’s question but still wrote down his answer: Yes

Lu Yang: Are you an ordinary person or a cultivator?

The innkeeper: Level Nine Qi Training Stage

Lu Yang: How did you become the innkeeper?

The innkeeper: I can’t say

Lu Yang: Are the rules you follow different from ours? What are the specific rules?

The innkeeper: I follow “Buyi Town’s Inn Rules,” but I cannot tell you the specific rules

Lu Yang: Do you want to leave?

The innkeeper’s right hand trembled slightly as he wrote: Yes

Lu Yang took out his identity jade tablet and wrote: Both of us are disciples of the Dao-Seeking Sect who have accidentally entered this place, and we also wish to leave

Learning that they were disciples of the Dao-Seeking Sect, the innkeeper’s hand trembled even more as he wrote: What do you need?

Lu Yang: Take off your white clothes

The innkeeper was momentarily stunned by Lu Yang’s request. The rules I follow state “As long as it is within the confines of the rules, try your best to fulfill the guests’ requests unless it contravenes moral norms.” It didn’t mention anything about taking off clothes.

Hence, the innkeeper removed his white clothes and handed them to Lu Yang, who put them away before returning to his room with Meng Jingzhou.

“Our doors have been knocked on for two days. Today shall be our turn!” Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou flashed a frigid smile.