Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 199: Who Could Have Done This?

The gulf in strength between the shadowy figure and Yun Zhi was too vast. As the shadowy figure knew that he was no match for Yun Zhi, the chances of him escaping were slim to none. Rather than risk exposing himself, it was better to self-detonate immediately to ensure the safety of his original form. If Yun Zhi discovered his lair, his main body could say goodbye to the Battle of the Great Era.

Damn it! Why does someone like this exist on the Central Continent?! Has all the fortune from heaven and earth amassed on the Central Continent?

And why has the Everlasting Immortal Fairy been resurrected? Apart from the few of us, who else knows of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s existence, let alone her name?

How on earth did the Everlasting Immortal Fairy get revived?! Her resurrection is only possible if someone calls out her honorific title and real name. Who uttered them?!

Just like how it was described, the Everlasting Dao Fruit was indeed everlasting through the ages, capable of resurrection even after a thorough death.

When the shadowy figure self-detonated, numerous questions streamed into his mind, though none was answered.

His self-detonation was silent and without a trace; his body disintegrated into dust, and the dust dissipated into spirit qi, returning to the heavens and earth.

“He escaped?” Lu Yang was baffled. The shadowy figure’s methods were too profound for him to understand.

Yun Zhi shook her head lightly, her gaze revealing a baleful look and regret. “He didn’t escape but killed himself.”

“Then wouldn’t his main body learn of what happened here? Would he find out about the Everlasting Immortal Fairy?” Lu Yang recalled the shadowy figure’s last words before self-detonating: “A pity that my main body won’t be able to learn what transpired here.”

Was he trying to mislead us, or was it really the truth?

Yun Zhi refuted Lu Yang’s speculation. “The main body won’t know. Its clone also wouldn’t dare to let his main body know. If the clone could relay its situation to the main body, I would have been able to track the main body based on their connection.”

Lu Yang couldn’t fathom his Big Senior Sister’s methods either.

“It’s just that...” Yun Zhi’s eyes held a trace of doubt, as though she was mulling over something.

“It’s just that, what?”

“The shadowy figure felt very familiar. I may have fought him before.”

Both Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy were astounded.

Yun Zhi continued, “It was probably about a hundred years ago. I happened to sense an immortal appearing on the Central Continent, so I asked him to identify himself. He refused me, and a battle ensued between us.

“He likely underestimated my strength. The moment we clashed, he had already fallen into a disadvantage. I pressed my advantage and wounded him. Realizing that he wouldn’t gain anything from continuing the fight, he feigned an attack on a nearby city. While I defended the city, he made use of the opportunity to slip away. By the time I tried to chase after him, he was already gone.

“That person concealed himself from head to toe and enveloped themselves in a mist of primal chaos. The techniques used were also rather generic and prevented others from discerning their origins. These are all very similar to the shadowy figure we encountered today.”

Yun Zhi suspected that the shadowy figure today was the clone of the person she fought a century ago.

Lu Yang mused to himself, If Big Senior Sister’s guess is correct, then the shadowy figure’s comment “As I thought, your strength far surpasses what you show to the outside world” was merely his lie to pretend that he didn’t know about Big Senior Sister’s ability.

The more Lu Yang thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. If the shadowy figure didn’t know about Big Senior Sister’s ability, why would his first reaction be to self-detonate instead of running away? It simply didn’t make sense.

From the beginning to the end, the shadowy figure only spoke a few sentences, and most of them were likely lies.

Wily old fox.

Fear still lingered in the Everlasting Immortal. Although the two fairies didn’t show mercy when they beat me, each person hitting harder than the other, at the very least, they didn’t kill me outright. Had I fallen into that shadowy figure’s hands, not only would my Dao Fruit have been snatched, but the likelihood of being silenced would have been close to a hundred.

Lu Yang asked, “Immortal Fairy, can you guess who he might be?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy knitted her brow, slightly hesitant. “The Nine-Layers Immortal was the most proficient in manipulating clones, but if the other three wanted to imitate him, that’s also doable for them.”

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Lu Yang pressed further, “Could there have been other immortals besides the five of you?”

Faced with Lu Yang’s question, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was no longer certain. Could it be that the Nine-Layers Immortal was really not the first immortal?

“How did you determine that the Nine-Layers Immortal was the first immortal back then?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy searched through her memories. “When the Nine-Layers Immortal ascended to an immortal, the world radiated with immortal light and rang with immortal melodies. Nine-colored rain descended from the skies and brought about blessings and acclaim, showering fortune on all beings. When the four of us ascended to immortals later, nothing like that happened.”

Lu Yang was stunned. “Was that the special treatment for the first to ascend to immortality?”

Yun Zhi nodded. She had read about the Nine-Layers Immortal’s immortal ascension in ancient records, and it matched the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s account, or rather, she should say that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s description was even more vivid as someone who had experienced it firsthand.

The first to ascend to an immortal was indeed outstanding.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy shook her head. “No, that’s not it. Later, when the five of us were dining together, the Nine Layers Immortal had too much to drink and confessed that all those phenomena back then were his own doing. He had secretly orchestrated everything and expended a huge amount of rare natural treasures.”

Lu Yang, “...”

Yun Zhi, “...”

Why does it feel like every ancient tale I hear from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy completely overturns my understanding of history? Lu Yang felt that the ancient era as portrayed by the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was entirely different from what the shadowy figure had depicted.

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In a mysterious location, a black figure sat atop a throne made from piled-up bones. He opened his immortal eyes, unleashing boundless immortal light that illuminated the surroundings. As the immortal light flashed briefly, it cast an eerie glow on the corpses and bones strewn across the ground, creating an uncanny contrast.

The black figure slowly rose and stretched his body as his eyebrows furrowed slightly. “Why is this chair so hard and uncomfortable?”

“Whose idea was it to use piled-up bones to make a chair? There’s not even a cushion.” The black figure shook his head and decided to find another place to sleep.

Suddenly, he sensed something off and grunted softly.

His attendant asked cautiously, “Your Excellency, what is the matter?”

“The clone I sent to the Everlasting Creed has disappeared?”

The black figure had always been able to sense the connection between him and the clone, thereby allowing him to determine the location of his clone. Just now, the connection was completely severed, indicating that someone had eradicated his clone. He had poured in countless resources and efforts to create this particular clone, yet it was now gone just like that. It would be a lie to say that it didn’t pain him.

“What? Your Excellency's clone has disappeared?!” The attendant’s expression seemed to be of genuine shock.

His Excellency is an immortal, and the clone of an immortal should be sufficient to traverse the world freely. How could it have disappeared in the Central Continent?

The black figure ruminated. “Who could have done this?”

The first suspect he ruled out was the Everlasting Immortal. A soul created from consciousness couldn’t possibly have the power to kill my clone without a trace. There are only so few people who can do that. He had sent his clone to investigate the situation instead of heading there himself because he feared being detected by those few people; he was not ready to expose his identity now.

He had tampered with his clone such that even if it was captured, there was no way for the other party to deduce his identity. Moreover, they might even be misled by the information from the clone and point their suspicion toward other immortals.

It’s best to be cautious in life. Otherwise, if you’re as simple-minded as the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, you won’t know when someone will get rid of you one day.

“Could it be that fellow from the imperial palace? Or is it Yun Zhi from the Dao-Seeking Sect? Or could it be someone else?”

Since my clone has been hiding in the Everlasting Creed, those that came into contact with the Everlasting Creed could only be the Great Xia Dynasty, which is dedicated to cracking down on diabolic creeds, and the Five Great Immortal Sects, which focus on slaying demons and eliminating evil.