Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 34: Little Herb Kings

“Back when I traveled across the Central Continent, I made quite the reputation for myself. If not for someone spreading the word about my yang-boosting efficacy, I wouldn’t have been forced to come to the Dao-Seeking Sect to seek refuge. I would still be traveling around.

“The person traveling with me was also a big name among humans, called Devotee Guyue. When he sent me to the Dao-Seeking Sect, he said he would include me in his book so that people can remember me.”

Devotee Guyue was a famous traveler from the Central Continent. He liked adventures and wandering across places. He left his mark on the Central Continent, Demon Region, and Buddhist Kingdom, with legends of him circulating around various regions.

Legends said that he once served as a scribe in the Great Xia Dynasty, meticulously chronicling the Xia Emperor’s romantic encounters and his many illegitimate children.

In the Demon Region, Devotee Guyue was abducted by the princess of the Dragon Tribe and forced into marriage. He managed to escape, but they pursued him all the way to the Buddhist Kingdom for his head.

In the Buddhist Kingdom, he pretended to be a monk and became a con artist. Every time someone found a loophole in his logic or met a problem they couldn’t solve, he would say “Buddha says it can’t be told.” Later, this phrase would become widespread in the Buddhist Kingdom.

Devotee Guyue also compiled his own experiences into a book, which became fairly popular in the cultivation world.

Although there were no ancient records that explicitly documented Devotee Guyue’s cultivation, Lu Yang surmised that it shouldn’t be low. If his cultivation were just a bit lower, he would probably have gotten beaten to death a long time ago.

The ginseng doll was a superb teacher. It shared stories from its personal experiences, and even revealed that it had discovered the numerous herb species in the herb garden alongside Devotee Guyue. Lu Yang was engrossed the more he listened to it.

The duo of human and ginseng arrived at a small hut built from flowers and grass. The closer they got to the small hut, the more the almost tangible vital energy emanating from within caused Lu Yang’s heart to race.

“Something’s wrong!” Lu Yang clutched his chest, his body trembling involuntarily.

Thump, thump, thump... Lu Yang’s heartbeat became increasingly faster. He felt as if there were countless tiny bugs flying around his ear and buzzing incessantly.

Paying closer attention to the sound, his heart sank into coldness, and a chill ran down his spine. That’s not the sound of tiny bugs. They’re the voices of countless people speaking inside my body!

Those voices are telling me that they’re trapped within my body and that they want to leave...

The ginseng doll was the first to notice that something was amiss with Lu Yang and hollered, “Hey hey hey, an outsider is here. All of you, quickly withdraw your vital energy!”

Lu Yang manipulated his cultivation technique and quelled his boiling blood. Only then did the voices gradually vanish. He fell to the ground on his knees, gasping for air. Everything that had just happened was not an illusion. There was really something inside me. What was it?!

The ginseng doll placed down the empty spirit stones and ran to Lu Yang while bobbing up and down. Its tone was apologetic, “Sorry about that, I didn’t expect you to not have reached the Nascent Soul Stage.”

Different from humans, herb kings didn’t measure their cultivation stage but by their age instead. The ginseng doll couldn’t tell Lu Yang’s cultivation, only finding him pleasing to the eye.

“What...was that?” Lu Yang still hadn’t fully recovered from his shock. He felt as if he had just returned from a tour around hell.

“Little Ba’s and the she-devil’s cultivation are considered too high among you humans, so I forgot about how our vital energy might affect you. It is so abundant that it can make you feel like every organ in your body has developed its own consciousness and become a separate entity. When you’ve reached the Nascent Soul Stage with perfect meridians and orifices and no vulnerable interstices in your body, you will no longer be affected by our vital energy.”

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Hearing the commotion from the ginseng doll’s side, numerous three-inch tall herbs hopped over to Lu Yang.

“Ginseng King, who is this person? Why is he so tiny?”

“You call this tiny? He’s clearly the same height as us! Are you calling yourself tiny too?!”

“It must be magic. Humans’ spells are very mystical. There’s nothing surprising about turning big or small. I’ve even seen males becoming females and humans becoming demons.”

“This person’s cultivation doesn’t look like it’s very high? Has he not reached the Pregnant Stage?”

“What Pregnant Stage? Qilin King, your memory is failing. It’s called the Nascent Soul[1] Stage.”

“He doesn’t look like he’s steady on his feet. Let’s carry him inside the hut.”

The little herb kings softly discussed among themselves for a while, their buzzing noises uncomfortable for Lu Yang’s ears. They first raised Lu Yang over their heads, then carried him into the small hut.

The Dao Enlightenment Tree stood outside, scratching its trunk, causing the leaves to rustle. Its head was too huge, so it couldn’t enter the small hut.

Only when Lu Yang got inside did he realize that the small hut wasn’t built from flowers and grass but ancient wood. Under the vital energy of the herb kings, the ancient wood appeared to be perpetually in spring, sprouting new leaves and fresh flowers and covering its original appearance.

Lu Yang was feeling much better. He slowly got up and tried to distinguish the herb kings.

Guess what? I don’t know a single one.

“Human, what’s your name?” a small grass with three tender leaves asked. Its entire body was silver, and there were specks of starlight on its leaves, as if they were the microcosm of space.

“I am Lu Yang. Senior, may I know who you are...?” Lu Yang asked politely. According to their ages, the little herb kings were not only his seniors but also the seniors of everyone in the Dao-Seeking Sect.

“It's called Three-Leaf Starry Herb. We all call it Star King,” another little herb king answered quickly. It was a multi-colored flower, each of its leaves corresponding to the five elements. The center of the petals was divided into black and white, with a bit of white in the black part and a bit of black in the white part, forming a Taiji design. It looked like a mesmerizing ink painting that could suck one’s soul inside.

“I’m the Time Terminus Flower. You can just call me Terminus King. Everyone says that I’m the most beautiful flower. I think it’s because someone is jealous of my charm and is trying to bring me down by showering me with excessive compliments. As a modest herb king, I think that I’m just the world’s second most beautiful flower...” the Time Terminus Flower chatted endlessly.

Lu Yang stared at the Time Terminus Flower for two seconds, his pupils widening with incredulity. Although he didn’t know how a Time Terminus Flower looked, its reputation preceded it.

“Time Terminus Flower...is that the flower that is claimed to bloom so beautifully that time would come to a standstill, but that’s only when the world is about to end and living beings are plunged into devastation?!”

Lu Yang couldn’t be blamed for being so astonished. The ancient records documented that the blooming of the Time Terminus Flower signaled the end of the world, meaning that the world would be completely reset.

But from what I’ve read in the ancient books, a catastrophe of such scale has never happened before!

The Time Terminus Flower scratched its nectar. “Someone did say that, but I remember that I bloomed during very peaceful times. Everyone was joyful and in harmony, and I didn’t see any disasters. Perhaps the story of my blooming is just a rumor.”

Lu Yang was about to ask more when he heard another little herb king speak. “Lu Yang, why did you come to the herb garden? Did Little Ba ask you to pick some herbs?” a small jade-green Qilin asked. It appeared as if it was an exquisite piece of work carved from fine jade, looking like it didn’t belong to this world.

Lu Yang was taken aback again. “Qilin?!”

A qilin is one of the most mysterious demon beasts. It’s a miracle to even find one or two. They’re much rarer than Transcendent Tribulation cultivators. Their traces can only be found through fragmented information in ancient records. But you’re telling me that there’s actually one in the Dao-Seeking Sect?!

The depth of Dao-Seeking Sect’s foundation was so terrifying that it was completely beyond Lu Yang’s wildest imagination.

The ginseng doll explained, “It’s the Qilin Immortality Herb. Its current form is its dharma body. Your cultivation is inadequate. When you’ve reached the Divine Transfiguration Stage and cultivated a heavenly eye, you would be able to see its true form clearly then.”

1. The original Chinese expression for “Nascent Soul” contains the character for “infant.” This is why you often see xianxia novels depicting it as manifesting an infant. ☜