Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 371: Kind-Hearted Cultivator Vice Creed Leader Shi

The Taciturn Daoist Priest and Minister of Justice were scrutinizing the Calamity Venerable Lord when they heard an ethereal and familiar voice, making them both shudder.

“Shifu, Lord Minister, it’s been a long time.”

“It’s you!” Seeing the figure who had reduced him to this plight, the Calamity Venerable Lord shrieked in terror and crawled forward desperately.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest and Xu Xin cast sidelong glances at the Calamity Venerable Lord. Why did this old fellow react more intensely than we did?

Being shrewd individuals, the two immediately deduced the reason. This man has been fleeing Yun Zhi’s pursuit and hoped to conceal himself with the prison’s gloomy atmosphere, only to be captured by us.

“If I’m not mistaken, this is the Calamity Venerable Lord from the mid-Great Yu era. He took advantage of the Qing Province Grand Ceremony to order two archaic Fusion cultivators to go on a rampage, forcing the provincial governor to mobilize the national fortune and Supreme Sword Projection for battle, thereby achieving his goal of gathering intelligence.

“Fortunately, Little Junior Brother was astute and detected the anomalies with those two archaic Fusion cultivators and alerted me in time. That was how I managed to capture him. Had he relayed the intelligence about the national fortune and Supreme Sword Projection to other archaic cultivators, it would have caused significant trouble.”

Xu Xin gnashed his teeth at the Calamity Venerable Lord. “I knew it was strange! Why would an unfamiliar Fusion cultivator pop up from nowhere? So it’s because it’s yet another archaic Fusion cultivator!”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest dropped his lighthearted demeanor. Archaic cultivators were one of Great Xia’s crises.

Yun Zhi narrowed her eyes. This was her second time capturing an archaic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator. Previously, she had reached a consensus with the other four leaders of the Five Great Immortal Sects and the Xia Emperor that archaic cultivators would awaken in succession as time passed. Since the cultivators awakening now were at the Fusion Stage, those awakening next would be at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage.

But based on this archaic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator’s behavior, he seems to have learned about the national fortune and Supreme Sword Projection long ago, which suggests that he had probably awakened early on.

“Looks like many archaic cultivators are hiding in places unknown to us.” Yun Zhi’s cold tone carried a trace of displeasure. This mediocre and dull-witted bunch even calculates the timing of immortal ascension and schemes various things, bringing disasters to the world.

The Calamity Venerable Lord’s body resembled a withered tree, his breathing barely perceptible as if he could die any moment. Seeing his current state, Yun Zhi yanked his soul out with a tap of her forefinger.

Bringing only the soul back will be much more convenient. Rather than a body on the verge of crumbling, I might as well just take the soul.

Yun Zhi gripped an invisible chain in her right hand, with the other end tied around the Calamity Venerable Lord.

“By the way, Shifu, Your Excellency, capturing the Calamity Venerable Lord counts as a meritorious service. I’ll inform the Xia Emperor about this matter,” Yun Zhi suddenly added before departing.

After the initial daze, the two rejoiced. Such a great contribution is enough to secure our release.

They had thought they would miss this opportunity.

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“Where to find archaic cultivators for revenge?” Vice Creed Leader Shi pondered. He was never one to delay his revenge.

“Fellow Daoist, you are of noble character and high integrity to specially seek out archaic cultivators! I, Sun, greatly admire your virtue!” A hearty laugh laced with delight rang out.

Vice Creed Leader Shi found the voice familiar. Turning around, his eyelids twitched.

It’s the provincial governor.

The provincial governor cupped his hands at Vice Creed Leader Shi with a sincere attitude. “Fellow Daoist, may I know where you are from and what your name is? Leveraging the lightning tribulation to injure the Calamity Venerable Lord gravely is truly a great meritorious deed. Could I invite you to follow me back to my estate, Fellow Daoist? There will certainly be generous rewards. Afterward, I’ll also report this to the court to confer an award!”

Similar to Yun Zhi, the provincial governor had tailed the Calamity Heavenly Lord, though he was slower than Yun Zhi and missed the full sequence of events.

By the time the provincial governor arrived, he saw Vice Creed Leader Shi drag the Calamity Venerable Lord into the lightning tribulation, thwarting his numerous escape attempts. Vice Creed Leader Shi even gloated, clearly holding a grudge with the Calamity Venerable Lord. After the lightning tribulation, Vice Creed Leader Shi trussed him up to prevent him from fleeing.

The provincial governor added his embellishments to conjure a scene of what had happened.

A reclusive rogue cultivator was undergoing lightning tribulation in a desolate area. Sensing the Calamity Venerable Lord’s strong stench of blood and malevolent aura, he made use of the lightning tribulation to detain him forcibly.

What a kind-hearted individual! The provincial governor was deeply moved and insisted on rewarding Vice Creed Leader Shi.

Vice Creed Leader Shi shook his head repeatedly. How would I dare to go with the provincial governor? What if he discovers my identity? Wouldn’t that mean a promotion for him?

That’s what the bounty stated.

“You’re too polite, Your Excellency. I simply couldn’t tolerate this bunch of lawless archaic cultivators’ atrocities and decided to punish them. As for the rewards, how can one expect rewards for righteous and chivalric acts? Wouldn’t that be putting the cart before the horse? Goodbye!”

He left hastily, denying the provincial governor any chance to persuade him otherwise.

As the provincial governor watched Vice Creed Leader Shi vanish, he lamented from the bottom of his heart, “Truly a virtuous cultivator who’s in isolation.”

~~~

At the Qing Province Grand Ceremony, the two archaic cultivators had been captured and had their cultivation sealed, with several Fusion cultivators taking turns to keep watch on them. The court would soon dispatch the Luoshui Guard to take the two away, sever their meridians, and throw them in the imperial prison.

The officials maintained order according to their roles. With the provincial governor absent, Xia Qun held the highest position. He assumed command of the yamen and coordinated the recovery efforts.

It should be noted that “recovery” referred more to the mental impact rather than material loss.

Archaic Fusion cultivators, national fortune, Supreme Sword Projection, an archaic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator, a mysterious expert who could effortlessly suppress a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator...all of this was beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators.

Forget about ordinary cultivators; even Lan Ting and the others were still in a daze.

Lu Yang remained unfazed. What are archaic Transcendent Tribulation cultivators? Inside my mental space is the number one ancient immortal who was the first among the top ten ancient beauties and casually shares ancient secrets at every turn. When immortals are involved, there’s no place at all for Transcendent Tribulation cultivators.

He overheard bystanders discussing the events from earlier.

“Thankfully, that expert stepped in. Otherwise, we would have been in danger!” A Golden Core cultivator was glad to have narrowly avoided death. I feel so lucky to be alive right now.

His companion agreed. Fear had yet to fade from his eyes. “You don’t say! Speaking of which, what did that expert look like again?”

”You forgot our savior’s appearance... Right, what did that expert look like? Were they male or female?”

The two stared at each other in bafflement.

On the other side, bystanders were also talking about the earlier battle.

“The provincial governor was amazing! He withstood a Transcendent Tribulation-tier magical treasure alone!”

“That’s nothing! He nearly slew that archaic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator! Especially that heaven-defying sword!”

“Sword? What sword?”

“Is this how you use your brain? It was made of... what was the sword made of again?”

“Speaking of which, what weapon did His Excellency use to defeat the archaic Fusion cultivators?”

Their heads were filled with question marks, and they soon forgot everything that had happened.

Lu Yang frowned at the scene. The national fortune, Supreme Sword Projection, and Big Senior Sister... I remember every detail.

“Immortal Fairy, what’s going on here?”

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