Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 372: Special Trait of Immortals

“So, you’ve come to seek this immortal’s wisdom again?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was more than happy to answer Lu Yang’s questions. “You should first ask the young fellows from the other immortal sects how much they still remember.” She was not in a hurry, guiding Lu Yang to uncover the truth himself.

“Lan Ting, do you remember the battle earlier?”

Lan Ting rolled her eyes at Lu Yang, finding the question silly. “Of course, I remember. Didn’t Senior Sister Yun Zhi display her divine mighty abilities and suppress that Transcendent Tribulation cultivator?”

“And before that?”

“You mean the battle between the provincial governor and the archaic Fusion cultivators? Didn’t the provincial governor use...” Lan Ting suddenly faltered. The answer seemed to linger on the tip of her tongue, yet she couldn’t recall it no matter how hard she tried.

What had the provincial governor used again?

Lu Yang didn’t press further. It was the same with Lan Ting—she had forgotten about the national fortune and Supreme Sword Projection.

He turned to Yan Tianzhi. “Do you remember Big Senior Sister?”

“Yun Zhi. Senior Sister. Remember.”

“What about the combat method the provincial governor used?”

Yan Tianzhi blinked and answered candidly, “Forgot.”

“Old Meng, what about you? Is your mind still clear?”

“My ass! When has my mind ever been unclear? Didn’t the provincial governor use the national fortune to manifest the Supreme Sword Projection and wage war with the archaic Fusion cultivators, and then Big Senior Sister suppressed the archaic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator?”

Lu Yang ruminated. Ordinary cultivators had forgotten about the national fortune and Big Senior Sister, while Lan Ting and the other two had only forgotten about the national fortune. Only Meng Jingzhou and I remembered the entire battle.

“Does the key lie in the national fortune? It erased everyone’s memories, but Meng Jingzhou is from the Meng Family, which once vied for the throne and had multiple intermarriages with the imperial family. In other words, Old Meng has the bloodline of both the Meng Family and the imperial family. Is that why he could remember the national fortune?

“But what about Big Senior Sister? Did she not want to draw attention from the public and erased nearly everyone’s memories except for the five of us?” Lu Yang felt he had figured out the answer and sought the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s confirmation.

“Something like that. The national fortune erased everyone’s memories, but it wasn’t that Yun Zhi didn’t erase yours—she deliberately preserved them. Do you understand the difference?”

Lu Yang lowered his head in contemplation and jolted in realization. “The memory erasure by Big Senior Sister and the national fortune happened automatically!”

“Correct. This is a special characteristic of immortals, which automatically makes people forget an immortal’s methods unless the immortal deliberately lets them remember.”

“The national fortune and Lass Yun’s actions all count as ‘immortal methods.’

“The provincial governor oversees this region, so he won’t forget about the national fortune. That Xia Qun is of imperial bloodline, so he won’t forget either. Same goes for little fellow Meng.”

Lu Yang suddenly discovered another problem. “Wait, if you’re talking about immortal methods, does that include Dao Fruits?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was pleased with Lu Yang’s swift internalization. “You have a sharp mind. Dao Fruits are the primary characteristic of immortals, so of course, they count as immortal methods.

“It’s just like the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s Tribulation Mandate Dao Fruit and Epoch Immortal’s Epoch Dao Fruit—they’re all classic immortal methods. Take a look at the Epoch Immortal. Even though he has named himself after his ability, people still can’t remember the Epoch Dao Fruit and that his methods are related to time.”

This was one of the reasons immortals were so enigmatic.

“Then how am I able to remember all this?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy puffed up proudly. “What kind of question is that? You have this immortal looking after you. How could you forget?

“You’re the second-in-command of the Everlasting Lineage. If word gets out that you know nothing about other immortals, it’d bring disgrace to our Everlasting Lineage!”

Only then did Lu Yang realize how precious such knowledge was.

“Of course, not all immortals possess this trait of making people forget immortal methods. This immortal is an exception. Otherwise, there would have been no Everlasting Creed!”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy held up two fingers. “Based on this trait, immortals can be divided into two categories. One type includes those who can automatically make people forget immortal methods.

“And the other is this immortal, who bears no such trait!

“These are two paths and two different choices.”

Lu Yang was silent for a long time before slowly raising his hands to cup his fists solemnly. “Immortal Fairy, you’re truly impressive!”

His serious attitude flustered the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. Her cheeks flushed, and she fidgeted, unsure where to put her hands. Crossing her arms, she tilted her chin up slightly with a pout. “Aiya, I have always said I’m impressive. You just didn’t believe me.”

After she finished speaking, she cracked an eye open to peek at Lu Yang’s reaction.

Seeing him still so earnest, she grew even more flustered.

“I’m going to sleep! Shoo shoo shoo! Don’t disturb my sleep!” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy booted Lu Yang out of his mental space.

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Though the Calamity Venerable Lord seemed to have escaped for a long time, it had actually been brief. After waiting in place for a short while, Lu Yang and the other four saw Yun Zhi dragging the Calamity Venerable Lord’s soul back to the Qing Province Grand Ceremony.

“Big Senior Sister, you’re back already?” Lu Yang was shocked. Hadn’t we agreed to track the Calamity Venerable Lord to his lair? This is absurdly fast.

Yun Zhi, “...”

“Change of plans.” She didn’t elaborate. How am I supposed to explain? Do I say that the Calamity Venerable Lord didn’t pick an auspicious day to flee, running headlong into four Fusion cultivators and incidentally helping Shifu and the Minister of Justice reduce their sentences?

“Se-Senior Sister Yun Zhi, “Lan Ting greeted timidly, not daring to meet her gaze. Yun Zhi’s display of divine might in the sky above had been downright terrifying. Anyone would have been intimidated.

Yun Zhi glanced at Lan Ting and nodded slightly. “I remember you. Your shifu brought you to propose marriage to Lu Yang. After I agreed, she went back on it and ran off with you.”

Lan Ting fell silent for a long while, utterly failing to connect Yun Zhi’s words to that past experience.

“Senior Sister Yun Zhi.”

“Senior Sister.”

Bai Ming and Yan Tianzhi greeted ner nervously, more so than they ever had been before their respective sects’ ancestors.

“The provincial governor informed me that this year’s Qing Province Grand Ceremony has concluded. You’re free to arrange your own travels,” Yun Zhi reminded them kindly. She tugged the chain in her hand. “I still need to interrogate this one, so I’ll return to the sect first.”

Just as she was about to leave, she spotted Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou and seemed to have thought of something, turning back to Lan Ting. “By the way, how did my Little Junior Brother and Junior Brother Meng perform at the grand ceremony’s tournament? Did they accurately critique the contestants’ strengths and weaknesses?”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou stiffened, cold sweat breaking out. So Big Senior Sister had really sent us here as judges, not contestants.

After a brief pause, Lan Ting smiled sweetly. “Senior Brother Lu Yang and Senior Brother Meng Jingzhou are role models for our younger generation. They are exceptionally talented and possess a wealth of combat experience. Their commentaries were incisive and spot-on, with every word full of wisdom. The participants were deeply convinced and vowed to work hard on their cultivation upon returning.”

Yun Zhi nodded. “That’s good then. I was worried they might have joined the competition. It’s a relief they didn’t.”

Hearing Yun Zhi's words, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was suddenly wide awake. She shot up from bed, ready to expose Lu Yang, only for him to clamp his hand firmly over her mouth.

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