Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 375: Tao Yaoye’s New Script

When Lu Yang arrived at the summit of Hundred Refinements Peak, half of the Dao-Seeking Sect’s elders were gathered there: Second Elder, Fifth Elder, and Sixth Elder—present only as a projection.

Fifth Elder eyed Second Elder and Eighth Elder. These two eccentric monsters. “Since when do the two of you invent new things? And you even want me to apply for a patent?”

In his memory, Second Bro has entered retiree life in advance, spending his days guarding the herb garden. If not for his glowing spirits from a second spring—another chance at his love life, I would have thought Second Bro has turned moldy.

And there’s Old Eight. He’s been holed up in the sect lately. He’s probably seeking refuge in the sect due to some trouble he stirred up outside.

“It’s not the two of them; Tao Yaoye came up with the idea. Old Two and Old Eight are responsible for bringing it to fruition,” Sixth Elder explained.

Fifth Elder nodded. This makes far more sense.

“Junior Niece Tao, what have you invented?” Fifth Elder’s attitude was amiable. He always encouraged his disciples to think outside the box and push the boundaries of conventional wisdom.

In this regard, I hold high hopes for Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou. Li Haoran’s creativity is slightly lacking, so he’ll need to keep up with his efforts.

“It’s a combination of arrays and talismans that allows people to enter illusory domains—” Tao Yaoye paused mid-explanation when she noticed Lu Yang strolling toward them. “Senior Brother Lu, what brings you here?”

Seeing the lively gathering, Lu Yang could roughly guess what they were up to, so he smiled and asked, “Junior Sister Tao, is the construction of the illusory domain complete?”

“Thanks to the help from Second Elder and Eighth Elder, we’ve finished the preliminary version. I was just about to demonstrate it to Fifth Elder. Would you like to try it too, Senior Brother?”

Lu Yang agreed readily. He was curious to see how Tao Yaoye’s “film production” had turned out.

Tao Yaoye retrieved two talismans from her identity jade tablet and handed one each to Fifth Elder and Lu Yang. Then, she unfurled a scroll drawn with an array that Lu Yang couldn’t decipher.

“Is this a talisman designed by Old Eight? And an array drawn by Old Two?” Fifth Elder recognized the origins of the talisman and array, both of whose designs were relatively simple.

“Fifth Elder, Senior Brother, please stand on the array and tear the talisman in half from the middle. After that, you will feel a slight tug, a sign that you’re entering the illusion.” This was an illusory domain designed for mortals and low-level cultivators. Tao Yaoye was worried that if either of them resisted even slightly, the talisman would be nullified.

Lu Yang followed her instructions and split the talisman cleanly. A faint pull tugged at his consciousness, which he did not resist. With that, his consciousness was dragged into another world.

Boom!

The moment he arrived, Lu Yang could see endless streaks of lightning in the sky and hear peals of deafening thunder, as if no other sounds existed in this world.

Amidst the lightning, a peerless figure stood unwavering in the sky, enduring the lightning strikes dauntlessly. freēnovelkiss.com

“This person is about to break through to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage. It’s quite convincing,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy whispered in Lu Yang’s ear, startling him.

Lu Yang sneaked a glance at Fifth Elder, who had entered the illusory domain with him before answering softly, “Immortal Fairy, what are you doing here? What if someone discovers you?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy flashed a smug smile. “A simple illusory domain like this can’t keep me out; I can come and go as I please. As for getting discovered? My concealment skills are unmatched in this world. No one can find me!”

Lu Yang exhaled in relief, then recalled her earlier words. “Immortal Fairy, you mentioned this person is breaking through to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage?”

“That’s right. This is the lightning tribulation one must face to break through to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage—the Ninety-Nine Murky Sky Lightning Tribulation, designed by the Heaven Mandate Immortal. Whoever designed this illusory domain must have witnessed it before.”

Faced with the relentless thunderstorm, the Sky-Blanketing True Lord threw his head back and laughed, choosing to meet it head-on with his proud Sword Dao. One by one, the heavenly thunderbolts were sundered by his sword, leaving him unscathed.

However, there seemed to be no end to the barrage in sight, and the Sky-Blanketing True Lord’s strength waned. When the final heavenly lightning struck, it shattered his Sword Dao and hit him.

As the thunderstorm dispersed, the Sky-Blanketing True Lord plummeted from the sky.

Crash! He slammed into a mountain, carving out a crater. Before losing consciousness, he murmured to himself, “Alas! After more than two thousand years of cultivation, I, the Sky-Blanketing True Lord, stood just one step away from the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, only to fail at the final hurdle! My Sword Dao is shattered, and my cultivation has been sealed by the heavenly lightning. I can’t muster even a sliver of power!”

It was unclear how much time had passed until a young woman from a nearby village cautiously approached the crater. Noticing a person within, she plucked up her courage and carried the Sky-Blanketing True Lord home.

When he woke up, his memories were gone. He had no recollection of who he was or what cultivation was.

Upon realizing he had lost his memories, Xiuxiu, the woman who saved him, named him “A’Lei.”[1]

The villagers in the mountains felt that A’Lei was an inauspicious person and demanded that he be driven out. However, Xiuxiu refused, insisting he could stay until he recovered his memories.

Hence, A’Lei lived together with Xiuxiu in the mountains, helping her farm, fish, and hunt. On one occasion, when a demon beast attacked, A’Lei displayed extraordinary strength.

“A’Lei, you...” Xiuxiu was stupefied. A’Lei, who seems like a mortal, had just killed a Foundation Establishment wolf demon with a single punch.

“I...I also don’t know how I did that.” A’Lei was equally bewildered.

Half a year later, a diabolic cultivator placed a magical treasure in the mountains and ordered his underlings to capture all the villagers as sacrificial offerings to enhance the quality of the special treasure.

Xiuxiu was among them.

A’Lei was out when Xiuxiu was taken. When he returned and found her gone, he searched for her like a madman. Tracking down the diabolic cultivators’ lair, he slaughtered several minions in an attempt to rescue Xiuxiu.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Xiuxiu had already been sacrificed to the unusual treasure, whose quality rose by leaps and bounds after the refinement.

The diabolic cultivator laughed maniacally. With this magical treasure, he would fear no pursuit from the righteous path, allowing him to roam the world carefreely.

A’Lei went berserk, his fury reopening the heavenly lightning’s seal. His shattered Sword Dao pieced together again as heavenly lightning converged to strike him dead, though his radiant Sword Dao pierced through the clouds and scattered the thunderstorm.

He had fully regained his power and memories.

As A’Lei burned with wrath, boundless Sword Dao spread across heaven and earth, engulfing ten thousand mountains. With every step he took, a layer of his seal was broken. Accompanied by endless spirit qi surging with momentum around him, he resembled a devil king who had descended from the sky to annihilate the mortal realm.

“You’re. Courting. Death!”

“I-it’s you!” The diabolic cultivator collapsed to the ground, finally recognizing A’Lei’s identity.

The Sky-Blanketing True Lord, the number one in Sword Dao, and the strongest below the Transcendent Tribulation Stage—he’s the last person you’d want to provoke!

“No no no! With this special treasure in hand, I’m not the same as before!” The diabolic cultivator activated the special treasure, summoning tornadoes and earthquakes to bury the Sky-Blanketing True Lord.

A sword light fell like divine punishment, reducing both the treasure and the diabolic cultivator into ashes.

“Xiuxiu, I’ve avenged you...” the Sky-Blanketing True Lord muttered, cradling her lifeless body as a single tear slipped down his cheek.

The illusory domain ended.

“How was it, how was it?! How was the script this time?” As soon as the illusory domain concluded, Tao Yaoye eagerly asked for Lu Yang’s feedback. She had taken his suggestions to heart and meticulously added a richer narrative.

A male lead with his cultivation sealed and memories lost, lives with a pretty village girl. Over time, he secretly grows feelings for her. Later, the pretty village girl is murdered, and he breaks his seal in a burst of fury, slaying the mastermind in one strike.

Just the thought of it is thrilling.

Lu Yang had a complicated expression, unsure how he should comment. “The script is good, but why did the male lead have my shifu’s face the entire time?”

Sure, Shifu is dashingly handsome with an immortal-like appearance and otherworldly demeanor, but it’s not my first day meeting him. With his face on the male lead, I just couldn’t find it immersive.

Fifth Elder fully agreed.

It should have been a moving finale, but when I saw Old Nine hugging Xiuxiu’s body, I almost laughed out loud.

1. ”Lei” here means thunder or lightning. ☜

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