Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 408: Speedrunning Classic Tropes

Lu Yang had to admit that Wilderness Province lived up to its name. Its fierce and unrestrained local customs alone would take an outsider like me some time to get used to.

“Even the Luodi Merchant Guild has no intelligence on fights between Fusion cultivators. Looks like there really were none.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy had mentioned that the yang energy stored in the walking corpses could sustain their activities for at most two months. Thus, Lu Yang had gathered all the intelligence on Wilderness Province from the past two months. However, aside from the one marital spat, there were no records of Fusion cultivators’ battles.

“Did it happen in secret, evading even the merchant guild’s intelligence network? Or did these walking corpses simply get lost?” Lu Yang would have suspected the former if he had not read those reports on Wilderness Province. But after reviewing all the information, he now suspected the latter.

“Whatever. For now, let’s focus on solving Old Meng’s problem first. According to the intel, the Seven-Emotions Valley specializes in the art of curses. Should I head there?”

He approached someone in the merchant guild. “Excuse me, do you know where the Seven-Emotions Valley is?”

As Lu Yang had just spent a fortune on their most detailed intelligence package, the merchant guild was naturally pleased to provide this minor information gratis. Moreover, this barely counted as intelligence. Any cultivator past a certain level would know the Seven-Emotions Valley’s location. The merchant guild directly handed Lu Yang a map with the Seven-Emotions Valley marked.

After leaving the merchant guild, Lu Yang heard a piercing shriek.

Following the sound, he saw a young ruffian recklessly galloping through the streets and attempting to abduct a commoner girl. His lackeys and servants cheered while onlookers seethed in silence. It seemed like this bully held considerable influence within the region. The young ruffian laughed uproariously as the girl wept.

“Seriously, this again?” Lu Yang sighed deeply. My romantic peach-blossom luck is getting a little out of hand.

Wait, could this be the repayment for saving Meng Jingzhou’s dog hide from the Immortal Fairy, which was an act of immeasurable virtue and merit?

Forget it. No matter the case, I should settle the situation in front of me first.

“Stop.” Despite Lu Yang’s soft voice, it was particularly conspicuous in such a situation, so everyone heard him.

Ignoring the passers-by’s stunned gazes, he quickly strode forward and helped the girl up.

“You've got quite the guts, outsider! Do you know who I—”

Before the young ruffian could finish, Lu Yang slapped him across the face without even blinking.

The young ruffian was about Lu Yang’s age; he was supposedly not weak with his cultivation at the Great Perfection Qi Training Stage.

Seeing their master get beaten, the lackeys rushed in with various weapons drawn.

Lu Yang waved his hand impatiently, summoning a gale that sent them all flying.

These lackeys were supposedly not weak with their cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The crowd was dumbstruck that Lu Yang dared to hit the young ruffian.

“I’ve never seen this person before. Is he an outsider?”

“Definitely! Who in Yuanshan City would dare provoke those from the Gu Family? Especially their eldest young master!”

“Satisfying as it is, I’m afraid this person won’t leave this city alive.”

“To defeat even the Foundation Establishment servants so easily—just who is this young hero?”

“Golden Core Stage! He must be at the Golden Core Stage!”

The commoner girl gazed at Lu Yang with tender affection. “Savior.” freёnovelkiss-com

She was quite pretty and could be called a “little beauty.” Noticing the admiration in her eyes, Lu Yang suspected that her next words would be “This humble girl has nothing to repay you except myself.”

“The Gu Family is huge and dominates Yuanshan City. Savior, though your cultivation is extraordinary, going against the Gu Family is still dangerous. Please, flee while you can!”

“Haha, thinking of fleeing? You think you can still leave Yuanshan City alive after beating my son?!” A furious laughter reverberated across half a city as a fuming middle-aged cultivator arrived, glaring daggers at Lu Yang and gnashing his teeth.

“You—”

Lu Yang didn’t give him a chance to utter a second word, casually shooting out a sword ray that pinned the man to a wall.

Afterward, Lu Yang turned to the commoner girl. “Is this the Gu Family’s head?”

She nodded stiffly, stunned by how decisively Lu Yang acted and how powerful he was to have subdued an Advanced Golden Core cultivator in one move. “Family head Gu is fearsome, but what’s more fearsome is his father—”

Before she could finish, they heard another irate roar from afar.

“You dare harm my son and grandson—”

Following the Unbeatable Golden Core’s instructions, Lu Yang drew his Qingfeng Sword and executed the Slashing Word Mantra. Before the other party could finish speaking, he found himself pinned to the wall beside Family Head Gu.

A Basic Nascent Soul cultivator is worthy enough for me to employ my sword techniques.

Lu Yang asked, “Is there anyone else from the Gu Family?”

The commoner girl paused for a long while before stiffly nodding. “Yes, the Gu Family has an old ancestor at the Divine Transfiguration Stage.” She secretly observed Lu Yang. Finding not the slightest change in his expression, she mentally elevated her estimation of his cultivation level.

While she stood dumbfounded, Family Head Gu had secretly contacted their old ancestor for help.

“Young one, you’ve got quite the guts to bully our Gu Family. Even if my people were unreasonable in the first place, only I may discipline them. Why would we need—”

Lu Yang quietly took out the identity jade tablet at his waist.

“—you to step in, Fellow Daoist? I, Gu, thank you for disciplining these good-for-nothing descendants!”

The Gu Family’s old ancestor froze mid-air upon seeing the jade tablet. He then descended from the sky, cupped his fists, and bowed in gratitude.

It was true that Lu Yang couldn’t defeat the Divine Transfiguration-level old ancestor. But why do I need to fight him? Before the leviathan that is the Dao-Seeking Sect, a Divine Transfiguration old ancestor is nothing.

In fact, he wouldn’t even need an elder to intervene. Any senior brother or sister could help Lu Yang restore his dignity—such was the reputation of the Five Great Immortal Sects. It was enough to command reverence from the ancestral clans in these places.

Lu Yang feared neither beating up the young ones nor meeting the old ones.

“Did you hear what the Gu Family’s old ancestor just said? Dao-Seeking Sect? The one in the legends?!”

“It’s the one from the pingshu story, Saga of the Dao-Seeking Sect!”

“The leader of the Five Great Immortal Sects!”

The onlookers gasped in awe. No one had expected Lu Yang to have such an illustrious background.

The commoner girl also stared at Lu Yang in astonishment, the admiration in her eyes deepening.

“No need for thanks,” Lu Yang announced loudly. “But do rein in your descendants, Fellow Daoist Gu, lest they bring calamities upon you. After all, the Great Mission Hall in our Dao-Seeking Sect is frustrated over the lack of missions.” His words were for the Gu Family’s old ancestor and the surrounding civilians.

The Gu Family’s old ancestor naturally understood the underlying implication and broke into a cold sweat. He smiled obsequiously. “Of course, of course! Many thanks for your reminder, Fellow Daoist. After this, I’ll definitely tighten the supervision of my descendants. If such incidents happen again, they shall be punished by having their tendons ripped and bones extracted!”

The commoner girl curtsied sincerely. “This humble girl has nothing to repay you—”

“You can just repay me by working as hard as oxen and horses in your next life,” Lu Yang swiftly interjected.

Under everyone’s gaze, he departed Yuanshan City and took the same route he had come by.

“Let’s hope I won’t encounter something like this on the way back.” He felt that this entire trip had yielded little useful intelligence but plenty of incidents.

“Immortals, please bless and protect me... actually, never mind. Immortals’ blessings aren’t reliable. I should rely on myself.”

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