Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 427: Strong Huang Ming

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Chapter 427: Strong Huang Ming

Having pieced together the whole story, Lu Yang and his two junior brothers stayed behind while Zhao Po took his walking corpse to Baishui Village and captured Liu San, who was packing his belongings to flee. Corpse Drivers held special status in Wilderness Province, and Zhao Po was among the most orthodox of them, making him the most suitable candidate to seize Liu San without many obstacles or questions.

“Hey hey hey! What are you doing?”

Lu Yang flashed a standard eight-tooth smile. “Sending you to the yamen.”

“I told you I didn’t kill anyone!”

“Who said only murder gets punished? Insurance fraud is a crime too. You even turned the pool into saltwater and choked the fish to death. Charging you with the additional crime of environmental damage is totally justified!”

“Great Xia even puts ghosts on trial?”

Lu Yang grinned proudly. “Not just ghosts! Even the Sect Leader of the Dao-Seeking Sect and the Minister of Justice got thrown in prison when they broke the law!”

Zhao Po was flabbergasted. I’ve never heard of something like this.

Don’t the Five Great Immortal Sects have enforcement authority? How could their leaders be arrested?

And the Minister of Justice knows the law best, yet he still knowingly broke it?

Is this a secret only known to immortal sect disciples?

Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu stared at Lu Yang in surprise; they hadn’t known about this matter either. Only the Xia Emperor, the entire Ministry of Justice, Yun Zhi, and Lu Yang were privy to this.

“Put on trial? Junior Brother Zhao Po, is this how you complete missions assigned to you by the sect?” A cold voice sounded from above.

A man hovered in the air with an arrogant expression. Next to him was a walking corpse shrouded in black robes.

“Senior Brother Huang Ming?” Zhao Po immediately recognized the person who had defeated him and became the sect’s top disciple.

Huang Ming slowly descended with his walking corpse, scowling at Zhao Po with discontent. “The sect’s mission requirements should be the complete eradication of ghosts. Why are you sparing this one? If you’re too soft-hearted to kill a living being, let your senior brother do it in your stead!” He suddenly produced a Soul-Dispelling Talisman, aiming it at the Drowned Ghost.

Zhao Po reacted faster. He strode forward and stood in front of the ghost, preventing Huang Ming from making a move. “Senior Brother Huang, ghosts too can be good and evil. This Drowned Ghost hasn’t committed any heinous crime to warrant death!”

“Preposterous! I don’t care about good and evil ghosts and whatnot. I only know that the sect demands the elimination of all ghost calamities!” Huang Ming narrowed his eyes. “Zhao Po, you insist on obstructing me?”

As conflict threatened to break out, Lu Yang interposed himself between the two. “Fellow Daoist, you’re senior and junior brothers of the same sect. There’s no need to make things this tense, right?” ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Huang Ming remained unmoved. “And who are you?”

“I’m Lu Yang of the Dao-Seeking Sect.”

Huang Ming sneered. “I was wondering who it was. Turns out you’re that Dao-Seeking Sect who bullied weaker opponents at the Qing Province Grand Ceremony. What, does the Dao-Seeking Sect want to meddle in the affairs of our Corpse-Driving Sect now?

“I’m disciplining a junior brother in the capacity of a senior brother. What right does an outsider like you have to interfere?!”

Man Gu bristled at his words, but Meng Jingzhou restrained him.

Meng Jingzhou sensed that Huang Ming seemed to be unusually hostile toward them.

Lu Yang maintained his perfect smile. “We were the ones who captured this Drowned Ghost, so his disposition is naturally ours to decide. On the contrary, Fellow Daoist, for you to suddenly swoop in and pick our fruits, doesn’t that show a lack of upbringing?”

“Heh, four Golden Core cultivators had to join hands just to subdue one Intermediate Nascent Soul Drowned Ghost? And you feel no shame to brag about it? If it were me, I alone would have sufficed! Yet people call you the number one of our generation? I fail to see anything special.”

Lu Yang's smile didn’t waver. “Oh, is that so? Looks like you’re very confident in your cultivation, Fellow Daoist.”

“Test me and you’ll know.”

No sooner had he spoken than Lu Yang unleashed an Arhat Fist strike at Huang Ming.

Clang!

The walking corpse moved faster, crossing its arms like an iron tower to block the blow.

Lu Yang was slightly surprised. Although I didn’t use my full power, a Golden Core cultivator shouldn’t have been able to block this strike.

The walking corpse roared, its body swelling as it attempted to grapple with Lu Yang.

Rather than engaging with the walking corpse directly, Lu Yang stomped the ground. His body vanished underground before reappearing behind Huang Ming.

Better to deal with the walking corpse’s master than fight with the walking corpse!

“Arhat Fist!”

“Yellow Springs Palm!”

Huang Ming seemed to have anticipated Lu Yang’s move, accumulating power in his palm and turning around to deliver an attack.

The fist and palm collided, sending shockwaves through the air. Both parties couldn’t withstand the brunt and staggered backward as the forces of the fist and palm raged through their bodies. The two simultaneously made the same decision, expelling the forces by striking with their palms backward.

Lu Yang’s eyes narrowed with interest. It’s my first time meeting an opponent with such rich combat experience.

“How is this possible?!” Zhao Po stared at this scene in disbelief. Corpse Drivers are typically weaker than average in physique. I’ve seen Brother Lu’s fist techniques. Yet Senior Brother Huang Ming’s palms could trade blows palm-to-palm with Lu Yang!

“You’re not at the Basic Golden Core Stage, are you? Intermediate Golden Core Stage?” Lu Yang smirked, recalling Zhao Po mentioning that both he and Huang Ming were at the Basic Golden Core Stage.

“How did you tell?”

“I put my full strength into this fist strike. If a Basic Golden Core cultivator could withstand it, I would have cultivated in vain.”

Huang Ming snorted without confirming. I didn’t expect Lu Yang to be so tough to deal with, or should I say, troublesome.

“My hair!”

Just as Huang Ming was about to make another move, he noticed strands of hair floating down like snow.

“Fist and Spell As One?!” Huang Ming soon recognized this. I didn’t expect someone at the Golden Core Stage to have achieved this.

He didn’t care about his hair; he only cared about Lu Yang’s talent.

“What’s Fist and Spell As One?” Zhao Po was utterly lost.

Meng Jingzhou studied Huang Ming with his brow knitted, remaining silent. Combat experience aside, Huang Ming’s knowledge doesn’t seem to be what the Corpse-Driving Sect could have nurtured, especially considering he only became Sect Leader Lu’s disciple recently.

Where did such knowledge come from?

The two fought again, displaying momentum that exceeded their cultivation realms. Lu Yang attacked with Three Flavor True Fire, while Huang Ming countered with Dingmao True Fire.[1] The temperature spiked, forcing the Drowned Ghost to keep retreating.

“Six Ding Six Jia True Fire!"[2] Zhao Po gasped. Among the 108 True Fires, twelve were grouped as a main category, and they were collectively referred to as the Six Ding Six Jia True Fire, with the Dingmao True Fire being one of them!

Neither the Yellow Springs Palm, which can resist Brother Lu, nor the Dingmao True Fire had been displayed at the sect’s grand tournament.

Zhao Po knew that Huang Ming hadn’t used his full strength at the tournament, but he assumed his trump card was hidden within the walking corpse, not Huang Ming himself.

Lu Yang grew more curious about Huang Ming’s background. The gap between the first and second disciples in the Corpse-Driving Sect is quite big, huh? Beyond the Five Great Immortal Sects, I’ve never met someone who can match me to this extent.

Their battle intensified as they unleashed various spells, techniques, and mighty abilities. Their fists and palms struck thunderously, yet neither gained an advantage.

Gradually, the outcome of the battle revealed itself. Lu Yang’s foundation was more solid, and when it came to endurance battles, no one at the same cultivation realm could beat him.

Huang Ming was enraged. I’ve never been defeated ever since my debut. Who would’ve thought I’d face my first loss today?

No way I’m gonna let that happen!

His tiger-like eyes radiated majestic might as a surge of invisible mental force coalesced into an arrow aimed at Lu Yang.

However, Lu Yang’s mental power was remarkably strong, let alone with the Everlasting Immortal Fairy in his mental space. In a competition of mental strength, he would be unfazed even if a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator was here.

A tiny shield materialized at Lu Yang’s brow, deflecting the arrow.

Realization dawned upon the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. “I know now! He’s not a peer of the same age but a great cultivator who dispersed his cultivation to cultivate anew!”

1. Dingmao is one of the Six Ding. It is also the name of the fourth year of the sixty-year cycle. ☜

2. The Six Ding and Six Jia refer to twelve warrior/protective gods. ☜

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