Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 639: Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array

“Oh no, I grasped the wrong thing.” Lu Yang finally figured out the reason. During these three days, I wasn’t communicating with the Seven Star Sword Set but with the Sword-Cleansing Pond!

“Little Junior Brother, you...” As Gan Tian was blindfolded, she perceived the external commotion through her other senses and took a moment to process what her Little Junior Brother had done.

He has made off with the Sword-Cleansing Pond!

“Wait, this is an accident! I can explain!” Lu Yang hastily shouted while secretly trying to sever the connection with the pond.

But the bond he had formed with the Sword-Cleansing Pond over three days couldn’t be broken so easily. After several unsuccessful attempts, he had no choice but to admit one thing—the Sword-Cleansing Pond had latched onto him.

Brother, is this really necessary? Can’t you follow someone else? I’m insignificant and weak; I don’t dare to keep you. Boldly appropriating sect property is unjustifiable no matter how you look at it.

Gan Tian wore an expression that said no further explanation was needed. “Little Junior Brother, Big Senior Sister has long mentioned you had extraordinary talent, just that it’s a bit unorthodox. Seeing it today confirms that.” I didn’t get the chance to witness it in the Demon Region, but now I finally have.

Lu Yang, “...”

Big Senior Sister, can’t you say something nice about me for once?

“An accident simply happened during the communication process—I didn’t cultivate it off-kilter,” Lu Yang clarified earnestly, correcting Gan Tian’s mistaken view.

“Immortal Fairy, why didn’t you remind me that I was communicating with the Sword-Cleansing Pond all this time?” Third Senior Sister might not have noticed something amiss, but how could you not have?

“Ah? I thought you planned to control the Sword-Cleansing Pond first, and then borrow its power to control the Seven Star Sword Set.”

“...That does seem like it could work.”

Following the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s line of thinking, Lu Yang realized it was indeed possible to control the Seven Star Sword Set by first controlling the Sword-Cleansing Pond.

The comfort the Seven Star Sword Set felt in the pond couldn’t have been fake. Since they have experienced it once, they would surely want it a second time.

And if they want to experience it a second time, they will have to behave and listen to me!

“Never mind. Let’s just inform Big Senior Sister.” Now that things have come to this, I can’t just forcibly separate myself from the Sword-Cleansing Pond.

Lu Yang collected the spilled water back into the Sword-Cleansing Pond, then stored both the Sword-Cleansing Pond and the Seven Star Sword Set into his identity jade token with movements so practiced they resembled cleaning up a crime scene.

The two returned the way they came. When they passed through the vast grassland, Lu Yang whipped out his identity jade tablet, and sure enough, the demon beasts no longer attacked.

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Meanwhile, Yun Zhi and Jiang Lianyi had finished their tour of Incarceration Peak. The archaic cultivators imprisoned there were trembling with fear.

What is the background of the Dao-Seeking Sect? How did they manage to unearth the Phoenix Ancestor, who has been missing for several hundred thousand years?

If they had previously looked down on the Dao-Seeking Sect due to their own archaic status, even that last shred of pride was now gone.

In terms of antiquity, who could surpass the Phoenix Ancestor? Even if the Four Ancient Immortals were here, they were from the same era as the Phoenix Ancestor, so there’d be no distinction in seniority.

As for the Grand-Shifu, his reaction was no better than Old Tao’s, especially when he heard from Yun Zhi that the Phoenix Ancestor was unearthed by Lu Yang, his expression becoming much more spectacular.

The student surpasses the master—this kid Lu Yang is far more capable than his shifu in stirring things up.

The Grand-Shifu was thankful he had retired. If I were still in the position of sect leader, I wouldn’t be able to handle the mess Lu Yang is causing.

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“You’re saying you refined the sect’s Sword-Cleansing Pond?” Yun Zhi was momentarily stunned by Lu Yang’s report.

If I remember correctly, I told you to go to the Sword-Cleansing Pond to refine the Seven Star Sword Set, not to refine the pond itself.

“It was an accident,” Lu Yang repeatedly stressed that there were extenuating circumstances.

However, even if there were mitigating circumstances, Lu Yang still didn’t hold the high ground. Appropriating sect property still warranted some form of punishment.

“Creed Leader, I remember you promised me that I could take anything from this sect?” Jiang Lianyi stepped forward to extricate her senior brother from trouble. “In that case, can I take the Sword-Cleansing Pond?”

“Of course, you can.”

Just like that, the rationale of this matter was settled.

Yun Zhi’s original intention had been to find a legitimate reason to justify giving the Sword-Cleansing Pond to Lu Yang. The Sword-Cleansing Pond was dispensable to the Dao-Seeking Sect. In two thousand years, they had only produced two sword cultivators, and the number of times the pond had been used was pitifully small. However, she couldn’t give it to Lu Yang directly, for that would be disregarding sect rules and regulations, which wouldn’t be conducive to sect unity.

“Very well. Since you’ve already acquired the Sword-Cleansing Pond, you should be able to grasp the Seven Star Sword Set within a few days, achieving the foundation for practicing sword arrays.” Yun Zhi took out a small booklet from the front of her robe. “This is a spoil of war I obtained after encountering an enemy. It happens to contain a sword array manual. This is the first layer; take it and study it for now.”

Lu Yang accepted the booklet. Upon seeing the name of the sword array, his hand trembled, nearly dropping it.

Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array.

“Can this sword array truly exterminate immortals?” Lu Yang’s voice quivered as he asked the question.

I’m asking the obvious. If it can’t exterminate immortals, why would it have such a name?

“It can’t. It was probably just given an impressive name to boost one’s courage.”

Lu Yang, “...”

Which lunatic came up with this name?

“I don’t know who he was either.” Yun Zhi recalled the incident. “I ran into him by chance. He was secretly plotting a major scheme, and if it had been successful, it would have turned Great Xia upside down. The situation was urgent then, and there was no time to seek help. I was forced to act, and then I got rid of him.

“He was undoubtedly an archaic cultivator, but I can’t be certain whether he’s from Great Yu or Great Qian. This sword array and your Qingfeng Sword belonged to that person.

“I’ve tested the sword array’s power. It can’t exterminate immortals, but its power is still impressive. What you have is the first layer. I’ll give you the subsequent ones once your cultivation realm rises.”

Lu Yang asked, “Was he a sword cultivator?”

“No, he just knew how to use a sword. It felt like he knew a bit about talismans, spells, and the like, but wasn’t very proficient. He could bully half-immortals with his cultivation realm, but he would struggle against someone of the same level.”

“...Wait a moment, he was an immortal?!”

Yun Zhi didn’t understand why Lu Yang’s reaction was so dramatic. “Of course, he was an immortal. A half-immortal wouldn’t dare to give their sword array a name like this. He could be considered the weakest immortal I’ve encountered, even weaker than the one we met at the Everlasting Creed.”

Big Senior Sister, you spoke of it so lightly, saying he was the ‘weakest immortal,’ but even the weakest immortal is still an immortal! Yet you killed him just like that!

Even Jiang Lianyi couldn’t keep her cool, much less Lu Yang.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy remembered the aura of the Dao Fruit she had sensed deep within the Dao-Seeking Sect’s treasury. It likely belonged to this person. “Tch, it’s just killing an immortal. You make it sound as if no one else can do it. It’s just because I haven’t had the opportunity; otherwise, I could do it too.”

Just as Lu Yang was about to thank Yun Zhi and start building rapport with the Seven Star Sword Set to begin cultivating the sword array and become a qualified sword cultivator, he sensed movement from the Nine-Netherworlds Token—someone from the Nine-Netherworlds Creed was contacting him.

After reading the message on the token, a strange expression appeared on his face.

“What is it? Did the Nine-Netherworlds Creed contact you?” Yun Zhi asked.

“The Nine-Netherworlds Creed informed me that the creed leader of the Radiant Sun Creed wants to meet me.”