Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 640: The Heavenly Court Creed’s Sincerity

At the Nine-Netherworlds Creed’s headquarters, a massive map of Great Xia occupied the entire main wall. All seventeen provinces and tens of thousands of cities of Great Xia were displayed on the map in detail. One-fifth of the cities were marked with red dots, signifying that the Nine-Netherworlds Creed had extended its influence to these cities. Even the largest city, the imperial capital, had been penetrated by the Nine-Netherworlds Creed.

Mu Baiyi stood with his hands clasped behind his back, gazing quietly at the map. He mumbled to himself, his eyes overflowing with unconcealable greed and desire.

“Soon, very soon...

“The imperial court is nothing special. They hadn’t even detected such a large-scale operation from our creed...

“Soon, this Great Xia will be filled with our Nine-Netherworlds Creed’s barbeque shops...”

Mu Baiyi couldn’t resist touching one of the red dots on the map. Each dot represented a barbeque shop, symbolizing the vast amounts of money that would soon flow into the Nine-Netherworlds Creed, helping him repay his loans.

Although we’re still in the investment and store-opening phase, with profits being thin due to reinvestment to open more shops, the prospects are promising. With this fortune, I’ll no longer have to worry about anyone uncovering my scheme of taking out loans using my followers’ identities to distribute monthly payments.

This is lifesaving money.

“It’s all thanks to the Heavenly Court Creed.” Having witnessed the Phoenix Ancient Ancestor defeat Supreme Lord Zhu Tian, Mu Baiyi’s reverence and awe toward the Heavenly Court Creed further increased. “According to Young Creed Leader Lu, several key figures from the ancient Heavenly Court have yet to awaken. Even so, this Heavenly Court Creed is far beyond what our Nine-Netherworlds Creed can compare to.”

“Creed Leader, Creed Leader Chi of the Radiant Sun Creed wishes to meet with you,” Vice Creed Leader Xiang reported, presenting the Radiant Sun Creed’s visiting card.[1]

Mu Baiyi raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled. The Nine-Netherworlds Creed believed in reincarnation, and its cultivation techniques generally leaned toward a yin attribute. As the Radiant Sun Creed’s name suggested, their cultivation techniques were of a yang attribute. The two creeds hardly interacted with each other.

“What does he want?”

A meeting was inevitable. As they were from fellow diabolic creeds, a certain level of courtesy had to be maintained.

~~~

Since the location of the Nine-Netherworlds Creed headquarters couldn’t be revealed, the two creed leaders met at a teahouse one day later, with the Radiant Sun Creed paying to reserve an entire floor. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Creed Leader Shi arrived on time, accompanied by two protectors.

Creed Leader Shi was a man who appeared to be in his thirties or forties. His face was fleshy and fierce-looking. He was bald and only had one eye. A frightening scar ran from his forehead down to his cheek under his right eye, making him look quite intimidating.

“Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Mu, it’s been a long time since we last met!” Creed Leader Shi greeted, his attitude as amicable as though Mu Baiyi was his biological brother.

“If you have business, state it. If there’s none, goodbye to you,” Mu Baiyi replied coldly, unwilling to engage with Creed Leader Chi more than was necessary. He found the other party’s enthusiasm overwhelming.

“Aiya, come now, with the relationship between us, would I seek you out for no reason?” Creed Leader Shi sat down, chuckling as he rubbed his bald head.

“What is it?”

“I’ve noticed that your Nine-Netherworlds Creed’s barbeque shops are pretty popular lately. I’ve even tried them, and they indeed offer great value. Eating spirit food of this quality at such a price—no wonder the business is so good.”

“What do you want?” Mu Baiyi stared at Creed Leader Shi warily. Anyone who has designs on my money will have to fight me with their life on the line.

“Don’t be nervous. We’re not here to snatch your business. I heard that the One More Time Barbeque shops don’t just belong to your Nine-Netherworlds Creed but also people from the Heavenly Court Creed?”

Mu Baiyi’s expression tightened. “You planted a spy in our creed?” The matter of the Nine-Netherworlds Creed’s collaboration with the Heavenly Court Creed is privy only to the creed’s higher-ups.

“The feeling is mutual.” Creed Leader Chi also knew there were Nine-Netherworlds Creed members in his own creed, though he didn’t know their specific identities.

Creed Leader Chi looked at Mu Baiyi fervently and rubbed his hands together. “So, I was thinking, since your Nine-Netherworlds Creed has such a close relationship with the Heavenly Court Creed, you must have a way to contact them. I was wondering if you could help us get in touch. I’d like to meet the Heavenly Court Creed and get to know them.”

He had personally gone to the Demon City and witnessed the scene of the Phoenix Ancient Ancestor presiding over the Demon Kingdom like a monarch. Along with previous events like Dou Heavenly Sovereign defeating a Great Yu Transcendent Tribulation cultivator and Young Creed Leader Lu wreaking havoc in the Dao-Seeking Sect, all these deeds indicated that the Heavenly Court Creed’s power was profound and unfathomable.

Although their Radiant Sun Creed was strong, they weren’t arrogant enough to oppose the Heavenly Court Creed. That would be akin to an egg striking a rock. Perhaps the Radiant Sun Creed might need to rely on the Heavenly Court Creed in the future, so forging friendly relationships early and getting acquainted wouldn’t hurt.

Mu Baiyi’s initial inclination was to refuse the Radiant Sun Creed a meeting with the Heavenly Court Creed, worried that the benefits that could have fallen to the Nine-Netherworlds Creed would end up with the Radiant Sun Creed instead. Didn’t Young Creed Leader Lu get the Nine-Netherworlds Creed’s economy moving just by casually setting up a barbeque shop?

However, one of the strategies Young Creed Leader Lu proposed was “establish connections internally with the Heartless and Radiant Sun creeds.” If he finds out that I had refused the Radiant Sun Creed’s request to establish contact, the consequences for us would be unpleasant.

“Helping you contact the Heavenly Court Creed is possible. However, we are not a charity. May I ask what price your esteemed creed intends to pay?”

Creed Leader Chi had anticipated this. He gave a glance to one of the protectors behind him, who whipped out a yellow piece of paper from his robe and placed it before Mu Baiyi. “I’ve heard your barbeque shops offer delivery service. But because it involves cross-city delivery, the barbeque skewers turn cold over time, causing the taste and texture to suffer.

“This is a paper unique to our creed. It has heating and insulation properties. Moreover, it’s easy to produce at a low cost. Fellow Daoist Mu, if you’re interested, I can provide you with the method to create such a paper.”

This paper was chicken ribs and of little use to the Radiant Sun Creed. Keeping it was pointless, and discarding it was a waste. They might as well use it as a stepping stone to express goodwill to the Nine-Netherworlds Creed and befriend them.

Mu Baiyi’s and Vice Creed Leader Shi’s eyes lit up. This is truly good stuff! It can significantly increase the delivery orders!

“Alright, I’ll contact them for you right away.” Seeing the other party’s immense sincerity, Mu Baiyi immediately took out his Nine-Netherworlds Token. “But let me state clearly in advance—I can only contact Young Creed Leader Lu; I don’t have any way to contact anyone else in the Heavenly Court Creed.”

“Young Creed Leader Lu is fine,” Creed Leader Shi hurriedly said. In terms of status, Young Creed Leader Lu is fully qualified to be on par with the creed leader of a diabolic creed.

Mu Baiyi wrote Creed Leader Shi’s desire for a meeting on the Nine-Netherworlds Token. Soon, a response came from the other side.

“What does it say?”

“The usual place. Yanjiang Commandery. Meet at the headquarters of One More Time Barbeque Shop.”

Hearing this, Creed Leader Chi was overjoyed and immediately imparted to Mu Baiyi the refinement method for the heating paper. Mu Baiyi mentally reviewed it and confirmed it was genuine. Besides, the Radiant Sun Creed wouldn’t dare to deceive me about this.

“Fellow Daoist Mu, I’ll have to trouble you to put in a good word for me with Young Creed Leader Lu!”

“No problem, that’s easy!”

~~~

In Yanjiang Commandery, at the headquarters of One More Time Barbeque Shop, the three parties met.

Mu Baiyi and Creed Leader Chi sat upright and still, not daring to breathe heavily, their backs drenched in sweat from nervousness.

“Fellow Daoist Mu, didn’t you say you’d put in a good word for me? Say something!” Creed Leader Chi transmitted an auditory message to Mu Baiyi.

Mu Baiyi was sweating profusely, having lost his previous composure.

Sitting across from them were the Great Emperor of Southern Extreme Nirvana, Jiang Lianyi, and the Heavenly Court Creed Leader, Yun Zhi.

Upon learning that it was a meeting between figures at the level of a creed leader, Lu Yang wished to show respect to the Nine-Netherworlds Creed and the Radiant Sun Creed and demonstrate the Heavenly Court Creed’s sincerity, so he specially invited his own creed leader.

1. In the past, the aristocrats didn’t visit other aristocrats as they pleased. To visit someone, one had to send a baitie or a visiting card/greeting card to express one’s desire to visit a particular person in the household. It would contain information such as one’s name and reason for visit. This card was typically handed to servants to pass on to the servants of the receiving household, which could allow room for manipulation. This is the reason you might have seen people using this for their schemes in Chinese dramas. ☜