Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 88: Lan Ting’s Growth

Lan Ting spiraled into self-doubt regarding her teaching abilities. She had heard that Lu Yang ranked first among the new joiners of the Dao-Seeking Sect, which implied that his talent in spells must be exceptional. The Animal Form Fist I witnessed previously was a testament to his superb talent in spells that is capable of creating miracles.

But why is it that as soon as I get into the picture, it turns into this?

Did I teach him wrongly?

That shouldn’t be the case. This is how my senior sisters have taught me. I also taught Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu the same way. There was no problem at all. Could it be that I’ve underestimated Lu Yang’s talent in spells? Maybe an extraordinary genius like him requires extraordinary teaching methods?

In the process of doubting herself, she even felt guilty.

On the other hand, Lu Yang was in his own world as he studied his own talisman, completely oblivious to all the self-doubt that wrecked a talisman genius’ heart because of him. “Say, is there a talisman that can make other talismans invisible? That way, my Invisibility Talisman can become invisible.”

Meng Jingzhou mused over it for quite a while before replying, “I can’t imagine why someone would invent this kind of talisman.”

Lu Yang’s head drooped, deflated. He put his clothes back on and continued practicing drawing the Invisibility Talisman. However, the result was the same as before—his body turned invisible as it should, but his clothes weren’t cooperative.

In contrast, Man Gu’s drawing made progress with every attempt, giving Lan Ting a sense of accomplishment.

Meng Jingzhou gloated, “Haha, just give up! You will never draw a proper Invisibility Talisman.”

Lu Yang was irked. Pinching the Invisibility Talisman with his two fingers, he pasted it on Meng Jingzhou’s forehead. “Ha! Demon, have a taste of my talisman!”

Meng Jingzhou vanished, but his clothes remained.

Not accepting defeat, Meng Jingzhou also fished out his Invisibility Talisman and slapped it on Lu Yang’s forehead. “Daoist, you’re not the only one who can draw talismans!”

Both Lu Yang and his clothes vanished.

The two kept up with their flurry of attacks with talismans, though they lacked any form of offensive power.

Sandwiched between the two of them, Man Gu simply concentrated on drawing his talisman.

“I’m done.” Man Gu was pleased as he took out a stash of successfully drawn Invisibility Talismans. Through constant practice, his success rate was already approaching a hundred percent.

And thus, Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu graduated.

And so did Lu Yang. By taking Lan Ting’s Invisibility Talisman.

“By the way, Lan Ting, do you know how the Lifespan-Reversal Array is set up?” Lu Yang asked. He wondered if the mastermind was truly using Lifespan-Reversal Talismans to set up the Lifespan-Reversal Array but was simply not done with it yet.

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If that’s really the case, after finding a dozen Lifespan-Reversal Talismans or so, it should be very easy to reference their positions to deduce the locations of the other talismans.

Lan Ting nodded. She used her spirit energy to draw an extremely intricate array with over a thousand nodes in the air. “The scale of the Lifespan-Reversal Array is massive with numerous nodes. If there are only a few culprits behind the scenes, considering the time it takes to place the talismans in secret locations, they wouldn’t be able to complete setting everything up in a short span of time.”

“Got it. In that case, please watch the shop for us. The three of us will go out and see if there is anything we can help with,” Lu Yang said.

“Ah? Me? Watch the shop?” Lan Ting was a little uneasy. In the Moon Laurel Celestial Palace, I’ve always listened to my senior sister’s instructions without having much of an opinion. Now that she suddenly had to look after such a huge shop by herself, she couldn’t help but lack the confidence.

“No worries, nothing will happen. If something does come up, just make the decision yourself.” Lu Yang didn’t see anything wrong with the arrangement and immediately left.

After the trio departed, Lan Ting couldn’t sit still as realization sank in that she had to temporarily manage a large store by herself.

“I’ll first set up a Spirit-Energy Gathering Array then,” Lan Ting muttered to herself as she tried to keep herself occupied.

The Spirit-Energy Gathering Array was a foundational array for cultivators. She realized that there wasn’t one in the barbeque shop and was puzzled how the three of them had been cultivating without it.

“Since everyone stays on the second floor, I’ll set it up there.”

Since the Spirit-Energy Gathering Array was a fundamental array, Lan Ting could set it up with ease. She took out spirit stones from her jade tablet and arranged them exactly according to what she had learned in class.

“I’ll set up a Mind Concentration Array too so that one can quickly enter a suitable state for cultivation.

“And a Soundproofing Array too; things will be quieter that way.”

Lan Ting was meticulous in her work. Considering that the Spirit-Energy Gathering Array might be too effective and attract the attention of other cultivators, Lan Ting set up another array that would block out the fluctuations in spirit energy.

“It should be foolproof now,” Lan Ting was satisfied with her attention to detail.

“Hello, is anyone here?” A voice came from downstairs, startling Lan Ting. It sounded like it belonged to a woman.

Lan Ting went downstairs and saw a fair-skinned woman standing at the entrance and hesitating whether she should step in.

“Hello, may I ask who you are...”

“I’m Wen Xiangyu. I run the tofu shop on Qianmen Street. May I know if Shop Owner Lu is around?” Wen Xiangyu’s voice was so tender that it sent a tingling sensation through whoever listened to it.

“He went out. Is anything the matter?” Lan Ting recalled that Lu Yang had mentioned her briefly when recounting how he had discovered the Lifespan-Reversal Talisman.

“Ah, it’s like this, isn’t the Spring Harvest Festival just around the corner? I was thinking of working on a collab event together with your barbeque shop.”

Lan Ting invited Wen Xiangyu in and poured some tea. “What kind of event?”

“I’m not trying to brag, but my tofu shop has many customers, and the number will only increase during the Spring Harvest Festival. Hence, I was thinking that we could organize a joint promotion where those who buy at my tofu shop can enjoy a ten-percent discount when they dine at your barbeque shop and vice versa.

“We can also add in elements like a spin-to-win wheel and masks.”

“Masks?”

Wen Xiangyu took out a few masks. They were square and looked soft and white like blocks of tofu.

“These are masks created based on my tofu shop’s mascot. They have a high sales volume.”

Lan Ting contemplated for a bit and felt that Wen Xiangyu’s idea was a good one. Moreover, the barbeque shop could only stand to benefit. Recalling how Lu Yang had completely placed the barbeque shop in her hands during this period of time, she agreed to Wen Xiangyu’s proposal.

Wen Xiangyu was elated to have Lan Ting accept her suggestion. With that, the two women began discussing from the minute details of the event to the rewards for the wheel of fortune then to the concept of gravity.

“There’s an invisible force pulling on everything in this world. Lu Yang also agrees with my viewpoint, and he called this force ‘gravity’... However, Lu Yang thinks that this kind of invisible force is a natural phenomenon, while I think that someone has set up a colossal array that is pulling at us.

“Oh right, you’re not familiar with arrays. Let me tell you about them. Arrays are very interesting. This book, The True Insight to Arrays, is able to take a complicated subject and unpack it in a digestible manner...”

When Wen Xiangyu came, her heart was filled with gratitude toward Lu Yang, and when she left, her head was filled with concepts of arrays.

After seeing Wen Xiangyu off, Lan Ting noticed the tiger-henchman ghosts skewering in a corner, and something sparked in her mind.

Since Lu Yang’s ideas are so bold and imaginative, if I want to teach him well, should I learn how to think like him? For example, maybe I can use the Levitation Array and Fire-Gathering Array as the basis for designing an Automatic Barbecue Array?

Hmm, that sounds like a pretty good idea.