Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 99: The Most Powerful Weapon From the Merchant Guild

Fang Qingyun yawned out of sheer boredom. It was less than one hour until the grand festivities of the Spring Harvest Festival. Fortunately, they had made thorough preparations, including various kinds of contingency plans, and so far, there hadn’t been any unexpected incidents.

When Fang Qingyun heard about an elephant falling into the water and flying out again, he dispatched someone to issue a warning—flying without authorization was not permitted in the commandery as it was too much of a hazard. Furthermore, demon beasts entering the commandery needed to be put on record, so the elephant’s owner had to comply in taking his elephant for registration.

Such trivial matters took up Fang Qingyun’s entire day.

“I hope nothing goes wrong tonight. I hope no one lights a bonfire and causes a forest fire. I hope there are no stampedes from watching performances. I hope no one gets jealous and starts a street fight...” Fang Qingyun rambled on, listing all the incidents that had occurred in previous years.

“Qingyun, I’ll be heading off first.” Commandery Governor Li notified Fang Qingyun before leaving.

“Take care,” Fang Qingyun replied with greater respect than usual as he had heard that there would be no new leaders appearing out of nowhere this time. It’s all thanks to Commandery Governor Li’s kind words that I’m able to take over his position. I must remember this favor.

Commandery Governor Li wasn’t obliged to be present during the Spring Harvest Festival, but he did so anyway since it could reflect his diligence and leave a laudable reputation for himself. A good image was something he had always cherished. He discovered that it was easier to get promoted by saying nice things compared to doing actual work. There were also requirements for one’s cultivation when it came to promotion; it was an unspoken rule in officialdom.

It’s soon! Once I rise to the Nascent Soul Stage today, both my statuses as commandery governor and branch leader will change. At such thoughts, Commandery Governor Li’s steps became lighter.

He walked into a narrow alley, first changing his face before putting on a mask. That way, even if someone removed the mask, they would think that what lay beneath was his true appearance and wouldn’t suspect his identity as Commandery Governor Li.

Caution is indispensable when navigating both the righteous and diabolic paths.

Based on his talents, he wouldn’t have reached the Advanced Golden Core Stage. However, due to his associating with both the righteous and diabolic paths, he had access to resources far beyond what ordinary people could imagine, which led to his current accomplishments. In the past ten years, he realized that he had hit a bottleneck and wouldn’t be able to progress to the Nascent Soul Stage through ordinary means. In order to advance in both status and cultivation, he thought of the Lifespan-Reversal Array.

“Strange, the inspecting officer should have arrived in Yanjiang Commandery before noon. Why hasn’t he shown up yet?”

Commandery Governor Li, or rather, Branch Leader Chu, was a bit disgruntled at the inspecting officer’s tardiness after donning the mask. He had specifically told the inspecting officer to come before noon today because there was a surprise for him. The so-called surprise was inviting the inspecting officer to activate the Lifespan-Reversal Array together to have their cultivation enhanced at the same time.

“Could something have happened? I even specially waited until the optimal time when there’s the most number of people to activate the array. Oh well, since he isn’t coming, I’ll just elevate my own cultivation.”

Pine Mountain was remote, with trees sprawling in all directions, and the mountain paths were formed from the steps of travelers. People coming to enjoy the Spring Harvest Festival wouldn’t bore themselves by venturing to such a place.

Branch Leader Chu concealed his aura waves as he walked toward Pine Mountain. The further he went, the fewer tourists he saw. By the time he reached the foot of the mountain, there was already not a single person in sight. Finally, he stopped at a flat zone. The surrounding branches were hung with talismans that were slightly different from ordinary Lifespan-Reversal Talismans; they would serve as the array’s focal point.

He sat cross-legged, adjusting his state as he waited for the moment the array would activate. He had already sent six administrators to carry out the tasks with regard to the blood sacrifice. Calculating the time, the right moment was exactly now!

“Lifespan-Reversal Array, activate!” Branch Leader Chu raised his hands.

With him as the center, silent and invisible power spread outward from the array. When they reached a certain point, however, they halted abruptly.

“Someone has pulled out the flags!” Branch Leader Chu was momentarily dazed, but he quickly regained his senses to understand what had happened.

This isn’t an ordinary case of a few flags being pulled out by chance. The other party is definitely knowledgeable about the Lifespan-Reversal Array, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so precise!

“Who is it?! Someone from the authorities? That doesn’t seem right, nothing from the authorities can escape my attention. Is it a traveler I am not aware of? Or could it be...Lu Yang?! He has seen the Lifespan-Reversal Array before!”

Lu Yang is an idiosyncratic person. He’s very well capable of such a thing! Branch Leader Chu’s gaze turned frigid. This is tantamount to severing my path ahead; it’s even more painful than killing me!

“Hmm? Is that how you view me, Branch Leader Chu?” Lu Yang’s lazy voice rang out from nearby.

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“Lu Yang!” Branch Leader Chu’s anger flared up upon seeing Lu Yang. “Don’t think that just because the creed leader thinks highly of you means that I can’t kill you. It’s all too common to have diabolic cultivators dying from accidents. You have given me the perfect reason to do so!”

Lu Yang pondered for a bit and replied earnestly, “Didn’t you tell me to stir up trouble during the Spring Harvest Festival? I figured that the biggest trouble would be getting rid of the commandery governor. Look at what a coincidence it is! I followed the commandery governor for several days and ended up finding out that you are the commandery governor. I was thinking that it would only be right to carry things through, so I might as well get rid of you at that. Isn’t this also our diabolic creed’s tradition of disrespecting the superiors?” Lu Yang said gleefully.

“You’re courting death!” Branch Leader Chu’s fury erupted.

“How could that be? I still want to live forever.”

“You're a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet you dare to make such audacious statements? Die!” Branch Leader Chu struck with his palm, the force so terrifying that it pulverized the trees it touched into powder!

Lu Yang swiftly escaped to a distance with Shrinking Earth. Branch Leader Chu suddenly stomped on the ground with his right foot, sending earthquake-like vibrations through the ground. The earth overturned, and Lu Yang was also hurled out along with it.

Shock gripped Lu Yang’s heart. So this is the power of an Advanced Golden Core cultivator. He tossed me out with just a kick. “Tsk, so hard to deal with.”

Branch Leader Chu moved like lightning, nimbly closing in on Lu Yang. His hand formed a fist seal with the force of its fist-like gale, bent on hammering Lu Yang to death.

Lu Yang held the Qingfeng Sword upright in front of himself. As long as Branch Leader Chu landed his hit, the Qingfeng Sword would be able to cleave his knuckles!

Branch Leader Chu immediately retracted his fist, opting for a kick instead. Having anticipated it, Lu Yang countered with a kick of his own. As the two legs clashed, Lu Yang flew out with the momentum!

Branch Leader Chu tried to launch another attack, but he found that he couldn’t draw his spirit energy at all, as if it seemed to be shackled.

“This is similar to the Spirit-Energy Disabling Array from the prison! As I thought, you understand arrays!” Branch Leader Chu glowered at Lu Yang. Although he was unable to manipulate his spirit energy, just his physical body’s defense alone would make it challenging for Lu Yang to harm him at all!

Lan Ting had temporarily set up the Spirit-Energy Disabling Array, and Lu Yang’s intention had been to lure Branch Leader Chu to this place. Lu Yang grinned and waved goodbye to Branch Leader Chu.

Branch Leader Chu scanned his surroundings but found nothing unusual. Suddenly, he raised his head and saw a flying vessel hovering above him.

It was the flying vessel Meng Jingzhou had just purchased from the merchant guild.

As it was now nighttime, it was so dark on Pine Mountain that even shadows were hardly perceptible, otherwise, Branch Leader Chu would have long noticed the shadow he was in.

The space above the Spirit-Energy Disabling Array similarly forbade the use of spirit energy, and the flying vessel lost its power. As it plummeted rapidly, Meng Jingzhou jumped down with a parachute.

Due to Branch Leader Chu’s inability to use spirit energy, his speed was limited and he would be unable to evade the flying vessel. On the contrary, Lu Yang had calculated the appropriate distance and hid far away.

The flying vessel fell from a low altitude like a meteor, heading straight for Branch Leader Chu!

Boom!

As it crashed to the ground, it kicked up dust everywhere and produced a deafening rumbling sound as the whole Pine Mountain shook. There seemed to also be explosives inside the flying vessel, which detonated upon impact. Pillars of flame soared into the sky with an ear-splitting explosion.

Lu Yang gave Meng Jingzhou a thumbs-up. “It’s great to have money; you can buy a flying vessel whenever you want!”

Meng Jingzhou also gave him a thumbs-up. “If not for them only having one flying vessel available, I would have bought several more!” Any treasure from the merchant guild was no match for the force of a flying vessel crashing down directly.

Just as Fang Qingyun was feeling nostalgic about the tranquility of time passing by, he witnessed a flying vessel plunging into the ground and was frightened into nearly having a heart attack.

“Are you messing with me?!”