Who Let Him Cultivate?!-Chapter 766 - 765: The Sorrow of the Kunpeng Clan Leader

"Meng Family Member?" Elder Heiyu’s expression turned strange; he hadn’t expected Meng Jingzhou to have that kind of identity.

He knew about the debt relationship between the Kunpeng Clan and the Meng Family, but as the ancestor of the Kunpeng Clan, his status was such that he would never personally go to the Meng Family to borrow money or to pay a New Year’s visit. These matters were always handled by Clan Leader Xiao, accompanied by a group of Elders.

The Kunpeng Clan had their own Sea City, but due to poor management in recent years and cash flow issues, they had to borrow spirit stones from the Sea Clan or cultivators of the East Sea. In order to avoid being looked down on later, they went to Great Xia to borrow spirit stones from the Meng Family.

Naturally, Elder Heiyu couldn’t admit that it was him who had personally brought the creditor here; it would tarnish his image, "They came to find me on their own initiative."

Lu Yang: "..."

Elder, you live in such a high place; how did we even fly up here?

Lu Yang quietly asked Meng Jingzhou, "How many spirit stones does the Kunpeng Clan owe your family?"

Meng Jingzhou shook his head, "How would I know? I wasn’t even aware of the Kunpeng Clan borrowing spirit stones."

Elder Heiyu quietly asked Clan Leader Xiao, "How much do we owe the Meng Family in spirit stones?"

"There are still 1.6 billion spirit stones left unpaid."

"Can we repay it?"

Clan Leader Xiao clenched his teeth, as if making some decision, and said, "Spirit stone turnover has been tight recently, but I’ve heard that in Great Xia, cultivators at the Body Integration Realm can work as bodyguards, and the going rate is one million spirit stones per day. If I work as a bodyguard for a year, the debt can be almost paid off."

"Is there another way?" Elder Heiyu frowned, feeling that it was a loss of face for the clan leader to go out and work as a bodyguard.

"There is, bodyguards at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage earn even more."

Elder Heiyu: "..."

It seems you’ll have to work as a bodyguard then.

"Uh, we were just passing by the Kunpeng Clan, just wandering around, not here to collect a debt," said Meng Jingzhou. He surely didn’t dare mention the bird’s nest incident.

Given Clan Leader Xiao’s behavior, it’s likely he’s unaware of the relationship between Shangguan Yu and Elder Heiyu. Otherwise, during his visit to Great Xia to pay a New Year’s visit, he would’ve inquired about Shangguan Yu’s situation and wouldn’t need Elder Heiyu to personally come out and capture them for interrogation.

"Really?" Clan Leader Xiao was overjoyed, prepared to be at Meng Jingzhou’s beck and call.

"Really."

At that moment, in Clan Leader Xiao’s eyes, Meng Jingzhou was not a creditor but an honored guest.

"Why haven’t you poured tea for Young Master Meng yet?" Clan Leader Xiao hurriedly instructed. Looking around, he saw only guests and the ancestral figure, so he had to pour the tea for Meng Jingzhou himself.

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Elder Heiyu, feeling awkward, spread his wings and soared high into the sky, returning to his nest.

It was evident that Clan Leader Xiao was generous. Although the tea wasn’t as good as Enlightenment Tea, it was the next best thing.

"I’ve heard that you’ve joined Seek Dao Sect, Young Master Meng?"

"Yes, these are my Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters," Meng Jingzhou naturally included Lu Yang among his Junior Brothers.

"She is too?" Clan Leader Xiao looked in surprise at Su Yiren, who was snuggling up to Li Haoran’s shoulder, her age and cultivation level hardly seeming like that of a disciple.

"She’s not; she’s Junior Brother Li’s fiancée."

Clan Leader Xiao hissed quietly, feeling very envious of Li Haoran.

If only he could have such good luck to become the Clan Leader three hundred years ahead of time.

"I didn’t expect our ancestors to be so polite to the disciples of Seek Dao Sect. It seems you indeed have great influence, Nephew Meng," laughed Clan Leader Xiao heartily.

"What do you mean?" asked Meng Jingzhou, puzzled. "Is there a story behind this?"

"It seems you are unaware, Nephew Meng. There was a bit of a grudge between our ancestor and Elder Tang Shengyi."

Originally, this was a secret that shouldn’t have been shared, but Clan Leader Xiao was in such a good mood and grew fonder of Meng Jingzhou the more he looked at him, thinking that it wouldn’t hurt to share.

"That happened four thousand years ago when our ancestor’s cultivation level was about the same as yours. Two cultivators from Great Xia came to the East Sea to temper themselves, they were Elder Tang Shengyi and Elder Shangguan Yu."

"Elder Tang Shengyi was fishing in the East Sea, using quite precious elixirs as bait. Seeing the value of the elixirs, our ancestor transformed into a Kun Fish, devoured the elixirs, and fled without taking the bait, repeatedly causing heavy losses to Elder Tang Shengyi.

Eventually, Elder Tang used a transformation technique to disguise as an elixir and had Elder Shangguan Yu throw him into the water as bait."

"Our ancestor, being careless, fell for the trick and swallowed the elixir that was actually Elder Tang Shengyi."

"Upon seeing this, Elder Tang Shengyi reverted to his original form and beat our ancestor until he vomited and had diarrhea, begging for mercy."

"Elder Shangguan Yu, seeing that they had hooked something, pulled up the fishing rod and ended up reeling in both our ancestor and Elder Tang Shengyi."

"They fought from the water to the sky and from the sky back to the water, with Elder Tang continuing to overpower our ancestor."

"Back then, our ancestor was one of the geniuses, undefeated in a hundred battles. He had never been beaten like that before and ended up crying, which is how the matter was resolved."

"Elder Shangguan Yu, being kind-hearted, saw that our ancestor was injured and comforted him, treated his wounds, and even scolded Elder Tang for being too harsh."

"I guess it was after that incident that our ancestor developed a fondness for Elder Shangguan Yu. He thought it was a secret, but it had long since become common knowledge."

Clan Leader Xiao grew more excited as he spoke. To uncover what had happened back then, he had visited many elders, and that was how he pieced together the story.

"Elder Tang Shengyi, having recorded our ancestor crying with a Recording Orb, even made copies. I once went to your sect and got a copy from Elder Tang. It really makes me laugh every time I watch it," said Clan Leader Xiao, slapping his thigh and laughing so hard tears came out.

"Just now, I was lucky to have said I’m very familiar with Sister Shangguan," thought Lu Yangxin. "Otherwise, just based on what Grandmaster did, the Black Feather Revered One would probably have them strung up on a bird’s nest at the very least."

"Moreover, when they adventured in the East Sea later, whether delving into secret realms or searching for Immortal Herbs, whenever there was danger, it was either Elder Tang Shengyi pushing our ancestor out front to face it or our ancestor throwing Elder Tang in the way."

"When it came time to part ways, as our ancestor pondered whether to confess his feelings to Elder Shangguan Yu, Elder Tang suggested leaving it to fate. ’Pull out a feather and say you won’t confess, pull out another and say you will. When you’ve pulled the last one, you’ll have your answer,’ Elder Tang said."

"Our ancestor even asked if it would hurt, to which Elder Tang retorted, ’If you can’t handle that much pain, how can you say you love her?’

"Our ancestor gritted his teeth and plucked feathers all night long, until he had none left. The final result was to go and confess, and so he went…bare as the day he was born—hahaha! Elder Tang had a Recording Orb; I even begged him for a backup copy."

"Before he could confess, Elder Shangguan Yu had already fled in shock."

"After Elder Shangguan Yu returned to Great Xia, our ancestor sent love letters but, being nervous, forgot to sign them. The letters recounted their experiences in the East Sea, and Elder Shangguan Yu thought they were from Elder Tang."

Meng Jingzhou looked at Clan Leader Xiao, who was laughing heartily, and kindly reminded, "Clan Leader Xiao, would you like to turn around and look behind you?"

Clan Leader Xiao, unable to stop the smile on his face, turned his head to look behind him.

Then his smile swiftly faded away as he saw the Black Feather Revered One, his face as dark as ink.

The Black Feather Revered One coldly spoke, "Mingli, I notice your cultivation has not improved recently; perhaps you’ve been slacking off. Come, let’s go practice together."