Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 125: The Dao-Seeking Nine Gathered Together

In First Elder’s memory, the Taciturn Daoist Priest was only this ebullient when a conspiracy was involved.

First Elder had his guard up.

He believed that the Taciturn Daoist Priest totally had reasons to sabotage him. When the Taciturn Daoist Priest was just an infant, he was carried up the mountain by Third Elder, becoming the youngest disciple. Neither his master nor his senior brothers and sisters had experience caring for a baby, so they gradually fumbled their way through.

The Taciturn Daoist was a restless child; he could never fall asleep. Since First Elder was proficient in dreamscape spells, he used them to help the Taciturn Daoist Priest sleep soundly. When the Taciturn Daoist Priest reached an age where he could cultivate, he would often doze off while training. First Elder would then cast his dreamscape spells to startle him awake. Perhaps he had also frightened the Taciturn Daoist Priest so much that he still bore trauma from those times.

Noticing First Elder’s wariness, the seven elders also beckoned, “Big Senior Brother, come on in! We’re just waiting for you to start the hotpot!”

We can’t be the only unlucky fellows. By hook or by crook, the Dao-Seeking Nine must be assembled today!

The eight of them stood at the cave entrance, beaming widely as they called out to First Elder, yet not one dared to take a step out of the cave. From an outsider’s perspective, this scene would look especially peculiar.

In First Elder’s memory, his seven junior brothers and sisters had never been this enthusiastic before.

With plenty of experience gained in the past two thousand years, First Elder swiftly made sense of the situation. It’s an illusion!

He bit down on his tongue. Despite his attempt to use the blood from his tongue to break the illusory cage, he observed that nothing changed.

Could it be that it’s not an illusion?

I remember Lu Yang saying that Yun Zhi sealed Old Nine in a cave abode, but how did everyone else from Old Two to Old Eight also get sealed?

“So, how did all of you get sealed?”

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Eighth Elder put on an earnest expression. “Big Senior Brother, here’s what happened. We heard that Yun Zhi sealed Old Nine, so we came here to check on him right away. Old Nine said that this seal cannot trap smart people. Since the seven of us believed that we were smart people, we assumed the seal couldn’t lock us in, so we each decided to give it a try and came in one after another. But well, you can see what happened.”

First Elder raised an eyebrow. “So mystical? Let me try.”

First Elder walked inside the cave abode.

Everyone cheered out loud.

Technically, what Eighth Elder said wasn’t entirely wrong. After all, which smart person would willingly get sealed?

As such, the Dao-Seeking Nine were rounded up—a cause worthy of celebration.

As the nine gathered around the hotpot, the entire cave was permeated with mist, resembling a hotpot-flavored immortal paradise. All the ingredients were provided by Third Elder. As he was a physique cultivator, he regularly consumed natural treasures, demon beasts, and spirit meat to replenish his body’s energy.

When First Elder heard everyone clarify the reason, his face had turned darker than a storm. So the eight of you were trapped here, but instead of seeking help, you were plotting how to drag someone else down into this mess?

Grandpa Ba stood forth. “It’s not that we didn’t want to get out, but Old Nine said that if we wanted to leave, the only way is to conquer our heart devil. However, our heart devils were too strong for any of us to defeat. That is why we joined forces and came up with some other ideas.

“For instance, Old Three proposed to use a spoon to dig a passage out.

“For instance, Old Four suggested shouting for help loudly to call Junior Niece Yun Zhi over.

“For instance, Old Five recommended refining the spoon into a magical treasure before digging the passage.

“For instance, Old Six...”

First Elder raised his hand, interrupting the jailbreak plan of the Dao-Seeking Nine. “Why did I hear Lu Yang say that as long as you sit in meditation properly for three days, the seal will automatically be removed? He even told me that this has been mentioned to Old Nine, so the seal should have already been lifted by now.”

First Elder wasn’t a fool; he had walked in confidently not because he was hoodwinked but because he knew the real way to leave.

Eight frigid gazes bore into the Taciturn Daoist Priest.

He calmly said, “I have made considerable contributions to the sect. Before you make a move, can you let me write a will first?”

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While Lu Yang was sitting in a meditative position, he suddenly felt Heaven’s Gate Peak shake a bit, though he did not know what had happened. There’s still someone brave enough to make a move on Heaven’s Gate Peak?

Fortunately, Heaven’s Gate Peak only shook once before returning to normal, so Lu Yang didn’t think much of it. Stepping into the array left by Yun Zhi which separated the disturbances from the external world, he adjusted his breath and focused on breaking past the Basic Foundation Establishment Stage.

Yun Zhi didn’t guard his cultivation at the side, for breaking through to the Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage was a natural progression for Lu Yang that would occur when the conditions were right, and accidents were unlikely to happen.

Moments later, the essence, qi, and consciousness within him reached a peak, and his psyche became clear and bright. He performed the Clear Heart and True Nature Mantra, devouring the surrounding spirit energy, as vast waves of spirit energy washed over his body.

When ordinary people broke through to either the Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage, they would seize the opportunity to purge their marrow, transform themselves inside out, mend the seams in their cultivation, and heal the scars left from battles.

However, this step was unnecessary for Lu Yang. He had already completely purified his marrow during the Qi Training Stage, so there were no more impurities to expel. After reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lu Yang’s cultivation technique could ensure that his body remained pure at all times. Regardless of what he ate or absorbed, he could retain their essence and discharge the dross.

The “clear” in the Clear Heart and True Nature Mantra didn’t refer only to the heart but also the body!

From the Foundation Establishment Stage onward, a liquid vortex of spirit energy would form at the cultivator’s dantian. A fiery sensation pulsed through Lu Yang’s dantian. Channeling his vision inward, he could distinctly feel that the liquid vortex in his dantian was growing stronger, swallowing the external world’s spirit qi and generating a purer spirit energy that was suitable for himself.

Activating his Macrocosmic Loop[1], pure spirit energy continuously circulated in his body, strengthening every part of his body.

The vortex spun faster and faster, and spirit energy flowed through his body at incredulous speed. Finally, he felt the spirit energy forcefully break through a barrier.

Lu Yang opened his eyes, his gaze bright and clear.

Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage. Success.

Outside the array, after the puppet observed that Lu Yang had advanced to the Intermediate Foundation Establishment in a stable manner and without complications, it stood up and left.

Lu Yang suddenly recalled something from the Foundation Establishment Manual. “There’s one thing left to do.”

The Foundation Establishment Manual recorded Seventh Elder’s takeaways from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and was supplemented by various senior brothers and sisters; it clearly outlined all kinds of possible scenarios one might face.

Lu Yang gathered spirit qi in his right hand and gently tapped the lower right side of his abdomen, and he suddenly spat out a chunk of meat. The meat chunk was bloody, seeming to be a part of Lu Yang.

With a burst of sword qi, Lu Yang smashed the meat chunk into powder.

“What’s this?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy had watched the process of Lu Yang’s advancement, but she had kept silent all this while for fear of distracting him. Now that he had successfully reached the Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage, she could finally speak.

That was suffocating!

Lu Yang explained earnestly, “Have you heard of this saying before? One mustn’t engage in vigorous exercise after a meal. Intense activity can lead to acute abdominal pain, and in severe cases, it may be so painful that one rolls on the ground with beads of sweat the size of yellow beans covering their foreheads. That’s very detrimental to cultivation.

“Through research, the senior brothers and sisters of the Dao-Seeking Sect have found that as long as one cuts off a small piece of useless flesh during the progression to the Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage, they can prevent such occurrences and even move as they wish after a meal.”

“So you were just...”

“Cutting off the appendix.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy, “...”

I can’t seem to keep up with the mindsets of cultivators nowadays.

1. Dazhoutian is a technique in one of the main schools of Qigong. ☜