Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 222: Evil Ancient Mastermind Huang Doudou

“Immortal Fairy, why didn’t you give at least two immortal fruits then?” Lu Yang could roughly imagine the uproar caused by the immortal fruit.

The more time he spent with the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, the less he couldn’t figure out the reason she was killed—there were too many reasons that Lu Yang didn’t know which to choose.

“I already said, it’s for the ‘most beautiful’ demon. ‘Most’ can only apply to one individual, don’t you know that?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy earnestly taught Lu Yang some basic grammar.

Lu Yang remained silent for a long time before replying, “...You make a point.”

“Right?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy placed her hands on her hips, pleased with herself.

“So who did you give the immortal fruit to?”

“After the incident, I heard from the Epoch Immortal about what happened at the wedding. The prodigies from the Dragon and Phoenix tribes respectively quarrelled over who should own the immortal fruit, and they wanted to decide through a duel.

“Speaking of which, the Qilin Immortal was really stingy. He had an immortal fruit too. Couldn’t he have just given one to each of his wives? Why did they still fight?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy shook her head. Compared to the Qilin Immortal, I’m much more generous. I could offer an immortal fruit as a gift.

“What happened afterward?”

“Later, the Qilin Immortal said that a duel at the wedding would be inappropriate, so he suggested another form of competition. Since there happened to be three immortal guests present, the Heaven Mandate Immortal, Nine-Layers Immortal, and Epoch Immortal could act as judges, while he would not participate to avoid a tie.

“Look, if the Qilin Immortal had invited me, couldn’t the five of us immortals be the judges? Besides, you know me. I’m fair and impartial. I could also have been the only judge.

“If they were worried about me being too beautiful and stealing the limelight of the two prodigies, I could’ve worn a veil!” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was very confident about her appearance. I’m the first among the top ten beauties of the ancient era after all.

Lu Yang remarked inwardly, Immortal Fairy, please use your head more. It’s obvious that the Qilin Immortal didn’t want to be a judge so he deliberately removed himself from the equation.

“What did the prodigies from the Dragon and Phoenix tribes compete in?”

“Culinary skills.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy proceeded to shake her head regretfully. “The Qilin Immortal and others didn’t know that I had imparted the two prodigies their culinary skills. Although I bore no formal title as shifu, they were still my students. Unfortunately, they didn’t learn well and only picked up about one-tenth of my skills. Despite that, they were still unmatched among those at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage.

“During the competition, since they were both taught by the same shifu, neither could outdo the other. Thus, it was naturally difficult to judge who was better.

“The Epoch Immortal told me that when the three of them tasted the meals prepared by the two prodigies, the food was so stunning it could stun the heavens, and they felt like the food encompassed the power of time, making them rapidly reflect on their entire lives.

“I humbly mentioned that I was the one who taught them, but they only managed to learn a fraction of my skills.

“Then, the Epoch Immortal was silent for a while before saying that they had beaten the Qilin Immortal too early and that he was not the true culprit. I asked him what he meant by that, but he didn’t answer me.”

In his mind, Lu Yang cupped his fists to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy to show his respect.

If others heard this story and didn’t know the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, it wouldn’t be their fault if they assumed that she was the ‘Evil Mastermind of the Ancient Era’. Without being present and with just a single immortal fruit, she caused the prodigies from the Dragon and Phoenix tribes to break out in a fight, caused the four ancient immortals to turn against one another, and caused the Qilin Immortal to be viewed as heartless and unloyal. She even secretly imparted her skills to the two prodigies, waiting for the perfect chance to strike.

Such wisdom could only be described as unfathomable. Anyone facing such a scheming old monster would only shudder in fear.

However, Lu Yang knew the Everlasting Immortal Fairy very well, so he decided to opt for another expression to describe the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s wisdom—the foolish appears to be wise.[1]

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“You should know that the Dragon and Phoenix tribes are the proudest among the demons. Their blood is incredibly valuable, and it’s almost as hard as reaching the heavens for humans to obtain them. That’s why the Phoenix Blood Stones are so precious. Not only are they a specialty of Luofeng Commandery, but they also serve as a cornerstone industry of our economy. We gain an immense number of spirit stones from selling Phoenix Blood Stones every year!

“Phoenix Blood Stones are great materials for refining artifacts, and they can also be used as ornaments, granting marvelous effects when one wears them for a long time. I heard from my dad that the mining of Phoenix Blood Stones has a history of four thousand years, and the ore veins are still not exhausted. There’s still a steady supply of Phoenix Blood Stones.”

As Li Haoran introduced his hometown’s economy, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou kept nodding, as if they were officials here to inspect the place.

“How many spirit stones does this Phoenix Blood Stone cost?” Meng Jingzhou picked one Phoenix Blood Stone from the shop. Finding the item rare, he figured he’d buy a few to play with.

“Three hundred spirit stones.”

“What about this one?”

“Four hundred fifty spirit stones.”

Meng Jingzhou shook his head. Such cheap Phoenix Blood Stones are beneath my status.

“Bring out your best Phoenix Blood Stones. Money is not a problem.” Meng Jingzhou put on the airs of a young master.

The shopkeeper’s eyes lit up. This is a big customer!

Looking around, he saw that Meng Jingzhou and company were the only people in the shop, so he led them to the backyard. He carefully took an exquisite wooden box off the shelf and opened it. Resting inside was a bright red stone the size of an egg. Its garishly red hue looked as if it was stained by the blood of the old phoenix that died in the legends.

Even Qin Yanyan could sense that this was an extraordinary piece of Phoenix Blood Stone.

The shopkeeper whispered, “A few days ago, the mine collapsed. This is the last Phoenix Blood Stone transported out from the mine. I went through a lot to get my hands on it. The fixed price is five hundred thousand spirit stones; no more, no less.”

Meng Jingzhou nodded. That’s more like it. “I’ll take ten.” The difference between five hundred thousand and five million spirit stones was not worth mentioning for the eldest son of the Meng Family.

The shopkeeper looked a little distressed. “Dear customer, it’s not that I don’t want to sell more. It’s just that I only have this one piece of Phoenix Blood Stone.”

“Alright then, I’ll just take this one.”

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The shopkeeper was elated. In fact, he had set the price a bit high to leave room for bargaining. He didn’t expect Meng Jingzhou to buy it outright. He even gifted Meng Jingzhou a few other decent Blood Phoenix Stones, though they were far inferior to the one Meng Jingzhou had purchased.

Although Meng Jingzhou knew that he could have haggled, he always found it too troublesome. He simply asked the shopkeeper to make a hole in the Phoenix Blood Stone and thread it with a string. Wearing it around his neck, Meng Jingzhou felt quite satisfied with himself.

However, since everyone had come out to shop together, he figured he couldn’t buy the Phoenix Blood Stone only for himself. He browsed several more shops, hoping to purchase Phoenix Blood Stones of a similar quality for everyone else. Unfortunately, none of the stones matched up to his one. Many shopkeepers asked Meng Jingzhou where he had procured his, but he didn’t tell them.

“Why is it so hard to spend money?”

Li Haoran advised, “Forget it, Senior Brother Meng. The phoenix power contained in these Phoenix Blood Stones isn’t of much use to us. Even when it comes to crafting artifacts, I currently don’t have the skills to refine a Phoenix Blood Stone of such high quality. Buying them would be pointless.”

“Fine then.” Meng Jingzhou had no choice but to give up. “By the way, what are the effects of wearing a Phoenix Blood Stone for a long time?” Meng Jingzhou pointed to the one hung in front of his chest.

“It boosts one’s yang virility.”

1. There are two versions of this idiom. One mentions that the wise appears to be foolish (大智若愚), and the second one was derived from the first version, and it’s also the one used in this novel (大愚若智). The meaning becomes the opposite just by switching the second and fourth characters. ☜