Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 397: A Lively Night

“What do you mean Old Ba Two’s marital fate is something I can’t suppress?! And what backlash?!” A sense of foreboding gripped Qiu Jin’an, as if there was still some secret about the fist technique he wasn’t privy to.

Meng Jingzhou’s scalp prickled. Feeling that he had landed in hot water, he frantically explained, “Take me as an example. Depending on the situation, I can use the Single’s Curse Fist on Golden Core cultivators, and sometimes Nascent Soul cultivators. However, I can’t use it on Divine Transfiguration cultivators. Why is that? It’s because they are stronger than me. I can’t defeat them, nor can I suppress them.

“Also, if I try to use the fist technique on a Golden Core cultivator whose marital fate is linked with a Divine Transfiguration cultivator, it will similarly be ineffective because it’s equivalent to directly using the fist technique on a Divine Transfiguration cultivator!”

Meng Jingzhou thought of Li Haoran, whose marital fate was tied to Su Yiren, a Fusion expert. If I try unleashing the fist technique on Li Haoran, nothing will happen to him. Instead, I'll suffer the backlash!

Qiu Jin’an glared at him. “Nonsense! As the almighty leader of an immortal sect, how could I fail to suppress someone like Old Ba Two?!”

Meng Jingzhou fell silent.

Noticing the look in Meng Jingzhou’s eyes, Qiu Jin’an felt like a bucket of ice water had been dumped over him. He finally understood what Meng Jingzhou meant. I can suppress Old Ba Two, but not the person on the other end of his marital fate!

As a veteran of countless storms, Qiu Jin’an forced himself to calm down. “Then what is the backlash?”

“The backlash is the loss of all karmic ties with women for a time. You won’t be able to come into contact with any females—fate and coincidence will conspire to keep you apart, whether by distancing you from females or distancing females from you.

“You know how a sinan compass[1] works, right? Like poles repel each other.”

Qiu Jin’an was stunned. The effect of this backlash is too vicious.

“You’ve suffered from its backlash before?”

“No.”

“Then how can you confirm whether it’s real?”

“Big Senior Sister said so.”

Qiu Jin’an’s last spark of hope was extinguished.

Grandpa Ba’s jianghu experience was no less than Qiu Jin’an’s. Despite lazing around the herb garden’s entrance all day for an early retiree life, he had carved out a formidable reputation in the jianghu in his younger days.

He soon pieced together Meng Jingzhou’s situation. “The Five-Elements Sect’s Five-Elements Cycle Possession Spell? Only Qiu Jin’an could have used this on Junior Nephew Meng to deal with me!”

In the past, he found Qiu Jin’an an eyesore for always hanging around Shangguan Yu. Now, he found the man increasingly pleasing to the eye.

“Little Qiu ah, why are you so hostile toward me? I misunderstood you in the past, but now that we’ve cleared things up, we should get along peacefully. Besides, the Five Great Immortal Sects act as one. As the leader of the Five-Elements Sect, you represent the sect. Treating me like this could easily make outsiders think our sects are not on good terms.” Grandpa Ba was like a benevolent father trying to reconcile with his wayward son.

“Go to hell, Old Ba Two!” Qiu Jin’an exploded in rage, darting out from Meng Jingzhou’s body and tossing him aside before rolling up his sleeves to fight.

Grandpa Ba clapped his hands together, his palms rotating a semicircle. Countless black rattan vines erupted from the ground beneath his feet, capable of feeding on the spirit energy of cultivators. Once entangled by these tendrils, cultivators’ spirit energy would rapidly drain away, leaving them weak and vulnerable.

“Wood-Element Enemy-Ensnaring Array?” Qiu Jin’an recognized the array at a glance and sneered in contempt. I’ve fallen prey to this array since I was young. How could I possibly let Old Ba Two get his way today?

“Come!” Blinding rays of light burst from his palms, so dazzling that people couldn’t keep their eyes open.

When Meng Jingzhou’s vision was restored, he saw Qiu Jin’an wielding a five-colored light wheel. As he gently swept it across the surroundings, the dark vines recoiled as if bitten by their own power, withering and collapsing lifelessly to the ground.

“Five-Colored Light Wheel!”

Grandpa Ba felt that he was in a thorny situation. I'm adept at wood-type arts and arrays, but how could I match Qiu Jin’an’s mastery of the five elements? This is akin to chopping off an arm. Qiu Jin’an had earned his position as the sect leader of an immortal sect by relying on sheer strength!

“Old Ba Two, take this!” The spinning Five-Colored Light Wheel hurled toward Grandpa Ba, who transformed his arms into thick branches and caught the light wheel, resulting in sparks flying everywhere.

“Qiu Jin’an, you dare sneak into our Dao-Seeking Sect and kidnap my disciple?!” Third Elder’s voice boomed from a distance like the roar of Buddhist sects’ lions.

Even those on the nine mountain peaks of the Dao-Seeking Sect could hear him. Countless disciples perked up at his voice, excited about watching the upcoming spectacle.

“Give me twenty barbeque skewers. Takeout!”

“I’ll have thirty beef skewers! Add more spice! Takeout too!”

Arms laden with assorted snacks, the disciples rushed toward the herb garden.

~~~

Lu Yang sat in the lotus position, his Qingfeng Sword and Mingyue Sword hovering beside him like guardian deities.

Emerging from his seclusion state, his eyes were filled with bafflement. “What happened? Did someone invade the Dao-Seeking Sect?”

Who’s so bold to cause trouble in the Dao-Seeking Sect? Are they drunk or something?

“Wait, the fact that they dared to infiltrate the Dao-Seeking Sect means they must have some hidden trump card. Maybe they’re even planning to coordinate from the inside and outside, launching a full-scale attack to breach our sect’s defenses in one go!” Lu Yang realized that things weren’t as simple as they seemed. Plus, Big Senior Sister isn’t in the sect at this time.

“Are we facing the crisis of sect annihilation?!”

A scene played in Lu Yang’s mind.

The Dao-Seeking Sect has been breached, and disciples are forced into destitution. Using false identities, I led the surviving disciples to escape and preserve the last sparks of the Dao-Seeking Sect. With the onslaught of enemies’ spells, we narrowly avoided death...

Carrying his Qingfeng Sword, he descended the mountain, only to halt at the sight of his senior brothers and sisters leisurely snacking as they passed by. I’ve probably cultivated for too long that my brain isn’t working anymore.

“Maybe I should grab a bite too.”

~~~

Third Elder stood majestically above with a righteous air as he looked down at Qiu Jin’an and Grandpa Ba.

Following Third Elder, other elders of the sect arrived—Fourth Elder, Seventh Elder, and Eighth Elder...

“What’s going on? Why is Qiu Jin’an here?” Seventh Elder scratched his head. He was in the middle of researching pill formulas when Third Elder’s bellows drew him here.

“These two have been fighting since childhood. This isn’t the first time. Who cares?” Fourth Elder pouted, not caring about the situation.

“Who should we help?” Seventh Elder watched the intense brawl below, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Normally, we should help Second Senior Brother beat this outsider, but Second Senior Brother is shamelessly courting Shangguan Yu and deserves a beating too.

Third Elder, ever wise, made the call. “Since we can’t decide who to help, let’s beat them both!”

“Great idea!” The four elders instantly reached a consensus, unleashing their full power as they dove into the fray below.

Qiu Jin’an’s expression changed. I’m outnumbered. Dragging this any longer won’t do me any good. Best to escape first!

Grandpa Ba’s expression also changed. My four junior brothers don’t look quite right...they don’t seem to be targeting Qiu Jin’an.

Near the entrance of the Dao-Seeking Sect and in the depths of the bamboo forest, the River Spirit watched the bright lights within the sect with amusement, thoroughly enjoying the entertainment.

1. Sinan is the ancient Chinese compass. ☜

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