Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 416: Valley Leader Shuang: Curses Are Useless on Me

It wasn’t Lu Yang’s first time hearing of the Dao-Seeking Nine’s reputation. Their name served as a reminder that being a disciple of the Dao-Seeking Sect was a double-edged sword. It could strike fear into weaker cultivators—those at the Divine Transfiguration or Void Refinement stages—but when facing Fusion-stage experts with ties to major factions, odds were they had crossed paths with the Dao-Seeking Nine before. And in eighty percent of those cases, it meant a grudge.

And if he went to the imperial capital, that eighty percent would likely become a hundred percent.

At least Meng Jingzhou has the Meng Family backing him in the imperial capital, so he should be safe.

On the contrary, with the Taciturn Daoist Priest as my shifu and Meng Jingzhou as my good brother, visiting the capital might as well be a trip to the underworld.

As the heart of the Central Continent, the imperial capital was the culmination of the Great Xia Dynasty’s one hundred thousand years and the world’s current most formidable cultivator city. Aside from the people of the Central Continent, even those from the Demon Region, the Golden Buddhist Kingdom, and the sea tribes yearned to visit and admire the scenery of the imperial capital.

Only Lu Yang didn’t want to go there.

He seemed to be reminded of something and counted on his fingers. “Why do I feel like I have so many enemies? I know the Four Ancient Immortals’ dark embarrassing histories, so they’ll definitely not spare me, and Shifu’s enemies will all become mine, which is to say that both ancient and modern experts have a grudge with me?!

“That shouldn’t be the case though. I joined the world’s strongest sect, became the sect leader’s youngest disciple, and have the most powerful ancient immortal inside me. Shouldn’t I be all-powerful, with no gods or buddhas standing in my way, surrounded by beauties, hugging one to the left and one to the right, and living the dream of having multiple partners? Why do I end up with only the downsides?” Lu Yang was grateful that his fate profile was tough enough to block so many perils.

“After we were grounded, my shifu sealed my and Shanren’s powers. Trapped in the confinement chamber, we could only see each other through the small iron-grated window. During our confinement, we discussed the Dao; I explained the principles of curses, and he explained the quotes of sages, leading to mutual improvement.”

Lu Yang wondered, Are you sure you two were even having the same conversation?

Valley Leader Shuang’s tone had softened. Aware of how troubles stemmed from words, Lu Yang wisely held his tongue.

Wrapping up her story, Valley Leader Shuang sighed. “Even until the end, Shanren didn’t accept my feelings for him. After I reached the Fusion Stage, I went into seclusion and researched curses to make him love me unwaveringly. Unfortunately, he never visited me.”

Lu Yang shuddered. I’ve long heard that studying the texts of sages can avoid calamities. It’s indeed true.

“Very well, since I’m fated with the Dao-Seeking Sect, I’ll help you.”

Before Lu Yang could be happy for Meng Jingzhou, he heard Valley Leader Shuang add, “However, judging by the contents of Shanren’s letter, your companion’s curse is of a very high level and exceeds my capabilities. Moreover, this is considered karmic backlash, not purely a curse technique.”

“Should we seek help from someone else then?”

“No need for now. Since you’ve come to Seven-Emotions Valley, we can’t let you leave empty-handed. If word of this gets out, how could we still proclaim our expertise in curses? Although I can’t remove the curse, resolving part of it is still possible.”

“For instance?”

“For instance, I can change your companion’s curse from being ‘unable to approach women' to ‘every woman he approaches loathes him.’”

Lu Yang, “...”

Why does that sound even more tragic?

“Well? Shall I do that?”

“Let me ask him what he thinks about it first.” Lu Yang felt it wasn’t his place to decide for Meng Jingzhou.

“Fair enough. I’ll ask him myself.”

Lu Yang’s hesitation made Valley Leader Shuang ask, “What’s wrong?”

“Old Meng’s curse makes him unable to approach all women. Valley Leader, you...”

Valley Leader Shuang grinned. “Is that all you’re worried about? Although he’s cursed, as a top-tier curse master, I’m immune to all curses. His curse can’t affect me. Let’s go together.”

She instructed Luo Yu and Zhao Po to remain behind while she and Lu Yang went to look for Meng Jingzhou. Flying out of Seven-Emotions Valley with Lu Yang, she headed in the direction he indicated.

When they arrived at the designated location, Meng Jingzhou and the old horse were nowhere to be found. Only a simple circle drawn on the ground remained.

“What’s this circle?” Valley Leader Shuang was baffled.

“I drew it,” Lu Yang replied. “I was worried Old Meng might wander everywhere, so I drew a circle at this spot for him to stay within this boundary. I wonder where he’s gone.”

Valley Leader Shuang was slightly knowledgeable about karmic techniques. She pinched her fingers for a quick divination and pointed in a direction. “He should be in that direction. Let’s go.”

The two set off again in search of Meng Jingzhou. Despite flying for a long time, there was not even a trace of his shadow.

“Strange. At my flying speed, we should have caught up to him very quickly.” Valley Leader Shuang performed a divination with her fingers again and obtained another result. “I see, so that’s how it is. He changed direction midway. This way now.”

According to the new results, they flew swiftly once more, but their repeated searches for Meng Jingzhou yielded no success.

Just as Valley Leader Shuang was prepared to calculate Meng Jingzhou’s coordinates again, Lu Yang kindly suggested, “Why don’t you give me his location? I’ll go find Old Meng myself.”

If we continue chasing him like this, we’ll be out of Wilderness Province.

Valley Leader Shuang was a bit embarrassed. “That works too. He’s to the west.”

Lu Yang headed west alone and eventually found Meng Jingzhou collapsed in a remote mountain forest, with the old horse leisurely drinking from a spring nearby.

“You alright?”

Meng Jingzhou wheezed weakly, “Do I look alright to you?” He complained indignantly, “I have no idea what happened just now. Out of nowhere, a tornado appeared, and I happened to be right at its center! It swept me up and carried me away while the old horse just trotted along behind me without a care!

“When the tornado finally stopped, a walking corpse that went berserk started chasing me! As its original cultivation when it was alive was too high, there was no doubt I couldn’t defeat it, so I ran for my life. I nearly died from exhaustion, but thanks to my abundant spirit energy, I outlasted the walking corpse’s energy. Yet the old horse simply watched the whole time without helping!

“I was relieved to have avoided the clutches of the walking corpse, but before I could catch my breath, perhaps I had circulated it too quickly when escaping, my body went out of control and kept running for who knows how long before my rampaging spirit energy stabilized.

“Before I could even take a Great Rejuvenation Pill, I spotted two Divine Transfiguration cultivators battling overhead. Their battle range was enormous and could have easily caught me in the crossfire. Fortunately, as a physique cultivator, I could still run fast without spirit energy, so I fled westward nonstop until I finally reached this place. And then you came.

“What rotten luck... By the way, how did you find me all the way out here?”

Lu Yang was embarrassed to explain that it was because Valley Leader Shuang had been chasing him the whole time, so he sidestepped the question. “I found someone in Seven-Emotions Valley who can help alleviate your curse to some extent.”

“How so?”

“Would you like having women look at you with disgust?”

“?”

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