Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 571: An Immortal’s Secret Art!
“Stop there! Don’t let her escape!”
“Prepare to die!”
“Kill her!”
A group of Fusion-Stage demons roared in pursuit behind them, their bloodlines stimulated to the extreme. Multifarious powers rained down like a storm, striking empty ground. The earth rumbled, forests collapsed in swathes, and clouds of dust billowed upward.
Whoosh! Gan Tian skillfully piloted the beast hide, darting out from the smoke and dust and leaving the pursuers far behind with dust in its wake.
She didn’t forget to reassure Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou. “Don’t be afraid, junior brothers. I learned flight techniques from Fifth Elder. Although I’m not as proficient as he is, it’s more than enough to shake off these few pursuers.”
Gan Tian erected a barrier on the beast side, shielding them from the wind’s impact, but the rapid speed was still something Golden Core cultivators couldn’t endure.
Moreover, Gan Tian’s flight path was genuinely not something ordinary individuals could withstand. Put nicely, it was like a butterfly dancing gracefully. Put bluntly, it was like a tornado spinning wildly—even more ferocious than when Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Man Gu fused and spun together.
Fortunately, the two had experience riding Fifth Elder’s speeding flying shuttle, so they didn’t pass out immediately this time.
Along the way, Gan Tian continuously launched attacks rearward—some real, some feints—wearing down the pursuing Fusion cultivators until they gradually gave up the chase.
“Told them they couldn’t catch me, yet they insisted on chasing. A waste of time,” Gan Tian grumbled as she made a temporary landing. She had set up a base nearby. “Hey, you two, are you alright?”
After landing, Gan Tian noticed her two juniors swaying unsteadily, unable to stand firmly.
“I'm...f-fine...never mind, I’m not fine.” They tried to stubbornly claim they were fine, but their bodies betrayed them—they collapsed and passed out.
Gan Tian shook her head helplessly. She controlled the beast hide to roll the two up and brought them to her hideout.
Lu Yang heard the sporadic sound of rain outside and struggled to open his eyes. His mind felt like a mass of glue paste, unable to recall what had happened before he lost consciousness. He stared blankly at the cave ceiling until a drop of water formed and fell onto his face. Only then did he reluctantly turn his head, gradually remembering what had transpired.
He turned his head and saw a pair of legs... They’re Meng Jingzhou’s. His gaze passed over Meng Jingzhou to see a crackling bonfire and Gan Tian sitting beside it.
In the dim cave, the flickering firelight cast Gan Tian’s shadow, elongating and shortening it rhythmically. The shifting shadows on her face presented a different sense of beauty. Gan Tian strummed her guqin and hummed softly. Her voice was melodious and pleasing to the ear, creating a comfortable sensation as if one was immersed in water and supported by an invisible force.
“You two are awake? It looks like your physical constitution is better than I’d estimated.” Gan Tian smoothed the guqin strings, a smile tugging the corner of her mouth. This melody was her original composition, possessing the effect to calm the soul and soothe the mind.
The reason the two had woken up early was also related to the remains of the Epoch Immortal gifted to them by Shangguan Yu.
“We two?”
Both Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had woken up at almost the same time. Lu Yang was facing Meng Jingzhou’s feet, and naturally, Meng Jingzhou was facing Lu Yang’s feet.
The two sat up abruptly. The aftereffects of the high-speed ride had yet to dissipate; a wave of dizziness nearly sent them crashing back to the ground.
“Don’t rush, you two. Catch your breath first.”
“Where is this?”
“It’s a hideout I established a hundred years ago. It seems my luck is not bad; no one has discovered it in all these years. It’s very safe.
“Those old monsters won’t give up. They’ll probably search this area for a few days before they’re willing to leave. The three of us can take this chance to rest and recuperate here.
“We left in a hurry earlier. Now that we have time, we can sort out the treasures we picked up in the secret domain.”
Hearing this, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou opened their identity jade tablets, pouring out a large pile of natural treasures.
Lu Yang casually picked up the Wood-White Gold-Jade, munching on it as he rummaged through the other treasures. As he consumed it, the effects of the Wood-White Gold Jade integrated into his body, enhancing his sword qi and vitality. And as his vitality increased, the dizzy feeling gradually faded.
“Let’s split these spirit stones equally.” Lu Yang divided the pile of spirit stones in half.
“These cultivation manuals are for you.” Meng Jingzhou handed Lu Yang a large stack of manuals.
Lu Yang glanced at them—they were dual cultivation manuals.
“What would I need these for?”
“Then would they be any more useful to me?”
Lu Yang thought about it and felt Meng Jingzhou had a point. He took the manuals, flipped through a few randomly, and showed a look of disgust.
Orthodox dual cultivation techniques involved the mutual complementation of yin and yang. However, the suanni only possessed unorthodox techniques focused on plundering yin to supplement yang, which were utterly pernicious.
“Let’s burn them.” Lu Yang casually threw the manuals into the fire, and they quickly turned into a pile of ashes.
“Hmm? There’s something inside the manuals?”
Characters from the cultivation manuals drifted out within the flames, gathered together, and transformed into a sheet of golden paper that remained undamaged despite the flames.
Lu Yang was stunned. Looks like this is the true cultivation technique hidden within the manuals. It can only be revealed through burning.
“Break first, then build—could it be a coincidence?” Lu Yang murmured as he reached directly into the fire to retrieve the golden paper.
The paper was covered in dense, small characters. It was indeed some kind of cultivation technique.
“This is...”
“What is it?”
“An immortal’s secret art!”
“What?!”
It wasn’t just Meng Jingzhou; even the silently meditating Gan Tian was taken aback. No one expected such an astonishing secret art to be hidden within the dual cultivation manuals.
This yang-boosting technique was written in ancient language, and only Lu Yang could fully understand it.
“What type is it?”
“Yang-boosting technique.”
Meng Jingzhou, “...”
Are you pulling my leg?
“Wait, why would immortals need a yang-boosting technique? Which immortal had to boost his yang?”
Meng Jingzhou reacted, recalling an ancient rumor. “Is it the Heaven Mandate Immortal? I heard he could manage a hundred women every night, had a fetish for married women, and could impregnate countless women in a single night!”
Lu Yang stared at Meng Jingzhou in surprise. Where did this rumor come from? Aren’t you afraid the Heaven Mandate Immortal would strike the rumormonger with lightning during their tribulation?
After an immortal died, their Dao Fruit wouldn’t vanish. The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was a prime example. Lu Yang couldn’t determine whether the Heaven Mandate Immortal was still alive based on the existence of heavenly tribulations alone.
“It was for the Qilin Immortal. He had two wives.” Lu Yang revealed the true intended user of the yang-boosting technique.
“Qilin Immortal?”
“People often call him the Demon Immortal. His true form is a qilin, the only one in the world. He had two wives, one from the Dragon Tribe and one from the Phoenix Tribe. This yang-boosting technique was developed by the Demon Immortal’s two wives.”
Gan Tian revealed a surprised expression. There’s a theory in academia that the Demon Immortal’s true form was a qilin, but without concrete evidence, no one dares to be certain. This theory has been questioned since its inception. But judging by Little Junior Brother’s tone, he sounds very sure. Could it be that he possesses definitive evidence?
As for the Demon Immortal having two wives, I’ve never heard of it despite all my years researching ancient history.
There were indeed two unparalleled experts from the Dragon and Phoenix tribes in ancient times who reached the Half-Immortal Stage. Is Little Junior Brother saying these two were the Demon Immortal’s wives?
No wonder Big Senior Sister sent him here. Although Little Junior Brother’s cultivation isn’t high, his understanding of ancient history is truly profound.
