Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 922: The Everlasting Lineage’s Mandatory Curriculum
As the Everlasting Creed’s faith and a product of faith power, Bu Yaolian was meticulous and calculating, able to regulate his expression. For instance, upon encountering joyous news such as being promoted to Fourth-in-Command, he showed hardly any trace of delight.
“Greetings, Third-in-Command.” Bu Yaolian bowed and scraped before Yun Mengmeng with deference. The Everlasting Lineage’s hierarchy was strict and brooked no overstepping of one’s place.
She is Yun Zhi’s good sister; it’s only fitting that her status is higher than mine.
Now, the Everlasting Lineage boasted one immortal, Lu Yang—who could defeat Li Haoran—and two half-immortals. In other words, the Everlasting Lineage’s four members were minimally equipped with combat prowess at the half-immortal level—a well-trained and powerful army brimming with talents; few forces in the world could compare to them.
“Since our Everlasting Lineage rarely gets a chance to gather, I shall teach you how to use the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit in combat.” Earlier, when the Everlasting Immortal Fairy saw Yun Mengmeng rely on her Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit to endure the beatings, she felt genuine distress. It’s clear that her Incipient Dao Fruit is newly condensed and that she barely knows how to use it.
Bu Yaolian. “...”
How many times had the three of us gathered without Yun Mengmeng? Why hadn’t Big Boss taught me how to use the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit in combat?
“Fighting with the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit will cause quite a commotion. We need to find a desolate place.”
“Then, how about we go inside my Qingfeng Sword?” Lu Yang suggested. Having a small world is indeed convenient. Otherwise, I would need to rent a top-tier secret domain from the sect. My contribution points might not suffice.
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
With the First-in-Command’s approval, Lu Yang produced the Qingfeng Sword and invited the Third-in-Command and the Fourth-in-Command inside.
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“What a big place!” Stepping into the Qingfeng Sword’s small world, Yun Mengmeng spread her arms and twirled on the grassland, utterly elated. It reminds me of home, just as beautiful, with peach fragrance wafting every autumn.
Bu Yaolian was astonished by the sight. To contain a small world, the Qingfeng Sword’s grade must be high. At minimum, an immortal treasure, possibly a legendary immortal artifact. As expected of the Second-in-Command, he’s well-off indeed. We could sell barbeque skewers our whole lives and still never be able to afford such a sword.
“Ahem, ahem, lesson is starting.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy coughed theatrically.
Yun Mengmeng and Bu Yaolian immediately crouched on the grassland, gazing up at her with wide, eager eyes. Their faces were full of a thirst for knowledge, but there was one difference between the two. Yun Mengmeng’s pure features made the pose pleasing to the eye, while Bu Yaolian’s aged, frail appearance made the action seem rather odd.
Lu Yang felt that he probably didn’t need the lesson. He stepped aside and took out the Chengying Sword, attempting to imprint his mark for it to acknowledge him as its master. Although the sword spirit Liu Ningxuan was gone, the sword’s spiritual nature remained. Making it recognize a master wouldn’t be easy.
After some rumination, Lu Yang inserted the Chengying Sword into the ground, then did the same for the Seven Stars Sword Set, surrounding the Chengying Sword. He hoped the Seven Stars Sword Set would persuade their fellow sword. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
The eight swords hummed, seemingly engaged in intense communication. As Lu Yang shared a bond with the Seven Stars Sword Set, he could vaguely sense what they were saying.
“Big Brother Chengying, just follow Lu Yang. He has the Sword-Cleansing Pond. Trust your little brothers once, just soak there one time, and you’ll never forget how comfortable it was!”
“What’s so great about Liu Ningxuan? He occupied your body; can’t you forget him?”
“Liu Ningxuan is dead. Just forget him. As swords, we must look forward.”
“Just yield to Lu Yang."
Lu Yang couldn’t sense the Chengying Sword’s responses, but its diminishing vibrations suggested that the persuasion was working.
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Meanwhile, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy took on the role of a respectable teacher and expounded the true Everlasting teachings.
“Self-detonation is our Everlasting Lineage’s most fundamental skill, a mandatory part of the curriculum.
“Back when I was researching how to maximize the self-detonation power, I could only imagine the misery I inflicted on my opponents. Fortunately, their sacrifices weren’t in vain; they helped continually refine my self-detonation theories.
“Third-in-Command, I observed that you were getting beaten throughout the battle, demonstrating scarcely any offensive moves. I presume you haven’t learned self-detonation.”
Yun Mengmeng nodded. Indeed, I hadn’t realized that self-detonation could also be an offensive method. All my moves came from the techniques passed down through the family.
“Fourth-in-Command, demonstrate for her,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy instructed.
Hearing this, Bu Yaolian felt that it was time to display his prowess as a senior.
He ran twenty li away and split himself into three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls. With a bang, he self-detonated half his soul.
Yun Mengmeng observed the Fourth-in-Command’s self-detonation intently. That half a soul grew agitated, swelling like a balloon. In the blink of an eye, it burst, releasing terrifying soul power and engulfing the surrounding dozen li in its blast radius.
After the self-detonation, Bu Yaolian’s soul was quickly restored, becoming whole again.
“Amazing!” Yun Mengmeng’s eyes sparkled, as if a new world had opened before her. She felt that her previous combat style was too conservative.
What’s self-detonation? It’s what cultivators resort to in desperation, unleashing their most powerful attack at the cost of their lives. Yet our Everlasting Lineage can use it repeatedly. Its power speaks for itself.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy pointed at Bu Yaolian, who returned with a silly, smug grin. “See? Standing in place dumbly after self-detonation is a classic mistake.
“Can you guarantee that your opponent was killed by the explosion and won’t attack you while you’re in the vulnerable process of restoring your soul?”
“Then what should one do?”
“You need to ride the blast wave at high speed, restoring your soul as you move. That way, when the explosion wave ends, and your soul is restored, you can seamlessly perform a second self-detonation, leaving no breathing room for your opponent!
“Also, don’t stand on the ground when self-detonating. You need to be in the air. That maximizes the destructive power.
“As for scattering the self-detonation and such, they’re not skills you can grasp now. You should first master what I’ve taught. Go somewhere far to practice and aim to be proficient in the basics as soon as possible.”
“Yes!”
Yun Mengmeng jubilantly went somewhere far to self-detonate. Afterward, there was a boom, and the blast waves swept toward them. At the edge of the explosion, Lu Yang clung desperately to the Chengying Sword planted in the ground.
He was blown until he was parallel to the earth.
When the waves dispersed, Lu Yang saw the blast site: forests reduced to charcoal, mountains turned into dust, and the pit flooded by rivers, soon forming a lake.
Yun Mengmeng’s self-detonation of her physical flesh directly affected reality.
“My small world!” Lu Yang cried in despair.
This serenely beautiful small world I’ve just obtained and visited only twice has turned to ruins in a flash.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy had clearly forgotten a self-detonation’s impact on reality. She hurriedly comforted Lu Yang, seeking ways to salvage the situation. “Uh, minor issue. I’ll teach them both the Tree-Planting Mantra later.”
