Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 939: Unexpected Acquaintances
Lu Yang scanned the prisoners’ crimes in Sinner Hall one by one. Soon, a particular crime caught his attention. “Attempted body takeover?”
This was a rather uncommon offense. Typically, body takeover was a completed crime. After all, when a high-level cultivator attempted to take over the body of a low-level cultivator, the latter had no power to resist. How could it fail?
Lu Yang noted that the prisoner charged with attempted body takeover was at the Advanced Divine Transfiguration Stage, which wasn’t low.
Lan Ting explained, “This person was simply unlucky. He tried to take over the body of a cultivator named Kong Hao.”
A strange expression crept onto Lu Yang’s face. Of course, he knew Kong Hao. During the Dao-Seeking Sect’s 120,000th anniversary celebration, he had exchanged blows with Kong Hao under the identity of Young Creed Leader Lu.
I had also reported Kong Hao for borrowing the power of the ferocious beast within him during the match...
“Kong Hao’s cultivation was supposed to be inferior to his, so no accidents should have occurred. But to his surprise, Kong Hao’s mental space was inhabited by two Transcendent Tribulation taowu.”
“Two?” Lu Yang was befuddled. I remember Kong Hao having only one taowu. Did that taowu become pregnant?
That’s not right either. The other couldn’t possibly have been born at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage.
“Mmm. With two Transcendent Tribulation taowu residing within Kong Hao, the body takeover naturally failed.”
Lu Yang noticed that the adjacent cell also detained someone for attempted body takeover. “What about this one?”
“This person attempted to take over the body of a fellow Daoist named Long Huo. There was a gap in their cultivation realms, so the attempt should have succeeded. According to this prisoner, just as the body takeover was about to succeed, Long Huo began shouting incomprehensible phrases like ‘I cannot lose’ and broke through on the spot. This triggered a spike in his mental power, causing the prisoner’s body takeover attempt to fail.
“A senior sister happened to pass by and brought the prisoner back. According to his confession, he had prepared numerous natural treasures to nourish his new body after his body takeover plan succeeded. These would have been classified as stolen goods to corroborate his crime. Strangely, when that senior sister went to the location as indicated by the prisoner to retrieve the booty, she found nothing. It remains unknown as to who took them.”
Lu Yang also had some recollection of Long Huo. During the Dao-Seeking Sect’s 120,000th anniversary celebration, Long Huo was Meng Jingzhou’s opponent and was beaten so badly by him that he saw his life flash before his eyes.
“Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, I never expected us to meet here,” a prisoner in one of the cells called out to Lu Yang.
“Xue Shilou, what are you doing here?” Lu Yang exclaimed, not expecting to encounter an acquaintance in Sinner Hall.
Xue Shilou hailed from the Extreme North and was rumored to possess some Snow Emperor Bloodline. After being defeated by Lu Yang, he had let his second personality take over, then fused his first and second personalities, rising again several times.
Lu Yang glanced at the crime pasted on his cell door—Crime of Illegal Crossing.
There’s no need to ask. He had obviously come to Great Xia without going through the proper exit and entry procedures.
Thinking about it, it makes sense. The Moon Laurel Immortal Palace is located at the northernmost edge of Great Xia; further north lies the Extreme North. Illegal border crossings would be common. Before encountering Xue Shilou, Lu Yang had already seen several prisoners charged with the same crime.
Aside from them, there were also those locked up for stealing moon laurel trees.
Xue Shilou spoke indignantly, regretting his actions from back then. “I never imagined the security levels at Great Xia’s various checkpoints would differ so greatly. I was careless!”
The Great Xia’s northern border was long; the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace couldn’t possibly cover every inch.
Presumably, when Xue Shilou entered Great Xia, he had passed through an area not under the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace’s jurisdiction. But when he tried to leave, he happened to step right into their territory.
Cultivators from the Extreme North were always solitary, seldom mingling with others. News traveled slowly there, so naturally, no one had informed Xue Shilou that entering and exiting Great Xia required proper procedures.
“Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, and me too,” the occupant of the adjacent cell called out.
Lu Yang turned his head and stared blankly for two seconds, but he still failed to recall their identity. “Who are you?”
“I’m Xuanyuan Tianhen!”
Lu Yang mulled over it carefully. I would surely remember if I’d heard such a distinctive name before. This means I really don’t know him.
To avoid awkwardness, Lu Yang specifically asked the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, “Immortal Fairy, do you know them?”
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy pondered seriously for a while. “That name sounds like something the Heaven Mandate Immortal would come up with.”
Lu Yang confirmed that he indeed didn’t know this person.
“I’m Xue Shilou’s senior brother! We participated in the Sword-Seeking Grand Ceremony together!” Xuanyuan Tianhen hastily added.
This time, Lu Yang finally had a faint recollection. When I was sparring with Xue Shilou, someone did claim to be his senior brother and kept shouting from below the platform, yelling things like “Junior Xue has fainted, this is terrible!” and “His combat power will skyrocket!”
Realization dawned upon Lu Yang. It seems both senior and junior brothers have been caught for illegal border crossing. Good for them—they have company.
“Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, since you’re an immortal sect disciple, could you put in a word with the immortal palace and have us senior and junior brothers released? We guarantee we won’t commit the same crime again!”Xuanyuan Tianhen implored.
Seeing Lu Yang’s hesitant expression, Xuanyuan Tianhen quickly added, “Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Lu Yang! If we two can leave the immortal palace, we will surely present you with generous gifts!”
Hearing this, Lu Yang finally made up his mind. Turning to Lan Ting, he said, “You heard that, right? They’re trying to bribe their way out. Your immortal palace should increase their punishments accordingly.”
Originally, he had been contemplating whether Xuanyuan Tianhen’s actions constituted bribery. Now he was certain. It’s definitely bribery.
“Rest assured, Senior Brother. Our immortal palace always acts fairly.”
As they spoke, Xue Shilou suddenly became feverish all over, rolling on the ground repeatedly. Lu Yang was startled and wanted to go over to help, but Lan Ting held him back.
“This is his bloodline gradually awakening. Don’t disturb him.”
Watching Xue Shilou writhing on the ground in pain, Lan Ting sighed and explained the situation. “Less than half a day after Xue Shilou was imprisoned here, he suddenly fell unconscious and wouldn’t wake. He vomited blood from time to time and grew terribly weak, looking like he could die at any moment. Elder Mo Ran thought he was trying to swindle our immortal palace.
“To be safe, Elder Mo Ran invited Elder Zhou Yulu, who excels in medical skills, to examine him. The inspection revealed that he possessed the Snow Emperor Bloodline, but he was too frail to withstand its gradual awakening. If he were to be left untreated, he would surely die.
“Our immortal palace’s Sinner Hall is a proper official prison, not some private dungeon. If someone were to die inside, it would reflect poorly on us and easily lead to misunderstandings. We had no choice but to suppress the gradually awakening Snow Emperor Bloodline while tempering his body, allowing the bloodline to awaken step by step.”
The thought of the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace wasting natural treasures to help Xue Shilou awaken his bloodline made Lan Ting’s heart ache.
“His current state is a normal reaction to the bloodline awakening. There’s no need to intervene. He’ll be fine after shouting a few times.”
Lu Yang’s eyelid twitched. Compared to our Incarceration Peak, Sinner Hall seems far more legitimate.
Our Incarceration Peak either subjects prisoners to torture or refines their bodies and souls. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Help with healing their wounds and treating their illnesses? Nothing of the sort.
But then again, Incarceration Peak won’t encounter a case like Xue Shilou’s. The prisoners are all minimally at the Fusion Stage. At that level, wouldn’t it be too late for a fortuitous encounter like a bloodline awakening?
