Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 123: The Tomb Owner

Just as the screen of light was about to display “life imprisonment,” Lu Yang snapped the Tomb Raiding Takeaways closed, and only then did the flickering screen vanish.

This time, Lu Yang no longer used the excuse of “this is a hallmark of the era.” The book’s functions were truly absurd with a trace of rationality within the absurdity, which made it all the more absurd.

Fortunately, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s interest was fickle; the burial items now attracted her attention. Since the ancient era was too distant in the past, the norms and styles of burial goods had changed considerably.

For instance, the people in ancient times believed that they would head to the Nine Netherworlds[1] after they died. If they wanted to maintain their prestige and authority in the afterlife, they needed humans to accompany them as burial items. When later generations opened the tombs of ancient experts, they would often find a heap of bones as burial goods. Nowadays, people were more civilized and replaced humans with terracotta soldiers.

This reminded the Everlasting Immortal Fairy of something. “I remember that the Heaven Mandate Immortal was originally some old fellow’s burial item. Fortunately, the Heaven Mandate Immortal was lucky and managed to cheat death by feigning death, so he was brought into the tomb alive. After entering the tomb, he deactivated the feigned death technique and wantonly amassed an enormous amount of herbs and magical treasures. As the old fellow firmly believed that he would be reincarnated, he had stored several types of rare natural treasures that enhanced one’s constitution, all of which became a windfall for the Heaven Mandate Immortal.

“Seizing this opportunity, he purged his marrow, shed his mortal body for an immortal bone, and boosted his constitution. After escaping from the tomb, he had a constant stream of fortuitous encounters which allowed his foundation to grow, and he gradually gained fame, eventually rising to prominence among the younger generation and becoming a main character of the Great Era.

“Only then could he barely qualify to be my opponent.”

Initially, Lu Yang thought that the Heaven Mandate Immortal was a formidable existence. Once he heard that the latter was barely qualified as the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s opponent, he decisively pulled him to the same level as the Everlasting Immortal Fairy.

“Are there ranks among immortal beings, such as Immortal and Heaven Immortal?” Lu Yang asked.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy realized that Lu Yang had misunderstood and explained, “The Heaven Mandate Immortal’s title is ‘Heaven Mandate,’ and his identity is an immortal being, so he is referred to as the Heaven Mandate Immortal. He believes that he was born under the mandate of heaven and sees himself as the protagonist of heaven and earth, so he gave himself the title of ‘Heaven Mandate.’

“There are no ranks among immortal beings. Everyone’s Dao Fruit is different, which makes it hard to distinguish which is better, so how do we classify the ranks?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s words comforted Lu Yang. She could actually be a bit useful. Unfortunately, there are no history examinations on the Central Continent, otherwise, I could have scored full marks.

Alternatively, if Lu Yang’s results were not ideal, the examiner would claim that all his answers were wrong by backing it up with his hundred years of research into what the ancient period was like. At the same time, the people around him would mock Lu Yang for his ignorance and for being too full of himself, having the audacity to doubt the examiner’s answers.

It would be at this moment that Lu Yang revealed his identity as the vessel of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy and slapped everyone’s face on the spot. A drape of silence would then fall over the crowd, and nobody would dare to question Lu Yang’s opinions on the ancient period anymore.

That sounds awesome.

Lu Yang had already imagined scenarios where he could pretend to be a big shot, but he could find no opportunity to apply them.

The Everlasting Immortal stopped sharing stories from ancient times, excitedly observing the various burial goods instead.

Lu Yang hadn’t relaxed his guard, and he continued to learn more about tomb raiding. “As a tomb raider, one must always remain vigilant. Even if you find the main chamber and discover burial items there, you can’t let your guard down. Some tomb owners absolutely loathe being disturbed and would set vicious traps in the main chamber, so be extremely careful...”

“Kid, go forward and take a look. Is this something from your era? It looks quite fun,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy urged Lu Yang as something caught her attention.

Just as Lu Yang took a step forward, he felt like he stepped on something, seemingly a stone tile that could sink.

Lu Yang's forehead immediately broke out in cold sweat as it dawned upon him that he had stepped on a trap. What would it be? Poison needles darting out from the ground? Rain of arrows shooting out from the walls?

There was no time for Lu Yang to think so much. Counting on his instincts, he leaped backward, attempting to evade the mechanism’s covert weapons. With the mechanism triggered, the luminous pearl above them suddenly burst forth with a brightness similar to that of a small sun. The whole chamber was illuminated, completely dispelling the eerie and frightening atmosphere from earlier.

Time passed by, and Lu Yang still didn’t notice any changes; his eyelid twitched. “So that was just a switch for turning on the lights?”

“What’s turning on the lights?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy hadn’t heard of this expression before.

“Nothing.”

The more Lu Yang thought about it, the more he felt that this tomb emanated an absurd aura. Having it built against the cliff wall can still be explained as a security measure against theft, but aren’t you going too far by labeling the entrance with “Main Chamber” and having lights that can be turned on inside the main chamber?

Is this what a normal tomb ought to have?

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At the very least, there were no such mentions in the Tomb Raiding Takeaways. However, it did contain one warning—the more it defies common sense, the more dangerous it is.

“No need to worry, with me around, there’d be no accidents!” After the lights were turned on, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s courage had visibly swelled, and even her voice exuded confidence.

With the luminous pearl illuminating the tomb like it was daytime, even if a ghost appeared, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy would dare go over and slap it twice to let it know what a real ghost was!

As a dignified immortal, how could I possibly fear ghosts?

“That book on your left is a little interesting. Take a look.”

Lu Yang picked up the book and read out the title softly, “Tomb-Raiding Notes?” [2]

“Move your thumb; there’s another word,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy said.

Lu Yang moved his thumb away, revealing the full title of the book—Anti-Tomb-Raiding Notes.

Lu Yang, “...”

He gingerly put away the Tomb Raiding Takeaways, afraid that some mystical reaction might occur between the two books if they were in proximity.

Flipping through the book, Lu Yang found that it was as the title suggested. The content described how to reasonably arrange a tomb that wouldn’t be visited by tomb raiders while offering mitigation strategies to tackle common tomb-raiding tactics. It was quite professional.

As the saying went, “For every chi of a devil, there is a zhang of Dao—it takes constant vigilance to stave off evil; such is the principle of nature.”

Lu Yang felt that if he could learn both the Tomb Raiding Takeaways and the Anti-Tomb-Raiding Notes, there would be no tomb in the world he couldn’t raid.

Retracting his gaze from the book, he turned to the tombstone on his right, which should indicate the identity of the tomb owner.

Time to see who created such a bizarre tomb.

Leaning over, the content he saw on the stele caused his hair to stand on end as he jumped back in fright.

The stele wrote:

Qin Jiunian rests here.

“Who is Qin Jiunian? Why are you reacting so strongly?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was puzzled.

Lu Yang’s voice was quivering, “Qin Jiunian...is the Dao-Seeking Sect’s First Elder!”

What on earth is going on? Is it a case of having the same name, or has First Elder fallen? If First Elder has passed away, then who is the one active in the Dao-Seeking Sect right now? Is he an imposter? What is his motive?

“First Elder is often elusive and has Senior Brother Dai Bufan oversee the Great Mission Hall in his stead. Could he be worried about his identity being exposed and deliberately reduced interactions with others?”

A torrent of questions flooded his mind, but the answer was still far from reach.

Right then, the coffin trembled, as if something was breaking free from its restraints and emerging from within!

1. Just like how there are nine layers of heaven, there are also nine places of hell. Jiuyou or the Nine Netherworlds could also refer to the deepest part of the netherworld. ☜

2. This is also the title of a popular series called The Lost Tomb, again about tomb raiding. ☜