Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 188: Drill

Hearing Yun Zhi describe everything she had witnessed in the secret chamber, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was infuriated.

“Which son of a turtle dares to impersonate me? Do they not know that I was undefeated across the land in ancient times? Anyone who saw me had to take a detour!”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy had reasons to be proud. After all, the cultivator who mastered Law Follows Words and was considered unmatched among their ranks had died by her hand.

“I sense a familiar aura from the creed leader. Could it have come from the one impersonating me?” The more the Everlasting Immortal Fairy thought about it, the more furious she became. She made a fuss, insisting that she wanted to confront the so-called Everlasting Immortal and expose his true colors.

Yun Zhi stopped the Everlasting Immortal. “Senior, please calm down. That self-proclaimed Everlasting Immortal can manifest at will within the Everlasting Immortal statues scattered across the continent. If he manages to escape, capturing him will be an uphill battle.”

“So, you are proposing that...”

“During the conversation between the creed leader and the Everlasting Immortal, there was mention of a selection trial. On the surface, its purpose is to pick out talents, but in reality, it is for the Everlasting Immortal to choose a suitable host for taking over their body. As long as we have Lu Yang become the target, the Everlasting Immortal will walk right into our trap. They wouldn’t be able to escape then.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy snapped out of her wrath. “Little lass, you’re really clever!”

“Hmm?” Yun Zhi raised an eyebrow.

Seeing the clueless Everlasting Immortal Fairy about to tick Yun Zhi off, he hurriedly slipped away. Big Senior Sister didn’t care about titles when her soul was away, but now that her soul is back, there’s no saying for sure.

Immortal Fairy, good luck.

“But what’s the deal with the Everlasting Immortal?” Lu Yang didn’t expect an Everlasting Immortal to appear. Was the fifth ancient immortal the Everlasting Immortal or the Everlasting Immortal Fairy?

From an emotional standpoint, he leaned toward the latter, but from a prestige standpoint, he leaned toward the former.

“Or could there have been a sixth immortal?”

Lu Yang opened his eyes, breaking away from his cultivation state. He sensed his current cultivation realm. “I should be at the Great Perfection Apex Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage, only a half-step away from the Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage.”

“What are you going on about?” Meng Jingzhou grumbled as he dissociated from his cultivation state.

Man Gu mused, “Is such minute classification of cultivation realms one of the reasons Brother Lu is so strong?”

Meng Jingzhou quickly interrupted Man Gu. “Don’t think too much. It’s just another one of Lu Yang’s crazy antics again. Don’t join him.”

“The three of you, get ready for the drill!” A creed member at the entrance reminded the three.

Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu were flummoxed. Drill? What drill?

Sound amplification arrays everywhere blared, “Attention everyone! The righteous path is about to attack! Attention everyone! The righteous path is about to attack!”

Outside, there were even creed members screaming to heighten the atmosphere. “The righteous path is coming! We’re doomed!”

“Run for your lives!”

“We’d rather die than surrender.”

“Fight to the death with the righteous path!”

“Hahaha, those dogs from the righteous path, don’t think you can catch me!”

“Everlasting Immortal, please protect us!”

Then came the frenzied sounds of people running away.

Lu Yang remarked to himself, You guys are really getting into character.

Lu Yang briefly explained the matter of the drill to Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu, and they finally understood what was happening.

The trio hastily dashed out of the room, shouting as they ran, “Oh no, the Great Xia Dynasty and the Five Great Immortal Sects are attacking!”

The people in front glared at them. “Stop yelling nonsense. If the Great Xia Dynasty and the Five Great Immortal Sects really came, it would not be an evacuation drill but a capitulation drill!”

It was evident that the Everlasting Creed had outlined very detailed categories for their drills.

On the way out, Lu Yang saw creed followers swiftly packing their belongings into their storage rings, their practiced efficiency almost heartbreaking.

Some were wailing, vowing to stick with the headquarters no matter life or death, while others took advantage of the chaos to steal and made off with plenty of loot.

“Hey! What do you think you are doing?!” One of the members had caught a thief.

The other person took to their heels without turning back. “It’s a drill, right? The more realistic, the better. These are all possible scenarios!”

“Catch the thief!”

The Everlasting Creed was thrown into a frenzy; the drill felt almost too real.

Lu Yang and the other two followed the other members toward an exit.

After exiting, they didn’t know how much distance they covered until they arrived at a completely unfamiliar place.

The person bringing up the rear was Vice Creed Leader Jin. He destroyed the exit, severing all karma to prevent the righteous path from tracking them down. His smooth execution was evidence of his frequent training.

The followers applauded, celebrating the successful completion of the drill.

Only Man Gu had a question. “How are we going back?”

Silence fell across the crowd.

That’s right, we never sealed off the passageways in previous drills. Why did we cut it off this time?

With the passage disconnected and karma severed, there’s no way to get back!

Vice Creed Leader Jin felt a bit embarrassed. He had gotten too immersed in the drill, acting as if the righteous path was truly coming. However, he quickly came up with a solution.

“Don’t worry, everyone. I have a flying vessel in my storage ring that can carry all of you. We will fly back.”

With the plethora of experts in the headquarters, everyone else apart from Lu Yang’s group could fly. However, a large group of cultivators flying in the sky would easily attract the attention of the Great Xia Dynasty. If a few constables came over to investigate and ordered them to stop and present their identification documents, they would quickly realize that the whole bunch of them were high-profile fugitives, with the lightest punishment being life imprisonment.

Oh man, that would be quite the joke.

We might as well take the flying vessel and disguise ourselves as low-level cultivators renting a vessel for traveling, something common enough not to draw attention to ourselves.

Vice Creed Leader Jin pulled out a rather old-looking flying vessel from his storage ring. He had chosen this on purpose as the outdated design wouldn’t attract scrutiny from the officials.

Everyone was an old youtiao, a slick veteran who understood Vice Creed Leader Jin’s intention. They boarded the flying vessel and lowered their cultivation to display themselves as Qi Training cultivators. Suddenly, Lu Yang and his companions became the ones with the strongest cultivation.

On the flying vessel, Vice Creed Leader Jin reassured everyone, “It’s really no big deal. Judging by the speed of the flying vessel, by the time we get back, the other Foundation Establishment and Qi Training talents from the branches would have mostly arrived. The timing is just right.”

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As the flying vessel cruised steadily, unbeknownst to the passengers onboard, danger was already at their doorstep.

Not far from the flying vessel, three mysterious figures in gray robes hovered in the air.

“What do you think about this flying vessel?”

“It’s not from the Luodi Merchant Guild or other major merchant guilds. It also looks pretty old. It’s probably rented.

“There are quite a few people on board, but their cultivation is nothing impressive—only three at the Foundation Establishment stage, just enough to be eliminated in one strike. Who knows, we might find them hiding some good stuff.”

“Shall we go in for the kill?”

“Let’s do it!”

The three figures turned into streaks of light, rapidly closing in on the flying vessel as they formed an array to trap it.

“Don’t move! This is a robbery!” One of them growled menacingly. Two scars ran across his face, a clear sign that he was an outlaw who disregarded lives.

“I believe you’ve also heard of the infamous Three Hu Brothers! As long as you hand over your valuables obediently, we guarantee that we won’t kill you!” Another person stuck out his tongue and licked the tip of his blade in a disturbingly perverted manner.

“If you refuse, don’t blame us for being ruthless!” The third person emitted a series of strange and ghost-like wails, sending chills down people’s spines.

“Don’t think we don’t dare to kill you. We have slain more people than you’ve ever seen!” They unleashed a frightening aura to intimidate everyone.

These three are actually at the Nascent Soul Stage!

Usually, as long as they released their aura waves, the other party would give up on the struggle, handing over their valuables as they beseeched them for mercy.

Whether or not they spared these people’s lives, however, depended entirely on their mood.

Then, the Three Hu Brothers noticed that the passengers on the flying vessel did not display any signs of fear. Instead, all of them were wearing an eerie smile.

One by one, the passengers let out their aura waves: Nascent Soul Stage, Divine Transfiguration Stage, Void Refinement Stage...

As the Three Hu Brothers experienced the aura waves that were beyond their realm of experience, they swallowed hard.

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Oh no, we’re done for. Things seem to have gone wrong.

Vice Creed Leader Jin stood up, asking in an unruffled manner, “I heard that you have slain more people than I’ve ever seen?”