Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 227: Su Yiren Makes Her Move

“There’s more people?!” The commandery governor, Family Head Mo, and the member of the Nine-Netherworlds Sect were stunned. They had prided themselves on being chess masters who manipulated everything in the shadows.

Why are we the ones being manipulated now? Who else is hiding in the dark?

They unleashed their respective attacks.

The commandery governor attempted to activate the chain hidden on his back, but no matter how hard he tried, the chain seemed to be nailed to his back, unable to budge an inch.

Family Head Mo’s arms were tattooed with eighteen designs of weapons, each representing a type of weapon he had forged himself. In the past, these weapons were unstoppable, but they had all fallen silent, and not a single one could be activated.

The Nine-Netherworlds Creed follower tried to summon the shadows of monsters hiding inside him, but they cowered in fear as if they had encountered something terrifying, refusing to come out.

The three realized that the person who had just made a move was no simple figure. The ability to casually alter part of the rules... They’re at the Fusion Stage?!

Do Dao-Seeking Sect disciples always travel in such extravagance, accompanied by a Fusion expert?

The commandery governor and Family Head Mo were beset with regret. All we wanted was to steal the Phoenix Blood Stone. How did we stir up so many other problems? There’s now the Nine-Netherworlds Creed and a Fusion cultivator...

When Meng Jingzhou sensed that Su Yiren had finally made her move, he was so frightened that he sprung out of bed and ran, seeking her protection. He was the only person in the room who could still move.

Lu Yang whispered to Li Haoran, “If she wants to use force, it looks like you have no ability to resist. You should just give in to her.”[1]

“If she does that, she’ll only get my body, not my heart!” Li Haoran responded sternly, though he was secretly on tenterhooks.

That said, Su Yiren is gentle and virtuous like a caring older sister. If I really give in to her...that might not be as bad as I thought.

Su Yiren pushed open the door and looked at the three people she had immobilized. Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Li Haoran followed behind her, filled with a sense of security.

“I didn’t expect it, Commandery Governor Shi. You colluded with not just the Phoenix Tribe but also the Nine-Netherworlds Creed. You’re truly reprehensible. I have already captured everything with a recording orb!” Lu Yang immediately accused him.

“Hey hey hey, you can’t just say that.” The commandery governor’s expression changed.

“Ah, right right right, he colluded with the Phoenix Tribe and Nine-Netherworlds Creed. I can testify.” Family Head Mo jumped at the opportunity to kick the commandery governor when he was down.

“Let me introduce myself, I’m Lu Yang, a disciple of the Dao-Seeking Sect.”

“Meng Jingzhou, disciple of the Dao-Seeking Sect.”

“Li Haoran, disciple of the Dao-Seeking Sect.”

Su Yiren didn’t speak. Although she might be amicable in front of Li Haoran, it was a completely different case when it came to outsiders.

“I originally wanted to see what secret this Phoenix Blood Stone holds, but I didn’t expect to reel in such a big fish.” Lu Yang removed the Nine-Netherworlds Creed follower’s mask and saw that the person had no noticeable features.

“You just said that you wanted to refine the phoenix into a corpse puppet. Tell me everything, and I might spare your life.” This was no small matter. The corpse of a Fusion phoenix was right beneath their feet. Let alone refining it into a corpse puppet, even just the phoenix turning over would be a calamity for Luofeng Commandery.

The commandery governor’s expression was grim. If the Nine-Netherworlds Creed really succeeds, that would mark the end of my position as commandery governor.

The follower from the Nine-Netherworlds Creed laughed out loud. “Now that you’ve discovered me, how could you possibly still let me live?”

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“Senior Su, please search his soul,” Lu Yang requested for Su Yiren to take action when he saw that the other party had no intention of confessing.

Su Yiren stepped forward and pressed her finger to the Nine-Netherworlds Creed follower’s forehead, her brows knitted. “He’s not human but a corpse!”

Suddenly, the eyes of the Nine-Netherworlds follower became vacant, and his body rapidly decayed until nothing but a pile of white bones was left.

This was a common tactic of the Nine-Netherworlds Creed—animate a corpse while the original body pulls the string in the background. Once discovered, they would sever the connection with the corpse, causing it to rot pronto and leave no trace behind, which made it hard for them to be captured. However, those present didn’t know much about the Nine-Netherworlds Creed.

“Trying to escape?” Su Yiren made another move. With her Fusion abilities, she enveloped the entire Luofeng Commandery with the rules, preventing insects from entering and birds from escaping. She was determined to ferret out the person from the Nine-Netherworlds Creed.

Controlling a corpse is limited by a certain distance; the other party must still be in Luofeng Commandery. My cultivation is two major realms ahead; letting them escape would be downright embarrassing.

It doesn’t matter if I embarrass myself, but not in front of Li Haoran!

She spread out her spiritual consciousness and scanned every inch of Luofeng Commandery.

“Found them!” Su Yiren quickly locked onto several suspicious cultivators. They seemed to have some sort of restrictions on them; as soon as Su Yiren immobilized them, they exploded and died.

“So ruthless?”

The commandery governor’s expression darkened. “I heard that the Nine-Netherworlds Creed believes in the existence of the Nine Netherworlds. To them, death is just a cycle of reincarnation and is nothing scary. That’s why they are a bunch of criminals who have no regard for their lives and are extremely dangerous!”

With her spiritual consciousness, Su Yiren discovered that the dried-up wells in the homes of many affluent families hid arrays. They were closely interlinked, covering the entire large array, likely the one for refining the phoenix.

“Wait, something’s wrong. The Nine-Netherworlds Creed followers who exploded are not at the Divine Transfiguration Stage. The real mastermind hasn’t been found yet!” Su Yiren realized that those who had died were just the mastermind’s subordinates.

“They’re below, in the phoenix’s corpse!” Lu Yang was the first to think of it. Since the old phoenix was at the Fusion stage when it was alive, a Fusion corpse can block the spiritual consciousness of someone else at the same cultivation stage.

Su Yiren also figured it out, but she didn’t move.

“Senior Su, what’s the matter?” Lu Yang was baffled. Darting into the ground shouldn’t be anything difficult for a Fusion cultivator, right? Don’t they all have a few simple spells for that?

“Senior Su, you should quickly go down! If the Nine-Netherworlds Creed manages to refine the phoenix, Luofeng Commandery will be in danger,” Li Haoran also urged.

Su Yiren paused to consider her choice of words. “My methods...might be a bit different from what you think.”

She took a deep breath to calm herself. Now that things have come to this, I can’t pretend to be a demure young lady anymore.

Clenching her fists, she hurled a punch right toward the ground, creating a deep hole wide enough for a person. Then, she leaped in and burrowed underground.

Lu Yang and his other two companions stared with their eyes widened as they gulped. Senior Su Yiren’s methods...don’t seem to match her delicate appearance at all.

They suddenly thought of a question that had been overlooked all this time: what type of cultivation did she specialize in?

Meng Jingzhou peered at the huge hole and found it familiar. Why do her methods seem similar to that of my shifu?

The three exchanged glances as an absurd thought coalesced in their minds.

Don’t tell me that Su Yiren is...a physique cultivator?

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Meanwhile, Su Yiren saw a phoenix with bright red feathers lying quietly underground as if it had just died.

Suddenly, the arrays the Nine-Netherworlds Creed had left on the ground activated in succession. The phoenix's eyes lit up with a light that resembled jasper. Phoenix True Flame erupted in the surroundings, burning the entire underground space hollow.

“Since I’ve been discovered, let’s all go down together!” The voice of the Nine-Netherworlds Creed follower echoed from within the phoenix, raspy and consumed with insanity.

Despite all that, the Nine-Netherworlds Creed follower’s heart was overwhelmed with regret. Set up the array, steal a Phoenix Blood Stone, resurrect the phoenix, and overturn Luofeng Commandery—what a perfect plan! It was supposed to be simple, easy to execute, flawless, and undetectable.

We just wanted to steal a Phoenix Blood Stone. Why is there a Fusion cultivator guarding it? Is this Phoenix Blood Stone really so valuable? Huh, tell me!

“Although I couldn’t revive the phoenix to its peak in such a hurry, it’s more than enough to overturn Luofeng Commandery!” At this point, the Nine-Netherworlds Creed follower couldn’t be bothered so much. “I know you’re at the Fusion Stage, but so what? Are you an array cultivator or a talisman cultivator? None of that matters anymore. Before you can completely stop the phoenix’s movements, I’ll already have ample time to destroy Luofeng Commandery several times!”

The phoenix’s shrieks reverberated in the underground cave as it was engulfed in true flame. It spread its wings, carrying boundless destructive power, as if it was just reborn from the ashes and flame.

The Nine-Netherworlds Creed follower was about to manipulate the phoenix to soar into the sky but suddenly found that the phoenix just couldn’t take off. “What’s going on?”

He used his spiritual consciousness to probe the outside world and discovered that Su Yiren was grabbing the phoenix’s beak with one hand, preventing it from flying a single inch no matter how hard it flapped its wings.

“Fly?” A sliver of a cold smile emerged on Su Yiren’s charming face. With the hand that was gripping the phoenix’s beak, she forcefully slammed the phoenix onto the ground.

The commandery governor and Family Head Mo led Lu Yang’s trio down the tunnel and arrived just in time to witness the scene of Su Yiren flinging the phoenix—a perfect blend of beauty and violence.

Li Haoran tried his best to swallow his saliva. If we get married, can I still survive?

1. The tone and phrasing here seem very much like the trope of a delicate woman and the alpha male in Chinese novels. ☜