Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 429: Huang Ming’s Identity

Huang Ming was a Fusion expert who had dispersed his cultivation to cultivate anew. Despite having navigated the cultivation world for over two thousand years, this was his first time seeing a Golden Core cultivator capable of performing a clone technique.

And what an unconventional method it is too.

Before Huang Ming could process this, the Qingfeng and Mingyue swords came roaring toward him like twin jiao dragons traversing the East Sea with carnage in their wake.

Lu Yang wasn’t sure whether the walking corpse could return to normal if he bisected it again. Rather than gambling on unknowns, he decided to aim straight for Huang Ming.

I don’t believe you can regenerate like your walking corpse.

Huang Ming frantically directed his walking corpse to attack, but Lu Yang’s clone intercepted it with the Mingyue Sword, while Lu Yang himself engaged with Huang Ming.

Both parties were locked in another stalemate, but it didn’t take long for Huang Ming to realize he was at a disadvantage. Lu Yang’s mental power is stronger than mine, and he controls his clone with higher precision. In the battle between my walking corpse and his clone, my walking corpse has been retreating again and again.

Once the clone obtains victory, I’ll be caught in a one-against-two predicament myself.

Lu Yang’s soft chuckle drifted into Huang Ming’s ear, freezing his blood. “Do you seriously not know that you’re not supposed to get distracted in battle?

“Break!” Lu Yang executed the Breaking Word Mantra. Sword qi surged forth and pierced the heavens, its resplendent rays weaving a lethal tapestry.

A blood-red light barrier materialized before Huang Ming. This was his ultimate defensive move. Against Lu Yang’s all-out Breaking Word Mantra, however, it held for barely half a breath before shattering.

Squelch!

Huang Ming’s attempt to activate Corpse Swap Teleportation again was ultimately a split second slower, and the blade pierced through his right shoulder. With such severe injuries, he would need at least half a month of recuperation to recover.

Despite consuming a Qi Restoration Pill midway through the battle, he still found his spirit energy running dry as the fight drew to a close.

In contrast, Lu Yang hadn’t touched a single restorative pill from the start until the end. This was due to the strength of the Unbeatable Golden Core and eating tofu every day when he began cultivating.

Prolonged consumption of tofu can adjust a cultivator’s balance of the five elements, building their endurance in combat.

“I admit defeat!” Huang Ming spat through gritted teeth, reluctantly swallowing his defeat along with healing pills.

Lu Yang sheathed his sword, amiably striking up a conversation as if he wasn’t the one who had just wounded Huang Ming. “So, what made you decide to disperse your cultivation and cultivate anew?”

Huang Ming sighed. “I was too impatient in my youth and didn’t build my foundation properly, so I hit a wall at the Intermediate Fusion Stage, unable to break through. Since it was a good opportunity to reset my cultivation and start afresh, I seized it and was reborn.

Lu Yang was puzzled. “Then why not join one of the Five Great Immortal Sects? Their abundant resources should be better than the Corpse-Driving Sect’s, right?”

“It’s not easy to enter the immortal sects. They have too many experts who might discover our identities. On the contrary, you’ve got quite the guts. Not only did you sneak into an immortal sect, but you also made yourself so high-profile.” Having seen Lu Yang’s formidable mental power, Huang Ming assumed he was also a reforged cultivator.

Huang Ming continued, “This clone technique of yours is so unique, yet I’ve never heard of it before, and neither were there records of it in history. I believe it must have been lost to time due to a lack of successors. Are you a cultivator from the Great Qian era?”

“No, I didn’t disperse my cultivation to cultivate anew.”

“Stop bragging! How else could you have defeated me? How about this, I’ll level with you. I’m Huang Qin[1] Venerable Lord from the Great Yu Dynasty. What’s your name? Perhaps I’ve heard of your title before.”

Lu Yang simply stared at Huang Ming silently.

Realization also seemed to flicker in Huang Ming’s eyes.

Huang Ming, “...”

Lu Yang, “...”

“You’re a cultivator from the Great Yu Dynasty?!”

“You’re really a disciple of the Dao-Seeking Sect?!”

Both exclaimed in unison.

Lu Yang had assumed Huang Ming was a reborn elder from the Corpse-Driving Sect, so he had spoken casually. I totally didn’t expect Huang Ming to be a Great Yu cultivator!

Huang Ming was even more shocked than Lu Yang. The combat power Lu Yang had demonstrated had actually been built by himself step by step... Even the Imperial Preceptor couldn’t have achieved this at the same cultivation realm!

Are geniuses of the Great Era truly this terrifying?

Meng Jingzhou realized the severity of the situation at hand. To think that Huang Ming is a Great Yu cultivator.

Man Gu and Zhao Po had never encountered archaic cultivators prior to this, so their reactions weren’t as dramatic as Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

Huang Ming quickly responded, his tone growing sinister as his eyes clouded over with not even a sliver of a smile. “Marvelous! Truly a genius of the Great Era! To think you could force me into this wretched state!

“In that case, I can’t spare you anymore! Originally, I planned to silence everyone who heard our conversation, but now, you’ll join them in death!” Huang Ming no longer concealed his killing intent and summoned his companion with a secret spell.

“Fellow Daoist Meng,[2] kill them all!”

“Lu Yang, be careful! A Fusion cultivator is here!” Right as the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s warning left her mouth, an oppressive pressure resembling lofty mountains descended upon the battlefield.

A middle-aged man with mostly white hair appeared in the sky. He ignored Lu Yang and the others and looked down at Huang Ming, a mocking smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

“Fellow Daoist Huang, why are you in such a wretched state?”

“You wouldn’t have fared any better!” Huang Ming retorted. This Lu Yang’s talent is terrifying. Even a reforged Fusion cultivator like myself couldn’t defeat him. If he’s allowed to grow any further, the consequences will be unimaginable!

He must be eliminated—immediately!

“Alright, alright, that’s no problem.” The archaic cultivator known as Fellow Daoist Meng cackled. A few mere Golden Core cultivators? I can wipe them out with a snap of my fingers.

“Him! It’s him!” The Drowned Ghost instinctively shrieked upon recognizing a familiar aura. “He’s the one who knocked me out in the East Sea and dragged me here!”

Fellow Daoist Meng lowered his head, letting out a low chortle upon seeing the Drowned Ghost. “Ah, it’s that Drowned Ghost from the East Sea.”

Lu Yang was stunned. This means that the ghost calamities in Hanshui City were caused by this Fellow Daoist Meng! He captured ghosts from various places and dumped them here. But what does he want to do?!

Fellow Daoist Meng paid the Drowned Ghost no further mind. A Nascent Soul ghost is not worthy of my attention. “I’ll help you kill these people and stage the crime scene to make it look like this Drowned Ghost had taken them down with himself. That way, you can keep your cover in the Corpse-Driving Sect. In return, you have to tell me one of the locations of your hidden treasure spots.”

Huang Ming clenched his teeth, not daring to utter any protest despite the fury simmering within. This is blatant extortion, but there’s nothing I can do.

“Fine!”

“Haha, then I’ll thank you in advance for your gift, Fellow Daoist Huang!”

Having gotten what he wanted, Fellow Daoist Meng no longer held back. His gaze swept over Lu Yang and the others as if they were already dead. “Young fellows, this esteemed one is benevolent and shall allow you to choose how you want to die. Will it be death by having your tendons and skin flayed, being refined into a human pill, or pierced by a hundred ghosts?”

Lu Yang and the rest had their backs drenched in cold sweat, especially Zhao Po; he had never faced such a threatening situation before.

“And how do you want to die?” A sudden voice shattered the deathly tension.

“Who?!” Fellow Daoist Meng was astonished. I hadn’t sensed anyone approaching!

Boom!

A Five-Colored Light Wheel slammed into Fellow Daoist Meng, sending him crashing to the ground and coughing up blood as fear flashed in his eyes.

This single strike was enough for him to sense the vast gulf between their abilities.

The visitor was clad in cyan robes, his hands clasped behind his back. His voice was aloof, and the Five-Colored Light Wheel behind his head resembled a divine aureole.

“Sect Leader of the Five-Elements Sect, Qiu Jin’an.”

1. Huangqin is also a TCM herb. It is sometimes known as a “TCM antibiotic.” ☜

2. It’s a different “Meng.” The surname here is 蒙 (méng), while Meng Jingzhou’s surname is 孟 (mèng). ☜

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