Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 807: High Efficiency

Lu Yang wondered if everyone on Artifact Refinement Peak had a similar kind of thinking. How exactly did they rely on patent royalties to make money for the Dao-Seeking Sect?

He felt that he was a person with a steadfast Dao heart. Though I’m surrounded by a bunch of lunatics, I’ve never been influenced by them. My way of thinking is normal.

Lu Yang’s inner thoughts prompted a nod of approval from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, who pointed at the five elders. “Yes, yes, they are lunatics. Only the two of us have a normal way of thinking.”

“Look at what the Radiant Sun Creed has been researching. They haven’t fully utilized solar energy at all. If it were up to this immortal, I would just push the sun a bit toward the Extreme North, melt the glaciers there, revive the plants, and make the climate pleasant.”

Lu Yang thought to himself, Immortal Fairy, are you intending to turn the Extreme North into the Extreme North Sea?

When Lu Yang returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak and prepared to hand over the Nine-Netherworlds Creed’s tribute to Yun Zhi, he chanced upon her speaking with Meng Jingzhou.

“Little Junior Brother is here too. Perfect. Both of you are clever; you two are suited to handle this matter.” Yun Zhi beckoned Lu Yang over.

Originally, Yun Zhi wanted Lu Yang to handle it. But at the time, Lu Yang was at the barbeque shop hoodwinking the two creed leaders, so Yun Zhi had to settle for the next best option, summoning Meng Jingzhou, who had just emerged from seclusion.

“Big Senior Sister, what’s the matter?”

“You also know that the Founding Ancestor has been with our sect for a year now. He has smoothly cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Stage. According to the rules, after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, every disciple must complete two missions annually.

“Originally, I was of the opinion that the Founding Ancestor need not go on sect missions. He had enough experience from when he was young. But the Founding Ancestor is very obstinate. He said he couldn’t have special treatment and insisted on doing missions. A few days ago, he just completed his first mission, during which an incident occurred.”

“What kind of incident?” Lu Yang asked curiously.

“He got lost.”

Lu Yang, “...”

“I’m worried he might encounter danger again, so I planned to find someone clever and quick-witted to accompany him.” 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

“So that’s how it is.” Lu Yang nodded. This is very much in line with the Founding Ancestor’s character.

“Don’t worry, Big Senior Sister. Leave it to Old Meng and me. We guarantee we’ll protect the Founding Ancestor properly!”

Meng Jingzhou thought of another problem. “But the Founding Ancestor doesn’t seem very willing to have people follow him. If we tail him secretly and only act when danger arises, wouldn’t we be exposed?”

Yun Zhi had selected both Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou because the two had interacted with the Innate Daoist Priest before. Even if they were discovered, the Innate Daoist Priest wouldn’t say much for the sake of face.

Lu Yang pondered for a bit. “This problem isn’t hard to solve. We just need to add one item to the redeemable items at the Great Mission Hall.”

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“Before setting out, I need to redeem some life-preserving items,” the Innate Daoist Priest mumbled to himself.

Despite his childish face, he had a plethora of jianghu experience. He wouldn’t set off without preparation. It was just that he had no spare spirit stones and couldn’t redeem anything too good.

“Let me see... Spring Breeze Restoration Pill—it can quickly restore spirit energy. One hundred twenty contribution points. A bit expensive.

“Heart Wrencher—a highly toxic substance. Ten contribution points... Wait, why does the sect sell poison, and so cheap at that?

“Triple Yang Power Pill—consuming it grants Triple Yang Power, greatly enhancing combat power for a short time. No side effects after consumption. One hundred contribution points.”

The Innate Daoist Priest contemplated. It seems like a pill for temporarily boosting combat power. It’s very helpful for me, and the price is suitable.

“This will be the one.”

After the Innate Daoist Priest finished his preparations, he set off for his destination.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou tailed him covertly. Both were now at the Advanced Nascent Soul Stage, while the Innate Daoist Priest was only at the Basic Foundation Establishment Stage. He couldn’t possibly detect them.

“By the way, what mission did the Founding Ancestor accept?” Lu Yang asked Meng Jingzhou.

“It says there’s a small village called Wangjia Gully in Ji Province, located in the old forest deep in the mountain. It takes two hours to walk down and reach the small town at the foot of the mountain. Several disappearances have occurred in Wangjia Gully. All missing individuals were young, strong men. It seems those men had their minds bewitched by something and were lured away.

“The local authorities have sent people to investigate, but unfortunately, they found nothing. Wangjia Gully is surrounded by mountains. It’s not easy to find those missing persons, even if one spreads their spiritual consciousness. Not to mention, that place doesn’t have any formidable cultivators; being able to cultivate spiritual consciousness at all is already an achievement. They can’t count on using it to locate people.

“The senior brother at the Great Mission Hall deduced from the intelligence that these disappearances were likely the work of a demonic being that smuggled itself into Great Xia, and its strength hasn’t reached the Golden Core Stage.”

Although the Innate Daoist Priest was at the Basic Foundation Establishment Stage, he possessed combat power comparable to the Basic Golden Core Stage. It could be said that no one at the Basic Foundation Establishment Stage was stronger than him. This was the advantage of dispersing his cultivation and cultivating anew.

Lu Yang mulled it over. “This mission sounds like it’ll take a long time. The Founding Ancestor will have lots to busy himself with.

“All those who went missing are young, strong men. I’m not sure if the demonic being fancies their masculine yang energy for a blood sacrifice or their bodies for dual cultivation.”

Meng Jingzhou nodded. “That demonic being is cautious. It made the missing persons leave the small village voluntarily, leaving almost no clues. Moreover, with so much time passed, it’ll be more difficult to find any leads.”

The two analyzed the mission. If it were them, they also wouldn’t have a good solution. They could only start with door-to-door investigation, study what common traits the missing persons had, then disguise themselves as ordinary people, hoping the demonic being would kidnap them.

Going through that whole process would take at least half a month.

That wasn’t even counting the travel time of the round trip.

The Innate Daoist Priest boarded a flying vessel, resting his eyes closed. He continuously ran simulations in his mind to figure out how to complete the mission.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou secretly flew behind, nearly getting spotted by the captain. If they were discovered, they would surely be suspected of being plundering cultivators planning to rob the flying vessel.

Fortunately, both were experienced, and no mishaps occurred.

The Innate Daoist Priest estimated he was close to his destination. He opened an umbrella and leaped, landing in the old forest deep in the mountain. Releasing his right hand, the umbrella closed and flew back to the flying vessel with a whoosh.

“This should be near Wangjia Gully,” the Innate Daoist Priest murmured to himself, surveying his surroundings. Noticing it was desolate and uninhabited, he felt a bit apprehensive.

“Should be, right?”

He walked into the mountain according to the mission’s description and his own intuition.

After walking for about two hours, he finally saw a place with signs of human habitation.

It was a cave. At the entrance was an extinguished fire pit, which looked like it had gone out less than a day ago.

The Innate Daoist Priest entered the cave. Hearing sounds from inside, he happily quickened his pace, then called out in a resonant voice. “Excuse me, may I know how I could get to Wangjia Gully?”

Noticing the situation in the cave, he froze.

Inside the cave was an alluring woman, completely naked and flicking a snake-like tongue. She was intimately entwined with several well-built men.

Spotting the Innate Daoist Priest, the woman also froze.

“A cultivator? How did you find this place?”