Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 810: Emulating Juniors

“What crime did you commit?” Lu Yang didn’t understand why the Innate Daoist Priest suddenly wanted to turn himself in for no reason. Moreover, the Innate Daoist Priest appeared quite nervous.

Did the Founding Ancestor commit some crime without my knowledge?

The Innate Daoist Priest pondered for a long while. Even during the Great Yu era, I had been the honest type. After dispersing my cultivation to cultivate anew, I haven’t made any mistakes.

He said somewhat uncertainly, “Uh, does founding the Dao-Seeking Sect count...?”

Meng Jingzhou was so startled that he lunged forward like an arrow, covering the Innate Daoist Priest’s mouth. “You mustn’t say things like that carelessly.”

Wangjia Gully fell under the jurisdiction of Jinniu City.[1] Lu Yang needed to send the snake demon family and the several infatuated, robust men from Wangjia Gully to the Jinniu City authorities to see how they would handle it.

Lu Yang’s trio escorted these demons and humans down the mountain. Upon reaching Jinniu City and declaring their identities to the authorities, the city lord put aside his tasks and received them personally.

“Two Divine Transfiguration snake demons and two Golden Core snake demons?” The city lord was flabbergasted by Lu Yang’s haul. He was the Divine Transfiguration cultivator in Jinniu City, at the Intermediate Divine Transfiguration Stage.

I’ve been the City Lord of Jinniu City for over a decade and have only encountered one case involving a Divine Transfiguration cultivator as the perpetrator. Yet these Dao-Seeking Sect disciples just arrived and delivered two?

“Don’t wrong a good demon! I never bribed anyone at all!” The snake demon husband cried injustice, insisting Lu Yang and the others were framing him. He hadn’t taken out any spirit stones for bribery.

At the time, the men from Wangjia Gully were still delirious and couldn’t testify. The snake demon family’s statements would surely favor the husband. Overall, only the trio’s testimonies were unfavorable to the snake demon husband. However, testimonies of this level couldn’t form a complete chain of evidence for a conviction.

Meng Jingzhou had anticipated the snake demon husband’s reaction. He was always meticulous, so how could he let a mere snake demon find a loophole?

Meng Jingzhou calmly fished out a recording orb. It recorded the entire process from the Innate Daoist Priest summoning them brothers to capturing the snake demon family, leaving the snake demon husband utterly speechless.

With irrefutable evidence, the white-robed demon couldn’t deny anything and had no choice but to obediently accept punishment.

Just as Lu Yang had expected, the authorities invited the Innate Daoist Priest to give a statement as a victim, while Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou gave statements as witnesses.

“Thank you so much.” The city lord shook hands with the trio. The Dao-Seeking Sect disciples are extraordinary. Not only did they help to solve the Wangjia Gully disappearance case, but they also captured two Divine Transfiguration snake demons. This would count toward my performance metrics too.

Considering he couldn’t subdue the snake demon couple alone, the city lord hastily summoned three Divine Transfiguration cultivators from nearby cities while Lu Yang’s trio was giving their statements. Only then could he relax.

Afterward, following Lu Yang’s request, he issued a document of proof stamped with Jinniu City’s official seal, proving the Innate Daoist Priest had completed the mission.

With the mission concluded, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou wanted to take the Innate Daoist Priest back to the Dao-Seeking Sect. However, the Innate Daoist Priest felt that since they had come such a long way, they should buy some local specialties as gifts.

Although Lu Yang felt that no one in the Dao-Seeking Sect would dare accept gifts from the Founding Ancestor, he couldn’t dissuade the Innate Daoist Priest and could only tag along.

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“What do you think of this little golden ox...” Lu Yang pointed at a small golden ox statue in a shop.

But when he turned his head, the Innate Daoist Priest had already disappeared.

“Where is he?” Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou exchanged a glance.

How did we lose him just from walking?

If we lose the Founding Ancestor, that would be disastrous!

Meng Jingzhou was more optimistic. “We shouldn’t think that way. Since we found the Founding Ancestor, and now we lost him, one merit cancels out one fault. They balance out.”

“...Do you believe that yourself?”

“No.”

“Then spare the nonsense and start searching!”

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The two searched for over an hour and finally found the Innate Daoist Priest eating noodles at a noodle stall.

“How did you end up here eating noodles?” Lu Yang exhaled in relief. I can avoid a beating now.

The Innate Daoist Priest scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed. “I don’t know what happened earlier, but while we were walking, I somehow lost track of you two.” He looked around, gesturing for Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou to sit down for some noodles. “I wanted to find a teahouse to rest. While drinking tea, I overheard the neighboring table discussing the Heartless Creed.”

“Heartless Creed?” Lu Yang’s eye twitched. Founding Ancestor, your luck is truly absurd. Even I don’t have intel on the Heartless Creed, yet you just got lost once and found a lead.

The Innate Daoist Priest nodded. “Yes. I overheard the cultivators at the neighboring table say there’s a Heartless Creed base nearby, seeming to be recruiting members. Those cultivators wanted to go there.

“Originally, I wanted to tell you two. But I couldn’t get away to find you, so I chose to tail them instead.”

He pointed at a shop not far away. “Those two are inside.”

It was a tailor shop. Two plainly dressed cultivators emerged—precisely the cultivators who wanted to join the Heartless Creed.

“Follow them.” The Innate Daoist Priest quickly finished his noodles, even drinking the broth. Wiping his mouth, he beckoned Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou to follow him.

The two cultivators they were tailing were only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. With Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou’s help and protection, the Innate Daoist Priest didn’t need to worry about being detected.

“Founding Ancestor, do you intend to follow them all the way to the base? You can just leave this kind of thing to Old Meng and me,” Lu Yang advised.

Scouting diabolic creeds and whatnot? Old Meng and I are extremely familiar with that.

The Innate Daoist Priest shook his head, saying earnestly, “I heard you two once went undercover in the Everlasting Creed for months and ultimately wiped out their main base in one fell swoop, uprooting all their forces. You two are the pride of our Dao-Seeking Sect.”

Lu Yang wanted to say they hadn’t actually uprooted all their forces. After all, the higher-ups are working hard for the barbeque business in our sect.

“Although I founded the Dao-Seeking Sect, I haven’t contributed much to its current achievements. You two have also treated me so well; I feel ashamed.

“I want to learn from you two—go undercover in the Heartless Creed and uproot it!”

Lu Yang had heard of people emulating predecessors and sages, but never heard of people emulating juniors.

“Ah, that’s too dangerous!” Meng Jingzhou was shocked. Founding Ancestor, you really are bold! If anything goes wrong, it wouldn’t be a simple beating waiting for us when we return to the sect.

The Innate Daoist Priest waved his hand, expressing his resolve. “What isn’t dangerous? I have made up my mind. Don’t talk me out of it anymore.”

Seeing the Innate Daoist Priest’s determination, Lu Yang had no option but to agree. With Old Meng and me secretly protecting him, nothing major could go wrong. It’s not like a Heartless Creed higher-up would pop up in this place.

Even if a Heartless Creed higher-up does appear, it won’t be a problem. It’s not like the Dao-Seeking Sect lacks higher-ups.

Thinking about it this way, the Founding Ancestor seems quite safe.

The trio tailed their targets, passing through six cities before they finally arrived at the Heartless Creed base.

1. “Jinniu” translates directly to golden ox. ☜