Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 832: Unity is Strength

“Well, Little Sister, learned anything?” Meng Jingzhou leaped onto the treetops and downed the juice that Meng Jingyu was about to drink in one gulp.

Meng Jingyu looked at her brother gloomily, only speaking after a while. “Then why don’t we open an underground gambling ring and bet on Ning Fan to win?”

Meng Jingzhou waved his hand. “Our Meng family colludes with officials for business, but we still can’t do anything illegal.”

~~~

The little wooden puppet’s swordsmanship was extremely refined. Sun Chuanxian had seen many sword cultivators, but he had never encountered one with such skill.

“Ice Dragons Rise from the Sea!” Sun Chuanxian yelled, conjuring two ice dragons. The dragons exhaled their icy breaths, freezing the ground and coating the leaves overhead with a layer of frost.

The little wooden puppet continued to swing its tiny wooden sword, making “he-he, ha-ha” sounds, and created a crude Sword Dao field around itself. Neither the dragon breaths nor the extreme cold could harm it!

“Ning Fan, I didn’t expect you to be hiding such a skill!” Sun Chuanxian’s impression of Ning Fan shifted. We’ve fought so many times, yet Ning Fan has never revealed his identity as a puppeteer. Even when on the arena stage, he used the puppet’s cute appearance to deceive me. What a devious schemer!

Ning Fan was also astonished. He hadn’t expected the little wooden puppet to be such a formidable fighter. The five hundred thousand spirit stones were well spent.

“It looks like my biggest competitor in this tournament is you! With this skill, even Lu Yang would have a tough time if he fights you!”

The second round of matches proceeded simultaneously. Sun Chuanxian noticed that Lu Yang had been paying attention to their match while bound to the chair all this time. This means that he also thinks highly of Ning Fan’s puppet technique!

Lu Yang always believed in getting what you paid for. Since Ning Fan had coughed up five hundred thousand spirit stones, his service had to be worth the fee. Thus, he controlled the wooden puppet clone even more earnestly.

“Slash!”

The little wooden puppet gave a soft cry, beheading the two frost dragons. Like a tiny hammer, it then slammed into Sun Chuanxian, knocking him out of the arena.

“Ning Fan wins!”

“I really won?” Ning Fan’s face lit up with joy.

He was about to retrieve the puppet when he saw it scamper into the crowd, disappearing without a trace.

The service that was worth five hundred thousand spirit stones concluded right there.

~~~

The other match of the second round was equally eye-catching, featuring An Nan’er and Luo Wushuang.

“Fellow Daoist An, I never imagined we would meet here.” Luo Wushuang wore armor and wielded a long halberd, resembling an awe-inspiring young general who had cut through the battlefield.

“Unfortunately, I can’t yield to you this time. My father ordered me to defeat Lu Yang to wash away the shame of his previous defeat by the Taciturn Daoist Priest!”

An Nan’er’s expression was placid. The two jade bracelets on her wrists enlarged, transforming into two jade rings that hummed in the air. “What a coincidence. My grandfather also instructed me to acknowledge Lu Yang as my elder brother. I am determined to win this fight!”

Hearing this, prize Lu Yang wanted to shout, “If you want to acknowledge me as your elder brother, you don’t need to participate in the fight.” However, Meng Jingzhou seemed to have anticipated what he wished to say and stuffed a rag into his mouth.

You must be joking. How can all good things fall to you?

This was an unequal battle. Luo Wushuang was at the Basic Divine Transfiguration Stage, while Nan An’er was only at the Apex Nascent Soul Stage. One was a peerlessly talented combatant, while the other was a genius born with unusual celestial phenomena. If their cultivation realms were the same, they could have a proper back-and-forth fight. However, they were separated by a major realm, so there wasn’t much of a contest.

The two looked at each other, both seeming to have reached some sort of decision, and spoke at the same time.

“Fellow Daoist An, if I overwhelm you with my cultivation realm, even if I win, you likely won’t accept it. I’ll suppress my cultivation realm now. This way, if you lose, you will be wholeheartedly convinced.” As Luo Wushuang spoke, he formed hand seals, binding himself and suppressing his cultivation to the Apex Nascent Soul Stage.

“Fellow Daoist Luo, do not think that just because I am a cultivation realm lower, you are assured of victory. To be frank, I’ve broken through to the Divine Transfiguration Stage long ago. I had simply sealed my cultivation previously.” An Nan’er drew a line across her brow, and her aura surged violently. In the blink of an eye, she had risen to the Divine Transfiguration Stage.

Luo Wushuang, “...”

An Nan’er, “...”

Both sides fell into a prolonged silence.

An Nan’er spoke first, breaking the impasse. “Would you like to restore your cultivation to the Divine Transfiguration Stage?”

Luo Wushuang remained silent for a moment, then replied, “...That would take two hours. How about you reseal your cultivation?”

“After my cultivation is unsealed, I have to wait four hours before I can reseal it.”

Both sides fell into a prolonged silence again. They couldn’t possibly make everyone wait here idly for two hours.

“Fellow Daoist Luo, pardon my offense!” An Nan’er resolved herself. Although using a higher cultivation realm to overwhelm someone went against her principles, it was the only method now.

“Whoa, wait a moment...” Luo Wushuang hadn’t expected Nan An’er to act so decisively. Before he could react, two jade rings behind her shot forth and knocked him over, sending him flying.

“An Nan’er wins!”

~~~

Meanwhile, Zhong Yi, who was highly regarded by everyone, encountered a rather intractable opponent.

“Who is this? He fights so well. Looks like Zhong Yi is going to lose.”

“Probably some family’s illegitimate child who has been hidden away.”

Zhong Yi was struck and sent flying by his opponent, staggering several steps backward before regaining his footing. Gasping for breath, he stared at his opponent. “I didn’t imagine there to be an expert like you in the imperial city. You’ve hidden yourself so well! Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?”

His opponent appeared to be a youth around Zhong Yi’s age. Hearing Zhong Yi’s question, he looked somewhat abashed and slowly explained. “Actually, I’m not a cultivator from around here. I heard Luotian Forest in the imperial city was famous, so I came to take a look. After that, you all showed up and squeezed me into the crowd. It didn’t feel appropriate to leave then, so I stayed out of embarrassment. That guy surnamed Meng insisted I draw a lot, and before I knew it, I was fighting. And then I ended up running into you.

“By the way, I’m at the Fusion Stage.”

Zhong Yi, “...”

You’re a Fusion cultivator—how do you have the face to fight a bunch of youngsters like us? Do you have any sense of shame?

The Fusion Stage youth smacked the back of his head and laughed. “If I cared about face, I wouldn’t have cultivated to the Fusion Stage, right?”

Then he made a dashing exit, without even leaving his name.

“Zhong Yi wins!”

Zhong Yi was incredibly strong, overcoming all his opponents. He met An Nan’er in the finals and finally defeated her after three hundred exchanges.

“Congratulations on your victory, Fellow Daoist Zhong Yi.” Meng Jingzhou clapped with a smile, stepping aside to reveal the tightly bound Lu Yang behind him.

“Now, Fellow Daoist Zhong Yi, you may choose to challenge Lu Yang or swear brotherhood with him.”

In fact, this didn’t need to be asked. Meng Jingzhou saw the blazing fighting spirit in Zhong Yi’s eyes. He’s definitely going to challenge Lu Yang.

But can a mere Basic Divine Transfiguration cultivator defeat Lu Yang?

Zhong Yi didn’t answer directly. Instead, he said solemnly, “Our forebears forged a path through thorns and passed down their legacies generation after generation, creating the cultivation system for those who came after. At the end of the Great Yu era, the Jiang Family rose and led armies to establish the Great Xia Dynasty. This demonstrates that some things cannot be accomplished by a single person alone. Unity is strength.”

He pointed at Lu Yang, his words ringing with conviction. “I choose to gang up on Lu Yang!”