Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 864: Immortal Peach

After being kicked by Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou returned to Lu Yang’s room. Only then did he get a clear look at the three women. He instantly broke out into a cold sweat.

While he didn’t recognize Jin Caiwei, he had seen both Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi. Lu Yang, you brat, what have you done? Why have you brought these two great figures into our home?

“Seniors, please forgive us for failing to welcome you to our Meng Estate.” Although he didn’t recognize Jin Caiwei, judging by her aura, she didn’t appear far behind Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi. She must also be a senior.

“Ah, it’s the boy from the Meng Family.” Ao Ling’s memory of this young cultivator who had pioneered the Double Infants Stage remained fresh.

Originally, she had assumed it was the current trend for cultivators to form two nascent souls. It was only after leaving the Dao-Seeking Sect and touring the modern cultivation world that she realized Meng Jingzhou was an exception.

“Meng Jingzhou pays his respects to Senior Ao Ling, Senior Jiang Lianyi, and this little senior.” The “little senior” naturally referred to Jin Caiwei.

Jin Caiwei held a favorable impression of the Meng Family. The Qiongqi Tribe often took out loans from the Meng Family, which had helped the tribe tide over several crises. Most importantly, their interest rates weren’t high.

“I am Jin Caiwei from the Qiongqi Tribe. I have been slumbering since the ancient era until now.”

Meng Jingzhou inhaled a sharp breath of cold air. I knew someone who hung out with Lu Yang couldn’t possibly have an ordinary background. See, here’s another ancient immortal beast popping up—and from the Qiongqi Tribe, no less.

“There’s no need to disclose matters concerning the three of us, especially to your Meng Family,” Ao Ling instructed, not wishing to cause trouble.

If the three of them could evade the Ministry of Justice’s search, they could naturally also hide from Meng Jingzhou. They hadn’t concealed their auras because he was Lu Yang’s good friend.

~~~

Two more days passed.

The Meng Family received a piece of unverified news: the Xia Emperor’s end was near, and he had fallen into a coma. The imperial palace was under strict lockdown, with no one permitted entry or exit. According to Meng Jingzhou’s father, this rumor was likely true.

Lu Yang hadn’t expected the Xia Emperor’s condition to deteriorate to this extent. When they parted two days ago, the Xia Emperor had appeared to be full of vigor.

Just as Lu Yang grew anxious and prepared to wake the Everlasting Immortal Fairy up to see if she could devise a solution, an unexpected guest visited the Meng Family.

“Junior Brother Man, what brings you here?” Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou went out together to greet him. At the main gate, they saw Man Gu standing there in a daze, a cloth bundle strapped to his back.

Man Gu had never seen such an imposing gate before.

“Don’t just stand at the gate. Come in, come in.” Lu Yang acted like the host and ushered Man Gu inside, nudging Meng Jingzhou aside.

It was Man Gu’s first time at the Meng Estate, and he felt rather embarrassed.

Seeing Lu Yang, Man Gu recalled the stories he had heard on his journey and looked at him with worshipful admiration. “Brother Lu, you’re so amazing! I heard you composed a poem on the spot at Lotus Blossom Brothel, and it was hailed as the number one ci poem of the Shangyuan Festival!”

As a Confucian cultivator himself, Man Gu never imagined Lu Yang’s mastery of the Confucian Dao to far surpass his own. Especially after hearing Green Jade Salver: Lantern Festival, he felt that Lu Yang was practically a divine adept!

Lu Yang gave an awkward smile, too embarrassed to admit it was plagiarized and to confess that it was the Everlasting Immortal Fairy showing off on his behalf.

Upon hearing Man Gu had arrived, Meng Potian immediately ordered spirit dishes to be served.

“Your chieftain and I are old acquaintances. How has he been lately?” Meng Potian laughed heartily without the airs of a senior as he inquired about the Barbarian Tribe Chieftain’s well-being.

“The chieftain is doing well. I saw him just half a month ago,” Man Gu replied with a candid smile, not quite accustomed to Meng Potian’s enthusiastic hospitality.

“Junior Brother Man, you went home?”

“Mmm, I just went back for a visit. It was our Barbarian Tribe’s Ancestor Worship Day half a month ago. I wasn’t particularly keen on returning, but I couldn’t refuse when the tribe insisted that I must attend.”

Meng Jingzhou nodded repeatedly. “I can understand. After all, you’re an Ancient Barbarian. Even if others don’t go, you have to.”

Man Gu shook his head, revealing a rare, bashful expression. “Actually, that’s not the reason. It’s mainly because my nascent soul is the Ancestral Assembly Nascent Soul. During the worship ceremony, the tribe elders insisted on placing me on the platform, summoning my nascent soul, and having the tribesmen worship me.”

Meng Jingzhou, “...”

He imagined Man Gu sitting on the platform, with tens of thousands of barbarians below bowing and singing to him in unison. Who could possibly endure that?

“Doesn’t your nascent soul randomly summon ancestors?”

“That’s why the elders decided to worship them randomly. They figured that since they’re all ancestors, it doesn’t matter who they pay their respects to.”

Lu Yang thought, As expected of the Barbarian Tribe. Freed from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s Tame Head Curse, their thinking has become much more flexible and adaptable. It’s a good thing.

“Uncle Meng, may I ask if you are very familiar with our chieftain?”

“Oh? Has he never told you? Your Barbarian Tribe and our Meng Family have maintained ties for a hundred thousand years. You could say that our relationship spans generations.”

“That long?” Man Gu was astonished. Why has the Chieftain never mentioned this to me?

“Absolutely! Back in the days of contending for supremacy, your Barbarian Tribe ancestors followed the Jiang Family. They were a key general under the First Xia Emperor, Jiang Ping’an, and were often trounced by our Meng Family, covering their heads and fleeing like rats!”

Man Gu, “...”

“Of course, all that is ancient history and has long passed. Our Meng Family is no longer the same one that vied for supremacy. Now we just want to earn money honestly.”

“By the way, Junior Brother Man, what’s in your cloth bundle? It smells quite fragrant.” Lu Yang sniffed the air. Man Gu’s cloth bundle emitted a refreshing, soothing aroma that was even more enticing than the spirit dishes on the table.

“I don’t know either. After the ancestor worship ended and I returned to the Dao-Seeking Sect, Big Senior Sister gave me this cloth bundle and told me to take it to the imperial city to deliver it to you. She said you would understand upon seeing it and strictly instructed me not to open it.

“Speaking of which, this is strange. The cloth bundle had no smell when I set out. It was only when I was about to reach the imperial city that a fragrance started to waft out.

“Here.”

Hearing it was from Yun Zhi, Lu Yang took the cloth bundle. Without caring for his meal, he said goodbye to Meng Potian and Meng Jingzhou and hurriedly returned to his room.

~~~

“Senior Brother Lu Yang, what’s wrong? Why the rush?” In his room, Ao Ling and the other two ancient half-immortals were studying the applications of the Planary Incipient Dao Fruit.

“What a familiar scent.” Jiang Lianyi’s gaze drifted toward the cloth bundle in Lu Yang’s hand.

Lu Yang placed the cloth bundle on the bed and unwrapped it, revealing a familiar wooden box. He lifted the lid of the box to find a large, tender, pink peach resting peacefully inside.

It was the peach’s subtle fragrance that had wafted out from the wooden box.

“No wonder it was so familiar! It’s an immortal peach from the natural spiritual root!” Jiang Lianyi chuckled, recognizing the peach’s origin.

Lu Yang remembered seeing the immortal peach before leaving for the imperial city. At the time, it was unripe and green. Judging by its current state, it had likely ripened.

“It’s an immortal peach, and one that has just ripened.” Ao Ling and Jin Caiwei also recognized it.

All three women had eaten immortal peaches during the ancient era, especially Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi, who frequently consumed them.

Immortal peaches were something only those from ancient times could recognize. During the great battle between the Four Ancient Immortals and the mastermind behind the scenes toward the end of the ancient era, that particular World Natural Spiritual Root had retreated into a peach blossom secret domain and never emerged again.

Hence, people born after the ancient era were unfamiliar with immortal peaches.