Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 323: Qilin Immortal, I’ve Remembered You!

“By the way, this is the soil I found—Xirang Soil.”[1] The Qilin Immortality Herb snapped out of its astonishment from hearing the tale of an immortal battle and remembered why it had come here.

“Xirang Soil? The legendary immortal soil that can block rivers with just a small lump?!” Lu Yang had read about this precious soil in books. Its effects were so mystical that it was revered as “immortal soil” by people.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy circled the clump of Xirang Soil a few times and recognized its origins. “Ah, this is good stuff the Nine-Layers Immortal created. It expands when it comes into contact with water and is used for managing river floods.

“Back then, the river channels were a mess, and inundation from the rivers was common. Furthermore, tribes settled along the rivers, making the riverbanks the most densely populated areas. This meant that every time the rivers flooded, it would cause massive casualties, and post-disaster reconstruction was also challenging.

“Large tribes were mostly fine; they had powerful cultivators controlling the river flow with Water Control Techniques, keeping their tribes out of danger. However, small and medium-sized tribes bore the brunt of the disaster. The cultivation levels of their cultivators weren’t sufficient to control the massive rivers.

“Although the Nine-Layers Immortal was born in the Lianshan Clan, the largest human tribe, he treated everyone equally and was kind to the smaller tribes as well. After he became an immortal, he focused on solving the flooding problem and created a type of soil that expands upon contact with water—the Xirang Soil you’re holding.

“Oh, by the way, Lu Yang, you can’t eat the Xirang Soil,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy reminded him.

“Is there a problem with it?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy looked at Lu Yang with pity. “Xirang Soil expands when it comes into contact with water, and that also applies to saliva. If you eat a mouthful of Xirang Soil, it will expand until it wraps around you.”

“Forget it then.” Lu Yang swiftly backed away from the Xirang Soil.

The Three-Leaf Starry Herb and the Time Terminus Flower brought two other types of rare soil. Lu Yang tried them one by one, but none of them showed any effect.

“It doesn’t work.” It can’t be that all three types of soil are about improving one’s constitution.

“Why don’t you take a few more bites?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy refused to believe it.

Lu Yang polished off all the soil the Little Herb Kings had brought, but there was still no change.

He wondered if he hadn’t eaten enough, so he asked the Little Herb Kings to find more soil. With that, he kept eating until dawn but still felt no change.

“Immortal Fairy, is your Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth even reliable?” Lu Yang began to suspect that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had been playing with him.

“How can it be unreliable? This is the taotie’s mighty ability the Qilin Immortal taught me!”

An ominous feeling crept into Lu Yang. “Wait, the Qilin Immortal taught it to you?”

“That’s right.”

“When did he teach it to you? Was it after his wedding?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was astonished. “How did you know that?

“Not long after the wedding, the Qilin Immortal came to me and asked if I wanted to learn an ancient mighty ability of the Taotie Tribe. I said it wouldn’t hurt to learn one.

“Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth wasn’t hard to learn. I picked it up quickly. After mastering it, the Qilin Immortal asked if I wanted to try eating dirt. I said, ‘I’m already an immortal. What use would eating dirt be?’

“Hearing that, he left in disappointment.”

Lu Yang was silent for a long while before tentatively asking, “Immortal Fairy, you mentioned earlier that you had read about the Taotie Tribe’s story in books. Did those books state that eating dirt can improve one’s cultivation talent?”

“No, that’s what the Qilin Immortal told me.”

Lu Yang, “...”

He finally painted a rough picture of what had happened. Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth was indeed for eating dirt, and the Taotie Tribe did start out by eating dirt. But there was never any mention of eating dirt to improve one’s cultivation talent!

The Qilin Immortal wanted to get back at the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, so he purposely taught her this mighty ability and used the claim of “improving one’s cultivation talent” to pique her curiosity, hoping she would eat dirt. That way, he could spread the word about the Immortal Fairy eating dirt and mock her.

Who would have thought that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s seeming naivety masked great wisdom—she didn’t fall for it at all!

Three hundred thousand years later, an unlucky guy walked into the Qilin Immortal’s pit trap and spent the whole night eating dirt—me.

Qilin Immortal, since you couldn’t trick the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, you tricked me instead, huh? I’ve remembered you!

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When everyone arrived at the meeting point, there were still no signs of Lu Yang.

Just as they were about to go look for him, they saw him walking over with laborious steps, his face the color of dirt.

Meng Jingzhou was startled by Lu Yang’s appearance. “What happened to you? Did you fall into a mud pit while sleeping?”

Lu Yang acted as if nothing had happened and waved his hand. “It’s nothing, just a minor setback while learning a mighty ability. It’s common on the path of cultivation.”

Fortunately, Golden Core cultivators didn’t need to sleep, or else Lu Yang would be too exhausted to even open his eyes.

Fifth Elder was very worried about Lu Yang. “Are you really fine?”

“Really, I’m fine.”

“That’s good then.”

Fifth Elder took out a flying shuttle from his sleeve and gently tossed it into the air. The flying shuttle was enlarged to the size of a merchant guild’s flying vessel. As it opened, it revealed seats and various sophisticated amenities inside.

This was Fifth Elder’s favorite flying magical treasure. In terms of construction cost, it was far more expensive than a flying vessel.

“Get on.”

After everyone hopped onto the flying shuttle one after another, it closed.

“Everyone seated and buckled up?” Fifth Elder stood at the front and asked calmly.

Despite not understanding his intention, everyone obediently sat in their seats and replied in unison that they were ready.

“That’s good then.” Fifth Elder nodded.

He raised his index and middle fingers, activating the flying shuttle. As it rapidly accelerated, it pierced through the sound barrier with a deafening boom.

It felt like a crushing weight was pressing down on them, forcing everyone to stay glued to their seats. Lu Yang couldn’t move an inch. No matter how hard he gritted his teeth, strained his neck, and used every ounce of his strength, he was unable to break free. He could do nothing but stick to his seat. Despite attempting to form a spirit energy barrier around himself for protection, at such a speed, the spirit energy shattered as soon as it left his body, making it impossible to maintain the barrier.

Finally, the pressure disappeared. The four of them leaned forward, their arms resting on their legs and their heads drooping as they stabilized themselves. They felt a sense of relief wash over them, as if they had narrowly escaped disaster. They hadn’t even felt this way when facing the Nine-Netherworlds Creed.

Fifth Elder paced in front of the four and lectured, “I deliberately accelerated just now to train your ability to react to sudden situations. Remember that feeling. As cultivators, you must always be alert to potential dangers around you.

“When I was young, I often raced flying vessels and had to deal with law enforcement cultivators coming from who knows where. But not once did they manage to catch me.“

The four of them looked at Fifth Elder warily.

Right now, the biggest danger is you!

The flying vessel flew at an incredible speed. Just as Lu Yang wanted to show off his newly acquired “Swallowing Heaven,” Fifth Elder announced, “We’re here.”

Meng Jingzhou looked down and saw Yanjiang Commandery.

The flying shuttle hovered directly above Yanjiang Commandery, completely invisible to the naked eye.

“Let’s go down.”

The four of them exchanged glances with one another. They searched around but couldn’t find any equipment for descending.

Only Golden Core cultivators could fly. Li Haoran and Qin Yanyan weren’t at the Golden Core Stage yet, and Lu Yang was afraid of heights.

How are we supposed to get down?

Fifth Elder slapped his forehead. “I’ll take you down.”

Fifth Elder waved his sleeve, and before Lu Yang could register what was happening, everything went black. When he struggled to open his eyes, he found himself lying on the floor of the barbeque shop, with Li Haoran lying to his left and Qin Yanyan lying to his right.

“What happened? Is Fifth Elder also capable of Sleeve Cosmos?” Lu Yang was surprised. Isn’t it supposed to be an extremely difficult mighty ability to master?

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy said faintly, “No, he simply knocked you out and carried you here.”

1. A magical soil in Chinese mythology that can grow continuously on its own. ☜