Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 337: I Found You a Franchise Partner

Lu Yang felt that his shifu had great relationships with others. Even while confined in prison, so many people still show concern for him.

Seven senior brothers, one senior sister, and his beloved eldest disciple.

In just a few minutes, Shifu has already acquired several “Heavenly King” titles. How I wish I could deliver this wonderful news to him. He’ll probably be so thrilled that he breaks out of prison just to personally thank his senior brothers and sister for their concern.

As for Big Senior Sister, he probably won’t be thanking her. After all, he can’t beat her.

“I think Shifu himself should decide what 'Heavenly King' title he wants. Big Senior Sister, will you be the creed leader of the Heavenly Court Creed?”

Yun Zhi pondered over it and looked at Lu Yang earnestly. “You mentioned earlier that the ruler of the Heavenly Court is Dou Heavenly Sovereign. Is that Senior Immortal Fairy?”

Inside Lu Yang's mental space, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was full of mettle as she stood proudly with her hands on her hips. As the elders were around, it wasn’t convenient for her to show herself, so she transmitted an auditory message to Yun Zhi instead. “That’s right! Bet you couldn’t guess that I’m the ruler of the Heavenly Court! After all, I was the leader of the Five Ancient Immortals. Leading a Heavenly Court is nothing!”

Yun Zhi replied, “I thought you’d give me the title of Yun Heavenly Sovereign and let me be the ruler instead.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was so frightened she didn’t dare make a sound.

Originally, Lu Yang had planned for Yun Zhi to be the ruler of the Heavenly Court; after all, she was far more reliable. However, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had wheedled and pestered him until he replaced Yun Heavenly Sovereign with Dou Heavenly Sovereign.

Yun Zhi must never find out about this.

“Fine, creed leader it is then,” Yun Zhi agreed readily.

Lu Yang was delighted. This creed leader is infinitely more dependable than the Heavenly Court ruler.

The ancient Heavenly Court’s ruler, creed leader, and Nine Great Protectors are all settled. Lu Yang had gained quite the haul.

After the elders departed, they were still thinking about what the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s title should be.

“Since Old Nine improved Size At Will, and it’s popular in the market, why don’t we call him Growth Heavenly King?”

“That’s a good name! I’ll give it a vote.”

“Me too.”

On the other hand, Eighth Elder was gleefully reminiscing about their magnificent feat of swindling the Nine-Netherworlds Creed back then.

“I totally didn’t expect the Nine-Netherworlds Creed to be loaded. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw their wealth back then.”

“You can say that again! With that money, I replaced every single one of my magic treasures from head to toe with top-quality ones. In fact, I’ve been using the same set until now!”

“At that time, I would saunter into auctions with plenty of money to burn, purposely picking the headline lots. Once, I even bought a mysterious item that even the merchant guild couldn’t identify. By some stroke of luck, I realized that it was a treasure map. After following the spot marked on the map, I discovered the treasure!”

“No wonder you were spending so lavishly despite us evenly splitting the spirit stones back then. So it’s because you had an extra windfall!”

“The more good deeds you do, the more luck comes your way.”

It suddenly occurred to Lu Yang that he had yet to update the higher-ups of the Everlasting Creed on the chainstore expansion. After informing Yun Zhi, he headed to the barbeque shop on the commercial street.

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In the barbeque shop, he spotted someone who shouldn’t be here—Qin Yanyan, who was happily munching on skewers.

“Ai, the taste isn’t as good as what I had in Yanjiang Commandery. But it’s passable.”

Chefs Liu and Gao had never faced such provocation in their field of expertise. Hearing Qin Yanyan’s words, they pulled out all the stops to create the perfect barbeque skewers that would satisfy her! freeweɓnøvel.com

“Niece, what are you doing here?”

Qin Yanyan looked up. Her mouth glistened with oil, and she was still chewing, relishing in it. After chewing a few more times, she tried her best to swallow the food and explained, “A senior sister named Zhou Lulu said there’s a barbeque shop on the commercial street that has the same as yours in Yanjiang Commandery. I wondered if this was the flagship shop and what the taste was like, so I came over to have a try.”

When Chefs Liu and Gao saw Lu Yang, they greeted him with the standard bow.

Lu Yang was startled. Since when did I become the boss?

In fact, even Chefs Liu and Gao didn’t know why. The Everlasting Immortal had instructed them to treat Lu Yang with the same courtesy and formality they showed him.

After all, Lu Yang was the second-in-command of the Everlasting Lineage, his position higher than the Everlasting Immortal’s.

Lu Yang asked Chef Liu to contact the Everlasting Creed’s leader, who was still at the slaughterhouse, as he had something to discuss.

“They call you boss. Is this shop also yours? Who are they?” Qin Yanyan asked curiously.

“I guess you could consider it mine. Strictly speaking, the one in Yanjiang Commandery is the flagship store. This is the first branch. The chefs, Liu and Gao, who prepared the barbeque skewers for you, are former vice creed leaders of the Everlasting Creed.”

Qin Yanyan almost choked. I didn’t expect the people barbecuing my skewers to have such impressive backgrounds. In the Dao-Seeking Sect, are former vice creed leaders only fit to barbeque skewers?

“The one coming soon is the former creed leader of the Everlasting Creed. He runs a slaughterhouse in the Dao-Seeking Sect and is the main supplier of the barbeque shops.”

Qin Yanyan was even more astonished. Creed leader, vice creed leaders... Did the Dao-Seeking Sect round up the entire Everlasting Creed and bring them here for labor reform?

She looked at Lu Yang with a strange gaze. Why do the former vice creed leaders treat you so deferentially? And you can even summon the creed leader anytime? Even if the higher-ups of the Everlasting Creed have been reduced to captives, they wouldn’t be so friendly to a mere Golden Core disciple, right?

Could it be...Lu Yang holds an extremely high position in the Everlasting Creed?

Qin Yanyan felt that she had stumbled upon a massive secret.

Upon receiving Lu Yang’s message, the creed leader rushed over, with three familiar female ghosts following behind.

“Little Five, Little Six, Little Seven, shouldn’t you all be in Guhuai Town?”

Little Seven stepped forward to explain. “Sir Lu, True Lord[1] Dai was worried the Nine-Netherworlds Creed might verify your identity with us, so he had us brought back to the Dao-Seeking Sect to assist Creed Leader Xie.”

It took Lu Yang a moment to figure out that “True Lord Dai” referred to Dai Bufan. Senior Dai is at the Fusion Stage. He’s indeed worthy to be called “True Lord.”

Lu Yang didn’t have any particular thoughts about Dai Bufan; he felt that the latter often acted too startled and jumpy. However, in the eyes of the three female ghosts, Dai Bufan was an untouchable expert whom they must treat with utmost reverence.

“We usually help Creed Leader Xie at the slaughterhouse, taking the chance to absorb the yang energy from the livestock to stabilize our souls.”

The creed leader knew that Lu Yang was acquainted with the three female ghosts, so he had deliberately brought them along to prove to Lu Yang that he had treated them well.

“Second Boss!” The Everlasting Immortal appeared with a respectful attitude.

Lu Yang’s eyes twitched. No need to guess. This must be the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s doing.

“Boss Lu, what instructions do you have?” Before Lu Yang could confront the Everlasting Immortal Fairy to settle the score, the creed leader’s words interrupted him.

“They’re not instructions. I just came to let you know that the plan to expand the barbeque shop has been approved by Big Senior Sister.” When I mentioned letting the Nine-Netherworlds Creed open branches of the barbeque shop in the Discussion Hall, Big Senior Sister didn’t object, so I suppose that counts as approval.

“That’s fantastic!” The Everlasting Creed’s higher-ups hadn’t expected Lu Yang to act so swiftly.

“Not only that, I’ve also found you a franchise partner. They are in charge of the barbeque business expansion. We can rely on them.”

“A franchise partner? Who is it?” The creed leader was surprised that Lu Yang was so attentive to this matter.

“The Nine-Netherworlds Creed.”

“Who?!”

1. ”Zhenjun” is similar to “zhenren,” but it’s typically for a higher rank. ☜