Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Chapter 339: Chapter 281: Hard to Refuse

On the sea of the Sea Domain near Sea Stone City, Mo Yang was wrapped in bandages all over, covered so tightly that only his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were exposed.

This guy narrowly escaped death, and even though his Divine Spring was destroyed, he couldn’t suppress his heart eager to try again.

On the surface of the East Sea, Mo Yang slowly extended a bandaged hand, and the calm water gradually began to ripple.

A sudden gust of wind roared, then gathered into a whirlwind three zhang high.

The seawater was swept up by the wind, reminiscent of a living, vivid Water Dragon rising to the sky, twisting and swaying, full of life.

”Go!”

Under Mo Yang’s command, the Water Dragon instantly moved, continuously sweeping toward the distant sea, stirring up raging waves, and even causing a light drizzle to fall on the shore.

”Not bad, it seems switching to another Divine Technique with this cultivation base is really worthwhile.”

Ling Wuce was envious, thinking if only he had known earlier, he would have let the cultivators at the Cultivator Institute try it too.

But it was just a thought, for the Mo Family’s method was truly unlearnable; it relied entirely on foundation, and for the Imperial Court to spend such great efforts to train a cultivator was somewhat unrealistic.

”You know the side effects?”

Han Yu took out the remaining Yin Yang Qi Pill from his pocket, addressing the stuttering cultivator.

It was coincidentally when his Sea of Consciousness was hidden, right after Han Yu took out the Pills.

If it had been a moment or two later, he wouldn’t even have been able to retrieve these two Pills, which would have been a frightening outcome.

Once seven days passed since taking the Pills, after enduring the Wind and Thunder Tribulation, even if by chance he survived, he would become a mute.

”W-willing!”

The stuttering cultivator stammered, since because of his stutter he would usually try not to speak, fearing laughter from others.

Moreover, his qualifications weren’t very good, entering the Fifth Tower was due to the Imperial Court recruiting commoners into the military, then selecting the virtuous ones for the Cultivator Institute.

He managed to make his way through military training with his Four-Series Spirit Root, and after leaving the Cultivator Institute, he was selected by the Guardian Bureau to be a junior cultivator.

But that was the extent of it; his mediocre qualifications wouldn’t provide any future assistance, and unless something unexpected happened, the Divine Gaze Realm would be the end of the line for him.

So when the Cultivator Institute’s cultivator brought back Vice Tower Master Ling’s message, he didn’t hesitate to approach his Commander to recommend himself...

Becoming mute was a small price for obtaining such a special power, and he was perfectly happy with the exchange!

Seeing his willingness, Han Yu didn’t waste words and handed him the Pill directly.

The guy took the Pill with an excited look and swallowed it without thinking.

After consuming the Pill, nothing seemed visibly different at first, and after a moment, the stuttering cultivator suddenly rolled his eyes as if poisoned and fell straight to the ground.

Han Yu was perplexed, having administered Pills many times, he’d seen a variety of phenomena: visions emerging, grand auras, or at least some commotion.

Yet this guy appeared dead!

Ling Wuce watched the trembling, foam-at-the-mouth person on the ground, his own mouth twitching in response.

”Did you take the wrong Pill?”

Han Yu shook his head darkly, if he hadn’t just one Pill left, he might have believed in that nonsense.

”Uh...”

The stuttering cultivator suddenly opened his eyes, jumped up urgently, and began scratching his chest as if on fire.

He felt something in his chest about to burst out.

Finally, unable to bear it, he opened his mouth wide toward the sea.

”Hmph!”

An acoustic wave instantly burst from his mouth, striking the sea surface directly.

Bang!

A violent explosion erupted on the sea, stirring up sizable waves.

”Ha!”

Another acoustic wave came out, exploding more splashes.

”Hmph! Ha! Hmph! Ha...”

Then the sounds erupted like a series of firecrackers, echoing non-stop, causing constant explosions throughout the sea area.

The disturbances seemed to grow, and then something strange began occurring; cultivators below the Divine Gaze felt a stinging pain in their chests, becoming bewildered.

”Stop it now!”

Noticing the anomaly, Ling Wuce quickly stopped him from shouting further.

If it went on, the lower-cultivated subordinates would be in grave danger.

”You can return to Che Dapao for your report; I suspect he’ll treasure you like a gem.”

Ling Wuce smiled broadly, this guy, properly trained, would be a chaos-maker on the battlefield as long as it wasn’t amidst Transcendent Realm cultivators.

The only shortcoming might be his indiscriminate effect.

The cultivator gratefully cupped his fists, instinctively opening his mouth.

”Hmph!”

Ling Wuce’s expression turned peculiar; alright, the second flaw, a proclivity for rudeness.

With curiosity, he grabbed the other’s hand, probing with Spiritual Power, and indeed found all True Essence gone, replaced by a heavy Yin and Yang aura.

Most peculiarly, as the cultivation technique circulated, the Divine Spring no longer produced True Essence, only the same two energies.

”This is another form of wasted cultivation!”

Ling Wuce muttered to himself, without True Essence, there would naturally be no Spiritual Power, and countless cultivator methods might now be unusable.

Was this single technique all that remained?

”Does this Yin Yang Qi Pill have other uses?”

He couldn’t help but ask the instigator, Han Yu.

Uh...

That question stumped him, as he hadn’t taken it himself.

”It varies from person to person, so it can’t be so simple.”

Han Yu answered evasively, for if cultivation were wasted, it wouldn’t align with the rules of the Ping; too high a cost would yield great rewards.

What other uses might there be, those who ingested it would have to discover gradually.

The vast Fifth Tower would soon likely figure out a method.

So much had concluded at Sea Stone City; he obtained the Divine Technique, secured a verbal agreement with the dead Beast Spirit, and of the four Pills, two were given to the old monsters at Celestial City Peak, one went insane, another became a freak.

The remaining two were used to gain favor with the Inspectorate.

”Where do you plan to go next?”

Ling Wuce asked somewhat attentively.

This was curious, had Old Ling started caring for people?

”Give me a location, so I can have the town relocate in advance. The measures taken by the Guardian of Sea Stone City this time were quite good.”

This was naturally a joke, especially when he saw Han Yu’s face turn dark, the old man just laughed cheerfully.

”If you have nothing else to do, I can recommend a place to you.”

After laughing, Ling Wuce suddenly spoke seriously.

”You’re recommending a place to me?”

Han Yu was skeptical. He believed it more likely that this old man would stop him from going somewhere, rather than proactively recommending a place.

The people on the Fifth Tower all thought he brought trouble wherever he went. The first time he met Chicken Feather Gall, the small guardian, the guy nearly cried. The Inspectorate surely didn’t have good things to say about him.

”South of the East Sea, Nanli Sword Studio.”

Ling Wuce spoke slowly.

”Old Ling, do you have a grudge against them?”

Han Yu’s expression was strange. Was he hoping Han Yu would go cause trouble for them?

Unless they were not one of the Nine Sects, he might consider it, but they are one of the Upper Three Sects, after all.

Not going, their Elder got involved in the Ginseng King matter too. Although they haven’t brought up the old scores, it hasn’t been settled yet!

”Quan Xiaotong asked me to pass this along after I get the pills; the Celestial Pride List is being updated!”

So soon?

Han Yu was stunned. It’s only been a month, updating the list seems too fast.

Ling Wuce sighed helplessly, indeed it’s too fast, but there’s no choice. The first release of the list was left unfinished, messing up the Fifth Tower’s arrangements.

Now they can only arrange it once more.

Ling Wuce dismissed the others, then unreservedly explained.

”Pushing this list forward will greatly benefit understanding the strength of the major sects in the future.”

”I knew that.”

Han Yu nodded. Back then, Ye Hei saw through the Inspectorate’s intentions and even told him about it.

”Why not in White Emperor City?”

On the surface, the list was compiled by Bai Xiangdong, with backing from the Dragon and Phoenix Palace.

Logically, it should be in White Emperor City. But after the Judge’s incident, White Emperor City was mostly destroyed. Nonetheless, it’s too much to move from the Northern Border to the East Sea, isn’t it?

Ling Wuce appeared hesitant, seemingly weighing his words, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

Han Yu understood this was likely another secret matter.

”Actually, telling you makes no difference.”

After much consideration, Ling Wuce decided to tell him.

”Do you remember what happened between us in White Emperor City?”

Han Yu nodded, of course, he remembered.

With a serious face, Ling Wuce began to speak.

”Such a big commotion back then, to say Dragon and Phoenix Palace knew nothing would be nonsense.”

”Regarding the Corpse Refinement matters, Dragon and Phoenix Palace seemed eager on the surface but remained aloof all the while.”

Indeed, if they sincerely wanted to collaborate, they shouldn’t have stood by indifferently.

”As for the cooperation with the Fifth Tower, they ended up being somewhat perfunctory.”

Going a bit further back, during the list announcement in White Emperor City, such a huge sect, yet they just sent their eldest senior brother to manage things without dispatching any personnel. Isn’t that rather half-hearted?

If not for the Imperial Court’s lack of reputation among cultivators sufficient to back this list-making, the Inspectorate might already want to halt cooperation with Dragon and Phoenix Palace.

This time, by changing the list announcement’s site to the East Sea and having Nanli Sword Studio handle it, it was merely an intention to express the Imperial Court’s dissatisfaction with them.

”But what does the list announcement have to do with me, why should I go?”

This was the point, Han Yu had no desire to dip his toes into these muddy waters.

”Quan Xiaotong said you’d definitely go.”

Ling Wuce said with a peculiar expression.

Hey! Then I surely won’t go, Han Yu thought to himself.

But then Ling Wuce gave him a reason that was hard to refuse.

He handed over an unopened letter, and Han Yu suspiciously took it, unfolded the letter, and...

”Seeing this letter is akin to meeting you. Although we’ve never met, you’ve aided with many matters. South of the East Sea, I’ve prepared a grand gift for you, three Qi Fortune Cultivators, each with eight years of fortune.”

Han Yu was shocked, his expression initially filled with excitement soon turned into one of sheer astonishment.

This Tower Master Quan who he’s never met before, what is his intention?

Is it because he left a loophole when he asked for three Qi Fortune Cultivators at that time? Yet he was clearly testing medicine under the guise, with Gao Feng’s subsequent interpretation providing a cover for his actions.

Or did the other side just coincidentally guess something?

”Stop playing dead and give your opinion.”

He called out towards the fog in his Sea of Consciousness.

”Heard you, it’s not a big deal anyway.”

The lazy voice of the Artifact Spirit sounded.

This is not a big deal?

Han Yu retorted in annoyed tone, ”Your background is about to be uncovered, do you think they’ve guessed something?”

”But they provided three Qi Fortune Cultivators! Each with eight years, a total of twenty-four years of fortune, let them guess all they want, just never admit to anything.”

The Artifact Spirit said indifferently.

”My opinion is, regardless of whether they guessed something or not, this twenty-four years of fortune can definitely allow us to forcefully advance.”

”Surely this overly clever Tower Master isn’t crazy enough to drive you to the opposing side.”

Ling Wuce was still waiting for Han Yu’s response, and truth be told, he didn’t understand why Quan Xiaotong was so certain Han Yu would be willing to go.

”What do you want me to do over there?”

Han Yu was cautious, wanting to know before making a decision.

”Quan Xiaotong said you’re very unlucky, wherever you go you run into the Corpse Refinement lineage, this time they want you to bait out the people from Yama Hall.”

”Your Fifth Tower actually believes in something so superstitious?”

Han Yu couldn’t help but click his tongue, this situation was as ridiculous as when he was seven years old and his kite string broke, he prayed to heaven for the wind to bring the kite back. Just as preposterous.

”No, according to the Divination Path, you’re just incompatible with them, it’s very reasonable, no problem, Spirit Realm Tower certified it after many retrials.”

The secrets of the Corpse Refinement lineage have been exposed bit by bit through this young kid’s accidental encounters, haven’t they...