Who Let Him Cultivate?!-Chapter 1000 - 999 Worldly Venerable’s Blessing, Doing Good and Accumulating Virtue

Meng Jingzhou listened as the two people introduced each other; one’s background was more astonishing than the other’s, whether it was reaching the pinnacle of Body Refinement or having a mother who was a Holy Daughter of the sacred grounds.

Once they crossed hands, he found that their combat strength was indeed mediocre. Not to mention anything else, the Body Refinement Realm that he himself had mastered during the Golden Core Stage was much stronger than Fang Wudi’s.

Back then, he had refined his body from his hair to his shadow, not a single flaw to be found.

In contrast, Fang Wudi’s Body Refinement Realm was full of holes and totally uninspired.

"What’s the matter; do you want to go up there and practice with them?" Lu Yang glanced at Meng Jingzhou, who was itching to try.

"That wouldn’t be appropriate," Meng Jingzhou waved his hand, saying with reserved pride, "After all, I’m now considered a Great Power of Cultivation, a giant of the Righteous Path. It would be beneath me to go on stage and fight with the younger generation."

"...But these two seem to be only three years younger than you."

"They’re still the younger generation. You see, when we Immortal practitioners get angry, we often say ’How dare you, young one.’ We never say ’How dare you, peer.’ This shows that calling them ’young one’ carries more weight."

Lu Yang nodded, agreeing that Old Meng had a point.

Continuing to watch the Golden Core Stage fights here was not very interesting, so the two decided to come back when the monks from Kaihuang Temple informed them of the selection results for the top eight.

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Hearing someone call out their disguised identities, Lu Yang followed the voice. As expected, it was Tang Qiaoqiao and Cui Que’er.

Only the two of them had seen what they looked like after disguising themselves.

Tang Qiaoqiao and Cui Que’er held candied haw in their hands, cherishing them. The candied haw were lifelike portraits of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

The skill was honed by the candy sculptor overnight to meet the demand, and the effect was surprisingly good.

"Two Masters, didn’t you say you were going to be judges on stage? Why are you still here?"

"It’s not our turn yet. By the looks of it, it will be a while before we make an appearance. What about you two? Why are you here alone; where’s Chuanwu?"

"My brother said that there was a problem with the herbs that the medicine shop received yesterday. He went with the owner to Lotus City to stock up on supplies, and I don’t know if he can make it back today." Tang Qiaoqiao sighed; she’d been looking forward to spending the festival with her brother, but now it seemed unlikely.

"I see, then you two go and have fun, but remember to stay safe," Lu Yang advised them out of habit.

After receiving a drop of Lu Yang’s blood as a blessing, Tang Qiaoqiao’s and Cui Que’er’s bodies had already transformed, becoming much stronger than even ordinary warriors.

"We can’t play anymore; I need to go and distribute porridge in a while," Cui Que’er said.

Lu Yang remembered that Goodman Cui would distribute porridge on the 5th, 15th, and 25th of each month.

"I asked my dad if we could distribute the porridge a day late, but he said that today is the Buddha Bathing Festival, the birthday of the Worldly Venerable. Today, performing acts of charity will bring ten times the usual merit, so we should distribute even more porridge," she explained.

"Is that so?" Although Lu Yang had some understanding of the Buddha Bathing Festival, he was not as familiar with the traditions as locals like Goodman Cui.

"In that case, Old Meng and I should also go and do some good deeds," Lu Yang said with a smile.

"Goodbye, Masters. May the Worldly Venerable bless you," Cui Que’er and Tang Qiaoqiao waved farewell.

Lu Yang thought to himself that there was really no need for that last part; the Worldly Venerable can’t bless me at all.

"Little Yang, have you been thinking ill of Immortal me?" Fairy Eternity, with a seemingly sixth sense from nowhere, suddenly asked.

"No, not at all. Fairy, you are so compassionate and kind, you do so many good deeds. I was just thinking that I should learn from you and accumulate virtues... How could I possibly speak ill of you?"

Fairy Eternity hummed, "I thought as much; you wouldn’t dare speak ill of Immortal me against your conscience!"

"Of course, of course."

As the two men wandered along the street, many people were licking sugar paintings bearing their likenesses, treating the images in a way that made both men feel quite odd.

Suddenly, a man in a black cloak appeared in front of them, laughing eerily with a very strange voice.

He turned around, holding a pitch-black needle, his eyes manic and he burst into frenzied laughter, leaving Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou utterly bewildered.

"The chaos of Kaihuang City begins with you two. If you’re looking for someone to blame, it’s just your bad luck!"

With that, the man in the black cloak thrust the needle toward Meng Jingzhou’s arm with force!

Crack—

The needle snapped into two pieces upon striking Meng Jingzhou’s arm.

The scene fell silent.

The man in the black cloak glanced at the broken needle, then at Meng Jingzhou, and turned to flee.

Meng Jingzhou launched a hand strike that sent the man in the black cloak tumbling, his body tilting as he fell to the ground.

"What on earth is this?" Meng Jingzhou said, holding half of the needle, still not understanding the situation.

"Fairy, can you make out what this is?"

"Let the Immortal take a look, hmm, this needle’s been poisoned, and the components are quite complex. It seems like the person pricked will become delirious and irrational, biting anyone on sight, and anyone bitten will exhibit the same symptoms."

Lu Yang: "..."

This symptom—why does it sound so familiar? Wait, isn’t this just like a zombie?

Upon learning about the needle’s effects, Lu Yang no longer held back. He dragged the man in the black cloak into an alley to perform a Soul Search, to understand the full story.

It turned out the Abbot of another monastery was envious of the prosperity of Kaihuang City and wanted to create chaos by having someone on the street randomly prick a few unlucky individuals to become the sources of contagion.

Meng Jingzhou happened to be the first unlucky one.

"Enough, let’s report this to Master Duanchen and let him handle it," Lu Yang said, stretching. Since it was an issue targeting Kaihuang City, naturally, they should notify Master Duanchen. They were not responsible for what followed.

"It seems that the heavens are on our side, today is indeed a good day for doing good deeds," Meng Jingzhou said gleefully, eliciting a nod from Lu Yang in agreement. This act was the same as saving all the citizens of the city, a great merit indeed.

On their way back to Kaihuang Temple, they encountered a Lascivious Monk practicing the Joyous Buddha, attempting to kidnap a common girl to be his twenty-sixth concubine; a cultivator desperate for self-detonation as his lifespan neared the end; a cultivator about to hold an unrestricted gathering after learning a Hypnosis Technique; an Insect Cultivator nearly causing an insect calamity after being counterattacked by the Insect King; an evil practitioner about to unleash a plague and wreak havoc among the people; a cultivator who had captured the young of the Beast King, risking the onset of a beast tide...

Before long, there was a rope in Lu Yang’s hand, and behind him was a line of cultivators, all obediently following Lu Yang.

Master Duanchen sat at the entrance of the temple, watching the endless stream of pilgrims with a smile on his face, feeling more and more content that inviting Lu Yang and his companion to Kaihuang City had been the right decision.

He believed that after the Buddha Bathing Festival, he would take a big step towards his ambitious goal.

"Benefactors, how come you are back?" Master Duanchen, surprised to hear of their return, came out to greet them.

Then he saw Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou leading several people.

"Who are these people?"

Lu Yang handed the rope to Master Duanchen with an expressionless face and said, "The results of doing good deeds."

"Also, the public security in your Kaihuang City is really too poor."