Who Let Him Cultivate?!-Chapter 1005 - 104
"Back again."
Lu Yang took a deep breath in and out, calming his mind state.
Just moments ago, he was fighting for his life, but in the blink of an eye, time had flowed backward, restoring the peaceful days. The contrast was so great that it gave Lu Yang a feeling as if he was in a different world.
At least, it was peace on the surface.
Based on the timeline, the two elders from the Ruthless Sect should have already poisoned the canal by now, and the water currently being splashed all over the streets contained the Forgetfulness Poison, though it hadn’t fully evaporated yet.
For instance, the agitation of the Insect King, an Insect Cultivator, was due to the absorption of the Forgetfulness Poison.
It was possible that some children had already been poisoned, but because children had little influence, no one had noticed.
"Fairy, are those two elders and the Vice Sect Hierarch still in Kaihuang City?"
Fairy Eternity extended her Spiritual Sense to sense and responded, "They’re not here."
Lu Yang nodded, knowing this result was within his expectations. If those two Ruthless Sect elders had been in Kaihuang City, they wouldn’t have allowed him and Old Meng to stage a play throughout the city and only reveal themselves after the show was over.
Right now, they should be elsewhere.
A knowing smile tugged at the corner of Lu Yang’s mouth.
It took a struggle to handle two elders, and when that was done, the Vice Sect Hierarch stepped in, proud of your numbers, huh?
"Old Meng, stop watching the competition for now. There are several good deeds awaiting your action right now," Lu Yang said.
"What good deeds?" Meng Jingzhou was puzzled by Lu Yang’s sudden statement.
"Go to Yellowstone Street now, on that street, there’s someone in a black cloak, laughing strangely and holding silver needles; catch him. Then turn a corner to the entrance of the civilian restaurant, there’s a fat monk in fancy clothing... and after passing through another street, you’ll meet an old man trying to self-detonate..."
Meng Jingzhou listened to Lu Yang’s detailed information, which didn’t seem deceitful.
"What about you, what will you do?"
"I’m going to call for help," Lu Yang said, before weaving through the crowd and returning to his guest room in Kaihuang Temple, collapsing into sleep.
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Seek Dao Sect, Task Hall, Soul Lamp Chamber.
Lu Yang’s Soul Lamp flickered on and off, prompting Gu Junye to hastily call for Dai Bufan.
Dai Bufan studied the pattern of the Soul Lamp’s flickering and deciphered the message Lu Yang was sending.
"Should we ask Vast Sea Ancestral Master to open a passage from Kaihuang City back to the Sect, so Junior Brother Lu can return for a while?"
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Across the vast desert, a few people riding camels were especially conspicuous against the sands.
"No!" Tang Chuanwu suddenly woke up, his eyes filled with panic.
"Tang boy, what’s wrong?" The middle-aged man with a beard noticed Tang Chuanwu’s distress and signaled for the caravan to halt.
"Back again." Tang Chuanwu muttered to himself, as if awakening from a dream, drenched in sweat. How many times had he experienced this Reincarnation, the sixth or the seventh?
The shock from the end of the last cycle was tremendous, and right now, his mind was a total mess; he needed to sort out the sequence of events.
They were all from a medicine shop in Kaihuang City, currently short on supplies and en route to Lotus City to procure medicinal materials.
On their way to Lotus City, they encountered an exceptionally rare pack of Sand Wolves. These Sand Wolves were cunning and extremely dangerous, with the Wolf King being a being at the Consummation of Qi Refinement level.
They had martial arts skills on their travels, and even Tang Chuanwu’s combat strength was the highest among them all.
But even so, facing the premeditated attack of the Wolf King, they couldn’t escape their fate.
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Tang Chuanwu used five reincarnations to match wits and bravery against the Wolf King, yet he still couldn’t defeat the Wolf King, and the entire team was on the verge of being slaughtered by the wolves.
During the fifth reincarnation, despite his meticulous planning, the Wolf King fell into a trap he had set, only for it to breakthrough to the terrifying Foundation Establishment Stage at the very last moment, turning all his plans into a joke.
Tang Chuanwu was nearly driven insane; the Wolf King was simply not an opponent he could deal with. He had encountered cultivators as opponents before, but that was in the city where he could stir various conflicts and maneuver through them.
But this was the desert, where there was neither village ahead nor shop behind, and he couldn’t find anyone to match the Wolf King!
On the sixth reincarnation, no longer able to bear this torment, he stopped trying to save his team and rode back to Kaihuang City alone on a camel to seek help; perhaps, he could still save one or two people this way.
But when he returned to Kaihuang City, what greeted him was a city full of heartless people; he couldn’t find any help at all, and the two masters were still dealing with two elders from the Ruthless Sect.
In desperation, he returned home to see how his sister was doing.
It was already noon by then, and Cui Que’er had finished distributing porridge and had not yet left the slums. An unknown Gold Core Period Cultivator had taken a fancy to Cui Que’er’s beauty and kidnapped her in the chaos, despite his shouts and struggles being futile.
He staggered back home only to find his sister looking at him expressionlessly, as if looking at a stranger, a look that tore at his heart.
Then, the Vice Sect Hierarch of the Ruthless Sect made a move, intending to relocate the entire Kaihuang City.
Finally, unable to bear the torment any longer, he committed suicide and arrived at the seventh reincarnation.
Tang Chuanwu was filled with despair; he knew that the Wolf King was waiting in ambush, a Gold Core Period Cultivator had kidnapped Cui Que’er in Kaihuang City, and there was a Demon Path giant planning to move the entire city.
None was an opponent he could handle!
What should he do? What was he supposed to do?
"Kid Tang?" A middle-aged man with a beard muttered to himself, wondering what was wrong with the usually clever Tang Chuanwu today.
Tang Chuanwu had thought that upon his previous return to Kaihuang City, the problem could have been easily resolved, but the last reincarnation taught him that Kaihuang City was an even more dangerous place than the desert! freewebnσvel.cøm
Even if he could go back in time, what use was it? He couldn’t save anyone; he could only save himself!
Moments of the last reincarnation kept flooding his mind—the team mauled by wolves, Cui Que’er being kidnapped, his sister’s indifferent expression, Kaihuang City flying away…
"Ah—" Overwhelmed by chaos, Tang Chuanwu screamed to the sky, completely unable to think of a solution.
Suddenly, a sentence Master Lu had told him after annihilating the Skull Divine Sect flashed in his mind.
"We will be staying at Kaihuang Temple for a while longer; if you encounter any trouble, feel free to come find me."
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As the spatial passage closed, Lu Yang, holding the Green Peak Sword, returned to his room in Kaihuang Temple.
He put away the Green Peak Sword, left Kaihuang Temple, and prepared to meet up with Old Meng.
A shadow rode swiftly on a camel through the streets.
Tang Chuanwu gazed eagerly at Lu Yang, who stood somewhat dazed at the temple’s entrance, and felt as if a weight had been lifted. He tumbled down from the camel with a clatter.
With the experience of six reincarnations behind him, bypassing the Wolf King, he sprinted all the way, finally finding Lu Yang—his only lifeline—before the Forgetfulness Poison fully erupted.
Lu Yang, quick to react, stepped forward to catch Tang Chuanwu, who nearly fell to the ground.
With a look of despair, Tang Chuanwu said, "Master Lu, this city is in danger!"
"The Ruthless Sect’s people will come to Kaihuang City, everyone will become heartless, and I don’t know how they do it, but it must be the work of the Ruthless Sect. The first two people who appear, you can handle, but the last one that appears, neither you nor Master Meng can handle."
"You might not believe me, Master, but everything I am saying is true, it’s all true!"
The more Tang Chuanwu spoke, the more agitated he became, until his emotions collapsed. He started speaking incoherently and couldn’t help but burst into tears. He really didn’t know what to do, whether Master Lu would believe him, or if there was a solution…
"I believe you."
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