Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality

Chapter 521: Mr. Tao

Chapter 521: Mr. Tao

"Here, your spirit stones." After leaving the merchant guild, Lu Yang handed the storage ring given by the guild to Song Yuanwai.

Song Yuanwai was so startled that he almost dropped the ring. Six million spirit stones, just given to him like that?

"No, no, no, I can't take that many spirit stones. Ten thousand, ten thousand is enough." Song Yuanwai was just a mortal. If people found out he had so many spirit stones, he couldn't trust the Great Xia's law enforcement to protect him.

Not taking it would be impolite, so he asked for just a little.

Seeing Song Yuanwai's hesitation, Lu Yang understood his concerns and didn't insist, sending him back to Yuanhe County.

Then, he divided two million spirit stones each to his two junior sisters.

Lu Yang never cared much about spirit stones. First, he had patent fees and a share of the barbecue shop's profits. Combined, these made him wealthier than any young cultivator, except for Meng Jingzhou, who relied on his ancestral wealth, and Tao Yaoye, who had ideas ahead of her time.

Secondly, he didn't need spirit stones.

For artifacts, he had the Green Peak Sword given by his eldest senior sister and the Nether Moon Sword used by the Kylin Immortal.

For heavenly materials and elixirs needed for cultivation, he could always exchange them at the mission hall or pluck a few ginseng whiskers.

For techniques, the Scripture Repository had everything.

This was the benefit of a large sect: abundant cultivation resources, allowing disciples to focus solely on their cultivation.

The mission hall wasn't set up to make disciples run around completing tasks but to encourage them to travel, punish evil, and promote good, ensuring they didn't lose their emotions in their cultivation.

The Seek Tao Sect never advocated for the emotionless path.

Seeing the five ancient immortals, Lu Yang guessed none of them were truly emotionless, especially the Kylin Immortal.

The most famous force advocating for the emotionless path was the Ruthless Sect.

"This Immortal has encountered a few who claimed to be emotionless. They said they were wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao, but they were ruthless, killing their wives or children to prove their Dao. There were even two who refined their entire clan into artifacts, sparing no one. They always had expressionless faces, as if everyone owed them spirit stones. But they weren't tough; this Immortal self-destructed once and blew them all up."

"In this Immortal's opinion, they weren't truly emotionless."

"That doesn't count as emotionless?" Lu Yang was puzzled. They seemed ruthless enough.

"Of course not. Think about it, would they dare to go without clothes?"

"Not wearing clothes means they still have a sense of shame. How can someone with shame be considered emotionless?"

Lu Yang thought about it and realized it made sense.

Unexpectedly, the Immortal Fairy, who seemed naive and cute, had a clear and insightful mind.

Leaving Yuanhe County, on the way back to Qingshui Prefecture, Lu Yang remembered he was a sword cultivator and could use Sword Flight, making riding a horse unnecessary.

The Green Peak Sword floated three feet off the ground. Lu Yang leaped onto it, standing with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering in the wind.

"Now this looks like a sword immortal."

Lu Yang had heard of a special way sword cultivators dueled: two sword cultivators would fly towards each other on their swords, and the one knocked off would lose.

Lu Yang thought if he had to participate in such a duel, he would probably need to use a flying car.

"Lu Yang, a Divine Transformation stage cultivator has set their sights on you." The Immortal Fairy warned.

"A Divine Transformation stage cultivator?"

Lu Yang abruptly halted his flying sword, his hair standing on end. With a loud bang, an explosion occurred ahead, and a figure emerged from the dispersing smoke, blocking Lu Yang and his companions.

"How dare you sell my artifact to the merchant guild! You must be tired of living!"

The figure's aura was chilling, making Lu Yang and his companions' hearts race. Even the Invincible Elixir was warning Lu Yang to flee immediately.

The figure's cold aura was similar to that of the painting, clearly an old demon who had killed countless people in secret.

"Your artifact?"

Tao Yaoye was still puzzled. If the painting had an owner, how could it be stored in a ring?

Lu Yang thought it through and understood: "You erased your mark from the artifact to avoid being traced by the Great Xia, planning to reclaim it after it was refined by someone else?"

"Smart." The cold figure didn't expect Lu Yang to figure it out so quickly.

But this didn't change Lu Yang's fate.

"Judging by your jade tokens, two from the Seek Tao Sect and one from the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace?"

"Knowing our identities, you still dare to attack us?"

The cold figure chuckled: "So what if you're from immortal sects? If you die here, even the immortal sects won't be able to trace me!"

Lu Yang squinted. Did the figure really not know, or was he pretending? If an immortal sect disciple was harmed, the sect could calculate the cause and effect, and the culprit wouldn't escape.

Tao Yaoye and Lan Ting were on high alert, silently gripping their weapons, ready to strike.

"Dare to harm our boss's guests, die!"

A cold voice came from the sky. A figure wielding a nine-section whip, burning with eerie ghost fire, lashed out at the cold figure. The ghost fire clung like a bone to the cold figure.

A fierce battle ensued, with both sides using their artifacts. In less than a hundred rounds, the cold figure was captured by the nine-section whip wielder.

"Come with us. Our boss wants to see you."

The nine-section whip wielder looked coldly at Lu Yang and his companions, his tone leaving no room for refusal.

The nine-section whip wielder was also at the Divine Transformation stage, but his ability to easily defeat the cold figure showed he was among the top in his stage.

Tao Yaoye's palm was slightly cold. She had seen this nine-section whip wielder before, when she went to the barbecue shop with Senior Brother Lu Yang. He was standing behind the Vice-master of the barbecue shop, likely his right-hand man.

His name was... Huo Huashen?

Why was someone from the Jiuyou Sect looking for them?

What was their purpose?

Tao Yaoye didn't dare to think further.

Lan Ting didn't recognize Huo Huashen, but judging by his aura, he wasn't friendly.

Should they run? But his strength was clearly far above theirs. How could they escape?

"Who is your boss, and what does he want from us?" Tao Yaoye asked warily.

Huo Huashen glanced coldly at Tao Yaoye: "You'll know when you get there."

Tao Yaoye and Lan Ting looked to Lu Yang for help. Lu Yang nodded: "Let's follow and see."

The four walked in silence, the atmosphere oppressively tense. Huo Huashen led them to a small pavilion.

The pavilion was in a remote area, with no villages or shops nearby, not even a passerby.

Inside the pavilion sat a man in black, like an abyss. Just a glance made one feel like falling into an ice cave, clearly a ruthless demon.

This man was one of the three vice-masters of the Jiuyou Sect, Stone Bone.

"Boss, I've brought them. It's confirmed that no one else is around."

"Got it. Stand back."

Huo Huashen acknowledged and stood behind Stone Bone, silent as a statue.

"This must be Mr. Tao, the creator of Dreamlike Mirage. I've heard much about you and finally meet you in person."

"Dreamlike Mirage is very popular. Mr. Tao must have earned quite a few spirit stones. Congratulations."

Tao Yaoye's heart sank, cold sweat breaking out. She didn't expect the Jiuyou Sect's target to be her.

Were they after Dreamlike Mirage? For wealth or patents?

"It's just mortals watching. I didn't earn much." Tao Yaoye forced herself to speak.

"Not much? Mr. Tao, that's not very honest."

"What do you want?"

"People die for wealth, birds die for food. With Mr. Tao's intelligence, can't you guess what I want?"

Stone Bone's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Mr. Tao, could you use Dreamlike Mirage to promote our barbecue shop? We have a generous budget, and the price is negotiable."