Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Just when the screen was about to display “Life imprisonment”, Lu Yang slammed shut his copy of Tomb Raiding Tips, causing the screen blinking with the prison term to disappear.

This time around, Lu Yang couldn’t use “It’s a characteristic of the era” as an excuse to explain. The function of this book was simply outrageous, and even more unbelievably, it’s outrageousness came with a tinge of reasonableness which made it even more unreasonable.

Luckily, Fairy Eternity’s interest came and went quickly. She soon became attracted to the burial items. The ancient era was too far distant from the present, and the specifications and styles of burial items had undergone changes.

For example, in the ancient era, people believed they would go to Nine Nether after death. To maintain their prestige in the Nine Nether as they did in life, they needed to use humans as burial objects. When later generations opened the tombs of great powers from the ancient era, they often saw numerous human bones as burial objects. Nowadays, people have become civilized and have replaced human figures with terracotta soldiers.

This reminded Fairy Eternity of something: “I remember that Yingtian Immortal was originally a burial object of some old fellow. Luckily, Yingtian Immortal was fortunate. He used the technique of feigning death to deceive the old fellow and to be brought alive into the tomb.”

“After entering the tomb, he lifted his feigned death spell. He harvested recklessly in the tomb, obtaining a large number of herbs and magic artifacts. The old fellow firmly believed that he would be reincarnated, so he stored several rare and precious earthly treasures which could improve one’s constitution in the tomb. All these wound up benefitting Yingtian Immortal.”

“Taking the opportunity to cleanse his marrow, change his fate, and improve his constitution, he then escaped from the tomb. Afterwards, he had a series of fortunate encounters, his foundations became stronger, his reputation gradually rose, and among the young generation, he showed his mettle. He became one of the protagonists of the Great Era and barely became qualified to be my opponent.”

Originally, Lu Yang thought Yingtian Immortal was a highly powerful existence. After hearing that Yingtian Immortal was barely qualified to be Fairy Eternity’s opponent, he promptly elevated him to the same level as Fairy Eternity.

“Are there ranks among immortals? Such as Immortal, heavenly immortal, and so on?” Lu Yang asked.

Fairy Eternity knew that Lu Yang had misunderstood and explained, “The title of Yingtian Immortal is Yingtian. His status is that of an immortal, so we address him as Yingtian Immortal.”

“Yingtian Immortal believes that he was born in accordance with heaven, complies with the mandate of heaven, and is the protagonist of heaven and earth. He possesses great Momentum. Thus, he self-proclaimed his title as Yingtian.”

“Immortality has no levels. Everyone’s Dao Fruit is different, it’s challenging to rank them. How can there be classes?”

The words of Fairy Eternity let Lu Yang come to understand something – Fairy Eternity might be somewhat useful after all.

It’s a pity that the Central Continent doesn’t test history, or Lu Yang could also score full marks.

Or maybe, Lu Yang’s performance was not up to scratch. The examiner would say that all his answers were wrong. After his years of research, the examiner was sure how the ancient era should have been. People around would mock Lu Yang’s ignorance and dare to question the examiner’s answers. How presumptuous he was!

At this juncture, Lu Yang would reveal his identity as the host of Fairy Eternity and humiliate the examiner in front of everyone. Complete silence would ensue and no one would dare to question Lu Yang’s views on the ancient era.

The thought of it felt satisfying.

Lu Yang had even thought of the scene where he would display his arrogance, but he just didn’t have a place to show it off.

Fairy Eternity did not try to elaborate on ancient events. Instead, she became fascinated with the various burial objects.

Lu Yang remained vigilant and continued to learn about tomb raiding. “As a tomb raider, one must stay vigilant at all times. Even if you have found the main room and located the burial objects, you cannot let your guard down. Some tomb owners greatly despise being disturbed and would set cruel traps in the main room. You must be careful…”

“Young man, walk forward and have a look. Are these things from your era? They seem interesting.” Fairy Eternity excitedly urged Lu Yang, seemingly having spotted something.

Lu Yang took a step forward and felt as if he had stepped on something that seemed to be a sinking slab of stone.

In an instant, Lu Yang’s forehead was covered in cold sweat. He realized that he had stepped on a trap. What would it be, a poisonous needle shooting up from the ground, or a volley of arrows shooting out of the wall?

There was no time for Lu Yang to mull over it. He relied on his instincts to leap backward, trying to dodge the hidden weapons.

When the mechanism was triggered, the Night Pearl above him suddenly burst out with a brightness akin to a small sun. The entire main room was brightly lit, its previous dark and terrifying atmosphere completely gone.

Lu Yang waited for a while but nothing else happened. His eye twitched: “So, it was just turning on the light?”

“What does ‘turning on the light’ mean?” Fairy Eternity, not having heard the term before, asked.

“Nothing much.”

Lu Yang felt more and more that this tomb was emitting an air of baffling strangeness. He could understand why it was built into the cliff – it was a way to deter robbers. But when you emblazon “Main Room” at the entrance and you could still turn on the lights inside the room, wouldn’t that be going overboard? Would this be a normal feature of a grave?

At the very least, it was not mentioned in Tomb Raiding Tips.

However, Tomb Raiding Tips did have a warning: The more it goes against common sense, the more dangerous it is.

“There’s no need to worry, with this immortal here, nothing unexpected will happen!” After the light was turned on, Fairy Eternity’s courage clearly increased, and she was speaking with newfound confidence.

The Night Pearl lit up the tomb like daylight. Even if ghosts popped out, Fairy Eternity would dare to go over and slap them a couple of times to let them know who the real ghost was!

I, a prestigious immortal, am afraid of ghosts?

“That book to your left seems interesting, take a look.” she pointed out.

Lu Yang picked up the book on his left and softly read out the title: ” ‘Tomb Robbing Notes’?”

“Move your thumb, there’s another word under it.” Fairy Eternity added.

Lu Yang moved his thumb to reveal the full title: “‘Anti-Tomb Robbing Notes’

Lu Yang:

He cautiously packed up his copy of ‘Tomb Raiding Tips’, afraid that putting the two books together might trigger some strange reaction.

Flipping through the pages, Lu Yang found that, as its title suggested, it was full of ways to reasonably set up a tomb that tomb robbers would not visit. It even had countermeasures for common tomb raiding methods. It was pro- level.

As the saying goes, “As high as the demons may rise, the Dao rises higher.” It’s a rule of nature.

Lu Yang felt that if he learned both ‘Tomb Raiding Tips’ and ‘Anti-Tomb Robbing Notes’, there wouldn’t be a tomb in the world that he couldn’t rob.

He lifted his eyes from the book, his interest piqued by the tombstone on his right. From the inscription on the tombstone, he should be able to discern the identity of the tomb owner.

He was curious to see who had constructed such a fantastical tomb.

Lu Yang tilted his head to read the inscription on the stone tablet. His hair stood on end, a chill running down his spine. He jumped backward in fright.

The tablet read: “Here lies Qin Jiunian.”

“Who’s Qin Jiunian, and why are you so startled?” Fairy Eternity was puzzled.

Lu Yang’s voice trembled: “Qin Jiunian… he’s the current Grand Elder of Seek Dao Sect!”

Could it be a case of people having the same name, or had the Grand Elder met his end? If the Grand Elder had fallen, then who was the one moving around in Seek Dao Sect? An impersonator? And what was their purpose?

“The Grand Elder is known for his secretive ways, always letting Senior Brother Dai Bufan preside over the Task Hall in his stead. Could it be that he was worried about being discovered, and deliberately limited his interactions with others?”

Question after question surged up, the answers remaining elusive for the time being.

Just then, the coffin shook. It seemed as though something was attempting to break free and emerge!