Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Lu Yang was greatly shocked, his heart pounding fiercely. The coffin in the main chamber was a stone one, engraved with intricate and primitive patterns of the sun, moon, stars, and floral elements, of which era it was cast was unknown. Judging by its grandeur, it undoubtedly entombed an important figure!

The Grand Elder of Seek Dao Sect fit the criteria of an “important figure” perfectly.

“Is the Grand Elder of Seek Dao Sect really buried inside?!” Lu Yang felt as if facing a formidable enemy, pondering whether lie had inadvertently activated some mechanism causing the elder to resurrect, or if Fairy Eternity’s Dao Fruit had breathed life into the corpse, or was there some other unknown reason?

As the coffin lid slowly rose, an elderly man with a long beard sat up from the coffin. Lu Yang’s pupils contracted at the sight, it was indeed the Grand Elder of the Seek Dao Sect!

The Grand Elder had once visited Sky Gate Mountain to consult Eldest Senior Sister about some matters, and Lu Yang had seen him then.

Lu Yang was contemplating whether to perform Eldest Sister’s Form Boxing to summon her, or use Heaven and Earth in an Inch again to teleport himself into the air above the cliff.

The Grand Elder’s voice was full of vicissitudes, eyes filled with bewilderment as he looked at Lu Yang: “Lu Yang? How did you end up here?”

Caught off guard, Lu Yang speculated that the Seek Dao Sect had an imposter Grand Elder, and the man in front of him was the real one. As he had only met the fake one, how could this elder recognize him?

“Grand Elder, do you know me?” Lu Yang asked carefully.

Fairy Eternity pouted within the spiritual space; Lu Yang had never shown her this level of respect.

She was an immortal! Yet this lad, Lu Yang, lacked reverence for her!

The Grand Elder expressed bewilderment at Lu Yang’s question: “Of course, I know you. Aren’t you Lu Yang, Old Nine’s disciple, the one with the Sword Spirit Root? I watched you through the Water Mirror when you participated in the entrance test for Seek Dao Sect.”

However, I want to ask you, what are you doing here disturbing my sleep?” “Sleep… Sleep?” Lu Yang was dumbfounded. Who sleeps in a coffin under ordinary circumstances?

The Grand Elder let out a big yawn, tears glistening in the corners of his eyes, looking freshly awakened: “I was just taking a brief nap because I was so weary from building a tomb. Ah, I am getting old. I wouldn’t have felt this tired in the past. One can’t resist aging, you know. Speaking of which, I am already three thousand years old.”

“Building a tomb?” Lu Yang’s eyes widened. He knew that cultivators could sense when the end of their life was approaching and would therefore prepare their will, make arrangements for their passing, and build their tomb.

Thinking of the Grand Elder’s contributions to the Seek Dao Sect, Lu Yang felt heavy-hearted: “Are you about to… about to…”

He found himself unable to complete his sentence, no matter how hard he tried.

The Grand Elder nodded: “Yes, indeed. I need to think about what to do after retirement. Dai Bufan says that I can still live for another five thousand years after retirement. I should find myself some hobbies. After giving it some thought, I found that building tombs is a good choice, given that it’s something I’ll eventually need.”

Lu Yang: “…”

Only now did he realize due to the unexpected circumstances that had interrupted his connected thought process: those in the Unification realm could live at least eight thousand years. Someone like the Grand Elder, with profound cultivation levels, would definitely live longer.

Can I get my sympathy back?!

You’re building your tomb so early?” Lu Yang commented, thinking the elder’s hobby was rather unusual.

“What’s wrong with that? I heard that in some places, ordinary people borrow a large sum of money from the bank to buy a house, and they spend their whole life working hard to repay it.”

“If ordinary people can toil their entire life for a house, naturally, I can labor in the second half of my life for a tomb.”

Rendered speechless by the Grand Elder’s reasoning, Lu Yang could say nothing.

“I didn’t just build this tomb. There are other tombs I’ve already finished in different places. This place is just a prototype, and I haven’t even prepared the zombies yet. So I filled it with some Haired Zombies for atmosphere.”

“By the way, I specifically chose to build a tomb on a cliff of our Seek Dao Sect. How did you find your way here?”

Lu Yang remained silent, not very keen on recalling the process.

So, this place is still within the Seek Dao Sect. It seems that he wasn’t teleported very far.

Fairy Eternity said languidly: “Of course, you can’t teleport very far. The teleportation distance is closely related to your Realm. You are just at the Foundation Establishment Stage. How far do you think you can go? Do you really think you can reach the sky?”

The Grand Elder was unaware of Fairy Eternity’s existence.

“So, is it because of this that you are frequently not in the Task Hall?”

I entrusted the affairs to Little Dai and started living my retirement life ahead of time.”

It sounded reasonable.

Seeing that Lu Yang didn’t wish to elaborate on how he ended up at the tomb, the Grand Elder asked: “Do you need me to take you back?”

Lu Yang nodded hastily; this was something he could only wish for.

The Grand Elder got out of the coffin, tapped Lu Yang, and Lu Yang found himself enveloped by a large bubble. The Grand Elder flew out of the tomb with his hands behind him, and Lu Yang, inside bubble, followed him.

With speed as swift as thunder, the Grand Elder left the cliff in a blink of an eye and Lu Yang finally understood why he was enveloped in a bubble; his body wouldn’t be able to withstand the Grand Elder’s speed.

Departing from the cliff, before his eyes, lay an endless grassland. Lush and green, with sheep grazing on tender grass and various wild demon beasts around. The terrifying emanations from the demon beasts made Lu Yang’s heart palpitate.

This must be the dangerous place Eldest Senior Sister had mentioned when he entered the Sect: “there exist some perilous places, where those with insufficient cultivation levels would perish.”

Given his cultivation level, there was no way he could safely fall off the cliff… why did that sound so strange?

The Grand Elder flew, carrying Lu Yang along. Because they were moving so fast, Lu Yang couldn’t see the scenery below and hence he didn’t feel afraid of the height.

During the flight, Lu Yang was a bit apprehensive. Given the Grand Elder’s flying speed, they’d been flying for some time now and still hadn’t arrived at Sky Gate Mountain. How far had he been teleported?

Just as Lu Yang was lost in thought, the Grand Elder stopped. Lu Yang discovered that they had already reached Sky Gate Mountain.

Having helped Lu Yang descend, the Grand Elder left.

The Grand Elder had encountered a difficult problem while sleeping in his coffin and wanted to ask his junior brothers for their opinions.

He went to the medicine garden, the Second Elder wasn’t there. He went to the Body Refinement Peak, the Third Elder wasn’t there. He also went to Junzi Peak, and even the Fourth Elder was not there.

“Where are they?” The Grand Elder was puzzled. He didn’t recall the second, third, and fourth Elders as ones who liked to run around. They were usually easy to locate. But today, he couldn’t find any of them.

Ji Hongwen, the oldest disciple of the Fourth Elder, seeing the Grand Elder-looking for his master, said: “I think the master has found the whereabouts of the Sect Leader and has gone to Sky Gate Mountain with the Second Elder.”

“Old Nine’s whereabouts? Sky Gate Mountain?” The Grand Elder never imagined he would have to return to Sky Gate Mountain so soon.

When he reached Sky Gate Mountain, he asked Lu Yang if he knew the whereabouts of Daoist Buyu, and Lu Yang pointed him in the right direction. He managed to find Daoist Buyu and six of his junior brothers and a junior sister, who were all having a hot pot gathering in the pine forest.

Seeing the Grand Elder standing outside the Abode, Daoist Buyu enthusiastically waved: “We brothers haven’t had a gathering in a long time.

Just as we were about to have hot pot together, there you are, eldest brother.”

Eldest Brother, come in quickly. We’re just waiting for you.”

The Grand Elder looked at Daoist Buyu, full of warmth, with suspicion.