Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 252: Yet You Say You’re Not A Monk

Four days passed quickly. The Eagle Mountain Five Heroes gathered at the city gate as agreed, though they were stunned upon seeing Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

“Young Heroes, where is your hair?” The hook-nosed boss blurted out when he noticed there wasn’t a single strand of hair on their heads. The moment the question slipped out, he regretted it.

The two people’s faces visibly darkened.

Meng Jingzhou’s hair had yet to grow back, and it would take at least a few more days. To apologize and appease Meng Jingzhou’s anger, Lu Yang could only shave his own head as well. The Everlasting Immortal Fairy couldn’t stop laughing throughout the past few days.

The hook-nosed boss speculated, Could these two young heroes be disciples of a Buddhist sect? Perhaps they’ve been wearing wigs all this time?

The more he thought about it, the more convinced he became. The two of them haven’t mentioned their backgrounds, and it’s likely because they’re from a Buddhist sect; these Buddhist sects tend to keep a low profile.

Now that they have to fight for the Twin Lotus Flower, they need not only martial power but also the power of their identity to intimidate others!

As for slaying and eating demon beasts, that is also understandable. There are monks like the Fleshly Monk in Buddhist sects. They may be few, but they do exist.

“Let’s go,” Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou gruffly, not wanting to explain further.

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Following the map provided by the merchant guild, the group soon arrived at the lake where the Twin Lotus Flower grew.

The area around the lake was already teeming with people. Briefly scanning the place, they found hardly anyone at the Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage. The majority were at the Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage, followed by those at the Golden Core Stage.

Due to the Twin Lotus Flower’s miraculous effects on golden core formation, it had attracted many cultivators seeking to break through to the Golden Core Stage. But it was hardly useful for Golden Core cultivators. Otherwise, having only a fish as lake master wouldn’t have been able to guard the Twin Lotus Flowers.

In the center of the lake, two lotus flower buds were about to bloom. All eyes were fixed on the pink and tender flowers that resembled twins.

“With all this water here, it will be difficult to fight when it’s time to seize the flowers.” An Advanced Foundation Establishment cultivator frowned. He wasn’t adept at water combat. If there were opponents who specialized in water-type spells, he would be at a disadvantage.

“Let’s drain the water.” He took out a storage ring and tried his best to fill it with the water from the lake.

When others saw what he did, they thought it was a good idea and followed suit. Since storage rings could only hold non-living objects, they were perfect for storing water without any living creatures from the lake.

“He is the White Tiger Holy Son from the Four-Divine-Beasts[1] Sect! It’s said that he has mastered a killing technique, and though he’s only at the Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage, he can hold his own against a Half-Step Golden Core cultivator!” The hook-nosed boss had been busy these few days, investigating who might come to fight for the Twin Lotus Flower.

The White Tiger Holy Son was one of them.

The Four-Divine-Beasts Sect was a prestigious first-class sect, renowned for its legacy of the Four Divine Beasts. It had outstanding disciples and successors in every generation and rarely experienced decline.

The Central Continent had a habit of classifying sects into different tiers. Those without a cultivator at the Divine Transfiguration Stage were considered low-tier sects and ranked at the very bottom.

Next were third-class sects, which had at least one cultivator at the Divine Transfiguration Stage.

Second-class sects had at least one cultivator at the Void Refinement Stage.

First-class sects had at least one cultivator at the Fusion Stage.

S-class sects had a formidable cultivator at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage.

Above the S-class sects were the Five Great Immortal Sects. Although the official benchmark to be recognized as one of the Five Great Immortal Sects required at least one Transcendent Tribulation cultivator and methods on par with that of a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator, the number of hidden trump cards they had remained anyone’s guess.

“Then there’s that female cultivator, An Ke, the final disciple of the sect leader of the Clear Moon Sect. She is at the Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage and the strongest among those at her level in the sect. Even the sect leader said he would be no match for An Ke if he were at the same cultivation stage.”

It was rumored in the jianghu that the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace was behind the Clear Moon Sect, though no one had been able to confirm it.

“The person over there is the Heaven Inquiry Saber, Duan Hongchen.[2] He has slain countless Golden Core beasts, and people thought he’d already reached the Golden Core Stage. But in reality, he is just at the Half-Step Golden Core Stage and has been looking for a suitable fortuitous opportunity to form his golden core!”

The hook-nosed boss pointed out the noteworthy individuals one by one. Some came from powerful sects and clans with impressive legacies, while others were locals of the Demon Suppression Pass who had earned their fame through bloodshed.

In comparison, hardly anyone knew about Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou. They had only arrived at the Demon Suppression Pass a few days ago, living in the jungle and avoiding contact with people.

“Who are those two monks? Are they disciples of the White Horse Temple[3] or the Buddhist Stupa Temple?” Someone noticed Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou. As the only two bald people in the crowd, they were especially conspicuous.

The White Tiger Holy Son frowned. “I’ve visited the White Horse Temple and Buddhist Stupa Temple with my shifu, but I’ve never seen these two.”

“Wild monks? Or are they from some unknown temple?” a member of the Four-Divine-Beasts Sect remarked. He always considered sects below first-class to be unworthy of his attention.

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An Ke was expressionless, simply glancing at Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou from the corner of her eye. Not matching them to any of the Foundation Establishment experts she remembered, she didn’t bother with them.

The Heaven Inquiry Saber, Duan Hong Chen, saw that the two were merely at the Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage and completely ignored them. My opponents are only those Golden Core cultivators hiding among the crowd.

These Golden Core cultivators here to snatch the Twin Lotus Flowers were mainly doing so to help their juniors break through to the Golden Core Stage, so they wouldn’t go all out. If it came to a life-or-death battle, they would be the first to withdraw.

When Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou overheard the others guessing which Buddhist sect they belonged to, veins bulged on their foreheads. You are the monk! Your whole family are monks!

“It’s all your fault for insisting that I shave my head!” Lu Yang was the first to lash out.

Meng Jingzhou was well-prepared. “You’re blaming me? It’s clearly because your version of the Arhat Fist was totally off-kilter! Just wait, I’ll write a letter recommending you to join the Hanging Monastery!”

With Lu Yang’s talents, he was qualified to join the Hanging Monastery, or perhaps, it was possible the Hanging Monastery would even warmly welcome him with open arms. After all, they can’t find a second person whose talent in spells is comparable to Big Senior Sister’s.

“Lu Yang, are you planning to become a monk?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was reluctant to see him go.

“No, the Dao-Seeking Sect is my home. I’m not going anywhere!” Lu Yang made his stance clear. I’ll live as a member of the Dao-Seeking Sect and die as a ghost of the Dao-Seeking Sect.

“Look! The lotus flowers are about to bloom!” someone shouted, attracting everyone’s attention.

The Twin Lotus Flower blossomed, releasing a refreshing fragrance that incited a frenzy as everyone rushed to seize it.

With the roar of a tiger, the White Tiger Holy Son acted first. A “王” character slowly appeared on his forehead.[4] White fur sprouted on his cheeks, and his pupils turned vertical, resembling a tiger.

“The Twin Lotus Flower is mine! No one else can take it!” He roared, moving as fast as the wind.

“You think it’s yours just because you say it is? Arhat Fist!” Meng Jingzhou attacked with the Arhat Fist. His countenance was wreathed in a compassion that bemoaned the pitiful state of mankind. One couldn’t execute such a fist technique without at least twenty years of experience as a monk.

The punch was absurdly heavy, pounding the White Tiger Holy Son into a daze and sending him crashing into the mud. This was the first time he failed when challenging an opponent beyond his level. All his battles were against opponents at a higher level, and he easily defeated Advanced Foundation Establishment cultivators despite being only at the Intermediate Foundation Establishment Stage.

I didn’t expect I’d lose this time.

“As I thought, you’re a monk!” An Ke affirmed her earlier conjecture.

“You are the monk!” Meng Jingzhou snapped back.

“Bald, Arhat Fist—yet you say you’re not a monk?”

1. As mentioned in an earlier chapter (CH66), the Sixiang refers to the four divine beasts. ☜

2. The name sounds exactly like the phrase which means cutting oneself away from the mundane world and worldly affairs. ☜

3. The Baima Temple in Luoyang is one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China. ☜

4. It’s quite common in drawings of tigers by Chinese artists. ☜