Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Chapter 400: Chapter 399: Elder’s Consultation_1

Sky Gate Mountain, Elder’s Council.

Five elders circled Meng Jingzhou, marveling at his situation.

“Martial Nephew Meng has an interesting curse.”

“No kidding, I’ve lived for over two thousand years and this is the first time I’ve come across such a strange curse, even during my time in Wild State I didn’t encounter anything like this.”

“This curse isn’t really useful to Martial Nephew Meng, anyways, since he’s Single Body Spiritual Root, and this curse will automatically dissipate after a period of time.”

“Don’t worry Little Meng, you were wronged by Qiu Jin’an, I will definitely help you recover from this setback!”

“Good disciple, how are you feeling right now?”

“Witchcraft and curses originate from Wild State, Old Four, you are the only one among us who has been to Wild State and learned about curses, what do you think?”

Four elders, Meng Jingzhou, and Lu Yang all turned their heads to look at the Fourth Elder, who was idly fanning himself with a feather fan.”

Lu Yang recalled the information about Wild State.

Wild State is located on the west side of the Central Continent, adjacent to Liang State and Western Buddha Country. The area is prevalent with Witchcraft and Corpse Driving techniques. The people are rough and bold, holding onto ancient traditions. It is also the hometown of the Man Gu.

Fourth Elder showed a troubled expression: “After I was cursed, I did study some curse arts for a while; for example, I can see that only by breaking his Golden Core to reach Nascent and becoming a Nascent Soul could Meng Jingzhou possibly untangle the causality backlash. However, that’s purely a possibility. If even reaching the Nascent Soul stage couldn’t untangle it, then he would have to wait until he reaches the Spirit Transformation Stage. The moment he breaks through to the Spirit Transformation Stage, the curse would surely be untangled.”

Upon hearing this, Meng Jingzhou turned pale.

If it was only reaching the Nascent Soul stage that would still be manageable, but the Spirit Transformation Stage… How many years would it take him to cultivate to that point?

“I can dispel some simple curses, the ones involving relatively shallow factors. For example, a few of you are cursed on a daily basis, all of which I have dispelled. But the level of curse on Martial Nephew Meng is too high, beyond my cultivation level to dispel.”

“If I could reach the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, I would be confident in handling this.”

Uncle Ba rolled his eyes: “You reaching the Transcendance Tribulation Stage? Get in line. Is your Cultivation progression faster than elder brother’s or Old Nine’s?”

Fourth Elder shrugged: “In that case, I have no other solutions. Wait, can we ask Master for help?”

Seventh Elder didn’t think it was a good idea: “Although Master is in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, he doesn’t know anything about curses. Besides, he’s currently suppressing Captive Peak and can’t be distracted.”

“Disciple, why don’t you direct the Single Curse fist sequence at Elder Two again? Maybe two rounds of backlash can cancel each other out?”

Meng Jingzhou shook his head quickly. This was a joke. Was that called a backlash cancellation? It would be a backlash accumulation!

“Actually, Martial Nephew Meng, there’s no need to worry too much. Your curse isn’t as severe as you think,” Fourth Elder comforted him.

“Could the Fourth Elder explain further?”

“The causality backlash affects both you and Qiu Jin’an, so it’s divided in half. You bear half, and Qiu Jin’an bears half. Dealing with only half the causality backlash is easier than dealing with the full backlash.”

Meng Jingzhou’s eyes lit up: “Does that mean Fourth Elder has a solution?”

“Well, not exactly.”

Meng Jingzhou: “…”

“I have heard that Martial Nephew Li can regenerate his limbs. He uses the method of replacing all parts of the body to evade causality. Can this method be used on Martial Nephew Meng? For instance, can Seventh Elder concoct a medicament for limb regeneration and feed this to my disciple?”

Third Elder was referring to Li Haoran’s Regeneration Golden Core.

“The medicament for limb regeneration is indeed easy to concoct. It’s simply a matter of begging the Little Medicinal Kings for some root hairs. But the question is, would this method really work?”

Fourth Elder outrightly disapproved of the method: “While Li’s Regeneration Golden Core can indeed evade causality, the level of causality backlash in Meng is too high, it wouldn’t work.”

Uncle Ba suggested another method: “The Heavenly Strategy Sect is proficient in the art of causality. The location of our Seek Dao Sect was determined by the ancestors consulting the Heavenly Strategy Sect. They predicted that we would prosper for 120,000 years. They reasoned this out with such precision, their mastery of causality is unparalleled. The causality backlash should be within their capacity to handle, shouldn’t we try consulting them?”

Eighth Elder shook his head: “As far as I remember, Heavenly Strategy Sect, which originates from the ancient Imperial Shi Clan, is proficient in the art of causality. They can perform divination and fortune-telling, but they believe that causality cannot be eliminated, only transferred from one form to another. Therefore, they rarely interfere with the mortal world. Excessive intervention in the mundane world leads to causality attaching to themselves, thereby losing their power of divination.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I have also heard of this. I also heard that the Shi clan did not have a good reputation in ancient times. They often used the power of divination to plot for wealth and harm lives, disturbing the order of the world and seizing the opportunity to break through.”

“Later, the Shi clan offended an unknown Great Power, who severely damaged the Shi clan. The Shi clan never recovered after this hit. The Shi clan wished to retaliate, but that Great Power ascended to immortality. Fearful of drawing the attention of this ancient Immortal, the Shi clan commanded a clanwide seclusion, ordering all clansmen to stay away from mundane affairs. Inflicting mundane causality will attract great terror.”

“The Heavenly Strategy Sect inherited the Shi clan after this calamity and became a recluse sect.”

“Asking the Heavenly Strategy Sect for help would probably result in changing Martial Nephew Meng’s inability to see women to an inability to see men.”

“How about casting another curse on Martial Nephew Meng, a curse causing him to be bombarded with romantic troubles every day? Wouldn’t the two kinds of curses counteract each other then?”

“It seems like a potential solution, who knows how to cast curses? Old Four, can you?”

Fourth Elder rolled his eyes, thinking that his Brothers were expecting too much from him, “I don’t know how. I learnt how to break curses, not how to curse people. If I knew how to cast a romantic troubles curse, I would have cursed myself first.”

“Why would a dignified Confucian cultivator like you want to get involved with this romantic troubles curse stuff?”

“To emulate gentlemen of old, maintaining unadulterated thoughts amidst temptation, tempering a gentleman’s disposition.”

“This is the same excuse given by all gentlemen who go to brothels.”

“They’re copying me.”

“Does anybody know the Descending Head Technique practiced in the vast ocean of the East Sea? It’s somewhat similar to a curse, it might be a possible solution.”

“Old Eight, you’ve been to the East Sea, haven’t you? Have you learnt it?”

“No, I was being chased by the Sea Clan the entire time, I didn’t have the time to learn the Descending Head Technique.”

The Elders were having a meeting to discuss the curse on Meng Jingzhou while Lu Yang continued to seek help from the ancient Immortal in his Spiritual Space.

Logically speaking, with an ancient Immortal as his trump card, and that being likely one of the strongest among ancient Immortals, the ancient Immortal should have a solution to any difficulty he encounters.

“Fairy, do you have any other solutions?”

“Yes.”

“What is it?”

“As the saying goes, ‘when the body dies, the way ends; without life there is no causality.’ As long as you die once, causality naturally disappears,” Fairy Eternity cheerfully proposed her thoroughly thought-out plan.

Lu Yang felt that given Meng Jingzhou’s intelligence, he most likely wouldn’t agree with this approach.

Fairy Eternity was dissatisfied with Lu Yang’s attitude. She often used this method to avoid causality, and it had been effective every time.

The more Meng Jingzhou listened to the Elders’ discussions, the more he felt that their methods were unreliable. It’s better for him to help himself: “How about I take a trip to Wild State? Maybe I can find a solution there?”

“That sounds like a feasible solution.”