Chapter 1055: An Immortal Knows When to Bend and When to Stand
Yun Mengmeng recalled Lu Yang’s actions over the years. Wherever he went, trouble followed.
When the Second-in-Command returns to the sect, the sect is safe and sound.
“Wait, that’s not right. I’ve heard our sect also had its share of incidents. Great Yu’s Second Imperial Preceptor and the Myriad Spells Daoist Lord had infiltrated our sect. Is our sect’s fate profile not tough enough either?” Yun Mengmeng had heard Yun Zhi mention these two events.
“They were just two half-immortals who didn’t know their place. How could you call those incidents?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy dismissed the two half-immortals with contempt. The former couldn’t defeat the Fourth-in-Command, and the latter couldn’t defeat the Vast Sea Daoist Lord. They couldn’t stir up any real waves at all.
“That does seem to be the case.” Loyal and devoted, Yun Mengmeng believed whatever the First-in-Command said.
“Second-in-Command, what are you thinking about?” Yun Mengmeng noticed that Lu Yang seemed lost in thought and hadn’t said a word the entire time.
Lu Yang snapped back to his senses. “I was thinking about the great matter of how I, the almighty Tofu Heavenly Sovereign, thwarted Great Qian’s schemes and saved Xitian Temple. Isn’t it too inefficient to spread the news only through gossip and storytelling?
“Furthermore, the cultivation world is ever-changing, with major events constantly occurring. The common people have no official channel to learn about them. This does nothing to broaden the public’s knowledge.”
Yun Mengmeng blinked, waiting for Lu Yang to reveal his answer. She was tempted to say, “Second-in-Command, before you appeared, the cultivation world seemed to have far fewer upheavals,” but saying so now would likely ruin the mood.
“Have you ever heard of ‘newspapers?’ Hmm, it’s a kind of paper that records recent events in the cultivation world.” Lu Yang tried to explain the concept of newspapers to Yun Mengmeng as simply as possible.
“But aren’t many people illiterate?” Yun Mengmeng questioned.
“That’s not a problem. We can add recitation arrays to the newspapers.”
“But the cultivation world is so huge. Wouldn’t distributing newspapers everywhere take a lot of time?”
“We can ask the Vast Sea Daoist Lord to assist us in setting up a few spatial passages.”
The more Lu Yang spoke, the more feasible the method seemed. He immediately set off, dragging Yun Mengmeng along to find the Vast Sea Daoist Lord.
Unfortunately, the Vast Sea Daoist Lord wasn’t in the sect. According to the Innate Daoist Priest’s guess, he had gone to the East Sea to spend some intimate time with his old flame Ao Ya.
In fact, even without the Innate Daoist Priest’s speculation, Lu Yang also thought that the Vast Sea Daoist Lord had gone to the East Sea to visit his old flame.
With Yun Mengmeng leading the way, the two traveled unimpeded, racing across the surface of the East Sea’s water bodies. No eyeless seafolk emerged to block them, claiming this was their territory and that flying was forbidden.
It was Yun Mengmeng’s first time at the East Sea Dragon Palace. The sight of shrimp soldiers and crab generals made her drool. Despite not knowing what she was thinking, the shrimps and crabs felt an inexplicable terror grow in their hearts.
Ao Ling wasn’t in the East Sea. The Old Dragon Emperor knew that Lu Yang was an honored guest of Ao Ling and received him warmly.
With the Old Dragon Emperor’s help, Lu Yang waited two full days before the Vast Sea Daoist Lord finally emerged from Ao Ya’s bedroom. He was unsteady on his feet and leaned against the wall for support.
Seeing it was Lu Yang, the Vast Sea Daoist Lord tried his best to straighten his back and put on a stern expression.
Lu Yang pretended not to know what the Vast Sea Daoist Lord had been up to and explained the purpose of his visit. Recognizing it as a matter that benefited the populace, the Vast Sea Daoist Lord readily agreed.
“Establishing spatial passages is easy, and paper is no problem either.” The Great Xia didn’t lack paper. The imperial court had dedicated papermaking institutions that didn’t require cultivators; mortals could handle it.
“The issue is, how do you plan to mass-produce newspapers? Using printing techniques? And how will you duplicate the sound?”
“I can do that!” Yun Mengmeng excitedly raised her hand and pulled out a row of evenly spaced writing brushes from her storage ring.
“When I was little, Granny punished me by making me copy books. This is what I used. It increased my speed tenfold!” This is a good treasure that has accompanied me through my blissful childhood.
Lu Yang already had a solution. “Great Yu’s Imperial Preceptor, Guan Shanhai, possesses the Imprint Dao Fruit. With his abilities, copying mere newspapers shouldn’t be a problem.
“Letting him regain full control of the Imprint Dao Fruit would be a little dangerous. However, since he could comprehend it, he must be proficient in such techniques. We’ll give him a tiny bit of spirit energy and let him use spells to duplicate things.
“Guan Shanhai has nothing to do all day at Incarceration Peak. Our sect was worried he might be lonely, so we specially brought in a group of prisoners to keep him company. It’s time he contributed to the sect.”
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord looked at Lu Yang with an odd expression. Has our sect really treated Guan Shanhai that well? Why have I heard that there are still some things he hasn’t come clean about, and that Yun Zhi gives him a beating from time to time?
“Founding Ancestor, please go ahead with your business then. Oh, by the way, if you’re deficient in yang energy, I suggest you train Old Meng more. His blood contains abundant yang energy. The only issue is that his cultivation is too low. Once his cultivation rises, your problem will be solved.” As a close friend, Lu Yang didn’t forget to put in a good word for Meng Jingzhou before the Vast Sea Daoist Lord.
“That’s true.” The Vast Sea Daoist Lord’s eyes lit up. I’ve been urging Pill Cauldron Peak to concoct pills every day. How had I forgotten about that Meng boy?
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord immediately opened a spatial passage and brought Lu Yang and Yun Mengmeng back to the Dao-Seeking Sect.
Upon arriving at the sect, he went straight to find Meng Jingzhou and see how his cultivation was progressing.
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On the other hand, Lu Yang and Yun Mengmeng headed to Incarceration Peak. The moment they entered, they heard a group of prisoners engaged in a heated discussion.
“Hey, hey, hey, how can you write this section of the cultivation manual like this? At best, it’ll only reach the Basic Transcendent Tribulation Stage.”
“The cultivation manual should be written according to this old man’s version. I guarantee it’ll reach the Intermediate Transcendent Tribulation Stage.
“Is your cultivation technique even compatible with Mo Xiaochou’s constitution? Why must he listen to you?”
“That’s simple enough. Once he gets out and takes the medicine according to my method, I guarantee it’ll elevate his constitution to the next level.”
Never in his lifetime had Mo Xiaochou imagined that he would be surrounded by a group of Transcendent Tribulation cultivators discussing how to help him cultivate. No, not just Transcendent Tribulation cultivators, but even half-immortals.
At the far end of Incarceration Peak was the legendary immortal. The immortal rarely spoke, but when he did, his words were like a hammer that held the power to settle any dispute.
Suddenly, all the prisoners fell silent simultaneously. Although Lu Yang hadn’t entered yet, they all had a premonition that he was coming.
Sure enough, Lu Yang appeared at Incarceration Peak again.
“Kid, why are you here again?” The Grand-Shifu was taken aback. Didn’t he just come a few days ago? Has the rate of arrests now increased to a daily basis?
“I’m here to see Guan Shanhai.”
“Oh, walk straight to the end. That’s him.” The Grand-Shifu trusted Lu Yang deeply, not even asking what he wanted.
Lu Yang and Yun Mengmeng made their way to the end and saw Guan Shanhai, now reduced to a captive.
“Young child Lu, what do you want with me?” Guan Shanhai asked.
Without hiding anything, Lu Yang explained his idea.
Guan Shanhai let out a cold snort, his gaze sharp. Rising to his feet, he stared intently into Lu Yang’s eyes.
“Do you know that if my Imprint Dao Fruit is cultivated to the extreme, it can be used to create worlds? Under its influence, the people created wouldn’t even know how they came to be!
“But now you want me to use the Imprint Dao Fruit for such a trivial matter? Where will that leave the dignity of an immortal?!”
Lu Yang earnestly said, “Then shall I ask Big Senior Sister to have a word with you instead?
“But then again, helping others and benefiting the people won’t diminish an immortal’s dignity.”
