Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)

Chapter 1119: Great Dou Sword Technique

“This immortal clearly said ‘Great Dou Sword Technique’!” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy protested with a pout, though her spirits seemed to have improved considerably.

Lu Yang chose to ignore the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. He stretched lazily, feeling that he had been in seclusion for a long time and was mentally exhausted. Still, finally creating my own sword technique is something worth celebrating.

I wonder how much time has passed.

He pushed open the cave abode door and found the Dragon and Phoenix ancestors still playing Five in a Row, Yun Mengmeng still baking cookies, and Jin Caiwei still studying recording orbs.

“I was in seclusion for quite a while... right?”

The unchanging scene outside his cave abode made Lu Yang doubt that he had even gone into seclusion at all.

“Never mind, it’s not important. Time to find Old Meng!”

Old Meng had come to show off before him. It’s now time to return the favor.

Grabbing a handful of freshly baked cookies, Lu Yang set off excitedly to look for Meng Jingzhou.

The only issue was the Everlasting Immortal’s incessant whispering of “Great Dou Sword Technique” in his mental space, which was slightly distracting.

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Outside Meng Jingzhou’s cave abode, the old horse was standing upright on his hind legs, setting up drying racks and placing bundles of high-quality hay over them.

Although he could quickly dry hay with true fire, the resulting hay would lack flavor and the scent of nature, making it inferior to naturally sun-dried and moon-dried hay.

“Old Meng’s still in seclusion?” Lu Yang noticed that the door to Meng Jingzhou’s cave abode was tightly shut, with only the old horse standing up to hang hay. This sight was somewhat eerie from a distance.

“Let me help you.” Dusting off the cookie crumbs from his hands, Lu Yang helped the old horse set up drying racks and hang the hay.

When Meng Jingzhou emerged from seclusion, he found there was barely room to stand outside his door. The place was filled with drying racks.

“Oh ho, you’re finally out.” Lu Yang casually waved the Qingfeng Sword. The timing was perfect; he had just finished helping the old horse hang the hay.

“Taking the initiative to find me? Looks like you’ve created a technique too.” Meng Jingzhou could guess the outcome from Lu Yang’s smug expression without needing him to say anything.

“It just so happens that I have created the second layer of my I Alone Am Honored Fist—the Nine Earths Realm!”

Meng Jingzhou felt that the Nine-Layers Immortal’s Numbers Immortal Art was really useful. From names of fist techniques to realms, I can find all of them within the manual and use them directly.

“Let’s fight!”

“Bring it on!”

Being kind-hearted souls, the two chose not to fight at the cave abode entrance, lest they damage the old horse’s drying hay. Instead, they went somewhere farther away.

Meng Jingzhou inhaled two deep breaths, his mental state as tranquil as an ancient well. He looked down on Lu Yang with a gaze that suggested that all the heroes in the world were nothing special.

“I Alone Am Honored!”

His fists turned golden once again, wreaking havoc in all ten directions. Even famed prodigies whose names would be recorded in history were no match for him. In fact, even Lu Yang could feel the pressure.

Lu Yang turned pressure into motivation. He performed unprecedented sword moves, with sword qi like rainbows, dazzling, resplendent, indomitable, and indestructible. Sword rays interwove, forming a terrifying, impenetrable net that closed in on Meng Jingzhou.

“Good strike!”

Meng Jingzhou’s muscles bulged. Beads of sweat the size of beans emerged and quickly evaporated into mist. Using an unknown set of footwork, he pressed forward relentlessly, his baleful fists transforming into fist seals, clashing with Lu Yang’s net in a fight to the bitter end.

He punched vigorously, shattering thousands of sword rays.

“What a powerful sword technique. What is it called?”

Lu Yang blurted out, “Great Dou Sword Technique!”

Right after the words left his mouth, he realized something was amiss. Since emerging from seclusion, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had been whispering “Great Dou Sword Technique” in his ear. Although he had tried his best not to think of those four words, they became his instinctive answer.

Inside the mental space, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy cheered. Xiao Yangzi truly thinks my name is better.

As a scribe, Qing He dutifully recorded everything in writing.

According to The Book of Dou: Annals of the Emperors, when Douling Emperor Lu Yang first created his sword technique, the Dou Heavenly Emperor praised his skill and bestowed upon it the name “Great Dou Sword Technique.” The Ling Emperor harbored doubts and did not dare accept it.

After a long period of contemplating the Heavenly Emperor’s intent, he finally comprehended that the name bestowed by the Heavenly Emperor perfectly matched the essence of his sword technique.

Thereupon enlightened, he changed his former opinion and followed the decree, naming it the “Great Dou Sword Technique.”

“No, wait, this technique is called the Everlasting Sword...”

“Great Dou Sword Technique—a fine name. Take this punch!” Meng Jingzhou gave Lu Yang no chance to explain, seizing the opportunity to push his fist technique to the ninth-layer realm.

Sword rays moved in unison, slashing toward Meng Jingzhou, shaking heaven and earth. Meng Jingzhou’s fists rained down, crushing the sword rays with overwhelming force.

“Cough, cough—” Faced with the ninth-layer fist technique, Lu Yang was clearly struggling. His newly comprehended Everlasting Sword Mantra was still immature compared to the I Alone Am Honored Fist, which had undergone rounds of tempering.

“Don’t think this means you’ve won. My sword technique has a total of twelve forms. I’ve only used the first!”

“If you’re so capable, use the remaining eleven forms of your sword technique!”

“If you’re so capable, use the remaining nine realms of your fist technique!”

The two glared at each other. All talk about the subsequent moves had been made up on the fly to keep up appearances. Neither of them could actually pull them off on the spot.

“Keep going!”

Meng Jingzhou’s eyes were like lightning. Despite facing the barrage of sword attacks, his expression didn’t change. Each of his punches shattered sword rays, even blasting away the Qingfeng Sword itself.

Terrifying shockwaves surged across heaven and earth like a tsunami, rushing in all directions.

The Everlasting Sword Mantra was too immature. Lu Yang soon fell into a disadvantage, forcing him onto the defensive.

He calmly pondered the flaws in the Everlasting Sword Mantra. It is an unparalleled sword technique forged from all my Sword Dao insights. But is this truly the best move I can comprehend?

No, that isn’t right. I shouldn’t confine myself to Sword Dao. The spells I excel in haven’t been integrated yet. This isn’t the best I can do yet.

At this thought, Lu Yang leveraged the force of Meng Jingzhou’s punch to leap far back. He tossed the Qingfeng Sword aside and faced Meng Jingzhou with bare hands.

Meng Jingzhou chuckled. Old Lu, don’t you think you’re too confident in your physical resilience? Sure, your body can match that of a Fusion cultivator, but that’s not enough to stand against me!

He saw no need to hold back against Lu Yang, and his I Alone Am Honored Fist grew even fiercer.

The moment they clashed, Meng Jingzhou noticed something strange about Lu Yang. The latter was enveloped in sword qi, and hitting him felt like being pricked by needles.

Do you think this is enough to make this young master back down?!

Meng Jingzhou’s golden fists grew even more brilliant, as if cast from gold, and were covered in runes. Shattering mountains and parting seas would be a walk in the park.

Lu Yang’s movements grew increasingly bizarre, seeming to have completely mastered and integrated his sword techniques. Meng Jingzhou felt as though he wasn’t fighting Lu Yang, but a sword.

“Oh no!” Meng Jingzhou suddenly realized what Lu Yang was trying to do, but couldn’t stop him.

“Qingfeng Sword Animal Form Fist!” Lu Yang performed the Animal Form Fist, transforming into the Qingfeng Sword.

Even if he could wield the Qingfeng Sword as if it were his arm, the sword was still an external object, not truly a part of him. But now, having transformed into the Qingfeng Sword, Lu Yang could fully unleash the power of the Everlasting Sword Mantra.

“Sword Person!” Meng Jingzhou helped name this move.

“Bullshit! This is called ‘Body as the Sword!’” Enraged, Lu Yang used his “head” to slash at Meng Jingzhou.

Faced with Lu Yang, who had taken the form of a sword, Meng Jingzhou felt immense pressure. This move was indeed terrifying. The sword technique’s power had risen to another level. He once again shifted from offense to defense, losing the upper hand.

Although the roles of attacker and defender had swapped, Meng Jingzhou wasn’t anxious. He reflected on where the problem lay. If Old Lu can temporarily elevate his sword technique’s power, there’s no reason I can’t do the same!

He had a faint feeling that he also hadn’t fully brought out the power of the I Alone Am Honored Fist.

That’s right. My mental state still falls short of “I Alone Am Honored,” always missing that final piece.

It’s precisely this missing piece that makes my fist technique lack that domineering aura.

At this thought, Meng Jingzhou inhaled two deep breaths. His expression shifted once more, as if a deity had descended, viewing all living beings as grass and weeds. He uttered the forbidden words passed down from ancient times.

“This esteemed one was born under the mandate of heaven. Anyone who defies this immortal shall be executed!”

Bang!

Meng Jingzhou’s fist technique suddenly acquired an inexplicable domineering aura, repelling Lu Yang.

Joy surged in Meng Jingzhou’s heart. As I thought, Immortals’ Quotes work! Just by reciting Immortals’ Quotes, even one’s aura can change!

Lu Yang, still a sword, charged forward again and became entangled with Meng Jingzhou.

Not far away, the old horse leaned against a tree, chewing on hay and watching Lu Yang, who was no longer a human, and Meng Jingzhou, who was uttering odd phrases.

Aren’t these two brothers’ fighting styles getting a bit too sinister?