Chapter 159: Finally Found the One Who Sold the Fake Exam Questions Back Then
After Lu Yang returned to the sect, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy occupied his body again to handle the affairs of the sect. There was no lack of matters to deal with in the sect every day, but the Five-Elements Sect’s visit took precedence. Now that the tasks had been assigned, it was time to address the normal issues.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy sat on the sect leader’s seat, her heart filled with elation. “Let me see what matters require my decision.
“The Great Xia Dynasty has strongly condemned the Dao-Seeking Sect for building tombs anywhere they wish. First Elder of the Dao-Seeking Sect has built tombs outside the grounds of the sect numerous times, disrupting the archaeological work of the Great Xia Dynasty.”
An elaborate explanation followed, mentioning that an old farmer accidentally discovered a tomb. Subsequently, the court dispatched personnel to investigate. They thought that the tomb’s design and structure were reminiscent of the Great Yu Dynasty and that a Fusion cultivator had built it.
Along with constant archaeological efforts, the major discovery of items in the tomb revolutionized people’s perceptions of them. After extensive excavation, the Great Xia Dynasty finally unearthed the tomb—that was when they saw First Elder sleeping right inside the coffin.
In spite of all that effort, it was just a tomb that replicated the design from the Great Yu Dynasty, illegally built by First Elder. It infuriated the Great Xia Dynasty so much that their noses almost went askew.
“The husband-and-wife earthworm pair in the herb garden have divided themselves into two, and the resulting four earthworms each believe they are independent entities that shouldn't be tied down by their original relationship, so they want to get married at the same time. The males will be the husband and concubinus, while the females will be the wife and the concubine.[1] All four of them plan to hold a grand wedding ceremony in the herb garden.”
Gasp! The Everlasting Immortal Fairy leaned backward. Are all the earthworms now like this? They really know how to play! The earthworm tribe from ancient times never engaged in such things.
She cast aside the matter of the earthworms for the time being and read the other documents. “The Blue-Eyed Water Buffalo Tribe states that since the world is a perilous place nowadays, they may run into vicious people when returning home to visit their relatives. Therefore, they propose the invention of a ‘Third Elder Strength Pill’ so that they can summon Third Elder in critical moments to resolve the danger.”
Next one.
“The sect disciples are jointly recommending for Third Elder's actions to be restricted. Mountain peaks have owners, and he shouldn't move the peaks as he wishes just for exercise.”
Lu Yang had heard of this before. Third Elder liked to move mountains when tempering his body. One could turn a blind eye to him moving the mountains around, but the problem was that he would forget the original position of the peaks. Numerous disciples returned to the sect upon the completion of their missions, only to find their homes gone.
“Hmm? The Pill Cauldron Peak claims that they have discovered a method for long-distance communication.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy looked like she had chanced upon a treasure. I didn't expect them to possess such innovative prowess. In ancient times, only cultivation experts had the means to communicate regardless of distance, yet the Pill Cauldron Peak has already found a way to make it accessible to the masses?
The Pill Cauldron Peak had outlined the proposal they had in mind. “First, concoct two Lovesick Moon Pills.”
Lu Yang recalled that the ginseng doll had briefly introduced this item to him before. The Lovesick Moon Pill could allow a pair of lovers to overcome space and time to communicate with each other.
“Then, concoct two Gut-Wrenching Heartbreak Pills, which can force two people to fall in love with each other. When both people ingest the Gut-Wrenching Heartbreak Pill and the Lovesick Moon Pill, they will be able to communicate with each other across long distances.
“After they have finished communicating, they can consume the Love-Forgetting Potion, a potion in the preliminary phase of development at the Pill Cauldron Peak. It can negate the effects of the Gut-Wrenching Heartbreak Pill.”
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy, “...”
Lu Yang could only remark, “...What a maverick genius...”
There’s a reason the pill-concoction community doesn’t acknowledge the Pill Cauldron Peak. With how unbridled you are with your research methods, they would be the mavericks for recognizing you!
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The Everlasting Immortal Fairy wrote a uniform directive for all these issues: Reviewed.
“...And what’s your response?” Lu Yang grumbled.
“Well, I don’t know how to solve them.” A troubled expression plagued the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s visage. I’ve never been adept at solving problems, much less solving the Dao-Seeking Sect’s problems.
She had a different perspective. “Think about it. These issues aren’t very urgent. Once the three days have passed, it will be that lass Yun Zhi handling these problems again. I won’t have to worry about them anymore.”
Lu Yang found that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy did make a teeny bit of sense. “Immortal Fairy, are you forgetting one thing?”
“What?”
“Big Senior Sister has been standing behind us all this while.”
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy broke out in cold sweat. She felt as if a pair of frosty eyes bore into her, and she didn’t dare to turn around.
“Sect Leader, Meng Jingzhou is outside the door; he has something to report!” The owner of those frosty eyes said without a trace of emotion.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy shuddered, but she was slightly reassured upon remembering that she was now the sect leader. “Let him in.”
Then, she saw Meng Jingzhou furiously dragging someone in—it was none other than Eighth Elder.
Lu Yang quickly regained control of his body and propped up his legs. “Ah, it’s Little Meng.” He said in an affable manner, “Little Meng, don’t be afraid. Whatever problems you have met with, you can tell them all to me. As your elder, it’s only right to help out my junior.”
Meng Jingzhou’s eyes twitched. Lu Yang, you rascal! You’ve grown quite the guts. Just wait until I redeem the Sect Leader One-Day Experience voucher someday.
He had heard that Lu Yang could exchange for the voucher to become sect leader because he had found the Taciturn Daoist Priest, who had been missing for ten years. Since Lu Yang could do that, I can also seal the Taciturn Daoist Priest to prevent him from causing trouble in the outside world. Ridding the cultivation world of one scourge should earn me an enormous number of contribution points. However, it’s now not the time to bicker with Little Lu.
“I want to report Eighth Elder,” Meng Jingzhou declared with conviction as he demanded justice.
Eighth Elder tried to defend himself, thinking that Meng Jingzhou had some misunderstanding toward him. “Dear nephew, this is all a misunderstanding. I didn’t know it was you back then.”
“What’s wrong with Eighth Elder?” Lu Yang wasn’t very familiar with him.
“Do you still remember when we first met, I said that I had bought the Dao-Seeking Sect’s real exam questions?”
Lu Yang nodded; the matter left a deep impression. When I first got onto the carriage, Meng Jingzhou didn’t divulge that he had obtained the real questions. However, when Big Senior Sister boarded the carriage later, he was completely smitten and practically dug his own grave by admitting that he had gotten his hands on the real exam questions. We even discussed how to pass the tests right in front of Big Senior Sister. It was fortunate that she didn’t hold it against us.
Oh, that’s because we eventually learned that Meng Jingzhou did get the real questions, but they were from twenty years ago.
Meng Jingzhou pointed at Eighth Elder. “It was him! Back then, he patted his chest and swore that these were real questions, swindling me out of so many spirit stones!”
In an instant, Big Senior Sister, Lu Yang, and Meng Jingzhou had their eyes drilling holes into Eighth Elder.
Yun Zhi had long known about Eighth Elder’s character and suspected that it was his doing, but she simply didn’t have the evidence.
Eighth Elder was unperturbed. “You can’t say that. Aren’t the questions I sold you real? Do you know how many people wanted to buy this set of real questions from me twenty years ago? But I didn’t sell it to anyone!”
1. The original terms are literally “big husband” and “small husband” as well as “big wife” and “small wife,” where “small wife” refers to a concubine or mistress. ☜