Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)

The outside world buzzed with activity, everyone making preparations for the impending removal of the World Seal.

In contrast, it was completely silent in Lu Yang’s cave abode. He sat upon a straw cushion, pondering what kind of Dao Fruit could help Yun Zhi break free from her Dao Union state.

“Immortal Fairy, do you have any ideas?” Lu Yang noticed that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy wasn’t plagued by worry like himself. She remained as cheerful as ever, as though she had already come up with a solution.

“Of course, I do.”

Lu Yang’s eyes lit up. As I thought, the Immortal Fairy can be counted on at critical moments. “What idea is it?”

“Once this immortal advances to the ‘Omniscience’ realm, no answer will escape me. Solving Lass Yun’s problem will be a piece of cake.”

Lu Yang was speechless. On second thought, the Immortal Fairy’s moments of reliability are few and far between. It’s better to count on myself.

As long as Lu Yang wished, he could condense an Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit at any moment and become the strongest half-immortal. But the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit was clearly not his path.

As for the other existing Incipient Dao Fruits, such as Yin-Yang, Space, and so on, he could likely condense them if he put in the effort, but they would be equally useless in resolving Yun Zhi’s predicament.

“Observing different Incipient Dao Fruits may spark new ideas,” Lu Yang mused. Only by thinking and observing more can I find new inspiration.

I’m already very familiar with the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit, so there’s no need to observe that. Should I pay a visit to Senior Ao Ling next?

Suddenly, Lu Yang paused. There seems to be another Incipient Dao Fruit beside me.

He drew the Qingfeng Sword and retrieved the sapling and the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit from its small world.

After the Qilin Immortal obtained the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had taken it from him out of curiosity. Before she could return it, Yao Sheng had attacked.

The Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit naturally fell into Lu Yang’s hands. With so much happening afterward, even he had forgotten it was still in his possession.

Is this what resides within Junior Brother Li?

With that thought, Lu Yang slowly closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, emptied his spirit platform, and entered a self-forgetting state.

It was as though the world had turned into a white expanse, with nothing but this Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit growing from this sapling.

Scenes from the past flashed through Lu Yang’s mind, his memories rewinding steadily from his experiences at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage to the Void Refinement Stage, then to the Divine Transfiguration Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Golden Core Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Qi Training Stage, all the way back to before he entered the Dao-Seeking Sect... and even to his life before transmigrating.

Gradually, lines began to form in this blank world. They were chaotic at first, revealing nothing. But when Lu Yang’s recollections reached the period before his transmigration, the tangled lines began to take shape, forming a rough silhouette of Lu Yang.

The blank world shattered. Lu Yang’s eyes snapped open, and he gasped for breath, as though he had been holding his breath throughout an endless marathon, only for the accumulated exhaustion to crash over him all at once now that it was over.

“Xiao Yangzi, are you alright?” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy asked in concern. She had been monitoring his condition closely.

Lu Yang waved a hand to reassure her. He was still too weary to speak.

After a long while, Lu Yang finally recovered and shared his findings. “Not only am I fine, but I also feel a connection with this Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit. With just a single thought, I can claim it as my own.”

“This means you can wield the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was surprised. Xiao Yangzi is so quick to master it.

Lu Yang analyzed the matter. Mastering it so rapidly can’t be explained by comprehension alone. “Perhaps it has to do with my experiences outside the Box World. I died once out there. That’s equivalent to having undergone a cycle of reincarnation, which happens to align with the essence of the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit.”

“So are you going to become a half-immortal with the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit?”

Lu Yang shook his head. Possessing the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit will simply allow me to be reincarnated after death. This is not the outcome I need.

Yet he had a faint premonition that the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit would somehow be connected to his becoming a half-immortal.

In a flash, more than ten days slipped by.

The doors of Lu Yang’s cave abode swung open. Between two large trees at the entrance hung a hammock, in which Yun Mengmeng lay fast asleep.

As soon as she heard the noise from the doors, she rocked the hammock, spun through the air, and landed before Lu Yang.

“Second-in-Command, you’re done with your seclusion?”

Lu Yang shook his head. “No. I got tired from the seclusion and stepped out for a break.”

“Ah? You can take breaks during seclusion?” Yun Mengmeng had never been in seclusion and was unfamiliar with such matters.

“Sister Mengmeng, can you walk with me around the sect?”

“Sure.”

As they descended the mountain together, Lu Yang found it puzzling that the sect was unusually quiet compared to usual. “Where is everyone in the sect?”

Yun Mengmeng pointed toward the sect’s entrance gates. “Today is the day for recruiting new disciples. Everyone’s there keeping order.”

“It’s the second day of the second month again, huh?” A wave of nostalgia came over Lu Yang. Back then, I was young and inexperienced. I had boarded Old Meng’s carriage and discussed ways to cheat right in front of Big Senior Sister. How many years have passed since then?

The two arrived at the entrance. The first trial was still a test of spirit root, and Dai Bufan was still seated at the front conducting the assessments.

The only difference from when Lu Yang had taken the test was the staggering number of young hopefuls wishing to join the Dao-Seeking Sect. The crowd was more than twice as large.

“Look! Isn’t that Lu Yang?!”

A young boy near the front of the line pointed at Lu Yang excitedly.

The reason so many had flocked to the Dao-Seeking Sect was precisely the fame of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou. These two prodigies shone brilliantly. Though they were young, their experiences were far more colorful than the entire lifetimes of many veteran Transcendent Tribulation cultivators.

“Where? Where?”

“Right there at the bamboo grove entrance. Look!”

“It really is him!”

“Who’s that standing next to Lu Yang? She’s so pretty! Why have I never heard of her?”

“No idea.”

The orderly queue of boys and girls grew restless, and Lu Yang instantly became the center of attention. Dai Bufan was forced to step in and restore order, but not before shooting a glare back at Lu Yang.

Although Lu Yang hadn’t done anything wrong, the glare from Dai Bufan made him feel guilty. He retreated into the bamboo grove, out of sight of the young aspirants.

“Senior Brother.”

“Senior Brother Lu.”

“Junior Sister Tao, Junior Brother Li, you’re here to help organize the entrance trials?” Lu Yang cupped his fists and greeted them with a smile.

“Yes. Senior Brother Dai said he was short on reliable helpers and asked us to lend a hand,” Li Haoran replied with a smile.

“Senior Brother Lu, it’s been so long since we last met.” Tao Yaoye’s tone carried a faint trace of reproach, especially when she saw Yun Mengmeng standing so close to Lu Yang.

“I’ve been swamped with matters lately. I genuinely haven’t had the time,” Lu Yang explained with an apologetic smile.

As they chatted, Lu Yang periodically glanced toward the young hopefuls to check how the trials were progressing.

Noticing Lu Yang’s gaze, Tao Yaoye remarked with a sigh, “It’s easy to remember when we were the ones participating in the trials, isn’t it?”

“Indeed.” Li Haoran echoed the sentiment.

Once, they had all been nobodies. In the blink of an eye, so many years had passed, and they had become renowned figures whose names spread far and wide.

Lu Yang froze at those words, as though the clouds had parted and the sun had emerged. My previous understanding of reincarnation had been far too narrow. With Li Haoran as an example, I had believed that only a person’s rebirth counted as reincarnation.

But when similar events unfold time and again, is that not also a form of reincarnation?