Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Lu Yang felt that he had undertaken too many matters. After all, he was just at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

By rights, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who knows many ancient secrets should be able to use them to glean various opportunities.

For example, if a certain ancient race lost its inheritance, Lu Yang could casually reveal the location of it, allowing the ancient race to reclaim their heritage, and in return, they would be deeply thankful to him, even offering their holy maiden as his wife.

Or he could enter an ancient secret realm where others risked their lives to overcome challenges, but he, knowing the underlying principles, could casually acquire the final reward, leaving all geniuses dumbfounded.

Otherwise, he could attend an auction where a piece of treasure that everyone overlooked and was about to go unsold, only he knew that it was a precious treasure from the ancient times, and he could buy it at a low price.

However, Lu Yang didn’t stumble upon any of such opportunities.

Lu Yang felt that knowing loads of ancient secrets held no value to him, as none of them could be utilized.

Lu Yang pondered over this, wondering where the problem lay.

…

With the Phoenix Blood Stone matter coming to an end after a night of hassle, the most significant achievement had been inadvertently crushing the schemes of the Nine Nether Sect, and also Li Haoran had learned that Su Yiren was a Body Cultivator.

When Li Haoran’s parents woke up, they stared at the bottomless pit in the courtyard and fell into deep thought.

Everything was fine before they went to sleep. They were amazed at how a large pit appeared after they woke up.

Su Yiren, worried that the commotion at night would wake up Li Haoran’s parents and Qin Yanyan, cast an Array Method that isolated the outside noise.

The encounter between Su Yiren and the Old Phoenix last night was not a quiet affair. Only Li Haoran’s family hadn’t heard it, but everyone else in Luofeng County did.

The County Magistrate had to publicly declare that he was conducting underground work at night and apologizes for the inconvenience due to the uncontrolled force.

He certainly couldn’t say that as the County Magistrate, he was incompetent and his position had been taken advantage of by the Nine Nether Sect. If it weren’t for Su Yiren’s presence, everyone would have been doomed.

If he admitted to that, he would have to resign from the position of the County Magistrate.

Lu Yang briefly explained the situation of the previous night to his parents, omitting the Phoenix Blood Stone, County Magistrate, Sect Leader Mo, Nine Nether Sect, and Old Phoenix.

In a nutshell, nothing happened the previous night.

Qin Yanyan glared at Lu Yang who was making up stories. The reason her mother intervened which caused such a large hole to form, certainly meant that something significant had occurred the previous night.

However, she didn’t ask further in front of Li Haoran’s parents and let Lu Yang make up stories.

Li Haoran’s parents nodded, seeming not fully understanding. With Lu Yang’s assurance that he would fill the pit, they stopped asking about it.

A view into the pitch-black hole would reveal the Old Phoenix lying at the bottom.

According to Jiang Shan, the deceased old phoenix chose this place to be buried. As for the underlying story, he didn’t know about it.

“Senior Su, I feel…”

“Call me Yiren.” Su Yiren finally took the opportunity to correct Li Haoran’s form of address. She maintained a gentle tone that could make any hero fall for it. It was hard for anyone to associate her with the Body Cultivator from the night before.

Although Su Yiren was a Body Cultivator, she was nothing like the Third Elder whose muscular body exuded explosive power. Her body was well proportioned, meeting the public’s aesthetic standards, and she was more like a fitness enthusiast from Lu Yang’s previous life.

“Yi, Yi, Yiren…” Li Haoran stuttered.

“Yes.” Su Yiren chuckled.

“I think we might not…”

Just before the words “incompatible” was uttered, Su Yiren gently placed her forefinger on Li Haoran’s lips.

“Haoran, I understand it can be hard for you to accept this truth. We are both cultivators with long life spans. Let’s first try to accept each other and slowly adapt. If we truly are incompatible, you can propose to break up then. Okay?”

Li Haoran couldn’t muster the courage to refuse and subtly nodded.

Su Yiren smirked and let go of her hand. On the side, Qin Yanyan was stomping her foot in frustration.

Although Su Yiren’s finger lightly pressed on Li Haoran’s lips, only he knew how powerful that finger was, to the point that he couldn’t open his mouth.

However, even if Su Yiren hadn’t pressed his lips, he still would have wanted to give it a try with her.

Having achieved her goal for this visit, Su Yiren didn’t hang around. She worried that her over-enthusiasm might make Li Haoran uncomfortable. It would be better to keep some distance and give each other some space.

After spending a day with Qin Yanyan, Su Yiren left after dinner. Before she left, she secretly set up various array methods that benefitted Li Haoran’s parents and waved goodbye to Li Haoran, saying, “I’ll visit you when I have time.”

Another day passed, and Li Haoran performed his cultivation practices as usual for his parents, which included practicing punches and meditation.

But while he was cultivating, he noticed that something was wrong. The spiritual essence within his body was overflowing, his fingers and toes involuntarily stretched and curled up. This was a manifestation of an overflow of spiritual energy.

“Is it time to level up? That’s right, considering the time, it would be appropriate to advance now.” Li Haoran had encountered a similar situation before, during the Qi Refinement stage.

Currently, he was in the early stage of the Foundation Establishment stage. Due to soaking in lava for an extended period, his Foundation Establishment was over a month later than the others, including Lu Yang.

Among the top five of his generation, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had just entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment, Tao Yaoye and Man Gu had been in the mid-stage for a while, and Li Haoran was the slowest to progress.

Now he was finally catching up to their pace.

Li Haoran sent a message asking Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou to become his protectors during this cultivation period.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had woken up early, but were lazing around in bed. On hearing that their good brother was leveling up, they quickly got up and rushed to the courtyard to guard him.

Li Haoran sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, and a small whirlwind formed above his head, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy. There was a crackling sound inside his body as if he was refining his body through refining, making his blood vessels, meridians, acupoints, and organs more rigid.

His body became bright red, like a piece of hot iron. His sweat evaporated with a sizzling sound as it came into contact with his skin. Fortunately, this change didn’t last long. He suppressed a hum, his power surged, and he successfully ascended to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment after completing a large Zhou Tian cycle.

Upon entering the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, a surge of memories he had never experienced before appeared in his mind, feeling incredibly familiar, as if he had experienced it personally.

“Hmm?”

He slowly opened his eyes, looking puzzled.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Yang asked, concerned. He thought that there might be a hiccup in his cultivation.

“My previous life… seems to have been the master of the Nine Nether Sect.”

Li Haoran’s tone was full of uncertainty.

“What?”