Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Lu Yang held Qin Yuanhao’s storage ring, shaking his head regretfully after a few attempts.

“What a pity, only Qin Yuanhao can open this storage ring. It’s useless to us, forcibly opening it will only release the space inside the ring, then it’ll be hard to find again.”

“Let’s go to his house, maybe we will find something useful.” Lu Yang called the two to leave.

The ghoul that tricked Qin Yuanhao to come followed behind. Man Gu thought the ghoul did a good job, and decided to reward him with two mutton kebabs – theoretically, if the mutton kebab is grilled to char, the ghoul can eat it.

As for whether the ghoul eats the well-roasted mutton kebab or the charred mutton kebab, it needs to be proven by practice.

Qin Yuanhao’s house is devoid of many decorations, it feels really empty with a single person living in it, not very lively.

The three arrived at the training room, besides a jade statue, there were only two bookshelves filled with many secret cultivation methods.

The face of the jade statue was blurred, and it was dressed in a long robe, making it impossible to distinguish between man and woman.

“This should be the faith of the Eternity Sect, the Immortal Eternity.” Meng Jingzhou walked around the statue twice, the material of the statue was far superior to ordinary ones, but its semblance was far inferior.

Who doesn’t want their statues to look lifelike?

” ‘Diving Spell,’ ‘Introduction to Array Method,’ ‘Interpreting Sword Moves’… These are quite common cultivation methods, you can find them on the first floor of our Scripture Pavilion.” Lu Yang’s hand slid over the book spine; he loved this feeling.

‘”Common Ways to Please Your Boss,’ ‘Heart of People,’ ‘Playing Mind Games,’ what a mess.”

Lu Yang casually picked up a book titled ‘Common Ways to Please Your Boss’. The corners of the book were all curled, showing that Qin Yuanhao had flipped through it many times.

“Method one: Become the boss’s family member. Depending on your age and ability, you can aim to be the boss, or the boss’s child.”

Qin Yuanhao noted on the side: The Rudder Master never removes the mask, identity unknown, gender unknown, cannot approach, cannot marry.

“Method two: Present treasures. High-profile treasures will make the person presenting them appear high-profile, which is not likable. It’s recommended to give the boss low-profile yet expensive gifts.”

Qin Yuanhao noted on the side: Lent money to the Rudder Master to buy a jade chair, hope it works.

“Method three: Develop interests. Pay close attention to the boss’s interests and cultivate the same interests.”

Qin Yuanhao noted on the side: The Rudder Master likes fishing. I went fishing with the Rudder Master by the river, I caught more fish than the Rudder Master, hope the Rudder Master doesn’t envy my talent.

“Method four…”

“Method five…”

Qin Yuanhao really put a lot of effort into pleasing the Rudder Master, but the results are not great.

“It seems it’s not easy to get along within the demonic sects either.” Lu Yang said with a somewhat amused tone.

However, thanks to the notes made by Qin Yuanhao, Lu Yang gained a rough understanding of the Rudder Master and the various Managers.

“From the bottom to the top of the Yanjiang Rudder, the ranks are divided into ordinary disciples, Managers, and Rudder Master. The ordinary disciples are numerous, ranging from Qi Refinement to Foundation Establishment Stage, it’s hard for the ordinary disciples to access the secrets of the Eternity Sect.” “Only those at the Foundation Establishment Stage can become Managers via exams. There are twelve Managers in the entire Yanjiang Rudder, now that Qin Yuanhao is dead, only eleven remain.”

“The identity of the Rudder Master is unknown, Golden Core Stage Cultivator, exact cultivation level unknown, likes fishing.”

Besides that, they also found a scattering of Spirit Stones and a few magic skills that didn’t seem like those practiced by righteous practitioners, such as hypnosis and so on. That’s not worth mentioning.

“Let’s go, we have to prepare for the demonic sect test in nine days.”

On the boundary of Yanjiang County, a countless number of silent cultivators iweaved through the thick forests. The patchy rays of light shone on their emotionless faces, giving them an eerie look.

Each cultivator kept a considerable distance from each other, vigilant of everyone else, ready to strike at any signs of weakness, in a bid to eliminate competition.

They were all individuals from the Demon Path who had found out about the testing location through various sources, and rushed towards Yanjiang Rudder ahead of time.

With the crackdown by the Righteous Path, the survival space for these individuals continually shrunk. To garner more resources, it was necessary to join a larger organization, and Yanjiang Rudder was their prime target.

In the past, one had to bribe a manager for a recommendation to join the demonic sect.

This time was different; everyone had a chance. It was an unprecedented once- in-thirty-years golden opportunity to join the demonic sect.

An hour before the testing started, the individuals from the Demon Path had mostly arrived.

“Quick, look! Is that Chi Xulong? The one that massacred an entire family overnight, sparing not even a rat, and boldly walked away under everyone’s watchful eye!”

A muscular man held an unidentified demon beast’s leg bone, looked like a savage, his skin bronze, muscles protruding, both arms covered in scars, as he revealed his wolf-like teeth.

Chi Xulong had a high reputation among the Demon Path’s cultivators for his arrogant and domineering actions, surviving countless bouts of killing, with tales of him even leveling up during fights, truly a man who becomes stronger the more he fights, undying in all battles.

“Chi Xulong, never thought I’d see you here,” a scholarly man with a fair complexion teased Chi Xulong while shaking a paper fan.

Chi Xulong snorted coldly, “Heh, Shen Jinyi, you’re a teacher. Why’d you leave your academy to come here? There’s no one here in need of your teaching!” “What?! Is he Shen Jinyi, who specializes in teaching people how to murder efficiently through his academy?!” Hearing Chi Xulong call the scholarly man Shen Jinyi, someone exclaimed and distanced themselves a bit more.

Shen Jinyi indeed was a teacher, but he taught not the classics of Confucian Cultivators, but the efficient methods of covert assassinations.

He had trained countless assassins and was a dreaded figure among the Demon Path’s cultivators.

Despite Shen Jinyi’s laissez-faire appearance, in reality, if anyone dared to anger him, they would die without knowing how!

“Assassins? Nothing more than a bunch of cowards who dare not show their faces.” A swordsman, carrying a broadsword as tall as a man, cornered his mouth into a cold smile, not giving any regard to the assassin Shen Jinyi.

Just as Shen Jinyi was about to retort, he saw the swordsman’s face and swallowed his words, only muttering the name ‘One Foot Red’ through gritted teeth.

‘What’s your grandpa’s name?¹ One Foot Red mocks Shen Jinyi’s murderous gaze, spits disdainfully.

Some from Demon Path’s cultivators widened their eyes, the people who had arrived were notorious: “That’s One Foot Red, the man who will draw blood within one foot! Rumor says he is invincible in hand-to-hand combat, and even Half Step Golden Core experts don’t dare confront him directly.”

Besides these three, several other well-known criminals had also arrived. They were on the government office’s wanted list, but no one dared to touch them, fearing revenge.

These criminals gathered together, and others with lower cultivation levels, stood far away, not even daring to talk loudly.

Suddenly, the arrival of three men grabbed everyone’s attention. One man in the center carried a sword, the man on his left seemed to be a Confucian Cultivator holding a classic book, and the man on his right bore a bright smile, looking like a madman.

The three men were silent, staring straight ahead, ignoring all the Demon Path cultivators, their aura tremendously powerful.

“Who’s that? Do you recognize him?”

“No, I don’t, but they seem to be pretty important.”

The trio walked straight through the crowd to the front, talking of something related to an “Immortal Eternity,” then proceeded to open the stone wall. It looked as if they were bringing out tables and chairs from the other side of the stone wall, but actually, they were taking them out of a jade pendant.

Chi Xulong and others speculated, “Being able to open the stone wall, they seem to be from the demonic sect.”

After settling down, the man carrying the sword cleared his throat, drawing everyone’s attention.

He spoke loudly, “I am Lu Yang, and these two are Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu. We three are the judges for this selection process. The selection for the Eternity Sect will begin now. Line up and report your personal information.”