Who Let Him Cultivate?!

The breathtakingly beautiful female immortal carried her basket of vegetables down the bustling street; oddly enough, bystanders looked the other way, as if they couldn't see the stunning immortal at all.

Recalling the intelligence she had just gathered, the female immortal was distracted and gradually became panicked.

"A mysterious immortal self-destructed in Buddha Country, and at that time, that kid Lu Yang was at the Western Paradise Temple. It can't be such a coincidence; that mysterious immortal must be Lu Yang!"

"How could it be, how could it be, how could that kid Lu Yang have an Initial Form of Immortal Dao Fruit? How did he get it?"

"His realm isn't high enough; he definitely didn't condense it himself. That means someone gave him the Initial Form of Immortal Dao Fruit!"

"Immortal, it must be Immortal who resurrected. Only she could do such a thing!"

"This is bad, Qinghe..."

With that thought, Ashy Bean no longer mimicked the life of mortals, twisted space, and instantly arrived at the small and unpopular restaurant.

Ashy Bean carried her basket of vegetables into the kitchen and, seeing that Qinghe was still flipping through the recipe book, breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Ashy Bean hurry back in a rush, Qinghe closed the recipe book and with a calm and collected voice, said the words Ashy Bean least wanted to hear.

"You should have heard about the mysterious immortal appearing in Buddha Country, I need to find him."

"No, from now on you're not going anywhere!"

Qinghe looked directly into Ashy Bean's bright and angry immortal eyes and said, word by word, "I, must, go!"

Ashy Bean flew into a rage, instantly moved in front of Qinghe, grabbed her wrist, but Qinghe was no match and was immediately pushed against the wall; pots and pans fell, creating a noisy clatter in the kitchen.

"Qinghe, don't push me!"

"Remember your place. The only reason I've kept you until now is because I wanted someone to accompany me. I can replace you at any time!"

Looking at the teeth-clenched Ashy Bean, Qinghe instead let out a laugh, which agitated Ashy Bean all the more.

"What are you laughing at!"

"I had only suspected that the mysterious immortal in Buddha Country was related to you, but seeing your extraordinary reaction now convinces me I was right."

Ashy Bean was seething with anger and let out a cold huff as she released Qinghe's wrist.

"Immortal, is it? I will definitely kill her and prove that I am the true one!"

...

"Old Lu, how come you managed to come back? I heard you got carried away by the Nian Beast during the New Year," said Meng Jingzhou as he pushed open the door of the Abode, only to see a laugh on Lu Yang's face that seemed insincere.

"The Nian Beast simply took a liking to me and brought me to the Buddha Country for a vacation; why can't I return?"

"You went to Buddha Country again?" At the thought of Buddha Country's endless deserts, Meng Jingzhou felt sorry for Old Lu. Having been away for several months, he must have suffered quite a bit in Buddha Country before his return.

The Nian Beast truly lives up to its reputation as an auspicious creature, always doing good deeds.

"Let me tell you, Buddha Country is really a great place. If you ever go there, brother, I've got you covered!" Lu Yang patted his chest as he assured, making a grand promise.

"You have that much clout?" Meng Jingzhou looked at Lu Yang skeptically, feeling that he probably shouldn't have asked that question.

Lu Yang shook his head and sighed, humbly saying, "I am not talented; I attained immortality in Buddha Country."

"Psh, Old Lu, your lies have been getting more and more far-fetched lately."

"It's okay, I know you don't believe me, so I kept evidence."

Lu Yang cheerfully pulled out the Recording Orb, playing the first-person perspective of his fight against the Si Chen God Lord as he condescended to explain it personally for Meng Jingzhou.

"This is the Si Chen God Lord of Great Qian, not much of a talent, just that he has the Initial Form of Immortal Dao Fruit and can manipulate time. Even Master Mingyu, the Abbot of the Western Paradise Temple, was defeated by him."

"Eh, it's quite the coincidence actually, resurrecting the fairy counts as a great merit, just happened to be enough for me to become an immortal."

"I thought this won't do, so I reluctantly became an immortal and took this kid down. See, this is the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord's Avatar appearing, not a match for me either..."

"Later on, I also met the Time Immortal, who outright praised me as the strongest in the future."

Meng Jingzhou instantly became envious. His character wasn't any worse than Old Lu's, so why didn't such good things happen to him?

"Why do I only come across such small fry?"

"What small fry have you come across?"

"That was about two months ago; I went out on a mission, planning to keep a low profile, when a sister thought I looked pretty good. She said her grandfather was gravely ill and about to celebrate his last birthday. She asked if I could pretend to be her Dao companion to give her grandfather a nice final birthday."

"That sister's family was an inconspicuous little influential family, oh, considered a big clan locally."

"I'm happy to help, so I agreed, and thinking that it's the least I could do for someone's birthday, I casually picked out a piece of Top-grade Warm Jade from my Identity Jade."

"That sister's cousin didn't know the value, insisted my gift was a fake, saying he knew people from the Imperial City and wouldn't be mistaken. He also said something about that sister's poor taste, having chosen me as her Dao companion."

"When her grandfather came out, I looked and figured it wasn't any serious illness; he just had an innate deficiency of Yang Qi, something that could be fixed with a drop of blood. I said I could cure him, but they still didn't believe me.

Her grandfather, who seemed to be sensible, or perhaps was open-minded, said I could give it a try, but the family insisted on blocking me, calling me a swindler."

"Right when I was about to reveal my identity, some people from the Imperial City also arrived to celebrate the birthday. I don't quite remember who it was specifically, I just remember someone's minion — but that person recognized me.

Upon seeing me, he knelt down and called out 'Young Master Meng,' immediately distancing himself from the cousin, claiming that in future business, he would only recognize that sister."

Lu Yang: "..."

How is this any worse than what I went through? I don't even dare to reveal my real name in the Western Paradise Temple, and here you are, blatantly showing off your identity!

...

After giving the Spirit Fruit from the Time Immortal to Tang Chuanwu and instructing him to consume it in order, Lu Yang finally returned to Sky Gate Mountain.

"Second-in-command, you're back?" Yun Mengmeng saw Lu Yang and smiled happily.

She jogged over and put a freshly woven flower crown on Lu Yang's head: "I was scared to death when the Nian Beast took you away; I thought something might happen to you. It's good that you're back safe and sound."

"Hey, what could happen to me?"

"Oh, and this is the special product from Buddha Country we agreed on." Lu Yang took out a perfectly square sand sculpture from behind him. The sand sculpture was finely crafted, with every detail lovingly attended to.

This was a magic artifact that Lu Yang crafted on the way back while he still possessed the Immortal's Body.

Though Lu Yang wasn't exactly skilled at crafting magic artifacts, with the empowerment from the Immortal's Body, even a casual attempt resulted in a high-quality artifact.

For some reason, Lu Yang had two voices in his mind: one said that Fairy Eternity had already brought a special product from Buddha Country for Yun Mengmeng; the other voice insisted that hadn't happened.

In his quandary, Lu Yang figured he might as well bring back a special product for Yun Mengmeng this time.

"Thank you, Second-in-command!" Yun Mengmeng smiled sweetly, carefully storing away the sand sculpture as if afraid to damage it.

"Second-in-command, what place is this sand sculpture of?"

Lu Yang explained earnestly: "Due to some special reasons, if you visited Buddha Country recently, it would be difficult to see Western Paradise Temple in its complete form. The sand sculpture in your hands is the most complete depiction of Western Paradise Temple, so consider it as if you've been there."