Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Laurel Fairy Palace also has "Immortal Palace Monthly," but its sales have always fallen short of "Cultivation Monthly." Chasing Moon True Person thought that if Lu Yang married into their Fairy Palace, the Immortal Palace Monthly would definitely become a bestseller.

Even though the Fairy Palace was teeming with talent, it always lacked cultivators with Lu Yang’s flexible thinking.

However, this idea was just a fleeting thought. Chasing Moon True Person felt that with Lu Yang’s capabilities, even if he did marry into the Fairy Palace, he would probably cause so much commotion that he’d end up merging the Fairy Palace into the Seek Dao Sect.

Who would want to merge with Guiyuan’s crude Sect and devalue themselves?

...

"Old Meng has some good news, huh?" Lu Yang came to find Meng Jingzhou to share the cheerful news as soon as he finished up with the newspaper business.

Meng Jingzhou, stripped to the waist, was practicing boxing with his Dharma Aspect and ended up breathless and soaked with sweat, which caught Lu Yang by surprise.

"My goodness, do you cultivate without clothes under broad daylight!"

Lu Yang remembered that Young Master Meng used to be quite particular. Now, how had he become like this? The declining moral standards of society were a bad influence and shameful to associate with.

"It’s just that I sweat too much when cultivating, and it’s very uncomfortable with clothes on. Besides, my Dharma Aspect is dressed, so what’s wrong with me being shirtless?" Meng Jingzhou pointed to the neatly dressed Dharma Aspect above his head, defending himself with confidence.

"Out with it, what good news would make you think of me?" Meng Jingzhou looked at Lu Yang warily, judging from his experience that the ’good news’ Lu Yang spoke of might not actually be good news.

"It’s really good news. I met Yingtian Immortal and boldly put in some good words for you in front of him. He said he would treat everyone equally and treat you the same way he treats me during the Pass Tribulation."

"Good brother!" Meng Jingzhou felt inwardly ashamed, having wrongly doubted Old Lu. Old Lu was so considerate for his sake, and he had still doubted Old Lu’s character.

Oh, that’s not right, Old Lu’s character did warrant suspicion, but not this time.

"But..." Lu Yang hesitated, wondering whether to reveal more.

"But what?" Meng Jingzhou’s heart skipped a beat. Could there be some unexpected twist?

"Never mind; I won’t say it."

"Come on, just spit it out."

Seeing Old Meng persistently inquiring, Lu Yang felt he couldn’t keep it to himself any longer: "But when I mentioned ’Immortal’s Quotations,’ saying you didn’t understand it, Yingtian Immortal didn’t say much, but from the look in his eyes, he seemed to be displeased with your action."

"’Immortal’s Quotations,’ what is that? Have I read it?"

When Lu Yang mentioned this, Meng Jingzhou was initially confused, then remembered where he had heard the term.

In the Twin River Secret Realm, he found the study of Fairy Eternity. In the study, there was a copy of "Immortal’s Quotations," but it was written in Ancient Language, which he couldn’t understand.

"Why did you bring that up!" Meng Jingzhou grew anxious. If he had upset Yingtian Immortal, wouldn’t he be in for a tougher time during his Pass Tribulation? ƒrēenovelkiss.com

"It slipped out accidentally. Look, here I am to make amends," Lu Yang said with an embarrassed smile, feeling that it was not too late for damage control.

"How do you plan to make amends?"

"Like this—I’ve always said I’d teach you Ancient Language but haven’t had the chance. I might as well take this opportunity to teach you."

As he spoke, Lu Yang pulled out a small packet from his bosom, opened it, and took out a book from within, handing it over to Meng Jingzhou with a serious expression, as if completing some ritual.

"Once you learn Ancient Language, you will be able to understand ’Immortal’s Quotations’ by yourself."

"Brilliant idea!" Meng Jingzhou took the Quotations, feeling its weighty significance. The handwritten record of the words of the Four Ancient Immortals by Fairy Eternity was undoubtedly a priceless treasure, coveted by Immortals if they were to see it.

...

Three months later, Lu Yang received a special invitation.

"Second-in-command, look, this is a letter from the Spirit Chef Alliance for you!" Yun Mengmeng waved the envelope excitedly. Though she didn’t know what the Spirit Chef Alliance was, the name alone told her there must be lots of delicious food involved.

"Spirit Chef Alliance?" Lu Yang had heard of it, an organization made up of the top spirit chefs in the world.

As the saying goes, delicious food knows no borders, so the spirit chefs of the Alliance came from all over the Cultivation World, except for the Buddha Country.

"What does the Spirit Chef Alliance want to send me a letter for?" Lu Yang wondered to himself, given that he couldn’t cook.

The only time he ever tried cooking was when Fairy Eternity possessed him and he made a dish for Qiu Jin’an, putting in twenty seconds of salt.

And then, thanks to his master’s promotion, it turned into "Qiu Jin’an excitedly pounded the table asking who made the dish."

Surely they wouldn’t invite him to join the Spirit Chef Alliance over that, would they?

"It must be because I possessed you once, and people mistook you for having the talent of a spirit chef," Fairy Eternity said smugly. Genius, it seems, could be recognized even through possession.

However, she didn’t recommend that Lu Yang join the Spirit Chef Alliance. After all, what was her status? The Ancestor of Spirit Chef—why would she need to join the Alliance to prove herself?

Lu Yang opened the envelope and quickly read through it, relieved that he didn’t have to agonize over whether to join the Spirit Chef Alliance or not.

"It turns out they’re organizing a Spirit Chef Competition and inviting me to cover it."

The whole world knew that Lu Yang had created the Cultivation Monthly, and all articles, whether written by him or not, had to be approved by him. The Spirit Chef Alliance invited Lu Yang, not to compete but to promote the competition.

"I remember the canteen used to qualify for the competition, too. But since some senior brother argued with a judge, blinded by rage, and knocked them out with a fried dough stick, the Sect’s eligibility to compete was revoked." Lu Yang couldn’t recall who had told him, but it was definitely a thing that had happened.

Lu Yang felt it didn’t matter whether the canteen entered the competition or not, as they couldn’t win anyway.

"Eh, but I heard the canteen won a competition before, even got first place," Yun Mengmeng questioned, puzzled.

Lu Yang sighed, "It did win a competition, but not a Spirit Chef Competition. It was a Refining Competition."

"It’s all competitions; it’s about the same. Second-in-command, shall we go?" Yun Mengmeng didn’t discriminate between competitions. She had good teeth and didn’t struggle to eat the canteen’s food, thinking the cooking level was quite high.

Lu Yang was a bit conflicted. He knew nothing about spirit chefs; what was he supposed to report on?

"Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!"

Yun Mengmeng’s eyes brimmed with hope as she looked at Lu Yang with her large, watery eyes, shining brightly. With every "let’s go," she edged closer to Lu Yang. Looking into Yun Mengmeng’s hopeful eyes, Lu Yang couldn’t bring himself to say no.

"Alright, let’s go."

Last time Yun Mengmeng wanted to go to the Buddha Country, she was dissuaded by the hazy folks of that place. Taking her to the Spirit Chef Competition would make up for that.

"Yay, long live the Second-in-command!" Yun Mengmeng cheered, excited about the prospect of indulging in the delicious food at the Spirit Chef Competition.

"Wait, saying ’long live the Second-in-command’ might shorten your life." Yun Mengmeng realized her mistake; the Second-in-command was certainly stronger than her and destined to become Immortal. It wasn’t appropriate to use "long live" to describe him.

"Immortality to the Second-in-command!"

Lu Yang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as the beautiful girl shouted for his eternal life, her eyes filled with admiration. To outsiders, it might look like cult followers greeting their master.

"Alright already, let’s not dwell on eternal life. Let’s get ready and go."