Who Let Him Cultivate?!

The Snake Demon couldn't understand how her hidden lair, which was extremely secretive, could have been discovered. How had they found this place?

"Eh? What have I found?" Daoist Xiantian was bewildered by the Snake Demon's question. If I had found the place, would I still be asking for directions?

In the shadows, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou looked at each other. How come they had bypassed the process and ended up directly in the enemy's lair?

All four individuals present were perplexed.

"Little Cultivator, come over and play with sister," the Snake Demon enticed, her smooth white hair flowing, her alluring eyes like silk, and her voice as captivating as the gentle orchid. She extended a finger, beckoning Daoist Xiantian.

The Snake Demon was very confident in herself. She was a beauty, and with her talent for seduction, no cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage could resist her charm.

She could tell that he was merely a cultivator who had just achieved Foundation Establishment and that he had delicate features, perfect to be kept as a boy toy.

The Snake Demon's seduction technique was excellent, and even Daoist Xiantian nearly fell for it, but he was a Great Cultivator of the Body Integration Realm who had started over after disbanding his cultivation. He had his own ways to counteract the seduction.

"Eyes of Suiyue!" He wiped his eyes, and the effect of the seduction technique no longer influenced him.

"What are the Eyes of Suiyue?" Lu Yang was puzzled. Although he had never heard of them, judging by the name, they seemed to have something to do with Suiyue. Could it be an ability that predicted the opponent's moves—a foresight?

Meng Jingzhou shook his head; he had not heard of it either. Lu Yang had no choice but to ask Fairy Eternity, who indeed knew about it.

Fairy Eternity, with a rare serious expression, stated, "It's a type of eye related to time that can see what someone will look like when they're old."

Lu Yang: "..."

"Then, Fairy, can you do it?"

Lu Yang thought, although its effects were questionable, it did seem like a technique capable of resisting the art of seduction.

"No, I don't, don't learn it," Fairy Eternity rejected him outright.

Daoist Xiantian flipped his palm, and a small golden seal appeared with "Daoist Xiantian's Inquiry" engraved on it.

This was his Life-bound Magical Treasure. Originally, it was a magic artifact of Body Integration level, but considering his current Cultivation Level couldn't fully activate it, he had to seal most of its functions and suppress the magic artifact to the level he could wield.

"Go!" Daoist Xiantian shouted, flinging the small seal towards the Snake Demon.

The small seal flashed with golden light, dazzling the Snake Demon. She attempted to twist her waist to dodge but was too slow. It grazed her waist, leaving a deep gash, from which demon blood flowed freely.

"Human race cultivator, you're seeking death!"

The Snake Demon used her bloodline power to temporarily stop the bleeding, though the wound didn't fully heal.

She transformed in a flash into a thick white python with venomous fangs, opening her maw wide and lunging at Daoist Xiantian.

"Just a little Cultivator who has just established his foundation, and you dare to come here alone!" The Snake Demon's voice was filled with resentment. Since he didn't want to be a boy toy, he might as well stay!

Daoist Xiantian, with his rich combat experience, remained calm and took a big step back. The spot he had been in was crushed into a crater by the Snake Demon.

From the brief exchange, he concluded that the opponent was at the Golden Core early stage.

Seeing the Snake Demon still trying to bite him, Daoist Xiantian made a hand gesture, enlarging the Daoist Xiantian's Inquiry Seal and lodging it in the Snake Demon's mouth.

"Demon-Subduing Talisman!"

He brought his two fingers together and quickly drew a talisman in the air, striking the Snake Demon's vital point. The Snake Demon wanted to scream in agony, but her mouth was blocked by Daoist Xiantian's Inquiry Seal, rendering her unable to cry out.

"Shuang'er, I'm coming to help you!"

A voice echoed from the depths of the cave, another transforming Snake Demon appeared, identical to the first one.

"Twins?" Daoist Xiantian hadn't expected an accomplice, and this one was also at the Golden Core early stage.

"The two of us have been hiding here and still got discovered; seems you have some tricks up your sleeve. Why don't you stay and enjoy yourself with us?"

"How can you blame me for finding you when you hide in such an obvious place?" Daoist Xiantian also realized that these two Snake Demons were the targets of the mission. The robust men scattered all over the ground were the missing people from Wang Family Ditch.

The problem is, if it's a place he can find just by wandering around, why did you two sisters think it was well hidden?

The elder snake demon forcefully smacked the snake demon named Shuang'er, compelling her to spit out the magic seal.

The elder snake demon also transformed into a gigantic white python, and the snake demon sisters acted with perfect understanding, simultaneously striking and circling Daoist Xiantian.

Daoist Xiantian tried multiple times to break through the blockade, but all his attacks were rebounded by the smooth snake scales. Even he nearly got entangled several times.

He no longer targeted the vital seven-inch point as the sisters were well-prepared for it and unlikely to fall for it. Instead, Daoist Xiantian caught them off guard, holding the magic seal in his palm and slapped toward the Dantian area of the snake demon Shuang'er.

This is a common combat technique among Gold Core Period Cultivators, known as "Shaking the Golden Core," which can cause the Golden Core to wobble, temporarily severing its connection with the body, and thereby exposing a vulnerability.

"Ah, you can fight like this?" Lu Yang was greatly surprised, wondering why no one had taught him to fight like this against Golden Core Stage opponents.

Were it not for Fairy Eternity's commentary at his side, he would not have known about the technique of "Shaking the Golden Core."

Fairy Eternity rolled her eyes, "How many of your opponents have been at the Golden Core Stage?"

Lu Yang thought for a moment; indeed, it seemed he had rarely fought with Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

"No, that's not right. After reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage, I fought with a group of Golden Core Stage Demon Beasts in the border forest!"

It was a throng of Golden Core Stage Demon Beasts, yet Fairy Eternity had never mentioned the technique of Shaking the Golden Core.

Fairy Eternity waved her hand dismissively, with a look of considering Lu Yang's interests, "Shaking the Golden Core is a clever combat trick, but using such tactics won't allow you to cultivate an unbeatable force, let alone an Invincible Elixir."

"...I'm not exactly chasing after the Invincible Elixir anyway," he mumbled.

Although the snake demon sisters were caught off guard by the Shaking the Golden Core technique, they were not inexperienced cultivators and quickly stabilized their Dantians to prevent Daoist Xiantian from launching another sneak attack.

Snake demon Shuang'er rapidly spun around and suddenly extended her tail, aiming to strike Daoist Xiantian. He anticipated the move and leaped up to dodge the blow.

But unexpectedly, as he was suspended in the air and unable to move, the elder snake demon also extended her tail and swept Daoist Xiantian off his feet.

"Pfft—"

Daoist Xiantian was directly swept against the stone wall, ending up dusty and disheveled.

If he had been fighting alone, Daoist Xiantian would not have feared any one demon, but with two demons cooperating, especially in sync sisters, he was constantly at a disadvantage in combat.

Numerous cuts appeared on Daoist Xiantian's body, and each time he attempted to leave the cave to fight in an open area, the snake demon sisters blocked his way.

"Huff, huff—"

Daoist Xiantian, gasping for breath and creating some distance from the snake demon sisters, realized that he was unlikely to win with his abilities alone.

He took out a warmly radiating elixir from his bosom, the very Elixir of Triple Yang Strength he had exchanged for one hundred Contribution Points!

He swallowed the elixir in one gulp, and a warm current flowed through his body, filling his limbs and bones.

"It really works," he thought, feeling power surging endlessly within his body.

But then, Daoist Xiantian lost that power, to his utter astonishment. The warm current flowed out of his limbs and dripped onto the ground where it formed a large array.

A thick smoke billowed above the large array. Two figures appeared within the smoke, vague and indistinct.

As the smoke cleared, the two figures revealed their true forms; it was none other than Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

"Grandmaster, were you looking for us?" Lu Yang pretended to be ignorant of the situation, his expression confused, while Meng Jingzhou also feigned ignorance, his gaze clear and lucid.

"What are you two doing here, and where's my Triple Yang Strength?" Daoist Xiantian exclaimed in shock. How could consuming an elixir produce two people?

"The two of us are it," they said.

Lu Yang pointed to himself, "I'm Yi Yang."

He then pointed to Meng Jingzhou beside him, "He has two Pure Yang Nascent Souls, so he is Er Yang."