Who Let Him Cultivate?!

The most enviable thing was the ordinary-looking man in the middle of the three men, whose cultivation level was merely at Foundation Establishment Stage, yet the extraordinarily beautiful woman was clinging onto his arm.

Li Haoran kept a straight face. Despite Su Yiren appearing tender and feeble, she was, in essence, an expert in the Unification Stage. If she intended to hold onto him, he simply couldn’t break free.

Keeping his calm, he turned his head and met Su Yiren’s gaze: “I know you’re eager to walk around with me, but can you control your power? This is the third time you’ve broken my arm.”

Li Haoran swung his arm to indicate that his injury was severe.

Su Yiren quickly took out a healing elixir from her storage ring and began resetting Li Haoran’s bones.

Given Su Yiren’s realm, such loss of control should not happen. Li Haoran could only attribute it to her being so ecstatic at being with him that she lost control of her strength.

“You didn’t even cry out when your bone broke?” Qin Yanyan looked astonished at Li Haoran. Was this man incapable of feeling pain?

Li Haoran chuckled and said: “Ever since I soaked in magma for a year, I can’t remember what pain feels like.”

Recalling the time when he was thrown into magma by his master right after joining the sect, Li Haoran felt that he was lucky to be alive.

“Mag… magma? For a whole year?” Qin Yanyan’s eyes bulged in shock. Was this man still human?

With a melancholic tone, Li Haoran said: “When I was thrown into the magma, I screamed until my lungs tore, the agony was unbearable. I screamed until my voice was gone, but the pain remained.”

“My master didn’t allow anyone to help me. He wanted me to endure through it on my own. At that time, seeing my suffering, Senior Sister Zhou LuLu couldn’t bear it and secretly brought me a cup of tea brewed from heavenly treasures while our master was away. She said it would alleviate my condition.”

As Qin Yanyan imagined herself being immersed in magma, she shivered. Upon hearing this, she couldn’t help but ask, “Was it to help you adapt to the magma quickly?”

“It was tea brewed with Hundred-Year Arhat Fruit. Sister Zhou LuLu saw that I had lost my voice from all the screaming, so she wanted me to soothe my throat.”

Qin Yanyan: “…”

Ever since Lu Yang heard that Li Haoran had soaked in magma for a year due to Fifth Elder Zhou Xin’s arrangement, he didn’t feel his Eldest Senior Sister’s act of washing him with boiling water was much of a big deal.

That being said, if Li Haoran didn’t have the Fire Spirit Root, Elder Zhou Xin wouldn’t dare to submerge him in magma. This was a cultivation technique exclusive to those with Fire Spirit Root.

Each Single Spiritual Root from the five elements had dedicated cultivation methods. For instance, those with Fire Spirit Root soaked in magma or were burned by fire, enabling them to comprehend magic skills or abilities related to fire. Like, Li Haoran understood the art of Refining Pacemaking.

Those with Earth Spirit Root were buried in the soil to comprehend the Earth Escape Technique.

Those with Water Spirit Root were thrown into water to comprehend the Water Control Technique.

However, there were exceptions.

For example, Lu Yang had heard that Elder Brother Dai Bufan had the Water Spirit Root. The Grand Elder tossed Dai Bufan into a pond, stopping him from breathing, in the hope that in the brink of life and death, Brother Dai could comprehend the Water Control Technique or the magic technique to breathe underwater. But things didn’t go as planned–Brother Dai comprehended spatial magic and drank up all the water in the pond.

“Dear niece, see something you like? Your uncle will buy it for you.” Meng Jingzhou teased Qin Yanyan. He might lack many things, but he certainly didn’t lack money.

Upon hearing Meng Jingzhou calling her “niece”, Qin Yanyan stomped her foot in annoyance, but she couldn’t do anything about it.

“What is this?” Hoping to divert attention, Qin Yanyan casually pointed at a stone that someone was selling by the road.

The stone was blood-red, radiant and seemingly formed naturally. It reflected a heart-pulling glow under the sunlight.

“Oh, this is a Phoenix Blood Stone, a specialty of our Luofeng County.”

“Phoenix Blood Stone?” Su Yiren was the only one among those present who had heard of such a stone before.

Li Haoran said, “You all must have heard the origin of our Luofeng County. It was said that a long, long time ago, a pureblood phoenix soars freely between the heavens and the earth. But it grew too old to fly and chose a place to rest. It wanted to sleep for a while, and then, it never woke up again.”

“The body of the old phoenix turned into the hills of the earth.” Li Haoran pointed at the mountain range that vaguely semi-encircled Luofeng County in the distance, “Look at these mountains, don’t they look like a phoenix when joined together?”

“The feathers of the old phoenix turned into trees, which is why there are many red-colored plants on these hills.”

“The phoenix’s blood stained the stones red, and these stones are the Phoenix Blood Stones that we see now.”

Lu Yang thought to himself, “Is this a phoenix or Pangu?”

“When I first heard this story as a child, I thought it was a legend. But when I came to the Seek Dao Sect and learned about refining tools from the master, I realized that the Phoenix Blood Stones in my hometown really are stained red by the blood of a Phoenix. They are superior refining materials.”

“Phoenix…” The term brought back some memories for Fairy Eternity.

“In the past, not only the Kirin, but also the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes had potential immortals. They carefully nurtured two talented geniuses from the Demon Race, who had unparalleled talent and were strongly supported by the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes. Their chances of becoming immortals were quite high.”

“In contrast, despite being hailed as the favored child of Heaven and Earth, the Kirin was essentially grassroots without backing. Many demons did not see him in a good light.”

“Kirin faced many formidable enemies, none were his match. He defeated many enemies that were impossible to overcome. The Demon Race was on the rise rapidly. Both the philosophies of Kirin and the geniuses from the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes aimed to become immortals, signalling a fierce battle that could not be avoided.”

“Kirin, being a large-scale fortune, fought against two and won the battle against the geniuses of the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes, thus attaining Dao Fruit and becoming the Qilin Immortal.”

“Did the Kirin Immortal kill the talents of the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes?” Fairy Eternity’s tone was calm, but Lu Yang heard cruelty in her words.

Indeed, becoming immortal is not a game. The winner takes everything, the loser has nothing and may even lose their life.

“No, they got married.”

“What?”

“The Demon Race admires strength. After the talents of the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes lost to Kirin Immortal they fell in love with him. In the end, the three of them got married. I originally wanted to attend the Kirin Immortal’s wedding, but he said I was too beautiful and would steal their thunder, so they didn’t let me go.”

“What a pity, I was expecting to show Kirin Immortal something at the wedding.”

“What did you plan to do at the Kirin Immortal’s wedding?”

“Cook, of course. Let me tell you, of the four of them, none could do housework or tell the five grains apart. I’m the only one who can cook.” Fairy Eternity looked disgusted, thinking the four of them were too disgraceful.

Lu Yang felt it was understandable that the Kirin Immortal did not invite Fairy Eternity.

A wedding would definitely require inviting a bunch of people. If Fairy Eternity were to cook, there would inevitably be a shortage of antidotes.

“Later, I thought as a friend, I should at least give a gift for the wedding. So, I gave them an Immortal Fruit with a blessing for them and thoughtfully wrote ‘For the most beautiful demon race’.”

“I heard that my gift caused quite a stir, probably because they had never seen such a precious present.”

After a few seconds of silence, Lu Yang asked, “How many Immortal Fruits did you give them at that time?”

“Just one.”

Lu Yang let out a long sigh: “You just love causing trouble.”

“What? Why?”