I Cheated While Cultivating

Zhou Heng arrived at the Pure Yang First Martial Academy and saw Jiang Tafa fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan at the entrance.

“Senior Jiang,” he greeted with a cupped fist salute.

“No, no, no,” Jiang Er quickly shook his head and said, “You are my employer, old man. I’m still counting on you to pay me so I can eat. Please don’t call me Senior.”

This Tao Lord seemed to have become more “worldly” over time, with a stronger human touch, almost as if he were truly just an old man who watched the gate and sold tickets at the Pure Yang First Martial Academy.

“Then shall I address you as Mr. Er?” Zhou Heng said with a smile.

“What Mr. do you call a gatekeeper and ticket vendor?” Jiang Er continued to shake his head, but then he seemed to reconsider and said, “Since the employer insists, just call me Old Jiang.”

“Old Jiang… alright,” Zhou Heng nodded and inquired in a low voice, “Old Jiang, how is the city doing recently?”

“Overall quite peaceful, but…” Jiang Er’s fanning paused as he pointed northward and said, “There seems to be something abnormal over there, hiding something that should not see the light of day.”

“Oh?” Upon hearing this, Zhou Heng looked towards the North District of Huangtong Mansion City and his gaze sharpened before he used the Celestial Man Observation Technique.

This Taoist Formula was based on emulating the Tao power of a Celestial Man to observe the changes in the laws of heaven and earth, and to watch the trajectories of fortune change. With this method, he could see the state of luck of all beings in the North District.

Should there be any anomalies, they would stand out immediately.

At this moment, in Zhou Heng’s eyes, the North District was rising with hundreds of thousands of white columns of fortune. These were all common people, and white represented the most basic color of their fortune.

Among these hundreds of thousands of white columns, many blue ones were also mixed in—these were martial artists with some level of skill, but none were of Middle Third Rank.

Such a state of fortune was quite normal for Huangtong Mansion City.

However, Zhou Heng spotted an anomaly among them.

Among these blue columns of fortune, one was emitting a faint golden light, so weak that it was barely noticeable, but it certainly existed.

White, blue, purple, gold, red.

Gold light was basically something only a cultivator with incredibly dense fortune, an Absolute Fourth Rank Great Grandmaster, or a Celestial Man possessed.

It should not appear on someone with merely blue-colored fortune.

“Hmm, there certainly is some abnormality,” Zhou Heng nodded and smiled, “Thank you, Old Jiang, for the heads-up.”

“It’s not a big deal,” Jiang Er continued to fan himself and said, “But still, there are some abnormalities, so you should be careful, employer.”

“Rest assured, Old Jiang,” Zhou Heng said with a smile.

After that, he left the Pure Yang First Martial Academy and headed directly to the North District.

He found the young man with the abnormal fortune.

Yang Zhengguang.

…

At this moment, in a courtyard in the North District,

Yang Zhengguang, having just finished receiving “guidance,” was contemplating how he could kill Jiang Hong in one strike.

Although he had some unique attributes, his real cultivation level was only Ninth Grade, and the difference between him and Jiang Hong was vast. To kill with one strike would indeed be quite challenging. ɌÁ𐌽ƟΒĘᶊ

“Senior, can you teach me stronger martial arts techniques?” Yang Zhengguang asked in a low voice as he tilted his head to listen, but this time, he received no response.

It was as if the senior who had always taught him martial arts and guided his cultivation had suddenly ceased to exist.

“Senior?” Yang Zhengguang became somewhat panicked, What’s going on?

“Whom are you calling senior?” A voice tinged with amusement came, Zhou Heng walked slowly into the courtyard, smiling, “I’ve always enjoyed making acquaintances with remarkable and unusual people, why don’t you introduce me?

“You, you are…” Yang Zhengguang, essentially just an ordinary youth, instantly turned pale with fright as his eyes darted around in a state of complete confusion, stammering, “Wh-what senior? I, I don’t understand, what are you talking about?”

“Is that so?” Zhou Heng still wore a smile on his face as he looked behind Yang Zhengguang, “Don’t worry, I mean no harm, I’m just here to check things out, could you please show yourself?”

At once, the courtyard fell into complete silence.

You could hear a pin drop.

“What exactly are you here for? I really don’t understand what you’re saying,” Yang Zhengguang seemed to muster some courage as he widened his eyes at Zhou Heng, “This is my home, please leave!”

“I see, maybe I was mistaken then,” Zhou Heng replied with a smile, producing a golden leaf from his hand, “I apologize for intruding uninvited, here is a Sect Fifth Rank Taoist Formula inscribed on this golden leaf as an apology.”

Afterward, he placed the gold leaf in Yang Zhengguang’s hand and turned to leave, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

“Wh-what?!” It took Yang Zhengguang a while to regain his senses, his gaze subconsciously fell upon the gold leaf in his hand, murmuring, “A Sect Fifth Rank Taoist Formula, a Taoist Formula??”

Thanks to the directions from that “senior,” his knowledge was much greater than that of a common Ninth Grade Warrior; he was aware that beyond martial arts, there were also other strange and extraordinary methods.

Compared to martial arts, Taoist Formulas were even rarer, and this was a Sect Fifth Rank Taoist Formula, which greatly excited Yang Zhengguang.

Sect Fifth Rank!

Even if it had been a very basic martial arts technique, such a level of secret manuals were once completely out of his reach, and now he had obtained one so easily.

This couldn’t be a dream.

“Boy, what are you holding in your hand? Throw it away at once!” Just then, a familiar voice rang out in Yang Zhengguang’s mind—it was that “senior” he had always relied on.

“Ah?” Suddenly snapped out of his trance, Yang Zhengguang reflexively heeded the “senior’s” command, hastily throwing the gold leaf away, “Senior, I’ve thrown it away, but that was a Sect Fifth Rank Taoist Formula.”

Through their time spent together, he knew that while the “senior” could converse directly with him in his mind, he couldn’t directly sense his surroundings without being informed by Yang Zhengguang.

This time, however, there seemed to be an exception; first, that strange man had appeared, and the “senior” suddenly vanished, now it seemed that he had somehow perceived the existence of the gold leaf.

“A Sect Fifth Rank Taoist Formula is nothing, I will teach it to you later,” the voice in Yang Zhengguang’s mind said, “Boy, just now I suddenly felt an extremely powerful presence, has someone been here?”

“Can you directly sense the outside through me?” Yang Zhengguang countered without answering.

“No, but if there is such a powerful presence with an intense aura, I would sense a forewarning,” the voice explained, “Who was the person who just came?”

“I, I don’t know them…” Yang Zhengguang believed the “senior.”

“What was the name of that Taoist Formula?” the voice inquired.

“The Five Thunder Righteous Method Gold Book.” Yang Zhengguang glanced briefly at the gold leaf on the ground as he replied.

“He has indeed discovered me!” the voice exclaimed in alarm, “Leave immediately, leave this city!”

“Ah?” Yang Zhengguang was instantly bewildered.

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