Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality

“What is this?” Everlasting Fairy looked puzzled, unfamiliar with the concept of penal laws.

In ancient times, society was organized around clan bloodlines in the form of tribes, and punishments within the clan relied on “family laws” or “clan laws.” Alternatively, gatherings in the form of sects disciplined their disciples with “sect rules.”

The concept of a nation did not exist then, so naturally, there was no discussion of legal codes.

However, Everlasting Fairy was not a rigid thinker; from the content of the regulations, she could roughly guess the purpose of penal laws.

I understand the principle, but why does the first page of a tomb raiding guide discuss penal laws?

Lu Yang coughed twice, indicating he had everything under control.

“Do not be alarmed, fairy. Books in our era are all like this, implying ‘know the penalty before committing the crime,’ so you are mentally prepared.”

Everlasting Fairy looked at Lu Yang skeptically but responded with an “Oh.”

The second page contained the table of contents, which was more serious, outlining topics such as types of zombies, coffin specifications, tomb chamber specifications, common traps, and more.

“Let me check these terracotta warriors… here, found it. Terracotta warriors, made of clay and wood, are full-body sculptures of soldiers typically arranged in rows as burial objects. If you encounter terracotta warriors at the entrance of a tomb, you should run away quickly, as the warriors might come to life!”

Lu Yang stiffly looked up at the towering terracotta warriors, their eyes glowing green as they reached out their large hands towards Lu Yang.

“I knew it wouldn’t be good!”

Fortunately, Lu Yang was agile, thanks to his experience working in the barbecue restaurant, narrowly avoiding the attack of the terracotta warriors.

As more warriors came to life, Lu Yang attempted to retreat but found the way blocked. He had no choice but to flee forward, deeper into the cave.

Looking back, Lu Yang saw the terracotta warriors’ green-glowing eyes fixed on him, but they did not attack, indicating their range of movement was limited.

Deeper into the cave, the narrow corridor opened up into a vast space, dimly lit, with only vague outlines visible.

Drip-dong—drip-dong—drip-dong—

The sound of water droplets falling echoed intermittently, especially piercing in the vast space. Everlasting Fairy, tense and curled up, prayed that Lu Yang could overcome the obstacles and find an exit.

In the vast tomb, only the sound of dripping water and Lu Yang’s heartbeat filled the air, causing one’s hair to stand on end.

Lu Yang was also frightened and decisively closed his pores so his hair wouldn’t stand on end.

He looked down at the book, hastily cramming knowledge about tombs: “Zombies, a common monster encountered in tomb raiding, can be categorized into purple zombies, white zombies, green zombies, hairy zombies, flying zombies, roaming corpses, lying corpses, and drought fiends, with purple zombies corresponding to the Qi Cultivation stage, white zombies to the Foundation Building stage, green zombies to the Golden Core stage… and so on.”

“Zombies are inherently yin creatures, fearing only the most yang and firm true fire.”

As Lu Yang read with interest, a hand landed on his shoulder, which he casually brushed off: “Fairy, aren’t you scared? How can you be in the mood for jokes?”

Everlasting Fairy whispered as if she had startled someone: “…I’m in your spiritual world, how could I tap your shoulder?”

Only then did Lu Yang realize, and he swiftly turned around to see a group of zombies with purple skin following him, the one who had tapped his shoulder being a white-haired zombie!

“Purple and white zombies!”

Recalling the words from the tomb raiding guide, Lu Yang finally unleashed the Three-Flavor True Fire, scorching the zombies.

As expected, the zombies were terrified of true fire and dared not advance further in front of a wall of flames.

“This is true fire, you can actually use true fire?!”

Everlasting Fairy exclaimed in surprise, having never heard of a Foundation Building stage cultivator mastering true fire.

“And the flames look like Samadhi True Fire!”

Lu Yang once again shattered Everlasting Fairy’s understanding. Samadhi True Fire is well-known among the 108 types of true fire. It’s terrifying enough for a Golden Core stage cultivator to master it, let alone someone at the Foundation Building stage.

Lu Yang remained silent but offered a mysterious smile, which made him appear more impressive.

Impressing an ancient fairy with one’s talent was quite satisfying.

Otherwise, admitting, “This is the authentic Three-Flavors True Fire,” would give everything away.

After all, it’s all true fire, close enough.

Lu Yang exhaled another breath of Three-Flavors True Fire, the fireball hovering over his shoulder, illuminating the surroundings and deterring any hidden zombies.

“Finding the exit of a tomb chamber is a technical task, requiring the holding of an Eight Trigrams disc, the making of motionless seals with the hands, and chanting ‘Seeking dragons, dividing gold, watching the layered mountains; each layer is a barrier’ to find the exit.”

Lu Yang pondered; he neither had an Eight Trigrams disc nor knew the motionless seals.

He took out a small stick from his identity jade card and stood it on the ground: “Eldest Senior Sister bless, Eldest Senior Sister bless.”

The stick fell towards the northeast.

Lu Yang was cautious by nature, accustomed to checking his work when solving math problems in his previous life. Now, in the perilous tomb, he was even more careful.

He stood the stick up again, silently praying for his Eldest Senior Sister’s blessing, and once more, it fell towards the northeast.

Confirmed, the exit was in the northeast direction.

A verified answer couldn’t be wrong.

“Is this a tomb chamber?” Following the direction indicated by the stick, Lu Yang found a chamber, unsure if it was the main chamber or a side chamber.

“Let’s see what the book says… The main difference between the main and side chambers depends on the local feng shui, requiring divination with an Eight Trigrams disc and a tortoise shell, as detailed below…”

Lu Yang was dizzy with confusion; the methods described were impractical.

“This is the main chamber,” Everlasting Fairy asserted confidently.

“How do you know?” Lu Yang was surprised, finding Everlasting Fairy useful for once.

“There were the words ‘Main Chamber’ written at the entrance.”

Lu Yang looked outside the door, and indeed, “Main Chamber” was considerately written.

Was this meant for zombies to read?

“Look, there are many burial objects in the tomb chamber, all treasures!” Everlasting Fairy called out.

Lu Yang looked down, and indeed, treasures were everywhere, suggesting the tomb’s owner was wealthy in life. It was unclear why the tomb was located here.

“Hm? The book is glowing?” Lu Yang was surprised to see the tomb raiding guide in his hands glowing, “Is this book refined?”

The light from the book scanned over one of the jade burial objects, assessing the value of the jade.

Lu Yang was startled, his heart pounding. Could it be that the Shang family patriarch had given him an extraordinary appraisal magic tool?

The light enveloped a burial object, and six characters appeared on the light screen:

“Imprisonment for five years.”

The light changed, enveloping another object, a sharp bronze short sword, and the words on the screen changed again:

“Imprisonment for seven years.”

Lu Yang: “……”

What exactly did the Shang family patriarch give me!

Everlasting Fairy marveled, is this what popular books are like nowadays, quite enlightening.

(End of the chapter)