Who Let Him Cultivate?!
Chapter 1142 - 1141: The Cursed Recording Orb

On Lu Yang's white robe, various patterns moved to his chest, silently staring at Jin Caiwei.

Even without looking back, Jin Caiwei could feel many eyes focussing on her, making her want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

How embarrassing!

Upon learning that Lord Shi was from the Qiongqi Clan, Lu Yang suddenly remembered the Tiger Demon they had first encountered.

That Half-step Golden Core Stage Tiger Demon seemed to have a thin Qiongqi bloodline, adept at controlling ghouls—the idiom "Aiding a tiger in its cruelty" comes from this.

So to die for... it seemed that the Ghoul Skill was indeed the Qiongqi Clan's signature ability.

Although he hadn't seen Jin Caiwei use it.

Jin Caiwei indeed noticed that Miao'er was a ghoul but given that not only their Qiongqi Clan possessed the Ghoul Skill, she hadn't thought about her own family in that regard. Not to mention, that guy named Man Gu also knew the Ghoul Skill.

"You you you you don't talk nonsense, do we need to increase sales in this way?" Jin Caiwei was so angry she stamped her foot, her face reddening and paling by turns, wishing she could strangle this person surnamed Shi, ugh, surnamed Jin.

"Young Sect Master, you don't know, our Recording Orbs are of such high quality, not only do they have large storage, they are also cheap and durable, lasting for ten or twenty years without breaking. Our sales of Recording Orbs in Jin'an City have already started to decline!"

"In fact, we wanted to make a Dream Mirage that looked very scary. Miao'er and the others' actions in the Recording Orbs were the scenes I wanted to shoot, perfect for testing the audience's reactions."

Lord Shi was on the verge of tears. As the person in charge of Jin'an City, he faced immense pressure and was trying various methods.

"But you can't use this kind of method!" Jin Caiwei said through gritted teeth, wanting to pretend this incident had never happened, "You've turned it into a creepy legend!"

"What creepy legend?" Lord Shi was stunned.

"They're spreading rumors in the black market, saying that a female ghost appears in the Recording Orbs, and anyone who sees the female ghost encounters misfortune!"

Jin Caiwei bought the Recording Orb based on this legend.

"Oh, you were talking about that legend. That wasn't my doing," Lord Shi quickly disassociated himself.

"If not you, then who?"

"Really, it wasn't me, young sect master. I'm also investigating this matter."

"Really not you?"

"I swear, it's really not me!" Lord Shi vowed earnestly, he wouldn't dare lie in front of the young sect master, not for all the courage in the world.

"Alright, get up. I presume you wouldn't dare to lie." Jin Caiwei said, without much warmth, and headed straight to the hall, with Lu Yang following.

Lord Shi quickly brought out good tea to entertain the Young Sect Master and Lu Yang.

Behind the hall's screen, several female ghosts poked out their heads, watching cautiously as Lord Shi entertained the guests. They had no idea what had happened, only seeing the all-powerful Lord Shi kneeling in front of Jin Caiwei just moments before.

"Why are all the ghouls you're cultivating female?" Jin Caiwei raised an eyebrow.

"To answer the young sect master, female ghosts are more frightening than male ghosts."

"..." Jin Caiwei didn't want to discuss this topic any further.

"You just said that the black market legend has nothing to do with you. What's that about? Did I buy the wrong Recording Orb?"

Lord Shi wouldn't dare say that the Young Sect Master made a wrong purchase, adding fuel to the fire—that would really be courting death.

He didn't answer directly and instead took out a Recording Orb from his Storage Ring.

"This is the cursed Recording Orb that brings misfortune. I watched the contents of this orb once, and I had several days of bad luck!" Saying this, Lord Shi looked a bit scared. Even he, a Gold Core Period Cultivator, had been affected.

"Mine was light, those with lower cultivation than me suffered even worse luck after watching. I've even heard that these cursed orbs have appeared not only in Jin'an City but other cities too."

"Although Jin'an Temple and temples elsewhere are collecting and confiscating them on a large scale, they can't fully clean them out. The worst part is that some people don't believe in the curse and insist on watching."

"So such things are happening." Lu Yang frowned. This was no small matter.

Lu Yang took the Recording Orb, infused it with Spiritual Energy, and played the contents of the orb.

At first, the projection from the Recording Orb was blank, followed suddenly by a hideously faced female ghost crawling out from below. It was extremely terrifying.

Lu Yang felt a force trying to entwine him, his Immortal Body forged by the Power of Virtue automatically rebounded, purifying this force, which was also wrapped around Lord Shi. Lu Yang also purified it incidentally.

"Correct, this is the Curse Technique." On Lu Yang's white robe, a green lotus appeared, transforming into Qinghe.

Though Lord Shi did not recognise Qinghe, he dared not ask more.

"Just as I initially suspected, projections can spread more content, thus deploying the Curse Technique to decrease luck," Qinghe stated, the one who understood the Curse Technique best among them all.

"If you don't understand the Curse Technique, even those at the Golden Core Stage would be ensnared. And the female ghost is just a symbol—it doesn't truly exist."

Lu Yang nodded. To ensnare someone at the Golden Core Stage meant that the level of the Curse Technique was quite advanced.

Although in the Seek Dao Sect, Gold Core Period Cultivators were common, and Lu Yang even fought a Half-step Golden Core Tiger Demon during his debut battle at the Foundation Establishment Stage, in reality, more than 99% of cultivators never reach the Golden Core Stage. A small city might not even boast five Golden Core Cultivators.

"It seems we'll need to thoroughly investigate the source of the Curse Technique." Lu Yang said. The spread of the Curse Technique through Recording Orbs meant countless people could be affected.

"We can't find it." Lord Shi poured out his troubles to Lu Yang, "I've reported this matter to the higher-ups long ago, but they also have no leads. They wanted to trace back from the cursed Recording Orbs, but these orbs have passed through so many hands, especially in the black market, that the source is long lost."

"Can't find it? Use the power of rules to find the source?" Lu Yang mused to himself, then quickly shook his head, dismissing the idea.

The cursed Recording Orbs were not like Life-purchasing Money.

The power of rules was limited in scope. Daoist Yu was in Jin'an City, and the city was near the Ancestral Temple, within range. This time, it was clear that the entire Buddha Country had been affected, making the power of rules unfeasible.

"Young Sect Master, do you have a way?" Jin Caiwei asked anxiously. Using the Qiongqi Clan's Recording Orbs to deploy the Curse Technique, she felt responsible. But the Qiongqi Clan had been investigating to no avail, and she had no idea where to start.

She could say she was completely clueless about where to begin.

"I have a way," Lu Yang answered with a nod.

"Going by what Lord Shi said, there's a considerable number of cursed orbs circulating in the black market now."

"Correct."

Lu Yang smiled. "Then it's easy to handle. Since the culprit has produced a large number of Recording Orbs, it means they must have purchased them in bulk, and to buy Recording Orbs, they could only do so from your Qiongqi Clan, through sales points in cities like what Lord Shi manages."

"So we just need to check who purchased a large quantity of Recording Orbs from the Qiongqi Clan around the time when the cursed orbs started appearing. Then we can lock onto the target."