Who Let Him Cultivate?!
Chapter 1199 - 1198: Printing Newspapers? I Can Help Too

Just as Lu Yang had said, other than Meng Jingzhou, there was no more suitable person for the interview. Seeing Lu Yang shamelessly pleading, Meng Jingzhou had no choice but to agree.

Lu Yang didn't even have to bother about the headline; Meng Jingzhou had already thought of one for him: "Young Hero Lu Red Dust Mortality Slays City Lord."

"So, Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, could you tell how you fought against Master Yang Kongdong of the Ruthless Sect?" Meng Jingzhou quickly assumed the role of the interviewer and commenced the interview about Lu Yang's experience at that time.

"It was all coincidental. At the time, I was undergoing Red Dust Mortality in Muxue City, situated in the Extreme Northern Lands. Little did I know, Yang Kongdong had already possessed the City Lord of Muxue City. To prevent Yang Kongdong from slaughtering the people of Muxue City, I was forced to stand up. Fortunately, during the battle, my realm fluctuated to the Peak of Tribulation Crossing, which gave me the strength to fight Yang Kongdong. After a fierce battle, I managed to slay him."

As Lu Yang spoke, he gestured to recreate the scene as best as he could. This was a grand event, and he wanted to describe it properly.

Meng Jingzhou nodded while jotting down Lu Yang's words: Lu Yang purely attributed his victory over Yang Kongdong to coincidence.

"Yang Kongdong was a formidable enemy; he had condensed an outline of the Seven Emotions Dao Fruit, which could alter people's emotions and thus affect the outcome of the battle. There was no direct way to counteract such an outline of Dao Fruit; one could only endure it. Luckily, I possessed a Buddha Heart, which protected me from the influence of the Seven Emotions Dao Fruit Outline."

Meng Jingzhou once again wrote down Lu Yang's words: Lu Yang was dedicated to Buddha, unswayed by emotions.

"...No one expected that Yang Kongdong's true identity was that of a Semi-Immortal from Ancient Times, bearing the inheritance of various ancient great forces. During his cultivation, he made countless beauties his confidants. Unfortunately, in the end, these beloved beauties fought over Yang Kongdong, and tore him apart, leading to his slumber from Ancient Times until today."

Meng Jingzhou noted: Too many beloved confidantes led to Yang Kongdong's gruesome dismemberment. This made Meng reflect on whether having too many beauties is truly not a good thing. It is often said that beauties are a source of calamity; as a cultivator, one should minimize contact with the opposite sex, focus on cultivation, and prevent such tragedies from happening again...

"Have you got everything down?"

"I've got everything."

"Let me see."

Lu Yang craned his neck to look, feeling as if Meng had finished writing too quickly after his long speech.

"There's nothing worth seeing here," said Meng Jingzhou, quickly hiding the interview draft behind him.

Lu Yang instinctively sensed something was amiss and circled around to Meng Jingzhou's back: "I'll just have a quick look."

"Hey, Old Lu, why do you just grab it like that?"

Then Lu Yang saw Meng Jingzhou's interview notes.

"..."

Both of them fell silent simultaneously.

"Is this how you do interviews!?"

"I just condensed it."

Lu Yang felt fortunate that he had seen Meng's draft beforehand; it would have been disastrous to publish it in the newspaper.

Behind the scenes, Meng Jingzhou secretly sighed; indeed, he couldn't get away with any tricks in front of Old Lu.

Under Lu Yang's supervision, a correct and objective interview draft emerged, and after adding some fun facts and trivia from the Cultivation World, this issue of Cultivation Monthly was ready to be printed.

When Lu Yang brought the finalized Cultivation Monthly to Captive Peak, he heard a passionate discussion inside.

"I'm telling you, our Almighty Emperor's Devouring Dao Fruit can devour all things, and the more he devours, the stronger he becomes. If he wishes, he can directly devour our world and become an unprecedentedly powerful being, with just a blink of his eye turning Great Yu into ashes!"

"Then, not to mention Great Yu, even Great Xia wouldn't stand a chance against our Emperor. Even the Four Ancient Immortals would tremble before him!"

"Devouring everything counts for nothing; our Emperor Yu can swap Dao Fruits for anything and even swap cultivation levels," a voice boomed. "No matter how powerful the Emperor becomes, he can take the Emperor's cultivation level and assimilate it into himself. What good is the Emperor's strength then, when in the end, it only benefits our Emperor Yu!"

"What of the Four Ancient Immortals, Great Xia's Twin Immortals, and Yun Zhi of the Seek Dao Sect? Faced with our Emperor Yu, they only have escape as an option!"

Lu Yang stood silently at the doorway, pondering whether life at Captive Peak was too dull, as the prisoners had begun to talk nonsense.

"Cough."

Lu Yang coughed dryly, and the once heated arguments and mutual finger-pointing and cursing that filled Captive Peak came to an abrupt halt. Only the echoing footsteps of Lu Yang could be heard throughout the silent space.

The prisoners nervously watched Lu Yang, fearing he might bring back another new prisoner.

Fortunately, this time Lu Yang had only come to find Guan Shanhai.

"Here's the latest issue of the newspaper, make more copies," Lu Yang handed several newspapers to Guan Shanhai.

"Alright."

Seeing this, the Great Yu Cultivators looked provokingly at the Great Qian Cultivators, their spirits high. See, even Lu Yang has to seek help from our Imperial Teacher, do you Great Qian have this capability?

"Wait a moment." The always silent Controller suddenly spoke, his voice deep as though he had made some sort of decision.

Lu Yang looked puzzled at the Controller, wondering what was going on.

"Printing newspapers, I can help too."

The Controller had known about the existence of newspapers since his time in the Fairy Palace, but he didn't know Guan Shanhai was the one who printed them.

The blatant arrogance of the Great Yu power was one reason why Lu Yang had asked Guan Shanhai to print newspapers.

"I see your newspapers have an Array Method for broadcasting; it must be intended for those who can't read. It's a good idea, but it's not very handy for the common folks."

Lu Yang nodded, gesturing for the Controller to continue.

"My Enlightenment Tao Fruit can enlighten newspapers. They won't need the broadcasting Array Method to produce sound, and after my enlightenment, the newspapers will possess a degree of spiritual wisdom. Should a commoner want to hear a specific part of the newspaper, they merely need to speak to it, and the paper will recite it automatically!"

"If commoners wish to learn to read, the enlightened newspapers can also teach them how!"

Lu Yang hissed in astonishment, seeing this as a potential idea. If feasible, the literacy rate in Great Xia, or perhaps the entire world, would dramatically increase.

Lu Yang took out a copy of the newspaper Guan Shanhai had printed and let the Controller enlighten it. Indeed, as the Controller described, it became more user-friendly.

Moreover, Enlightenment was an ability of the Controller's Dao Fruit, which even Guan Shanhai couldn't replicate.

In other words, to enlighten all the newspapers, the power of the Controller would be necessary.

Guan Shanhai remained silent throughout, merely looking at the Controller through the bars of the cage.

Truly, a formidable foe, the Main Priest of the Great Qian Dynasty!

"Grandmaster, do you think life on Captive Peak might be a bit monotonous? Should we allow the prisoners some space for free activity?" Lu Yang quietly inquired of the young Grandmaster, the master of Captive Peak.

The young Grandmaster too felt that continuing this way was not ideal and nodded, following Lu Yang's thought:

"Do you mean to suggest we allocate a section of land for the Controller and Guan Shanhai to lead their respective forces against each other in real combat, to see whether Great Yu or Great Qian is stronger?"

"…Grandmaster, you're being a bit extreme."

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