I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2930 - 1369: The Causes of Yesterday, the Consequences of Today (Part 2)

The Nascent Soul Cultivator tasked with guarding Fushang Star, Lao Xiaoyu, was in the midst of refining a batch of elixirs when, under Huo Gaoyuan’s wrath, he had a sudden scare and the furnace fire went out of control.

After the elixirs were ruined, Lao Xiaoyu’s mouth twitched slightly, feeling pained but not daring to say anything, he quickly cleaned up.

Preparing to teleport to where Huo Gaoyuan was descending, considering the latter was obviously in an angry mood, Lao Xiaoyu transmitted a message to his female disciple, Hua Yingxue, to avoid being reprimanded himself.

Hua Yingxue, after obtaining the Xuanxu Pill, initially planned not to leave seclusion until success, but upon hearing Huo Gaoyuan’s arrival, she had to set everything aside.

After all, her current status was entirely thanks to him.

Lao Xiaoyu instructed Hua Yingxue to first go find Huo Gaoyuan, thinking she should calm him down before he arrived.

A quarter-hour later, thinking the time was about right, Lao Xiaoyu teleported to the main hall responsible for governing the planet.

But to his surprise, Huo Gaoyuan stood in the hall with a sullen face, venting his anger at the Divinity Transformation cultivators from several departments, even the usually favored Hua Yingxue was not spared, and was scolded mercilessly.

In Lao Xiaoyu’s heart, a chill reverberated, realizing today’s matter was likely significant, but since he was already here, there was no running away, he could only accompany with a smile and ask, "Why has Martial Brother suddenly come? Has there been a major event?"

"Hmph, you’ve done well!"

Huo Gaoyuan faced Lao Xiaoyu, also a Nascent Soul cultivator, with no pleasant expression. He had already investigated Chen Mobai’s situation and threw the file he held.

Lao Xiaoyu reached out to receive it, finding it was a dossier of temporary residency. Using Divine Sense, he saw Chen Mobai’s photograph.

With the memory of a Nascent Soul, he instantly recalled scenes from a century ago.

"This is the Divinity Transformation cultivator who sneaked in back then. Has he caused trouble on Wangxing that implicates you?" Lao Xiaoyu saw at the end of Chen Mobai’s dossier about his application to go to Wangxing and glanced at Huo Gaoyuan’s furious face, his heart tightened involuntarily.

"It’s a tremendous fortune, so much so that I was reprimanded by Senior Brother Cheng and might be held accountable!"

With a grim face, Huo Gaoyuan recounted the matter of Chen Mobai successfully cultivating the void and even stepping into the Innate Great Dao.

"Impossible! How could a mere rural cultivator from a remote star domain possess the Method for the Innate Great Dao! And he succeeded in cultivating the void without the Xuanxu Pill?" Lao Xiaoyu was shocked, his face filled with disbelief and confusion.

"This Mr. Chen is Junior Sister Song’s friend, who exchanged a Xuanxu Pill through her; didn’t you know?"

Huo Gaoyuan’s words stunned Lao Xiaoyu at first, then he remembered something, checking Chen Mobai’s dossier to confirm his place of origin column.

"He’s actually from the Xuanyang Star System."

In murmurs, Lao Xiaoyu recalled the conversation with Chen Mobai a hundred years ago, where the latter indeed mentioned his origins, but he completely ignored it, assigning it to his disciples.

"Martial Brother, have you come today to migrate Mr. Chen’s residency to Wangxing?"

Lao Xiaoyu asked cautiously, as according to Xuanhu Dojo’s rules, post-cultivating void one could reside in Four Stars. Moreover, if the Innate Great Dao involving cultivation was achieved, it’s certain Xuanhu Daojun would personally meet him.

The once-dismissed minor character now became someone even Lao Xiaoyu had to look up to, which made him feel uncomfortable inside.

What bothered him more was Huo Gaoyuan’s attitude, indicating Chen Mobai must have spoken poorly about Fushang Star while at Wangxing.

"Was Mr. Chen’s temporary residency your idea?" Huo Gaoyuan’s eyes burnt as he stared at Lao Xiaoyu, knowing someone accountable needed to bear this responsibility for him to report back to Cheng Yunlan.

"How could it be, I remember very clearly, I was too lazy to handle such trivial matters then. I handed it over to Gao Tian and Yingxue, and since Yingxue is here, let her speak too."

Upon seeing Huo Gaoyuan’s gaze, Lao Xiaoyu knew this old fellow intended to make him a scapegoat, promptly pushing his disciple into the situation.

Which in this case, he was truly innocent.

"Disciple was refining a batch of Heavenly Fragrance Pill, after the Master left, he entrusted the matter to Senior Brother, and left early." Hua Yingxue, though reliant on men for her current status, indeed had fundamental abilities in assessing situations and understood that if a scapegoat today, Huo Gaoyuan will surely not consider their previous dealings too, promptly disassociating herself.

"Where’s Gao Tian?"

Lao Xiaoyu glanced around, noticing the Minister of Security, Gao Tian wasn’t there, resulting in a frown and a query.

"Minister failed cultivating the void, took a ten-year recuperation leave, currently still on leave." A sweating female cultivator promptly answered, being Gao Tian’s adjutant, temporarily substituting his position, though at this moment dared not cover up for her leader.

"Hmph, have him roll over and explain immediately."

Even before Huo Gaoyuan spoke, Lao Xiaoyu already harshly shouted.

Soon, Gao Tian was hastily brought over upon receiving the message. He had failed cultivating the void, although survived via the power of elixirs, his Primordial Spirit dissipated, leaving his cultivation level even inferior to Nascent Soul, with a significantly aged appearance.

And upon hearing the news of Chen Mobai cultivating the void, standing there, his face turned pale, cold sweat streamed, murmuring, "How could it be? Impossible..."

"Why did you arrange temporary residency for Mr. Chen and the others? With their talents, the rules state they could have directly been introduced into official residency!"

To avoid the responsibility falling on himself, Lao Xiaoyu directly questioned Gao Tian.

"Reporting to Master, after all, they were Divinity Transformation cultivators with unknown backgrounds, to avoid accidents, as Security Officer, I felt it best to transition through temporary residency until they fully integrated with Fushang Star before official entry." Gao Tian saw the situation, understanding improper handling could make him the scapegoat, thus racked his brain to clear himself.

"Hmph, let me ask you, six years ago, when Mr. Chen and the others’ hundred-year term was up, applying for official entry, why did you instruct the Immigration Department to refuse, only renewing temporary residency?"

The inquiry was from Huo Gaoyuan, who had already thoroughly investigated the matter before Lao Xiaoyu’s arrival, with this query being the most infuriating point.

If not for purposeful obstruction, taking this dossier documentation back to Wangxing, he could entirely claim Fushang Star’s handling was reasonable, merely cautious.

But this obstruction indicated someone was intentionally obstructing the official entry of Chen Mobai and others.

This was problematic.

Initially, Huo Gaoyuan thought Lao Xiaoyu was responsible, now it appeared Gao Tian acted independently.

"This..."

Gao Tian’s lips quivered slightly, unsure of how to answer, he glanced at the Immigration Bureau Director, who immediately averted his gaze. Gao Tian also dared not claim the latter was lying, for cultivating void offered numerous methods to verify the truth.

"Speak frankly, or your nine clans will suffer!"

Seeing Gao Tian like this, Lao Xiaoyu coldly threatened. This disciple’s family was a major pharmacy conglomerate on Fushang Star, considered a prominent family, but in the eyes of a Nascent Soul, were mere ants.

Lao Xiaoyu was not about to oppose Chen Mobai for this disciple, he understood his limitations, especially wanting a thorough investigation to the end.

"Disciple was greedy for Senior Chen’s Dao Merits..."

Ultimately, Gao Tian sighed and confessed his wrongdoings.

At this moment, he deeply regretted why, after obtaining one Dao Merit, he still wanted more from Chen Mobai.

If he hadn’t obstructed initially, and had proactively helped official entry for newly arrived Chen Mobai and others on Fushang Star, perhaps he could have secured another Xuanxu Pill with such goodwill.