Chapter 59: The Orchid Covenant
Li Lang stared right at his friends, who stood stupefied at the new suggestion of pretending to be demonic cultivators. Seeing how sensitive the topic was, the trio silently agreed to keep quiet until they returned to their room at the inn.
“Okay, what is this about pretending to be demonic cultivators now? You first considered becoming one, and now you want to pretend?” Long Yi immediately pressed as soon as they closed the door.
He glanced over at Wei Ping for his support, but the small child appeared busy in contemplation.
“Think about it,” Li Lang advised. “If we won’t be able to join an orthodox sect, our next option is to check out those other organizations led by demonic cultivators you mentioned. How weird would it be for us, or at least, Wei Ping and I, to be advancing through the cultivation stages despite our low talent if it was known that we practiced orthodox techniques?”
“...You guys would probably stand out quite a bit.”
“Exactly. While I was at the Peerless Gate, I had been already thinking about how to come up with an excuse for the future, but now that isn’t an option, we’ll have to think about how to handle being in a demonic cultivator organization.”
“...We can just continue as it is by ourselves or go to another province. You’re done with the experiments, right?”
“No…What we solved is just one problem in the Energy Gathering stage. I’ll likely be doing other tests in the future. As for going by ourselves…do you really think us three kids will get very far? We don’t have access to any inheritances. We’ll need martial arts, Qi arts, and cultivation techniques as we progress. I doubt the ones that could be bought are any good.”
Speaking up to that point, Li Lang fell silent as he deliberated on the possibility of creating his own techniques. However, he realized it wasn’t part of his expertise and the people of this world who had studied this topic for countless years would be better at utilizing Qi than his rudimentary efforts.
It was also at this point that Wei Ping decided to interject.
“B-boss is right. Pretending t-to be demonic cultivators m-may be the better o-option. The o-organization we looked at doesn’t s-seem to care what kind of c-cultivation technique their m-members practices.”
“Right. The important thing for us is just to secure backing to allow us to procure resources, knowledge, and protection,” Li Lang added.