Chapter 1204

As Lu Yang said, aside from Meng Jingzhou, there was no one more suitable to interview this matter; seeing Lu Yang shamelessly begging, Meng Jingzhou had no choice but to agree.

Lu Yang didn't need to worry about the newspaper headline; Meng Jingzhou had already thought of one for him: Young Hero Lu Yang Slays the City Lord Amidst the Red Dust.

"Then, Daoist Lu Yang, could you tell me how you fought the Heartless Sect's Sect Master Yang Kongdong back then?" Meng Jingzhou quickly put himself in the interviewer's role, interviewing Lu Yang about the situation at that time.

"Speaking of it, it was all a coincidence. At the time, I was in Mu Xue City in the far north, undergoing Red Dust Mortality, when I never expected Yang Kongdong to have already seized the city lord of Mu Xue City. To stop Yang Kongdong from slaughtering the citizens of Mu Xue City, I was forced to step forward. Fortunately, during the battle, my realm fluctuated to the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence stage, which gave me the strength to fight Yang Kongdong. After a fierce struggle, I slew Yang Kongdong."

Lu Yang spoke while gesturing, trying to reconstruct the scene as accurately as possible; this was a grand scene, and it needed to be described well.

Meng Jingzhou nodded while taking down Lu Yang's words: Lu Yang frankly said that being able to defeat Yang Kongdong was all a coincidence.

"Yang Kongdong is a formidable enemy; the embryonic form of his Seven Emotions Dao Fruit can alter people's emotions, thereby affecting the battle situation. This embryonic form of the Dao Fruit has no direct way to counter it; one can only endure it head-on. Fortunately, I have a Buddha's heart, which is not affected by the embryonic form of the Seven Emotions Dao Fruit."

Meng Jingzhou again noted down Lu Yang's words: Lu Yang wholeheartedly follows the Buddha, so emotions cannot affect him.

"... No one had expected that Yang Kongdong's true identity was actually a half-immortal from ancient times, bearing the legacies of multiple ancient great powers. During his cultivation, he befriended countless beautiful confidantes, but in the end, they fought over him, tore him apart, and only then did Yang Kongdong awaken from his ancient slumber until now."

Meng Jingzhou wrote: Yang Kongdong suffered a dismemberment due to too many beautiful confidantes, which made Meng Mou reflect: does this tragedy stem from having too many beautiful confidantes? As the saying goes, beauty is a disaster; as cultivators, we should reduce contact with the opposite sex, focus on cultivation, and avoid such tragedies recurring...

"Did you write it all down?"

"I wrote it all down."

"Let me see."

Lu Yang craned his neck to look, always feeling that he had just spoken a long passage, yet Old Meng had already finished writing it in an instant.

"There's nothing good to see." Meng Jingzhou hastily hid the interview draft behind his back.

Lu Yang instinctively sensed something was wrong, circled behind Meng Jingzhou: "I just want to take a look."

"Hey, Old Lu, why are you directly grabbing?"

Then Lu Yang saw Meng Jingzhou's interview notes.

"..."

The two fell silent at the same time.

"You interviewed like this!?"

"I just simplified it a bit."

Lu Yang was glad he had previewed Old Meng's interview draft in advance; if this were printed as a newspaper, it would be disastrous.

Meng Jingzhou secretly sighed behind his back; sure enough, trying to pull tricks in front of Old Lu wouldn't work.

Under Lu Yang's supervision, the correct and objective interview draft appeared, and then some cultivation realm gossip and cultivation trivia were added; this issue of the Cultivation Monthly could then be printed directly.

When Lu Yang brought the organized Cultivation Monthly to Jue Feng, he heard passionate discussion coming from within Jue Feng.

"I tell you, our Emperor Lord's Devouring Dao Fruit devours all things; the more it devours, the stronger it becomes. As long as he wishes, he can directly devour our world and become an unparalleled powerhouse; a glare can make your Great Yu turn to ashes and smoke!"

"By then, don't even mention Great Yu; even Great Xia would be no match for the Emperor Lord. Facing the Emperor Lord, the Ancient Four Immortals would have to tremble in fear!"

"What's so great about devouring all things? Our Yu Emperor's Replacement Dao Fruit replaces all things and can even replace cultivation. No matter how strong the Emperor Lord becomes, he can still have his cultivation replaced onto us Yu Emperors. No matter how mighty the Emperor Lord is, what can he do? In the end, it will only benefit our Yu Emperor!"

"What Ancient Four Immortals, Great Xia Twin Immortals, Ask Dao Sect Yun Zhi—when they see our Yu Emperor, they only have the option to flee!"

Lu Yang stood silently at the door, listening, pondering whether life in Jue Feng was too boring, with the prisoners starting to spout nonsense.

"Cough."

Lu Yang gave a dry cough; the originally heated debate, with mutual pointing and insults hurled at each other and each other's parents, suddenly fell silent in Jue Feng, leaving only the echo of Lu Yang's footsteps.

The prisoners nervously looked at Lu Yang, fearing he would bring back new prisoners again.

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

"This is the new issue of the newspaper; make more copies." Lu Yang handed a few newspapers to Guan Shanhai.

"Good."

Seeing this, the Great Yu cultivators provocatively stared at the Great Qian cultivators, their arrogance soaring. How about it? Even if Lu Yang also has to seek help from our National Preceptor, do you Great Qian have this capability?

"Wait a moment." The ever-silent Ming Ling suddenly spoke, his voice low, as if he had made some decision.

Lu Yang looked at Ming Ling in confusion; what's wrong with him, normally fine?

"Printing newspapers? I can also help."

Even during the time in the Immortal Palace, Ming Ling knew of the existence of newspapers, but he didn't know that Guan Shanhai was the one printing them.

The Great Yu forces are so arrogant; Lu Yang letting Guan Shanhai print newspapers is one of the reasons.

"I see your newspaper has a broadcast array; presumably it's for those who can't read to listen to. Not a bad idea, but ordinary people using it won't be very smooth."

Lu Yang nodded, signaling Ming Ling to continue.

"My Awakening Soul Dao Fruit can animate newspapers, needing no broadcast array to produce sound. Moreover, the newspapers animated by me possess a certain spiritual awareness; if ordinary people want to hear a certain section of the newspaper, they just tell the newspaper, and it will automatically recite!"

"If ordinary people want to learn to read, the animated newspapers can also teach them to read!"

Lu Yang drew a hissing breath; this sounds like a promising idea. If feasible, the literacy rate of Great Xia, or even the whole world, would greatly increase.

Lu Yang took out a copy of the newspaper reproduced by Guan Shanhai and let Ming Ling animate it; indeed, as Ming Ling described, it became much more convenient.

Moreover, the Awakening Soul animation is Ming Ling's Dao Fruit ability; Guan Shanhai cannot replicate it even if he wanted to.

In other words, to animate all newspapers, one must rely on Ming Ling's power.

Guan Shanhai remained silent throughout, only able to silently stare at Ming Ling through the prison bars.

Truly deserving of being the Grand Priest of the Great Qian Dynasty, Ming Ling's methods are indeed extraordinary; he is a formidable opponent!

"Grandmaster, will life in our Jue Feng be too monotonous? Should we not give the prisoners some space for free activity?" Lu Yang quietly asked the Child Grandmaster, the master of Jue Feng.

The Child Grandmaster also felt this couldn't continue, and nodded along with Lu Yang's line of thought:

"You mean we should mark out a plot of land, let Ming Ling and Guan Shanhai each lead their own troops, two armies facing off, real swords and spears, fight a battle, and see whether Great Yu is stronger or Great Qian is stronger?"

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