Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1030: Chapter 22 Speaking Different Languages _2

If that loose cultivator hides within the lair, naturally, I won’t be able to find him from outside.

She dived into the deep waters and arrived at the underground cave ruins, where she saw Chen Guanshui standing in the middle of a bluestone slab, seemingly lost in thought.

Suddenly, he lifted his head and said:

“Since you’ve come, why hide and show only half of yourself?”

“You have sharp perception.” Ah Ling saw him glance in the direction where she was hiding, and simply stepped out openly, “This place is like a hidden world, yet it lies beneath the deep pool. How did you find it?”

“I have been here before.” Being asked that way, Chen Guanshui immediately felt a wave of melancholy stirring in his heart and spoke with sorrow.

Been here before? Ah Ling was initially slightly startled, but soon she responded immediately.

Wait, this place isn’t naturally formed; it is a cave dwelling left by ancient people, later occupied by a venomous jiaolong, making it inaccessible.

He said he had been here before, his timeline must be before the venomous jiaolong. Could it be…he is the ancient person who built this cave?

What is this guy’s background exactly?

Chen Guanshui, unaware that a casual remark had led Ah Ling to conjure a whole set of erroneous ideas, simply resumed his steps, retracing the patterns on the floor with the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step.

Ah Ling, as a jiaolong cultivator, naturally trained in the martial techniques specific to the jiaolong race, didn’t understand or care for Human Race’s stepping techniques. However, she watched as he moved gracefully and elegantly, like dancing, and found herself momentarily entranced.

Shortly after, the stone slab collapsed with a loud crash once more.

The two fell into the abyss below, landing steadily at the bottom. Ah Ling looked around warily, her gaze quickly falling on the central large tree.

It was the remains of a tree demon, where a female’s graceful upper body emerged from the trunk, gently embracing a male corpse, which was unmistakably human.

Chen Guanshui gazed at the two corpses, speechless for a long moment.

He thought of the Long Hu still in the Eastern Emperor Realm…likewise a romance between the human race and the Demon Race, why did these ancients have the courage to live and die together, while he could only silently leave the little fox?

Is it really because of the “Heaven-Mending Plan”?

His thoughts spun rapidly, and suddenly Chen Guanshui gained an insight, immediately sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the valley to meditate.

Next to him, Ah Ling looked at the two entwined remains and quickly guessed the reason behind it, letting out a long, wistful sigh — she didn’t understand what love was, but the sight undeniably touched her heart.

Looking again at Chen Guanshui who was meditating on the spot, seemingly having no defenses against her, Ah Ling also put away her cautious thoughts, yet her eyes shifted around, pondering something.

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Now, regarding the Penglai Yuqing View, ever since Elder Jingyun defected, related matters were personally classified as taboo by the Wan Xiang Immortal, forbidding anyone from privately discussing or speculating.

The position of the Master of the Heavenly Craft Workshop was then succeeded by Elder Shi Liuli of Dongyou.

Even though discussion was forbidden, everyone knew what had happened, hence the sales at Heavenly Craft Workshop plummeted almost like it was banned.

Yet the new workshop master Shi Liuli showed no reaction, continuing daily with breathing exercises, sword casting, and studying, causing Liang Ruohua to worry if this junior sister’s Daoist Heart had wavered and she had become completely obsessed.

“Senior sister, I’m fine.” Facing her third senior sister’s concern, Shi Liuli softly replied.

“If you’re fine, that’s good.” Seeing her usual demeanor, Liang Ruohua, despite her inner worry, could only put on a forced smile, “Well…I’ll be going then.”

After the third senior sister left, Shi Liuli sat blankly in the Sword Casting Workshop for an hour.

Suddenly, she raised her arm again, tossing six copper coins.

Divination.

The copper coins fell, and the hexagram still revealed pure chaos.

In art calculation terms, a completely chaotic hexagram indicates either there is no such person or no such event.

Why would there be no such person? Even if he has died, it ought to show as deceased!

Staring at the copper coins for a long time, Shi Liuli suddenly gritted her teeth in frustration and threw them all into the furnace.

Inside the furnace, countless meltings of copper chunks piled up like small hills, glowing red-hot from the flames.

Shi Liuli stood up and quietly went back to her bedroom.

As she opened the door, for a moment she had the illusion that after the door opened, she would see Luo Yan sitting at the desk, turning his head to look at her with a gentle smile.

But when her vision cleared again, she could only see the empty room.

Shi Liuli, like a puppet on strings, came to the bedside, slowly sat down, and then lay down slowly.

She stared at the ceiling above the bed, dazing for half an hour before trembling as she reached for the pillow beside her, burying her head in it.

Luo Yan, oh Luo Yan.

If you come to find me within a year, then I won’t want this Heavenly Craft Workshop anymore; we’ll leave Penglai, and I’ll follow you wherever you go.

If you show up within ten years, then I’ll restrain and capture you, then plead with the Sect Leader and the Immortal to let you face the punishment and penalties of the sect.

If I find you within a hundred years, then I’ll cripple all your cultivation and tie you up like a dog, to see if you dare to leave me and wander around!

But if you refuse to come back in this lifetime, then I…

Then I also don’t know what to do…

She hugged the pillow for a long time before making an almost imperceptible sobbing and choking sound, her shoulders trembling with convulsions, unable to stop for a long while.

At some point, she only heard Shi Qing suddenly calling from outside:

“Master! An elder named Jiao Xiao is looking for you outside!”

Shi Liuli put down the pillow, washed up in a copper basin for a moment, and cleaned all the traces of tears from her face, though her eyes remained red and swollen.

When she came to the reception hall, she saw that An Zhisu was standing silently, her white hair cascading like a waterfall down to her waist, making her whole being seem as cold as frost and snow, yet as sharp as an ice blade.

“Jiao Xiao.” Shi Liuli forced a smile, “Long time no see.”

The last time was in the Golden Que Secret Realm, and the time before that was in the White Jade Capital Secret Realm. Though they hadn’t interacted much, the strength of the other’s magical prowess had left a deep impression on Shi Liuli.

“Dong You.” An Zhisu slowly said, “Where is Jingyun?”

“Why must you ask a question you already know the answer to?” Shi Liuli asked quietly.

Although Penglai refused to admit it, how could such a matter be kept secret? She did not believe that An Zhisu was unaware of this.

“Just the other day, while searching for the whereabouts of the Tai Yin Sword Master.” An Zhisu paused briefly, then suddenly said, “I found someone in the Southern Border.”

“I am certain, that person is the Tai Yin Sword Master. But during the magical duel, the opponent actually used the Five Elements Divine Light… hence I came to Penglai to inquire, who taught Elder Jingyun’s Five Elements Divine Light back then, and to whom was it passed on?”

“The Tai Yin Sword Master can use the Five Elements Divine Light?” Shi Liuli was slightly startled, her instinctive thought being how ridiculous this sounded.

The cultivation techniques of your Shushan Tai Yin Sword Master, yet you come to ask about them from my Penglai, what sense does that make?

She replied in a solemn voice:

“My husband’s Five Elements Divine Light was obtained from the Pavilion Secret Realm in the past, not taught by anyone.”

“Since the cultivation technique requires the Five Elements True Veins of Acquired Nature, he has not taught it to anyone.”

“But in this world, surely it’s not only my husband who knows the Five Elements Divine Light… hasn’t Jiao Xiao heard of the Peacock Demon Race?”

“Can’t I tell if he’s from the Peacock Demon Race?” An Zhisu said coldly.

“Not from the Peacock Demon Race, but human?” Shi Liuli frowned slightly, then immediately a strange intuition surged from her heart.

That person, rather than being the Tai Yin Sword Master, is more likely to be my husband!

“Apart from the Five Elements Divine Light, what other cultivation techniques or divine skills did the opponent reveal?” Shi Liuli asked eagerly.

“They only used a sword.” An Zhisu replied.

“What are the features of the sword?” Shi Liuli asked again.

“Three feet eight inches long, about four fingers wide, with a heavy sword spine, its color is black and yellow, and the grain pattern is like twisted old roots.” An Zhisu had a sharp memory and quickly answered.

No mistake! Shi Liuli immediately blurted out:

“That’s my husband’s Huangting Kunwu Sword!”

An Zhisu paused slightly, then angrily said:

“How could Elder Jingyun’s sword possibly be in my junior brother’s hands!”

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