Starting My Cultivation With Time Management - Chapter 1099 - 68: No Ideas for Now
Chapter 1099: Chapter 68: No Ideas for Now
Seeing her junior brother, who had always refused to acknowledge his identity, now speaking intimately with a beautiful girl, An Zhisu was initially slightly stunned, and then an indescribable anger surged in her heart.
The desire to strike was clear in her eyes, causing Chen Guanshui to remain silent for a moment before suddenly clasping his hands together. The Five Elements Divine Light was unleashed, and he began to crazily dig into the ground.
The reason for not choosing to go upwards was simple: there was Earth Fire below.
“Stop running!” An Zhisu shouted, then used the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step, covering the short distance in an instant.
Chen Guanshui quickly jumped into the tunnel, and An Zhisu had already reached the edge, but instead of rushing in to pursue, she just glared at the Kunlun Mirror and said:
“Who are you? How are you related to my junior brother?”
The Kunlun Mirror breathed a sigh of relief. If Senior Sister An had attacked with a sword upon sight, she wouldn’t know how to respond, but if she was willing to communicate, it was much easier.
Of course, knowing the truth, Senior Sister An’s reaction would definitely be different from Junior Sister Xu and Liuli Lady, given her distinct personality…
Between “being brutally beaten by An Zhisu” and “causing a minor inconvenience for Guanshui,” the Kunlun Mirror quickly made a decision.
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When Xu Yinglian and Shi Liuli emerged from the refining room, they saw the Kunlun Mirror with an embarrassed expression and An Zhisu looking like a statue.
“That’s basically it.” The Kunlun Mirror, seeing her completely dumbfounded, felt a bit of pity, and comforted her, “Although I’m very sorry to you, he really had no choice but to hide his identity at Shushan Shangqing Faction for the mission to mend the heavens, and couldn’t reveal the truth to you, truly a deep apology.”
“Then…” An Zhisu raised her hand, trembling as she pointed to Xu Yinglian and Shi Liuli, “are they also…”
“Mutual pity.” Shi Liuli said blandly, “Empathizing deeply and expressing sympathy.”
An Zhisu almost fainted from anger, but although she was straightforward, which in other words meant her mind was extremely resilient, she wasn’t shocked for too long and merely spoke hoarsely:
“Where is he? I need to talk to him.”
“He ran away scared by you.” The Kunlun Mirror looked towards the cave entrance.
The three simultaneously looked towards the cave entrance.
With their understanding of their husband, if he were eavesdropping on the conversation between the Kunlun Mirror and An Zhisu nearby, he would definitely come out promptly to explain — although the personalities of Qiu Changtian, Ling Yunpo, and Luo Yan were different, none would be the passive kind to leave their fate to others; he would certainly want to take the initiative in the conversation.
So, that is to say…
“I’ll go find him,” Xu Yinglian was the first to say.
“Do you know the Earth Escape technique?” Shi Liuli asked her back.
“Stop arguing, let’s go together.” The Kunlun Mirror sighed, “Before he runs too far.”
She was the first to jump into the cave entrance, followed by Xu Yinglian, Shi Liuli, and then the silent An Zhisu.
The four walked through the spacious underground passage. In terms of opening the path forward, the Five Elements Divine Light was undoubtedly on the same level as the pure Earth Escape technique, much stronger than projecting beams of the Sun True Obscure Sword.
The walls around and beneath them were cut very smoothly, without any tripping protrusions, so they moved smoothly.
Perhaps feeling the atmosphere was a bit heavy, the Kunlun Mirror intended to crack a joke:
“He sure knows how to run, hahaha…”
The atmosphere grew heavier, and no one picked up the Kunlun Mirror’s words. Everybody instinctively remembered the tragic past when their husband ran away after the sect betrayal, where they couldn’t find him by any means, and their mood turned dejected.
“He should be nearby.” The Kunlun Mirror continued to try, “After all, given his personality, he wouldn’t put too much energy into useless work, so he’s probably hiding somewhere waiting for us.”
Shi Liuli suddenly said:
“I’ve calculated; he’s hiding in the Earth Fire ahead.”
The Kunlun Mirror’s voice abruptly stopped.
“I can traverse through the Earth Fire,” Xu Yinglian also spoke, “You all will need to think of other ways.”
“No need to be so troublesome, the Jade Pond should be able to track his position.” Shi Liuli glanced at the Kunlun Mirror.
“Ahem, yes.” The Kunlun Mirror immediately said, “Let’s go find him together!”
The group continued along the passage, and Shi Liuli suddenly moved closer to the trailing An Zhisu and communicated in secret:
“Jiao Xiao Daoist Friend, I’d like to chat with you…”
“Not interested.” An Zhisu replied coldly.
“Don’t be in a hurry to refuse.” Shi Liuli continued, “You don’t want to see Qing Heng ascend right after patching the heavens, leaving you alone in this world to endure loneliness, do you?”
An Zhisu suddenly stood still, causing the other two to turn their heads to look at her.
She was silent for a while, then continued to follow everyone.
“Go ahead,” An Zhisu finally relented.
“It’s simple,” Shi Liuli replied calmly, “As long as he successfully mends the heavens, the Heavenly Dao will inevitably grant him a huge amount of merit for his salvation act.”
“Based on the precedents set by Nuwa, immediate ascension is almost certain.”
An Zhisu was at a loss for words.
In fact, the judgment made by the immortals and the sect leader from Shushan was also that this act of heavenly salvation would earn a massive sum of merit, but they assumed there was an organization behind him, and the merit would be shared among its members.
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But now she finally understood, there was no such organization, not even Qiu Changtian or Ling Yunpo… All the people were just her junior brother alone.
That is to say, this massive amount of merit would also gather, allowing her junior brother to ascend on the spot.
Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but feel a chilling sense of alarm.
No junior brother…
“What should I do?” She finally reacted after an unknown amount of time, quickly sending a secret voice transmission to ask.
However, Shi Liuli no longer replied, deeply understanding the wisdom of knowing when to stop, and knowing that An Zhisu, in her helpless state, would almost always have only one reaction.
Stop him.
Meanwhile, Chen Guanshui jumped into the earth fire, using the Five Elements Divine Light to escape for a moment, gradually calming down.
Wait, why was I running?
Previously, I chose to run because I couldn’t bring myself to act against Senior Sister, nor could I deal with her entanglement, so I might as well just leave.
But now with Ah Jing, Junior Sister, and Liuli present, even if Senior Sister went dark upon knowing the truth, all of us could team up to subdue her, what’s there to fear?
Thus, Chen Guanshui emerged from the earth fire, carefully tidied his attire, then leisurely walked forward.
Then, he ran into the four of them head-on in the passage.
“Oh, Guanshui!” The Kunlun Mirror waved lively at him, then turned around and smiled, “See, I told you Guanshui wouldn’t run far, right?”
“Indeed.” Xu Yinglian nodded and said, “But this distance at least surpasses the tunnel-digging love of field mice.”
Shi Liuli showed a bewildered expression, turning to An Zhisu:
“Then Daoist Jiao Xiao, isn’t he a cat?”
The Kunlun Mirror struggled to hold back its laughter, already on the verge of losing it. Chen Guanshui calmly coughed and said,
“Just came down for some convenience, you female cultivators shouldn’t ask.”
“But isn’t Senior Brother fasting, how come he still needs convenience?” Xu Yinglian asked in surprise, “Why not just cut it off, to avoid needing to relieve oneself often.”
“Indeed.” Shi Liuli agreed, “Block it with a cork.”
Hearing these two taking turns to mock their junior brother, under normal circumstances, An Zhisu would have been furious.
However, now she was still reeling from the shock of her junior brother having several Daoist companions, and him about to ascend and run away, so instead of being angry, there was a subtle sense of satisfaction.
After all, her junior brother had been a bit too much…
“Stop messing around!” Chen Guanshui said seriously, then looked at the expressionless An Zhisu, then glanced at the Kunlun Mirror as if to hint “how’s Senior Sister doing.”
The Kunlun Mirror gave him an encouraging look, meaning “all taken care of.”
Chen Guanshui doubted this, but of course he couldn’t say it, so he merely looked at An Zhisu and cautiously asked,
“Senior Sister An, you know everything.”
“Yes.” An Zhisu stared at him blankly.
If she were full of rage and murderous intent like before, that would be within Chen Zi’ang’s understanding, but her blank daze now truly left him uncertain.
Shi Liuli beside him also frowned slightly, because in her initial estimation, An Zhisu should be reacting fiercely to stop Chen Guanshui from mending the heavens at this moment.
She slightly moved her hand hidden in her sleeve, then found that the hexagram readings were somewhat off, and sighed inwardly.
At this moment, although An Zhisu said nothing, she was conversing with the Sun True Obscure Sword in her mind.
“Don’t be anxious.” The Sun True Obscure Sword comforted, “Outstanding men are always surrounded by women, which was very common in our time. Do you know that the Great Shaman had nearly a hundred wives? Even the Yellow Emperor had nightly company with a thousand women! After all, proliferating one’s lineage is everything.”
“I don’t know.” An Zhisu said in confusion, “I need to think carefully.”
“Think about what!” The Sun True Obscure Sword warned her, “Keep thinking, and once he finishes mending the heavens, he’ll ascend and run away.”
An Zhisu was instantly terrified; she could not accept the fact that her junior brother already had multiple Daoist companions, but even less could she accept him ascending on the spot… One must know, in the past, all cultivators who followed the Sentiment Inquiry Path in Shushan virtually underwent the Feather Transformation Tribulation together.
Either they ascend together, or they die together, there’s no other possibility.
“So what should I do?” she subconsciously asked, “Stop him from mending the heavens? Or should I snatch the Heaven-Mending Stone fragment away…”
“That’s not an option.” The Sun True Obscure Sword said, “To stop someone from saving the world would incur immense karmic backlash. You wouldn’t want to be struck by Heavenly Thunder while sword flying, would you?”
An Zhisu remained silent.
She was not afraid of death, but she wasn’t foolish enough to court death, and only listened to the Sun True Obscure Sword continue,
“However, mending the heavens and stopping your junior brother from ascending are not actually contradictory. But… you understand?”
“I seek guidance from the Divine Sword.” An Zhisu finally lowered her head.
“Hahahahahahahahaha!” The Sun True Obscure Sword laughed heartily, having gotten its wish, “In that case, listen to what I say.”
“First, you need to reconcile with your junior brother, even if it’s just a pretended reconciliation. Because the Summoning Sword is within him, and I need to speak with Suming.”
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com
