Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1050: Chapter 37: The Couple Reunites_2

“What do you mean?”

Acting just like the real thing! Shi Liuli sneered inwardly.

“It means that among us Heavenly Demon cultivators, we can sense each other’s aura.” Despite the shadow leader’s steady tone, for some reason this time it conveyed a sense of slyness and treachery, “Apart from the extensive aura of Mud Vero on you, there’s also a peculiar aura mixed in.”

“…That is the aura of our kind.”

Chen Guanshui fell silent at these words: Not pretending anymore?

His gaze swept around, thinking if Ah Jing were here, he’d surely be able to scan something, like “Oh no, Guan Shui, this space is sealed.”

Unfortunately, now besides growing darker, nothing else could be seen—only guessing that the opponent must have done something tricky.

“I want to make a deal with you.” The shadow leader said, “The various secret techniques left by the predecessors, although rare and precious, are not forbidden to share with outsiders.”

“Hand over these secret techniques to us, and we will allow you to leave with this knowledge, how about it?”

Chen Guanshui almost burst out laughing, feeling they hadn’t torn apart our relationship yet, only because they were worried I hadn’t taken the storage bag left by that corpse, but instead relied solely on memory to keep all those secret techniques in my brain, right?

In this case, even if they kill us, they won’t get anything, but have to go back to that office to find the secret… If they could go, they wouldn’t have tried to deceive and incite us.

With this thought in mind, Chen Guanshui laughed and said:

“It’s a good proposal, but… all the secret techniques left by that predecessor are stored in my mind. How will you verify their authenticity?”

“In your mind?” The shadow leader asked slowly, “Is there no scripture, jade slip, or similar medium?”

“There is.” Chen Guanshui said frankly, “I destroyed them after reading.”

This mundane tone almost made the shadow leader have a stroke, yet he was ultimately a Heavenly Demon and controlled his emotions by instinct, suppressing his anger and asking:

“Destroyed… Why destroy them? These are precious secret technique books!”

“Indeed.” Chen Guanshui laughed heartily, “If I came from a great sect, I might have cherished and kept them, taking them back to the sect for reward.”

“Unfortunately, I’m just a mere loose cultivator. What use do I have for these books? A common man without guilt can be guilty for holding treasure. It’s better to meticulously memorize them and then destroy them, to avoid tempting others.”

The shadow leader was speechless, internally judging the truth of his words.

Logically, what he said seemed impossible, but the problem was what evidence could prove he really destroyed those things?

Moreover, the other Feather Courtyard Gate secrets could be ignored, but the Purple Mansion Thunder was specifically designed to subdue physical cultivation and was an excellent weapon against the Mud Vero lineage.

No matter what price they pay, they must secure it!

After a moment of silence, the shadow leader suddenly laughed and said:

“This Dwelling Cave Heaven, as I informed you earlier, was specially opened by our predecessors for us.”

“Not only does it obscure light and avoid sunlight, but it can also drive infinite shadows, devouring everything… If you indeed memorized and destroyed all the sect’s secret techniques, I’d require you to recount these secret techniques fully and accurately.”

With his threatening words, the surrounding shadows started to ripple with malicious intent, slowly surging towards the two like a tide.

Shi Liuli’s face turned pale, unconsciously getting closer to Chen Guanshui, only to hear him sneer and say:

“You want me to explain? It’s better not to say anything, for speaking will surely mean immediate death.”

The shadow leader didn’t bother to conceal his intentions, merely responded indifferently:

“If you don’t speak, when you are bound and tortured by shadows, enduring extreme pain before being forced to confess, you won’t leave peacefully, so why bother?”

“It’s best to reveal the secret technique early, and we can give you a quick end, allowing your souls to reincarnate… To speak frankly, you did help us eliminate the mud spirits outside; if it weren’t that this sect’s secret techniques must not be leaked to outsiders, we wouldn’t repay kindness with enmity and plot against you here.”

“Our masks have already been torn off, is there a need to feign innocence?” Chen Guanshui laughed heartily, “Very well, it seems we must have a bout.”

He formed a daoist formula with his hands, then released the Universal Pure Tone Minor Illumination Technique, and fiercely surged his True Yuan into it, causing the small light sphere to abruptly swell to a diameter of thirty to forty zhang, shining brilliantly like the scorching sun.

This was exactly the tactic he had comprehended previously in the Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden Secret Realm to deal with a massive number of Heavenly Demons: he would spare no expense to urge his True Yuan, exchanging it for an exaggerated effect two to three times the original spell’s power, perfectly matching his advantage of having abundant True Yuan.

Once the “Great Bright Technique” emerged, not only were the surging shadows around fiercely pushed back, but even the shadow cultivators closer by screamed and howled as they continuously retreated.

The shadow leader, because he kept his distance from the start, being shielded and locked by layers of darkness, was not much harmed, and said with indifference:

“Why struggle so bitterly, friend? The shadow power here is derived from the Dwelling Cave Heaven’s restrictions, truly endless and inexhaustible, but your True Yuan is finite. Can you endure past the initial onslaught and survive until the very end?”

“An infinite resource indeed!” Chen Guanshui said coldly, “Is this not the method Heavenly Demons use against cultivators trying to ascend?”

“Although you blame the Feather Courtyard Gate’s downfall on the path of turning into Heavenly Demons, I see your malicious intent is no different from the Heavenly Demons!”

“There is no other way.” The shadow leader said candidly, “If given a choice, we hope to escape our current half-human, half-ghost state.”

“But now it’s all set, what can be done? As for the Heavenly Demon methods, though despicable and shameless, it’s sufficient as long as they work…”

Seeing him speak so honestly, Chen Guanshui realized he couldn’t sway the other party’s intentions with words and started pondering in his heart.

Although these shadows seemed to have assumed victory over him, in reality, they were like a frog at the bottom of a well, unaware of the vast world… Not to mention, just leaving this Dwelling Cave Heaven could be achieved effortlessly with the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle, and he could even bring Shi Liuli along.

The only issue was…

Just as he was contemplating silently, suddenly a flame burst from below the light ball out of nowhere.

The flame was so familiar that Chen Guanshui, without thinking, hurriedly extinguished the light ball in a rush.

Isn’t this… isn’t this Junior Sister Xu’s fire shuttle technique? How did it appear here?

Could it be she tampered with my body, able to teleport to me from any distance at once?

Just as Chen Guanshui was startled and on edge, Xu Yinglian and An Zhisu’s figures appeared from the fire.

“Why is it so dark?” An Zhisu said subconsciously, as she entered with her back to Chen Guanshui and Shi Liuli.

“Indeed.” Xu Yinglian formed a hand formula and likewise cast the Universal Pure Tone Minor Illumination Technique.

A small light sphere bloomed from her fingertips, slowly floating upwards into the air.

Shi Liuli, watching from behind, couldn’t help but turn to Chen Guanshui with a mischievous look, as if asking, “How do you both have the same spell?”

Chen Guanshui had no time for her, hurriedly reaching his hand to grab the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle.

The idea of “finding a way to hold Shi Liuli back” was completely thrown out of his mind—who knew why the other two wives would find him here!

If not now, then when to run?

The Minor Illumination Technique shed its light, but was blocked by the writhing shadows around, only illuminating a range of three or four zhang, shrinking continuously.

“These shadows are quite peculiar,” An Zhisu said, frowning, making a sword gesture with her right hand; the Flying Smoke Sword Dao Techniques unleashed, a line of fire spreading around, burning the shadows back continuously.

“Be careful, friend.” Xu Yinglian also formed a daoist formula, breathing out Great Bright Flame, instantly lighting up the surroundings as if in broad daylight.

Distant shadows retreated in panic, with no time to attend to Chen Guanshui and the others.