Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1090: Chapter 62: Don’t Think About Ascension!

Regarding the issue of the restrictions on the Demon Locking Tower, the internal conclusion of the Shushan Shangqing Faction is: Qing Heng was worried that removing the Heaven-Mending Stone fragment would lead to demons escaping and wreaking havoc on the world, thus creating enormous karmic obstacles and sins.

To avoid being entangled by karmic obstacles, he went to great lengths to optimize and repair the restrictions, allowing him to steal the stone calmly and leave.

Long Eyebrow Immortal did not agree with this view.

In the past, due to prejudice, he caused a great disaster, and now he naturally did not dare to jump to conclusions.

Upon careful consideration, although the Heaven-Mending Stone fragment and the Demon Locking Tower’s restrictions are closely related, the karmic judgment of the Heavenly Dao is not so precise—if it was just a minor modification to the restrictions to prevent them from collapsing immediately, the responsibility for subsequent maintenance of the restrictions would fall on Shushan, and he would not be implicated at all.

However, Qing Heng ultimately adopted a once-and-for-all solution.

He permanently optimized the restrictions on the Demon Locking Tower, making it more stable and solid without needing the Heaven-Mending Stone fragment.

Some historical, unsolvable flaws were also resolved by him, equivalent to a very perfect repair.

The only drawback is that the restrictions have been altered beyond recognition, making future maintenance impossible. However, Shushan had few researchers in formation restrictions anyway, so it didn’t matter.

From a practical standpoint, Qing Heng didn’t need to do this unless he…

At this moment, Su Jian hurriedly arrived with An Zhisu and explained the situation to Long Eyebrow Immortal, who immediately widened his eyes.

Shushan had already lost Qing Heng, and if there were further issues with Jiao Xiao, they would truly fall into a state of scarcity.

Long Eyebrow Immortal quickly grabbed An Zhisu’s wrist, and his divine sense swiftly probed the spine, indeed finding a dazzling divine weapon residing within, radiant like the sun, majestic and inviolable.

Suddenly, a severe pain came from his hand, as the divine weapon emitted a Sword Qi that traveled along An Zhisu’s hand meridians, directly burning Long Eyebrow Immortal’s hand.

“Sun True Obscure Sword?” Long Eyebrow Immortal exclaimed.

“How could it be the Sun True Obscure Sword!” Su Jian was also instantly shocked.

“Why couldn’t it be the Sun True Obscure Sword?” A voice sounded from within An Zhisu.

The two were momentarily stunned.

“It’s been only a few hundred thousand years, and the successors of the Emei Sword Sect have become so ignorant?” the voice continued, “Don’t recognize the Fuxi Dual Swords?”

“Stop speaking inside my body!” An Zhisu exclaimed angrily.

“First, build me a Sword Pavilion!” the Sun True Obscure Sword ignored her complaint and continued, “Before I choose a master, I want to reside in a Sword Pavilion!”

In the Undersea Cavern, the argument between the two had intensified.

“Based on current experiments, the higher the temperature of Earth Fire, the better,” Shi Liuli had transformed into an academic persona and spoke eloquently, “Every material has a rate of heat conduction, and the Heaven-Mending Stone is no exception. Beyond this rate, even if the temperature of Earth Fire continues to rise, the melting rate of the Heaven-Mending Stone has already reached its limit and will not increase.”

“The current melting speed of the Heaven-Mending Stone is already approaching the limit; therefore, even if we trouble Friend Qiong Ying to stimulate the Earth Fire, the effect will not significantly improve… I suggest not troubling Friend Qiong Ying and letting her return to Kunlun as soon as possible.”

“According to you, then when Nuwa refined the Heaven-Mending Stone with Heavenly Fire, the efficiency should be about the same as yours now.” Xu Yinglian merely sneered, “Nuwa refined the Heaven-Mending Stone in twenty days, how long does Friend Dong You plan to take?”

“The nature of Earth Fire and Heavenly Fire is different and cannot be generalized.”

“Since their nature is different, then why talk about ’heat conduction efficiency’?”

“Does Friend Qiong Ying understand the path of casting and refining? If not, why ask?”

“It’s the first time I’ve heard that the path of sword casting is equivalent to the path of casting and refining. Is Friend Dong You planning to refine the Heaven-Mending Stone as if it were a sword?” Xu Yinglian scoffed, “After refining, is it to mend the heavens, or to pierce another hole in the Heavenly Sphere?”

“The path of sword casting is part of the path of artifact forging. This is common knowledge in Penglai, known to everyone. Doesn’t Friend Qiong Ying know?” Shi Liuli retorted sarcastically, “It seems that although the Phoenix Immortal’s cultivation level is profound, she can’t help but pass judgment on matters she doesn’t understand.”

“I don’t consider it reckless criticism, but rather isn’t it someone facing others’ questions and only responding with ’it cannot be generalized,’ isn’t that evasive?”

“The difference between Heavenly Fire and Earth Fire, do I really need to explain it to you in detail? I suspect, with Friend Qiong Ying’s comprehension, understanding them might take even longer than refining the Heaven-Mending Stone.”

“Is it difficult to understand, or difficult to fabricate? If Friend Dong You is making up lies on the spot, with inconsistent words, it’s indeed hard to understand. Can you please think it through before explaining? Otherwise, riddled with flaws, it will only make people laugh.”

The two exchanged barbs at a rapid pace, effortlessly organizing their rhetoric, as one had a Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart and the other was intelligent and sharp, resulting in a debate that was evenly matched.

The Kunlun Mirror, nearby, repeatedly attempted to interject but couldn’t, getting increasingly impatient.

Chen Guanshui was equally at a loss, internally conflicted.

Rationally speaking, he should speak up to stop the argument; otherwise, if it escalated, Liuli Lady would undoubtedly suffer.

But if he intervened, it would attract the fire from each other onto himself… His instincts of self-preservation were already warning, and his survival instincts were in overdrive.