Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 408: Chapter 41 What to Do When People from the Mother’s Family Visit

After returning to Qingluo Peak, the two of them continued practicing swordsmanship until late into the night.

Designing a Triple Sword Strike Technique was not an easy task.

Even the Shushan Dual Sword Technique hadn’t been created out of thin air; it was improved upon generation after generation.

However, since it was nearly impossible for an External Incarnation to be passed down through generations, there were no traces or hints of the details for the Triple Sword Strike Technique to be found.

An Zhisu said she “roughly had an idea,” but Ling Yunpo didn’t know if she truly had a plan or if she was just trying to comfort him, so he wouldn’t recklessly endanger himself.

Back in his room, Ling Yunpo went over the abilities he currently possessed.

At present, Ling Yunpo could openly use his External Incarnation, simultaneous control of three swords, and the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step.

In fact, there was also the Supreme Sun and Moon Primordial Classic he had learned from his trip to White Jade Capital, as well as the Demon Locking Tower token awarded by the Sect Leader after discovering the secret realm of White Jade Capital.

The official Qi Refining Technique of Shushan is the Supreme Primordial True Record, which is a watered-down version of the Supreme Sun and Moon Primordial Classic. Moreover, since Su Jian was in seclusion, he and Senior Sister An only had access to Foundation Establishment techniques, without any for Core Formation or Golden Core realms.

Now having obtained the Supreme Sun and Moon Primordial Classic, Senior Sister An’s predicament of being unable to cultivate and perfect her Purple Mansion due to the lack of a Core Condensation Technique after Su Jian’s seclusion—which had hindered her cultivation progress—was completely resolved.

As for the Demon Locking Tower token, it represented the opportunity to enter the Demon Locking Tower once.

The resources inside the Demon Locking Tower were abundant, but Ling Yunpo was not currently in need of resources… What he truly needed were scarce resources of the highest rank.

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Using up his chance to enter the Demon Locking Tower without careful consideration would be unwise.

Ling Yunpo planned to wait until Long Long became familiar with Long Hu and learned all kinds of secret techniques of the Azure Dragon Clan, then use the Demon Locking Tower token as Ling Yunpo to exchange evidence of Long Hu’s existence for corresponding secret techniques from Ying Long.

Other miscellaneous gains are not worth mentioning for now.

Comparing the two sides, it is clear that Ling Yunpo’s style of combat is vastly different from Qiu Changtian’s and Luo Yan’s.

Qiu Changtian is proficient in both swordsmanship and Daoist magic. His swordsmanship relies on robust True Yuan, and with the Tianyuan Yiqi Sword given by the Xu Family of Southern Heaven, he is on the path of a “Qi Sect,” taking on confrontations head-on. His Daoist magic specializes in siege tactics through the Five Thunder True Law, complemented by a variety of derived Daoist magic from the Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra, making him the strongest in overall combat power among all known character settings.

Luo Yan excels in both magical treasures and Daoist magic. His Daoist magic is the Postnatal Five Elements Great Extermination Divine Light, even more potent than Qiu Changtian’s current Five Thunder True Law; his magical treasure is the “Heavenly Craft Hundred Treasures Bag” passed down from Elder Shi Ding, a customized storage bag filled with a vast number of magical treasures.

Compared to Qiu Changtian’s “strength,” Luo Yan’s combat style is about versatile adaptability, being able to handle a variety of situations.

On the other hand, Ling Yunpo’s style is distinctly specialized in the Sword Control Technique, characteristic of the “Sword Sect.” Both the External Incarnation and Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step would ultimately be integrated with the Sword Control Technique.

His hallmark is “speed” — not the kind of speed men hate, but referring to the overall quickness in tactical style. Either he achieves a one-hit kill, or he finds an opportunity for a swift decisive blow amidst a drawn-out fight.

This is the common combat style of most Shushan Sword Immortals, but the lineage of Qingluo Peak is particularly adept at it.

As for Wei Dongliu and Long Long, since they are not participating in the White Jade Capital competition this time, they need not be discussed.

For this competition, first and foremost, Qiu Changtian has an Invincible Character Setting, so he must obtain first place.

Secondly, it doesn’t matter whether Ling Yunpo or Luo Yan ranks higher… but if given the choice, it would be better for Ling Yunpo to prevail. After all, if Luo Yan were to defeat Ling Yunpo, the protective Senior Sister An may have certain thoughts.

Ling Yunpo certainly does not want his Senior Sister to become enemies with another of his character settings, especially since Qiu Changtian has already made a very bad first impression on An Zhisu.

Lastly, there’s the issue of intersecting character settings.

Kunlun, Shushan, Penglai—each of the three character settings within the Orthodox Sects had developed its own network of connections.

One must try to ensure that the networks of the three characters do not overlap too much and that each person within the network maintains long-term contact with only one of one’s character settings.

Otherwise, what would happen if someone were to interact with two of one’s character settings at the same time and start noticing similarities?

Ah Jing is very confident in her Mirror Flower Water Moon technique, but naturally, he can’t place all his hopes on the flawlessness of Ah Jing’s illusions.

Currently, the ones who needed to be most guarded against were An Zhisu, Xu Yinglian, and Shi Liuli.

The reason being that these senior sisters and junior sisters had spent the most time with him and were the most familiar with his persona, so he needed to be especially cautious around them.

However, before the start of the great competition at White Jade Capital, there was another task he had to do.

That was to go to Long Long’s side, cuddle the adorable little fox, and readjust his mood properly so that he could face the great competition at White Jade Capital in the most perfect state.

“Ah Jing, let’s go to Long Long’s place,” Ling Yunpo said in a deep voice.

Kunlun Mirror did not ask any questions, but patiently announced the settings:

[Destination Five: Eastern Emperor Realm, Eastern State, Douguang Wilderness, atop Jianmu.]

[Character Identity: Long Long.]

[Overlaying Mirror Flower Water Moon Template, undergoing time-space travel.]

Jianmu was known as the divine tree of the Azure Dragon Clan and also the place where they resided, similar to the relationship between the Golden Crow Clan and the Fusang Divine Tree.

The Demon Race usually favored giant trees like these, not only for dwelling and defense purposes but also because they were well suited to serve as the “holy land” for their clans.

Different from Human Cultivators, the Demon Race placed a strong emphasis on tribal culture and bloodline connections.

In recent days, Long Long, who had just “assimilated,” and Long Hu, were brought by the leader of the Azure Dragon Clan, Qin Beiwang, to meet with every elder of the clan.

The elders warmly received Long Long and were fairly enthusiastic towards Long Hu, but they pulled Qin Beiwang aside privately to ask: Does this little fox really have the blood of our Dragon Clan?

Qin Beiwang then revealed the bloodline test results: half Dragon Clan, one quarter Fox Clan, and one quarter Human Race.

So, the elders asked why Long Hu looked more like a fox than a dragon when the Dragon Clan bloodline ratio was twice that of the Fox Clan. Look at Long Long, he could show his dragon scales, which seemed normal, right?

This question stumped Qin Beiwang because even the Bloodline Hall was not clear about it, but they guessed that her Dragon Clan bloodline seemed to be sealed.

After all, considering the rank of the Dragon Clan’s bloodline, if it were not sealed, it would probably soon devour the blood of the Fox and Human Clans entirely.

As for how to lift the seal, since Long Long had asked the Kunlun Mirror to hide the Heaven-Mending Stone pendant with an illusion, the Azure Dragon Cultivators from the Bloodline Hall had no way to start and were clueless.

However, very soon they had no time to worry about that issue.

An unexpected message came: The Celestial Fox Clan of Qingqiu from West State, having somehow learned of Long Hu’s existence, had dispatched an elder at the Demon King Realm (akin to the Human Race’s Nascent Soul Realm), who was already making the long journey through Central State to visit. They particularly requested to meet the little fox.

Hearing this news, Long Hu was so scared that she hid straight away in Long Long’s room.

“Don’t be afraid,” Long Long patted her head. “I guess they’re coming to recognize kin.”

“Recognize kin?” Long Hu blinked in confusion. “Then… will they take me away?”

Long Long’s expression suddenly turned stern, but then he quickly smiled again, his eyes flashing with a determined and persistent light:

“Don’t worry, Long Hu.”

“As long as you don’t want to, no one can forcibly take you away.”

“Mhm.” Long Hu then burrowed into his embrace, laying her head in the crook of his arm.

Long Long checked the increase in the Synchronization Value of his persona then gently patted Long Hu’s back until the little fox fell asleep. After that, he carefully placed her on the bed and tucked her in with the blanket.

Only then did he quietly leave the room and close the door behind him.

He needed to go find the clan leader, Qin Beiwang.