Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 415: Chapter 48: You’ve Really Misunderstood

Under the Jianmu tree, in the valley.

Long Long and Qin Zhou stood high in the air, with no Flying Sword or Magic Artifact under their feet.

This was one of the Dragon Clan’s Bloodline Supernatural Powers, “Riding the Mist and Ascending the Clouds.” Although its flying speed wasn’t as fast as that of a Flying Sword, the consumption of True Yuan was almost negligible, and it could even reach heights unattainable by Flying Swords.

Both opened their eyes simultaneously, and as their golden vertical pupils sharply contracted, a boundless might surged in all directions.

This was the Dragon Clan’s Bloodline Supernatural Power, “Ten Directions Dragon’s Might,” known to “intimidate all creatures under heaven.” However, empirical tests revealed it could only intimidate beings of lower rank than oneself; high-rank Demon Race creatures such as the Vermilion Bird and Xuanwu were largely unaffected, at most causing them a moment of pause.

Suddenly, the two men almost passed by each other, then swiftly collided again.

Punching, elbow striking, kneeing, kicking… Countless fierce killing moves were exchanged, with every part of a Dragon Clan member capable of launching attacks in ways unimaginable to Human Race Cultivators.

Long Long hurled a punch at Qin Zhou, who blocked it with his arm. In that instant, Long Long suddenly changed his punch into a claw, grabbing Qin Zhou’s forearm. Scales burst forth on the back of his hand, and immense Physical Strength erupted along the arm, lifting Qin Zhou into the air, throwing him off balance, and then smashing him down like lightning.

A cloud of dust several zhang high erupted from the ground, and then a dirt-covered Qin Zhou crawled out of the deep pit, smiling wryly as he said,

“I lose, I lose, still can’t beat you. Hey, where did you learn that move just now? It wasn’t taught in our clan’s teachings, was it?”

“I created it myself,” Long Long shamelessly declared.

“I can’t help but feel it resembles a Mao Clan Martial Technique,” Qin Ye thought to himself as he watched from the side, “And it even has a touch of antiquity to it.”

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In reality, the move where Long Long changed his punch into a claw came from the Witch Clan’s “Dragon Spring Hundred Forms Song,” and the method of flipping and then smashing to the ground was from the Suan Ni Clan’s “Swallowing Smoke and Shining Gold Technique.”

In the past, Luo Yan and Shi Liuli once strayed into a cave on an island within the Treasure Ship Secret Realm, where they encountered Witch Clan and Demon Race Cultivation Techniques… Who would have thought that one day those would actually come in handy.

The sparring session came to a temporary close, and the two sat down to rest. Qin Ye then poured tea for his brother and Long Long, brushing away the dirt and dust from their bodies.

Long Long guessed that this person was still unaware of their betrothal; otherwise, he wouldn’t be without any unusual reactions.

After resting for a while, they prepared to get up and continue their practice.

Unlike the Human Race, which sits in caves to meditate, breathe, and undergo Qi Refinement, the Demon Race depends on stimulating their bloodlines to improve their Cultivation Realm. Stimulating the bloodline can be achieved in two ways: besides the absorption of the essences of the sun and moon at noon and midnight, it can also be done through fighting and using Bloodline Supernatural Powers.

As for someone like Xu Yinglian, who naturally possesses the Phoenix Bloodline and had taken the “Nine Revolutions Vermilion Phoenix Pill” that complements it, that situation is a lucky coincidence not easy to come by.

Once they rested enough, Long Long was about to get up and continue training when he suddenly heard a deep, feminine voice next to his ear,

“Meet me on the eastern shore.”

Long Long discreetly glanced around and saw that Qin Zhou and Qin Ye seemed to react as if they hadn’t heard the voice, so he knew it must have been some sort of Secretive Voice Transmission Illusion Technique.

“I’m a bit tired,” he said with a smile, “Shall we continue practicing?”

“It’s fine to practice another day,” Qin Zhou replied with a smile.

“Definitely next time,” Long Long said smoothly.

After bidding farewell to Qin Zhou and Qin Ye, Long Long pretended to return to his bedroom, resting there for about a quarter of an hour before quietly leaving the Jianmu location to head towards the eastern shore of the island.

In a cave on the seashore, Long Long met the Celestial Fox Elder, Hu Li, and an unfamiliar woman by her side.

The woman appeared to be in her thirties, her hair done up in a bun, with a dignified look and a cinnabar mole between her brows, adding an air of authority.

“Is this the Long Long?” The woman scrutinized him carefully, then quickly relaxed her brows, saying contentedly, “Not bad, he looks quite well.”

Long Long remained expressionless, thinking critically: How can you judge by just looking? Are you judging based on appearances… My looks merit only a simple “not bad”? There must be something off with your sense of beauty!

“This is Elder Shi Yao,” Hu Li said, introducing her with a wave of her hand. “Whether you have any questions about Beiming Fanyang or want to learn any Dragon Clan Magic, she’s the one to ask.”

“Oh, I have seen Master Shi before…” Long Long said subconsciously, then he suddenly realized.

Huh? She wants me to ask her for information on Beiming Fanyang, as well as learn the Dragon Clan Magic?

Could this person be a predecessor from the Jiaolong clan?

Seeing his expression change slightly, Hu Li turned her head and said with a smile:

“You see, I told you he can’t be fooled.”

“It’s because you made it too obvious,” Shi Yao said, arms crossed. “If he really is the offspring of that emperor, he certainly can’t be too stupid.”

“Why don’t you just test him then?” said Hu Li.

So Shi Yao stepped forward, grabbed Long Long’s wrist, flipped her left hand over, and out came a silver needle, which she pricked half an inch into the concave joint of his wrist.

No blood flowed out, instead, the silver needle quickly turned bright gold.

“Indeed, he is the offspring of the emperor…” Shi Yao said excitedly at first, but her expression soon turned to confusion, “Huh? That’s not right! What’s going on?”

Long Long: ?

At first, he was puzzled but soon guessed that the other party must have detected the bloodline in his body, which originated from the same source as that of Ying Long in the Demon Locking Tower…

Shi Yao turned the golden needle slightly, and said with surprise:

“Judging from the results, there is only one bloodline in your body, which is that of Ying Long.”

“Isn’t that what we already knew?” asked Hu Li, shrugging in confusion. “One of his parents is Ying Long, and their bloodline has devoured the bloodline of the other side.”

“If the parents are from different Demon Races, the bloodline of higher rank often devours the bloodline of lower rank, except for special cases like Long Hu.” Shi Yao frowned and explained, “But such devouring is not complete; there are always some traces left deep within the bloodline.”

“I’ve never heard anything about these traces,” Hu Li said.

“That’s because your knowledge of bloodlines is too poor.” Shi Yao said bluntly, “In terms of research on the Demon Race bloodlines, no one in the entire Eastern Emperor Realm is more profound in bloodline research than our clan. Even the Azure Dragon Clan learned only the bare basics from us back then.”

“But Long Long… there’s not a single trace of any other bloodline in his body, which leaves only one explanation: both of his parents are Ying Long.”

“So what?” asked Hu Li calmly. “When have there ever been two Ying Longs in the Eastern Emperor Realm?”

“I don’t know,” Shi Yao admitted frankly. “And if my judgment is not wrong, these two Ying Longs have extremely close bloodlines, very likely to be full siblings, either brothers and sisters or sister and brother.”

Hu Li: ……….

Now, her expression as she looked at Long Long also started to become a bit odd.

“Cough, cough!” Long Long thought, this misunderstanding is too grave; my bloodline comes only from Ying Long in the Demon Locking Tower, so of course there wouldn’t be any other side’s bloodline, how could this be misconstrued as the product of incestuous marriage?

Such a plot would probably not even pass the censors in a book!

However, knowing nothing about the bloodlines of the Demon Race, he could only cough a few times and said laboriously:

“As for this, I really have no idea. After all, I have never seen my parents since I became conscious.”

Hu Li, seeing his embarrassment, quickly tried to smooth things over:

“Regardless of whether your judgment is accurate, he couldn’t possibly be the offspring of that person—after all, that person has no sisters!”

“Mm,” Shi Yao also nodded, “In that case, he is indeed worthy of the princess.”