Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1035: Chapter 25: So it’s not just one, is it?

After returning to the Heavenly Craft Workshop, Shi Liuli received Xu Yinglian.

It was heard that this Phoenix Immortal not only became a Daoist Companion with that Changgeng but also had a deep affection.

At that time, it was known throughout the Cultivation Realm that Changgeng would become the Head of the Kunlun Sect. The Sect Leader was a First Grade Golden Core, and the Sect Leader’s wife was a Second Grade Golden Core; everyone exclaimed that Kunlun was simply unbeatable.

Who knew that one day, Kunlun suddenly announced that Changgeng had left the sect to start his own, leaving all factions greatly astonished.

Given Changgeng’s importance, if he indeed intended to leave the sect and establish his own, Kunlun would kneel and plead to keep him… But Kunlun’s attitude was too bizarre, giving a feeling of “amicable divorce,” “mutual understanding,” leaving everyone puzzled.

There were also rumors claiming that Changgeng did not go to establish a new sect but rather betrayed the sect… This was even more absurd, akin to “the Crown Prince doesn’t want to be Emperor and betrays the Imperial Court.”

Originally, Shi Liuli was not interested in Kunlun’s affairs, as the entire Heavenly Craft Workshop was already in turmoil due to Jingyun’s defection.

But now, calming down to think about the peculiarities, the more she thought, the more she felt something was amiss.

She carefully observed Elder Qiong Ying opposite her, who, despite wearing plain white clothes without a pearl hairpin and makeup, possessed a transcendent and breathtaking beauty that stunned even Shi Liuli.

Xu Yinglian was also examining Shi Liuli, thinking that since Dong You became a Daoist Companion, she had rapidly matured, completely different from her previously spoilt and charming demeanor.

After adjusting her emotions for a moment, Shi Liuli slowly asked:

“Elder Qiong Ying has come from afar; are you asking me to calculate Changgeng’s whereabouts?”

“That’s right.” Xu Yinglian nodded, “Could you please give a hexagram?”

Shi Liuli, with an emotionless demeanor, tossed the copper coin.

Sure enough, when it came to “Qiu Changtian,” the hexagram result was a piece of chaos.

This gave Shi Liuli an instinctive, bad premonition, but her expression remained calm as she asked Xu Yinglian:

“Changgeng… does he have another identity?”

“What do you mean by ‘another identity’?” Xu Yinglian was initially puzzled but quickly guessed part of the truth due to her Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart, “Are you implying that his true identity isn’t Qiu Changtian, hence the hexagram can’t reveal it?”

Shi Liuli hesitated about whether to tell her, surprised at the other’s sharpness, directly guessing the conclusion.

Thinking again that Qiu Changtian might be like the Tai Yin Sword Master… Thinking of this, she became troubled and couldn’t bother to answer Xu Yinglian’s problem.

Seeing her ponder silently, Xu Yinglian furrowed her brow and said:

“Does he have another identity? I really don’t know. If you use ‘Qiong Ying’s Daoist Companion’ to check, can it be found?”

“Hard to say.” Shi Liuli replied perfunctorily and casually initiated a hexagram.

Is Qiong Ying’s Daoist Companion the same person as my husband?

…

“What does it say?” Xu Yinglian stared at the copper coin.

“Can’t be determined.” Shi Liuli retrieved the copper coin into her sleeve, tucked the hair on her side behind her ear, and slowly said, “Based on my speculation, he should have had another identity before becoming ‘Qiu Changtian’… Do you understand?”

“Art Calculation targets the internal recognition of the target, determining who they believe they are. As it stands, Changgeng has clearly abandoned this identity and no longer considers himself as Changgeng, hence the name ‘Changgeng’ no longer offers possibilities for pursuit.”

“What do you mean?” Xu Yinglian’s face darkened, “He believes I am Changgeng’s Daoist Companion, but as he is no longer Changgeng, our Daoist Companion relationship… has ended? So ‘Qiong Ying’s Daoist Companion’ can’t be determined?”

“I think there is only this one answer.” Shi Liuli said calmly.

Xu Yinglian stood there in a daze, feeling for a moment that even her Daoist Heart was shaken.

“Ying Lian, calm down, Ying Lian!” Feng Lan shouted urgently in her Sea of Consciousness, finally awakening her from her confused state, “These are merely conjectures, just the one-sided words of this Dong You, and may not be reliable.”

“That’s right.” Xu Yinglian seemed to grab onto a lifeline, repeatedly saying, “Previously in White City, if he really wanted to cut ties with me, he should have left without any constraints, so why painstakingly deceive me? Obviously, he doesn’t want me to be sad knowing the truth! My senior brother still cares about me!”

Feng Lan saw her Daoist Heart stabilize again and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, in Feng Lan’s opinion, that only showed the other person felt guilty, not proving “lingering feelings,” but Xu Yinglian clearly couldn’t accept this, so she couldn’t bring it up and could only feign ignorance.

Moreover, aside from the inherent inaccuracy of Art Calculation, is there a possibility that this Elder Dong You might be lying?

Feng Lan keenly noted that the other person never explicitly stated but rather intentionally led Xu Yinglian to think in this direction, then said, “I think it should be,” but is it really? If not, she could excuse herself afterward; this obvious way of leaving a way out made it hard to trust the authenticity of her words.

Forget it, now that Xu Yinglian’s Daoist Heart is shaken, let’s have her calm down first.

After bidding farewell to Shi Liuli, Xu Yinglian left Penglai and wandered aimlessly in the East Sea.

“What are you planning to do next?” Feng Lan asked.

“I don’t know.” Xu Yinglian shook her head in confusion, “I should… continue to find him.”

Her gaze quickly became firm again:

“No matter what, unless senior brother tells me personally, I refuse to believe he would be so heartless!”

Even after undergoing such life changes, Xu Yinglian’s stubborn and resolute nature remained unchanged from start to finish.

Let’s not mention Xu Yinglian returning to Kunlun to recuperate for now. Shi Liuli, after sending her off, simply sat motionless in the hall.

Liang Ruohua and Shi Qing came to call her several times, but she brushed them off perfunctorily, feeling as though she was absent-minded, unaware of what strange thoughts gripped her.

Shi Liuli continued to sit dazed all night. By the next morning, Shi Qing brought in a basin of hot water, offered it to her senior sister to wash her face, helping her refresh herself.

Using a towel, Shi Liuli finally regained some clarity, saying:

“Shi Qing…”

For some reason, her voice seemed to tremble slightly.

“What’s the matter?” Shi Qing hurriedly asked.

“Go…” Shi Liuli’s lips quivered for a moment, struggling to utter, “Go to my bedroom, and burn those personal items…”

“Burn them all?” Shi Qing asked in surprise, “But aren’t there still senior brother’s…”

“I told you to burn them all.” Shi Liuli said painfully, pressing her face with her hand, hoarsely, “Just pretend he never joined the Heavenly Craft Workshop.”

Shi Qing didn’t understand why, thinking it was because she couldn’t find Jingyun and had fallen into despair and self-destruction, worried she might regret it later, so she silently went to her chamber, gathered all bedding, clothes, and other personal items but did not use a spell to burn them, instead moving them to a room in the backyard used for storing miscellaneous items and hid them.

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