Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1037: Chapter 27 Blocking the Door

Due to the sudden disappearance of Wei Dongliu, the war between the Demon Cult’s Six Paths and the Orthodox Sect ended abruptly, soon fading away without a trace.

As the subject of anger, the Mortal Life Path quickly became the target of public criticism, being demanded by the Nether Ghost Path to provide an explanation.

The members within the Mortal Life Path were also quite bewildered because the Sect Master Wei Dongliu seemingly disappeared overnight, unreachable by any means.

After returning to the sect, Deputy Sect Master Jiang Lian presided over affairs for a few days before announcing her intention to search for the Sect Master’s whereabouts, then left Mount Wutai.

The authority of the sect fell into the hands of Wei Dongliu’s primary disciple, Guo Jin, who was only at the Golden Core Realm. Therefore, many elders were not convinced, but had to grudgingly accept due to Jiang Lian’s influence.

Some elders, gathering a dozen people, decided, rather foolishly, to go to the top of Central Peak to file a complaint with the Blood Sea Ancestor.

However, upon arrival, they were shocked to discover that the body of the Blood Sea Ancestor sitting under the high rock had become lifeless like a withered tree.

The sudden death of the Sect Guardian Immortal was surely a huge blow to the Mortal Life Path.

Logically, such an event should be concealed for as long as possible, but given that there were a dozen witnesses to the Immortal’s corpse, it was impossible to keep it hidden.

That night a riot erupted within the sect, as two elders attempted to storm the Dharma Transmission Hall to steal the scripture scrolls and secret techniques inside.

It turned out there was a Flying Asura hidden in the hall that killed the two elders and their followers.

When Jiang Lian returned and learned of the Blood Sea Ancestor’s death, she merely sneered:

“Well, that old thing got off easy.”

Hearing their mistress criticize the Immortal, both Guo Jin and Wang Cong dripped with cold sweat, too afraid to speak.

The Flying Asura eagerly added:

“Exactly! That Sect Guardian Immortal was very arrogant, always ordering the master this way and that, long overdue for death!”

“Hmph.” Jiang Lian didn’t bother to explain the relationship between the Hell Path and the Blood Sea Ancestor, simply coldly ordered:

“Guo Jin, you will temporarily assume the role of Sect Leader of the Mortal Life Path, with Wang Cong as Vice Sect Leader to assist you.”

“As for you.” She looked at the Flying Asura, “You will use your Nine Heavens Ten Earths Soul Search Technique to find someone for me.”

“Whom does the mistress wish to find?” the Flying Asura hesitated, “Although my Asura secret technique can trace a person via their aura, it requires prior contact with that person…”

“The one I want to find is your master!” Jiang Lian said coldly.

Master? The Flying Asura instinctively sensed that there was certainly some discord, perhaps a serious one, between this mistress and the master.

He had always respected the master’s unfathomable strength, but now he realized the mistress’s power was even more terrifying. If the mistress and master truly fought, which side should he take?

Aligning with the master meant being beaten to death by the mistress; but standing with the mistress, the master held a key item that controlled his life, making him suffer unbearable torment at any moment.

Such a dilemma… Can’t you just leave an innocent Asura like me out of your marital disputes?

Setting aside the Flying Asura’s inner turmoil, Jiang Lian sat angrily on the Sect Leader’s chair, getting angrier the more she thought, wishing to dismember her husband on the spot.

He talked about taking me to meet the parents, but left me to deal with the Hell Path’s Sect Master. I fought bravely over there, only for you to sneak away and abandon me in that hellish place!

I even spent time searching for you after the fight… Just don’t let me catch you! Otherwise, you’ll have a lot to answer for!

At this time, Jiang Lian was not aware that Wei Dongliu’s real goal was the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone, so she hadn’t realized the seriousness of the matter. She simply thought her husband had left home after angering her, contemplating how to deal with him when he returned.

Meanwhile, Chen Guanshui, who was in the Southern Sea, was unaware that he narrowly escaped a disaster, merely following the route provided by the elderly man in black across the vast Southern Sea using sword control.

Reportedly, this secret realm was established by an ancient sect called the “Feather Courtyard Gate.”

In Daoism, the term Feather Courtyard specifically refers to the stage where one cultivates to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm, ready to ascend to immortality at any moment. Thus, a sect daring to name itself “Feather Courtyard” signals its one-time glory—it’s said that all immortal flowers and spiritual herbs in the entire south of the Yangtze River were occupied and owned by the Feather Courtyard Gate, and loose cultivators in the Divine Land weren’t allowed to gather them privately.

Despite such prominence, this ultra-great sect eventually couldn’t withstand the tide of history, later splitting into eight major sects, with its teachings gradually lost.

Chen Guanshui flew on his sword for several days before finally reaching the depths of the Sea Eye.

He saw that the seawater within the Sea Eye was even deeper and bluer than the surrounding seas.

Chen Guanshui dived into the sea, searching the surroundings for a moment, noticing that apart from the color of the water, the Sea Eye was fundamentally no different from the other seas.

According to the elderly man in black, he only knew that the sect’s entrance was related to this Sea Eye, but exactly how to enter was an internal secret of the Feather Courtyard Gate, unknown to others.

If only Ah Jing were here, she could help scan… but now he had to rely on himself.

He spent about half a day crafting a formation device to test the distribution and flow of spiritual energy in the area.

Once the formation was activated, he quickly discovered that there was no spiritual energy around the Sea Eye.

The heavenly spiritual energy in the Cultivation Realm generally originates from the spiritual vein sources in the western highlands. Thus, in low-lying areas like the Southern Sea and East Sea, especially the sea without islands, spiritual energy is relatively sparse.

However, a place entirely devoid of spiritual energy couldn’t naturally occur, there must be some restrictions absorbing the spiritual energy around here.

Chen Guanshui pondered for a moment, then once again dived into the sea.

As far as he knew, the distribution of spiritual energy on islands was similar to mountain ranges, both extending from the underground spirit veins.

Therefore, he spent the entire night exploring the distribution of the nearby seabed spirit veins, finally discovering in a certain rift area, the flow of the spirit vein was strangely cut off.

Diving deeper along the rift, he quickly reached its bottom, but judging by the direction of the spirit vein, the broken section should be further below.

Chen Guanshui brought his palms together, then activated the Five Elements Divine Light, swiftly digging towards the seabed.

He dug nearly a hundred feet deep, yet still couldn’t find the missing spirit vein’s whereabouts, when suddenly the Summoning Sword said:

“I think this is a decoy.”

“Hmm.” Chen Guanshui mused, “Indeed.”

“Surveying spirit veins doesn’t require much skill. Any cultivator who investigates will find there’s no spiritual energy here, and naturally will think to follow the spirit veins to investigate.”

“In other words, from Feather Courtyard Gate’s perspective, it’s unlikely they would leave such a flaw, so it can only be explained as a decoy.”

He returned to the surface, gazing at the azure Sea Eye below, and sighed:

“If Ah Jing were here, they could still investigate the spatial fluctuations, but now, with just the two of us, we are powerless.”

“Not necessarily.” The Summoning Sword said, “Doesn’t the Sword Master have that Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle, which can break through space barriers?”

“To break space barriers, one must know where to hit.” Chen Guanshui sighed, “In the end, we still need to locate the Cave Heaven’s position, otherwise, it’s no different from wandering aimlessly.”

He took out the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle, injected True Yuan into it, then activated it directly.

Sure enough, the tadpole script on the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle glowed briefly but failed to jump successfully—there were no usable, clear jumping coordinates.

After lingering on the sea surface for a long time, the helpless Chen Guanshui racked his brain and finally came up with a method:

First, the Feather Courtyard Gate’s Cave Heaven is most likely hidden within space somewhere nearby.

Second, if the precise spatial coordinates of the Cave Heaven cannot be explored, then even with the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle’s ability to perform spatial jumps, it can’t accurately enter the Cave Heaven.

That is to say, a method is needed that doesn’t require coordinates to jump over—what’s called a “random directional teleportation.”

Speaking of which, can’t the “Ten-thousand-mile Water Vein Divine Travel Formation” be used here?

This place is a vast ocean, with no islands, and all the seawater is interconnected, thus it can be considered as a single body of water.

Using the Ten-thousand-mile Water Vein Divine Travel Formation allows a jump to another water body “not connected to the sea.” As long as water exists within that Feather Courtyard Gate’s Cave Heaven, there’s a high probability of jumping over!

So Chen Guanshui spent several days setting up the formation, then injected True Yuan to activate it.

Soon, his form vanished from the original place.

About half a day later, Shi Liuli also arrived there by sword control.

The previous divination results pointed to the location of this Sea Eye.

But subsequent divinations yielded no results.

Not an aimless chaos, but a feeling of being blocked, as if some art calculation master was covering for the other party.

That’s not right, if there really is an art calculation master, they should have acted early on to help him, why wait until his identity is exposed to intervene?

More likely, he went into some Cave Heaven, and the Cave Heaven itself has restrictions that shield art calculations… Looking at the deep Sea Eye below, Shi Liuli became more convinced of this.

She quickly noticed the lack of spiritual energy around and began following the spirit vein, but just like Chen Guanshui, she found nothing.

After hesitating for a long time, Shi Liuli eventually sent a message via Flying Sword to find An Zhisu of Shushan, to see if she had any solutions.

Upon receiving the message, An Zhisu quickly arrived at the location by sword control.

After listening to Shi Liuli, she frowned and said:

“What kind of Cave Heaven Secret Realm could be hidden in this vast ocean?”

Shi Liuli patiently said:

“If you have any space-related means, feel free to try them. If you don’t believe me, you can just leave.”

Although An Zhisu was confused, seeing Shi Liuli unwilling to explain, she had no choice but to continue tinkering with her.

After working for several days, they achieved nothing.

Shi Liuli was still researching the issue of the spirit vein being cut off, but An Zhisu became impatient and remembered that their sect’s deviation-prone and lingering elder seemed to be nearby, so she planned to visit him, and by the way, inquire about this Southern Sea Cave Heaven Secret Realm issue.

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