Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1043: Chapter 31 Gentle and Weak Shi Liuli

Chen Guanshui pondered for a moment and finally decided to agree.

The reason was simple: to avoid being tracked or hunted by his wives, he needed to temporarily stay here for a while.

And the existence of these Nivara, the Heavenly Demon offshoots, not only threatened the safety of the shadow beings but also posed a threat to him staying here.

When encountering threats, the most reasonable way is to solve them immediately; being lazy or an ostrich is inappropriate, and besides, he indeed possesses the strength to resolve these threats—just capture them with the Dwelling Cave Heaven, like the immortal operation he performed during the Demon Cult siege.

Once he eliminates all the hidden dangers of this Cave Heaven, he can comfortably stay here for a few years, then seek the Kunlun Mirror when the time is right. It would be best if he catches her in the act while mending the sky, to ask her what she had done to him.

…Hmm, why does something feel off?

Chen Guanshui thought it over and over. Although he vaguely felt something amiss, he couldn’t pinpoint anything wrong when he tried to recall it carefully.

In the past, Ah Jing would remind him at such times.

But now, without Ah Jing, and the Suming Sword being a dullard, he could only pretend everything was fine, taking it step by step from here.

After bidding farewell to the shadow, Chen Guanshui left the house.

He swiftly scanned the surroundings with his Divine Sense and confirmed this dark space wasn’t large, with roughly twenty houses around the market center and about thirty shadow beings.

To open up a Cave Heaven within a Cave Heaven, one must possess an exceptionally high Formation talent. But according to the leading shadow, the senior left this Cave Heaven later and unfortunately perished at the hands of the Heavenly Demon Cultivators…

Chen Guanshui expressed doubt: after all, once transformed into a shadow, not only do all kinds of Daoist Magic, Flying Swords, and other tactics become ineffective, but they also fear light.

With so many negative states accumulating, why would that powerful person venture out of the Cave Heaven instead of staying put until the end of time? It doesn’t make sense!

Regardless, while these Nivara may be quite tricky for ordinary cultivators, he is well-versed with various Formations and has the Dwelling Cave Heaven at hand. No matter how many come, he can seal them all with no fear whatsoever.

Chen Guanshui left the dark space through the light gate and returned to the City of the Dead.

This city owned by the Feather Courtyard gate, the original name of which is now unverifiable, is called the “City of the Dead” by the shadow beings. Indeed, looking around, it is utterly desolate and devoid of any life.

No flora, no fauna, only ancient buildings ravaged by time, quietly standing around.

The shadow leader’s first commission was to ask Chen Guanshui to first clear away all the Nivara in the market area.

Different regions of the City of the Dead are separated by high walls with galleries for guards to patrol—now entirely abandoned.

Chen Guanshui walked around, creating a bit of a ruckus, and indeed a Nivara came stumbling out of a house.

This Nivara’s appearance is indeed disgusting; whether it’s the limbs, body, or head, everything is in a mushy mud state, with countless potholes upon close inspection, enough to make anyone with trypophobia retch.

They’re all Heavenly Demon beings, so why is my Madam Jiang so beautiful? So, she must be the successfully evolved type, while you’re the failed products?

“Seems not,” Suming Sword thought ponderingly, “Sword Master, when you were in the Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden Secret Realm, didn’t you encounter various Heavenly Demons?”

“It should be that only at the top tier of the Heavenly Demons, the Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demons, are the most beautiful. The further down the rank, the less attractive they become, with the lowest level being all sorts of bizarre forms.”

Chen Guanshui recalled carefully and found that Suming Sword was indeed right.

This is not unique to Heavenly Demons; it’s similar for Humans and Demons too. Cultivators are uniformly handsome and beautiful, while ordinary people without cultivation, and small demons that haven’t transformed, come in all sorts of odd appearances.

The Nivara roared and lunged at him, its body full of aggressive poisonous fluid looking very intimidating. But Chen Guanshui casually waved his hand, capturing the Nivara into his sleeve and sealing it immediately.

This trick would even work on ordinary cultivators; at least they know how to dodge! It shows the Nivara’s significant lack of intelligence, easy to handle.

Chen Guanshui leisurely strolled around the market area, luring over any Nivara he encountered and cleaning them up thoroughly.

According to what the shadow beings said, aside from them hiding in the Dark Cave Heaven, in any dark, enclosed space within the market area buildings, there might also be shadow beings hiding… it’s just due to the presence of the Nivara, their survival chances are slim, and they requested that Chen Guanshui keep an eye out.

Since it was but a small task, he would deliberately make some noise at the door of every house he passed. Both to lure out the Nivara inside and to signal any shadow beings hiding inside that “someone has passed this place.”

As he passed by a specific house, Chen Guanshui suddenly heard the sounds of fighting coming from within.

Hmm? Could there really be survivors?

Just as he planned to enter, the front door of that house suddenly exploded from the inside.

A brawny Nivara was flushed out by a torrent from inside. The waters flowed endlessly, sweeping it downward along the street’s incline.

Immediately after, Shi Liuli poked their head out from the broken door, seemingly checking the Nivara’s situation.

In that instant, Chen Guanshui felt an urge to turn and leave.

But he knew doing so would certainly arouse his wife’s suspicion, so he forcibly calmed down, cupped his hands, and said:

“Fellow Daoist?”

Shi Liuli almost stopped breathing at the sight of him.

This person… although his appearance seemed unfamiliar, there was a sensation of familiarity.

She instinctively thought of casting a divination, but quickly resisted the impulse.

No, if this person is that bastard, casting divination right in front of him, even if I use my sleeve to cover it, he will surely become suspicious.

Therefore, Shi Liuli pretended not to recognize him at all and cupped her hands in salute:

“Penglai Dong You, greetings Daoist friend, may I ask your Daoist name?”

“Oh, Wang Shan greets Dong You Daoist friend.” Seeing her hands in the open, Chen Guanshui secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

Wang Shan? Shi Liuli silently pondered the meaning of this Daoist name, but said:

“Did Daoist friend also coincidentally enter this secret realm?”

“Not really.” Chen Guanshui thought to himself, “Coincidentally? Aren’t you here specifically to find me?” but lied flawlessly on the surface, “I came here to investigate the whereabouts of the ancient sect ‘Feather Courtyard Gate’ to seek some useful secret techniques and treasures.”

“I see.” Shi Liuli nodded and said, “I stumbled and accidentally entered here… I didn’t expect this to be an ancient sect; just by looking at the city I thought it was a residence of the Human Race.”

“Daoist friend jests.” Chen Guanshui didn’t believe her “accidental entry” at all, but simply smiled, “If it were a Human Race residence, how could they have created such a separate Cave Heaven?”

“Indeed.” Shi Liuli knew he didn’t believe her and refrained from embellishing further, adding, “Is Daoist friend familiar with this place? It is filled with strange demonic creatures, perhaps we could travel together and look out for each other.”

“I’m not familiar with it.” Chen Guanshui said without changing his expression.

“Oh.” Shi Liuli pretended not to notice his implied refusal, hesitated for a long time, then spoke again, “To not conceal the truth.”

“I hail from Penglai Yuqing View and am not skilled in magical competition; if Daoist friend could lend a hand, it would be greatly appreciated.”

Chen Guanshui was taken aback by her words and hesitated internally.

Logically, he should coldly turn away and ignore any of her requests.

But emotionally, Shi maiden’s wit was as outstanding as her fighting capability was feeble—what if she encountered a mud blight and got devoured by the other party?

Earlier they were in a confined environment where the Tianhe’s water left her nowhere to hide, directly using hydraulic pressure to overwhelm her.

In the open outside, there may not be such an environment to utilize…

Chen Guanshui was still hesitating, and Shi Liuli, seeing his look of indecision, wasn’t impatient, merely waiting for his silent contemplation.

“So, Daoist friend, are you planning to leave here immediately?” Chen Guanshui suddenly asked.

“Naturally.” Shi Liuli said decisively, then seemed to remember something and smiled, “But, like Daoist friend, it wouldn’t be too late to leave after acquiring a few secret techniques or treasures.”

“To be honest, although I’m not skilled in magical competition, I do have some proficiency in art calculation and formation.”

Seeing she might intend to stay, Chen Guanshui feigned a slight frown and thought for a moment before saying:

“But Daoist friend, it seems there are some restrictions here in this Cave Heaven that suppress the ability of art calculation.”

“Oh, Daoist friend also knows art calculation?” Shi Liuli immediately probed.

“I do not.” Chen Guanshui showed no flaws, “I just learned from related ancient texts before seeking out this secret realm… The range of influence of Feather Courtyard Gate once occupied most of Divine Land, so the defense at the sect’s stronghold was extremely high, having methods to isolate art calculation is not surprising.”

“I see.” Shi Liuli thought, no wonder he is fearless, I forgot about this.

Within this secret realm, my art calculation skills are useless, so I can only use other means to determine if he is using an illusion technique to disguise his appearance.

Yet this bastard’s illusion technique lurked in Penglai for hundreds of years without being discovered; how could I possibly identify it now?

It seems traveling with him slowly will be better for testing.

“This was my mistake.” Shi Liuli smiled and said, “But, Daoist friend may not know, the lineage I learned originates from the Heavenly Craft Workshop of Penglai, specializing in various artifact crafting techniques.”

“Since this Feather Courtyard Gate was once illustrious, it surely possesses many rare and high-grade secret treasures. If Daoist friend is willing to accompany me, I can appraise them for you at no charge.”

Chen Guanshui fell silent again, seeing that Shi Liuli was unwilling to give up and wanted to stay here to search for something, and was about to find another reason to refuse when he heard her continue:

“My fighting capability is already weak, could it be that Daoist friend fears I will succumb to greed upon seeing treasures and try to harm you?”

“Not at all.” Chen Guanshui waved his hand, “It’s just rather inconvenient…”

“Wang Shan Daoist friend.” Shi Liuli directly asked, “If I insist on not leaving, would Daoist friend forcibly make me?”

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