Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 780: Chapter 17 Luo Yan Wants to Defend the Orthodox Tradition
 

Now, Luo Yan’s status within the Penglai Yuqing View naturally wasn’t as high as that of a First Grade Golden Core or the Tai Yin Sword Master.

If he revealed the Innate Five Elements Great Chaos Divine Light, he might quickly elevate his own importance, but firstly, Luo Yan needed to maintain his guise of Falsehood, reaping far greater benefits from playing the pig to eat the tiger than sitting at the eye of the storm; secondly, should the Sect lift him into confrontation with Qiu Changtian and Ling Yunpo in a three-way fray, that would be utterly disgusting.

Of course, as the master of the Heavenly Craft Workshop, his status wasn’t low either, so whenever he went out, he still needed to report to the Sect.

After reporting, Luo Yan then took Shi Liuli with him and flew towards the direction of the Divine Land.

The results of Shi Liuli’s Divination were rather odd: coming up empty-handed and gaining something; this was akin to saying your coin toss will definitely land heads or tails, which is a completely useless tautology.

Regardless, taking a spin around wouldn’t be a loss anyway.

Luo Yan was pondering this quite casually when suddenly, he shivered violently.

Wait a minute, it seemed like every time I anticipated an easy journey, trouble would always emerge halfway through.

Better not jinx it; just stay cautious and alert.

The two controlled their swords, passing over the Yangzhou region, directly heading for the Shennongjia Mountain Range.

Due to the rugged terrain here, the area lacked any villages in the mountains and was seldom entered by woodcutters, becoming instead a paradise for wild animals.

As Luo Yan swept through the high-altitude, he spotted at least twenty Demonic Beasts wandering through the forest below.

But there were no relics to be found.

He again brought his Sword Light to a halt, silently calculating for a moment and confirming he had scanned over the entire mountain range, without missing any place.

However, indeed, he found no clues.

If the Shennong Relic really existed, then, of course, it wouldn’t be easy to find; otherwise, it wouldn’t have remained undiscovered for over a hundred thousand years.

But even my scanning didn’t achieve anything; whether this thing truly exists really ought to be questioned now…

As Luo Yan was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly heard Shi Liuli, who was casting the hexagram beside him, urgently speak out:

“Danger!”

The two quickly reversed their Sword Light, descending hastily, darting into the canopy of trees.

Within the sea of trees, there just happened to be a slope and a stream. Luo Yan quickly scanned and discovered a recess behind the stream, promptly ushering Shi Liuli to hide with him behind it.

Concealed in the recess, they held their breath and focused their minds, retracting all their Divine Sense to avoid detection by anyone outside.

However, Ah Jing’s scanning was unrelated to Divine Sense; fundamentally, it was a form of Art Calculation, so Luo Yan scanned the surroundings wildly without any scruples, quickly detecting that three people were approaching from afar.

A man and two women. The man was an elder; though he donned a dirty, hemp robe, there was a glint of sharpness occasionally flickering in his eyes that commanded respect.

The women were a matron and a young girl. Both were familiar to Luo Yan; they were the Jiaolong Shi Yao, who was supposed to be in the Eastern Emperor Realm, and Long Xiaoqi who had previously interacted with Wei Dongliu.

All three were of the Dragon Clan! And the elder’s Rank seemed to be high, looking less like a Nascent Soul Cultivator and more like an ancient Dragon ancestor!

Luo Yan quickly asked Ah Jing to strengthen the Illusion Technique, sealing off the entrance behind the waterfall thoroughly.

Although Shi Liuli couldn’t see the outside and had no Divine Sense projected, she must have confirmed there was no one around. The conversation of the three above the sea of trees carried faintly, allowing her to hear clearly as well.

“Your Majesty,” Shi Yao asked, “is it here?”

“It is here,” the elder answered with a gentle chuckle, “Long ago, Shennong used great divine power to open a space for hiding treasures right here. However, although the inside was well constructed, just as he was about to complete the entrance, he met with sudden misfortune and perished, leaving this secret realm without a conventional way to enter.”

“So you’re saying we can enter through unconventional methods?” Long Xiaoqi asked from the side.

“Precisely,” the elder’s tone suddenly turned cold and grim as he said, “As long as it’s a Secret Realm, one can break through the barriers with space magic and sneak inside.”

“But this method is too dangerous, and the slightest carelessness can lead to teleportation failure, resulting in being torn apart by storms beyond space. During the teleportation process, you are not allowed to make any superfluous movements to prevent failure.”

As he spoke, the elder took out a bead.

Luo Yan looked at it with his Divine Sense and saw that it was a Dragon Ball.

Dragon Balls are essentially a dragon’s Golden Core, which, once practiced to a profound level, can be ejected to harm others.

Luo Yan didn’t know whether the Dragon Ball was the elder’s Demon Core; he only saw him toss the bead into the air, where it immediately disappeared into the void, stirring up dense and shimmering ripples that made one’s vision swirl.

“If not now, when?” the elder suddenly shouted loudly, pushing Shi Yao and Long Xiaoqi into the ripples, then stepping in himself.

Soon, the ripples settled back into calmness.

Outside, all was silent once again. Shi Liuli cast another divination and found that the danger they had sensed earlier was no longer present. Only then did she quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

“Husband,” she said with concern, “since the entrance to that Secret Realm no longer exists and we don’t possess the secret technique to break through space, perhaps we should return to Penglai Yuqing View and report this matter to the Sect Leader first.”

“Hmm.” Luo Yan pondered for a moment then suddenly seemed to reach an understanding and said, “If we return like this, we gain nothing; but if we force our way in, there may be something to gain, right?”

After thinking for a while, Shi Liuli nodded and said:

“Perhaps so. The Art Calculation is ultimately just a prediction of the future; it cannot foresee everything.”

“Husband, forcefully entering might indeed yield some gain, but the corresponding risks are also present,” she said.

“And according to the hexagram, that elder is extremely dangerous, and it’s very likely he’s a Demon Path Immortal… Even so, do you still want to enter?”

Her stance was clear: for some uncertain gains, the risk of forcing an entry was too great and not worth it.

But Luo Yan had other considerations.

Firstly, with Ah Jing’s help, he could easily elude detection.

Secondly, he held the Suming Sword in his hand, and if it came down to it, he could just knock Liuli unconscious and then draw his sword to slay the adversary.

If even Long Eyebrow Immortal couldn’t withstand it, how could that old dragon be mightier than the Dual Polarity Dust Sword?

Therefore, what Shi Liuli considered “extremely dangerous,” Luo Yan saw as bearable.

But of course, these thoughts were not to be openly acknowledged, so Luo Yan put on a righteous and resolute look as he said:

“Liuli, according to the elder, the Shennong Cauldron is likely hidden within the Secret Realm!”

“If we return to the Yuqing View and report, allowing the Demon Cult to obtain the Shennong Cauldron, it might endanger the survival of the Orthodox Sect’s lineage.”

“The Demon Cult once besieged our Penglai, causing massive losses and lamentation among all families; such a tragedy must not be repeated!”

Luo Yan spoke with righteousness and forcefulness, unwavering, immediately infecting Shi Liuli with his conviction. Remembering her father who died at the hands of a Demon Cult elder, she also nodded and said:

“In that case, let’s do as you say, husband.”

Luo Yan took out the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle and instructed Ah Jing within his Sea of Consciousness:

“Ah Jing, lock on to the position where that old dragon broke through the space barrier for me!”