Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 786: Chapter 23 Seven Treasures Giant Clam

What talisman script?

Given its Divine Light is restrained inwardly but has treasure light radiating outwardly, it’s obvious that its grade rank is no ordinary one!

Could it be the Chaos Red Talisman required to unlock the second layer of the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle?

Luo Yan guessed as much in his mind, but since he wasn’t able to get close to the Earth Pole Magnet, he couldn’t confirm it.

“Ah Jing!” he commanded in his heart, “Send that thing over to me!”

“Can’t send it.” Kunlun Mirror responded, “Around the Earth Pole Magnet, space is distorted. Trying to send it would likely damage the item.”

“You really are unreliable, Ah Jing!” Luo Yan said disappointedly, “If it were the Yang Scroll of the Mortal World Lifetimes Map by my side, perhaps I would have gotten it right then and there.”

“Mortal World Lifetimes Map is point-to-point transportation, not coordinate-based.” Kunlun Mirror wasn’t provoked by his challenge and said indifferently, “If the Yang Scroll were by the Earth Pole Magnet’s side, it would have been sucked in and shattered long ago.”

“Huh?” Luo Yan suddenly asked curiously, “Then why hasn’t that talisman script been sucked in?”

“Because it’s exerting Divine Skills to resist the magnetism of the Earth Pole Magnet,” Kunlun Mirror answered.

“If this talisman script can resist the Earth Pole Magnet, it’s certainly no ordinary item,” Luo Yan concluded immediately, “Ah Jing, is there another way to get our hands on it?”

“No.” Kunlun Mirror replied bluntly.

“What if I use the Tai Yin Summoning Sword to shatter it?” Luo Yan asked again.

“Then you would expose to Shi Liuli that you are the Tai Yin Sword Master,” the Summoning Sword said quickly.

Finally, Luo Yan gave up and sighed,

“We’ll speak of it next time; let’s leave it for next time.”

He took out the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle and, using Ah Jing’s positioning coordinates, quickly broke through the space, then proceeded to the next space with Shi Liuli.

To their surprise, they found themselves in the deep sea, bombarded from all sides by the enormous pressure of deep water, leaving the two newcomers to the cave heavens somewhat caught off guard.

But as Penglai Cultivators, both were battle-hardened in such aquatic environments. Luo Yan immediately released the Five Elements Divine Light, dispelling all the deep water pressure around them.

“Where are they?”

About thirteen miles straight ahead,” Shi Liuli said silently after a moment, then suddenly spoke, “They’re not humans, they’re Jiaolong, now showing their true bodies, swimming forward on the seabed.”

“What, they’re Demons?” Luo Yan quickly showed an expression of utter shock, disbelief, extreme fear, and lingering dread, then followed with a concerned frown, “If they are from the Demon Race, we must not let them successfully steal the treasures of the Human Race.”

“Indeed,” Shi Liuli agreed, somewhat exhaustedly, “I will confirm the situation of the others using Divination. If there’s a chance, you take the item with the Mortal World Lifetimes Map.”

Indeed, once they knew the others were Demons, what Shi Liuli had originally considered a “line-crossing” tactic immediately turned into a race conflict, a fight to the death, a struggle for which they had no choice but to fight.

Luo Yan then asked the Mortal World Lifetimes Map:

“Have you clearly seen everything around the Yang Scroll?”

“Not many things.” The Mortal World Lifetimes Map responded, “Apart from my Yang Scroll, there is a small vial, a scripture, and a Taoist robe.”

“That’s it?” Luo Yan was greatly disappointed.

“The other party couldn’t possibly carry all their belongings in their storage bag with them,” Shi Liuli said.

“It seems we can only wait until they’ve finished looting before we make our move,” Luo Yan nodded in agreement.

The two continued to move forward in the water. In the depths, the speed of the Sword Control Technique was nowhere near as fast as the swimming speed of a Jiaolong, and physical swimming wasn’t as fast as the Water Escape, but Luo Yan activated the Five Elements Divine Light, completely disrupting the environmental waters, which meant there was no reduction in their speed. In fact, they were even faster than the opposite party, steadily closing the distance.

Therefore, Shi Liuli had to remind her husband again to slow down their pace, to prevent getting too close and risking detection by the other party.

The two were not new to moving in deep-sea environments. The biggest trouble here was the lack of terrain as reference points, making it difficult to discern directions; one might start going in circles without realizing it.

Shi Liuli had to employ Art Calculation techniques every so often to explore the surroundings, partly to confirm the situation of the distant Dragon Clan, and partly to ensure they weren’t going the wrong way.

Luo Yan had an easier time, seemingly relying completely on his wife, Shi Liuli, for direction and tracking; in reality, he was personally scanning and monitoring, double insurance, secure beyond measure.

“Husband, be careful!” Shi Liuli suddenly warned.

Luo Yan promptly used his Divine Sense to scan the vicinity and discovered a huge abyss had suddenly appeared near the sea floor ahead.

This sea abyss seemed bottomless, like a beast opening its gaping mouth—although hard to detect, a scan would reveal that above the abyss was a massive underwater current and vortex, constantly drawing in vast quantities of sea water from around, before compressing and injecting it into the abyss.

If a cultivator didn’t have Art Calculation or scanning abilities and continued moving forward, they’d inevitably suffer greatly, possibly getting sucked down below and unable to come out.

Just as Luo Yan was about to say something, he suddenly scanned and noticed Dragon Clan cultivators stopping in a Coral Forest in the distance.

“It’s actually a Giant Clam Pearl!” The old dragon laughed heartily, saying, “Do you know the origin of this Giant Clam Pearl?”

“Giant Clam Pearl, it seems to be one of the Buddhist Seven Treasures,” Shi Yao said uncertainly.

“Correct,” the old dragon said with approval, nodding his head, “Compared to Seven Treasures Colored Glaze, Seven Treasures Giant Clam is relatively common and easier to find, and its function as a magical treasure is more singular, mainly used for immobilization.”

“If you encounter an enemy, just throw the Giant Clam Pearl at them. Once they are illuminated by the pearl’s radiance, they’ll be like trapped inside a giant clam, unable to move, completely at the mercy of others.”

“Of course, the higher the enemy’s Bloodline Rank, the harder it is to immobilize them. Aside from your own Cultivation Level, the Giant Clam Pearl’s Grade Rank is also important. Judging from its color, the whiter the better, the yellower the inferior.”

“As for pearls of such high quality like this one, they are of ancestral level quality; unguarded, one would suffer a great loss.”

As he spoke, the old dragon kicked open the biggest Giant Clam Shell within the Coral Forest, extracted the pure white Giant Clam Pearl from inside, and placed it into his Storage Pouch, saying contentedly:

In the distance, Luo Yan watched with rage boiling in his eyes, thinking how the Shennong Secret Realm, a sacred place of the Human Race, was being desecrated by these contemptible dragons, making it unbearable to restrain his anger!