Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 789: Chapter 26 Yu Chen Lei
 

This is a spacious, fully enclosed underground cavern, almost the size of a football field, and when you look up, you can see the cavern ceiling is very high above.

There are shallow puddles at your feet, with tiny electric arcs dancing across the surface of the water. Luo Yan tried extending his foot over and discovered a tingling sensation.

It was indeed electricity beyond doubt.

With his expertise in Thunder Method, he quickly determined that this electricity was not derived from Thunder Method, but was closer to some form of natural lightning, and it wasn’t under any control.

It must have been triggered by the Divine Skills of the Demon Race’s bloodline.

Indeed, as the two turned a corner, they saw a huge bird carcass lying in the center of the puddle.

Around it, numerous feathers floated on the surface of the water, and countless electric snakes meandered and roamed everywhere on them.

With a scan, Luo Yan discovered a thin scripture scroll hidden within the bones of the giant bird.

On the scripture scroll, the words “Jade Morning Thunder” were strikingly written.

Jade Morning Thunder?

Luo Yan’s mind immediately became active, and he heard Shi Liuli beside him say,

“That’s the carcass of a Thunderbird.”

“Thunderbird?” Luo Yan was surprised.

“The Phoenix births nine young, among which the Thunderbird is one,” Shi Liuli replied.

“Oh, I see,” Luo Yan feigned a sudden realization, thinking that it was indeed the remains of a Thunderbird.

Although the Human Race often says that the Phoenix births nine young, Long Long knew from dealing with the Feathered Clan in the Eastern Emperor Realm that the phoenix’s offspring actually only diverged into five kinds.

The other four had no blood relation to the Phoenix at all, just like how the Eastern Emperor Path and the Asura Path were grouped with the other four sects into the Six Paths, but in truth, had no relation to the Intercepting Cult, and it was just to glorify their ancestors.

The status of the Thunderbird within the Feathered Clan was almost as high as the Golden-Winged Roc, and their Bloodline Rank was also quite high. However, this species had a very poor fertility rate; most Thunderbird couples would only lay one egg over hundreds or thousands of years, and it was a miracle they hadn’t gone extinct.

“My lord, there seems to be a scripture inside the remains of that Thunderbird,” Shi Liuli continued.

“Oh, indeed.” Luo Yan pretended to be surprised and said, “I see it too.”

“How clever,” Shi Liuli pondered for a moment and said, “It’s impossible for the scripture to have entered the Thunderbird’s body normally; it must have been placed inside the carcass after death.”

“Thus forming a kind of container,” Luo Yan followed her analysis and said, “Liuli, look, the bones of the Thunderbird are hollow and fragile, filled with a great amount of lightning.”

“If we try to extract the scripture with the Flying Sword and touch the bones, the violent lightning inside will erupt directly and will utterly destroy the scripture.”

“Lightning does not conform to the Five Elements, so your Five Elements Divine Light won’t handle it well,” Shi Liuli continued to ponder, “To retrieve the treasure, we likely need to find a cultivator who understands Thunder Method; only then might we obtain the scripture.”

“Not just understand Thunder Method, but must be proficient in it,” Luo Yan echoed, “If the expertise isn’t enough, even the Thunderbird carcass will be untouchable.”

“Hmm,” Shi Liuli thought, what’s there to say? Whether it’s a cultivator who understands Thunder Method or is proficient in it, there are none here anyway.

“Shall we go, my lord?”

“Let’s go,” Luo Yan sighed and said.

Even if Qiu Changtian were here, he wouldn’t know what to do with the Thunderbird carcass.

If it were only about breaking the carcass, he probably had a thousand ways to do so, but to preserve the scripture inside, Qiu Changtian was truly at a loss.

We’ll talk about it later! After all, this place is so concealed, and the scripture won’t grow legs and run away.

The two returned to the formation stones, and then Luo Yan once again activated the Cauldron Vessel, teleporting them back to the Deep Sea Cave Heavens.

He then took out the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle and, following the spatial fluctuations left by the Dragon Clan cultivator, broke through the barrier to the next space.

The third Dwelling Cave Heaven was an intensely dense and thriving tropical rainforest.

Looking around, not a single piece of level ground could be seen underfoot, but rather, thick, coiling tree roots everywhere.

Beyond the roots, wild grasses grew unrestrained, reaching waist-high when one walked into them, to the extent that it hindered movement.

Luo Yan remembered the poisonous marsh that Long Long had crossed in the Eastern Emperor Realm, which was probably quite similar to this environment.

Shi Liuli, however, was not quite comfortable, clinging tightly to Luo Yan’s arm, she asked worriedly,

“There aren’t any bugs here, are there?”

“Liuli, we’re cultivators,” reminded Luo Yan.

“Seeing bugs makes me feel sick,” Shi Liuli stated, indicating that even as a cultivator, she couldn’t help being afraid of bugs.

Luo Yan sighed and could only continue leading his lady forward, while constantly scanning the surroundings to ensure no squishy or multi-legged bugs would suddenly pop out.

However, unlike the swamp in the Eastern Emperor Realm, although this place was covered with green plants, no birds, beasts, or even insects were found—clearly, when this Dwelling Cave Heaven was created, the maker didn’t include any living creatures here.

This eased Shi Liuli’s mind, and she took out a copper coin to calculate another divination, reconfirming the direction of the Dragon Clan cultivator.

“Strange,” Shi Liuli suddenly said, “they seem to be fighting with something.”

“Really?” Luo Yan quickly scanned the area.

They had probably been delayed in the cave for a while, and by now, they had been left a considerable distance behind by the Dragon Clan cultivators, so much so that they were beyond the range of precise scanning.

Luo Yan could only get a vague idea of their location. As for the distance between them, the other party’s moving speed, and what they were doing—these were all unknown.

So, the two of them quickly moved forward and when they got within scanning range, Luo Yan discovered that the battle had already ended.

In a clearing in the distance, a colossal tree had been felled, with three members of the Dragon Clan standing in a triangular formation, staring blankly at the remnants of the tree.

“What a Millennium Tree Demon,” the old dragon said with satisfaction, clapping his hands. “Had it continued cultivating here, who knows, one day it might have achieved a true form.”

“It’s just a pity that it encountered His Majesty, proving that this tree demon’s fate had this calamity written in it from the start,” said Shi Yao, with a flat tone of flattery.

The old dragon seemed increasingly pleased and continued,

“The core of this Tree Demon is indeed a top-notch goodie. Whether used for cultivating Wood System Daoism, refining elixirs, or feeding exotic beasts, it has endless uses.”

As he spoke, he stuffed the tree core into his Storage Bag.

“Wait,” Shi Yao suddenly said, “someone is following us.”

Luo Yan’s heart gave a sudden jolt: We’ve been discovered?

How were we discovered? I’ve been scanning all along without any anomalies!

“Someone?” the old dragon asked in surprise, “Entering this Dwelling Cave Heaven requires a Magical Treasure or Secret Technique capable of breaking through space, not something ordinary people could manage.”

“I will go back to check,” Shi Yao volunteered.

“Good,” the old dragon nodded. “Regardless of who it is, show no mercy.”

Seeing Shi Yao turn to approach in their direction, and noticing that Shi Liuli’s complexion had changed—no doubt having divined something—Luo Yan hurriedly spoke up,

“Not good, we’ve been discovered, let’s go!”