Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 330: Chapter 47: Save File Demon Lord Wei, Complete the Loop
 

The Yinhui Yuanshen Water was as black as ink clouds, while the Yang Xia Zhu Ming Dan shone brightly like the great sun.

The two intertwined in the Qi Sea, undulating up and down.

Luo Yan’s Divine Sense stirred slightly, causing the Yinhui Yuanshen Water that enveloped the Yang Xia Zhu Ming Dan to quietly reveal a crack.

Only to see the sun hidden behind the layers of dark clouds suddenly start shining brightly.

Luo Yan hurriedly sealed the crack, but still, a sliver of light leaked out, blending into the swirling Qi Sea.

In just a few breaths, it had tinged the entire Dantian with a faint golden color.

Luo Yan: ???

Upon careful inspection, he realized that this golden color was not a contamination but a sign that the True Yuan had become even more pure.

The Qi Refining Technique he cultivated was the “Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra,” with the Daoist True Yuan it refined being based on pure Qi, which was already sufficiently concentrated and condensed, and this golden tint further increased the strength of the True Yuan.

As the golden True Yuan spread along the meridians to his limbs and bones, Luo Yan could feel many physical flaws, or the hidden injuries left from past battles, now receiving visible nourishment and repair from his Divine Sense.

As for the most crucial Jade Mansion, both its inner and outer walls began to change from the color of ivory jade to that of golden jade.

To be precise, the former was milky white, while the latter was a brighter platinum color.

Luo Yan even had a bizarre epiphany, feeling that this “Jade Mansion” actually came in low, medium, and high grades.

The low grade was white jade, matching two hundred years of cultivation level; the middle grade was golden jade, matching four hundred years of cultivation level.

As for the “high grade” that represented the First Grade Golden Core and eight hundred years of cultivation level, who knew what kind of dazzling color it would be?

Luo Yan repeated the process, slightly lifting the encasement of the Yinhui Yuanshen Water again.

Thus, the Yang Xia Zhu Ming Dan once again released a stream of extremely pure Yang Qi, which quickly blended evenly into the Qi Sea.

“So that’s how it is!” Luo Yan finally had a sudden realization, “Without the help of the Yinhui Yuanshen Water, this Yang Xia Zhu Ming Dan would immediately fuse into the Qi Sea, and the bodies of ordinary cultivators simply could not bear it.”

“Conversely, without the suppression of the Yang Xia Zhu Ming Dan, the Yinhui Yuanshen Water would also poison the body.”

“Though both are poisons, when combined, they become a unique Secret Medicine for the Purple Mansion, amazing! Who came up with this method?”

“As long as it works,” the Kunlun Mirror breathed a sigh of relief, “how much longer will it take to refine the Yang Xia Zhu Ming Dan?”

“About one to two years,” Luo Yan replied, “and it could be shorter if there is a serendipitous encounter.”

“Ah Jing, load Wei Dongliu’s file, I want to see what that Flying Asura has hidden.”

“Alright,” the Kunlun Mirror responded gravely.

[Location four: Shiping Mountain, the residence of Tong Xuan Gate.]

[Character identity: Wei Dongliu.]

[The Mirror Flower Water Moon Template is covering, currently time-space traveling.]

Wei Dongliu walked into the stone house and saw Jiang the Witch rewarding her two nominal disciples.

“This is for you,” she said beaming, stuffing a Flying Sword into Guo Jin’s hands. Wei Dongliu could see clearly; it seemed to be of the Ninth Rank Metal System.

“And this is for you,” she then handed Wang Cong a set of flying needle Magical Treasures.

Guo Jin accepted the Flying Sword, unsure of what to do; but Wang Cong, more astute, immediately put on a sweet smile and thanked her:

“Thank you, Master Mother!”

“Good child!” Jiang the Witch was immediately overjoyed, lovingly stroked her head, “But Master Mother is not yet Mother, you’ll have to wait until your Demon Lord master agrees, understand? You can’t call me that outside.”

“Got it, Master Mother,” Wang Cong instantly understood.

We can’t call it that outside, we need to say it more when we are inside.

Guo Jin was completely confused, “Senior Jiang clearly doesn’t want you to call her ‘Shi Niang’ (Master’s Wife), yet you, Junior Sister, insist on calling her that. What’s the meaning of this?”

“Cough cough cough!” Wei Dongliu coughed and stepped inside.

Wang Cong immediately showed an expression of panicked guilt as if caught red-handed; Jiang Liyan turned around in joyful surprise, but upon seeing it was not the red-haired, double-pupiled Wei Demon Lord, her spirits immediately deflated again.

“Oh, Brother Wei has arrived,” she said in an unchanging, indifferent tone.

“What kind of reaction is that?” Wei Dongliu asked dissatisfied.

Jiang Liyan gave a wry smile, then reluctantly put on a respectful face and offered a perfunctory bow:

“My respects to Brother Wei.”

“No, I’m not talking about that reaction…” Wei Dongliu rubbed his temple somewhat headache, then turned his gaze to his two disciples, “How is your homework coming along? How much longer until your Qi Sea is brimming?”

Guo Jin and Wang Cong looked at each other, the latter’s face collapsed, while the former honestly responded:

“Replying to Master, probably another seventy or so years.”

“Seventy or so years?” Wei Dongliu’s eyes widened. “How can it take so long? When I first went through the Fasting trials to the Marrow Cleansing Rank, it only took me little more than a decade!”

Guo Jin couldn’t respond to that and could only frown silently. Wang Cong had no outward answer, but inwardly she started to mutter to herself.

She was no longer a novice in the cultivation world, having learned a lot of common knowledge about the Cultivation Realm from Jiang Shi Niang, understanding that the average cultivator’s Qi Refinement Realm, which is the state of a brimming Qi Sea, typically requires about sixty years.

She and Guo Jin, who were of rather mediocre talent, would likely need just over seventy years considering the efficiency of their Qi Refinement breathing—this speed, though not the worst in the cultivation world, was below average.

If one had superior talent, they could typically accomplish this in thirty to forty years of cultivation, and Jiang Shi Niang was among such talented.

Those with supreme talent, who breathed in and out as easy as whales swallowing or dragons inhaling, could reach the Marrow Cleansing Rank within a couple of decades…

But to leap across two ranks in a mere decade, to reach the Refining Mansion Rank, was utterly unheard of!

She cast an inquiring glance at Jiang Liyan, only to see that Jiang the Witch had no intention of arguing and simply crossed her arms in front of her chest, nodding calmly.

As unbelievable as it sounds, my Wei Demon Lord isn’t someone ordinary talents can even compare to, is he?

Forget ten years of Qi Refinement and Marrow Cleansing, even cultivating a First Grade Golden Core in a hundred years should be seen as something due by right, a natural law, hardly worth any surprise.

“Jiang Dao You,” Wei Dongliu no longer teased his two nominal disciples, but simply said, “go call Brother Wen and follow me to a place.”

“Which place?” Jiang Liyan blinked.

“White Bone Divine Palace,” Wei Dongliu said.

Jiang Liyan: ?

She was slightly bewildered for a moment, then suddenly realized that she seemed to have heard of this place before.

It seemed to belong to a branch of the Ancient Intercepting Cult, the predecessor of the Nether Ghost Path, but its exact location had long been unknown to anyone… Could it be that my Wei Demon Lord has grasped the whereabouts of the White Bone Divine Palace?

“Must you call Wen Yang?” Jiang the Witch asked with a soft smile.

Subtext: If we could go just the two of us, why add a third person to share the treasures?

“Yes,” Wei Dongliu revealed a resolute and cold demeanor.

He had two reasons for inviting Wen Yang:

First, in the history that had already happened, Wen Yang had gone with him, so it wasn’t good to change that.

Second, even if he could change it, there was no need to.

On this trip, he needed to lay an early ambush for the Flying Asura, and along the way, he also needed to pillage the White Bone Divine Palace, which required Wen Yang’s knowledge and understanding of the ancient Nether Ghost Path lineage.