Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1103: Chapter 71: The Final Challenge

Xu Yinglian finished her grooming and returned to the smelting room, finding Shi Liuli adjusting the furnace.

More than two months passed, and everyone had roughly figured out the various properties of the Heaven-Mending Stone.

This item is indeed the pinnacle of the sealing and suppression path, unafraid of heavy blows, pressure, or cold. It only melts slowly under prolonged high-temperature smelting, and the rate is extremely limited.

The smelting process is not complicated; you just need to use a slow and steady method.

As Xu Yinglian was about to ignite the Earth Fire, she suddenly heard Shi Liuli ask:

“Even if it’s the dual cultivation path, there’s no need for nightly festivities. Or do you have another purpose?”

“Are you jealous?” Xu Yinglian raised her eyebrows and asked.

“Not at all.” Shi Liuli calmly said, “I thought about it carefully. If my husband is obsessed with your body, the probability of him ascending and leaving would be smaller.”

“Must you always think from a utilitarian perspective?” Xu Yinglian frowned and said, “My senior brother and I are Daoist Companions. Why can’t we be in love and perform the rites of Zhou Gong?”

Shi Liuli was silent for a moment, staring at Xu Yinglian:

“If you wanted to perform the rites of Zhou Gong, you should have done so with Changgeng long ago.”

Xu Yinglian didn’t pay attention to her, only quietly igniting the Earth Fire, her thoughts gradually spreading.

Shi Liuli’s last question wasn’t without reason. Although she didn’t dislike bedroom matters, she wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about them either.

In the past, since her senior brother didn’t bring it up, she naturally wouldn’t mention it actively.

Now that her senior brother requested it too frequently, whenever she felt somewhat annoyed, the thought that this rogue senior brother might abandon her suddenly softened her heart, and she stopped resisting.

The reason behind this, Xu Yinglian herself couldn’t explain, but she vaguely sensed a certain fear deep in her heart.

A fear that her senior brother would abandon her in this world, which is why she desperately craved his warmth in these last times, like a person in the desert longing for water.

Thinking of this, Xu Yinglian sighed.

Hearing the sigh beside her, Shi Liuli remained expressionless, just secretly touching her belly.

Although everyone had agreed to drag down the husband destined to ascend and leave from heading to the sky’s throne.

But what if they can’t bring him down?

Ultimately, they still had to be prepared…

Neither Shi Liuli nor An Zhisu spoke their minds, only mentioning how An Zhisu was shattered by Chen Guanshui’s words, “I and she are Daoist Companions,” and went back to her room, unable to resist sulking alone.

“In the end, it’s just because you were a step late and didn’t become his Daoist Companion first!” the Sun True Obscure Sword teased.

An Zhisu remained silent, ignoring it.

“You’re too stupid, True Obscure.” The voice of the Tai Yin Suming Sword suddenly rose, “She fears the Sword Master didn’t choose her as a Daoist Companion because she’s the least favored among several women.”

“Really?” The Sun True Obscure Sword was a bit surprised but soon added, “Suming, when did you learn the secret technique of telepathy?”

“I’m just outside the door,” the Suming Sword said.

An Zhisu suddenly got up, opened the door, and saw a sword floating in the air.

“Did he ask you to come and find me?” An Zhisu frowned and asked.

“No,” the Suming Sword replied, “The Sword Master always calls me out to wander before doing anything, not to disturb his matters.”

“Hmm.” An Zhisu let the Suming Sword enter the room and then asked, “Was what you said earlier true?”

“Of course, it’s true,” the Suming Sword responded without hesitation.

An Zhisu’s face suddenly looked defeated, and she fell back onto the stone bed, mouth agape, unable to utter a sound, as if she had turned completely ashen and rotten.

“That’s enough,” the True Obscure Sword suddenly said, “Leisure Sword, is bullying a young girl fun for you? She turned gray overnight because of that junior disciple, and if you keep fanning the flames, and she suddenly draws her sword to commit suicide in despair, that would be on you.”

“But I didn’t lie,” the Suming Sword still played dumb, seeing An Zhisu indeed reaching for the Flying Smoke Sword beside her and hurriedly added, “An Zhisu, what you’re afraid of is the junior disciple not liking you, and that’s clearly the truth.”

Only then did An Zhisu wake up as if from a dream, hurriedly correcting:

“That’s not what I’m asking! I mean… did you say the junior disciple dislikes me the most among everyone… is that true?”

“That I don’t know,” the Suming Sword said with a beaming smile, “I can’t read the Sword Master’s mind, so how would I know who he truly likes?”

“Daoist Jiao Xiao, shouldn’t you clarify this by personally talking with the Sword Master?”

An Zhisu seemed to ponder, and finally realized.

Indeed, guessing here will yield no results; it’s better to muster courage and directly ask the junior disciple.

“Suming,” she said seriously, “when will the junior disciple be done with his matters?”

“It will take about one or two hours,” the Suming Sword replied casually.

“Can you ask him to hurry up?” An Zhisu hesitated and said, “Or, ask Qiong Ying of Kunlun to speed up, as I have some matters to discuss with the junior disciple.”

“You don’t even understand this?” The Suming Sword exclaimed, “Let me tell you, the real determinant of time length is…”

“Ahem! Ahem, ahem!” The True Obscure Sword loudly cleared its throat.

“What’s with the noise, Serious Sword?” The Suming Sword complained, “You even prohibit discussing basic biological knowledge?”

“She’s still a virgin!” the True Obscure Sword angrily declared, “Can’t you watch your mouth a bit? Keep your dirty jokes in check!”

“Isn’t it a bit absurd for a Flying Sword to care about morals?” the Suming Sword retorted.

The two swords began to argue as soon as they met, which made An Zhisu somewhat irritable, so she simply left with a swing of her sleeve. When she reached the corridor, she suddenly found herself in a dilemma.

If the junior disciple were with that Qiong Ying right now… every time she thought of this, a slight pain like her heart being cut by a knife would arise.

Yet, the thought that the junior disciple might ascend at any moment, never to return, filled her with immense fear and anxiety.

No! I might as well apologize to the junior disciple; anyway, I must…

An Zhisu rushed into Chen Guanshui’s room with a kind of do-or-die courage and determination, intending to speak, but found Chen Guanshui, Xu Yinglian, and Shi Liuli surrounding the desk, looking very serious.

This scene really surprised her original expectations… why was everyone properly dressed?

“After it reaches ninety-nine percent completion in smelting, it can’t go any further,” Shi Liuli seriously stated, “This item is not a key; it’s not like once it’s successfully smelted, you can casually insert it into the sky leak and mend the heavens.”

“The final smelting process must be completed at the sky leak. Only by cooling it there after fusion can it become one with the sky leak, inseparable.”

“In ancient times, when the Nuwa Tribe mended the heavens, it didn’t seem to be done this way,” Chen Guanshui said in surprise.

“Who knows how the Nuwa Tribe mended the heavens?” Xu Yinglian shook her head, saying, “The records only note ’Nuwa smelted the Heaven-Mending Stone’ in six characters. If Senior Brother saw the specific process anywhere, he should take it out for us to learn.”

“Then I must have remembered it wrong,” Chen Guanshui calmly stated, “But here there’s still Earth Fire. How will it be smelted when moved to the sky leak? With what fire?”

“Don’t know,” the two replied concisely.

“Perhaps I can return to the Heavenly Craft Workshop to consult some records,” Shi Liuli said.

“Me too,” Xu Yinglian nodded and said, “There might be similar records in the clan’s collection.”

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