Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1076: Chapter 54: It’s Coming

The clouds dissipate and the rain ceases.

Shi Liuli, exhausted, pulls the quilt up to cover her legs.

Chen Guanshui, feeling triumphant, sits beside her in meditative concentration, adjusting his body.

Honestly, spending every day fighting Jiang the Witch used to make him start questioning himself and his life. Now, finally regaining confidence with Liuli Lady, even if it feels like bullying children in kindergarten, but…

Liuli Lady is the standard of an average woman, isn’t she?

He felt slightly smug for a moment, then quieted down, beginning to ponder his future life.

Liuli is not some Heavenly Demon, willing to accompany him in playful activities without any demands. Her choice to do so is likely firmly rooted in her desire for children.

Recalling her previous words, “I have long been accustomed to relying on others” “You are the continuation of my father,” Chen Guanshui suddenly felt an ominous premonition:

Could it be that she thinks I’m unreliable and wants to shift her emotional dependency from husband to children?

Startled by this thought, Chen Guanshui hurriedly embraced Liuli Lady’s fragrant shoulder, cautiously asking:

“Does it still hurt?”

Shi Liuli touches her belly, ignoring him.

This made Chen Guanshui even more terrified, thinking the child isn’t born yet, and you’ve already stopped pretending?

He hurriedly tried to squeeze and knead, but Shi Liuli just lazily lay there, ignoring his attempts to tease her.

“I’m back!” the Kunlun Mirror suddenly transmitted back into the cave, saying, “I’ve run to many places and finally found a spot with the highest earth fire at its peak, just off from here…”

Her voice abruptly pauses as if someone forcefully chokes her throat, looking suspiciously towards the serene Shi Liuli and Chen Guanshui hastily pulling his hand out from under the quilt, frowning and asking:

“What were you doing just now?”

“We haven’t seen each other in a while, and we’re rekindling old feelings,” Chen Guanshui said calmly.

This was obviously an attempt to fool the Kunlun Mirror, so she nodded imperceptibly, directly activating scan mode, scanning every corner of the room.

Stacked clothing, so Shi Liuli slept without wearing clothes?

Disheveled bedding, the two definitely had an intense battle on the bed.

Sticky… uh, hmm, oh dear!

The Kunlun Mirror blushed, stomped her foot, and said:

“In broad daylight, you two! Simply outrageous!”

“What broad daylight?” Chen Guanshui showed a puzzled expression, “We’re a married couple having a private conversation in our room, you suddenly transmitting here to spy, isn’t this your fault?”

“I didn’t know you turned this place into a bedroom!” The Kunlun Mirror argued, looking around, “Besides, didn’t you know I would come back? Did you have to make me see this?”

“I didn’t know when you’d be back!” Chen Guanshui retorted angrily.

The two started bickering, showing an old-married-couple kind of tacit understanding, making Shi Liuli feel slightly uncomfortable.

But she soon didn’t mind, only caressing her little belly with anticipation.

Baby oh baby, you must become someone with a healthy mind and perfect morals, definitely not like your father being a scoundrel.

The Kunlun Mirror, unable to out-argue him, simply teleported away again, letting the two quickly wash themselves.

Chen Guanshui cleaned himself with a spell, then considerately helped Shi Liuli.

Shi Liuli just lazily squinted her eyes, showing a look of letting him fuss around, increasing Chen Guanshui’s unease.

Dressing Liuli Lady, also arranging her hair with a hairpin, Chen Guanshui took a bronze mirror before her, asking flatteringly:

“Lady, what do you think of my skills?”

“It’s okay,” Shi Liuli said nonchalantly without looking at the bronze mirror.

“…I was talking about grooming skills.”

So Shi Liuli carefully examined the reflection and noticed her cheeks slightly blush, resembling a peach blossom, radiant and enchanting.

She felt a slight ripple of romance, but thinking of her husband’s few ambiguous female friends, she cooled down again, performing with a smile:

“Indeed, if for the rest of our lives, my husband can paint my eyebrows daily, it’d be great.”

“Hahaha.” Chen Guanshui chuckled, as the Kunlun Mirror teleported back again, facing away from the pair, asking sullenly:

“Are you all dressed?”

The three arrived at the place Kunlun Mirror mentioned, only to see below a crevice filled with boiling heat, seawater pouring down to a certain level, quickly evaporating into thick white mist, with only faint firelight glimmering below the mist.

Just by looking at the white mist created by the balance of water vapor, one can understand how terrifying the heat of the earth fire below is!

Under the guidance of Shi Liuli, Chen Guanshui quickly activated the Five Elements Divine Light, conjuring a massive, high furnace out of thin air in the white mist, with numerous heat pipes and passages laid inside, successfully concentrating the earth fire’s heat to the center of the furnace’s belly.

Six fragments of Heaven-Mending Stone, already showing signs of melting, were placed in the array at the center of the furnace’s belly, continuing to absorb heat and begin to rotate.

On another side, in the Eastern Emperor Realm.

At the base level of the Divine Dragon Tower, Long Hu was ascending the passage leading to the higher floors, accompanied by several of the old ancestors.

“It is said that this Divine Dragon Tower stood in the heart of Central State long before our Demon Race settled in the Eastern Emperor Realm,” Xuanwu Ancestor said solemnly. “It was named Divine Dragon Tower because the Jiaolong clan first settled here.”

“I have also heard it said,” White Tiger Ancestor calmly stroked his beard and said, “There are indeed many such relics throughout the Eastern Emperor Realm, though none as grand as the Divine Dragon Tower.”

“According to the Feathered Clan’s ancestors’ conjecture,” Vermilion Bird Ancestor laughed heartily, “these relics were left behind by some prehistoric race. The time, they say, was about a million years ago.”

“A million years ago?” White Tiger Ancestor asked in astonishment, “In that era… was there really any race in the Eastern Emperor Realm?”

“Who knows,” Azure Dragon Ancestor spoke up, “it was prehistoric; no writings have survived to this day, so there’s no way to verify anything.”

“It’s true,” Long Hu suddenly said.

The four old ancestors simultaneously looked at Long Hu, thinking to themselves that the emperor, having just ascended the throne recently, had called the old ancestors of the four clans to the Divine Dragon Tower, indeed wasn’t just making small talk.

“Are the ancestors aware that if after becoming an ancestor, we continue to elevate our realm, we will ultimately end up going somewhere?” Long Hu asked, continuing to climb without stopping.

“You mean, ascension?” Azure Dragon Ancestor pondered, “Our Demon Race is different from the Human Race. When they ascend, they go to the Immortal Realm, while we…”

“Certainly not to the Immortal Realm,” Vermilion Bird Ancestor interjected, “and even more troubling, it’s very likely a path to some deathtrap.”

“The Human Race knows about the existence of the Immortal Realm because those who ascend there can communicate back when the heavenly spheres converge, letting their descendants know about the Immortal Realm, thus passing down the knowledge through generations.”

“But for us Demon Race… those who chose to ascend have unanimously vanished without a trace.”

“If those ascended predecessors were still alive, they would have certainly sent back at least one message, right?” Azure Dragon Ancestor sighed, “But even so, should a successor emerge within the tribe, I, as an ancestor, would still choose to ascend.”

“Who wouldn’t?” White Tiger Ancestor chuckled, “Who would want to spend their lifetime trapped in this realm as an ancestor?”

The four old ancestors nodded in agreement and turned their gaze toward Long Hu.

“The place our Demon Race ascends to is called the ’Great Wilderness,’” Long Hu suddenly spoke out.

“The Great Wilderness?” Xuanwu Ancestor frowned. “I’ve heard of it… isn’t it the fabled birthplace of our Demon Race ancestors?”

“There’s such a theory,” Long Hu nodded. “It’s said that the first ancestor of the Demon Race came from the Great Wilderness. His tribe settled in the Eastern Emperor Realm, building many relics including the Divine Dragon Tower, and also opened the ’Heavenly Divide Gate’ to the Cultivation Realm.”

“His tribe’s descendants degenerated into shamans, which later divided into humans and demons, gradually forming the current situation.”

“Humans and demons having the same origin, is it?” Vermilion Bird Ancestor pondered, “But it’s merely a guess, without any evidence.”

“Here’s a piece of evidence,” Long Hu said calmly, “Within the Demon Race bloodline, there is also a hierarchy. The higher races reproduce through male and female union just like humans, while the lower races are born from dead objects like plants and rocks, and there are distinct differences in spiritual wisdom, soul, and realm quality between them and the higher races.”

“The Human Race refers to the former as ’demons’ and the latter as ’spirits,’ thus conflating the two. But as I see it, demons and the Human Race have the same origin, which is why they can interbreed and produce so-called ’half-demons,’ fundamentally different from spirits born naturally in the world.”

“And what does that imply?” White Tiger Ancestor asked, “Regardless of whether the Human Race and Demon Race share a common ancestor, it does not change the fact that they are currently at odds with each other.”

The group finally reached the top of the Divine Dragon Tower, where there was an empty plaza surrounded by antique railings, with nothing else aside from that.

Long Hu stood in the center of the plaza, slowly opened his mouth, and uttered a few characters.

The four old ancestors were momentarily stunned and then unanimously looked toward Azure Dragon Ancestor.

Because the syllables Long Hu spoke were disjointed and obscure yet heavy with authority; they were the most profound kind of ancient dragon language.

Only Azure Dragon Ancestor could barely understand, and what Long Hu was saying was:

“Ancestral dragons, bloodline descendants beseech, dispel the seal here.”

She repeated the ancient words three times, and finally, at the center of the plaza, about seven feet above the ground, an amorphous globe of light appeared.

The old ancestors, just by directing their gaze at it, had a torrent of information flood into their eyes, nearly overwhelming their Sea of Consciousness.

They had to quickly turn their heads, breaking the visual contact with the light globe, each speaking with shock and doubt:

“Is that… the Great Wilderness?”

“According to what I found in Beiming Fanyang, our Jiaolong clan ancestor discovered this soul artifact at the top of the Shennong Tower,” Long Hu said carefully, selecting his words, “it records the coordinates of the Great Wilderness Realm, along with much other information.”

“However, gazing directly at it causes the information it sends to enter the soul directly, causing disruption to the divine sense and making it difficult to read.”

“To truly read the information within, a specific magic artifact is required. But I have verified in detail that the artifact should have ended up in the Cultivation Realm.”

“So, Your Majesty, you intend to…” Azure Dragon Ancestor spoke slowly, “go to the Cultivation Realm?”

“I will go to the Cultivation Realm to retrieve that crucial magic artifact,” Long Hu declared with a serious expression.

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