Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1079: Chapter 56: Junior Sister Xu’s Meticulous Thinking_2

Changgeng.

If Shi Liuli means harm to Changgeng, I will definitely fall out with her.

Combining previous deductions into one, it means that either Jingyun or Changgeng is there, or perhaps both of them are.

Shi Liuli anticipated that I would be there, and would immediately turn hostile towards her, so she used words to entangle me and secretly rushed to the sea cave first.

“So Senior Brother and Jingyun are fighting each other!” Xu Yinglian finally concluded, “Once I arrive there, I will surely assist Senior Brother against Jingyun, and that is something Shi Liuli doesn’t want to see, so she abandoned me halfway!”

“Not necessarily.” Feng Lan said in the Sea of Consciousness, “Didn’t you say there were no traces of fighting below?”

“It might not have reached the level of fighting.” Xu Yinglian said earnestly, “Or perhaps they are merely hostile to each other but haven’t taken action yet?”

“If so, what difference does it make if you are there or not?” Feng Lan still found it odd, “What Shi Liuli dreads most should be your strength in magical combat, after all, you surpass her too much in this area. She is afraid she won’t be able to defeat you, so she wants to keep you above.”

“But there are no signs of magical combat below.” Xu Yinglian said.

“So it’s not necessarily Jingyun and Changgeng both below and hostile to each other.” Feng Lan concluded, “It’s possible only Jingyun is below, and Shi Liuli is afraid you’ll attack him.”

“Why wouldn’t it be Senior Brother down there, whom Shi Liuli wants to attack?” Xu Yinglian reflexively questioned, then quickly realized.

How could Shi Liuli possibly defeat Senior Brother… Attacking that Jingyun makes more sense, but why would I want to kill Jingyun?

“Could it be that Jingyun is actually a Heavenly Demon?” Feng Lan speculated, “Look, the true identity of the Deputy Sect Master of the Mortal Life Path was a Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demon, wasn’t it?”

“That’s quite possible.” Xu Yinglian said with a smile, “If I discovered Jingyun was a Heavenly Demon, I’d definitely fall out with her. If Dong You were harboring him, I’d have to treat her as having Deviation and kill her too.”

“But what you’re saying is impossible. Jingyun can be a traitor within the Human Race, but he can’t possibly be a Heavenly Demon, unless you think the Wan Xiang Immortal is a fool easily blinded by Illusion Techniques.”

“That’s not entirely impossible.” Feng Lan said, “Wasn’t it said before that the Demon Race attempted to infiltrate the Mortal Realm and steal the Tai Yin Suming Sword?”

“That was tens of thousands of years ago…” Xu Yinglian sighed, “Now at least the Sect’s Grand Formation and many Restrictions have the function of detecting bloodline aura.”

“Not a Heavenly Demon, nor a demon, then what could make you turn against her?” Feng Lan laughed casually, “It couldn’t possibly be a Kunlun traitor, right?”

“Are you suggesting Senior Brother?” Xu Yinglian said idly, “How could Jingyun possibly be Senior Brother…”

Then, she suddenly froze.

Because she suddenly recalled witnessing Shi Liuli block An Zhisu’s attack for a certain man in the secret realm of the Feather Courtyard Gate.

That man called himself “Daoist Wang Shan,” who had toyed with her near White City, and Xu Yinglian had highly suspected since then that he was Senior Brother.

But Shi Liuli, who should have nothing to do with Senior Brother, suddenly blocked an attack for him…

“Impossible?” At that moment, Xu Yinglian sensed a strong sense of dissonance, as if she was standing before Hell’s Gate, wanting to step forward to seek answers, but was pierced by an inexplicable sense of danger, “Jingyun, Senior Brother… how could they be the same person? This…”

She calmed herself slightly and then said:

“Never mind that, how could Senior Brother be both in Kunlun and Penglai? He only has twelve hours in a day, right? In the past, I spent day and night with him, but never saw him travel frequently from Penglai!”

“You ask me, I don’t know either!” Feng Lan was also perplexed, “And it wasn’t even my conclusion, wasn’t it something you came up with yourself?”

Xu Yinglian fell into silence.

If I abandon the thought of “how could Senior Brother accomplish this,” then all the irrationalities find their answers.

If I were to see that “Daoist Wang Shan” in the sea cave and just shout, “Senior Brother, you stand still,” and then suddenly see Shi Liuli rushing forward calling him husband, I’d definitely explode on the spot and use the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire to fight those adulterers to the death.

From this perspective, Shi Liuli’s deception and abandonment of me at that time had a well-founded motive — her reaction in the secret realm of the Feather Courtyard Gate also undoubtedly confirmed this point.

But…

This is still too absurd, to the point that Xu Yinglian doesn’t even want to admit it’s true.

Senior Brother is Wang Shan, and Wang Shan is Jingyun…

No! I need to go get some answers!

She soared with Sword Control again, heading tirelessly towards the East Sea.

Near the Southeast Heaven Pillar, Xu Yinglian didn’t find any trace of Jiang the Witch, possibly having chased her all the way undersea without knowing where she disappeared to.

She then returned to the previous battlefield and indeed found traces of An Zhisu — she was also extremely stubborn, having come up empty-handed below the sea cave, yet unwilling to leave the range of the Heaven Pillar, still lying in wait!

“Daoist Jiao Xiao.” Xu Yinglian called out, “Have you seen Daoist Dong You?”

“… No.” Probably due to once having fought side by side, An Zhisu hesitated for a moment before coming out from hiding, “For the past ten days or so, it’s just been me here.”

“I see.” Xu Yinglian wanted to ask her about Chen Guanshui, but hesitated when the words reached her throat.

Because she suddenly realized, this Daoist Jiao Xiao seemed to have a certain awkward, persistent, even vengeful emotion towards that so-called “Wang Shan.”

Could it be that “Daoist Wang Shan,” in Jiao Xiao’s eyes, is actually Shushan Qing Heng?

Such a conjecture is absurd, but given the prior setup, it doesn’t seem too difficult to accept — having already been both Changgeng and Jingyun, why couldn’t he also be Qing Heng?

Thinking of this, although Xu Yinglian hadn’t yet obtained definitive evidence, she instinctively developed a defense against An Zhisu and thus only asked:

“Do you plan to continue guarding here?”

“What else?” An Zhisu retorted.

Senior Sister An’s implication was probably, “Besides guarding here, do I have any other options?” Yet her tone wasn’t great, and it fell a bit harshly on Xu Yinglian’s ears.

So Junior Sister Xu couldn’t be bothered to say more, simply diving back into the sea, drilling towards the Earth Fire Cave.

She reached the previous Earth Fire Rift, staring blankly at the rising heat below.

If she’s guessed correctly, previously Shi Liuli should have met that Daoist Wang Shan here, then the two left together using the Earth Escape Technique.

The question is, where on earth did they go?

By observing the environmental conditions around here, it may be deduced that they’re trying to use the earth fire heat to smelt the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone.

If that’s the case, then even forced to flee from pursuers, they wouldn’t leave the scope of the Earth Fire Vein System.

With this in mind, Xu Yinglian discussed with Feng Lan:

“My Fire Escape Nine Methods can traverse in the earth fire using the Fire Escape Technique. But the earth fire’s heat is too intense; I’m afraid it’ll be hard to withstand if I encounter severe fire poison.”

“That’s no problem, I have a Secret Technique that can help you resist fire poison.” Feng Lan immediately offered a solution.

“That would be excellent.” Xu Yinglian began to silently practice the technique, learning on the spot. Once she mastered the Secret Technique, she would move along the earth fire vein using the Fire Escape Technique, searching for the location where they smelt the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone.

“What have you discovered here?” A voice sounded behind her, and it was An Zhisu who worriedly followed her route down.

Xu Yinglian didn’t respond. Or rather, she already guessed that her relationship with Jiao Xiao was more likely to be adversarial than friendly, so she had no intention of divulging any information to her.

After a moment, she leapt into the earth fire and disappeared.

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