Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

At this moment, facing so many clues at the scene, the experienced Ling Yunpo had already guessed a rough outline in his heart.

It seemed that these monks had gathered here to practice some kind of secret technique with great hidden danger (after all, they were all sitting upright in the cave) and relied on the Eastern Pure Light Glazed Lamp to preserve their spirit, so as not to be disturbed by the invasion of the Heavenly Demons.

The result was like Zhuge Liang trying to extend his life; at the most critical moment, they met with an unexpected catastrophe:

The Golden Crow Demon clan invaded this place, extinguished the monks guarding the Colored Glaze Lamp with fire system techniques, and stole the lamp away.

The most valuable effect of the Colored Glaze Lamp itself was that it could emit a glimmer of brilliant glazed fire to illuminate the Great Thousand Worlds, making many evil spirits have nowhere to hide—including the notoriously elusive Heavenly Demons.

Having suddenly lost the protection of the Colored Glaze Lamp, the monks were collectively attacked and killed by the Heavenly Demons.

As for this Eastern Pure Light Glazed Lamp, it was later taken by the Golden Crows to the Eastern Emperor Realm, hidden in the secret chamber of the Fusang Divine Tree, and its whereabouts became unknown as the Golden Crow clan lost their territory.

In the end, it was uncovered by Long Long and Long Hu, once again seeing the light of day.

With that, many of the clues were linked together.

Leaving out the matter of the Eastern Emperor Realm, Ling Yunpo shared his conjecture with An Zhisu.

Of course, without knowing that the Eastern Pure Light Glazed Lamp was located in the Fusang Divine Tree of the Eastern Emperor Realm, Ling Yunpo's conjecture remained just that—a conjecture, with insufficient evidence. For instance, what proved that the fire system technique was cast by the demon who stole the lamp?

Could it not have been cast by Human Race cultivators? Or by a magical treasure? Or even a result of the monks' cultivation secret technique going out of control?

But An Zhisu didn't have so many reservations about her junior brother, and as Ling Yunpo analyzed the situation seriously, she merely nodded along, simply going along with it.

"Based on such a conjecture, this place should have originally been a Buddhist Sect site, with a low probability of being set with traps," Ling Yunpo finally concluded, "Next, how about we split up and search to see if we can find some more useful information?"

"That sounds good," An Zhisu agreed. After all, they were still in the same valley, and if anything were to happen, they could support each other in time.

So Ling Yunpo chose another Buddhist Pagoda and stepped into it alone.

Unlike the previous pagoda, this Buddhist Pagoda had no monks, but instead housed many alms bowls.

Hmm, alms bowls?

Ling Yunpo suddenly remembered that he had once entered a Buddhist temple when searching for the Flying Smoke Sword for Senior Sister An on Golden Turtle Island in the Southern Sea.

There was a demon dressed as a monk in the temple. Despite having a high Cultivation Realm, it staunchly guarded the Demon-Imprisoning Hall behind it and did not leave.

Inside the Demon-Imprisoning Hall, there were countless statues of Arhats holding alms bowls.

Each alms bowl imprisoned a Heavenly Demon.

At that time, Wei Dongliu might not have known enough, but now Ling Yunpo was already aware that this Demon-Imprisoning Hall was the work of a great power from Buddhism's predecessor, the Western Cult.

In Ancient Times, the Western Cult had two renowned leaders who most liked to forcibly recruit various demons and practitioners of side paths and heterodoxies under the guise of "having a fate with our Western Cult," and then ordered them to undertake arduous tasks that their disciples and followers were unwilling to do.

The Buddhist temple on Golden Turtle Island, as a Western Cult site for imprisoning Heavenly Demons, was guarded by demons who had converted to Buddhism.

Then, this mountain pass Buddhist Pagoda at the edge of the plateau, if it were to be a "Heavenly Demon Prison" similar to Golden Turtle Island, with Buddhist converted demons as guards, it would also make sense logically.

Considering that here there was also the Eastern Pure Light Glazed Lamp, a Buddhist Sect treasure for guarding, it indicated that the Heavenly Demons imprisoned here were much more dangerous than those on Golden Turtle Island.

However, as the saying goes, no amount of human foresight can match the calculations of heaven. Golden Turtle Island, although not guarded by a Buddhist Sect treasure, was watched over by a loyal Golden Crow Demon, with the result that even though the Western Cult no longer existed, not many of the Heavenly Demons trapped there had escaped.

Although the Eastern Pure Light Glazed Lamp suppressed this place, it seemed that the Golden Crow Demon tasked with guarding had rebelled, causing all the stationed Buddhist monks to die, and the imprisoned Heavenly Demon had also completely escaped.

Ling Yunpo speculated as much, and upon checking the alms bowls, he found that indeed they had all been broken from the inside.

Continuing down the corridor, Ling Yunpo planned to take a close look at the Buddhist statues around him and see what was different from those in the Demon-Imprisoning Hall at Golden Turtle Island.

When he reached the end, he saw that the stone wall there was shattered, revealing a cave behind it.

The entrance of the cave was wrapped in a thick mass of black fog, which light, air, and sound could not penetrate. It was unknown what was hidden behind it.

Ling Yunpo looked closely and realized that the thick fog was composed of Heavenly Demon energies.

Also known as "Desire Qi," it was the essence of the refined Seven Emotions and Six Desires. Once a cultivator was even slightly contaminated, their Daoist Heart would immediately collapse, falling into states of manic joy, sorrow, or rage, unable to extricate themselves.

There were methods to counteract this, but most required the support of a corresponding rank. Of course, there were more cunning ways, such as using Daoist Heart Clarity for immunity, forcefully charging through with a Chaotic Demon Body, or simply letting Ah Jing and Qing Ping help...

"Ah Jing, scan!" Ling Yunpo commanded adeptly.

The Kunlun Mirror scanned for a moment and then replied:

"Inside there is a dried corpse, dead from having its essence blood drained."

"That's it?" Ling Yunpo asked unsatisfiedly, "Are there no things like Storage Bags on the body?"

"No." The Kunlun Mirror answered indifferently, "There's only a Flying Sword accompanying the body."

"Flying Sword?" Ling Yunpo pondered for a moment and said to the Green Duckweed Sword, "Retrieve that Flying Sword for me."

"Right away." The Green Duckweed Sword shot out like lightning, disappearing into the thick fog.

Almost simultaneously, the intense sound of metal clashing echoed like a rapid-fire machine gun.

"Ha!" Ling Yunpo's eyes brightened.

A mere personal Flying Sword can actually exchange blows with my Green Duckweed?

The next second, a black light shot out from the cave, as if to escape the tower in an instant.

However, another black light that was released later, surpassed the first, smashing the previous one down to the ground like a swatted fly, creating a long, narrow crater.

Only then did Ling Yunpo see clearly that it was a Sawtooth Sword with inconsistent edges and an antiquated design.

"What sword is this?" He reached out to pick up the sword, only to see it suddenly tremble, as though an unruly vicious dog, it seemed to want to slice at his right hand.

The Green Duckweed Sword vibrated once more, knocking it back down to the ground again.

"A brazen thing deserves to be disciplined!" the Green Duckweed Sword said attentively, "Sword Master, you need not concern yourself with me; I will take care of this antique for you."

"What on earth is this sword?" Ling Yunpo thought to himself. This sword was so insolent, it seemed to be more than just an ordinary sword.

"This sword is called the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword, and it has three siblings," the Green Duckweed Sword said with a laugh, " Combined, the strength of the Four Swords is considerable, but alone, it's truly not a concern. Allow me to train this sword for you, Sword Master."

Ling Yunpo:......

Hmph, all within my expectations!