Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

A certain gentleman once said, "People who like compromises won't agree to open a window in a room, but if you suggest tearing down the roof, they might actually consider opening a window."

However, Wei Dongliu had never seen someone so utterly unreasonable before, "I had only agreed to let her open a window, yet now she's started discussing tearing the roof down with me."

"Isn't this matter of becoming Daoist companions too hasty?" On the way back to the Divine Land, Wei Dongliu tactfully declined, "We don't have any emotional foundation..."

"Brother Wei, you must be joking again," Jiang Lian said with a surprised but ladylike smile, "Do you remember on Golden Turtle Island, walking hand in hand; within Shiping Mountain, treating each other with mutual respect; at Mirror Lake Divine Palace, living and dying together; at the Nine Serenities Underworld, the vows deeper than the sea and firmer than the mountains."
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"If none of these count as an emotional foundation, do you mean to say that only with the mandate of parents and go-betweens can it be proper and right, and only then would Brother Wei be willing to take responsibility?"

Wei Dongliu: ???

Although all those things had happened, weren't we just looking for adventures? Why does she make it sound like we were going on scenic tours and falling in love?

And that last vow, the depth of the sea and firmness of the mountain, she completely made up!

"Daoist Jiang," he probed without changing his expression, "having survived a great disaster, you seem to have changed quite a bit."

"If it were the old you, you wouldn't speak so bluntly and calculatingly, hiding needles in the cotton; I must admit I'm somewhat unaccustomed to it."

"Is that so?" Jiang Lian's smile grew even happier, "So Brother Wei, do you prefer the way I am now or the way I was before the change?"

Wei Dongliu: ...........

Suddenly, Jiang Lian affectionately hugged his arm and rested her chin on his shoulder, batting her eyes at him incessantly.

With her fragrance wafting and tender, loving looks, even Wei Dongliu, a veteran of a hundred battles, nearly blushed from her soft, warm, and inviting behavior.

Nevertheless, he relied on his extremely strong willpower to forcefully suppress the romantic feelings welling up in his heart, simply ignoring Jiang the Witch's intimate behavior.

Though he didn't show any telltale signs on his face, Jiang Lian, as the Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demon, almost instantly noticed the fleeting emotions in him, causing her quite the shock and bewilderment.

A moment ago, through their shared gaze, she had employed her fully mastered Demonic Techniques and Charm Techniques with all her strength.

If an immortal had been there, unguarded and ensnared by her Charm Technique, they would have been completely captured, becoming her dog — yet this Brother Wei merely trembled slightly in spirit. Not to mention his eyes, he didn't even twitch his pants?

Considering Wei Dongliu's Crimson-Haired Double-Pupiled Demon Lord Dharma Body, Jiang Lian, with her extensive knowledge of Heavenly Demons, immediately realized that this man must possess the bloodline of the Abi Devil Lord.

Only a mind as chaotic as the Abi Devil Lord's could ignore the Illusion Technique attacks of the Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demon.

But if Wei Dongliu were a pure-blooded Abi Devil Lord from the depths of Hell, he surely wouldn't be so genial to her, nor would he have shown any emotional fluctuation due to her Charm Technique — in short, Wei Dongliu must be a hybrid of human and demon, his Demon Lord bloodline so refined by nature, that it reached the "Chaotic Demon Body" realm.

Excellent, excellent! In that case, he's indeed worthy to be my loyal and sole dog, saving me from being ridiculed by other witches for losing my mind, acting clingy and wandering around with my pet all day long.

Thinking thus, Jiang Lian's smile on her face became even sweeter and more charming; the unique power of temptation from a Heavenly Demon surged rapidly, nearly making Wei Dongliu's mouth dry and his heartbeat quicken.

The Kunlun Mirror in his Sea of Consciousness had no choice but to channel a massive amount of Spiritual Power to help Wei Dongliu guard his mind… Laughable, thinking that the power of a Heavenly Demon can be resisted by what you call 'your strong willpower'!

Chen Guanshui, oh Chen Guanshui, you truly do not know the vastness of heaven and earth. Still, you must rely on me to take action and protect you!

Regrettably, this fool is still in the dark, unaware of the true identity of that Demon Head, preventing him from confronting him with this matter…

But then again, it's clear the Demon Head has developed feelings for him, to the point of forming an obsession, so she's unlikely to harm him in the future — who would intentionally destroy their own lifeline?

Yet once this fool completes the Heaven-Mending after his true identity is exposed to the Demon Head, the chances of a successful escape will drop once more, hahaha.

Carefully counting, three people, a demoness, a demon — all tangled together in bonds of fate by his hand; it's hard to say what the final outcome will be.

It seems now that by that time, one must possess at least the strength of an Immortal Rank, otherwise, there won't even be a chance to enter the fray.

But if everyone has the strength of an Immortal Rank, rivers of blood will surely be shed.

Ahem, no matter, it has nothing to do with me... I've made it clear to him that I would do my best to help him gather the Heaven-Mending Stones, which means this cooperative relationship is limited to before the mending of the heavens.

Once the heavens are mended, the cooperation naturally comes to an end. Otherwise, am I expected to be a nanny for him for life and wipe his ass forever?

The Kunlun Mirror, pondering secretly, employed the great art of shifting blame that it learned from who knows where, and quickly cast aside the last traces of guilt from its heart, flinging them far beyond the clouds.

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Wei Dongliu, however, was oblivious to the Kunlun Mirror's secret scheming, and was probing Jiang the Witch somewhat casually:

"Since Daoist Jiang has undergone an epiphany at the brink of life and death, breaking through her original realm's bottleneck, what level of strength does she now possess?"

"You guess?" Jiang the Witch craftily asked.

"Core Formation?"

"Guess again."

"Nascent Soul?"

"Keep guessing."

"Surely it can't be that of an immortal?" Wei Dongliu laughed heartily.

"If I possessed the strength of an immortal, how then would Daoist Wei regard me?" Jiang Lian asked casually, as if on a whim.

"Hmm," Wei Dongliu thought hard and then replied, "I would respect you but keep my distance."

"Eh?" Jiang Lian asked in surprise, "Why is that?"

"Could it be that Daoist Wei is that kind of man with a strong sense of pride, who cannot allow his bed companion to be stronger than himself?"

"That's not it," Wei Dongliu wanted to clarify again, "We really aren't bed companions," but to maintain his mysterious persona, it was not good to quibble over words. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he smiled indifferently, "Every immortal in this world has their own destiny."

"If a new immortal were to appear out of the blue, then all the destinies in the world would have to change completely, and this newly ascended immortal would inevitably become the center of all those changes, like a vortex in the surging undercurrents."

"So if that person is Daoist Jiang, I too would have to step back from your side for now. Only after seeing all the shifts in destiny clearly and understanding how to make my next move, can I then be much more at ease."

His cryptic words, learned from the long-time resident of the Hell Path, indeed left Jiang Lian speechless.

The witch pondered the meaning of his words, thinking that from the tone of Demon Lord Wei, it seemed he wanted to use the heavens and earth as a chessboard, all beings as chess pieces, and me as an uncontrollable piece whose entrance would disrupt his original plans.

Interesting, truly interesting. Then let me see what kind of game you are planning to play!

"Daoist Wei," she called out with a clear voice.

"What is it?" Wei Dongliu asked gently.

Jiang Lian once again wrapped her arms around his, pressing her whole body close, and cooed:

"If you wish to make a move in this world between heaven and earth..."

"... I, a daring woman, also wish to observe it closely."