Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 703: Chapter 37: Kill to the End Chapter 703: Chapter 37: Kill to the End “This…” the monk hesitated for a moment, “Falsehood.”
This Master Dong You was so stunningly beautiful that he questioned himself-if he were Master Jingyun, with such a gentle and soft beauty in his arms, he absolutely wouldn’t be able to restrain himself.

“However, it is the truth,” Lord Zhonghou laughed heartily.

Therefore, Shi Liuli passed the test without incident, while Master Tian Qi and the monk could only look at Luo Yan in amazement.

“It was just ordinary meditative concentration,” he said.

“No, you don’t need to explain that…”
When it came to Master Tian Qi’s turn to ask a question, he hesitated slightly before turning his head to target Luo Yan and asked,
“I heard that the Golden Core you formed is of the Second Grade.

I would like to ask how you managed to form a Second Grade Golden Core?”
Upon hearing this, Luo Yan immediately frowned.

Firstly, why did this guy choose to challenge me?

Shouldn’t our Orthodox Sect first unite to take down that Asura monk?

Of course, his thoughts turned only for a moment before Luo Yan understood the other party’s scheme:
If Master Tian Qi chose to take out the monk, he would then be attacked by both from Penglai.

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But if he could take down one person from Penglai, they would enter into a three-way stand-off, which would increase his own chances of winning.

And this question also happened to strike at Luo Yan’s vital weakness.

Although he usually boasted with great confidence about his Great Wisdom, Great Determination, and Great Resolve, Luo Yan was well aware of why he was able to accumulate eight hundred years of Refining Mansion cultivation.

Wasn’t it all due to Ah Jing’s Mirror Flower Water Moon and time-space travel, playing roles among the Great Sects and reaping all the benefits?

This was an absolutely sensitive issue that couldn’t be discussed!

Luo Yan was about to concoct a lie to muddle through when he suddenly heard Shi Liuli cough, and the memory of her question and answer surfaced in his mind.

She had been asked “what posture do you sleep in,” and clearly, the sleep mentioned had a different meaning than what the monk intended to ask.

Does that mean to misinterpret?

Realizing this, and recalling the earlier odd behavior of Lord Zhonghou, Luo Yan had an epiphany.

So that’s how it is; although using unwinnable tactics to attack an opponent is not allowed, using wordplay to defend oneself is permitted.

“That’s easy,” Luo Yan said nonchalantly, “Undergo the tribulation, survive, and then form a Second Grade Golden Core.”
Master Tian Qi: ???

Is that what I asked?

He looked incredulously at Lord Zhonghou, only to hear the latter say,
“You make the judgment first.”
“Naturally, it’s the truth,” Master Tian Qi said through gritted teeth.

Lord Zhonghou pinched his fingers for a while and frowned as he said,
“What he just said…”
“…

contains falsehood.”
Inside the pavilion, there was a long silence, followed by a strange atmosphere spreading out.

What falsehood?

Where is the falsehood?

Undergoing the tribulation?

Who doesn’t need to undergo a tribulation when forming a core?

Surviving?

Could it be that the real Luo Yan had been struck dead?

Second Grade Golden Core?

With the vast Penglai Yuqing View and the Wan Xiang Immortal to verify, could they really not tell what grade Golden Core Luo Yan had formed?

So where exactly lies the falsehood?

The more they thought about it, the more terrified and perplexed everyone became.

Even Shi Liuli revealed a look of shocked suspicion and couldn’t help but secretly transmit a message to inquire:
“Husband, what you just mentioned…”
“The inaccuracy lies in ‘then’,” Luo Yan simply replied to her, “There were some problems with the Tribulation at the time.”
With Shi Liuli’s orchid heart and bright nature, she naturally imagined many possibilities in an instant.

Could it be that he formed his Golden Core before the Tribulation had even ended?

According to historical records, such a possibility did not lack precedent.

For example, when the power of the Heavenly Tribulation is too great and does not match the grade of the cultivator’s Golden Core, it’s rare but possible for the cultivator to form the Core before the last wave of Tribulation arrives-of course, for the cultivator, this means unnecessarily enduring an additional wave of Tribulation, which is quite unlucky, to say the least.

So, was that the case with her husband?

Shi Liuli suddenly felt a surge of displeasure: her husband usually spoke of everything as though there were no secrets between them, yet behind the scenes, he deliberately concealed many things from her, which was the height of falsehood!

The Kunlun Mirror noticed an increase in the Synchronization Value and intended to remind Luo Yan, but then it thought how this fellow had complained long ago about too many prompts and asked it to stop reporting.

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So, it simply pretended to have seen nothing.

Oh, how it longed to see Guan Shui’s identity exposed and watch her chased to the ends of the earth…

On the other side, Master Tian Qi, having failed his attack, fell silent as well.

It was then Shi Liuli’s turn.

Already in a foul mood, she turned her head towards Master Tian Qi and asked:
“Tian Qi, when you chose to address my husband just now, were you hoping to eliminate him from contention?”
Seeing her approach with such a fierce momentum, Master Tian Qi could only smile wryly in his heart.

To make a move against Penglai was a matter that could be seen as both significant and trivial.

In the worst-case scenario, it would mean betraying the fellow members of the Orthodox Sect for the sake of personal interests; shouldn’t you have eliminated the Asura Path’s monk first at least?

On the minor end, everyone here is carrying out the tasks entrusted by their Sects, and in the end, we are bound to confront each other, aren’t we?

Additionally, considering that the two people before had already provided the correct example, he knew well by now that no matter what question was asked, all he needed to do was to misconstrue it.

However, the question was whether such twisting of words would be effective?

Although the Heavenly Craft Workshop had lost Elder Shi Ding, it was still the largest source of Magic Artifacts production to date.

By asking in such a way, Shi Liuli was not really questioning about the conflict between orthodox and heretical forces but rather threatening the other party: Do you want to offend the Heavenly Craft Workshop?

If you offend the Heavenly Craft Workshop, forget about obtaining any Flying Swords forged by Master Dong You.

And, as for the other producer of Flying Swords, it seemed to be Master Dong You’s senior fellow disciple…

After pondering for a moment, Master Tian Qi thought that it wasn’t that he was afraid of Master Dong You, but mainly because he had failed to eliminate Master Jingyun and would subsequently be besieged by him and his wife.

The likelihood of winning the trial was too low to justify the risk of offending the Heavenly Craft Workshop.

It would be better to just plainly favor them.

“Not at all,” he chose his words carefully and responded, “It’s just that within this secret realm, everyone must contend for their Sects.

Since Master Jingyun has won, I might as well withdraw.”
Having said that, Master Tian Qi made an apologetic gesture with his hands and then rose to leave with an air of nonchalance, leaving Luo Yan dumbfounded.

Watching the other party leave without a trace of reluctance, he realized that this Shushan master had been ready to retreat all along.

But how had his wife foreseen it in advance?

Now only three people remained in the field, and the right to ask questions fell into Luo Yan’s hands.

He had already prepared his question earlier and now asked the monk without hesitation:
“I have heard that the Buddhism of the Asura Path differs greatly from that of Eastern Land Buddhism.

May I ask which is superior?”
Upon hearing this, the monk was struck dumb.

The Esoteric Buddhism practiced by the Asura Path indeed diverged from the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism of the Eastern Land, but the issue was that the monk himself had never practiced Buddhism, so how could he know?

“Naturally, the Buddhism of our Asura Path is more exquisite,” after much deliberation, the monk could only brazen it out and respond.

“Lying,” remarked Luo Yan with a mere glance, immediately realizing the monk was bluffing, and swiftly stated.

“Indeed, he was bluffing,” the arbiter flicked his fingers and with a clap laughed admiringly, “Brilliant!”