Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

The Emei Golden Summit, Ancestral Master Hall.

As for how to rescue the two real people of Qingluo Peak, the elders of the various peaks were still arguing incessantly.

Put simply, no one was willing to send out people and make an effort, risking being ambushed by the heavy troops of the Demon Cult to break through the encirclement and rescue the two.

The Jade Capital Sect Leader, listening until his head ached, felt at that moment that his position as sect leader was utterly useless, as it seemed no one was willing to heed his words.

In fact, the structure of the Three Pure Orthodox Sect was similar; although the sect leader could preside over external affairs, whether or not others would follow his decisions ultimately depended on whether they aligned with the elders' interests.

Take, for example, the Ziwei Master of Kunlun, who hailed from the Heavenly Water Ge Family and was of the Divine Infant Realm. His background and cultivation level were so formidable that his prestige within the Taiqing Sect was almost unparalleled.

Even so, he couldn't arbitrarily order other elders to do things without paying a corresponding price in favors... so when Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian went out, the people selected by the Ziwei Master to escort them were his own direct disciples, Luo Baiyuan, rather than other Nascent Soul Realm elders.

The Jade Capital Sect Leader thought long and hard and decided he could only go to consult with Long Eyebrow Immortal.

In a hurry, he left the Ancestral Master Hall and, with sword control, flew to the bottommost level of the Demon Locking Tower, where he found the Long Eyebrow Immortal meditating amidst the sword pillars and recounted the matter to him.

"So what?" Long Eyebrow Immortal raised an eyebrow, "In your opinion, how many people would it take to forcefully break through the Demon Cult's defenses to rescue Qing Heng and Jiao Xiao?"

"At least five or more Nascent Soul Elders to lead the team," replied the Jade Capital Sect Leader.

"And if a Demon Cultivate Immortal was out there and attacked casually, what could these five elders do then?" Long Eyebrow Immortal asked again.

"If that were really the case, we could only ask you to take action, trying to save those few elders," said the Jade Capital Sect Leader, pausing for a moment, "but that's not very likely."

"If the Demon Cult's Sect Guardian Immortal personally comes to this place, then Kunlun and Penglai would certainly not stand idly by, and the nature of this war would change."

"From the current situation, the Demon Cult is not coming with the intention of eradicating our Shushan orthodox teachings. Otherwise, they wouldn't delay for many days, hesitating to attack."

"Jade Capital, you are the sect leader of Shushan," said Long Eyebrow Immortal solemnly, "A sect leader should weigh the pros and cons and act rationally."

"Now that the whereabouts of Qing Heng and Jiao Xiao are unknown, if elders were dispatched to rush out and save them, it's very likely that the elders would also be putting themselves at risk."

"And to take a step back, even if the two are brought back, is Shushan amidst this siege any safer than the outside?"

"If they are smart enough, after realizing the current situation of Shushan, they will find a safe place outside and hide, rather than return to the sect and wade into this chaos. Could it be that Shushan, without those two Golden Core True People, couldn't possibly defeat the Demon Cult?"

"But what if the two have already been discovered by the Demon Cult, or even if they are currently being hunted down?" the Jade Capital Sect Leader asked again, "If we don't go to their rescue, there is a risk that the two may perish..."

"If that were really the case, your dispatching elders to save them might still not be timely," said Long Eyebrow Immortal coldly, "If too few go, they might not break through and could instead be devoured by the Demon Cult; if too many go, how would Shushan's defenses hold up?"

The Jade Capital Sect Leader sighed repeatedly, which was exactly the problem the various peak elders kept emphasizing: whether from any angle, sending people to rescue seemed worse than not rescuing at all.

Even considering the rarity of Jiao Xiao True Person as a Second Grade Golden Core, the cost of a rescue was too great... If it were a First Grade Golden Core, taking the risk would be more or less justifiable.

But by doing so, if Qing Heng and Jiao Xiao ultimately survived, what would they think of the sect that refused to rescue them?

Thinking of this, the Jade Capital Sect Leader couldn't help but criticize internally: the Sentiment-Free Path had no weaknesses, but their actions were calculated too rationally and completely disregarded the feelings of their sect members and disciples. In some respects, they were hardly better than the Sentiment Inquiry Path, which was prone to impulsive actions.

He only hoped that Qing Heng and Jiao Xiao, if they had not been discovered yet, would be smart enough to find a place to hide outside, and for their sake, they wouldn't try to force their way through the Demon Cult's siege to return to Shushan.

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Jiao Xiao, for one, need not be mentioned, but Qing Heng should be sensible, and I imagine he wouldn't be so foolish.

On the outskirts of Shushan, Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu, disguised as a peasant husband and wife, visited the nearby villages to investigate.

Only then did they discover that Shushan was now heavily surrounded by the Demon Cult army, a situation even more exaggerated than the previous siege of Penglai.

After all, the last time was led by the Hell Path, and the other five paths deployed troops, and everyone very sensibly held back.

This time, however, they had discovered the location of the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword, therefore the Heavenly Demon, Nether Ghost, and Mortal Life paths had almost all their elites come out, with immortals hidden among them, determined not to let the Shushan Sect get their hands on this Intercepting Cult Immortal Sword.

Of course, whether the Extermination Immortal Sword was truly discovered and retrieved by someone from the Shushan Sect, no one had concrete evidence in their hearts.

But other than the Shushan Sword Immortal, who else could subdue the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword?

Although Ling Yunpo did not know, he also had a vague intuition: the Demon Cult, displaying such a vast and mighty arrangement, might be related to the last sword cry emitted when he subdued the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword.

Oh no, if that were the case, might they have some method of detecting the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword? For instance, as soon as the distance gets too close, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword would start vibrating, or even directly lock onto his position and fly over to rescue the Extermination Immortal Sword...

Thinking this, Ling Yunpo was completely creeped out.

Right now, he and Senior Sister An were outside Shushan; if they were suddenly pinpointed by the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, the Nine Nether Slaying Immortal Sword, the Blood Sea Trapping Immortal Sword, along with the Demon Cult masses all at once, wouldn't that be like a turtle trapped in a jar, unable to escape even with wings?

No, that's not right; Senior Sister An would surely die, and he could only abandon the identity of Ling Yunpo and escape through the Kunlun Mirror to survive, thereafter adding a mysterious legend to the Cultivation Realm...

No, we must hurry back to Shushan!

As long as he is within Shushan, even if the Demon Cult could pinpoint his location, to launch a brazen attack would require first breaking through the multi-layered defenses of Shushan.

And surely, the Kunlun and Penglai Sects would not sit idly by and watch Shushan fall; they would definitely come to support with all their strength.

In doing so, Shushan would ultimately be secure, and he would be able to comfortably instruct the Green Duckweed Sword to train the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword within Shushan.

Once the Extermination Immortal Sword was completely subdued to him (rather than needing the Green Duckweed Sword to constantly suppress it inside the Sword Box), he could take it to Wei Dongliu, and then with the endorsement of the Blood Sea Immortal, fully take control of the sword.

From the perspective of historical cycles, the Blood Sea Immortal would be willing to recognize that the Extermination Immortal Sword was in Wei Dongliu's hands—probably because it had already submitted to Wei Dongliu.

Yes, first find a way to return to Shushan!

However... with the intimidating array the Demon Cult laid out on the perimeter, would Senior Sister be willing to brave such a risk with me, breaking through the blockade to flee back to Shushan?

"Senior Sister," Ling Yunpo said, attempting to persuade An Zhisu first, "Shushan is in trouble right now, and as disciples of Shushan, we should return to our Sect as quickly as possible."

"Otherwise, if Shushan falls, what would happen to our master, who is currently in seclusion inside Qingluo Peak?"

"You're right," An Zhisu replied upon hearing her younger disciple's analysis. Her intelligence, already plummeting to zero, instantly fell into negatives when Ling Yunpo brought up their master. She nodded in agreement without thinking, saying, "Whatever you decide to do, Junior Brother, I'll follow."

Excellent, easily settled!

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