Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Qiu Changtian carried Junior Sister Xu and hoisted Senior Sister Luo on his shoulder, following the two dragon maidens as they fled. His heart was nearly crying out in frustration.

It was just a quest to find a stolen relic, so how did it end up with even immortals appearing? The difficulty had become absurdly high!

"I guess it must be because Xu Zhi was involved in the Water Ruins incident and ended up being possessed by an old dragon," the Kunlun Mirror consoled him. "That ancient dragon, a being of an elder's rank, who knows how long it has been trapped here. Its consciousness isn't even clear anymore. Even though it has possessed Xu Zhi's body, it hasn't been able to fully devour his consciousness, occasionally still mistaking itself for Xu Zhi."

"An enemy like this, while possessing the rank of an immortal, is actually not able to wield even two to three tenths of an immortal's true strength, so you don't have to worry too much about it."

"How can I not worry about facing an immortal!" Qiu Changtian retorted, "Forget it, let's just consider it an advance rehearsal and adaptation for being chased by an immortal."

Once again, a mad roar came from behind them. For the time being, it seemed that all he could do was to blindly release Dragon's Might—but even the Dragon's Might of the Immortal Realm was not easy to deal with.

First of all, Dragon's Might was 360 degrees without a dead angle, which meant there was essentially no way to dodge it.

Secondly, Dragon's Might was invisible and colorless, did not fall under the Five Elements, and was an attack on the level of Divine Sense. Therefore, there was no way to defend against it.

Lastly, as detailed above, Qiu Changtian's current stage meant facing Dragon's Might of an immortal's realm. He could only honestly take the full brunt of the damage.

This damage was mainly spiritual attacks, but fortunately, through learning within his clan, Long Long had developed a considerable adaptation to Dragon's Might. Coupled with the protection of the Kunlun Mirror, he was not shaken to death by the mental attacks after a few rounds.

But if he were to endure it several more times, sooner or later, he would be shaken into an idiot.

The group emerged from the underground water network through a well opening. They only heard Shi Jinsuo scream:

"Quick, block that well opening!"

Qiu Changtian: ?

Wait, block the path of an elder from the Demon Race with something? Have you all gone mad?

Immediately after, he saw Shi Yinqiang take out a seal and quickly start the incantation in midair.

Hmm, isn't that... the Mountain-Lifting Seal?

The seal instantly transformed into a massive mountain range that descended from the sky, centering above the Water Ruins well opening, and completely leveled the entire palace, suppressing it under the towering peaks.

No sooner had everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Shi Jinsuo cry out in horror once more:

"Run!"

As soon as her words fell, the earth shook as if the mountains were crumbling!

The ground trembled violently as if struck by a heavy blow, and huge cracks spread instantly from the base of the mountains, steadily spreading upward.

Qiu Changtian and the others felt their souls leap out of their bodies, not daring to linger any longer, and quickly left the underwater secret realm.

About a dozen breaths later, the mountain was finally completely split open from the base. Countless rocks tumbled down like a landslide, quickly burying the immortal sect's buildings below, and leaving the aquatic demons that could not escape with numerous casualties.

Finally, a giant dragon claw reached out from the crevice, grabbed the broken mountain, and then extended its rotting, bleeding dragon head.

At this moment, "Xu Zhi" had not a trace of the human form left.

The appearance of Xu Yinglian had stimulated his last will, and as Xu Zhi's consciousness had burned itself out, his body was then completely overrun by the dragon bloodline.

The grievously wounded giant dragon crawled out from the ground, letting out a heaven-shaking, tragic dragon cry.

However, it wasn't long before two similar dragon cries resonated as if responding to its roar.

The giant dragon glared with its golden vertical pupils, clumsily and violently turning around, only to see Shi Yao and Long Xiaoqi, transformed into human shapes, standing side by side in front of him.

"You, you!" the dragon spat out in angry human language, stretching its neck as if ready to devour someone, "You are the sinful branch..."

"No, I am," Shi Yao pushed Long Xiaoqi to her side, "She is your descendant, Your Majesty Mad Dragon."

The figure of the giant dragon froze.

After a moment, his massive body gradually shrank, and soon transformed into a disheveled, tall old man. Looking somewhat nervous at Long Xiaoqi, he stretched out his broad palm:

"Are you my descendant?"

Long Xiaoqi was silent for a moment before nodding and saying:

"Inside my body, there are two consciousnesses."

"I am... a descendant of the Mad Dragon bloodline."

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Qiu Changtian, along with the two dragons, escaped from the secret realm, incidentally striking the sisters with the Universal Pure Tone Minor Illumination Technique, which quickly roused them from unconsciousness.

Upon waking, Xu Yinglian felt relieved to see that they were on the banks of the Xiang River.

Looking at the dragon sisters again, she showed a wary expression.

Luo Baiyuan quietly stood in front, ready to protect his junior brother and sister at any moment.

However, the dragon sisters did not show any intention of starting a fight; instead, they tearfully said:

"Young master, the secret realm we lived in has been destroyed. This time, we've suffered a great loss because of you."

Qiu Changtian offered an embarrassed, sheepish smile, feeling somewhat guilty.

The two dragon sisters, naive as they were, seeing Qiu Changtian apparently feeling guilty, actually felt pity for him and comforted him:

"Forget it, that old dragon lived in the Ruins of water, who could have foreseen this? It was bound to come out sooner or later… We sisters have heard that to the southwest lies the Eastern Emperor Path, which is very kind to our Demon Race. We will head there to seek refuge. If Young Master Qiu cares about us sisters, feel free to visit us in the southwest."

The dragon sisters left reluctantly, and Luo Baiyuan remarked with a sigh:

Although they are of the Demon Race, they have shown us no hostility. The old saying 'Humans and demons cannot coexist' seems not entirely true after all."

"Junior Sister Luo, your words are mistaken," Xu Yinglian disagreed, "If those two of the Dragon Clan hadn't taken a fancy to our senior brother's beauty, would they be so easy to talk to? Didn't you hear how they treated that Xu Zhi?"

Upon saying this, she seemed to feel that "beauty" was not quite appropriate to describe Qiu Changtian, so she corrected herself:

"The Demon Race, just like the Human Race, has its own emotions, desires, and evil thoughts. But since resources in the Cultivation Realm are limited, if the Demon Race rises, it will inevitably squeeze the living space of Human Race cultivators. I have no personal grudge against those two from the Dragon Clan, but that won't change my view of the Demon Race as a whole."

Qiu Changtian chuckled to the side: Junior sister, when those two dragon maidens were here, your jealous expression was almost plastered on your face, and you say you have no personal grudge?

Of course, he couldn't expose his junior sister in front of Junior Sister Luo.

So the three of them set out on their journey back to the Kunlun Mountain Range.

Junior Sister Luo went to report to the Ziwei Master, while Qiu Changtian first returned to the cave dwelling with Xu Yinglian to check the storage bag taken from Xu Zhi.

Inside the storage bag were three scrolls of scripture, and a single small feather arrow.

"This scripture is a secret technique passed down by our Feng Tong ancestors, specifically discussing how to purify and ascend Phoenix True Blood," sighed Xu Yinglian. "When my Xu Family lost the three volumes of secret techniques, the subsequent descendants became weaker generation by generation, and the chance for bloodline awakening greatly decreased—this was the poison and calamity brought about by Xu Zhi, and now it can finally be resolved."

"As for this Phoenix Feather Arrow, it was refined by a Phoenix ancestor of Immortal Rank using its true feathers. Whoever holds it can command all flames in the world, including those not belonging to the Five Elements, which find it difficult to escape."

Qiu Changtian clicked his tongue in amazement, taking the Phoenix Feather Arrow to fiddle with, thinking to himself that my vixen also has a Magical Treasure called the "Golden Crow True Fire Fan," which can release a large amount of Golden Crow True Fire… It's just that her Demon Yuan is not abundant enough to unleash the full power of the true fire, so usually without the threat of life and death, she rarely uses it.

If Junior Sister Xu and the little vixen were to clash in the future, I wonder whether the Golden Crow True Fire Fan is more powerful or the Phoenix Feather Arrow is more domineering.

Alas, don't fight over me, ladies, this isn't good... Eh?

"Junior Sister, if I remember correctly, wasn't there that what's-it-called in the secret realm of the Western Queen Mother?" Qiu Changtian suddenly recalled something and quickly said.

The Phoenix Egg in the Red Lotus Sea of Fire!" exclaimed Xu Yinglian, also suddenly remembering.