Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1028: Chapter 21: First Give You a Blade_2

The two sword lights, embodying the unity of man and sword, clashed against each other. It was an absolute contest of hard power, leaving no room for any technique.

Faced with the sword light’s intensity, one rank higher than her own, An Zhisu was indeed no match. Her body was thrown into the air by the sheer force, like a fragile wisp of willow in the wind.

Chen Guanshui was startled and no longer cared about maintaining his disguise. He quickly used his sword to catch her body.

At this moment, he realized with sudden comprehension:

The projection of Senior Sister in the mirror, though covered in sword wounds and bleeding, held the weapon that caused the wounds in her hand—indicating her desire to end her own life, as she continued to harm herself!

That was why An Zhisu just blocked the sword for him—because she no longer cared about her own life or death.

Thinking of this, Chen Guanshui felt both heartache and guilt.

Such devoted Senior Sister An, he found it hard to let go… but if he couldn’t let go, what then?

If he were to end it here by explaining everything, and they somehow reconciled, wouldn’t it be another tumultuous wave when she later discovered the existence of Junior Sister Xu and others?

It would be better to separate now to avoid further harm…

Chen Guanshui’s mind was in disarray, and a sudden alarm rang in his heart. He quickly pushed An Zhisu out from his embrace.

A slight pain came from his chest—An Zhisu had pulled a dagger from his arms earlier and stabbed him in the chest.

Fortunately, the blade only pierced shallowly into the flesh and did not reach his heart; his life was not in danger. Whether it was because Senior Sister An held back at the last moment out of unwillingness or his own quick reflexes in pushing her away was unknown.

“What are you doing!” Provoked by the faint pain, Chen Guanshui’s eyes turned icy, and he scolded.

“Still not admitting it?” An Zhisu gritted her teeth, tears streaming down her face as she had already confirmed his identity, “Junior Brother Ling, I’ll call you Junior Brother one last time.”

“You betrayed the sect, stole the sect’s treasure, committed heinous crimes. I’ll kill you first, then take my own life to apologize to the master and the sect. In the Netherworld, in the afterlife, we can be siblings again.”

Chen Guanshui’s injuries were not severe, but hearing her heartfelt words nearly made him vomit blood:

Betraying the sect, shouldn’t I be captured first? Stealing treasured items, shouldn’t you first ask where the treasure is? Not wanting to kill me right off the bat?

Senior Sister, it’s fine if you want to kill me, but why kill yourself? To make me restless even in death?

In the Netherworld, after reincarnating separately, we’re even, so what’s with being siblings? Childhood sweethearts are better than siblings, right!

Though he had many grievances, Chen Guanshui didn’t want to complain—he only felt like spitting blood.

Looking at An Zhisu’s illusion, similarly forlorn and tearful, her tone was strangely joyous and appeared immensely deranged:

“Yes, yes! My dear Junior Brother, since you can’t be my Junior Brother in this life, why don’t I cut you down with a blade, then slit my own throat, and in the next life, we can be born to the same mother. You won’t be able to get rid of me as an elder sister.”

Chen Guanshui couldn’t hold back any longer and retorted:

“So you want to be real siblings with me?”

“Shut up!” An Zhisu was infuriated and angrily scolded the illusion, “Nonsense! How could I have such a bizarre thought!”

Chen Guanshui:…

So is it or isn’t it because you want to die for love?

Seeing An Zhisu stubbornly refuse to admit, the projection wept again, crying and laughing:

“Siblings within the sect can still betray each other; siblings connected by blood can’t be forcibly separated, can they? Although, since connected by blood, one cannot do those shameful things—it’s a flaw. But if it means being together forever, even without love, what does it matter…”

As it increasingly rambled, An Zhisu was almost driven mad with anger, so she simply redirected her swords, Flying Smoke and Cold Edge, with intent to kill the loquacious projection.

Chen Guanshui was taken aback, knowing that Senior Sister was overwhelmed now, clouding her Sword Heart. Moreover, her cultivation level was slightly inferior, proving no match for the illusion. He quickly employed Daoist Magic to attack from the side.

Both attacked An Zhisu’s projection, indeed making it unable to fend off, only replying with tearful laughter:

“Very well, very well! Even in this fleeting moment of fighting alongside Junior Brother, even if swords must clash afterward, it’s worth it!”

An Zhisu was extremely irritated, suddenly turning her sword light to attack Chen Guanshui.

Chen Guanshui thought to himself that you are indeed thin-skinned; just to prove that the illusion wasn’t speaking your mind, you want to turn and kill me, is that it?

How foolish!

Fortunately, by now, they had distanced themselves; Chen Guanshui had already prepared, vehemently refusing An Zhisu the opportunity for a strong swordsmanship attack, only deploying the Coiled Dragon Gold-Dissolving Ball, sucking in the two swords.

An Zhisu cast Sword Dao techniques at him, but Chen Guanshui immediately retreated with sword control, slipping into the passageway he came through.

Time to go!

As he retraced his path, An Zhisu naturally would not let him go easily, pursuing him out of Mirror Lake Divine Palace. Charging out of the cave through the lake passage, she saw no trace of Chen Guanshui anymore.

The lake passage was clearly laid out by Chen Guanshui, deliberately leaving it for her—indicating he had full confidence in his escape.

Having quickly shaken off An Zhisu, Chen Guanshui dared not linger around the Southern Border; he swiftly maneuvered northeast to avoid Shushan’s main forces.

Exiting the Southern Border jungle, he reached the mountainous region of Western Hunan. Although free of miasma, abundant are the poisonous insects and reptiles, and the terrain remains complex and harsh.

If heading north from here, he would be entering Jingzhou territory, and further north was the heart of the South, the home of Xu Yinglian. Considering the possibility of Junior Sister Xu returning home, Chen Guanshui didn’t plan to head north.

To the east lay Yangzhou, the territory of Yuqing View under Penglai—famous mountains and mighty rivers, with many Daoist sects, many of which are clients of Heavenly Craft Workshop. Given the possibility of Shi Liuli heading there for business negotiations, Chen Guanshui didn’t plan to go east either.

Thus, he could only go south.

Heading south across the sweltering jungle, he would reach the Southern Sea.

The Southern Sea differed greatly from the East Sea. The islands of the East Sea are mostly inhabited by Daoist sects, hence the name Seventy-Two Caves of the East Sea.

The Southern Sea, on the other hand, has numerous uninhabited islands, saturated with intense Fire Element spiritual energy, its hot, humid climate unfit for cultivators to practice Daoism, but perfect for temporarily avoiding pursuit.

Thinking of this, Chen Guanshui suddenly remembered Golden Turtle Island.

The hidden and reclusive ancient Buddhist sect site of Golden Turtle Island, now houses only a demon cultivator who follows Buddhist practices and a rear hall filled with sealed Heavenly Demons—its location is extremely secluded.

If one were to hide on Golden Turtle Island, apart from Jiang Lian, who ventured there with him, surely no one else would find it.

However, when it came to cultivation power, Jiang the Witch was the strongest among them. Though the demonic cultivator’s realm was equally profound, whether she could suppress the transformed Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demon remained uncertain.

Should she fail, Chen Guanshui would be discovered by Jiang Lian on Golden Turtle Island and as good as dead. Even if he miraculously survived, his fate would be bleak.

But if she succeeded… interning while she was being sealed is not an option!

Clearly, going to Golden Turtle Island would cause unnecessary trouble. Better to head to the island where the old man in black suppressed the Heart Demon, perhaps?

Pondering all this, Chen Guanshui gradually felt a sense of “having no place in the vast world.”

While fretting, he suddenly saw what seemed like a Tu Family village behind the hill ahead.

The village’s numerous houses gave a sense of déjà vu… Thinking for a long time, Chen Guanshui eventually recalled:

Back when he was still in Shushan before his Core Formation, he and Senior Sister An were invited by Sima Changyan to explore the Giant Wood’s secret realm here, seeking the Purple Mansion Spiritual Medicine.

However, within the secret realm, they encountered Su Jian’s former senior brother—the mad Sword Immortal Dao Ye True Person… All those details aside, the key point was that the space within the Giant Wood secret realm was enormous, perfectly suited for him to hide.

Even if An Zhisu pursued him here, without guidance, she might not find him successfully!

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