Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1081: Chapter 57: Tit for Tat_2

“Senior Brother is carrying women’s clothing with him?”

Chen Guanshui was already numb at this point, not knowing how to explain. He just stayed silent, turned around, and walked away.

“Where do you think you’re going, Senior Brother?” Xu Yinglian hurriedly went to pull his arm.

Unexpectedly, he neither pulled his hand away nor ran. He just allowed her to pull him while continuing to walk forward.

This also made Xu Yinglian secretly vigilant, thinking to herself that although she was ninety percent sure that this man was indeed her senior brother, she still lacked the final definitive evidence.

What if she was actually wrong… What then?

Not only was her body seen by him, but he also kept silent and walked ahead. Was he planning to find a place to do something unfavorable to her?

Thinking this, Xu Yinglian also became secretly cautious, waiting to use the Tai Yi Dividing Light Sword if the other showed even the slightest flaw, to subdue him before anything else.

Chen Guanshui, however, had no such intentions. As he led Xu Yinglian along, he gradually calmed down and vaguely came up with a strategy in his mind.

Firstly, this matter was like a time bomb, which could be hidden temporarily but couldn’t be concealed forever.

How many years had it been since he left Kunlun? The fact that his junior sister Xu could persistently chase him all the way here showed her incredible resilience… Who knew her better than he did?

In the past, just because her cultivation level was behind his, she would relentlessly chase after him, challenging him every three days and having a larger contest every five days, determined to win even one match.

Even after forming a Daoist Companion, her resolve never fully ceased; it merely shifted from wanting to “surpass Senior Brother” to “not fall too far behind Senior Brother.” This stubbornness was deeply ingrained, comparable to a rock.

Expecting her to give up her search was simply impossible. He once nurtured a sliver of hope, constantly on the run, yet now it was clear that running didn’t solve the underlying issue. Sooner or later, he’d have to come clean.

Secondly, although it was a time bomb, the timing of detonation was crucial.

If several wronged parties gathered together, each looking for “their own husband,” and then claiming, “This is my husband,” “What? This is also my husband,” eventually becoming hostile towards each other, the bomb’s power would be catastrophic.

But if they approached one by one, and with the help of the versatile mirror to work through the feelings, safely defusing the bomb wasn’t impossible…

Thinking of this, Chen Guanshui suddenly stopped and said to Xu Yinglian:

“You wait here first (I’ll go get Ah Jing to explain).”

“No.” Xu Yinglian refused without hesitation, “What if you run away?”

“You don’t trust me?” Chen Guanshui frowned and asked.

“How can you make me trust you?” Xu Yinglian asked indifferently, “Or rather, admit you’re Senior Brother first, then we’ll discuss other things.”

“Ha.” Chen Guanshui shook his head, “So you’re not even certain… Why are you pursuing me so relentlessly then?”

“Because intuition tells me you’re Senior Brother.” Xu Yinglian affirmed, “I won’t deny intuition, but I won’t fully trust it either.”

Implicitly meaning, she was ninety percent sure he was Qiu Changtian, but she still needed his verbal confirmation.

Chen Guanshui pondered for a while and finally let out a long breath:

“Alright, actually…”

“Actually what?” The Kunlun Mirror pushed the door open from inside, casually asking, then its expression froze upon seeing Xu Yinglian.

“Ah Jing, I’ll leave this to you.” Chen Guanshui quickly spoke as if pardoned, “I’m going to…”

He instinctively wanted to say he was going to see Liuli, but quickly caught himself.

Not to mention what kind of suicidal move it would be to say this in front of his junior sister Xu, who was on the verge of learning the truth, but what if Xu Yinglian’s Daoist Heart shattered and she began to darken? If he hid inside, there wouldn’t even be a place to run to!

“I’ll go outside for some air.” He swiftly said.

“Wait, you can’t leave…” Xu Yinglian was about to stop him but was interrupted by the Kunlun Mirror’s quiet sigh:

“Alright. Junior Sister Xu, is it?”

“Who are you?”

“I will tell you everything I know, which is everything about Qiu Changtian.”

Chen Guanshui hid outside and suddenly realized that if this were a TV series or a movie, the plot would be followed by “I’ll go out for a smoke,” and then the man would go outside to gaze afar while puffing clouds of smoke, like a prisoner about to go to the execution ground, calmly waiting for his final end to arrive.

But here, underground, there was no distance, no smoke, so he could only squat sadly in the corner, introverted, studying the patterns in the soil at his feet.

“The Sword Master is really pitiful, isn’t he?” the Summoning Sword said in his Sea of Consciousness.

“Not really pitiful,” Chen Guanshui sighed and said, “The fruit of today is the cause of yesterday, what you have to endure will come sooner or later, whether you’re ready or not.”

“So, Sword Master, do you think Junior Sister Xu will forgive you?” the Summoning Sword ignored his sentiment. After all, this whole mess was of his own making — compared to that, it was more concerned about what the outcome for the Sword Master would be, since that was directly related to the level of amusement.

“I don’t know,” Chen Guanshui said blankly.

Emotionally speaking, Xu Yinglian might forgive him, because after all, she once loved deeply and still loves; but if speaking from a character standpoint, then how could the proud Phoenix Immortal possibly accept her Daoist Companion having another woman?

In other words, it’s all up to luck.

Just as Chen Guanshui’s heart was in his throat, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

He quickly turned his head and saw Xu Yinglian approaching with an expressionless face.

“Cough, you… know everything?” Chen Guanshui asked nervously.

“Yes,” Xu Yinglian nodded and said, “How do you plan to die?”

“What?” Chen Guanshui didn’t hear clearly for a moment.

“Why don’t you just commit suicide?” Xu Yinglian said, “I’ll let you reincarnate.”

“Junior Sister, don’t joke around.” Chen Guanshui finally understood her meaning and said anxiously, “Wasn’t this all done to mend the sky…?”

“Dying after mending the sky is also an option.” Xu Yinglian said coldly.

On her ethereal and otherworldly beautiful face, there was now only a bone-chilling, icy coldness, as if ancient ice from the Extreme North.

“After mending the sky…” Chen Guanshui was silent for a moment, then asked cautiously, “Why does Junior Sister want me dead?”

“Because scum like you living in this world would only lower the average moral baseline of cultivators.” Xu Yinglian replied coldly with a detached expression, “Even though the initial intention was to mend the sky and save the world, such shameless conduct, how can the Kunlun Taiqing Sect tolerate it? How can the Xu Family of Southern Heaven tolerate it? And… how do you think I can tolerate it?”

As she spoke, she finally couldn’t suppress her anger, revealing eyes full of rage, as if ready to devour people.

Chen Guanshui was speechless, and after a moment said:

“Indeed, I am at fault, I…”

“No need for you to confess to me here.” Xu Yinglian collected her anger and said coldly, “You have wronged too many people, what use is it to just fob me off?”

“If you have any moral baseline left in your heart, then after mending the sky, take your life and reincarnate with the merit of mending the sky, as a way to balance the merits and demerits, and leave the world with a clear conscience.”

“Okay.” Chen Guanshui’s face turned ashen, and he said nothing more, only turned around and silently left.

It wasn’t that Xu Junior Sister’s words were too harsh, but rather her decisively determined attitude made him understand that he had forever lost the chance to regain Junior Sister’s affection.

Xu Yinglian watched him leave desolately, then turned back to the inner chamber, where sitting on the stone bed was Shi Liuli, who asked with a voice that seemed amused:

“Isn’t such a performance a bit too much? Aren’t you afraid he’ll take these words seriously and ruthlessly cut ties with you completely?”

“How our relationship ends with Senior Brother is none of your business, is it?” Xu Yinglian asked disdainfully.

“Why isn’t it my business?” Shi Liuli said nonchalantly, “I would be happy if you all severed ties with him… but falsehoods remain false, and your acting was so bad I couldn’t bear to watch.”

“Besides, this kind of feigned retreating to advance, it’s just a trick I left behind for you.”

Xu Yinglian responded with silence, and after a moment, she coldly laughed and said:

“I never thought that the dignified Dong You of Penglai would be such a mean and lowly woman at heart.”

“I’ve never claimed to be noble.” Shi Liuli replied coldly, “Furthermore, when it comes to emotions, who isn’t selfish if there’s even a slight chance to drive away a rival?”

“Daoist Friend Qiong Ying, if you have any more tricks up your sleeve, just use them and open my eyes.”

The Kunlun Mirror hung with an awkward smile, watching these two women verbally sparring and jabbing at each other, involuntarily worrying for Chen Guanshui.

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