Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 393: Chapter 26 Master is also an old Lu Xun
 

Objectively speaking, Luo Yan did not consider himself to have lied.

Given Miss Shi’s strength, if she were among the cultivators of the Foundation Establishment Realm at Yuqing View, she could indeed rank among the top three.

So why had the Falsehood synchronization value risen?

It’s ridiculous!

Not in a rush to help Shi Liuli persuade Elder Shi Ding, Luo Yan returned to his own room and then took out the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle.

He also took out the Nine Phoenix Scorching Sun Stone and the Nine Nether Yin Soul Stone, preparing to decode the seal on the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle.

Uh.

How exactly does one decode the seal on this thing?

“Just press them on directly, dummy,” came the teasing voice of the Green Duckweed Sword in his mind.

“Warning, once! Three strikes and I’ll break it!”

“Oh my, don’t be angry, Sword Master. I was just joking with you,” the Green Duckweed Sword hurriedly pleaded, half-seriously, half-jokingly.

“Hmph!” Luo Yan snorted, still annoyed.

Give you a little bit of kindness, and you, this rubbish sword, even dare to call me dummy!

Did you really think I didn’t know how to decode the seal?

He pressed the two stones to the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle at the same time, and saw the stones quickly melt onto the surface of the shuttle, then a Tai Chi pattern slowly emerged.

And then there was no response.

Luo Yan held the shuttle and looked at it for a long time, that’s it, that’s it?

He decided not to ask Elder Shi Ding this time; instead, he would seek the answer himself.

He went to the Tianji Pavilion and said to the steward in charge:

“I want to apply to use the Dragon-Tiger Guiding Machine.”

“This…” The steward hesitated slightly because, according to the rules within the sect, only the elders could apply to use the Dragon-Tiger Guiding Machine.

However, this steward being assigned to guard the Tianji Pavilion was certainly not ignorant of the news. He knew that the person before him was Luo Yan, the heir to the Heavenly Craft Workshop, and with Elder Shi Ding’s protective nature, he would surely apply without hesitation on his behalf.

Moreover, it seemed that Luo Yan had already been designated by the upper echelons to participate in the great competition at White Jade Capital, indicating that he was already considered an elite disciple within the sect; thus, there was no need for the steward to offend both the master and disciple.

With these thoughts, he said with a smile:

“If it’s on behalf of your master, naturally, there is no problem. Just leave your master’s signature on the roster over there.”

Luo Yan thought to himself that the last time his master came, he wasn’t asked to leave a signature.

But he also knew that the other party was keeping evidence of procedural correctness, so he nodded in agreement, signed his name, and then entered the great hall.

The huge Dragon-Tiger Guiding Machine stood in the center of the great hall, the only magic artifact analysis machine in Yuqing View, and even in the whole world. Previously, Elder Shi Ding had used this machine to decrypt the seal on the surface of the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle.

Therefore, Luo Yan also made a point of learning several courses on magic artifact analysis, and finally understood the principles and operation of the Dragon-Tiger Guiding Machine.

He placed the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle inside the Dragon-Tiger Guiding Machine and operated it for a while. Then turning the protruding eyepiece for a moment, he began the identification process.

So that’s how it is.

Let it be known that the first layer’s seal of the Universe Creation Divine Shuttle is called the Universe Layer.

After decoding the seal of the Universe Layer, the Divine Shuttle gained an additional Forbidden Technique called the “Great Universe Inverting Technique.”

The effect, as the name suggests, is the ability to invert the universe and transform reality into illusion… Based on Luo Yan’s understanding, it seems that by activating this Forbidden Technique, he could make both the Divine Shuttle and himself transition from solid to ethereal, thus momentarily becoming immune to all harm in the world.

However, this forbidden technique had two problems:

First, activating the forbidden technique did not mean traveling to an alternate dimensional space, but rather shifting from the physical “real” to the conceptual “false,” akin to becoming non-existent in some sense.

Since he did not exist, naturally, none of the attacks in this world could land on him.

On the flip side, his attacks could not affect anything in this world either, so it could generally only be used to ignore obstacles when fleeing.

Second, the energy consumption of activating this technique was simply too great—it was even more terrifying than the Five Elements Divine Light!

It is known that the Postnatal Five Elements Great Extermination Divine Light is a secret technique of the Immortal Sect. Even with the robust True Yuan that Luo Yan cultivated through the “Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra,” as well as the perfect Jade Mansion’s energy recovery speed of over six hundred years, he still could not freely wield the Five Elements Divine Light like eating or drinking water. He could only use it as a trump card for a decisive blow when necessary.

Following the rule of “the higher the rank, the greater the consumption,” the rank and power of the Great Universe Inverting Technique seemed even more formidable than that of the Five Elements Divine Light!

With these two flaws, the Great Universe Inverting Technique was indeed not very practical—or rather, in the hands of those cultivators who were empty-headed and only cared about output, it was basically just a last-ditch escape card.

But Luo Yan, after all, was a high-level cultivator who had studied at Shushan for many years and had an abundance of combat experience. He immediately realized that this technique could be used for more than just escaping.

For example, he could pretend to attack the opponent desperately, feigning an eye-for-an-eye strategy, when in reality, he could use this technique to become immune to damage in an instant.

Or he could grapple with the opponent, pretend to expose a weakness, and lure the opponent into a sneak attack, when in reality he could use this technique to bluff away the opponent’s powerful move.

Or when he needed to discard his identity after completing his mission, he could pretend to be fatally wounded and fall to the ground dead, when in fact he could use this technique to evade the attack—also allowing them to immerse themselves in the pain of losing him, and indirectly “forgive” himself, giving up the pursuit…

Of course, this move might also need to be combined with a spell that created a fake corpse. He would throw the corpse on the ground, and his true body would escape through Ah Jing’s teleportation, perfectly concealing his tracks.

In any case, this mysteriously named Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle’s first level Daoist magic was indeed eye-catching and worthy of the efforts by Wei Dongliu and Long Long from both sides.

As for the seal on the second level, the strange object required for unsealing became the “Chaos Red Talisman.”

What on earth was that?

Luo Yan, gifted with the talent of instant understanding, could confirm that he had never come across this term in spite of reading extensively in Daozang Pavilion in the past.

It seemed he had no choice but to seek Elder Shi Ding’s counsel.

Upon arriving at Elder Shi Ding’s residence, Luo Yan got straight to the point and asked about the “Chaos Red Talisman.”

“Where did you hear this term?” Elder Shi Ding was greatly astonished. “You should know that if the name contains the word ‘chaos,’ it refers to a rank even higher than Innate, a strange object born before heaven and earth were divided.”

“Legend has it that the Chaos Red Talisman is the very first talisman script in the world, also embodying certain universal laws. All subsequent knowledge of talisman scripts and runic scripts can be traced back to the Chaos Red Talisman.”

Luo Yan: ………

So this thing is even rarer than the Heaven-Mending Stone, huh?

This Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle, it’s clearly a God Shuttle for the naturally insane. If unsealing the second layer already requires a chaotic strange object, I don’t even want to think about what’s needed for the third layer—it’s not going to be something like the Creation Jade Decree from the legends, right?

Pushing the issue of the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle aside, Luo Yan then spoke to his master about Miss Shi’s request, sighing as he said:

“Master, you understand Sister’s personality. The more you don’t want her to participate in the Grand Tournament, the more she wants to go…”

“That’s right,” Elder Shi Ding said with a chuckle.

Luo Yan was initially taken aback, then suddenly realized what was going on.

Wow, Master! I didn’t expect you to actually play such a cunning game of hard-to-get with your own daughter!

It has to be said that because Miss Shi was coddled from a young age and hardly struck by reality, she had developed a strong rebellious streak in her subconscious.

If you tell me not to do something, that’s precisely what I’ll do!

In other words, if Elder Shi Ding agreed too readily, Shi Liuli would definitely find the Grand Tournament uninteresting. However, if Elder Shi Ding strongly objected, especially claiming it was because “Shi Liuli is too weak,” she would immediately become excited to protest and insist on claiming a top victory in the Grand Tournament to prove herself.

You truly are my master, this act of falsehood seems like it was meant for you to play naturally.