Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 429: Chapter 62: Warm Wine Cuts Down Bi Lian
 

But let’s wind back to a quarter of an hour earlier, in another pavilion within White Jade Capital, Duan Fenhai efficiently defeated a peer from Shushan, securing his promotion slot.

Just as he stepped off the stage, he saw Guan Shanyue coming down from the spectator stand’s staircase and greeting him.

“What’s your draw number?” Duan Fenhai casually asked.

“Three seven four nine,” Guan Shanyue answered, “The first battle is likely scheduled for the day after tomorrow.”

“Troublesome,” Duan Fenhai shook his head and scoffed, “With so many contenders, the majority has no chance of advancing, so why bother crowding into White Jade Capital?”

“It’s naturally to broaden one’s horizons,” Guan Shanyue said leisurely.

“How does one broaden their horizons?” Duan Fenhai retorted, “By getting onto the battlefield and crying for their fathers and mothers when defeated? Is that what you call broadening horizons?”

Guan Shanyue laughed but did not reply, then she saw Lin Duanshan descending nearby after dispelling his sword light, and she asked him:

“Lin Duanshan, did you watch Chief Qiu’s battle?”

“I did,” Lin Duanshan shook his head, “The gap in strength with his opponent was too great, there was not much to see.”

“As expected,” Duan Fenhai was not surprised.

“Additionally, the sword used by Qiu Changtian seems to be the Tianyuan Yiqi Sword,” Lin Duanshan dropped another bombshell.

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“The Tianyuan Yiqi Sword?” Duan Fenhai frowned, “If I recall correctly, this sword was once possessed by a great power of the Witch Clan, and after their decline, its whereabouts became unknown. How did it end up in Kunlun’s hands?”

“Qiu Changtian wielding the Tianyuan Yiqi Sword managed to blow away the opponent’s Kunlun Disciple’s flying sword with a single strike, his tremendous physical strength was truly alarming,” Lin Duanshan stated gravely, “I even doubt if Senior Sister An were here, she might not be able to face Qiu Changtian head-on.”

“But An Zhisu might not necessarily confront Qiu Changtian head-on…” Guan Shanyue had just begun when she suddenly exclaimed, “Eh, isn’t that An Zhisu?”

Everyone looked up and saw Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu flying after the draw swords.

“Shall we take a look?” Lin Duanshan suggested.

Whether it was Ling Yunpo’s or An Zhisu’s duel, both were naturally worth witnessing.

Thus, without objection, they all mounted their sword light and chased after them.

As a result, when they arrived at the first pavilion, they saw Ling Yunpo entering the arena, bowing and paying respects to Bi Lian from Yuqing View.

“Junior Brother Ling retains proper decorum, epitomizing the demeanor of a Shushan Sword Immortal,” Lin Duanshan commended.

“Yet he seems to know how to conduct himself far better than his senior sister,” Guan Shanyue added.

Duan Fenhai could not agree more.

It was only when Ling Yunpo suddenly executed three swords that the three of them were taken aback.

“Three swords wielded simultaneously?” Lin Duanshan exclaimed, “An external incarnation? Or is it multitasking with a single mind?”

“It should be multiple tasks with a single mind,” Duan Fenhai immediately said, “Just observe, the Thunder Punishment Sword and that new Wood System Flying Sword can never operate smoothly at the same time, when the former moves the latter stops, and when the latter proceeds the former halts.”

“That makes sense,” Lin Duanshan also sighed in relief, “I was worried he might have used the Azure Spirit Divine Bead given by the old ancestor of the Guan Family last time to refine an external incarnation.”

“Compared to the materials, the refining secret method for an external incarnation is even rarer,” Duan Fenhai turned and asked, “Senior Sister Guan, has Ling Yunpo ever approached your Guan Family for the refining secret method?”

“I haven’t heard of it,” Guan Shanyue shook her head, “Especially since after the Sun Sword Master set such an outrageous condition last time, the old ancestor has given up on seeking the Sun and Tai Yin swords. Junior Brother Ling hasn’t visited our Guan Family since then.”

“That settles it,” Duan Fenhai nodded, “However, with Junior Brother Ling’s talent, by using multitasking to mimic an external incarnation, ordinary cultivators would have a hard time seeing through it, right? Look at that opponent from Yuqing View, isn’t she already trembling in fear?”

Lin Duanshan looked over and saw that Bi Lian’s face was almost turning as bitter as a melon, swiftly reaching into her sleeve to pull out several elixirs, popping them into her mouth.

Although Ling Yunpo already possessed an external incarnation, he chose not to release the Azure Spirit Divine Bead at that moment. Instead, he was using multitasking to control three swords, intending to mislead the surrounding spectators and conceal his true trump card.

With this approach, when the time came to use his External Incarnation, he would simultaneously command three swords, and the opponent would not realize the danger in a short amount of time.

Since he intended to mislead the surrounding crowd, he was not in a hurry to defeat Bi Lian, nor did he need to use the Unity of Body and Sword, that kind of major move.

Ling Yunpo simply stood on the field with poise, not taking advantage of the enemy’s moment of taking medicine to launch a sneak attack. After Bi Lian had swallowed the pill, her complexion immediately gained some color.

Subsequently, she pulled out the hairpin from behind her head and pointed it towards Ling Yunpo.

Ling Yunpo uttered a surprised sound and suddenly performed the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step, disappearing from his original spot in a flash.

When the crowd looked again at the place where he had been standing, there was a small pit on the ground, evidently pierced by some unknown attack launched from that hairpin.

“Is that all?” Ling Yunpo was slightly taken aback, not as impressive as the Intangible Sword Qi of the Taiqing Xuanmen I watched earlier!

Bi Lian’s face remained expressionless, but inwardly she was in great distress.

The Daoist magic and Qi Refining Techniques of Yuqing View were not as rich as those of Kunlun and Shushan, but they did not lack an assortment of strange and varied Magical Treasures.

For instance, this Green Duckweed Sword Hairpin, as long as True Yuan was poured into it, it could emit Sword Qi. The more True Yuan, the stronger the Sword Qi.

With the support of the Elixir’s power, she pushed her True Yuan to the limit, and the intensity of the Sword Qi she had triggered was even strong enough to repel ordinary Flying Swords.

But against the Po Yun Sword Immortal, second on the Shushan Immortal Sword Ranking, it was not enough; her Sword Qi couldn’t even make contact, making the great force behind it meaningless.

Thinking of this, Bi Lian took out another amber-colored Golden Core from her sleeve and threw them around on the ground.

Where each Golden Core landed, in a flash, an eight-foot-tall brass automaton sprang up, as sturdy as a rhinoceros and as fierce as a fighting bull, wielding weapons as they ferociously attacked Ling Yunpo from all sides.

Oh, it’s the magic of spawning soldiers from beans!

Ling Yunpo found it quite peculiar and, with another swift movement, slipped through the gap between two brass automatons. The Green Duckweed Sword and the Thunder Punishment Sword shot out, piercing the automatons from behind.

Seeing this, Bi Lian’s expression turned bitter. The material used for her automatons was of the finest quality, yet under the opponent’s Flying Sword, they were as flimsy as paper, utterly defenseless, which suggested that the swords in his hands must surely be Tenth Rank Immortal Swords!

Outmatched in magical skills and with no advantage in magical tools, how could she possibly win?

Ling Yunpo once again pinched his Sword technique, allowing the Green Duckweed Sword and the Thunder Punishment Sword to continue shredding the surrounding automatons, while the Myriad Bamboos Sword targeted Bi Lian’s body, blocked by a small green sword from the opponent.

After only a few slashes with the Myriad Bamboos Sword, Bi Lian could no longer hold on. Her complexion paled from the Sword Light, and she finally called out:

“Alright, I lost! I lost!”

Looking at the field where the brass automatons had been, only three remained, hacked by Ling Yunpo, which caused her so much distress that tears began to well up in her eyes.

Although Ling Yunpo was supposed to be unyielding, he couldn’t bear to see a girl cry, so he gave a bow and quickly turned to leave.

Just then, he saw Shi Liuli running into the arena from outside, comforting the still upset Bi Lian and simultaneously throwing a fiercely angry glare his way.

Ling Yunpo: ?

Right, he suddenly remembered, Miss Shi and Bi Lian were both from that “Chief Qiu’s Top Fan Club,” so their private relationship must be quite good… It seemed that this time he was likely to be hated by association.

An Zhisu disliked Qiu Changtian, Shi Liuli disliked Ling Yunpo; what was this chaotic web of relationships? If one day his identity was exposed, wouldn’t they be furious enough to kill him?

It seemed Luo Yan would have to stay away from Xu Yinglian from now on.

Ling Yunpo did not dare linger, rushing off the pavilion, and when he stepped outside, he saw Senior Sister An standing by the White Jade railing, greeting him with the Flying Smoke Sword holding a cup of wine.

“Junior Brother has worked hard,” Senior Sister An said with a cheerful smile.

“It wasn’t hard,” Ling Yunpo shook his head and raised his cup to finish it off.

The wine was crisp and still steaming warm.