Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 784 - 21: Bidirectional Channel

Chapter 784: Chapter 21: Bidirectional Channel

From the moment they fell into this place, Luo Yan and Shi Liuli were very clear that this must be an illusion domain within the Mortal World Lifetimes Painting.

But knowing was one thing, how to deal with the illusions here was quite another.

“Is there no way to break it?” Luo Yan asked in his mind.

“Not only does this place have illusion techniques, but it also combines them with spatial spells,” the Kunlun Mirror answered, “It’s quite complex.”

“Aren’t both of these your strong points?” Luo Yan asked with feigned ignorance.

“I can forcefully break through the illusions here,” the Kunlun Mirror replied with a cold laugh, “But doing so would certainly damage the artifact spirit, and could even affect the magical treasure itself.”

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“Ahem.” Luo Yan immediately changed the subject and said gravely, “I was just asking. Since this magical treasure’s artifact spirit has set up this test, how could I possibly cheat and bully it? I will absolutely make it lose convincingly!”

The Kunlun Mirror was astounded at his quick-wittedness and had nothing to say in reply.

At this time, the surroundings were filled with Shi Liuli’s Milky Way waters, and the Jiaolong was spewing frosty air in all directions, freezing everything in its path.

But Luo Yan remained calm and collected, simply bringing his hands together. From between his fingers, a great amount of five-colored light began to spill out.

With the approaching five-colored radiance, the vast expanse of icy air receded like a tide, and soon the five-colored light enveloped the frosty Jiaolong, quickly reducing it to ashes that vanished into thin air.

Only the calm surface of the water remained, and the two stood in the air on their swords, with Luo Yan putting on an air of a master, calmly saying:

“If there are any more tricks up your sleeve, bring them on.”

Silence.

After a long silence, a childish voice finally spoke up:

“Did you just use the Innate Five Elements Great Chaos Divine Light?”

Before Luo Yan could respond, the voice hesitantly continued:

“So, you’re from the Peacock Clan, my grandfather told me to never listen to the Demon Race…”

“I’m from the Human Race!” Luo Yan burst out angrily, “You can’t even distinguish between human and demon, and you’re here babbling nonsense with me!”

After a moment, the voice said:

“If you’re from the Human Race, why do you have the Innate Five Elements Great Chaos Divine Light?”

“I’ve learned it,” Luo Yan replied.

“How could the Human Race possibly learn…”

“How could the Human Race not possibly learn?” Luo Yan retorted impatiently, “But back to the point, you’re the artifact spirit of the painting from before, aren’t you? And what is this place?”

“I am the artifact spirit of the ‘Mortal World Lifetimes Painting,'” the voice answered, “You are now in the space of my Yin Scroll.”

“Yin Scroll?” Luo Yan thought of the painting the old dragon had taken, “So the ‘Mortal World Lifetimes Painting’ has two scrolls?”

“When my grandfather made me, he intentionally made the Yin and Yang Scrolls. I usually reside in the Yin Scroll,” the voice explained.

“Who is your grandfather?” Shi Liuli suddenly asked.

“Grandfather is just grandfather…” the voice started to sound confused again.

“What’s his full name and title?” Luo Yan asked rapidly.

The other party seemed stumped by the question and after a long time finally answered:

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?” Luo Yan frowned.

“My husband, let me ask,” Shi Liuli suggested to him.

Though the artifact spirit possessed spiritual wisdom, it clearly lacked worldly experience; its intelligence was about that of a five or six-year-old child. Considering this, Shi Liuli softened her tone and said gently:

“We really are from the Human Race, not the Demon Race.”

“How am I to believe you?” the voice asked, “If you are from the Demon Race, I’ll have to trap you here forever.”

“That’s very simple,” Shi Liuli responded, “If I were from the Demon Race and already knew you disliked the Demon Race, I would have just attacked to escape by now. Why would I still be here calmly talking to you?”

Luo Yan thought this reasoning was full of holes, but the voice pondered for a moment and then said:

“That makes sense. Knowing that I am against the Demon Race, and you are still so composed, then you surely are not from the Demon Race.”

After she finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly changed, and the two of them returned to the original hall.

In front of Luo Yan, a painting scroll hung in the air, twirling itself up as it spoke:

“My Yang Diagram has been taken away by those bad people. I need to retrieve it.”

“How about sister accompanies you?” Shi Liuli immediately realized that the bad people it was referring to were the group from before, and thus she coaxingly said, “Those bad people are too powerful, and you, a single painting… I’m afraid you’re not a match for them.”

“No need.” The painting scroll innocently said, “There is a mutual connection between the Yin Scroll and the Yang Diagram. I just need to break through space, utilize this mysterious connection, and I will be able to retrieve the Yang Diagram. No matter where they take the Yang Diagram, it will be useless.”

“Can it be retrieved even if it’s in a Storage Bag?” Luo Yan first was startled, then his intelligent insight was activated, and quickly he had a flash of inspiration and said right away, “But, if those bad people realize the Yang Diagram is gone, they are certain to come back looking for it, right? Then, if you have both the Yin and Yang Diagrams, where could you possibly run off to? Wouldn’t you just be caught by them again?”

The painting scroll seemed to be stumped by his question and after a long silence, it finally said:

“I can hide in the spatial fissures…”

“Didn’t you hide in the spatial fissures just now and were still discovered by me?” Luo Yan laughed heartily, “How do you know those bad people from before haven’t discovered your tricks?”

The painting scroll fell silent and began to roll slowly in mid-air, murmuring to itself:

“What should I do then, I am not good at using my brain because I don’t have one…”

“Why don’t you come with us?” Shi Liuli timely suggested, “Once we take you to a safe place, you can retrieve the Yang Diagram. Even if those bad people realize what happened, they won’t be able to find you, right?”

“Hmm.” The painting scroll didn’t think too much and merely said, “Following you could work, but…”

“But what?” Shi Liuli asked with a smile.

“But I need to know who you are, your full names and Daoist titles.” The painting scroll said.

Oh, this Artifact Spirit is quite the scholar, eh? As soon as Luo Yan heard this question, which he had asked earlier, his impression of it significantly improved.

Many Magical Treasures could give birth to Artifact Spirits, but very few had the basic Spiritual Wisdom to communicate.

And among those, Magical Treasures that could learn from their masters and achieve self-growth were exceedingly rare, and every single one of them had an incredibly terrifying foundation, like Ah Jing and Suming.

“My name is Shi Liuli, my Daoist title is Dong You.” Shi Liuli cheerfully said, “His name is Luo Yan, his Daoist title is Jingyun.”

The painting scroll was silent for a good while before saying:

“I was asking for your full names, not what you are called.”

So this Artifact Spirit doesn’t even know what a “name” is? Luo Yan was nearly floored by the absurdity, but Shi Liuli was quite patient and took the painting scroll in her hand, continuing to explain:

“The so-called name, you see, includes a surname and a given name…”

The two continued on the path previously traversed by the Dragon Clan Cultivators, and Shi Liuli managed to ease the Artifact Spirit’s shyness after a while, coaxing out many words from it.

The creator of the Mortal World’s Hundred Lifetimes Diagram had made the Yin and Yang Diagrams with the intention of making them serve as a gateway connecting this Dwelling Cave Heaven with the outside world.

The Yang Diagram and the Yin Diagram had a mysterious linkage in space. Anyone standing near the Yang Diagram could use this connection to transport to the location of the Yin Diagram, and vice versa.

However, the real control over this transport lay in the hands of the Mortal World’s Hundred Lifetimes Diagram’s Artifact Spirit. But according to what it said, since its creation, it hadn’t yet had a real opportunity to carry out its transport function.

Luo Yan, listening on the side, was bored to tears, thinking isn’t this just an inferior version of Ah Jing’s transport?

Ah Jing’s transport could not only cross space but also time, and it was highly flexible with coordinate positioning.

This required one to hold both the Yin and Yang Diagrams at two places in order to achieve point-to-point transport, which was nowhere near as good as my Ah Jing!

Hey, wait a minute…

“This, Little Red,” Luo Yan suddenly called out to it, “Can you currently pinpoint where the Yang Diagram is?”

“Yes,” the Mortal World’s Hundred Lifetimes Diagram replied.

“Even if it’s in a Storage Bag?” Luo Yan first instinctively asked, but then realized it probably didn’t know what a Storage Bag was and added, “That… If it’s two-way transport, then things near the Yang Diagram, you can transport them over as well, right?”

“Yes, I can.” The Mortal World’s Hundred Lifetimes Diagram gave a positive answer.

“Husband.” At this moment, Shi Liuli finally reacted with astonishment, “You can’t be thinking of stealing…”

“Liuli,” Luo Yan said calmly, “Don’t you think that the Demonic Path Immortal’s Storage Bag must contain many incredibly lethal Magical Treasures?”

“If they remain in the opponent’s hands, put to use, can you calculate how many Righteous Path Cultivators will die in the future?”

“Given the situation, if we eliminate this hidden danger in advance, wouldn’t it be a great Merit to the Righteous Path Sects? And indirectly save how many lives?”

“Think about the previous encirclement of Penglai by ten thousand gods and demons, think about the losses suffered by Yuqing View. Can we stand by, indifferent and do nothing?”