Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 275: Chapter 67: Emergency Evacuation
 

The first time Luo Yan encountered a Hell Path cultivator, his heart was extremely excited.

He wished he could capture his opponent immediately and interrogate him thoroughly to extract all sorts of information about the Hell Path.

Of course, that was merely wishful thinking.

Lei Caiyan seemed to have the Cultivation Level of the Golden Core Realm, Root Seeking Rank on the surface, but in reality… no one knew for sure what Realm she actually was in.

By comparing himself to her, Luo Yan felt certain that Lei Caiyan was concealing her true Cultivation Level!

Thus, with Elder Shi Ding absent from the scene and his Eldest Senior Brother unlikely to restrain the opponent, Luo Yan could only try to worm out whatever information he could from her, one sentence at a time.

“Why did you infiltrate the Heavenly Craft Workshop?” Linghu Chu asked harshly.

“Because the control switch of the Tai Yi Escaping Armor Yin Yang Great Formation is in the hands of Elder Shi Ding,” Lei Caiyan said indifferently, “My mission in sneaking into the Heavenly Craft Workshop was to ensure that the Hell Path could control the great formation once.”

“Now that I have been activated, I believe I will no longer deal with you all as Lei Caiyan in the future, so I specifically came here to bid farewell.”

“Were you the one who killed our Fourth Junior Brother?” Liang Ruohua asked in disbelief.

“He didn’t have to die,” Lei Caiyan said softly, “but unfortunately, he insisted on obstructing me. Carrying out the inner orders of the Dao is my first duty as a mole, the relationship of many years as senior and junior siblings has to be put aside…”

Before she could finish speaking, Linghu Chu couldn’t contain himself anymore and leapt up, sword in hand!n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

His Flying Sword shot out like lightning, aiming straight for Lei Caiyan’s head.

But all that was seen was Lei Caiyan waving her hand, flicking a few black lights from her fingertips, and nonchalantly knocking down the Flying Sword.

Linghu Chu’s face turned ashen, and he immediately understood that the Cultivation Realm of the opponent was not below his own; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to block his attack so easily.

Luo Yan watched with envy, thinking that to be a mole to this extent was utterly superb, almost to the point of bursting with panache.

The reason it was “almost” and not “completely” bursting was because there was one imperfection—her hand movements were a bit too excessive.

If it were me revealing my identity, and someone came at me with an Immortal Sword, I would simply raise a finger and sturdily deflect the Immortal Sword, regarding the sharpness of its blade and the power of its Dao Techniques as nothing… That would have been perfect!

“Our destiny has ended; why insist on something that’s not meant to be?” Lei Caiyan said calmly, “It’s better to part on good terms.”

“Thinking of leaving?” Luo Yan immediately charged forward, activating the Divine Striking Whip for Sword Control, and swung it down over her head, “Take this blow from my whip!”

Although he sounded fierce, his mind was heavy with concentration as he said:

“Scan her, Ah Jing!”

Lei Caiyan waved her arm again, and with a flourish of her sleeve, the incoming Divine Striking Whip was rolled up and vanished within it.

“The scan is complete,” the Kunlun Mirror said in surprise, “How strange, she actually practices pure Daoist internal arts with no trace of turbid energy. That move just now was ‘Sleeve Universe,’ a rather ancient Daoist spell…”

Before it could finish, Lei Caiyan suddenly frowned, turned around, and said:

“I’m leaving now. If you all don’t want to die, you should leave quickly as well.”

“Where do you think you’re going?” Liang Ruohua drew out an ancient zither from her sleeve, her delicate hands fluttering over it as countless soundwaves attacked Lei Caiyan.

Linghu Chong also directly activated his Sword Dao Techniques, creating countless small swords composed of white and golden lights in an attempt to block her path.

Lei Caiyan seemed not to notice, simply exhaling a breath of black energy to shield herself.

All those soundwaves twinkled, and the Light Swords shuttled around, but they were all blocked by the thick black energy outside. The ball of black energy rose swaggeringly, disappearing from the sight of the three.

Luo Yan silently watched, feeling a great sense of pity well up in his heart.

If it were me, why would I need this black energy to protect myself? That would be lowering my own standards.

Rather than that, why not just turn my back, let all the attacks land behind me, while I remain completely unharmed? Now that would truly exude majesty!

Lei Caiyan drifted away, leaving the eldest senior brother, Linghu Chu, and the third senior sister, Liang Ruohua, struggling to accept the outcome, both falling into silent dismay.

A while later, it was Luo Yan who first spoke up to break the silence:

“We shouldn’t stay here any longer. Let’s hurry to find the Pavilion Master. As for the traitor, we’ll handle that after reporting to Master when he returns!”

“Yes.” Recognizing the outstretched hand of his junior brother, Linghu Chu snapped out of it and nodded, “That’s exactly what we should do.”

So the three of them hurriedly took to their swords, left the Heavenly Craft Workshop, and headed towards the Daozang Pavilion.

The Pavilion Master’s residence was not far from the Daozang Pavilion, which had already been surrounded by a horde of cultivators, with more elders and their disciples continuing to arrive.

“The Pavilion Master’s decree states that all sect members should enter the pavilion and evacuate in order!” a True Person shouted at the front of the pavilion, his voice booming like thunder and deafening, “All Nascent Soul Elders, the Feather Courtyard and Huaming ranks are the first batch, and the Treasure Light Rank is the second batch!”

“All Foundation Establishment Realm disciples and Golden Core Realm True Persons, your turn will be the same as your masters’! Masters and disciples must enter the pavilion in groups to evacuate!”

A few Golden Core True Persons from the Pavilion Master’s lineage came out and quickly called out the names of all the elders belonging to the first batch, urging them to enter the Daozang Pavilion immediately.

Luo Yan frowned as he heard this from behind: considering the state of the grand formation, which could be breached at any moment, delaying each entry into the Daozang Pavilion even by a moment increased the risk of catastrophe considerably.

And the order of the list clearly favored two groups: first, the strongest among the Nascent Soul Elders, and second, the disciples of these Nascent Soul Elders, who essentially represented the sect’s most promising younger generation.

The former ensured the immediate survival of Yuqing View, while the latter represented the future hope of the sect.

Unfortunately, his nominal master, Elder Shi Ding, was not present. Although his cultivation realm was only at the Treasure Light Rank, his unparalleled artifact refining capabilities might have merited special treatment from the Pavilion Master…

However, what surprised Luo Yan more was that the cultivators not listed in the first batch did not cause trouble or play tricks but instead silently watched the first batch leave.

No, that’s not right. The ones able to join Yuqing View were all clever people; they surely understood that acting out against order now would only lead to suppression by the higher-ups.

Only when the grand formation shattered and the situation suddenly spiraled out of control would it be the best opportunity for everyone to attempt a coup and rush in.

This meant it was best not to be too close to the Daozang Pavilion now, as it made one an easy target for the mass attacks from behind.

But being too far from the Daozang Pavilion was also not an option; otherwise, one might be too late to rush in.

As Luo Yan pondered the various parties’ psychologies with an incredibly cynical mindset, he suddenly heard someone ahead calling out:

“Luo Yan! Luo Yan! What are you standing there for?”

Luo Yan: ?

Looking up, he saw Tian Zhang, the Pavilion Master’s son, flying over on a sword, passing over the crowd, landing next to him, and then taking his arm and flying towards the pavilion entrance while shouting:

“Luo Yan is here!”

The Golden Core True Person guarding the Daozang Pavilion quickly waved his hand and said:

“Let him go in first!”

Luo Yan: ???

Wait, what happened to the rule of masters and disciples entering in pairs?

He subconsciously looked back and saw Linghu Chu and Liang Ruohua behind the crowd, giving him a reassuring look that said, “You don’t need to worry.”

“With this, even if we can’t escape the calamity this time, at least our junior brother will survive. This way, we’ve managed to preserve a spark for our Heavenly Craft Workshop.” Linghu Chu watched Luo Yan being ushered into the Daozang Pavilion, visibly relieved.

“Indeed.” Liang Ruohua also expressed her sentiment.

“If the formation breaks, conserve your True Yuan and don’t make a move,” continued Linghu Chu, “My Sword Control Technique is superior to yours; I can take you to escape using Sword Light.”

“Senior brother, knowing that my Sword Control is inadequate, you should conserve your own strength even more,” Liang Ruohua said after a moment of silence, “It’s better for you to survive than for us both to head to the Netherworld together.”

“I am the eldest brother of the Heavenly Craft Workshop,” Linghu Chu shook his head.