Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 161: Chapter 23 Not Even Giving a Chance to the Titanic!
Miss Shi was very happy.

Miss Shi was also very angry.

Her happiness lay in the fact that her junior brother indeed had a method to quickly perform Marrow Cleansing!

The source of her anger, naturally, was that her junior brother hadn’t told her right away… Of course, this wasn’t that important, and overall, she was happier than she was angry.

Luo Yan took out a bottle of Pure Yuan Qi Pill from his Storage Bag and placed it in Shi Liuli’s hands, instructing, “Taking this Elixir every three days will activate the stagnant vital energy in the hard-to-reach corners of the marrow, making it easier to expel with Vital Energy circulation.”

“To put it simply, you still need to practice the Body Refining Secret Technique daily, but combined with this bottle of Elixir, you can shorten the corresponding Marrow Cleansing time.”

“Mm-hmm!” Shi Liuli was elated, thinking that as long as it could shorten the Marrow Cleansing time, it was fine. Otherwise, she couldn’t stand another five or six years of practice.

“Then, senior sister, I won’t disturb your cultivation anymore.” Seeing that Shi Liuli didn’t care how he came by the Pure Yuan Qi Pill—much like how a woman shopping doesn’t worry about whether her husband finds earning money difficult—Luo Yan quickly excused himself to leave.

“Go on, go on.” Miss Shi was quite swift to dismiss him this time, giving Luo Yan a somewhat inexplicable sense of loss.

If you stick around, it’s annoying; if you don’t, it’s loss—that’s just how we men are! He mocked himself inwardly, walked up to the deck, but suddenly heard an explosion in the distance, like thunder striking, nearly deafening him.

“Junior brother, quickly return below deck!” Linghu Chu yelled anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Luo Yan didn’t hesitate and hurriedly turned around to run below, just in time to run into Shi Liuli who had rushed out from her cabin in a panic.

“What’s going on?” she asked anxiously.

“It seems there’s someone having a Magical Competition on the sea surface!” Luo Yan had only taken a quick glimpse and said uncertainly.

No sooner had he spoken than the ship they were on, under Linghu Chu’s fierce steering, suddenly executed a 180-degree drift.

The violent turn and tremendous acceleration flung Luo Yan directly out, crashing him against the hallway wall.

He felt a sharp pain in his back and hadn’t yet steadied himself when he saw Miss Shi also getting thrown his way, sandwiching him in a front-and-back collision.

Her mouth knocked directly into Luo Yan’s lips, the pain almost making him cry out—his lip was cut by his teeth, and a faint iron-tasting blood spread between his tongue and teeth.

Miss Shi sat down on the floor in disarray, her hands tightly covering her mouth, her beautiful eyes already brimming with tears.

On one hand, it was because of the pain, but on the other hand, it was shyness and panic… Even with her innocent and carefree nature, she at least understood the significance of losing her first kiss.

“Senior Sister, are you okay?” Luo Yan struggled to stand up and wanted to help her up, but only saw Shi Liuli retreating rapidly back to the corner with a clear look of panic, tears still lingering in her eyes.

Luo Yan: ………

Don’t make it seem like I took advantage of you, okay? I’m a victim too!

However, something outside seemed amiss, and the floorboards of the ship shuddered violently again—it felt as if the entire ship was lifted by a giant wave and then slammed back down onto the sea.

Luo Yan felt like he was on a roller coaster without a seatbelt, as he was thrown up and down again, tumbling into a heap with Miss Shi.

If it were outside the Immortal Realm, being able to fly in the sky with Sword Control wouldn’t have been so embarrassing…

As this thought flashed through his mind, his view suddenly shifted a dozen meters sideways!

To be exact, some overwhelmingly terrifying external force had cleaved the entire ship in half from the outside!

At this moment, Luo Yan and Shi Liuli were located in the front half of the ship’s body, and the torn breach of the treasured ship suddenly came into view, with the rolling sea water outside, and on the deck of the rear half of the ship stood their senior brother with an expression of shock and panic.

“Hold on!” he rapidly formed a hand seal, pinning the Flying Sword to the lower hull, then leaped down like a wild goose, landing steadily on the back of the Flying Sword.

Subsequently, with his right hand grabbing hold of a protrusion on the side of the ship to stabilize himself, he formed a Sword technique with his left hand, and the Flying Sword shot out from under his feet again, pinning itself lower down… After a few such leaps, Linghu Chu quickly descended, rushing swiftly towards the two of them.

However, the situation on Luo Yan’s side was even less optimistic, as the front half of the ship had already begun to tilt, and it was tilting downwards towards the sea at the breach where they were, causing immense volumes of sea water to start flooding in through the break. Luo Yan and Shi Liuli had to hastily retreat towards the front of the ship to avoid being submerged by the incoming water.

Shi Liuli tightly clung to Luo Yan’s arm, her pretty face already pale with fright, and Luo Yan realized her body was shaking violently, a clear sign of utter helplessness.

Luo Yan himself was somewhat shocked and panicked, but after all, he had a strong mental fortitude. He was not some pampered Immortal Sect miss with the mental age of a minor; he quickly regained his composure, imitated his senior brother by drawing the Peach Blossom Sword, and forcefully pinned it in the deck beneath his feet to stabilize himself.

This treasured ship, although it appeared no different from a common wooden boat, must necessarily contain some special qualities, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to carry everyone in and out of the You Ming Sea, nor would it have been possible to sail on water without buoyancy.

Thinking of the rumor that ‘one who falls into the You Ming Sea shall surely drown’, Luo Yan immediately concluded:

Even if the treasured ship is destroyed and capsizes, they must cling to the wreckage and floatboards until the third day!

Just as he had resolved to do so, the ship suddenly shook violently again. Caught off guard, Miss Shi, who had not held on tight enough, was flung off and fell down the deck sloping more than sixty degrees.

She desperately tried to clutch at the deck, but there was neither protrusion nor indentation to grasp onto; she could only cast a desperate yet hopeful look toward Luo Yan.

Seeing her plight, Luo Yan cursed inwardly without hesitation, pulled out the Peach Blossom Sword, and accelerated down the tilted deck, his thoughts turning as fleetingly as lightning.

Why? If this was a certain death trap, why hadn’t his future self appeared in advance?

Unless I’m not going to die at all…

He didn’t even have time to consult the Kunlun Mirror before he had already reached Shi Liuli, leaning over to grab Miss Shi’s arm.

However, the downward force of Shi Liuli’s fall far exceeded his expectations.

Before he could pin the Peach Blossom Sword into the deck again, Luo Yan was already being dragged into the sea by Shi Liuli.

The icy sea water filled his robes, and in vain, he thrust the Peach Blossom Sword forward forcefully. Finally, it pierced upwards into the hull from underneath the water.

However, perhaps due to exerting too much force, he failed to secure his grip on the hilt, and was helplessly dragged into the deep sea by Shi Liuli’s struggling.

Luo Yan could only watch as the broken treasured ship floated farther and farther away on the sea surface, the waterlight around him gradually dimming.

He tried to swim forcefully a few times, and after realizing that the sea water had absolutely no buoyancy, he simply used his arms to forcefully pull Shi Liuli, who was clinging to his arm like an octopus, into his embrace.

Shi Liuli, still shivering, gradually quieted down in his arms, her eyes lifelessly staring at him.

You should lose some weight. Luo Yan ‘said’ without words, using the shape of his mouth underwater.

Shi Liuli was stunned for a moment, then suddenly began to struggle fiercely again.