Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Long Long had no idea how long his cultivation had lasted, but eventually, he slowly came back to his senses from his meditative concentration.

This Xuanwu Beiming Divine Skill is indeed exquisite, amazingly capable of forming a perfect cycle of Yin and Yang between the Dragon Clan and the Xuan Gui Clan, enhancing each other mutually.

The bloodline of the Dragon Clan is biased towards the Yang-Ren Water, which when acquired by the Xuanwu Clan, can increase the robustness of the Xuanwu Clan's True Yuan.

The bloodline of the Xuanwu Clan is biased towards the Yin-Gui Water, which when acquired by the Jiaolong Clan, can increase the abundance of the Jiaolong Clan's True Yuan.

Just this basic Qi Refining Technique alone can allow the Dragon Clan and the Xuan Gui Clan to advance their cultivation levels from each other. If there are even more powerful Combined Attack Techniques later, doesn't that mean it would be best for me to be with Gui Ling'er...

Wait, don't get muddled, Long Long! Did you come to the Eastern Emperor Realm to become the "Greatest Demon of the Eastern Emperor"?

Wrong! Absolutely wrong!

Your purpose in coming to the Eastern Emperor Realm was to find the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone!

Things like cultivation level are just fleeting clouds. Once you find the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone, there will be no more use for the identity of Long Long, and you'll have to return to the Cultivation Realm to be human again!

Don't really think of yourself as a member of the Dragon Clan!

Long Long repeatedly held his breath and concentrated, organizing his thoughts, and finally managed to free himself from the instinctive impulse to "become stronger".

Looking again towards the doorway, he saw Long Hu sitting there sadly, her big tail no longer swaying, just drooping disheartedly to the side.

"Hu, what's wrong with you?" Long Long's heart tightened, and he quickly asked.

Gui Ling'er was just coming out of the remnants of their Dual Cultivation, about to say something with a smile to Long Long, only to see him hurriedly rush towards Long Hu. Her heart clenched, and the words on the tip of her tongue changed to:

"Ah? What's wrong with Long Hu?"

"It's nothing," Long Hu replied with a forced smile.

Although she said it was nothing, her little face was a picture of "I'm not happy," and Long Long, being the intelligent character he was, guessed the little fox's mood quite accurately. He turned to Gui Ling'er and smiled:

"The cultivation has come to an end for now. It seems that this technique is indeed suitable for the Dragon Clan and the Xuan Gui Clan to practice Dual Cultivation."

"I've done what I promised you. It would be best to inform the old Xuanwu ancestor about it as soon as possible."

Gui Ling'er's eyes widened slightly, thinking that he wants to send me away right after Dual Cultivation? What a scoundrel dragon!

She was indeed planning to leave, but provoked by Long Long's urgency, that stubborn temperament unique to the Turtle Clan kicked in, and she said with a dry laugh:

"No rush, no rush. What we did was just ritual breathing and Qi Refinement; there's still the Combined Attack Technique to practice."

"It's fine," Long Hu interjected gently, "Long Long, if this Dual Cultivation Technique is perfected, it will also enhance your strength." Your journey continues with My Virtual Library Empire

Seeing her outwardly reluctant yet self-sacrificing pitiable appearance touched Long Long deeply. Adding to his need to adhere to his character's persona, he immediately shook his head and said:

"The Combined Attack Technique requires the presence of both individuals to utilize. What good does it do me? If there were a Combined Attack Technique for dragons and foxes, I would be willing to take the time to practice that."

"Gui Ling'er, I only promised to help you try the Beiming Divine Skill; I never agreed to cultivate it with you to advanced levels. It seems best to drop the subsequent practices."

Upon hearing his earlier words about "a Combined Attack Technique for dragons and foxes," Long Hu's heart immediately felt as sweet as if she had tasted honey. In contrast, Gui Ling'er's face turned bitter as if she had chewed on coptis upon hearing him say "best to drop it."

She wanted to ask, "What does this fox have that I don't?", but upon reflection, she realized that Long Hu, sometimes soft and sometimes willful, indeed possessed a feminine charm far surpassing her own.

Moreover, her relationship with Long Long was both longer and deeper than ordinary, something truly incomparable. If she really asked such a foolish question, it would undoubtedly be inviting humiliation upon herself!

Thinking of this, Gui Ling'er forcibly changed her tone and said with a smile,

"If that's the case, then it's all right."

"However, Elder Xuanwu has tasked me with some errands here, so I'm not in a hurry to go back and report."

"What errands?" Long Hu blurted out subconsciously, then immediately regretted it.

"Not telling you," Gui Ling'er giggled.

Hence, Long Hu realized that her little tricks had been seen through by the other party and began to sulk again.

The sparring between these two could be described as a hair-trigger affair, so much so that Long Long only sensed something amiss but didn't think much of it before laughing and saying,

"Having cultivated for so long, I'm a bit hungry, I'm going to eat some fish."

The moment he left the meditation chamber, the fox and the small turtle exchanged glances and quickly followed.

At a spot near the top of the Jianmu tree, there was a natural platform shielded by foliage, offering a distant view of the vast East Sea, thus it had been set up as an open-air restaurant.

Although it was a restaurant, cultivators of the Demon Race who had undergone transformation didn't need to eat or drink and had no fear of hunger; if they came here to feed, it was either out of desire for tasty food or for social interaction.

Upon arriving, Long Long saw that the area was conveniently empty, with only cooks busy at a distant stove and servers cleaning the tables and flooring—these were "sub-dragons" of the Demon Race with insufficient Bloodline Rank to transform, who survived by serving the Azure Dragon Clan as servants.

To a certain extent, the hierarchy among the Demon Race was much more rigid than among the Human Race. Although humans also valued innate talent for cultivation, such talent didn't follow bloodlines, unlike the Demon Race, where "a dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix."

Sitting down, Long Long ordered a crispy roasted fish and casually passed the menu along.

Long Hu took the menu, only to find she couldn't pull it away; looking closely, it was because another corner was being pinched by Gui Ling'er.

"Fox, I'm older than you, why don't you let your sister order first?" Gui Ling'er said with a smile.

Long Hu frowned slightly, thinking that if she let Gui Ling'er order first, wouldn't it seem as if Long Long had given the menu to her first, making it look like Gui Ling'er was closer to Long Long?

"Elder sister (referring to Sister Turtle), I'm starving, let me order first," she said with a whine, even incorporating elements of the Fox Clan's Illusion Technique in her voice.

Gui Ling'er was about to subconsciously agree under the influence of the Illusion Technique, but members of the Xuan Gui Clan generally practiced the Secret Technique for resisting Illusion Techniques, Heart as Still Water, causing her head to sway slightly before quickly regaining her composure and saying with a smile,

"You can eat the fish Long Long ordered."

Long Hu was unwilling to give in, secretly putting more effort into her hand, but Gui Ling'er, being a turtle by nature—of the sort that refuses to let go once bitten—firmly held onto the menu, frustrating Long Hu to the point of slight perspiration. Unable to restrain herself, she began to whine.

Long Long himself had no idea why these two were fighting over a menu, so he hurriedly grabbed another menu from the next table and handed it over to Long Hu, saying,

"Stop fighting, look at this one."

Long Hu took the menu, her expression immediately brightening up like spring, looking triumphantly at Gui Ling'er.

The little turtle, now with the menu, had an expression as if she had swallowed a bitter pill, only able to silently trace her finger over it and order a shrimp and egg stew.

Long Hu, bursting with excitement, ordered a roasted chicken and began to hurry the server to bring the dishes.

As the three were waiting for their food, suddenly they noticed large shadows drifting across the floor.

Long Long looked up attentively, his gaze piercing through the layers of Jianmu leaves, only to see swarms flying past overhead were...

...the Feathered Clan?