Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 821 - 58: The Damaged Mask

Chapter 821 -58: The Damaged Mask

The great upheaval from Shushan caused both Kunlun and the Six Paths to cease their war simultaneously.

For the former, the resource points in the Guanzhong Area that had been lost were almost all reclaimed; for the latter, the occupation of resource points during this period had basically netted them enough spoils.

Thus, both sides exhibited a rare weariness of war, which coincided with the sudden incident at Shushan, prompting both to tacitly lay down their arms.

Upon receiving the information, Qiu Changtian hurried back to the Iron City Mountain base, only to see that all the Elders had arrived, with the Ziwei Master wearing a deeply furrowed frown.

On closer inspection, even the rarely seen Chi Song Immortal was present, standing at the center of the crowd, forming Daoist seals with his hands, exuding a composed aura.

“Zhang Tian, come here,” the Ziwei Master called Qiu Changtian to his side.

Qiu Changtian approached his master without uttering a word.

With Chi Song Immortal remaining silent, the Ziwei Master naturally did not speak either, and the other Nascent Soul Elders were even more mute, making the atmosphere as solemn as a silent segment of an ancestral ceremony.

After approximately a quarter of an hour, Chi Song Immortal suddenly spoke:

“Why is no one talking?”

The crowd was dumbfounded—if the elder did not speak, how could we dare to say a word?

Qiu Changtian saw the figure of the Ziwei Master shake slightly but soon stabilized, then leaned to Chi Song Immortal’s ear and said:

“Let’s set a tone first.”

Chi Song Immortal immediately realized his gaffe, gave an embarrassed cough, and said:

“After so many years, the Tai Yin Sword Master has finally emerged in Shushan, this is indeed a fortunate event for our Orthodox Sect!”

With this remark, all the Kunlun Elders understood that the official stance of Kunlun was one of support for this event.

Since they were openly supportive, they obviously couldn’t speak ill too bluntly, so everyone began to echo in agreement:

“Yes, indeed, with the emergence of the Tai Yin Sword Master, the fortunes of our Orthodox Sect truly are incessant!”

“With the Tai Yin Sword Master, the strength of Shushan has leapt forward significantly.”

“The Demon Cult has heard of the arrival of the Tai Yin Sword Master, and now they have completely retracted, hahaha.”

Seeing that everyone was following the lead without touching on the crux, the Ziwei Master had no choice but to clear his throat and casually said:

“The significant progress of Shushan’s power is truly the blessing of the Orthodox Sect. However, we in Kunlun are not content to lag behind; how to deal with the competition from our fraternal Sects requires cautious consideration.”

Firstly, he followed the tone set by Chi Song Immortal by calling it a blessing for the Orthodox Sect, and secondly, within this great blessing, there also hides the worry of competition within the Orthodox Sect, meaning Kunlun is undoubtedly facing greater pressure.

After the steering by the Ziwei Master, everyone continued along the line of discussion initiated by the Sect Leader:

“Although Shushan has the Tai Yin Sword Master, our Kunlun also has Changgeng True Person.”

“To be fair, though Changgeng is a First Grade Golden Core, he is still not on par with the Tai Yin Sword Master.”

“It’s just a temporary insufficiency. The Tai Yin Suming Sword is a Divine Artifact of the Human Race. But the Tai Yin Sword Master himself is said to be only a Third Grade Golden Core; with an inferior Daoist Foundation, he is constantly behind, and the gap will only get narrower.”

The crowd discussed and conversed among themselves, quickly reaching a consensus:

Despite Changgeng True Person currently being inferior to the Tai Yin Sword Master, in the future, this gap will only decrease…

“The Synchronization Value has fallen below the alert threshold,” Kunlun Mirror suddenly said. “Pay attention to it.”

“What?!” Qiu Changtian was shocked. “Why didn’t you remind me earlier?”

The Kunlun Mirror fell silent.

Although she was eager to see this guy’s disguise unveiled and him dealt a blow, the matter concerned infiltrating Kunlun; Ah Jing naturally wouldn’t confuse priorities and intentionally cause mischief—it was just that the Synchronization Value had really dropped too swiftly, and she too hadn’t had the time to react.

“The news spread too quickly.” The Kunlun Mirror said worriedly, “In the past, the source of your Invincible Character Setting’s Synchronization Value, Kunlun had an exclusive seventy percent, while the rest of the world shared thirty percent.”

“Now that the Tai Yin Sword Master has emerged, Kunlun received the news faster than other sects, leading to the impact on the exclusive seventy percent source, causing the Synchronization Value to plummet.”

“Wait a moment.” Qiu Changtian raised a question, “Even if it was affected by the news of the Tai Yin Sword Master, causing the source of the Synchronization Value to be damaged, it should have been ‘temporarily stopped increasing’, not ‘decreasing’, right?”

“That’s correct.” The Kunlun Mirror nodded, “The current decrease can only indicate one thing.”

“Someone inside Kunlun is spreading the rumor that ‘Changgeng True Person is inferior to the Tai Yin Sword Master’.”

Qiu Changtian: ……….

Who the hell has so much free time! Better not let me catch you, or you’ll wish you hadn’t!

“By the way, what happens if the Synchronization Value falls below the alert threshold?” Qiu Changtian asked again.

“The effect of the Illusion Technique’s concealment might be insufficient,” said the Kunlun Mirror offhandedly, “For example, the Invincible Character Setting is like a mask for Qiu Changtian, and the face underneath the mask is Chen Guanshui.”

“Your Junior Sister Xu is accustomed to the mask of Qiu Changtian; if one day the mask is discarded, she won’t associate Chen Guanshui with Qiu Changtian.”

“But now the mask has cracks, and so Xu Yinglian will gradually become familiar with the demeanor of Chen Guanshui. When the day comes that you take off the mask, she will still have a certain probability of feeling ‘deja vu’… Of course, that’s not a big deal, after all, by that time, you would have long been gone without a trace, right?”

“Who are you kidding, Broken Mirror!” Qiu Changtian retorted with a sneer, “This matter is very serious, okay?”

“If I really abandon the persona of Qiu Changtian, with Junior Sister’s temperament, wouldn’t she search the world for her husband? If my True Body gets exposed to her, wouldn’t that mean I have to hide and be afraid of being discovered by Junior Sister any day?”

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“That may be true, but even if you are now impeccably disguised, do you dare to appear openly before Xu Yinglian after abandoning your persona?” The Kunlun Mirror countered.

Qiu Changtian had no response.

“No matter how well you disguise yourself now, later as Chen Guanshui, you should avoid encountering Xu Yinglian as much as possible,” said the Kunlun Mirror, “So whether the mask is intact or not isn’t actually that important to you, am I wrong in saying that?”

“More than the issue of the mask’s disguise, there is another thing you should worry about.”

“What’s the other thing?”

“Have you forgotten where the talent of Daoist Heart Clarity comes from?” the Kunlun Mirror reminded him.

Qiu Changtian: !!!

“My talent of Daoist Heart Clarity is going to vanish?” he said in disbelief, “That’s absolutely unacceptable, I cannot bear this!”

“It’s not vanishing, just incapable of exerting its full one hundred percent efficiency,” the Kunlun Mirror explained.

“That’s still not okay!” Qiu Changtian hastily said, “I am aiming to reach the Great Perfection of the Obscure Weave Rank! Now with the Daoist Heart Clarity efficiency reduced, what do you expect me to do?”

“Hmm…” The Kunlun Mirror appeared troubled, “How about we boost the Synchronization Value of the Invincible Character Setting?”

The Synchronization Value really hasn’t been boosted for a long time… Qiu Changtian pondered for a moment, then fiercely said:

“Boost it!”