Chapter 159: Chapter 21: You Must Not Hide Anything from Your Senior Martial Sister
 

Not until he stepped onto the deck after leaving the cabin did Luo Yan still agonize over it.

“How could it be used like this?”

“Why was it used at the Marrow Cleansing Rank?”

Even without acceleration, the Marrow Cleansing Rank would only take about ten years; the Refining Mansion Rank could easily take more than two hundred years, and that’s just for the Third Grade Golden Core requirement!

Since there’s such a strong capability, why the hell didn’t they use it to improve the grade of the Golden Core, damn it!

“You don’t really believe it, do you?” the Kunlun Mirror said somewhat helplessly.

“Why shouldn’t I believe it?” Luo Yan directly countered, “If it’s fake, then I’ve lost nothing; but if it’s true, the loss would be huge, okay?”

He said through gritted teeth:

“I’d rather she was just bluffing; otherwise, if this happens a few more times, my blood pressure is definitely going to explode.”

“You have such a small capacity for dealing with issues,” said the Kunlun Mirror leisurely.

“Shut up, Ah Jing! If you’re capable, go find the Heaven-Mending Stone yourself.”

Luo Yan chatted with the helmsman, the senior brother Linghu Chu, for a moment on the deck. Seeing that there was still no sight of islands in the surrounding sea area, he went back below deck again.

He had a new understanding of the secret realm of this Three Islands Treasure Ship… Not only was which island you ended up at completely random, but even the chance of encountering an island was unpredictable. It was far too unstable.

However…

Luo Yan suddenly remembered the text written by that “Suan Ni True Monarch” in the cave on the previous island.

Lost in the You Ming Sea, unable to leave for two thousand years.

Adding “Witch Clan” at the end, one could roughly deduce that this secret realm had existed since the distant past when the Witch Clan was active and was known as the “You Ming Sea.”

The ancient cultivators who entered this secret realm at the time didn’t have such ships to leave with, so once they entered, they were trapped.

So, who exactly built the Three Islands Treasure Ship afterward?

Luo Yan stuck his head out over the side of the ship and looked down towards the sea.

The sea was dark and deep, bottomless, and there was no seaweed or other floating debris.

The waves were indeed heaving, but the direction of the current was not clear, and there was no wind whatsoever.

“You Ming Sea”, where did this name actually come from?

“Junior brother, be careful!” Linghu Chu called out from the upper deck, “If you fall down there, we can’t save you!”

According to what elder Shi Ding had said before, whether it was entering or exiting this secret realm, or traveling between the many islands, one must travel by this ship.

If one were to fall off unintentionally and drop into the sea, there would be a risk to one’s life.

The reason is simple: here, one cannot practice Sword Control, and the buoyancy of the water is extraordinarily low; if one fell into the water and failed to grab onto a rope or some other fixture on the ship in time, one would sink in the blink of an eye, then be gone without a trace.

Luo Yan thus retracted his neck and paced the deck with a frown, feeling increasingly uneasy about this secret realm.

So he went below deck again to find Miss Shi.

To his surprise, upon entering the cabin, Luo Yan discovered that Shi Liuli had not continued to run the Body Refining Secret Technique, but was lying on the bed like a dead dog.

“Senior sister, what’s wrong with you?” Luo Yan hurried over and placed a finger on her neck to check the flow of True Qi within her body, to confirm whether she had experienced Deviation or not.

“It’s nothing.” Shi Liuli pushed his finger away and said weakly, “That Body Refining Secret Technique is too tiring to practice!”

Luo Yan: ………

I feel that the Cultivation Realm should pass a law in the future: no one with a mental age under eighteen should be allowed to cultivate immortality.

“Why is Marrow Cleansing more tiring than Breathing Qi Refinement?” Shi Liuli asked, propping her head on her hands and pressing against the pillow while her black hair cascaded over the bed.

Her slender legs were bent and lifted, revealing the white silk stockings, playfully swinging one after the other.

She suddenly turned her head and asked, “Junior brother, is there a way to directly undergo Marrow Cleansing without having to practice every day?”

“There probably is.” Luo Yan said vaguely.

Indeed, there are such things as the Blood Pool of the Demon Refining Tower in Shushan, the Pure Yuan Qi Pills in the secret realm of the Western Queen Mother of Kunlun… but you can’t get your hands on them!

Hmm, wait a minute, because Qiu Changtian underwent Marrow Cleansing in the Blood Pool ahead of time, the Pure Yuan Qi Pill was actually spared.

Junior Sister Xu has her own sufficient share, and Senior Sister An is already at the Refining Mansion Rank; neither of them need it. Could there be an opportunity to give it to Miss Shi?

No, it can’t be given directly, we have to get some benefits from her.

Luo Yan was daydreaming when he suddenly snapped back to reality, only to see that Shi Liuli’s pretty face was extremely close, almost to the point of kissing him.

“What are you thinking about?” she asked, her eyes wide, “Are you keeping something from me?”

Must her perception be so acute! Luo Yan quickly composed himself and said with a dry laugh,

“Not at all? Sister, you shouldn’t make baseless guesses.”

“Is that so?” Shi Liuli straightened up and crossed her arms again.

Luo Yan let out a sigh of relief inwardly, but then he noticed that the Kunlun Mirror did not indicate an increase in the Synchronization Value and was slightly startled.

Then, he noticed the way Shi Liuli was eyeing him and immediately realized that she hadn’t been fooled by him.

“That said,” Shi Liuli spoke as if talking to herself while still holding her arms, “if there were a faster direct method for Marrow Cleansing, surely my junior brother would actively tell me, right?”

“Absolutely!” Luo Yan quickly professed his loyalty, “If such a fortuitous opportunity arose, I probably wouldn’t be able to handle it on my own, and would definitely report it to Master!”

“That’s true,” Shi Liuli nodded.

However, the Synchronization Value still did not increase, indicating that Miss Shi didn’t believe a word of his nonsense.

“Well, the senior brother was looking for me just now, I have to go up and reply to him,” Luo Yan, feeling that the situation was turning dire, hastily made up an excuse to beat a hasty retreat.

Only after he had left the cabin and closed the door did Shi Liuli show a pouting expression.

Just now, when she asked her junior brother if there was a direct method for Marrow Cleansing, he first forced a smile and said, “Probably there is,” then he began to space out… clearly indicating there was a method, but he was hesitating whether to tell me!

Thinking this, she clenched her silver teeth in frustration, thinking to herself, Luo Yan oh Luo Yan, how well I’ve treated you, and yet you still keep things from me?

Who was it that brought you into the Heavenly Craft Workshop? Have you forgotten?

An ungrateful, stinky man!

With these thoughts, Shi Liuli sustained a stretch of sulking before finally having to accept the current reality.

Even if the junior brother was hiding something, she had no way of forcing it out of him!

If the hard approach wouldn’t work, it seemed she would have to try a softer one.

With this in mind, Shi Liuli raised her eyebrows and checked herself in the bronze mirror.

Not bad, her features were delicate, and her demeanor charmingly adorable.

What kind of man could resist the charms of such a beauty?

No one!

With this thought, Shi Liuli straightened her clothes and then put on a smile as lovely as a blooming flower.

She got up, opened the cabin door, and headed towards the upper deck.

Usually, to get what she wanted, Miss Shi had three tricks up her sleeve:

The first was the money tactic; use a massive amount of Spirit Stones to stun the other party, which could resolve most problems.

The second was the coquetry tactic, which so far she had only used on her father.

As soon as she acted coquettishly, Elder Shi Ding would mostly become completely obedient to her—if not, she would shift to acting aggrieved and crying, and Elder Shi Ding often couldn’t withstand this move either and would go to negotiate with the other party.

If the other party wouldn’t accept Spirit Stones, then more valuable items would have to be exchanged, such as the prestige of Elder Shi Ding of the Penglai Jade Pure Artifact Forging, or a Heavenly Craft Workshop magic artifact customization…

The third was the esoteric tactic, used when things couldn’t even be handled by Elder Shi Ding.

Of course, since Luo Yan was their little junior brother, there was no need to use something as forceful as esoteric methods.

She’d let him experience the power of acting coquettishly first!