Targeted by Eldest Young Lady Shi!

It's been about the same amount of time since I started managing three character builds and three parallel storylines.

He took some time to sort out the progress on each line.

Qiu Changtian of Kunlun was currently the furthest along. As the Chief Disciple of this generation and a personal disciple of the Sect Master, he not only possessed immortal Qi Refining Techniques and the Five Thunder Orthodox Law but was also widely beloved by many outer disciples of Kunlun. His future was practically laid out before him.

Luo Yan of Penglai was the furthest behind, having just become an ordinary disciple of Yuqing Temple. He was a nobody, still searching for an opportunity to climb the ranks, spending his days attending lectures, lectures, and more lectures.

Ling Yunpo of Shushan had a progress that was hard to describe, with both good and bad points.

Fortunately, Senior Sister An took meticulous care of him. The bad part was that his cheap master, Su Jian, had entered solitary confinement. Before doing so, he had managed to offend countless people, leaving Senior Sister An and him in a precarious position at Shushan, barely able to move forward.

Now, they were even being targeted by Purple Cloud Peak, forced to participate in a duel against a higher-ranked opponent. It was a Qi Refining Stage cultivator fighting a Marrow Cleansing Stage cultivator... words couldn't describe how miserable their situation was.

Speaking of the upcoming duel, Ling Yunpo currently had two trump cards:

The first was the Tenth-Order Immortal Sword, Qingping. Its Daoist Magic, "Green Mist Shrouding the Blue Peaks," could summon an endless fog.

Those within it would have their divine sense limited and their perception obscured, and the power of non-Water Element Daoist Magic would be halved.

The second was the lightning technique, "Jade Pivot Thunder," from Qiu Changtian's side.

He had already made his plan: during the duel, he would first activate the Daoist Magic on the Qingping Sword to create a dense fog, isolating them from the outside. Then, he would unleash this Jade Pivot Thunder, aiming for a direct kill to ensure the existence of the lightning technique remained secret.

Currently, Qiu Changtian couldn't be said to have "mastered" the Jade Pivot Thunder; he had only "roughly grasped" it.

However, even at this level of "rough grasp," it possessed terrifying power.

Any cultivator below the Golden Core stage would be either dead or severely injured if they took a direct hit from this lightning. Thus, it was his greatest trump card at the moment.

What else could be said? He could only praise the wisdom of his master, the Ziwei Sect Master, and thank the Kunlun Mirror's "Clear Dao Heart" talent for allowing him to master such an incredible Daoist Magic.

Next, he just needed to switch back to Ling Yunpo and continue practicing his swordsmanship until it was more proficient.

Qiu Changtian pondered for a long time in his Cave Mansion before deciding to reload his save.

Ling Yunpo's synchronization value was quite high right now. Last time, he had used the villain Lou Zhizheng to deliver many lines in front of his Senior Sister, so he didn't need to worry about him for the moment.

Luo Yan's synchronization value had dropped quite low; any lower and it would start affecting the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" effect.

Ah, well, he'd go to Penglai first and look for an opportunity.

"A Jing, reload!"

[Save Point Three: Penglai Yuqing Temple, Dormitory.]

[Character Identity: Luo Yan.]

[Mirror Flower Water Moon template overlay, initiating spacetime traversal.]

Luo Yan opened his eyes on the soft couch.

It should be explained here that the "save" mechanism of the Kunlun Mirror referred to marking the current time/space coordinates.

The "reload" mechanism, on the other hand, involved transporting his body to the time/space coordinates of the last save mark and then switching the Mirror Flower Water Moon's illusion mask.

To illustrate, Luo Yan's initial save was in his dormitory, after which his body was transported away.

Then, he lived as Ling Yunpo and Qiu Changtian in Shushan and Kunlun respectively for some time.

Finally, he was transported back to the time/space coordinates where Luo Yan had saved. The transition was completely seamless, so even if someone were observing him, they wouldn't notice that he had left at any point.

Of course, just to be safe, Luo Yan still chose to save/reload in secluded places.

He spent a night in the dormitory. The next morning, Luo Yan planned to go to class as usual.

However, on his way to the lecture hall, he was intercepted by Shi Liuli, who had been waiting for him.

"Confess honestly," Shi Liuli pulled him into a secluded spot and directly produced the Heaven-Turning Seal, threatening him, "Are you a spy from an outside sect?"

"Senior Sister, what are you talking about?" Luo Yan put on a helpless expression of utter confusion. Coupled with his drooping eyebrows and kind, narrowed eyes, he actually managed to make the previously certain Shi Liuli waver a little.

[Hypocritical Persona, Synchronization Value +1.]

"Your entrance exam," Shi Liuli took out his graded paper and questioned him, "Before the exam, you clearly admitted that you had no idea what the Daozang was!"

"Yet you got a perfect score on this exam! A perfect score! Can you be any more fake? How did you get a perfect score without having studied the Daozang? Don't tell me you guessed all a thousand questions correctly!"

"But Senior Sister, I did study the Daozang before the exam," Luo Yan said with a hint of innocence.

"Haha, so you admit that you lied to me earlier when you said 'I haven't studied the Daozang,' right?!" Shi Liuli exclaimed triumphantly, like a cat that had caught a mouse by the tail.

"When I first met Senior Sister, I really hadn't studied the Daozang," Luo Yan explained with some embarrassment. "However, an hour before the exam, I thoroughly studied the 'Three Caverns' section in the Daozang Pavilion, which is how I managed to luckily pass the entrance exam."

"Ah, that's right!" He flashed a grateful smile again. "It was Senior Sister who reminded me that the main content of the entrance exam was the 'Three Caverns' section. I forgot to thank Senior Sister..."

[Hypocritical Persona, Synchronization Value +1.]

Shi Liuli was stunned by what she heard. Suddenly, she jolted to attention, grabbed his arms, and asked urgently:

"You're saying you spent an hour in the Daozang Pavilion and managed to fully read, memorize, and comprehend the entire 'Three Caverns' section?"

"Yes," Luo Yan said sheepishly. "Please don't laugh at my last-minute cramming, Senior Sister. I didn't know our sect would have an exam on the Daozang before."

[Hypocritical Persona, Synchronization Value +1.]

"How is that possible!" Shi Liuli exclaimed in disbelief.

The Daozang contained three thousand volumes, and the Three Caverns section alone had twenty-four scriptures. How could anyone possibly finish reading them in an hour?!

Luo Yan looked at her with a pure and innocent expression, secretly chuckling to himself.

Although she said, "How is that possible?" the synchronization rate increase notification showed that she had actually started to believe it a little.

Don't ask why, just ask because this fat sheep is particularly easy to fool!

"Alright, if that's the case, then I'll test you!" Shi Liuli calmed her thoughts and said, "I will now teach you the Nine Tripod Divine Elixir Scripture. I will only recite it once, and see if you can remember and understand it!"

She widened her beautiful eyes and quickly recited:

"To make a divine elixir, first make Xuan Huang. Take ten jin of mercury, twenty jin of lead, put them in an iron vessel, and fiercely heat it from below. The lead and mercury will expel their essence, which will be purple, or like golden color. Collect it with an iron spoon, it is called Xuan Huang..."

In just a few thousand characters, she recited for three to four minutes. Finally, Shi Liuli stopped speaking and said coldly:

"Did you remember it, genius Junior Brother?"

"I mostly remembered it," Luo Yan nodded and said.

"Then good, I'll test you!" Shi Liuli sneered, "Tell me, according to the theory of the Nine Tripod Divine Elixir Scripture, what should be the preparation method for the 'Returning Elixir'?"

Luo Yan smiled slightly and said loudly:

"Since it is a Returning Elixir, nine ingredients should be taken, namely: Alum Stone, Yu Stone, Dai Zhe, Rong Salt, Oyster, Red Stone Fat, Earth Dragon Droppings, Mica, and Talc. Burn them for one day and one night with fierce fire, then grind them all into powder. Mix with the following ingredients to form a paste. Put it in a standard cauldron, add one jin of mercury..."

As he fluently recited the method for preparing the Returning Elixir, Shi Liuli's expression rapidly changed from cold mockery to blankness, from blankness to surprise, from surprise to shock, from shock to ecstasy.

"Could it be that there really are people in this world who can remember everything they see and comprehend everything they hear?"

Luo Yan was still feeling a little regretful because this identity didn't earn any "pretentious" points. Suddenly, he heard Shi Liuli exclaim:

"Quick! Junior Brother, I'll take you to see my father, and have him take you as a disciple!"