Jadewater Pavilion, Time Freeze!

Gao Moumou was completely dumbfounded at this point.

Yu Jiaojiao?

Why would she come to my house? And why did she lure me down from upstairs under the guise of 'delivering a package,' and then drag me into her delivery truck? It's like a kidnapping.

Gao Moumou felt a little flustered and tentatively asked, "Jiaojiao, did you come all this way to see me? Do you want my autograph?"

Yu Jiaojiao smiled and shook her head, saying, "Actually, I've wanted to come see you for a long time, and today I finally found the opportunity. By the way, Naiqi, your updates have been really slow lately!!"

Is the update speed too slow?

What's this? Fans coming to the door demanding an article?

Gao Moumou was on the verge of tears—this kind of reader is terrifying.

Wait a minute, my recent updates have been pretty good!

Even when he was stuck on Indigenous Island in the Eastern Sea not long ago, he didn't stop updating because he had a stockpile of chapters. As soon as he returned, he stockpiled even more chapters, and set the automatic update to the end of this month!

There are very few authors with a conscience like me in the entire online literature community, right?

Compared to authors who only update one chapter a day, or even once every three or four days, or once a month, Gao Moumou feels that he is the conscience of the industry.

Yu Jiaojiao could tell what Gao Moumou was thinking just by looking at his expression, "You only update five or six thousand words a day, that's way too little!"

Gao Moumou: "!"

Five or six thousand words a day is too little? How many updates are needed to be considered acceptable?

"How can you survive in today's increasingly competitive society if you don't write 10,000 to 20,000 words a day?!" Yu Jiaojiao's voice became agitated. "If you don't write 10,000 to 20,000 words a day, how can you even call yourself a writer?"

As they spoke, the van doors locked, and the vehicle slowly started moving.

"Wait, wait, Yu Jiaojiao, where are we going?" Gao Moumou shouted, grabbing the car door and trying to get out of the van.

Just then, a burly man in a suit next to Yu Jiaojiao reached out and grabbed Gao Moumou in his arms, rendering him unable to move.

"Don't worry, Naiqi, we mean no harm," Yu Jiaojiao said with a smile. "We'll take you somewhere where you can focus on your writing."

Gao Moumou: "..."

Taking an author to a nice place to write? -- Waiting in person to demand a manuscript is bad enough, but dragging an author away to write? This kind of reader is committing a crime! This is a crime!!

"By the way, Naiqi. When I picked you up, I already talked to your family, and they agreed to let us bring you out." Yu Jiaojiao chuckled—it was unclear what excuse she used to persuade Gao Moumou's parents.

Gao Moumou turned his head, through the car window, he vaguely saw what appeared to be his mother standing on the balcony, smiling and waving goodbye to him.

How could this happen? What methods did Yu Jiaojiao use to make a mother feel at ease letting her son be taken away?

Yu Jiaojiao: "So, come back with me and get back to writing. Hahahaha."

"No, no! I refuse! I have things to do these next few days. Oh, right, Yu Jiaojiao, I have a lot of drafts saved up. I can give them all to you!" Gao Moumou exclaimed—he had even made plans with his girlfriend, Mei Yi, to go on their honeymoon again in the next few days!

Just the two of them, no special lights, just enjoying their honeymoon! What if he gets dragged away to write? What will happen to his dates?

Unfortunately, Gao Moumou's refusal had no effect... he was still captured by Yu Jiaojiao.

Before writing an interesting script for Song Shuhang and Venerable White, Yu Jiaojiao had already prepared a cozy little dark room for him, complete with a top-of-the-line computer.

The goal is to produce 10,000 to 20,000 articles per day.

No food if you don't finish writing; finish writing early so you can rest early that day; otherwise, you'll have to write all night.

Yu Jiaojiao has prepared for Gao Moumou 'Spirit-Vein Jade Tea', 'Clear-Eyed Pill', 'Vitality Potion' and other pills and elixirs that ordinary people can take.

With these things, she can guarantee that Gao Moumou, the Naiqi, will be full of energy 24 hours a day and write non-stop! Not to mention 10,000 or 20,000 words a day, when she's in top form, 30,000 or 40,000 words a day is not a dream!

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On the other side.

Inside the Jadewater Pavilion.

Song Shuhang and Chu Chu were led into the Underground City of 'Time City' by the black-haired woman.

It was an underground world made up of a series of passageways.

"This is the 'Underground City' of Time City. Time flows differently here than outside. Twelve days here are equivalent to one day outside. Isn't that amazing?" the black-haired woman said lazily.

It was something she should be showing off, but when she introduced it, she sounded listless and weak.

"Is this the good place that Pavilion Master Chu mentioned?" Song Shuhang asked.

"Indeed... this is an excellent place for cultivation. Besides the proportion of time flow, it's also the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in my 'Jadewater Pavilion,' making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort. It's a very suitable place for short-term seclusion." Pavilion Master Chu said, rubbing his eyes, "If you're lucky enough, you might even learn a little bit about the Great Dao related to 'time.' You can cultivate in this 'Time City' today. Hmm... the 'day' I'm referring to is one day in the outside world, which is twelve days in the 'Underground City' of Time City. I'll come pick you up then!"

With that, Pavilion Master Chu smiled, waved his hand, and left gracefully.

Song Shuhang and Chu Chu were left in a daze.

I inexplicably entered the Jadewater Pavilion, met the inexplicable Pavilion Master Chu, and was inexplicably brought into the 'Time City' —a place like the 'Time City' that would be a Forbidden Land area in other sects.

Why would Pavilion Master Chu feel so comfortable bringing two strangers here?

Just because of fate?

Song Shuhang simply couldn't understand this Pavilion Master Chu's way of thinking.

"But since we're here, we might as well make the best of it. This is indeed a good place for cultivation. Let's cultivate here for a while," Song Shuhang sighed.

Chu Chu nodded—for her, a dark place like Time City was exactly what she wanted. To her, Time City was already a serendipitous encounter.

This is such a great opportunity, there's no reason to refuse!

After leaving 'Time City', Pavilion Master Chu drifted alone, as if in a daze, to the foot of the Time City wall.

Then, she suddenly stopped, remaining motionless—as if she had fallen asleep?

The ability to fall asleep instantly is definitely not something that can be developed in a day or two.

About an hour later.

Pavilion Master Chu suddenly woke up again, stretched, and yawned.

Then, Pavilion Master Chu rubbed his eyes again, looking completely bewildered.

"Huh? Why am I in the location of Time City?" Pavilion Master Chu suddenly muttered to himself.

Then, she put on a thoughtful expression.

In my memory, I seemed to have slept for a very long time. In that half-asleep state, I vaguely saw an acquaintance coming to find me, and then... that was it. I was too tired and had no energy at all.

I don't remember what I did or what I talked about with that acquaintance.

It's like someone is fast asleep when the phone rings. They answer it groggily, not remembering what they said. Then, when they wake up, they can hardly recall what they said on the phone.

In other words, the contact with Song Shuhang and the matter of sending Song Shuhang into Time City were all vague memories for Pavilion Master Chu.

Now, she has completely forgotten about Song Shuhang and Chu Chu... even though it was only an hour ago.

The current state of Pavilion Master Chu is seriously problematic!

"Ah, it doesn't matter. If I can't remember, I won't think about it. Anyway, things I can't remember shouldn't have anything to do with me," Pavilion Master Chu murmured.

The next moment, her divine sense expanded, covering the entire area of the 'Jadewater Pavilion'.

The disciples of the Jadewater Pavilion are still diligently cultivating, each one brimming with boundless energy and optimism.

The elders and deacons were engaged in various activities, such as cultivation, philosophical discussions, and chess games, enjoying themselves immensely.

In a guest room, a young couple is changing the blankets for a lovely little silver-haired guest.

A guest has arrived at the Jadewater Pavilion? It seems he entered with a Jadewater Pavilion, but... where is that acquaintance?

I can't remember... It's okay, since it's someone I know, there definitely won't be any problems.

"The Jadewater Pavilion is still very peaceful today," Pavilion Master Chu with a satisfied smile.

Then, with her long black hair trailing behind her, she flashed away from Time City and returned to her 'Cloud Pavilion'.

"I feel especially, especially sleepy this time. I need to sleep for a little longer," Pavilion Master Chu murmured as he returned to his bed, found a good spot, and curled up.

She soon drifted off to sleep.

This sleep was different from the previous few days.

This time, it was a true deep sleep state.

The moment the Pavilion Master Fairy Chu, truly fell asleep... everything outside the entire 'Jadewater Pavilion' ceased to function.

It was as if Time Freeze.

The boy and girl who were covering Li Yinzhu with the blanket remained motionless, still in the same position.

The ordinary disciples of the Jadewater Pavilion who were diligently cultivating outside paused, holding onto their final cultivation positions.

Even the deacons, vice-pavilion masters, and elders all froze at the last moment; some were drinking tea, some were playing chess, some were discussing philosophy, and some were chatting.

Not only the cultivators in the Jadewater Pavilion, but also the river, fountain, birds in the sky, beasts on the ground, and crawling insects all came to a standstill.

Time Freeze throughout the entire Jadewater Pavilion space.

The only one unaffected was Li Yinzhu, who was lying in bed asleep due to the cold energy flaring up inside her body.

Li Yinzhu's breathing was even, but the breath she exhaled from her mouth and nose carried a chill, turning into a white mist. Unbeknownst to her, the entire room was filled with a chill.

Li Yinzhu's eyelashes trembled slightly; was she about to wake up, or was she about to be frozen again by the cold energy within her body?

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In the Underground City of Time City

Song Shuhang and Chu Chu followed the long corridor to a spacious hall. Inside the hall, apart from a portrait of the Jadewater Pavilion ancestor hanging on the wall, there was nothing else.

The spiritual energy inside the main hall is about three times denser than that in the outer passageway.

Therefore, Song Shuhang and Chu Chu chose to cultivate here.

At first, the two practiced separately.

Chu Chu primarily cultivates the Chu Household's 'Mystic Sword Formula,' a cultivation method that directly leads to the Fifth-Grade Golden Core stage. In addition, Chu Chu has also begun to cultivate some basic sword techniques.

These basic sword techniques were what she received from the Six Cultivations Girl after signing the 'Eight Cultivations' contract.

Inheriting the title of 'Eight Cultivations' also means inheriting the 'Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber'. Since she is to inherit the Phoenix Saber, Chu Chu naturally needs to learn the swordsmanship.

Song Shuhang's cultivation will initially focus on the Unmoving Vajra Body and the Steel Hand technique he obtained from the Venerable Seven Cultivations.

He wanted to further improve his physique; numerically speaking, his current physique was around 245. In terms of physique alone, he was not much worse than Chu Chu had reached the Fourth Dantian of the Second-Grade.

Song Shuhang's goal is to raise his physique to around 250 as soon as possible. Then, he can confidently attempt to break through to the Third Dantian, the Dragon Claw Dantian!

Once the Dragon Claw Dantian is opened, Song Shuhang can try to eat Spirit Beast Crystal raw and cultivate the 'Thirty-Three Beasts Innate Unity Qi Technique'.

Song Shuhang has already mastered the <Unmoving Vajra Body> technique, and can cultivate this Body Tempering auxiliary technique while maintaining a completely still posture.

However, training in the "Steel Hand" technique is more difficult.

Song Shuhang has been practicing this Blacksmithing Divine Skill for the past few days. Now, when Song Shuhang uses his full strength to unleash the <Steel Hand>, only the tips of his ten fingers can show a faint steel color.

Not to mention his arms possessing superhuman strength, capable of withstanding Second-Grade- grade magic weapon with his bare hands, now when his ten fingers wield the <Steel Hand> technique, even a light collision with an ordinary weapon will cause it to dissipate.

"At this moment, I really miss a senior," Song Shuhang sighed.

After finishing her sword practice, Chu Chu asked, "Is it that Venerable White?"

Speaking of Chu Chu really envied Song Shuhang, who had a Venerable-Tier senior guiding his cultivation every day.

"It's not Venerable White. It's another very handsome senior. His CPU is incredibly powerful." Song Shuhang chuckled.

Although Venerable White was also a great teacher, explaining Song Shuhang in a profound yet simple and easy-to-understand way, Song Shuhang missed Senior Young Master Phoenix Slayer even more.

Which cultivation technique is the best? In the China Divine Continent, look to Lan... look to Young Master Phoenix Slayer!

By simply borrowing his CPU, skill proficiency increases rapidly. Once proficiency is full, returning to one's own body and practicing a few times will allow one to directly master the skill to the 'Great Mastery' level or higher.

"Although I don't know what Fellow Shuhang is talking about, he must be a very good senior," Chu Chu said.

"Ah, that's fantastic." Song Shuhang gave a thumbs up. "By the way, I saw Miss Chu Chu practicing Basic Saber Technique. Do you need any help?"

Song Shuhang's Basic Saber Technique is excellent. Initially, he was brutally beaten to death by the Young Man in Blue with a White Horse during the Venerable White's 'Real Illusion' ability, and thus mastered the Basic Saber Technique.

Finally, while practicing the Reverse Scale Saber Technique using the CPU of the Young Master Phoenix Slayer, he mastered the Basic Saber Technique to a very high level.