Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1393 - 1389: Found

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, his eyes instantly becoming vacant.

Xiao Ruoling sat quietly, unmoving, allowing him to observe.

Shen Hanyue, however, squirmed as if sitting on a thorny stone, itching to escape.

To her relief, Chu Zhiyuan’s eyes quickly returned to normal.

The sensation of ants crawling all over her body vanished, and she relaxed.

"Sigh... how strange!" Shen Hanyue said to Xiao Ruoling, "Senior Sister, don’t you feel uncomfortable?"

Xiao Ruoling laughed, "It’s not too bad."

Shen Hanyue shook her head, "I really admire you, Senior Sister, you have great endurance."

Xiao Ruoling replied, "It’s just a matter of getting used to it."

She looked at Chu Zhiyuan with bright eyes, "Husband...?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Senior Sister Meng had a mystical encounter. After entering a Cave Mansion, her presence was concealed, and she reappeared a month later."

"Which Cave Mansion?" Shen Hanyue was curious, "What kind of mystical encounter?"

"The Beirou Cave Mansion, its owner was the Beirou Divine Venerable." Chu Zhiyuan said, "Qingling Heaven."

"Qingling Heaven..." Shen Hanyue turned to look at Xiao Ruoling.

Xiao Ruoling gently shook her head, "I’ve never heard of it."

The disciples of the Profound Yin Palace mostly come from different realms, so they have heard of various heavens.

Yet they had never heard the name Qingling Heaven.

"It should be findable." Chu Zhiyuan said, "This Beirou Cave Mansion is in the Northern Territory of Qingling Heaven."

"I’ll go tell our master." Shen Hanyue said, "We’ll go and search."

Xiao Ruoling nodded.

Shen Hanyue gracefully left.

Xiao Ruoling softly asked, "So have we started fighting with the Li Huo Palace?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Xiao Ruoling faintly frowned.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It seems we need to intensify our cultivation to quickly push you into Nine Transitions."

"When can we enter Nine Transitions?" Xiao Ruoling asked.

"Under normal circumstances, in a month." Chu Zhiyuan said, "We need to shorten the time."

What he saw in the future was Xiao Ruoling stepping into Nine Transitions in a month.

And Shen Hanyue would only enter Nine Transitions a month and a half later.

"A month..." Xiao Ruoling sighed softly, "That’s really fast."

She hadn’t imagined before that she could reach the Ninth Transitions Realm so quickly.

"But before the month ends, in ten days, the Profound Yin Palace will already start fighting with the Li Huo Palace." Chu Zhiyuan said, "You’ll be the first wave."

Xiao Ruoling nodded lightly, "Many senior sisters are on the Outer Realm Battlefield and can’t step away, so it’s up to us."

The Outer Realm Battlefield is more important. If the situation doesn’t escalate, the senior sisters wouldn’t return to participate.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "You and Hanyue will both get injured, quite seriously."

"Did we encounter powerful opponents?"

"Ambushed by Li Huo Palace."

"How did they ambush us?"

"Li Huo Palace deployed eight experts, four of whom disguised themselves as weak cultivators, fooling your group of four. As a result, you were unprepared during the confrontation and got ambushed."

Xiao Ruoling faintly frowned, "Eight against our four, and they pretended to be weak... Li Huo Palace doesn’t usually operate like that, do they?"

In her impression, Li Huo Palace was fierce and domineering, disdaining to use such methods.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "That is how the future unfolds."

Xiao Ruoling pondered, her bright eyes flickering.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, knowing that Xiao Ruoling was planning something.

She wanted to turn the tables and trick those eight disciples from Li Huo Palace.

When it comes to concealing their presence and hiding their cultivation, the Profound Yin Palace excels, especially with the Taoye Marrow Cleansing Technique, which makes it quite easy.

Shen Hanyue pushed the door open, gracefully gliding to the stone table, and sat down, taking the teacup handed by Xiao Ruoling, drinking it in one go, feeling triumphant, "Master went to see the Palace Master."

She immediately shrank back, dissatisfied, "Princely Heir, do you still need to look?"

Chu Zhiyuan’s eyes became vacant again, once more using the Donghuan Saint Technique to look at her.

After a moment, he returned to normal, withdrew his gaze, and smiled, "We can find that person today."

"So fast?" Shen Hanyue exclaimed in surprise, "Let’s not even mention Qingling Heaven, is the Beirou Divine Venerable’s Cave Mansion really that easy to find?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Once in Qingling Heaven, it shouldn’t be so hard to find."

Crossing several heavens, sensing Meng Yunyin’s presence is indeed difficult.

Being in the same heaven is different.

The name Beirou Divine Venerable suggests that he is not a Spirit Venerable, but likely akin to the Undying Divine Venerable in You Meng Heaven.

Upon hearing the name, one might think he is a Spirit Venerable, but he is still a Venerable, a Perfect Realm Venerable.

The Beirou Divine Venerable Cave Mansion may not be able to withstand the Sensing Strange Technique of the Profound Yin Palace.

He rubbed his brow and shook his head, saying, "This is as far as I can see. We must stop... let’s train."

"Yes, yes, training, training." Shen Hanyue hurriedly replied, "When we fight the Li Huo Palace, if we can reach the Nine Transitions, we’ll make a name for ourselves. Let’s see who dares to gossip carelessly then!"

"Makes sense." Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile.

He pondered on how to advance further, allowing them to progress faster.

He attempted to accelerate the operation speed of the Taihao Jade Void Scripture.

With increased speed in the Taihao Jade Void Scripture, the Taoye Marrow Cleansing Technique also sped up.

If they increase onefold, the spiritual power consumption increases threefold.

If they increase threefold, the spiritual power consumption doubles.

Therefore, he had his clones assist, along with his soaring spiritual power, forcefully enhancing the operation speed of the Taihao Jade Void Scripture and Taoye Marrow Cleansing Technique by more than double.

Originally able to maintain for three days and nights, it could now only last for one day.

And this was even with the help of his clones.

The faster the Taihao Jade Void Scripture operates, the more intense the bodily pain, akin to torture by a thousand cuts.

Nevertheless, with the desire to quickly improve his cultivation, he disregarded the pain. The Miao Jing Spirit Water consistently soothed the spiritual turbulence, preventing him from being overwhelmed by pain.

By dawn the next day, he endured the pain, left the Profound Yin Palace, and returned to the Heaven-Reaching Sect.

Seated on the meditation mat in the grand hall of Heaven-Reaching Sect, he closed his eyes without moving, and focused his heart and spirit on the Jade Sea and Sky.

In the Jade Sea and Sky, the sun and moon hung high.

The dim sun was slowly regaining its light.

The Bright Moon in the west appeared exceptionally bright, its moonlight shedding upon the Spiritual Abyss Twelve Peaks.

The aura of the Spiritual Abyss Twelve Peaks continuously wafted into the sky, merging more closely with it.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

The Second Layer of the Heavenly Yuan Technique progressed rapidly, while the Third Layer of the Earth Origin Technique was also slowly advancing.

...

Profound Yin Palace

Xiao Ruoling and Shen Hanyue rose from bed and came to the courtyard, stretching their muscles.

Shen Hanyue could hardly contain her excitement, her eyes sparkling, eager to shout to the sky.

Just then, a knock came from the courtyard gate, followed by a girl’s voice: "Junior Sister Xiao, Shen, Master requests your presence."

The two women then headed to Xi Yue Courtyard, to meet Qin Ruolan dressed in snow-like white robes.

Qin Ruolan smiled at them brightly.

"Master, is Senior Sister Meng found?" Shen Hanyue asked hurriedly.

Qin Ruolan gently nodded: "Yes, found in the Beirou Divine Venerable Cave Mansion of Qingling Heaven."

"Is Senior Sister Meng alright?"

"A blessing in disguise, she encountered fortuitous events, greatly increased her cultivation. The people of Li Huo Palace ambushed her, but she counter-killed them."

"How hateful!" Shen Hanyue huffed, "Is it because of this Beirou Divine Venerable Cave Mansion?"

"Yes, Yunyin obtained a strange map, detailing the Protective Array and location of the Beirou Cave Mansion. Li Huo Palace’s disciples attempted to snatch this map, thus ambushing Yunyin, leading to mutual destruction, and Yunyin nearly died."

"And then?"

"Yunyin was on the brink of death, unable to consume the Spirit Pill. In despair, she unexpectedly triggered the Array Map, which led her to the cave mansion, where she was saved by the Spiritual Spring within, enhancing her physique and cultivation."

"Senior Sister Meng is quite lucky." Shen Hanyue commented with admiration and envy.

Qin Ruolan nodded with a smile: "She indeed has exceptional luck and a great destiny."

Xiao Ruoling asked, "Master, what is Senior Sister Meng’s cultivation level?"

"She was at the Seventh Transition, similar to you both, but now she’s at the Eighth Transition."

Shen Hanyue boasted: "Hehe, Master, I’m also at the Eighth Transition now."

Through yesterday’s cultivation, she had already stepped into the Eighth Transition.

This rapid advancement was astonishingly quick.

Qin Ruolan cast a focused glance at them, and shook her head: "Too fast."

"Master, we want to hide our cultivation." Xiao Ruoling said softly, "Deceive the Li Huo Palace disciples."

"Mm, it’s also good." Qin Ruolan nodded.

She contemplated, then pointed with her fingers.

Six strands of dark green light shot from her fingertips, landing on the chests of the two women.

They did not dodge, allowing the dark green light to enter their chests, causing their aura to weaken rapidly.

Shen Hanyue immediately understood Xiao Ruoling’s idea, and exclaimed with excitement: "This is a good idea!"

She and Xiao Ruoling now appeared to be at the Fifth Transition.

They planned to play the pig to eat the tiger when dealing with Li Huo Palace disciples.

Thinking of that scenario, her eyes twinkled with excitement.

Xiao Ruoling said, "Be careful, they might use the same trick against us."

"Hehe, let’s see who outsmarts whom!" Shen Hanyue said excitedly.