Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 250: Chapter 247 Raising the Sword

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In the east, there is a Grandmaster, and it’s a Grandmaster who wants to kill me.

A Grandmaster who dares to kill the Princely Heir, there’s only one possibility: a Grandmaster of the Evil Sect.

The Yuding Sect is in the south, the Secret Shadow Sect is in the northwest, the Heavenly Hidden Sect is in the northwest, where is the Fearless Sect?

I had a sense of danger in the east, but that was before killing Xu Gujian, the true disciple of the Fearless Sect.

Which Evil Sect is it?

Besides the Evil Sect, the four major Demon Sects also cannot be ignored. The Yao Yue Palace is in the south, the Yongling Divine Sect is in the north, the Jiuli Divine Sect is in the west, and in the east, there is the Wuyou Sect.

Does the Wuyou Sect want to kill me?

It doesn’t seem to have any relation.

He quickly speculated in his mind.

Ma Tianhe gravely said, ”Your Highness, may I tell the Director what we discussed just now?”

”You can also share it with Director Leng,” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”but this is just our nonsense; our knowledge is still shallow, merely one opinion and shouldn’t be taken too seriously.”

”Yes.” Ma Tianhe nodded quickly.

Chu Zhiyuan then asked him to bring over the martial sects in the east, the evil sects in the east, and military information from the east.

Several dossiers were brought over, and he reviewed them one by one, changing for a new set after finishing each.

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He stretched long and looked at the window.

The window had already been dyed red by the sunset.

Chu Zhiyuan was quite disappointed.

He couldn’t find what he needed from this information; none of it posed the threat to his life.

Given his current keen intuition, he should have a sensation when he saw the name.

But none of the information he encountered gave him this sensation, meaning the threat wasn’t among them.

The Inspection Department doesn’t pay much attention to the Eastern Territory, and there aren’t many spies, but that doesn’t mean a lack of basic information.

There are records of which sects, which experts, and which notable evil sects exist.

All those formidable sects in the east are monitored as well.

None of these sects and experts, or even the evil sects, stirred his intuition; none were the source of the fatal danger.

Then what exactly is it?

He asked Ma Tianhe to bring pen and paper and wrote the words ”Wuyou Sect” on the paper.

He focused for a moment and shook his head.

It’s not the Wuyou Sect.

”Old Ma, have the Inspection Department keep an eye on the east, see if there’s any new emerging force or expert.”

”Yes, rest assured, Your Highness, I will tell the Director.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Ma Tianhe, ambitious as he was, wouldn’t miss this chance.

Once their discussion is adopted, he will surely benefit from it.

If Leng Nanfeng values this talk, he should tell the Emperor or someone from the Ministry of War.

The rest, he didn’t need to worry himself.

Not being in the position, he should not govern the affairs.

He still needed to think about which threat exactly imperiled his life.

Besides, he needed to cultivate diligently, enhancing his life-saving skills.

Either improving his realm or fortifying his defenses.

He couldn’t help but recall the remaining eight handprints of the Fearless Great Perfection Handprint.

The first handprint was already so incredibly exhausting, how many in the world could sustain it?

Perhaps only a Grandmaster can execute it.

He could execute it because of talent and luck.

But what about the second handprint?

Thinking of the second handprint gave him a shudder.

What an astonishing expenditure that would be.

Currently, he has the Eternal Spirit Divine Tree.

With its help in replenishing his soul power expenditure, and the Heavenly Yuan Technique replenishing his spiritual power expenditure, he might as well give it a try.

But as soon as this thought arose, a sense of danger surged within him.

He couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Indeed, it wouldn’t work.

For now, he could only form the first handprint.

Is the Fearless Great Perfection Handprint really a handprint only a Grandmaster can form?

Then there’s only one way, to elevate his cultivation realm.

The Eighth Layer Heaven won’t do; he needs to reach the Ninth Layer Heaven, achieve Grandmaster Perfection, or even become a Great Grandmaster!

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In the days that followed, he immersed himself in arduous cultivation.

While absorbing the increasingly pure Gang Qi from the Purple Light Order to assault the Copper Building, he also studied the heritage of the Yu Xu Sword Sect.

Besides the Qi Cleansing Technique, Blood Purification Technique, Sword Washing Technique, and Sword Control Technique, the Yu Xu Sword Sect had another cultivation technique: Sword Nourishing Technique.

Sword Nourishing Technique is an advanced cultivation technique after the Qi Cleansing Technique and Sword Washing Technique, followed by the Sword Control Technique.

What it nourishes is not a real sword, but Sword Gang.

He had always skipped it, practicing the Sword Control Technique directly because it was too dangerous and did not align with his principles.

Sword Gang involves circulating the Gang Qi inside the body in a particular method, transforming it into a special, more refined Gang Qi.

When transported to the sword, it becomes Sword Gang.

The power of Sword Gang far surpasses that of the internal Gang Qi.

However, this condensed Sword Gang often exits the body directly and cannot remain within the body.

Because it’s too dangerous.

Compared to it, the body is very vulnerable and cannot withstand its damage.

This was why he hesitated to practice it.

With the Heart Inquiry Saber Skill and Sword Control Technique, there was truly no need to practice Sword Nourishing Technique.

Because the Sword Gang nurtured by the Sword Nourishing Technique doesn’t even match the power of the Heart Inquiry Saber Skill, why take such a risk?

Using the Sword Nourishing Technique to assault the Copper Building is also a wearisome task but more perilous.

He pondered over it repeatedly, contemplating the vaguely emerging sense of danger from the east, ultimately deciding on the Sword Nourishing Technique, which he had been reluctant to practice.

The danger from the Sword Nourishing Technique he could control, but the danger from the east he couldn’t; he preferred to have control.

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Beside Bright Moon Tower’s new residence.

Chu Zhiyuan sat cross-legged on the bed.

The window was open, allowing a gentle breeze to flow in.

Zou Fang stood guarding at the door, while Guo Chi and three others kept watch in the courtyard.

Since annihilating the Secret Shadow Sect, they remained vigilant.

The retaliation from the Secret Shadow Sect hadn’t yet come, making them even warier and more cautious.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly maneuvered a mass of Purple Qi from the Purple Sun Scripture out of the Dantian vortex, guiding it along a special route.

As it moved along this route, the mass of Purple Qi quickly condensed, becoming more concentrated and brilliant.

The purple light grew brighter and eventually transformed into a strand of hair, a dazzling purple strand.

When it finally appeared at an acupoint in the chest—the Heavenly Pond Acupoint, it halted there.

Heavenly Pond water, celestial in origin.

This peculiar mental method unknowingly altered the Heavenly Pond Acupoint, gradually transforming it into a reservoir of spring water.

The strand of purple light floated in this pool of spring water, beginning to morph, forming a small sword.

The miniature sword quietly rested in the pool.

Then another strand floated in, merging with the small sword, making it larger, deeper.

Chu Zhiyuan continued to condense, strand by strand floating in, making the small sword larger and brighter.

Until he sensed danger, he couldn’t condense any further.

The Dantian was nearly emptied.

The Earth Origin Technique replenished it in moments.

He insightfully examined this small purple sword, as real as a genuine sword.

Yet, it was superior to an ordinary Sword Gang.

He didn’t dare to channel it through the meridians, fearing it would directly damage the meridians, killing him.

This was only half of the Sword Nourishing Technique; the other half was to make the Sword Gang wander within the Heavenly Pond Acupoint.

Like a fish swimming in the spring water.

Keeping it nimble required constant fusion of Divine Thought with the Sword Gang, achieving unity between person and sword.

Only then could the Sword Control Technique be fully utilized.

Thus minimizing harm to himself.

Chu Zhiyuan realized it was too dangerous to activate now.

He needed time to slowly nurture it.

He didn’t know how long nurturing would take, but once completed, breaking through the Copper Building would surely be much quicker.

He once again exercised the Sword Nourishing Technique, forming another Sword Gang in the left Heavenly Pond Acupoint, reaching its limit.

His mind split into two, nurturing these two Sword Gangs.

Unconsciously, he had practiced all night, only awakening at dawn.

Continuing his training at Mingwu Hall, he took a trip to the Ministry of Rites, not hurrying to leave.

Nurturing Sword Gangs doesn’t require sitting on a couch.

While moving and speaking, with his ability to divide countless thoughts, it didn’t delay nurturing.

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