Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 279: Chapter 276: Dragon Vein

”This is from the Fearless Sect.” The Consort’s beautiful eyes faintly glimmered with a cold light.

She couldn’t help but recall the scene from forty years ago, and an endless rage and murderous intent surged in her heart.

Immediately, she began to cough violently again.

”Cough, cough, cough...”

The beautiful face tensed with veins, flushed with red.

Bai Ningshuang hurried forward and brought the White Jade Bottle closer, softly saying, ”Your Highness, you must not get upset.”

The Consort, inhaling the strong scent, slowly calmed her cough, her eyes becoming peaceful.

Chu Zhiyuan, however, was deeply focused on his study.

If it were the aura of another Great Grandmaster, he would be helpless, as there was a gap of an entire level.

For the power of other Great Grandmasters, even the Emperor was at a loss.

However, the power of the Fearless Realm was different.

Having mastered the Fearless Great Perfection Handprint, he could now tame and guide the power of the Fearless Realm. Compared to a true Great Grandmaster, it was just that he couldn’t freely wield spiritual power.

For other Outer Heaven Powers, he was powerless, but with the Fearless Realm’s power, he had ways and means.

Bai Ningshuang, seeing Chu Zhiyuan frowning all the time, couldn’t help but ask, ”Yuan’er, do you have a way?”

Even the Consort couldn’t help but cast a hopeful glance.

Her grandson had extraordinary talent and perceptiveness, repeatedly demonstrating wondrous skills.

Regarding her own injury, there might still be a miracle.

She wasn’t afraid of dying, but living in such a worse-than-death state was truly an enormous torment.

More than forty years ago, she had utterly despaired, but Chu Zhiyuan directly pointed out that it was the power of the Fearless Realm, rekindling her hope.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly said, ”Let me try, Grandmother, you need to fully cooperate with me.”

”Hmm, no problem.”

”Grandmother, your mental method back then...”

”I will tell you,” the Consort assured without hesitation. ”The mental method of the Qingyuan Sect isn’t actually top-notch. I only reached Grandmaster Perfection due to a fortuitous encounter.”

She then recited a Heart Method Mantra for Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan listened and comprehended as she spoke.

Indeed, as the Consort said, the mental method of the Qingyuan Sect was quite ordinary and unremarkable.

She was able to step into the realm of Grandmaster due to a fortuitous encounter, and of course, also because of her exceptional talent.

Otherwise, relying solely on this set of mental methods, it would indeed be difficult to become a Grandmaster.

No wonder the Qingyuan Sect had always remained obscure.

Not all reclusive sects are top-notch; many have ordinary strength and average mental methods.

After hearing the mental method, Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes and began to ponder, finally attempting to operate it.

A quarter of an hour later, he had mastered the mental method of the Qingyuan Sect, thus understanding the cause of the Consort’s injury.

With such understanding, extracting the power of the Fearless Realm became much easier and less confusing.

”Mother, I need to operate the technique, please step aside,” Chu Zhiyuan said. ”The farther the better.”

Bai Ningshuang looked at the Consort.

The Consort said, ”You go out.”

”Go to the main hall,” Chu Zhiyuan added.

Bai Ningshuang went down to the steps of the main hall, waving her jade hand, signaling Chu Zhiyuan to start.

Chu Zhiyuan came behind the Consort and softly said, ”Grandmother, I am going to try, please do not resist.”

”Hmm,” the Consort agreed.

Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes, and his hands began to form a handprint.

Immediately, an invisible force surged up as if to bind his hands, stopping their movement.

At the same time, his spiritual power and Power of Soul were rapidly consumed, plummeting sharply,

as a force from the Void entered his palms, drilling into the center of his palms, vast and boundless, endless.

He operated the Heavenly Yuan Technique while channeling the power into the Consort’s body.

Both palms were already pressed against the Consort’s back.

The immense, majestic power passed through the Consort’s body.

Under this power, the Consort’s body seemed like a small boat in a raging storm, instantly about to be torn apart.

At the same time, beams of golden light flew from the Earth Venerate Divine Statue of the Thick Earth Hall, drilling into her body.

As her body was being torn apart by the immense power, the golden light injected into it, dispelling the injury.

The two forces maintained a balance.

Chu Zhiyuan was operating several thoughts at once.

Operating the Heavenly Yuan Technique, the Fearless Great Perfection Handprint, while also employing the Emperor Earth Scripture.

He felt like he was walking a tightrope over a ten-thousand-foot cliff, a single misstep would lead to his plunge into pieces.

The Consort felt the raging power sweep through her internal organs, her body seemingly turning to dust in an instant.

Darkness surged before her eyes, about to die.

The thought ran through her mind: am I to die at the hands of my own grandson?

Then she fainted.

Chu Zhiyuan held her frail body, continuing to let the two forces entangle within her.

Feeling he could no longer endure, he withdrew the handprint, and the power of the Emperor Earth Scripture poured in continuously.

The golden light from the Earth Venerate Divine Statue continued to converge, allowing her body to recover rapidly.

Bai Ningshuang watched with a pounding heart.

The Consort suddenly fainted, as Chu Zhiyuan’s face turned ashen, like it had been painted with ginger juice.

She wished to rush over immediately, but restrained her feet, staring with fear and tension.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes, revealing a tired smile.

Bai Ningshuang sighed in relief.

It seems to be good news.

Chu Zhiyuan looked over: ”Mother.”

Bai Ningshuang quickly stepped over to support the unconscious Consort: ”Is she alright?”

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: ”It’s fine, just too tired. Let her rest inside.”

”Is Her Highness...?”

”She should be fine now,” Chu Zhiyuan said.

Bai Ningshuang could hardly believe it.

Is she really well?

Could it be so easy?

This was an affliction even the Emperor and the Imperial Physicians had no solution for!

Then, thinking of Chu Zhiyuan’s achievements along the way, she softly asked, ”Really well?”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: ”The power troubling Grandmother has been removed, so she just needs to recuperate slowly.”

The power of the Fearless Realm, like rivers converging into the sea, had already merged into his palms.

The power of the Fearless Realm absorbed by the Fearless Great Perfection Handprint had devoured the power of the Fearless Realm in the Consort’s internal organs.

After forty years, this power of the Fearless Realm had persisted, truly terrifying.

The Great Grandmasters of the Evil Sect were indeed fearsome.

No wonder the Emperor had always been helpless against them, even with the Emperor’s Sword unable to eliminate them.

He felt a surge of vigilance.

At the same time, his urge to become a Great Grandmaster intensified.

Becoming a Great Grandmaster would mean that even when encountering a Great Grandmaster of the Evil Sect, he should be able to escape unscathed.

Otherwise, his life would still be in others’ hands.

——

An hour later, when the Consort reappeared, she looked radiant, as if she had been reborn.

Chu Zhiyuan was nurturing his Sword Gang in the courtyard, letting them clash with the bronze tower, shuttling back and forth relentlessly.

In the process, the Sword Gang became sharper, and the bronze tower continuously worn down.

This was a time-consuming effort, enhancing both the power of the Sword Gang and advancing his realm, killing two birds with one stone.

He was also cultivating the Dragon Transformation Technique.

Refining Tendons was not exactly what he had anticipated.

The tendons between the bones of his body, under the power of the Dragon Transformation Technique, were slowly congealing into one.

Rather than strengthening each tendon as he had thought.

It was only after Chu Zhiyuan practiced for a while that he realized that Refining Tendons meant forging Dragon Veins.

Once a Dragon Vein was forged, it would possess Dragon Power.

Without forming the Dragon Vein, although he could refine meridians, acupoints, marrow, and membranes, he could never fully integrate them.

Only when the Dragon Vein was formed could the Dragon Transformation Technique take shape, truly transforming into a dragon.