Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 305: Chapter 302: The End of Life

The more Chu Zhiyuan pondered, the more he felt that the Mingyu Divine Palm was astonishingly profound.

It had a bit of the style of the Small Guiyuan Step and the Great Guiyuan Step.

But compared to the Small Guiyuan Step and the Great Guiyuan Step, the power of the Mingyu Divine Palm was stronger.

When the palm was activated, the Gang Qi surged mightily, and each of the twelve forms progressively increased, guiding the Gang Qi with increasing speed.

Its effect was five to ten times that of the Small Guiyuan Step and the Great Guiyuan Step.

This speed was truly astonishing.

If Chu Yi practiced this, it is estimated that they could break through to the Innate Realm in a short time.

The Mingyu Divine Palm could at least be practiced to the Grandmaster Realm.

It itself was already a powerful hand skill, combining martial skills and internal cultivation methods into one, with no need to focus on practicing martial skills separately.

”Let me give it a try,” Shen Hanyue curiously tried practicing the twelve palms.

Her movements were a bit stiff, but she managed them adequately, her martial arts talent indeed remarkable.

Xiao Ruoling also tried practicing it once.

Their movements were far less skilled than Chu Zhiyuan’s, increasingly realizing Chu Zhiyuan’s exceptional martial arts talent.

They also felt the profound mystery of the Mingyu Divine Palm.

Xiao Ruoling said, ”Practicing this, one’s progress would be much faster in the early stages.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Unfortunately, this Mingyu Divine Palm was not suitable for Imperial Family members, as the nature of the Purple Sun Scripture was completely opposed to it.

The Mingyu Divine Palm was extremely Yin and cold, while the Purple Sun Scripture was extremely Yang and pure, the two were incompatible like water and fire.

This Mingyu Divine Palm was more suitable for Yao Yue Palace, and Chu Yi could practice it too.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, ”This is Yao Yue Palace’s good fortune, so let’s leave it at Yao Yue Palace.”

He handed the secret manual over to Xiao Ruoling.

Xiao Ruoling nodded gently, ”Then I will keep it.”

Shen Hanyue tilted her head and looked at Chu Zhiyuan, ”Are you really giving us such a precious secret manual?”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Miss Shen doesn’t want something from a smelly man like me? The owner of this secret manual was also a man.”

”Who said I wouldn’t want it!” Shen Hanyue quickly said, ”Men may stink, but this secret manual doesn’t!”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”I thought Miss Shen might have a cleanliness obsession.”

Shen Hanyue snorted, ”You’re not that smelly, there are still redeeming qualities in you, no wonder my senior sister is interested in you.”

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled, ”Thank you for the praise, Holy Daughter Shen.”

”Think about your situation back then,” Shen Hanyue said, ”You took advantage of my senior sister and our Yao Yue Palace, we gave you so many stalks of Sky-reaching Grass, but now things are different, you’ve turned out to be quite good.”

He opened possibilities for Yao Yue Palace, guiding Innate Perfection disciples to step into the Grandmaster Realm.

And then gave the secret manual to Yao Yue Palace.

Chu Zhiyuan’s actions can be seen as reciprocating favors, which made Shen Hanyue see him in a much better light.

...

Aside from this, there was nothing else in the cave mansion.

Shen Hanyue carefully held the black box and the secret manual, while Xiao Ruoling and Chu Zhiyuan together extracted the two strange flowers.

They took the surrounding soil with them.

They retreated all the way back to the mountaintop, then stepped out, and returned to Yao Yue Palace.

Yun Qiuhua was amazed after seeing the Mingyu Divine Palm, repeatedly expressing admiration.

With it, the disciples of Yao Yue Palace would accelerate their cultivation speed, Chu Zhiyuan’s contribution to Yao Yue Palace was enormous.

He could come to the secret land at any time, unrestricted by time.

This was exactly what Chu Zhiyuan wanted.

All his previous actions were half to consolidate Xiao Ruoling’s status, and the other half were for the secret land.

Now he was finally satisfied, able to explore the secret land anytime, anywhere.

...

Chu Zhiyuan and Xiao Ruoling returned to Guest Peak to his small courtyard.

The small courtyard had been cleaned tidily and was filled with warmth.

He sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, drinking tea with Xiao Ruoling.

The sun set in the west.

The entire courtyard turned into a rosy hue.

He realized his hypothesis was correct.

Putting away the Flying Dragon Ball, he wore the Black Pearl, masking his aura, and the demon beasts no longer attacked him.

In this way, the journey to the secret land became less dangerous.

More importantly, Xiao Ruoling, as a Holy Daughter, after acquiring the legacy of the Profound Yin Palace, was almost never attacked by the demon beasts.

As long as he brought her into the secret land, they could dwell in peace, as long as they didn’t cause trouble like wearing the Flying Dragon Ball again, they wouldn’t invite trouble.

They could smoothly and without hindrance explore the secret land, searching for treasures and spirit grass of the secret land.

The existence of the cave mansion intrigued him immensely.

The existence of the space ring reignited his original suspicion: Could this secret land be a cultivation world?

The books on the ancient bookshelf recorded some miscellaneous tales of the continent, mostly about matters within sects, without mentioning immortal cultivation.

He pinned his hopes on the space ring.

The space ring might contain secret manuals.

It might even contain methods of immortal cultivation.

This secret land, where demon beasts could change their size, indeed surpassed the level of martial arts.

And it corresponded to immortal cultivation.

However, after considering the combat effectiveness of these beasts, Chu Zhiyuan still couldn’t be sure.

Subsequently, he changed his mind and decided not to think about it too much until the space ring was opened.

He thought of the kind of substance in the secret land.

The secret land’s spiritual energy was far richer than that of the outside world, but he hadn’t discovered anything unusual about it.

What was this substance that could drive people crazy?

”Is anything else wrong?” Xiao Ruoling asked, seeing him deep in thought, ”I have some understanding of the secret land.”

Chu Zhiyuan then shared his speculation, whether there was a higher martial arts level in the secret land.

”The martial arts level in the secret land is actually about the same as ours,” Xiao Ruoling shook her head lightly, ”Some are even not as good as ours, the same martial arts, if practiced from a young age in the secret land, its power is stronger, I have a theory.”

”Hmm—?” Chu Zhiyuan looked at her with interest.

Under the sky filled with red clouds, Xiao Ruoling’s jade face grew even more beautiful, too stunning to look at directly.

Xiao Ruoling’s bright eyes flickered, ”I believe, much earlier, our world and the secret land were the same, with ample spiritual energy, later our world changed while the secret land did not, ... the martial arts of the secret land is akin to the martial arts of our ancient times, much like the three main sects you practice.”

”Hmm...” Chu Zhiyuan pondered and slowly nodded.

”Our current martial arts evolved based on changes in the world, they are slightly less potent, but more suited for cultivation.”

”Above Great Grandmaster is the Qi Control Realm, which requires mobilizing nature’s spiritual energy, but in our world, there is no spiritual energy to mobilize, no one can master the Qi Control Realm.”

”Qi Control Realm... what about in the secret land?”

”According to records by Grandmasters within the sect, it still cannot be achieved, as nature recognizes a master, entering the secret land, we are not recognized by the world, unable to move spiritual energy, practicing is in vain.”

”... So we can’t hope to surpass Great Grandmaster?”

”Grandmasters within the sect call it the great limitation of nature, it cannot be surpassed.”

”What about immortality?”

”... The great limitation for the living world on our side is a thousand years,” Xiao Ruoling shook her head gently, ”But this is only the most ideal, no one has truly lived to a thousand years, even five hundred is nearly impossible, even Great Grandmasters, after four hundred plus years, to live longer they cannot rashly move their energy, they must begin nurturing their remaining years.”

”Five hundred years... a thousand years...” Chu Zhiyuan furrowed his brows.

What he wanted was not five hundred years, nor a thousand years, but eternity, immortality.

Xiao Ruoling looked at him.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Could I help gather some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the secret land?”

Xiao Ruoling nodded gently, ”I’ll bring over some books tomorrow.”