Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 358: Chapter 355: The Purpose of the Visit

”Hah!” Li Hongzhao laughed, casting a mocking glance at him.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled slightly, ”If Your Highness won’t give it, then I’ll head to Da Meng, and train the troops!”

”Utterly ridiculous!” Li Hongzhao snorted, ”Do you think you can scare me?”

”Then Your Highness, just wait and see.” Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”By that time, you might even be eager to spread tales of my military exploits.”

Li Hongzhao narrowed her phoenix eyes, staring intently at him.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at her with a smile.

Their gazes collided in the air, as if sparks were flying.

The air inside the room was nearly frozen.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled slightly, ”If it weren’t for my luck this time, I would have already fallen into the hands of the Netherworld Secret Guard. Do you know their methods?”

”What methods?”

”Twenty Phoenix Blood Pills.”

Li Hongzhao snorted, ”Do you even know what Phoenix Blood Pills are?”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”No matter how rare, they surely can’t compare to the Phoenix Immortal Pill, can they?”

He had already given Chu Minghou and Bai Ningshuang the Phoenix Immortal Pill, making them slightly younger.

”They’re about as rare as the Phoenix Immortal Pill.” Li Hongzhao snorted, ”Phoenix blood isn’t just any ordinary blood.”

”The Phoenix Sect should not lack Phoenix blood,” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”You have real Phoenixes, don’t you?”

”No,” Li Hongzhao replied.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, ”Your Phoenix Sect also has a Secret Land, where there are strange birds, even if they aren’t Phoenixes, they’re not far off.”

Li Hongzhao snorted, ”Twenty Phoenix Blood Pills are impossible.”

”After this ordeal, the Phoenix Camp has improved greatly. This kind of practical battle method is indeed the best way to enhance.” Chu Zhiyuan said indifferently, ”After resting for a short while, they can go out to train again.”

”Then let them come, and see how many will die!” Li Hongzhao snorted, ”Let’s see if you’re heartbroken or not!”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”There are countless disciples of martial arts sects outside eager to join the Phoenix Camp.”

Li Hongzhao gritted her teeth, ”Only ten!”

”Fifteen!” Chu Zhiyuan said.

Li Hongzhao said, ”Impossible!”

Chu Zhiyuan frowned and stared at her.

Li Hongzhao snorted, ”Ten is already the limit. Otherwise, do whatever you want and see if your Phoenix Camp dares to go!”

”...Fine, ten it is. My heart is soft,” Chu Zhiyuan snorted, ”I want to see them tomorrow.”

”In ten days,” Li Hongzhao said irritably, ”Do you think I’d carry so many Phoenix Blood Pills with me?”

”Fine, fine, ten days.” Chu Zhiyuan didn’t press further.

A little slack, a little tight; just the way to control, not too tight.

Li Hongzhao suppressed her anger, hatingly asking, ”What methods do the Netherworld Secret Guard have?”

Phoenix Blood Pills are indeed precious, but not overly so. Disciples within the sect use them to enhance their aptitude.

But using one is enough, a second one has no effect.

Chu Zhiyuan still treats them as treasures, thinking the more used, the stronger the effect. Ridiculous!

”They don’t appear to have any martial arts and are flawless,” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”You wouldn’t guard against them on the streets.”

”Hidden presence?”

”...I wouldn’t say hidden, they indeed have no cultivation,” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Once they act, they directly mobilize divine power, relying entirely on divine power infusion.”

”Divine Power?”

”Able to withstand the strength of a Great Grandmaster, perhaps even kill one.”

”Then how did you escape?” Li Hongzhao snorted.

She didn’t fully believe Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”I have several Great Grandmasters secretly protecting me, they countered and killed them.”

”Several Great Grandmasters?” Li Hongzhao looked at him playfully, with a mocking expression, ”One or two?”

She clearly thought Chu Zhiyuan was boasting.

One Great Grandmaster is enough. There couldn’t be several Great Grandmasters; at a crucial moment, a Great Grandmaster would just take him and retreat.

Every Great Grandmaster is very busy, not even the Prince can have several following him.

Chu Zhiyuan gave a faint smile, ”Whether I’m boasting, Mr. Su knows, doesn’t he, Mr. Su?”

He had earlier retracted his sword intent upon realizing Su Qiuyan’s arrival.

She had been standing in the shadows for a while.

In a flicker, Su Qiuyan appeared.

She wore a light green gauze dress, saying indifferently, ”There are four Great Grandmasters following the Princely Heir.”

Li Hongzhao frowned, staring at him.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”I still have to thank Your Highness for publicizing the Phoenix Camp throughout the world. To guard against the Netherworld Secret Guard, it’s natural to have more Great Grandmasters.”

”Hmph,” Li Hongzhao sneered.

Isn’t this Netherworld Secret Guard supposed to be formidable? How could they be so inept, failing to act before the Great Grandmaster guards?

Blame it on Chu Zhiyuan’s cunning, reacting so quickly to summon Great Grandmaster protection upon sensing something amiss.

She felt a secret pity.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Therefore, Your Highness should be cautious of the Netherworld Secret Guard. If they act, I’m afraid Your Highness might not escape their lethal hands.”

”Why would they kill me!”

”That’s hard to say,” Chu Zhiyuan remarked with a faint smile.

Li Hongzhao narrowed her slim eyebrows and snorted, ”Are you planning to pretend to be the Netherworld Secret Guard to kill me?”

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, ”If I were the Emperor of Da Lie, wanting to retaliate against Da Jing, I’d dispatch the Netherworld Secret Guard to kill Your Highness.”

”Father would naturally find out who killed me!” Li Hongzhao snorted.

The Emperor’s Sword has its own sensing.

”After the Netherworld Secret Guard kills you, they would directly commit suicide. How could one trace who did it?” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Unable to find the perpetrator, Your father would naturally vent his anger on Da Jing, perhaps directly blaming it on Da Jing.”

Li Hongzhao furrowed her long eyebrows.

What Chu Zhiyuan said wasn’t impossible.

If Da Lie truly went mad in the end, they might not refrain from doing such a thing.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”So, better to increase the number of Great Grandmasters.”

”You’re quite considerate,” Li Hongzhao snorted.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”I naturally care about Your Highness. Should Your Highness truly fall in my Da Jing, it would be our misfortune.”

”No need to trouble yourself!” Li Hongzhao declared triumphantly, ”Others might fear those divine guards and envoys, but I do not!”

Chu Zhiyuan pondered, ”Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique?”

”Indeed!” Li Hongzhao snorted, ”I’m naturally able to restrain them!”

She was smug as a peacock, ”No matter how strong your cultivation is, facing divine guards and envoys, you can only flee, perhaps even lose your life!”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”The Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique is indeed extraordinary.”

Li Hongzhao was even more delighted.

The Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique truly is a peerless Miracle Technique, directly targeting Great Grandmasters.

Thus, she needn’t worry like others, getting stuck at Grandmaster Perfection.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”By the way, does Your Highness know why the 18th Princess of Da Zhen came?”

Li Hongzhao glanced sideways at him, ”Isn’t she here to become your Heir’s Wife? Proud, aren’t you?”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”For a princess to be my concubine? Does Your Highness not find that too absurd?”

”Absurd?” Li Hongzhao snorted, ”If you can become Emperor, there’s nothing too absurd!”

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, ”Then what about Gao Jiuqu?”

”To break through to Great Grandmaster, of course,” Li Hongzhao pursed her lips, ”Using you as a grinding stone.”

Chu Zhiyuan arched his eyebrows.

Li Hongzhao snorted, ”This Gao Jiuqu is not any less powerful than you.”

”Is he that formidable?”

”He’s stuck at Grandmaster Perfection, having reached it at twenty-five, now thirty.”

”Stuck for five years...” Chu Zhiyuan mused.

He had already learned this from the Inspection Department’s information.

Yet, even such a prodigy is stuck at Grandmaster Perfection for five years. Becoming a Great Grandmaster is indeed difficult.