Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 429: Chapter 426 Siege

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Chu Zhiyuan waited for Weng Qifeng to leave, then looked at Meng Canglan.

Meng Canglan said softly, ”Does the Princely Heir trust this Sect Master Weng so much?”

The Princely Heir has always acted with caution, not taking any risks.

To suddenly place someone of unknown background in his villa.

This truly doesn’t seem like the act of the Princely Heir.

What is the reason behind this?

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”He is a man who knows his place, and also a coward afraid of death.”

For the sake of staying alive, he can only guard his own villa in Yujing.

The innocent harbor guilt by possessing a treasure.

Everyone understands this principle, but the ability to decisively abandon the Bright Heart Pearl like Weng Qifeng is, indeed, quite rare.

Thirty years of painstaking cultivation, a hard-earned result, to say give up is almost impossible.

It shows his decisiveness and fear of death, somewhat like myself.

”What he said may not be true,” Meng Canglan said softly, ”It’s best to be cautious.”

Knowing she was curious, Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”The Bright Heart Sect, I have seen records of it in the Tongtian Pavilion. It requires cultivating sincerity of the heart. Despite its long heritage, it cannot prosper because it pursues the path of utmost sincerity, which is rarely found in the world.”

Meng Canglan realized.

She truly did not know there was such a Bright Heart Sect in the world, thinking it was just a minor sect.

Unexpectedly, this sect had such great origins.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”The disciples of this sect can be trusted.”

”Then congratulations to Your Highness,” Meng Canglan smiled, ”for acquiring such a master.”

Although Weng Qifeng is old, his cultivation is not weak, nearly perfect in his mastery.

Even in the Wuyou Sect, he’s a backbone force, only less than the elders who have become Great Grandmasters.

Though, unfortunately, he can no longer become a Great Grandmaster.

Despite his eager pursuit, even suffering to cultivate in such a broken place, it is still difficult to step into the realm of Great Grandmasters.

Eighty years is the iron threshold; failing to become a Great Grandmaster by eighty means one can’t step in for life.

In fact, the closer one gets to eighty, the smaller the chance to break through; by seventy-five, it’s nearly impossible.

”This is also considered luck,” Chu Zhiyuan nodded, ”Now that the Bright Heart Pearl issue is settled, let’s get to business, time to deal with those Evil Sects!”

”Yes!” Meng Canglan said solemnly.

Chu Zhiyuan took out two statues from his sleeve, one with a many-legged human figure, the other with a three-eyed human figure. He closed his eyes and then reopened them after a moment, ”Let’s go, first find the Heavenly Heart Sect, it’s in the city.”

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Linglong Bookstore

A spacious small courtyard, brightly lit as though it were day.

In the small pavilion of the courtyard lay Li Hongzhao, languid as a cat, in a large red robe, like a flame.

Li Hongzhao looked like she was lying amidst flames, lazily picking up a snack and putting it in her mouth, her fiery red lips gently chewing, captivating the heart.

Opposite her stood a peerlessly beautiful young girl, who was opening a bamboo tube, taking out the letter inside, and glancing at it, said softly, ”Your Highness, it’s news from Jihai Town.”

”Chu Zhiyuan’s?”

”It’s from the Fourth Prince.”

”What has he done? Has he quelled the rebellion at the Dayu Camp?”

”The Phoenix Camp hasn’t yet arrived at Jihai Town.”

”Hmph, dawdling, he’s training and integrating the camp,” Li Hongzhao pouted, ”Who told him to take away over two hundred Grandmasters all at once, and bring in more than two hundred people, greatly reducing combat strength.”

The peerlessly beautiful girl continued, ”The Princely Heir is sweeping through Evil Sects in Jihai Town, slaughtering relentlessly, having already exterminated over three hundred Heavenly Heart Sect and Huaisu Sect masters; among them, four Great Grandmasters, nearly annihilating the entire Heavenly Heart Sect and Huaisu Sect masters in the Eastern Territory.”

”Evil Sect demons, everyone should kill them!” Li Hongzhao sneered.

The peerless beautiful girl continued, ”The Evil Sects of the Eastern Territory have already started to counterattack, beginning to encircle the Princely Heir.”

”Have they started to encircle?”

”They’re currently heading to Jihai Town.”

”...”

”Your Highness, should we warn the Princely Heir?”

”Warn him for what?” Li Hongzhao snorted, her bright eyes gazing eastward lazily, ”Do you think he’s aware of this?”

”...He should be,” the peerless beautiful girl said, ”The Princely Heir handles things solidly and thoroughly. He must be aware that the Evil Sects will counterattack.”

”Then why meddle,” Li Hongzhao snorted, ”Let’s see what he plans to do!”

”Yes.” The peerless beautiful girl responded solemnly.

”Lv Zhu, you should leave,” Li Hongzhao said, ”Don’t linger here any longer.”

”Your Highness...”

”Chu Zhiyuan has already mentioned Linglong Bookstore many times, eager to cleanse this place, you should return to Da Meng.”

”Your Highness, this servant doesn’t want to go back.”

The peerless beautiful girl lightly shook her head, her beautiful flower-like face full of stubbornness.

”After all, she’s your mother, blood ties connect you.”

”Since she abandoned me, then the bond is broken, how could blood ties mean anything if she abandoned me first?”

”You...” Li Hongzhao shook her head, ”You will regret it someday.”

”Even if I regret it, I have no resentment,” the peerless beautiful girl shook her head lightly.

”Sigh...” Li Hongzhao sighed, ”You should also understand the situation she was in at that time, caught in a dilemma, staying at the Rain Listening Platform meant she had to abandon you. Choosing you would mean leaving the Rain Listening Platform, she really had no choice.”

”Why couldn’t she leave the Rain Listening Platform?”

”Because your father was inside, the two working together.”

”So it was because of father that I was abandoned.”

”The affection between a man and a woman, unwavering even in life and death, is also something to envy. When you were just born, she didn’t have much attachment to you yet.”

”It’s the same now!” The peerless beautiful girl huffed, ”This servant might as well enter Prince Huai’s Mansion.”

”...Not suitable.” Li Hongzhao shook her head, ”The Prince’s Mansion has so many concubines, you won’t have a good life there, besides, Prince Huai is a mediocre talent, nothing worth investigating.”

”Some major events in the court...”

”The major events in the Da Jing court don’t need to be investigated with Prince Huai. You can hear them in any tavern in Yujing City.”

”...True,” the peerlessly beautiful girl nodded slightly.

The people of Da Jing love to discuss politics, both high and low.

The events happening in the court can quickly spread throughout Yujing City, with everyone discussing them in the taverns.

Thus, information about the Da Jing court is the easiest to obtain, while military and Martial Arts intelligence needs thorough investigation.

Li Hongzhao said, ”Enough, first find out the whereabouts of those two hundred people.”

”Yes.”

Li Hongzhao’s gaze turned to the Eastern Territory, as if crossing mountains and waters, seeing where Chu Zhiyuan was.

At this moment, Chu Zhiyuan was in the depths of a forest outside the city, with killing all around.

Twenty Grandmasters were on the periphery, fighting with over sixty Evil Sect masters.

Severed limbs were flying, blood splattered, the scene was tragic.

Six Great Grandmasters and eight Great Grandmasters were distantly engaged in a distorted fight, appearing soft and without the smell of fireworks.

Chu Zhiyuan manipulated six flying knives on the periphery, temporarily not interfering in the Great Grandmasters’ battle.

The Great Grandmasters were extremely tenacious, hard to differentiate for now, he felt there was no need to intervene.

He didn’t want the Wuyou Sect to sacrifice too much, so he pushed the flying knives to the extreme, merging the ways of fast and slow, reality and emptiness.

Whenever a Wuyou Sect master was in danger, a flying knife would appear to save them just in time.

By interfering with the Evil Sect opponents, the Wuyou Sect masters could turn the disadvantage around and even seize the opportunity to kill the Evil Sect masters.

After several rounds, several Evil Sect masters ventured into the forest to search.

Unfortunately, none returned.

This drove the Evil Sect masters into a furious frenzy, starting to perform Jade and Stone Burning.

But as soon as they executed it, a flying knife precisely disrupted it.

Severed limbs, all belonged to the Evil Sect masters, while under the protection of the flying knives, the Wuyou Sect masters remained unscathed.

The sixty Evil Sect masters were rapidly decreasing, fifty, forty, thirty, twenty... until the last one had died.

Finally, the twenty Wuyou Sect masters looked at each other, their minds filled with the image of flying knives flashing before them.

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