Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 492: Chapter 489: Leaving

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When Chu Zhiyuan left Mingwu Hall, dusk had already settled.

Outside the palace, the city lights were just beginning to illuminate.

Outside the palace gates, there was silence, with only faint sounds of the bustling avenue nearby.

Chu Zhiyuan glanced in the direction of the separate courtyard.

Weng Qifeng had not yet succeeded in pushing open the Great Grandmaster’s door, still diligently cultivating.

Chu Zhiyuan took a quick look, concluding it would take him just a few more days.

He glanced towards Prince Qing Mansion.

Inside the Prince Mansion, Bai Ningshuang was leisurely playing the zither on the lake in the rear garden.

In a small pavilion over the lake, Chu Minghou and Chu Qingyan were engrossed in a game of chess.

In Wanqing Courtyard, Chu Yi and Li Suyue were sparring in martial arts, dancing like two butterflies, their movements graceful yet their techniques exquisite.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

The hand skills Chu Yi and Li Suyue were practicing were the Picking Flower Palm, which suited their personalities.

With the help of the Eternal Spirit Divine Tree, the two women’s understanding of the Picking Flower Palm grew deeper and more refined.

Even outside, relying on this set of Picking Flower Palm, they could protect themselves.

Suddenly, Chu Zhiyuan turned and looked towards the direction of Phoenix Avenue.

Huang Shiron was walking alone towards him.

She was dressed in a light goose-yellow gauze, wrapping her slender, graceful figure, with a longsword hanging from her slim waist, moving lightly through the crowd.

Despite being in the bustling crowd, she seemed to stand apart, like a solitary orchid in the world.

No one appreciated her fragrance.

When Chu Zhiyuan appeared, her eyes lit up, and she floated over, clasping her fist in greeting.

Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, ”I just met your sect’s Shao Feng yesterday.”

”Junior Brother Shao...” Huang Shiron said, ”Junior Brother Shao didn’t offend the Princely Heir, did he?”

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, ”Young Master Shao is proud but kind-hearted, he is quite decent.”

No one is perfect, nobody can be liked by everyone, including myself and the Emperor, even the nature of silver is the same.

Shao Feng has character flaws, but his nature is kind, which is already quite good.

One cannot demand more, or expect perfection.

Huang Shiron smiled slightly, ”Junior Brother Shao has high potential, but being doted on in the mountains may lead to some shortcomings, so coming down to refine himself will do him good.”

”He should be quite fond of you.”

”... Perhaps,” Huang Shiron smiled, ”The ignorance of youth, once he sees the wide world in the Military Suppression Department, he will realize there are many women in the world.”

”Haha...” Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”Just afraid he will admire you even more.”

If the white moonlight isn’t excellent and fades into the crowd, it will inevitably lose its luster over time.

But if the white moonlight becomes more outstanding, more beautiful, standing out alone, rare in the world.

One will only admire and adore it more, how could the love fade away?

Huang Shiron gently shook her head, ”I’m here to say goodbye to the Princely Heir.”

”Returning to the sect for seclusion?” Chu Zhiyuan observed her at the Fifth Layer Heaven of Grandmaster.

Her progress was already extremely fast.

Of course, compared to myself and Li Hongzhao, she is indeed a bit lacking.

I am special, and Li Hongzhao has the Phoenix bloodline, neither follows a normal path.

”I need to quiet my mind, every day in this bustling place, my mental state is unconsciously altered.”

”Hm, going to the White Cloud Sword Stele there, or the mountain peaks to observe the white clouds, can indeed help clear the dust from the heart.”

The swordsmanship and mental method of White Cloud Sword Palace require the cooperation of the mental state.

The more the mental state aligns, the faster the cultivation progresses, and the quicker the Gang Qi operates.

Huang Shiron has been training in the Military Suppression Department, observing the world’s affairs and human nature on Phoenix Avenue in Yujing City, to make herself more transcendent, more out of this world.

Seeing worldly affairs with a cold eye, gaining transcendence from immersion, awakening alone amidst the sea of people.

Now feeling a bit inappropriate, showing signs of immersion, timely adjustment is needed.

At this time, it’s necessary to avoid the mundane, return to the sect, and adjust in a serene environment.

Huang Shiron nodded lightly.

”Let Miss Xu and Miss Wen act as hall master, then,” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”How long will you be in seclusion before returning?”

Huang Shiron was silent.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at her beautiful face, ”You’re not sure about the seclusion period?”

Huang Shiron spoke softly, ”I actually don’t plan to return.”

Chu Zhiyuan looked at her, puzzled, ”You’re only at the Fifth Layer Heaven? You’re far from Grandmaster Perfection, not to mention that even if you reach Grandmaster Perfection, you still need to see human nature and heavenly nature to comprehend Sword Heart, right?”

”I want to travel the world.” Huang Shiron said, ”Visit famous mountains and rivers, see the hearts and affairs of people in other places.”

”That idea is also not bad.” Chu Zhiyuan nodded, ”Only in Yujing City, after seeing so much, one becomes numb, it’s all familiar faces.”

Yujing City looks bustling and crowded, as if there are endless numbers of people.

But for Huang Shiron, who possesses the ability to never forget, they are all familiar faces.

Among the passersby on Phoenix Avenue every day, eighty percent are familiar people.

The remaining twenty percent are tourists to the capital, merchants, or travelers passing through.

Huang Shiron nodded lightly.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, ”But the hall master position...”

”I will resign as hall master.”

”Just resign like that?” Chu Zhiyuan said.

This was a position she climbed up to with hard work, during which she didn’t know how much effort and danger she endured.

Yet, she abandoned it so easily.

”Holding a position without doing anything only annoys people; it’s better to resign.”

”You could hang on to it; perhaps when you return, there might just be an available hall master position waiting.”

”That wouldn’t be elegant either.”

”... So you’re not planning to return to the Military Suppression Department?”

”... Yes.”

”Disappointed in the Military Suppression Department?”

”Staying in the Military Suppression Department, with concerns and attachments, it’s hard for cultivation to improve significantly.”

”...” Chu Zhiyuan was speechless.

”Princely Heir, please don’t laugh at me.”

”Only admiration,” Chu Zhiyuan sighed, ”I couldn’t do it.”

I have too many attachments, with parents and a younger sister, and now Xiao Ruoling as well.

These attachments in my heart make it impossible to be as free and transcendent as Huang Shiron, saying leave and decisively withdrawing.

”Cultivation’s mental state requires different things.”

”Very well then, with a mind like a white cloud, leisurely and unrestrained, unburdened by ties... then I wish you, Shiron, fulfill your aspirations and step into the Great Grandmaster soon!”

Huang Shiron smiled, ”The next time we meet will be the day I become a Great Grandmaster.”

”Good!” Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, raising his right hand.

Huang Shiron extended her tender white jade hand, gently slapping his right hand.

”Pa!”

The sound was crisp and clear.

Huang Shiron smiled brightly, ”Take care, Princely Heir, until we meet again!”

With that, she clasped her fists in salute and drifted into the crowd, vanishing without a trace.

Chu Zhiyuan stood in place, watching her depart.

After she blended into the crowd, the smile on her jade-like face gradually faded, and a wistful look emerged.

She turned back several times but could not see him due to the obstruction of the crowd.

Finally, she turned around resolutely and left.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and sighed.

This Huang Shiron.

If she cannot become a Great Grandmaster, then she won’t meet with me again.

Her ambition is commendable, yet she’s quite hard-hearted as well.

For a moment, his heart felt somewhat empty, filled with an inexplicable melancholy.

The dusk deepened further, darkness fell, and more and more lanterns lit up around.

Yujing City became increasingly bustling and lively.

Chu Zhiyuan headed south.

He planned to sweep through the city and see if there were any Evil Sect individuals.

Within the range of his Super Sense, Huang Shiron left Phoenix Avenue and headed towards the South City Gate.

Finally, she met with an elder and several young men and women waiting at the South City Gate, leaving through the gate and disappearing into the vast night.

Chu Zhiyuan halted his steps, turned around, and returned to the Prince Mansion.

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