Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 774: Chapter 770: Casting the Spell

Chu Zhiyuan arrived outside the small courtyard where Li Miaotan was, only to find two tribute elders drinking tea outside the courtyard.

The two elders sat in the pavilion within the courtyard, leisurely admiring the freshly bloomed flowers.

Those strange flowers were glistening with dew, vibrant and delicate, almost begging to be inhaled.

Seeing his appearance, the two elders curiously sized him up, their eyes blazing, wanting to see through him.

They were always itching with curiosity.

Knowing the commotion outside Li Miaotan earlier was caused by him, but not knowing what he practiced.

Desperately wanting to know what kind of Miracle Technique had such a momentum.

Chang Xihua was aware, but said nothing, they couldn’t pry her mouth open.

Even less likely was Li Miaotan’s side.

The only possibility was Chu Zhiyuan himself.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and nodded, but didn’t pause his steps, continuing to walk inside.

Li Yuzhen raised her voice, ”Your Highness, the Prince Consort is here.”

Li Yuchun came out to greet him, seeing Fu Zheng, she curiously sized up Fu Zheng.

Fu Zheng tactfully stood outside the courtyard, not stepping in, smiling and nodding at her.

Li Yuchun stepped forward to talk to her, ”Is it Miss Fu? Sister Zhen often mentions you, truly beauty and cultivation in equal measure, enviable.”

Fu Zheng laughed, ”Chief Li, you are more beautiful than me, and being by the princess’ side is even more enviable.”

Chu Zhiyuan continued walking inside with Li Yuzhen.

Chang Xihua was sitting by the incense bed, holding Li Miaotan’s fair wrist, her eyebrows tightly knitted.

Li Miaotan lay drowsily on the bed, her face pale as paper.

Chu Zhiyuan frowned and looked at Li Yuzhen.

Li Yuzhen’s jade-like face darkened, ”The Spirit Pill’s effects are weakening.”

”Still no word from Spirit Venerable?”

Li Yuzhen lightly shook her head.

”Auspicious people have heavenly guidance, maybe Spirit Venerable will appear the next moment.”

”Borrow your auspicious words, Prince Consort.”

Chang Xihua raised her head, ”Prince Consort, Your Highness can’t speak for too long, what’s most lacking right now is spirit, can’t expend too much spirit... and cannot have intense emotional fluctuations, that will consume more spirit.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, ”Yes, thank you, Senior Chang.”

Chang Xihua shook her head heavily, got up, and left.

Li Yuzhen softly said, ”Your Highness, the Prince Consort is here.”

Li Miaotan opened her bright eyes and glanced at Li Yuzhen.

Li Yuzhen moved forward to help her sit up, wrapping her in a brocade quilt, and sat behind with her palms supporting her, allowing her to sit more effortlessly.

Li Miaotan’s face was pale, yet her beauty was unmatched, her added frailty made her extraordinarily alluring, heart-wrenching.

She said softly, ”I heard from Yuzhen about the Young Marquis Ming, just ignore him.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Such trivial matters, you don’t need to care, focus on recuperating, this kind of thing will inevitably happen sooner or later, prepared for it before coming.”

”Yuzhen will go warn him, deal with him once, and extinguish his arrogance, make him understand my stance.”

”Hmm, that’s good.” Chu Zhiyuan did not refuse.

Li Miaotan looked at him and smiled.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Worried I’d refuse your help, insist on facing him myself?”

Li Miaotan pursed her lips and smiled, ”Indeed worried about that.”

She knew men valued their dignity above all, even more than life.

Chu Zhiyuan’s decisive agreement to let her help solve it made her breathe a sigh of relief.

The most feared scenario was Chu Zhiyuan not wanting her help, insisting on facing it himself.

No matter win or lose, wouldn’t look good.

Most likely to lose, but even winning wouldn’t be something to celebrate.

After all, Marquis Ming is just a mere marquis, fighting him lowers the status.

Her smile grew brighter, like a lotus blooming in the wind, ”Already found a Dragon Curse.”

Chu Zhiyuan’s sword brows raised, ”Found it so quickly?”

The Dragon Curse is a reclusive thing.

He’s never heard of it in Yujing, not even recorded in the Secret Vault’s collection.

”Also coincidental, Yuzhen.”

”Yes.”

Li Yuzhen responded, moving a small box out from beside the cabinet.

It’s only palm-sized, used for storing jewelry.

Chu Zhiyuan revealed a smile.

This small square box was black as ink, ancient and weathered, immediately recognizable as not ordinary.

Li Yuzhen handed this small box to Chu Zhiyuan, ”Prince Consort, here it is.”

Chu Zhiyuan took it, opened it, inside was a pitch-black pearl.

Egg-sized, perfectly round and flawless, faintly glowing as if ink was flowing inside.

Its gleaming blackness exuded mystery and depth.

Chu Zhiyuan concentrated to sense it, felt no danger.

So he reached to touch it lightly.

His fingertip barely touched the Black Pearl, which instantly lit up, a purple lightning shot out directly striking Chu Zhiyuan’s brow.

He couldn’t avoid it in time, the purple lightning had already landed.

Yet the brow felt no scorching pain, not even any strange feeling.

A bizarre Spell and handprint were already appearing in his mind.

Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes and slowly said, ”Ganlin Spell.”

”Prince Consort, is this truly a Dragon Curse?” Li Yuzhen asked curiously.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”Can’t you confirm?”

”It’s said to be the Dragon Curse, but none have seen it, can’t tell true from false.”

They’ve also sensed it, but it’s dead silent, unable to sense anything.

Much less determine authenticity.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Without Heavenly Dragon Bloodline, can’t see it, Ganlin Spell, for supplementation.”

”Supplementation? Supplementing what?”

”Essence Qi, spirit, all three are supplemented.” Chu Zhiyuan suddenly formed a handprint with both hands, chanting a strange ancient verse.

A hidden Red Dragon in the Void suddenly moved, then transformed into a drop of Nectar, gently falling down, accurately on Li Yuzhen.

Li Yuzhen shuddered.

Soon she narrowed her bright eyes slightly, feeling the anomaly within herself.

Moments later, her eyes widened, excitement in her pupils increasingly intense.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”How is it?”

Li Yuzhen slowly said, ”Spirit is abundant, True Yuan is abundant, and blood is also abundant.”

She turned her head to look at Li Miaotan.

Li Miaotan curiously examined her, noticing her unusual state.

The whole person seemed to be glowing, at their peak state.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at Li Miaotan.

Li Miaotan gently nodded.

Chu Zhiyuan formed a handprint and pointed towards her while reciting a strange phrase.

The Red Dragon in the void swayed once more.

The next moment, vast and pure spiritual energy gathered into a drop of nectar, lightly falling down.

This drop of nectar seemed both real and unreal, ignoring the obstruction of the roof, accurately falling onto Li Miaotan’s Bai Hui acupoint.

Li Miaotan’s complexion turned rosy at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Her dim eyes began to brighten.

The whole person’s aura seemed to shift from dull to bright, from weak to full and vigorous.

Li Yuzhen excitedly watched her transformation.

Since being injured, she had been in a state of weakness, nearly exhausted.

Even with the world’s top-notch Spirit Pills, it could only sustain a breath of life but couldn’t restore her to normal.

This was the first time it had been like this.

Li Miaotan closed her bright eyes, introspectively sensing the changes within, feeling the abundant power surging through her body.

At this moment, she vaguely felt as if she had already healed, completely recovered.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and said, ”The effect of this Dragon Spell can only last about two hours, after all, my Heavenly Dragon Introduction realm is too low.”

”To be able to perform the Dragon Spell, isn’t it the first layer?” Li Miaotan opened her bright eyes and softly asked.

Her bright eyes flowed brilliantly, more dazzling and captivating than before.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Second layer.”

The Heavenly Dragon Introduction has nine transformations, and to outsiders, it can also be said to have nine layers.

”It’s actually the second layer.” Li Yuzhen said in surprise, ”Did you step into the second layer just like that?”

”I practiced into the second layer last night.” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”If I reached the third layer, I could maintain the effect for three hours, but unfortunately, the third layer is too difficult.”

Insufficient spiritual energy is the root cause.

Without the Spiritual Abyss First Peak, he might never have mastered the second transformation in his lifetime.

The progress of the Heavenly Dragon Introduction depends on absorbing the power of heaven and earth to change the constitution, enhancing the physique.

Without enough spiritual energy, it would be like water without a source, no matter how exquisite a technique it is.

”The effect of two hours...” Li Yuzhen hurriedly asked, ”Can it be performed again after one act?”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”It can be done, but the consumption is too great.”

Li Yuzhen’s expression slightly changed, ”Does it consume your own Essence Qi?”

”It is my Essence Qi.”

Li Yuzhen awkwardly smiled and said, ”Thank you, Prince Consort, for your hard work.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”To be able to help a little, I’m happy despite the hard work.”

Li Miaotan said, ”This is already very good... Yuzhen, I want to go out to get some air.”

”Your Highness...” Li Yuzhen hesitated.

Li Miaotan lifted the quilt and stepped down from the bed in her white inner clothes.

Chu Zhiyuan turned his body.

Li Miaotan was suddenly startled, her face flushed red as if intoxicated, and she glared at Li Yuzhen in reproach.

Li Yuzhen was baffled.

”These days, I feel stifled. I’ll take this chance while things are still good to go out for some air.”

”...Alright.”

Li Yuzhen saw her full of vitality, showing no sign of weakness, just like before, and couldn’t help but agree.

She raised her voice, ”Yuchun, come in.”

Li Yuchun responded and entered the room, her bright eyes wide open.

”Yuchun, help me get dressed, I’m going out for some air.”

”Your Highness, have you recovered?!” Her voice rose uncontrollably.

Li Yuzhen said, ”Shut up, hurry up!”

Li Yuchun happily looked at Li Miaotan, then at Li Yuzhen, ”Sister Zhen...”

”Temporarily, not fully recovered.”

”I see...” Li Yuchun was instantly disappointed.

She turned to get the Luo Shang while observing Li Miaotan, then looking at Li Yuzhen again.

Li Yuzhen, however, didn’t intend to satisfy her curiosity, watching Chu Zhiyuan walk out and quickly followed up.

Chang Xihua outside hurriedly asked, ”Yuzhen, what’s going on?”

Li Yuzhen’s red lips moved, using Sound Transmission into Secret.

Chang Xihua gently nodded, curiously examining Chu Zhiyuan, clasping her fists and saying, ”Thank you, Prince Consort.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and nodded, coming to the small courtyard, looking at the sky with his hands behind his back.

The Red Dragon in the sky still hid in the void.

These two Dragon Spells seemed to have no effect on it, implying that he could perform more Dragon Spells.

The Super Sensing Illumination viewed the two women’s states, understanding the effect of the Ganlin Spell.

Strange power nourished the body, replenishing it, like nectar falling on parched land.

Two elderly people crowded over, curiously examining Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and nodded, not saying much.

A moment later, Li Miaotan lightly stepped out of the room, astonishing the two tributes.

Li Miaotan faintly smiled.

She gracefully sat in a small pavilion, greedily gazing at the blooming strange flowers.

These strange flowers were all her favorites, each one cherished like a precious item.

Seeing them again now, she felt as if centuries had passed.

Countless emotions and thoughts surged in her heart, leaving her momentarily dazed.

Chu Zhiyuan sat opposite her.

Li Yuzhen and the others had all exited the pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, only the two of them remained.

The two elderly people and Chang Xihua tactfully left, retreating outside the courtyard.