Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 830: Chapter 826: Earth

This phoenix cry came from within the red cocoon.

Chu Zhiyuan placed his hands on Li Miaotan’s back. Even though the red light blinded him, he could still sense her condition through his palms.

Her smooth and resilient back clearly revealed her subtle changes.

Her body temperature rose rapidly, higher and higher, until it felt like touching a hot coal.

Despite the unbearable heat, he didn’t let go and continued to inject the Origin Power.

At the same time, in the void, the Sky Dragon increased the infusion of power to compensate for the lost Origin Power.

Chu Zhiyuan secretly marveled.

Only through this use of the Heavenly Mending Technique did he realize that the Heavenly Dragon Introduction actually enhanced the origin.

No wonder he was becoming stronger.

While marveling, he pushed Origin Power to help Li Miaotan maintain calm.

He clearly felt Li Miaotan’s pressure.

A violent force surged from within her, like a flood suddenly breaking through a dam.

This force targeted her first, beginning to attack her.

This force was strange, violent, and domineering, directly acting on the spirit and body.

She might have cultivated a Body Refining Technique or taken Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Rare Treasures and Strange Pills from a young age.

Her lithe and graceful body was extremely sturdy, able to withstand the attack.

The only concern was her spirit.

Although she had consumed Jade Marrow Milk, even surpassing his Heavenly Heart Jade Marrow, she still couldn’t withstand it at this moment.

She might experience illusions, even lose herself.

At this time, Chu Zhiyuan’s infusion of Origin Power was like sweet rain after a long drought.

Her mind instantly cleared, allowing her to mobilize True Yuan to resist this violent force.

Although the resistance was minimal, at least it prevented her from going mad due to lost focus.

She became unbearably hot, and the violent force began to penetrate through his palms, trying to invade his body.

However, it couldn’t break through his palms into his body, unable to break through the blockade of Origin Power.

At the sound of a phoenix cry, the heat on Li Miaotan’s body suddenly subsided.

It was as if the heat had never appeared, and her back returned to being like warm jade, soft and delicate yet gentle.

Chu Zhiyuan didn’t withdraw his hands but continued to infuse Origin Power, only to find it being blocked and returned.

She no longer needed his Origin Power; her body was brimming with vitality, and her injuries were suddenly healed.

Chu Zhiyuan withdrew his hands.

The red glow rapidly receded, blending into her graceful body, and she floated lightly into the air.

Sitting cross-legged in the void, it seemed as if the void had a cushion to support her.

”It’s done! It’s done!” Ning Suzhen said excitedly, ”The princess has truly awakened the Phoenix Bloodline!”

The Empress made a bow to the north, her expression solemn: ”May the ancestors bless us!”

Ning Suzhen said, ”Your Majesty, this is the princess’s own merit, along with the dedicated assistance of the Prince Consort.”

”Give him the Heavenly Repairing Pill.”

”Yes.”

Ning Suzhen left gracefully.

Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes, full of spirit, without a hint of fatigue.

He wanted to pretend to be exhausted, like someone who’d had their tendons and bones removed.

But he dismissed the thought quickly, seeing no need to act in front of the Empress.

”Prince Consort, here is the Heavenly Repairing Pill.” Ning Suzhen appeared beside him, offering a Small Jade Bottle with both hands: ”Please take it.”

Chu Zhiyuan was puzzled.

Ning Suzhen smiled and said, ”Take this, and your Origin Power will be fully restored, even surpassing what it was before.”

Chu Zhiyuan was astonished.

Ning Suzhen said, ”There’s only one Heavenly Repairing Pill left in the world. Please take it quickly.”

Chu Zhiyuan hesitated.

In fact, he didn’t need to take the Heavenly Repairing Pill; the Sky Dragon above the void had already replenished his Origin Power.

Ning Suzhen said, ”Hurry and take it before the Princess wakes up; don’t let her find out.”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed softly, ”I should hide it from her?”

”Just take the Heavenly Repairing Pill first,” Ning Suzhen urged, ”Hurry, hurry, hurry.”

She stared at Li Miaotan’s jade-like face, urging him relentlessly.

Chu Zhiyuan wasn’t swayed; instead, he became even more composed, handing the Heavenly Repairing Pill back to her: ”Keep this Heavenly Repairing Pill; I don’t need it.”

”Huh—?” Ning Suzhen retracted her hands, avoiding the Jade Bottle, looking at him in surprise: ”You don’t need it?”

”I didn’t expend much Origin Power.”

”That’s a bold claim for you, Prince Consort!”

”Aunt Ning, I always speak the truth. If I truly needed it, I would have taken it.”

Ning Suzhen said, ”In any case, you should take it; it has many benefits.”

Chu Zhiyuan looked at the Empress.

The Empress said, ”This one Heavenly Repairing Pill doesn’t matter.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, ”Alright then.”

He put on a reluctant expression, opened the Jade Bottle, revealing a red pill inside.

About the size of a Dragon Eye, it seemed to be radiant and colorful.

He first concentrated and sensed it, feeling no danger and instead sensing benefits.

So he placed it in his mouth.

Just at that moment, Li Miaotan slowly opened her eyes, with faint flames flickering in her eyes.

”Aunt Ning, what shouldn’t I know?” she asked softly.

Her voice was gentle and pleasant yet penetrated straight to the heart.

Ning Suzhen was momentarily taken aback, her expression changing slightly.

She felt a vast power emerging, pressing down like a mountain.

Unable to resist, she spoke the truth: ”The Heavenly Repairing Pill, the Prince Consort used the Heavenly Mending Technique to assist you, and taking this Heavenly Repairing Pill will restore you to normal.”

As soon as she said this, her body instantly relaxed, and she exclaimed in wonder, ”What is this?”

”The power of the Phoenix Bloodline,” Li Miaotan said with a sweet smile, ”How is it?”

Ning Suzhen was amazed, ”So strange.”

She turned to look at the Empress: ”Your Majesty, does the Phoenix Bloodline really have such power?”

”Could it command the world with such might?” The Empress said, ”Impossible to resist?”

”Truly so?” Ning Suzhen said, ”Then why cultivate any more?”

If it could truly command everyone, there would be no need to practice martial arts, just a single command would suffice.

The Empress said, ”This was the power of her bloodline accumulated and suddenly erupting, its might at its peak. It won’t be the same going forward.”

”What a pity,” Ning Suzhen lamented.

The Empress said, ”We’ll see how she cultivates from now on.”

Li Miaotan looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile, ”It’s nothing.”

”The Heavenly Mending Technique...” Li Miaotan glared dissatisfiedly at the Empress.

The Empress said, ”I didn’t force him; he chose it himself.”

Li Miaotan huffed, ”Mother, did you intentionally not mention there was a Heavenly Repairing Pill?”

The Empress said, ”I forgot to mention it. Anyway, I wouldn’t let him lose his cultivation for real.”

”Mother, you did it on purpose!” Li Miaotan said crossly.

”Alright, alright, I did it on purpose. I wanted to see how he would choose,” the Empress admitted frankly, ”He’s quite remarkable.”

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, ”Mother, people’s hearts shouldn’t be tested. You should have told me about the Heavenly Repairing Pill sooner.”

”If I told you earlier, how would there be such a surprise?” the Empress chuckled lightly, ”Tell me, wasn’t it a surprise?”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”It was a surprise, but...”

”As long as it was a surprise!” The Empress waved her graceful hand, ”Alright, let’s go out. It’s too stuffy in here; let’s see what the Phoenix Bloodline is truly capable of.”

She left the room first.

Chu Zhiyuan felt the Heavenly Repairing Pill dissolve within his body, permeating, nourishing, and strengthening him.

He felt a peculiar sense of fulfillment.

His origin didn’t grow stronger because it didn’t need restoration anymore.

But his body still absorbed the pill’s power, making his body stronger.

This strength wasn’t in his origin but in some place unknown to him.

He constantly introspected, yet couldn’t discover where the pill’s power went or what it strengthened.

Only an inexplicable sense of fulfillment and perfection, feeling like he was more closely connected to heaven and earth.

It felt as if there were no separation, that he was heaven and earth, and heaven and earth were him.

Simultaneously, his feet felt more firmly connected to the ground, faintly sensing the forces within it.

The once-solid ground seemed like a calm ocean with hidden undercurrents.

Slightly exerting force with his feet, he could tap into this surging power.