Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1159: Chapter 1155: Recall

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

He was quite satisfied with this sword technique.

Injecting the abnormal power and the power of the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree into the sword in succession, the order was precise and clever.

When the sword tip first touched the statue, the abnormal power was dominant, allowing it to break open the statue.

Once the abnormal power was fully injected into the statue, the power of the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree followed suit.

The amount of abnormal power and the aura of the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree both require precise calculation.

This sword technique was just right.

And the power of this sword technique can only be truly appreciated by those who know the sturdiness of the Evil Venerable Statue.

Su Lingxuan and the thin elder suppressed their excitement, but Ding Huanchun and the others remained calm.

Clearly, Ding Huanchun and the others did not understand the true power of this sword technique and did not recognize its intricacy.

The thin elder looked at Chu Zhiyuan: ”Mr. Chu, take good care of yourself, do not take risks lightly.”

Su Lingxuan transmitted secretly to Chu Zhiyuan: ”What Senior Brother said is very true, you carry the hope of us to eradicate all evil demons, you must be extra careful.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, ”Senior Su and Elder Zhou have praised me too much, you overestimate me.”

”Don’t underestimate yourself, remember, be extremely careful,” Su Lingxuan continued to transmit secretly: ”If this news spreads, you will become the public enemy of all evil demons.”

He said this, his gaze sweeping over all the masters present, including the City Guards and the masters he brought.

The thin elder glanced at him and shook his head lightly.

He knew his junior brother’s thoughts.

But these surrounding people, either belong to the City Guard, or to the General Mansion, or to the Imperial Guard.

Wanting to control them all is unrealistic.

Fortunately, Chu Zhiyuan is from the Heavenly Sword Sect, hiding in Heavenly Sword Peak, the evil demons don’t dare to attack Heavenly Sword Peak.

If they really dare to do so, the Four Great Sects and the Court will simultaneously take action to encircle and suppress them.

Ding Huanchun glanced at the statue and said in a deep voice: ”Mr. Zhou, Mr. Su, the situation is already critical, we can no longer just defend.”

”Hmm, we will report truthfully to the General,” Su Lingxuan said in a deep voice: ”These evil demons are indeed getting out of hand, we need to clean them up properly.”

”Thank you both!”

Ding Huanchun breathed a sigh of relief.

The generals and nobles in the Imperial City are well-informed and know that the evil demons are rampant outside the city.

But to them, there is no personal pain, as they have numerous masters guarding them during outings, and the evil demons wouldn’t dare to approach them.

The ones suffering are the ordinary people and the City Guard.

In their eyes, a few ordinary people dying and some City Guards getting hurt is nothing.

Therefore, they have always been indifferent.

Now finally to change their mindset, to let them know the seriousness.

Once the Court reaches a consensus, a consensus to suppress the evil demons, the power of the whole Dynasty will be mobilized, and certainly can overturn the current situation in one stroke.

Chu Zhiyuan watched coldly, vaguely understanding Ding Huanchun’s thoughts.

He was also curious about how much power the Court would explode with once determined to deal with the evil demons.

The Four Great Sects are indeed powerful, because Martial Arts are strong, but the qualifications for cultivation are very strict, destined that not many disciples will be there.

The combined strength of the Four Great Sects, compared to the power of the Court, what is the real gap?

He was extremely curious about this question, and also very concerned.

...

The whole day was calm, the evil demons seemed to be scared away.

Chu Zhiyuan clearly saw, within a radius of thirty miles, wave after wave of evil demons appeared and then quietly left.

He did not pursue, just observed with Insight, meanwhile concerned about the actions of the clone.

...

This is a valley surrounded by mountains.

The four mountain peaks are not high, lush and verdant, with no human presence.

In the center of the valley is a huge lake, beside the lake there are rows of houses.

In the middle of the lake is a small island.

A grand palace with glazed tiles stood magnificently on the island, glittering in the sunlight.

Chu Zhiyuan’s latest clone floated into the valley, clasped his fists towards the masters appearing, and with a solemn face, drifted inward silently.

The masters emerging did not stop him.

He had an exalted status in the valley, being the direct disciple of the Sect Master, barring a few elders, others had no right to control him.

Upon reaching the lakeside, he leaped up, landing on a lotus flower, using it as leverage, and leaping again, landing on another lotus flower.

After nine such leaps, he finally landed on the island in the center of the lake, standing before the grand palace.

Two young men emerged from the palace, one with a round face and the other with a square face, both looking solemn.

They looked at him curiously, the round-faced young man said, ”Junior Brother Zhu, what’s this...?”

”...” The clone with a solemn face, remained silent as he looked into the palace.

There was a thick woolen curtain at the entrance of the hall, blocking the view inside.

”Why aren’t you speaking?” The round-faced young man chuckled, ”Weren’t you out handling important matters? What exactly are they?”

The square-faced young man frowned, ”Junior Brother Zhang, don’t ask too many questions!”

”Hehe, just curious, aren’t I? Now that the important matters are presumably completed, and you are back, can’t I inquire a bit?”

”The Sect Master hasn’t spoken, so no unnecessary inquiries are allowed!”

”Alright, alright, I won’t ask then. Junior Brother Zhu, your timing is unfortunate, the Sect Master is not here.”

”Not here?”

”Yes, the Sect Master left the Main Altar just this morning.”

”...Alright then.”

”Do you have urgent business, Junior Brother Zhu, that you could discuss with the Elders?”

”I cannot.”

”Then...” The round-faced young man hesitated, glancing at the square-faced young man.

The square-faced young man said solemnly, ”Do we need to report to the Sect Master now and have him return?”

”Yes.”

”Alright,” the square-faced young man agreed.

The round-faced young man hurriedly added, ”Senior Brother Hu, surely we can’t just use this indiscriminately? We shouldn’t activate it unless it’s extremely urgent.”

The square-faced young man replied coolly, ”Given that Junior Brother Zhu has urgent matters, it must be important.”

”Junior Brother Zhu?” The round-faced young man glanced at him, then looked at the square-faced young man, ”It seems you know of Junior Brother Zhu’s mission, but are keeping me in the dark!”

”Enough chatter.” The square-faced young man impatiently turned and went back inside the hall.

The clone followed him inside.

Inside the hall, there were twelve writing desks in total, with twelve middle-aged men reviewing and annotating documents before them.

The hall was very quiet, yet these twelve middle-aged men were busy.

Chu Zhiyuan, who was three hundred li away, saw this scene and frowned slightly.

The memory of this clone, Zhu Lingyun, was very pale and monotonous, as he spent almost all day long cultivating in the valley.

Practicing cultivation techniques, sincerely praying, apart from that, only recognizing a few fellow disciples nearby.

Thus, the intricate details of the Giant Spirit Sect were not widely known, and it was commonplace for twelve middle-aged men to be busy in the hall without further thought.

However, he knew that these twelve middle-aged men were likely from twelve separate branch altars.

He had read in books that the Giant Spirit Sect was just a small Evil Sect.

Yet, through these documents, one could roughly infer that the Giant Spirit Sect had quietly developed, becoming larger than people imagined.

If the Giant Spirit Sect is like this, what about other Evil Sects?

To what extent does the Court understand the Evil Sect?

Unable to infiltrate the Evil Sect, and unable to obtain extensive intelligence through Evil Demons.

Under such circumstances, how could the Court possibly understand the Evil Sect?

The square-faced young man walked into the hall and bowed to a handsome middle-aged man, ”Uncle Qi, Junior Brother Zhu has an urgent matter to report to the Sect Master, please have the Sect Master return immediately.”

The handsome middle-aged man rolled his eyes impatiently at him, then looked at Zhu Lingyun.

He suddenly changed his expression and smiled, ”Xiaozhu, is it urgent?”

Zhu Lingyun solemnly nodded, ”Yes, Uncle Qi.”

”Alright, then let’s have the Sect Master return,” the handsome middle-aged man said with a smile.

He took out a pitch-black jade pendant from his sleeve and then called out loudly, ”Junior Brother Meng!”

This jade pendant was palm-sized, engraved with strange patterns that vaguely resembled a foot, similar to the three-legged statue of the Evil Venerable.

From not far away, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man floated over, coldly said, ”Do we really need the Sect Master to return?”

The handsome middle-aged man smiled, ”Xiaozhu’s urgent matter naturally requires the Sect Master’s decision.”

”...Alright then.” The ordinary-looking middle-aged man took out a White Jade Pendant from his sleeve.

The White Jade Pendant was also engraved with strange patterns, also vaguely resembling a foot.

He turned his head to look at another thin middle-aged man.

The thin middle-aged man floated over, saying little, taking out a jade pendant from his sleeve that was emerald green, glistening with a dripping green hue.

The three jade pendants stacked together.

Strange patterns began to move, starting to emit light, growing brighter and brighter.

Ultimately, it transformed into a blindingly bright mass, like a scorching sun falling.

The next instant, the light shot out sharply, heading towards the sky, through the hall, disappearing without a trace.

The hall suddenly darkened.

”Alright, the Sect Master will receive this shortly and return at once.”

”Xiaozhu, wait a bit, estimated to be one or two hours before the Sect Master returns.”

”Yes.” Zhu Lingyun solemnly nodded.