Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1208: Chapter 1204: Redeployment

Sun Haoyang looked astonished.

Hu Chengxiang frowned, ”Are there such extraordinary people in the world? I’ve never heard of them.”

Zhao Ruilin said, ”Perhaps it’s a hidden master from the Court, or a hidden master from one of the Four Great Sects.”

Sun Haoyang said, ”Senior brother, if there were such masters, our Giant Spirit Sect would have been destroyed already, right? Other sects would have been destroyed too, wouldn’t they?”

Hu Chengxiang said, ”He shouldn’t be invincible, he must have a fatal weakness.”

”What weakness?” Sun Haoyang was puzzled.

Hu Chengxiang shook his head and looked at Zhu Lingyun.

Zhu Lingyun’s expression was solemn.

Zhao Ruilin said, ”Divine Venerable, I have another guess.”

”Speak.”

”Could he have descended from above?”

Zhu Lingyun snorted, ”Came from the same place as me?”

Zhao Ruilin said, ”Only someone who comprehends spirit secret techniques could resist the Divine Venerable’s secret techniques, right?”

”There’s some truth to that,” Zhu Lingyun said.

”Are they from Wanxiang Sect or Feiling Sect?” Sun Haoyang said angrily, ”They actually came to cause trouble and deal with us? Isn’t this internal strife?”

”You’re still hoping they would unite against the outside?” Hu Chengxiang shook his head, ”It was meant to be a competition from the start.”

He looked at Zhu Lingyun, ”Divine Venerable, if it truly is a visitor from the heavens, we can only rely on the Divine Venerable.”

Zhu Lingyun snorted, ”If he could truly defeat me, there would be no need for him to hastily escape.”

”Exactly,” Hu Chengxiang nodded quickly, ”He is weaker than the Divine Venerable, so to deal with the Divine Venerable, he can only deal with us first.”

Sun Haoyang was puzzled, ”Dealing with us, how does that harm the Divine Venerable?”

Hu Chengxiang looked at Zhu Lingyun.

Zhu Lingyun waved his hand, ”Organize a few top masters into a group, focus on arresting people, and set up a Blood Pool!”

Zhao Ruilin said deeply, ”With the Divine Venerable here, I will personally lead the team to build the Blood Pool quickly!”

”Go ahead.” Zhu Lingyun nodded.

Zhao Ruilin looked at Sun Haoyang and Hu Chengxiang, ”Let’s go, we’ll take people there personally.”

”Yes.” The two responded.

They clasped their hands and bid farewell to Zhu Lingyun, the three of them selected twelve masters and left the valley together.

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

He suddenly disappeared, and the next moment appeared not far from the Undying Evil Venerable Statue.

The Golden Sword unsheathed, transformed into a streak of golden light and swept through.

The eighteen Giant Spirit Sect masters forming a circle thirty meters around the statue immediately froze.

By the time they realized something was wrong, the Golden Sword was already upon them, unavoidable.

After swiftly destroying them in one breath, he then slashed towards the Undying Evil Venerable Statue.

With three fine lines, the statue crumbled into powder, and with a wave of his sleeve, it swirled like a vortex.

The Golden Sword stirred, absorbing the gold powder into the sword, merging as one.

He approached one of the masters, flicked the bamboo tube from his chest with the Golden Sword.

As the bamboo tube was drawn out, a massive black palm condensed in the sky.

The black palm stood upright, its fingers pointing to the current location.

At this moment, Zhao Ruilin and his team had just left the valley, flying above the forest, reached the mountain top, and saw the black palm in the sky.

”Something’s happening over there!” Sun Haoyang said with wide eyes, ”It’s by the statue!”

Hu Chengxiang frowned, looking at Zhao Ruilin, ”This is a bit strange.”

Zhao Ruilin’s face was dark.

He vaguely guessed it was the work of the previous culprit, trying to draw them there?

”What do we do, senior brother?” Sun Haoyang asked, ”Should we go over?”

”Let’s go take a look first,” Zhao Ruilin said deeply.

Since something was happening there, they naturally had to rush over and check it out, as long as these people didn’t split up, there would be no problem.

The goal of building the Blood Pool was to suppress the statue. If something happened over there, what good would building the Blood Pool do?

When they hurried over, they saw a ground full of corpses, and the statue’s location was empty.

”This...” Sun Haoyang was puzzled, ”Did they move the statue? How is that possible?”

Zhao Ruilin and Hu Chengxiang looked around, evaluating continuously.

The other masters searched the vicinity, inspected the corpses on the ground.

Zhao Ruilin crouched down, inspected two corpses, and his face turned as black as iron, ”It’s him!”

”That guy?” Hu Chengxiang asked.

Zhao Ruilin nodded slowly, ”It’s definitely him! ... What on earth is he trying to do?”

Hu Chengxiang said, ”Being able to move the statue, it seems only someone of that level could do it.”

They had already accepted that Chu Zhiyuan was a Divine Venerable, a master descended from the heavens.

”Senior brother, what should we do?” Hu Chengxiang asked, ”Should we still go find people to build the Blood Pool?”

Zhao Ruilin contemplated with a calm face.

Sun Haoyang said, ”Let’s report back to the Divine Venerable first, and see what he thinks.”

”If we rely on the Divine Venerable for everything, he would become annoyed with us,” Hu Chengxiang sighed, ”He would think we’re incompetent.”

Sun Haoyang said righteously, ”This opponent is not someone we can deal with, what else can we do?”

Zhao Ruilin said, ”We’ve turned into useless pieces; going to the Divine Venerable will only get us scolded and spurned.”

”But we can’t not tell him, right?” Sun Haoyang was puzzled, ”Even if we build the Blood Pool, it would be useless.”

Zhao Ruilin sighed, ”Splitting into two paths is also not feasible, ... let’s head back first.”

It would be best to split into two paths, one to capture people and build the Blood Pool, the other to report to the Divine Venerable.

But now, with another Divine Venerable watching like a tiger, splitting into two paths could easily lead to being defeated one by one.

Looking at this field of corpses, it was proof of his incredible skill in killing, and his astonishing cultivation.

The masters who stayed here were no ordinary people, yet they only managed to send out a signal before their entire army was wiped out.

Even that signal might not have been sent by them, it was likely sent by that Divine Venerable.

What angered Zhao Ruilin more was the Giant Spirit Sword.

He suspected that the Giant Spirit Sword was stolen by this Divine Venerable.

He vowed silently: If I don’t kill this Divine Venerable, how can I retrieve my Giant Spirit Sword?

So no matter what, I must use the Divine Venerable’s hand to kill this Divine Venerable!

The group returned to the valley.

Zhu Lingyun stepped out of the main hall, looked at them in confusion, and his gaze fell on Sun Haoyang.

Sun Haoyang said, ”Divine Venerable, at the statue...”

He recounted what happened, inciting Zhu Lingyun’s furious anger.

He gritted his teeth, kicked a stone step, which shattered into pieces in the air.

The stone step was made of black stone, extremely hard, yet shattered into pieces with a single kick, making Sun Haoyang grimace.

If this kick landed on him, he probably wouldn’t withstand it.

Hu Chengxiang said, ”Divine Venerable, how did he manage to move the statue?”

Zhao Ruilin said, ”Being able to move the statue is not something an ordinary person could do, ... is it a Divine Descender?”

”That’s right!” Zhu Lingyun gritted his teeth, ”Besides someone from above, no one in this world could have moved that statue!”

Zhao Ruilin said, ”Can we retrieve it?”

Zhu Lingyun snorted, ”That statue bears my aura, this time he won’t be able to erase it!”

He closed his eyes, formed a seal with his hands, raised them to his head and then slowly lowered them as if a flower was gently falling.

His palms suddenly stopped at his chest, his expression turned icy, and his eyes opened, flashing with cold light.

The three could see something was wrong with him and looked at him in confusion.

Sun Haoyang couldn’t help but ask, ”Did something go wrong? Can’t find it?”

”Can’t find it,” Zhu Lingyun said.

Sun Haoyang said disappointedly, ”Divine Venerable, is that person really that powerful?”

”Junior brother, shut up!” Zhao Ruilin scolded coldly.

Sun Haoyang closed his mouth.

Zhu Lingyun’s eyes flashed coldly.

Zhao Ruilin said, ”Divine Venerable, it’s a good thing the statue is gone, it’s no longer a threat to us, and we don’t need to build a Blood Pool to suppress it, we can focus directly on the Imperial City.”

”Right, right,” Sun Haoyang nodded quickly.

”Divine Venerable,” Hu Chengxiang said, ”Why did he want to steal the statue?”

”To deliberately anger me,” Zhu Lingyun gritted his teeth, ”To throw me into disarray, the statue is just a threat, no benefit!”

”Then let’s disregard it, head to the Imperial City,” Hu Chengxiang said, ”Let the statue threaten him!”

”Right, right,” Sun Haoyang agreed repeatedly.

Zhao Ruilin’s eyes flickered.

Without destroying that guy, how can we retrieve the Giant Spirit Sword?

Zhu Lingyun looked at Zhao Ruilin, ”You have a Giant Spirit Sword, right?”

Zhao Ruilin was startled.

Zhu Lingyun said, ”It has gained a spirit, right? Bring it, I need to activate a secret technique.”