Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1222: Chapter 1218: Execution

He didn’t urge him verbally, only looked indifferently at Zhong Lingyun.

He Lingchuan urged, ”Plans can’t keep up with changes, Brother Zhong, we can’t hesitate any longer, otherwise, this effort will be in vain.”

”...Alright.” Zhong Lingyun gritted his teeth, ”Then let’s switch to the north gate!”

He turned his head to Zhu Lingyun, ”Mr. Zhu, are we entering from the north gate?”

Zhu Lingyun shook his head, ”You guys use the north gate. I’ll go in from here.”

”Mr. Zhu, you...”

”I’ve recently advanced a layer, using the secret technique might help to conceal our move.”

”But...”

”If it doesn’t work, I’ll go to the north gate too. You go to the north gate, we’ll meet at the North City pier.”

”...Alright then.” Zhong Lingyun nodded helplessly, ”Brother He, let’s go.”

”Mr. Zhu, take care and until we meet again.” He Lingchuan said, ”Take good care, and don’t miss the opportunity to seize the treasure.”

”Got it.” Zhu Lingyun showed an impatient expression, waving his hand, ”You better hurry, or you’ll miss this opportunity.”

The two of them shook their heads and drifted away, getting farther and farther.

Zhu Lingyun drifted over the treetops, heading out of the forest, landing on the official road, and walked forward with big strides.

On the official road, there were still a few people on their way, trying to enter the city before dark.

After dark, if they haven’t entered the city, it would become very dangerous.

They had also heard that recently outside the Imperial City was not peaceful, with bandits running around, so one must be careful.

Zhu Lingyun landed behind them, striding forward.

Soon he arrived outside the South City Gate, where there was still a team going in one by one.

Four City Guards with eyes emitting golden light blocked the way on both sides, two in a group, taking turns identifying those entering the city.

Forty-eight City Guards lined up, leaning against the ancient city wall, tight-eyed on those entering the city.

Ding Huanchun stood beside his sword, constantly scanning.

His gaze fell on Zhu Lingyun, scanned, and then returned.

Zhu Lingyun’s aura was weak, appearing to be just someone with a slight martial arts background but shallow cultivation.

There are many such youths, very common.

After all, not everyone is suited for martial arts, with mediocre talent often giving up halfway.

When it was Zhu Lingyun’s turn, the four pairs of Candle Demon Eyes scanned over him, waved to let him in.

Zhu Lingyun calmly walked inside the city gate, secretly marveling.

This peculiar aura is indeed wonderful, truly able to completely eliminate evil energy, preventing the aura of the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree from sensing it.

After entering the city, he headed straight north, passing through several bustling streets.

As the festive lights began to shine, he arrived at the pier at the north of the city.

On the river within the Imperial City, large ships surged into the city gate, and after passing through the gate, they docked at the pier.

At the pier, shop after shop was interconnected, with passengers and merchants coming and going, bustling and lively.

Various calls for sales rose and fell, extremely noisy.

Zhu Lingyun strolled leisurely down the street, using his Super Sense to focus on both inside and outside the city, especially on He Lingchuan and Zhong Lingyun.

After walking a hundred steps, he shook his head, the corner of his mouth showed a cold smile.

He Lingchuan and Zhong Lingyun were already seriously injured, they’ve already escaped.

After all, they’re carrying secret techniques, and it’s Evil Venerable’s secret technique with astonishing power, their escape skills are incredibly powerful.

Their actions were exposed, trying to fish in troubled waters, but were targeted by the experts from the Evil Extermination Department in secret.

Their cultivation was indeed not strong enough, which was the result of not being fully descended.

The Evil Venerable’s cultivation could only recover to half, ultimately failing to break into the Imperial City.

But he wasn’t eager to leave, nor eager to hunt down these two Evil Venerables, instead he continued to stay.

He believed that these two Evil Venerables should have a backup plan, they would certainly find a way to send themselves in to locate the strange treasure.

He walked with hands clasped behind him down the street, halfway when suddenly a young man stepped forward to salute, ”Mr. Zhu.”

Zhu Lingyun stopped, curiously examining him.

A medium-sized, skinny youth, smiling humbly, bowing and cupping his fists, ”I was ordered to meet Mr. Zhu.”

Zhu Lingyun asked, ”On whose orders?”

”Divine Venerable’s orders.” The skinny youth lowered his voice.

”Which Divine Venerable?”

The skinny youth made a mouthing gesture silently, ”Wanxiang.”

Zhu Lingyun nodded, ”Let’s go.”

The skinny youth led the way, quickly arriving at an inn.

After reaching the back of the inn, he led Zhu Lingyun to a carriage.

On the carriage were several large round wooden barrels, painted with purple lacquer, vaguely fragrant.

Zhu Lingyun frowned, recognizing what these barrels were.

The skinny youth quietly said, ”Mr. Zhu, find a barrel to hide in.”

”Stay here?”

”In a while, these barrels will be sent to a place, and then exchanged.”

”Where to? Exchange for what?”

”The rest, I do not know.” The thin young man shook his head gently, ”My responsibility is to ask you to get inside the barrel.”

The Super Sense clearly observed these barrels, cleaned thoroughly.

No matter how clean they look, the insides have already been soaked through.

If there was no Super Sense, it would be fine, but with it, he simply couldn’t tolerate it.

Thinking of this, he snorted and said, ”No need to bother with such trouble; I’ll go directly.”

The thin young man was stunned.

Zhu Lingyun said, ”I’ll be under the carriage, you don’t need to worry about the rest.”

”But...”

”Don’t babble!”

”...Yes.” The thin young man ultimately dared not offend him and could only comply.

Zhu Lingyun crouched down and slipped under the carriage, sticking tightly to the underside, motionless, as a voice sounded in the thin young man’s ear: ”All right, do what you have to do.”

”Still need to wait for two quarters of an hour.” The thin young man said.

”Hmm.”

...

He Lingchuan and Zhong Lingyun staggered into a patch of forest, leaning against tall trees before slowly sitting down, exhausted, their breathing rapid and shallow.

”What rotten luck!” He Lingchuan exhaled a long breath, angrily saying, ”Those lousy Evil Extermination Department people have actually gotten smarter.”

Zhong Lingyun closed his eyes, motionless, working hard to regulate his breathing.

He Lingchuan asked, ”Brother Zhong, can we succeed?”

”We can.” Zhong Lingyun nodded, ”He cannot resist the temptation and will definitely go after the Strange Treasure.”

”Heh heh...” He Lingchuan laughed.

Laughing, the corner of his mouth began to bleed, forcing him to stop, helpless.

Zhong Lingyun said, ”Start operating your cultivation, at least hold on until he comes out. After obtaining the Strange Treasure, we can return to You Meng Heaven and abandon these bodies.”

”Yes, hold on until he comes out!” He Lingchuan was invigorated, then laughed again, ”He’ll be killed by the Strange Treasure, right?”

”Mm, he won’t survive.” Zhong Lingyun said, ”Even if he doesn’t die, he won’t fulfill our plan.”

”Brother Zhong, we are indeed bad.” He Lingchuan laughed, ”He’s quite clever, what a pity.”

Zhong Lingyun glanced at him.

He Lingchuan showed no sign of pity; in fact, he couldn’t wait for Zhu Lingyun to die.

At that moment, they suddenly turned their heads to look at a spot.

A young man was already standing there.

In the twilight, the exceptionally handsome young man stood quietly in the forest, next to a tree, with a few leaves shading his head, quietly watching the two of them.

He Lingchuan shouted, ”Who?!”

The handsome young man said indifferently, ”You shouldn’t have come here.”

As he spoke, his palms formed seals.

A mass of golden light gathered in the air, then formed a Golden Dragon.

The Golden Dragon, as long and thick as an arm, hovered awkwardly in midair.

His palms continued forming seals, as streams of golden light gathered, forming Golden Dragons one by one.

Nine Golden Dragons suddenly came together to form a smaller Golden Dragon.

Only half an arm’s length, as thick as a forearm, but now agile and lively.

It darted nimbly towards Zhong Lingyun, and as Zhong Lingyun dodged, it suddenly accelerated, faster than imaginable, piercing into Zhong Lingyun’s chest, then emerging from his back, shooting through He Lingchuan’s body.

”Uh...”

The two froze.

Then looked down at their chests, only to find there were no visible wounds.

Yet they clearly felt their hearts had stopped beating, all strength draining away from the heart.

As if their hearts had been pierced with a large hole, all strength gushed out through this hole like a flood breaching a dam.

In front of Chu Liezhao, the Haoyang Demon-suppressing Mirror appeared, its surface flowing with radiant golden light.

As their bodies slumped to the ground, their seven-colored souls left their bodies, trying to ascend, only to be pulled into the Haoyang Demon-suppressing Mirror.

Chu Liezhao smiled.

Another two souls of the Evil Venerable!

At this time, Chu Zhiyuan was sitting cross-legged on the bed in the small courtyard of the Heavenly Sword Branch, inwardly observing the two clusters of Merit Golden Light in the Demon Suppression Divine Palace.

These two clusters of Merit Golden Light, grand and radiant, could be described as a huge amount of merit.

Excited, he began visualizing the Spirit Peak within the Spring Acupoint, accelerating his cultivation of the Second Layer of the Earth Origin Technique.

He was eager to uncover the wonders and power of the Second Layer of the Earth Origin Technique.

Yet, before mastering it, he could not know.