Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 130: Acceptance

He gently pushed out a palm.

“Whoosh!”

The palm wind condensed and did not dissipate, striking the green bamboo ten meters away. The bamboo forest rustled, and bamboo leaves fell.

This was Gang Qi.

Different from the Sword Gang he condensed, this Gang Qi was pure and natural, capable of being both firm and gentle, without such sharpness and unyielding force. If True Qi was like gas, then Gang Qi was like water, a qualitative change.

Moreover, it could completely exist independently of the body, without having to rely on external objects like True Qi, such as exerting power through clothing or weapons.

If attached to external objects, the power was also completely different. True Qi on clothing could only push people away, while Gang Qi on clothing could knock people away. The power was incomparable.

The Protective Gang Qi mantra of the Ziyang True Scripture flowed through his mind.

With a thought, Gang Qi began to surge within the meridians. After passing through thirty-six acupoints, the Gang Qi underwent subtle changes, becoming more refined. Finally, it drilled out of the body through several acupoints.

After the Gang Qi drilled out of these acupoints, it did not disperse, but condensed with each other to form a thin layer of membrane, like a bubble enveloping him. His limbs and torso were all within its range.

His head was outside of it.

Only then did Chu Zhiyuan realize that a Grandmaster's Protective Gang Qi could not cover the head, just like a soldier's armor, but without a helmet. He then thought of his own path to Grandmaster.

Why did he directly skip the process of seeking the path to Grandmaster and directly step into Grandmasterhood?

Was it because of the Divine Dragon's Will, or because the Great Ziyang Art had already been modified by him to near perfection, completely in harmony with himself? If he could find the reason, he could truly understand the secrets of the Grandmaster.

If he could understand the secrets of the Grandmaster, could he enable the Great Jing to produce a large number of Grandmasters, thereby changing the strength of the Great Jing? With more Grandmasters and greater strength, neither Great Zhen nor Great Meng would be a threat.

What a great achievement that would be!

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up. “Grumble…” His stomach suddenly rumbled. He immediately felt a painful hunger.

Even Grandmasters still get hungry and need to eat.

So he called Mo Yi to serve the meal.

While eating, Chu Zhiyuan was still feeling the changes in himself. His extrasensory perception had already increased to two hundred meters.

This made him click his tongue.

Two hundred meters was already a very large range.

The godlike feeling was even stronger, and the ability to observe was even stronger, seeing more subtle, more profound details. After eating, he left Listening to the Waves Courtyard.

Zou Fang was guarding at the entrance of the courtyard. Hearing the movement, he stepped forward, cupped his fist, and smiled: "Congratulations, Your Highness."

The speed of cultivation of the Prince was truly shocking to the world. Everyone said that Huang Shirong at the age of twenty-three shook the past and shone on the present, but now it seems that the Prince is the real one who shakes the past and shines on the present. Chu Zhiyuan said: "Has anything happened in the past few days?"

"Yesterday, the Little Duke came to the mansion and took away Deputy Commander Guo and the others. The Princess Consort is going out to the mansion today to attend Li Hongzhao's invitation."

Chu Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows: "Li Hongzhao invited her? What is she selling in this gourd…"

He really couldn't figure out why Li Hongzhao would invite Xiao Ruoling. They were completely unrelated.

Li Hongzhao was the Ninth Princess of Great Meng, and coming to Great Jing must be with important responsibilities. The first task was probably to destroy the alliance between Great Jing and Great Zhen. With such an important task, every step should have a very clear and distinct purpose.

Xiao Ruoling should be irrelevant to these purposes.

Duke Anguo is only the Left Vice Minister in the Ministry of Rites. The one in charge is Prince Zhuang, the Minister. If you want to invite someone, you should invite Prince Zhuang. Moreover, Prince Zhuang cannot completely decide on such important court matters.

Because of this, if it were him, the starting point should not be the Great Jing court. The one who really makes the decisions is the Emperor, but it is usually difficult to contact the Emperor, and finding court officials is useless. Therefore, the first step should be the Great Zhen delegation, targeting the actions of the Great Zhen delegation.

Instead, she came to invite Xiao Ruoling for tea, which was really strange. "Let's go take a look," Chu Zhiyuan said.

Before closing up for cultivation, he would only hide from the Ninth Princess of Great Meng, after all, even the strongest Xiantian would find it difficult to shake a Grandmaster. Now it was different.

Instead, he was eager to try.

He really wanted to know how big the gap was between him and the Ninth Princess now.

"Then…" Zou Fang hesitated: "Let Chief Steward Feng and two Grandmaster guards go."

"Okay," Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

Although he was now a Grandmaster, and his extrasensory perception had greatly increased, making it more difficult to assassinate him.

If there really was an assassination, escaping would be no problem, and besides, once he revealed his identity, the experts from the Town Guard Division would naturally take action. But it was still necessary to bring guards.

When Chu Zhiyuan appeared at Green Forest Pavilion, Li Hongzhao, Xiao Ruoling, and Huang Shirong were drinking their second cup of tea, chatting about their experiences along the way. Chu Zhiyuan, from a distance, observed the situation here, observing Li Hongzhao.

Her Dharma Aspect was actually a phoenix.

Faintly visible.

Within the Third Heaven.

He sat down in a teahouse next door, ordered a pot of tea, and slowly tasted it.

He even saw Cheng Tianfeng.

Cheng Tianfeng was in a restaurant diagonally opposite Green Forest Pavilion—Hundred Flowers Building, sitting in front of a window on the third floor.

His eyes were peeking towards the three women.

His eyes were burning, flashing with intense greed and desire.

Chu Zhiyuan frowned as he watched.

He felt very uncomfortable that Xiao Ruoling was being stared at by a man like that.

So he got up and left the teahouse, and came to Hundred Flowers Building, diagonally opposite Green Forest Pavilion.

Under the interference of the Town Guard Division, the Frostscale Iron Cavalry outside Hundred Flowers Building did not completely block the road, but only stopped to the side.

Chu Zhiyuan entered the building, slowly climbed to the third floor, and came to the outside of an elegant room.

Two guards blocked the way, glaring coldly.

Feng Xi stepped forward, and an invisible force surged out, pushing the two guards back.

Chu Zhiyuan opened his mouth: "Brother Cheng, have you been well?"

Cheng Tianfeng was staring at the three women on the opposite side, Li Hongzhao.

Looking at the opposite window through the window, although it was far away, his eyesight was exceptionally good.

Especially when looking at beautiful women.

Suddenly hearing Chu Zhiyuan's voice, he thought it was a hallucination and didn't pay much attention.

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled: "Brother Cheng, what are you looking at?"

"Chu Zhiyuan?!" Cheng Tianfeng's face changed slightly, and he turned his head to look over, seeing Chu Zhiyuan standing at the doorway. His face darkened as he glared over: "It really is you!"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and stepped into the room, leisurely sitting down opposite him: "Brother Cheng is in a good mood, drinking and watching beauties, isn't it delightful?" Cheng Tianfeng took a deep breath and slowly said: "Aren't you in seclusion?"

"I just came out of seclusion, and then I ran into Brother Cheng," Chu Zhiyuan said: "It seems that my fate with Brother Cheng is not shallow." Cheng Tianfeng snorted: "What realm have you reached?"

"I just stepped into Grandmasterhood, only the First Heaven."

Cheng Tianfeng was stunned, staring at him with a frown, and slowly said: "Impossible!"

Even if Chu Zhiyuan was a genius, it was impossible to break through to Grandmasterhood all at once.

Even if he was a genius, he could only break through to Xiantian Perfection, and then seek the path to Grandmasterhood, and then step into the realm of Grandmaster.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and pushed out a palm.

“Bang!” Cheng Tianfeng crashed into the window, almost falling out. He glared at Chu Zhiyuan with a gloomy face.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Brother Cheng, how is it?"

"How is it possible!" Cheng Tianfeng gritted his teeth and said: "In the last competition, you were only at the Eighth Floor, right?" Chu Zhiyuan said: "The Ninth Floor or the Tenth Floor, I forgot."

Cheng Tianfeng snorted: "You're amazing!"

At this moment, he actually felt a strange relaxation and acceptance: As expected of the one who defeated me, he is indeed a genius among geniuses, losing to him is not a grievance.