Imperial Cultivation

He frowned, slowly putting down the dossier.

Ma Tianhe hurriedly said, "Your Highness is mighty, I admire you!" Chu Zhiyuan looked at him.

Ma Tianhe chuckled and said, "Your Highness's might on the way to deliver the decree, I just heard about it, I truly admire you to the ground!" Chu Zhiyuan said, "It's spread out?"

"Only our Surveillance Department knows, the authority is extremely high, and it's kept secret." Ma Tianhe said, "No wonder Your Highness came to our Surveillance Department, it's truly a waste of your talent." Chu Zhiyuan said, "I won't go to the military either."

Ma Tianhe was stunned, then quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, the military is still too dangerous, especially now that we're fighting with the Great Meng."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled noncommittally, "Master Ma understands me very well."

Ma Tianhe quickly smiled and said, "I wouldn't dare."

Chu Zhiyuan knew he was trying to curry favor with him, and he didn't bother to say more.

It seemed that his choices were all in other people's eyes, and they could all see that he was afraid of death. This was not a good reputation.

But he couldn't take risks just for the sake of reputation.

He used to think that innate experts were not strong enough and didn't have the ability to protect themselves, and that only those at the Grandmaster Realm could protect themselves.

Now, it seemed that the Grandmaster Realm was not that safe either, and he still had to avoid those dangerous situations, such as the military and the top sects. Chu Zhiyuan said, "What about the whereabouts of the Ninth Prince of the Great Meng?"

"Please wait a moment, sir." Ma Tianhe hurriedly smiled and trotted out.

He quickly returned carrying two dossier boxes, opened them, and said with a flattering smile, "The Ninth Princess is still very well-behaved."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Well-behaved?"

Ma Tianhe said, "She rarely sees strange people, she just wanders around the city."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, took the dossier presented by him with both hands, and began to read.

He wanted to see if the Surveillance Department had seen Li Hongzhao meeting with Cheng Tianfeng. After reading it once, he shook his head in disappointment.

The Surveillance Department wasn't that sharp either, and didn't notice the two's conspiracy, only recording Li Hongzhao's visit to the Mingyue Tower, but not Cheng Tianfeng. Obviously, Cheng Tianfeng's mask worked.

Cheng Tianfeng was still very careful, and should have used methods to shake off the Surveillance Department's tracking, but his abnormality was not recorded by the Surveillance Department. The Surveillance Department should not have noticed anything unusual.

This showed that Cheng Tianfeng's methods were powerful, and also that the Surveillance Department still had loopholes. But he didn't point it out, just looked at Li Hongzhao's whereabouts once.

He discovered an anomaly: she actually went to the bookstore.

This was a place men went to, but she, a dignified Ninth Princess of the Great Meng, actually went there, and went there once every day. He was also familiar with the place she went to, Linglong Bookstore.

Chu Zhiyuan turned to look at Ma Tianhe: "This Ninth Princess goes to the bookstore every day?"

"It's not the same one, the top three in Linglong Bookstore take turns, she really knows how to enjoy herself!"

Even for middle-level people like them in the Surveillance Department, a trip to Linglong Bookstore would hurt for a month, it's really not something ordinary people can enjoy. But the Ninth Princess went there every day.

He couldn't even imagine how much silver she spent.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Doesn't the Surveillance Department find it strange?"

"Your Highness means there are spies?"

"There should be, right?"

"Yes." Ma Tianhe echoed, "There must be spies in Linglong Bookstore, but it's hard to say which one it is, we can't just arrest them all and interrogate them one by one."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "A place like Linglong Bookstore is not just one or two spies, it should be a den of spies, right?"

"Your Highness is wise." Ma Tianhe smiled.

This was something everyone knew, but didn't say out loud.

The imperial court wanted to spread some false information to confuse the public, and these places were the best to use. Chu Zhiyuan finished flipping through these dossiers, and didn't gain anything.

The spies of the Great Meng were very difficult to deal with, and it was almost impossible for him to find loopholes by flipping through dossiers himself, so he didn't bother with it. He just wanted to understand Li Hongzhao.

Last time, he only gave her a palm strike, injuring her, and it wasn't enough to vent his anger.

Li Hongzhao killed two birds with one stone, wanting to defeat him, step on his face, and also provoke the relationship between Da Zhen and Da Jing. If he didn't return the favor, he would always feel uncomfortable.

The easiest place to run into her was the bookstore, but he didn't want to go to that kind of place anymore. Last time he went with Chu Mingxuan and the others, it was really boring.

The women in the bookstore were indeed beautiful as flowers, proficient in all kinds of arts, elegant and talented, but he always felt uncomfortable. Drinking with them was not as good as drinking with Mo Yi and the others, and not as good as drinking with Xiao Ruoling.

He put down the dossier, not very satisfied.

Looking at these dossiers, he couldn't see anything, only knowing that Li Hongzhao might like women, but it might not be true. Going to the bookstore often might be to meet with spies.

But it might also be to cover up the spies. Maybe she met the spies halfway.

In short, he gained nothing.

He returned to the new residence next to Mingyue Tower, and carefully sorted out the new swordsmanship, seeing how many kinds of swordsmanship there were. Then he thought carefully about the situation at that time.

Thinking about it now, he still felt a bit dazed.

He had only been at the new residence for a while when someone knocked on the door. Zou Fang quickly returned, a jade bottle sliding out of his sleeve, exquisite and delicate. "Your Highness, someone sent this."

"Hmm, it should be from Cheng Tianfeng." Chu Zhiyuan showed an interested expression.

Zou Fang opened it, and it was a jade green pill, the size of a little finger, looking dim and unadorned, extremely ordinary. He put it back and presented the jade bottle to Chu Zhiyuan with both hands.

Chu Zhiyuan took it and touched it, smiling, "This bottle is extraordinary."

It was actually carved with a strange pattern, which made the aura inside the small bottle almost still and not flowing, falling into slumber. This could greatly reduce the loss of the spirit pill's medicinal effect and greatly extend the spirit pill's shelf life.

Zou Fang said, "Your Highness, Cheng Tianfeng wouldn't be playing tricks, would he?"

He didn't trust Cheng Tianfeng's character.

"We can't be careless."

Chu Zhiyuan opened the jade bottle, picked up the jade green pill, and slowly put it into his mouth, examining the pill while amplifying his intuition. This action took more than a dozen breaths.

His intuition didn't issue a warning, and there was no gray or black light inside the spirit pill, indicating that it was not poisonous.

He finally put it in his mouth.

Zou Fang stared at him nervously.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's no problem." Zou Fang reluctantly smiled, but didn't relax.

He knew that Chu Zhiyuan acted cautiously, but he couldn't be careless about Wentian Cliff's methods. Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes, carefully feeling and observing.

The spirit pill combined with saliva and quickly dissolved. In the process of sliding down the esophagus, it continuously emitted wisps of pure air, and by the time it reached the stomach, it had been reduced by half. These wisps of pure air drifted and scattered, drifting onto the bones.

Chu Zhiyuan was quite surprised.

He didn't expect this Riding-the-Wind Pill to actually work on the bones.

The original purplish-gold bones, after being touched by the jade green pure air, seemed to brighten up, and also became lighter. At the same time that the bones brightened, the purple color became more intense, which was quite contradictory.

Chu Zhiyuan felt that his body was getting lighter and lighter, as if it was about to float up on its own. Chu Zhiyuan was already very familiar with this feeling.

After this Riding-the-Wind Pill completely merged into the bones, he opened his eyes.

This was equivalent to advancing his bone refining by one level, not increasing the hardness, but only making it lighter. Making his speed even faster.

The so-called taking it to the next level, this step could no longer be achieved by the Bone Refining Art of the Dragon Transformation Art. He suddenly had a flash of inspiration and began to re-operate the Bone Refining Art of the Dragon Transformation Art, and sure enough, it became incomplete again. Sure enough, it was breaking the limit, breaking the shackles!