Imperial Cultivation

Xiao Ruoling couldn't help but smile when she saw the smile on her master's face.

Her master was far too serious.

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Her exquisite face was always tense, as if she couldn't smile, which inexplicably made people feel nervous and pressured. Was this because she practiced the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Skill?

Would she become like this in the future?

The thought of this made her feel inexplicably apprehensive, finding it too terrifying. But thinking of Chu Zhiyuan, she felt much more at ease.

With his Jade Splendor Ninefold Records harmonizing her, her Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Skill was now gentle and peaceful, no longer as cold as before. With the change in her aura, her whole person was changing.

Her mood became brighter, and her complexion also became rosy.

Although her skin was still as warm and crystal-clear as mutton-fat jade, it had a touch more blood color, white with a hint of red. Zeng Yuan praised her good fortune.

With the Jade Splendor Ninefold Records, she was even more confident in vying for the position of Holy Maiden. "Master, what heavenly materials and earthly treasures do we have within the secret realm?"

"Heavenly materials and earthly treasures..." Zeng Yuan took the white towel from the palace maid beside her and wiped her forehead: "There are quite a few. What do you want?"

Xiao Ruoling smiled and said, "Master, what kind do you think I should look for?"

"You practice the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Skill, which is detached from worldly affairs. These heavenly materials and earthly treasures won't have much effect on you. The best thing is the Jade Splendor Ninefold Records."

Xiao Ruoling's deep, bright eyes flickered.

Zeng Yuan looked at her and shook her head: "You really have good luck. Do you know why the Jade Splendor Ninefold Records was lost?"

"Wasn't it because the palace didn't want to recruit male disciples anymore?"

"It's not that we didn't want to, it's that it's useless to recruit them," Zeng Yuan snorted. "These inside stories are kept secret and not publicized. Don't spread them out."

"Yes," Xiao Ruoling said.

"Don't even tell your Prince Consort."

"...Yes."

"If Inviting Moon Palace loses face, you will also lose face," Zeng Yuan said. "Just like if the Duke of Anguo's reputation is bad, wouldn't you also be looked down upon, even by your husband?"

"He wouldn't."

"Isn't he human?" Zeng Yuan snorted. "All humans are like this, flattering the high and stepping on the low is human nature, more or less. Some people are good at restraining themselves, good at disguising it."

Xiao Ruoling didn't refute.

But in her heart, she didn't think so.

She felt that Chu Zhiyuan was proud and arrogant, and wouldn't care whether Inviting Moon Palace was strong or weak, or whether the Duke of Anguo's mansion was strong or weak.

Even in the Prince of Qing's precarious situation, he didn't seem to be troubled at all, still calm and composed. This stemmed from his unwavering belief in himself.

Zeng Yuan shook her head and said, "When you're young, you think your beloved is perfect in every way, but you don't know that everyone has flaws. No one is that perfect. You're just caught in a web of love, blinded by a leaf."

Xiao Ruoling smiled and said, "Master, have you ever been caught in a web of love?"

"Having practiced the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Skill, the man who could make my heart flutter in this world hasn't been born yet."

"Just because there's an inheritance means you can master it?" Zeng Yuan snorted. "Naive! ...Why don't we recruit male disciples anymore? Because they are all useless. They will only embarrass our Inviting Moon Palace."

Xiao Ruoling slowly nodded and said, "If they can't master the Jade Splendor Ninefold Records, and they don't have other top-notch techniques to practice, they will be disliked..."

"Ruoling!" Zeng Yuan glared at her.

Xiao Ruoling smiled embarrassedly: "I misspoke." She understood why Inviting Moon Palace no longer accepted male disciples.

The Jade Splendor Ninefold Records could only be practiced by men, but the male disciples they recruited couldn't master it, and they couldn't practice the other top-notch martial arts of Inviting Moon Palace. So these male disciples were in a very awkward situation.

They simply stopped recruiting male disciples to avoid people saying that the female disciples of Inviting Moon Palace couldn't live without men, which would affect the reputation of Inviting Moon Palace.

Zeng Yuan snorted: "The ones who were recruited in the beginning were all geniuses, but the Jade Splendor Ninefold Records is almost impossible to master. Only he can master it."

The entire royal family knew that Chu Zhiyuan's comprehension was unparalleled, rare in the world.

Since the creation of the Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula, he was the only one who had truly mastered it. The others had only entered the door, but had not truly mastered it.

It was not surprising that he progressed so quickly, reaching an incredible level.

Xiao Ruoling couldn't help but smile.

Zeng Yuan shook her head secretly as she watched.

Among the disciples of Inviting Moon Palace throughout the ages who had mastered the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Skill, how could any of them be as caught up in love as she was?

"Master, I heard that there is a Heaven-Reaching Grass in the secret realm?"

"Heaven-Reaching Grass... Well, there is such a thing," Zeng Yuan said. "What, do you want to get the Heaven-Reaching Grass for him?"

"I heard that it has miraculous effects in strengthening the meridians, and some have even become Grandmasters because of it."

"That's right."

Xiao Ruoling's spirits lifted.

Zeng Yuan said: "But he only knows that the one who ate the Heaven-Reaching Grass became a Grandmaster, but he doesn't know that this Grandmaster eventually committed suicide."

"Ah--?"

"It's best not to touch this Heaven-Reaching Grass," Zeng Yuan said. "Grandmasters all have a perfect state of mind, free and at ease. That ancestor was the only one who committed suicide."

"Is there another reason?"

"He secluded himself all day long, and it is said that he lived extremely painfully, in a state worse than death, and finally committed suicide to free himself."

Xiao Ruoling's expression changed slightly.

"Some elixirs can be taken, which can help with cultivation, but this kind of helping power must be below one's own strength, otherwise..." Zeng Yuan shook her head: "Any helping power that exceeds oneself is easily out of control, and the out-of-control power will eventually kill oneself."

"Yes," Xiao Ruoling said solemnly.

"Of course, he cannot be regarded as an ordinary person," Zeng Yuan said.

Xiao Ruoling said: "In that case, I'll see if I can find the Heaven-Reaching Grass."

Whether to take it, how to take it, and whether he can find a way to eliminate the dangers of the Heaven-Reaching Grass, will all be decided by Chu Zhiyuan.

"You can give it a try," Zeng Yuan said: "There are many Heaven-Reaching Grasses in the secret realm. All those who can compete for the Holy Maiden know this secret, but outsiders don't know it, and they think the Heaven-Reaching Grass is a very good elixir, treating it as a treasure."

Xiao Ruoling slowly nodded: "He heard this news from the Ninth Princess of Great Meng, and felt that he had to guard against it."

"Great Meng has always been eyeing Great Jing, collecting all the news of Great Jing, especially since we are one of the four major sects. It is not surprising that they know this news, but they definitely don't know the dangers of this Heaven-Reaching Grass."

It was impossible for Inviting Moon Palace to have spies infiltrate Great Meng.

"In that case, the Ninth Princess is not deliberately trying to harm him?"

"This Ninth Princess, it's hard to say," Zeng Yuan thought for a while: "She has a lot of tricks, so you still have to be careful."

Xiao Ruoling deeply agreed and sighed: "Last time..."

She told about Li Hongzhao's last time charming Cheng Tianfeng, which made Zeng Yuan sneer, a cold smile on her lips: "The people of the Cheng family are all lustful ghosts. If it weren't for their sufficient talent, Great Zhen would have changed its surname long ago!"

Xiao Ruoling showed a look of disgust.

Her disgust for Cheng Tianfeng was extremely deep.

Zeng Yuan said: "To be able to fight evenly with this Ninth Princess, your Prince Consort is not simple either."

Jian Ruoling smiled immediately.

Her deep eyes shone brightly, imagining the scene of obtaining the Heaven-Reaching Grass.

At this time, Chu Zhiyuan was sitting in a room of the Surveillance Division with a solemn expression, listening to Ma Tianhe talking about the matter of the Great Lie Prince.