Imperial Cultivation

After the women dispersed, Chu Zhiyuan's small courtyard became empty.

Shen Hanyue also tactfully left.

Only Chu Zhiyuan and Xiao Ruoling remained in the courtyard.

Xiao Ruoling stepped forward and massaged his temples. Her cool fingers against his temples were indeed extremely comfortable.

"Are you really okay?" Xiao Ruoling whispered, "What if others find out..."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Would you spread it?"

"Of course not," Xiao Ruoling shook her head, "But this can't be hidden."

The sudden increase of fourteen Grandmasters, with even those at the Great Perfection of the Acquired Realm becoming Grandmasters, how could this be concealed?

Yue Palace disciples not going to Yujing doesn't mean they aren't active; they simply stay on Yue Peak as if in seclusion.

In fact, Yue Palace disciples rarely stay on Yue Peak all day long; most of them travel all over the world, just avoiding Yujing.

The other three major sects are also watching Yue Palace. With so many Grandmasters appearing in Yue Palace, how could they not notice?

They will definitely spread it far and wide, so everyone in the world will know.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Ruoling, you don't yet possess the domineering spirit of a Yue Palace Holy Maiden."

Although the Anguo Duke's Mansion is one of the Eight Great Duke Mansions, it is already considered a pinnacle of wealth in the eyes of outsiders, hereditary and secure, a wealth that others desperately pursue but cannot obtain.

However, among the Eight Great Duke Mansions, the Anguo Duke's Mansion is not influential, so as a young lady of the Duke's Mansion, she must carefully weigh her actions and be as thorough as possible.

In this way, she has cultivated a clever mind. But she has lost her domineering spirit.

Xiao Ruoling pursed her lips and smiled, "I am indeed too gentle. The Palace Master and elders have all said so, but it's hard to change."

At her age, her temperament is already set. It is said that it is easier to move mountains than to change one's nature, and it is almost impossible to change.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Then there's no need to force yourself. Each generation of Holy Maiden has its own unique way of doing things. There's no need to seek uniformity in everything... Moreover, Yue Palace has always been too rigid. Being a little gentler may not be a bad thing."

Rigidity is easily broken; the combination of rigidity and flexibility is the key.

Of course, being only gentle is also not good.

What Yue Palace lacks now is not rigidity, but flexibility. Xiao Ruoling becoming the Holy Maiden is the best adjustment.

It must be said that Yue Palace is lucky to have encountered a Holy Maiden like Xiao Ruoling.

Xiao Ruoling whispered, "Will it really not cause trouble?" Chu Zhiyuan smiled and put his arm around her slender waist.

She was just worried and confused, and seemed a little nagging.

"I am the Young Lord, not an ordinary official. They can't do whatever they want," Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "My abilities are mine, and it's my freedom to help whoever I want. They can't interfere."

"But they will harbor resentment."

"Then let them," Chu Zhiyuan said, "They can only resent that they are not Yue Palace disciples."

But he wouldn't help people outside of them.

There must be a distinction between close and distant, internal and external.

So even if they are dissatisfied, they won't really be dissatisfied; they will only complain a few words.

Xiao Ruoling seemed thoughtful, nodded gently, and finally smiled, "I see."

I knew it; the Young Lord is not a ruthless tyrant who doesn't understand human relationships. On the contrary, he is sophisticated and far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

So there were these hidden twists and turns.

After a moment of intimacy, Xiao Ruoling left with a red face.

Chu Zhiyuan then played with the iron ring on his left thumb, continuing the method of consecration.

The power of the strange patterns within the ring was almost dissipated, making it easy to consecrate.

The owner of the ring should have died a long time ago; the attached power fades with time and does not last forever.

Based on the strength of this power, after another hundred years, the power contained within the ring's patterns should dissipate on its own, becoming an unowned object.

However, it does not delay his consecration speed. The Tianyuan Art operated continuously, occasionally requiring psychic energy to replenish it. In two days, he had successfully consecrated the ring.

From then on, it truly became his spatial ring, a storage ring.

The space in this storage ring is even larger than the White Cauldron, nearly nine cubic meters in volume.

There was a display shelf, with rows of small white jade bottles placed on it, crystal clear and moist, of excellent material, all of which were small cold jade bottles.

He had high expectations for the elixirs within the bottles. When he opened them, they were all empty, all the elixirs had been eaten.

In addition to these small jade bottles, there were also several martial arts manuals, stored in black jade boxes.

Chu Zhiyuan took them out and opened them one by one.

Bright Jade Refining Viscera Art, Bright Jade Strengthening Bone Art, Bright Jade Cleansing Soul Art, Bright Jade Strengthening Spirit Art, Bright Jade Transforming Spirit Art.

Chu Zhiyuan looked through these five manuals one by one, his expression becoming increasingly solemn and serious.

The Bright Jade Divine Palm is indeed the basic technique, the most basic, used to build a foundation.

After entering the Grandmaster realm, one begins to refine the viscera, strengthen the bones, strengthen the spirit, strengthen the soul, and finally transform the spirit.

Different from the current cultivation system, the Bright Jade Holy Sect's system is both internal and external cultivation, and then becoming a god.

The so-called becoming a god is when the essence, qi, and soul are strong enough to condense into a Yang Spirit.

The Yang Spirit can exist separately from the body and can last for thousands of years without decay.

Once the Yang Spirit is formed, the body will also have a lifespan of a thousand years. This can be called a Land Immortal.

Chu Zhiyuan looked through the manuals, his expression solemn.

Is this Spirit Transformation a level above Grandmaster?

Isn't it Qi Control?

Can one control Qi only after Spirit Transformation, or is Qi Control a realm before Spirit Transformation?

Which world's cultivation system is this?

He pondered carefully, verifying it with what he had learned, and faintly sensed similarities.

The path he is taking seems to be this path, the path of both internal and external cultivation. The body refining effect of the Dragon Transformation Art is indeed extremely strong.

However, this kind of cultivation has one major difficulty: slowness.

Now, let alone both internal and external cultivation, even specializing in one path is already extremely difficult for most martial artists.

Many regretfully watch themselves reach sixty, reach eighty, and can only helplessly watch themselves unable to advance further.

Asking them to cultivate another path, taking care of both internal and external, is almost impossible.

Therefore, the current cultivation system is just a product of survival of the fittest.

For true geniuses, like himself, they should not be bound, but should still take the old path of the ancient times.

I wonder if the geniuses of the present world know this principle?

He thought of Xiao Ruoling, thought of Chu Yi, and then thought of Li Hongzhao's Phoenix Cry Soaring Heavens Art.

Perhaps the Phoenix Cry Soaring Heavens Art is this kind of miraculous art, so Li Hongzhao is sure that she can step into the Grandmaster realm.

The mystery of the Grandmaster lies in this.

The reason why people nowadays find it difficult to break through to the Grandmaster realm is probably because they are walking on one leg.

If the geniuses of the present world know this and cultivate both internally and externally, the chances of achieving Grandmaster would instead be greater.

He raised his head to look at the sky, and then looked in the direction of Dajing.

What would happen if Dajing could increase a few Grandmasters?

It seems that he must let Chu Yi begin to cultivate this Bright Jade Divine Palm, and then continue to cultivate all the way up.

As for the subsequent techniques, he decided to keep them for himself and not give them to Yue Palace.