Imperial Cultivation

They were slowly shrinking, getting smaller and smaller, like ice and snow melting slowly beside a blazing fire.

Through his heightened senses, Chu Zhiyuan saw these eight strings of prayer beads drawing in pillars of light from the void.

The light pillars looked gentle and warm, but they were rapidly melting the eight corpses.

Chu Zhiyuan felt a pang in his heart and took several steps back.

The four Grandmasters also felt surprised, but they did not retreat; instead, they smiled at Chu Zhiyuan.

They all knew that this Fourth Young Master was timid.

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Now that he had seen it, the flying knife was incredibly powerful, and his timidity was indeed substantial. Chu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

With the four Grandmasters standing in front of him, he certainly felt safer.

After the eight corpses rapidly melted, only eight gray robes and eight strings of prayer beads remained.

The eight gray robes were unremarkable, but the eight strings of prayer beads were shimmering with light. Seeing that Grandmaster Shi Jingchuan was about to bend down to pick up a string of prayer beads, Chu Zhiyuan quickly said, “Mr. Shi.”

Shi Jingchuan turned his head to look at him. Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

Shi Jingchuan frowned, straightened up, and examined the shimmering prayer beads.

Chu Zhiyuan raised his voice and said, “Gentlemen, let’s hide first.”

“Go!” Shi Jingchuan said in a low voice.

The other three were startled, but they immediately realized something and disappeared in a flash.

Chu Zhiyuan only felt a blur before his eyes, and he suddenly retreated hundreds of meters away. He couldn't help but click his tongue.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

Eight explosions sounded almost simultaneously. The earth trembled.

Violent air currents exploded in all directions.

Even at a distance of a hundred meters, he could still feel the howling wind rushing towards him. Chu Zhiyuan let out a long breath.

The four turned their heads to look at Chu Zhiyuan.

Shi Jingchuan exclaimed, “Young Master, your intuition is truly extraordinary!” As Grandmasters, they had a keen intuition for danger and could often turn misfortune into good fortune.

However, this time, their intuition had failed, and it was far less accurate than Chu Zhiyuan’s.

He had clearly sensed something was wrong from the very beginning, avoiding it from afar, and they had even laughed at his timidity, but it was they who were slow to react!

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “I’ve been able to live until now thanks to this intuition.”

Grandmaster Mo Qi laughed and said, “No one would dare to mess with the Young Master, would they?”

“Jade Cauldron Sect, Shadow Secret Sect,” Chu Zhiyuan said. “And some other schemes.” Mo Qi snorted. “These heretical sects and妖people, everyone should punish them! ...I only hate that we don’t have enough manpower.”

“Old Mo, don’t boast,” another middle-aged man laughed. “It’s as if we can really destroy the Jade Cauldron Sect.”

“With the Young Master’s flying knives, it’s not necessarily impossible!” Mo Qi looked at Chu Zhiyuan, his eyes shining. “Young Master, is your flying knife the Heart-Questioning Knife Art?”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “The Sword Control Art of the Void Sword Sect, also incorporating some other techniques.”

The Heart-Questioning Knife Art must have a very loud reputation among the Grandmasters, causing a lot of killings and making a lot of enemies, so there was no need to admit it. Moreover, he was not lying; he said it was the Sword Control Art, but he did not say it was not the Heart-Questioning Knife Art.

The techniques he incorporated included the Heart-Questioning Knife Art and the Lapis Lazuli Knife Sutra.

“Truly extraordinary!” Mo Qi praised.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and waved his hand. “I’m just assisting; the key is still you, Mr. Mo.”

“Your flying knife is very mysterious,” Mo Qi shook his head. “Even better than us.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, “My flying knife has extraterrestrial power, severing the extraterrestrial power of the Underworld Secret Guards, which is why it has such miraculous effects.”

The four Grandmasters all looked over curiously. “Extraterrestrial power?” Chu Zhiyuan nodded. “I once had a stroke of luck and obtained a cultivation method that can draw in extraterrestrial power.”

He formed a hand seal, and immediately drew down the power of the Fearless Realm, condensing it in his hands, and then slapped it out.

“Whoosh...” A gale howled.

The pine tree ten meters away shook violently, and pine needles flew everywhere. The four men's expressions changed slightly.

They all felt the unusual nature of this power; it was extraterrestrial power.

As Grandmasters, they were keenly aware, especially of extraterrestrial power. Extraterrestrial power involved mental power, and Grandmasters also used mental power, so they were keenly aware as if repelled by something of the same kind.

The four looked at each other, their expressions solemn.

They knew the side effects of extraterrestrial power all too well; those heretical sects were born from it.

And now, the First Young Master of the Great Jing Dynasty was also practicing this evil art!

Chu Zhiyuan withdrew his palms, turned his head to look at the four, and smiled. “Mr. Shi, how is it?”

“Young Master...” Shi Jingchuan frowned. “Foolish, how could you...”

“Afraid that I will be affected by this power?” Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

Shi Jingchuan sighed. “Does the Young Master think that he will not be affected?”

“If this power wants to affect me,” Chu Zhiyuan pointed to the space between his eyebrows and smiled, “Unfortunately, I have cultivated the Dragon Subduing Sutra, which can just restrain it.”

“Dragon Subduing Sutra?” The four were stunned.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded. “The inheritance of the Dragon Subduing Sect, I believe the four gentlemen have also heard of it.”

The four hesitated.

They naturally knew about the Dragon Subduing Sect, an ancient inheritance that could no longer be cultivated.

Then they thought of Chu Zhiyuan’s comprehension, having cultivated the Jade Lock Golden Pass Art and the Sword Control Art of the Void Sword Sect, so it would not be strange to have cultivated the Dragon Subduing Sutra as well.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “When cultivated to the fourth level, the mind is strengthened, and when extraterrestrial power wants to affect me, the thought of a divine dragon will suppress and eliminate it, so I am not affected by it.”

“...The Dragon Subduing Sutra actually has such a wonderful effect?” “Why don’t you gentlemen try cultivating it?”

The four looked at each other and shook their heads with bitter smiles.

As martial arts geniuses, they had naturally tried to cultivate it after becoming Grandmasters, but unfortunately, they had gained nothing.

Regardless of whether one was a Grandmaster or not, these three ancient inheritances required aptitude, not cultivation.

No matter how strong one's cultivation was, if one's aptitude was insufficient, it would be useless, and one would still not be able to cultivate it.

“Gentlemen, using extraterrestrial power against extraterrestrial power is indeed quite effective.”

“Young Master, you should come to our Godslayer Division,” Mo Qi said. Shi Jingchuan and the others smiled, but they couldn’t help but nod.

Chu Zhiyuan’s flying knife was terrifyingly powerful, and it did indeed have the style of the original Heart-Questioning Knife.

Unfortunately, his identity destined him to be unable to become a member of the Godslayer Division.

Moreover, he was famously cautious and would never take risks.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “Mr. Mo, you overestimate me. My lack of cultivation is a fatal flaw. No matter how strong my flying knife is, it’s just a technique for attacking. My defense is too weak. A little carelessness, and my little life will be gone.”

“. That’s true.” Mo Qi nodded helplessly. The gap in cultivation could not be bridged. “Young Master, you must be more careful after this.”

“How can I defend against them?”

“...God Envoys generally do not appear in Jade Capital City, nor do they have entanglements with the royal family, but this time is different...It is best for the Young Master to have a Grandmaster with him.”

“Can’t be defended against?” Chu Zhiyuan said.

“Young Master, your intuition is amazing, as long as you have a Grandmaster to block them.”

The Young Master’s intuition was amazing, but sometimes it was useless to only sense the danger approaching; one also had to have the ability to escape the danger.

宗师 (Zongshi) wouldn’t work; only 大宗师 (Da Zongshi) would.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded and asked, “Compared to a Grandmaster, who is stronger, a God Envoy or a Grandmaster?”

This was the key to the key.

“It’s hard to say,” Mo Qi shook his head. “The cultivation between Grandmasters is also different, and so are the God Envoys.”

“There are many God Envoys?”

“No one can say for sure how many there are.” “A God Envoy will definitely come to me, won’t they?”

“If the Young Master hadn’t taken action, they wouldn’t have come to the Young Master, but now that the Young Master has taken action, it’s hard to say.”

Chu Zhiyuan thought for a moment, came to the site of the explosion, and came to the eight strings of prayer beads.

He took out the Spirit Sealing Box from his sleeve, put all eight strings of prayer beads in, and smiled. “Then let them come!”