Imperial Cultivation

Youlan carefully glanced at him.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Aunt, I'm alright."

Youlan softly asked, "Will there really be twists and turns in the marriage with the Twelfth Princess?"

She felt that her Highness was too unfortunate and unlucky.

To be a hostage and a consort was already a great humiliation, and now he had to endure even greater humiliation.

According to His Highness's original temper, he would have started kicking up a fuss long ago, causing the Emperor to reprimand him or even punish him.

Fortunately, after the tribulation of death, His Highness's temperament changed, and he was able to remain calm.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "There will be twists and turns, and there will also be changes."

"But looking at the Twelfth Princess, she…"

"She's not the Emperor. If you were the Emperor of the Phoenix Dynasty, would you obediently fulfill the previous agreement and not take the opportunity to provoke us against the Yuanzhen Dynasty?"

"The Emperor of the Phoenix Dynasty doesn't need to do that, does he?"

"This matter may not be without their instigation. Otherwise, even if it's a marriage alliance, why specifically choose the Twelfth Princess?"

"…Are they afraid that we will form an alliance with the Yuanzhen Dynasty again?"

"If they could make our two dynasties fight, that would be even better."

"The two dynasties are not stupid and will not fulfill his wish."

"Even if they don't fight, it's good to have estrangement between them."

"Isn't the Emperor making the Twelfth Princess feel disheartened by using her like this?"

"She is choosing a son-in-law, she is the one choosing." Chu Zhiyuan snorted: "The only ones who will lose face are me and that prince of the Yuanzhen Dynasty!"

Youlan's beautiful face was tightly furrowed.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Let's put these dirty things aside and ignore them. Anyway, we can't make the decisions, so let it be."

"…Your Highness, you have really changed." Youlan looked at him with a comforted expression, revealing a smile.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Aunt, please help me guard this prince's residence."

Youlan was anxious: "Your Highness…"

"If Aunt is by my side, I will have concerns if I want to escape for my life or get away immediately."

Youlan paused.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "In this world, Aunt is my closest person. I don't care about the life and death of others, but Aunt must not die and must accompany me."

Youlan sighed softly: "Your Highness is going to the Phoenix Imperial City alone, I…"

She was really worried about Chu Zhiyuan going to the Phoenix Imperial City alone.

There must be many storms over there, so he needs to be cautious and not act impulsively.

Among the people in the residence, she is the only one who can truly persuade him.

"…Then let's see how things go first." Chu Zhiyuan saw that her expression was firm and did not try to persuade her further.

Youlan had an obsession, the goal of living was to fulfill the promise to the original owner's mother concubine and take good care of the original owner.

Letting her stay in the prince's residence, away from the original owner, was indeed very difficult.

But no matter what, he had to ask, just to show a little bit of his heart.

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In the following days, Chu Zhiyuan kept his head down and worked hard, putting all his energy into cultivation.

He rarely went to Lingyuan, temporarily putting aside the Lingyuan Body Cleansing Record, and focused on cultivating the Immeasurable Light Sutra.

Striving to improve his cultivation as soon as possible.

He had a premonition that the marriage would be brought forward, and there was not much time left in the True Martial Academy.

Cultivating in the True Martial Academy was more efficient, far better than outside the academy.

He once asked Chu Honglin if he could stay at night and continue to cultivate in the True Martial Academy.

But Chu Honglin told him that Great Light Peak was not suitable for staying at night.

It was extremely cold.

This kind of cold was not something that could be resisted by exercising energy, it penetrated directly into the bone marrow and could not be resisted.

Chu Zhiyuan suddenly understood.

He tried to stay for a while at night and found that after the sun went down, the temperature of Great Light Peak dropped sharply.

The speed of the drop and the magnitude of the drop were beyond his imagination.

A quarter of an hour after everyone left, he felt something was wrong and left without hesitation.

This cut off his advantage of using his powerful soul and mental strength to absorb the aura of the karma stone wall for more time.

This made him regret endlessly.

… …

When he came to Qingfeng Cliff to meet Chu Honglin at noon this day, he found that Chu Honglin's expression was solemn.

Chu Zhiyuan immediately felt that there would be no good news, and said: "Could it be that there was an accident in the operation?"

"An accident in the operation is one thing, and there is another thing you should know."

"Fifteenth Uncle, what's going on?" Chu Zhiyuan asked quickly.

"A Great Heavenly Demon escaped." Chu Honglin shook his head helplessly: "I didn't expect that this Great Heavenly Demon's cultivation has already reached such a high level."

"Transformation God?"

"Yes, it has reached Transformation God." Chu Honglin sighed: "At least he has been seizing bodies for a hundred years, and he is a true disciple of the Embroidery Water Pavilion."

Chu Zhiyuan thought for a while: "Embroidery Water Pavilion, isn't it a top-notch sect?"

Chu Zhiyuan was quite surprised.

He only roughly pointed out the location, and the rest was all screened and captured by Chu Honglin's people.

"Embroidery Water Pavilion is just a second-rate sect with no great reputation, but this true disciple is quite famous. I never expected that he was seized by a Great Heavenly Demon."

"Then what about Embroidery Water Pavilion?" Chu Zhiyuan frowned: "There must be a problem too, right?"

Over the past hundred years, with the Great Heavenly Demon's methods, it is impossible not to affect a sect.

"Embroidery Water Pavilion is still being investigated slowly," Chu Honglin sighed: "Now that that guy has escaped, this operation has failed!"

Chu Zhiyuan sighed: "Man proposes, Heaven disposes."

Chu Honglin smiled reluctantly: "Actually, speaking of which, this matter is beneficial to you."

Chu Zhiyuan said: "I would rather not have this benefit."

He understood what Chu Honglin meant.

It was indeed beneficial to him, which would maximize the possibility of covering up his existence.

The escaped Great Heavenly Demon knew about Fifteenth Uncle's actions and would place the death of the previous Great Heavenly Demon, whose soul had been scattered, on Fifteenth Uncle.

He would not pay attention to himself.

This was certainly a good thing, but compared to eliminating a Great Heavenly Demon, this little benefit was not enough.

"Great Heavenly Demons are indeed not to be underestimated. In addition, I have already thrown that guy into the Heavenly Prison and secretly transferred him to my mansion. You come with me to destroy him."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded in agreement with regret.

It was indeed a great pity that a Great Heavenly Demon had escaped.

That was the resource for increasing his soul and a shortcut for improving his cultivation.

He then asked what the other thing was.

"The Yuanzhen Dynasty has sent a delegation, led by two princes."

"What is the Yuanzhen Dynasty doing here?" Chu Zhiyuan said: "It's impossible that they're here to form an alliance, right?"

"It is said to be an alliance," Chu Honglin said slowly: "Among them, there is a Sixth Prince, who is the one who proposed marriage to the Twelfth Princess."

Chu Zhiyuan frowned, obviously there was a problem: "What does he want to do?"

Chu Honglin snorted: "I guess he wants to defeat you and force you to withdraw."

Chu Zhiyuan said: "What if I don't agree? What realm is he at?"

"He definitely hasn't reached Transformation God." Chu Honglin said: "He's probably at the sixth or seventh revolution of Transformation Intent, right?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Nonsense, what if I lose to him?"

"He might want to ruin your appearance." Chu Honglin said: "If your appearance is ruined, the Twelfth Princess will naturally not like you and will change to him."

Chu Zhiyuan laughed.

He felt that it was simply a great irony, as if they were fighting over jealousy.