Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1251 - 1247: Motivation

"Mr. Chu’s divine power!"

"I didn’t expect to destroy this Divine Statue so easily, haha!"

The two looked at the empty ground, their expressions excited and exhilarated.

To have destroyed the Undying Evil Venerable so effortlessly means it no longer poses a deadly threat.

Everyone in the Evil Extermination Department will benefit.

Chu Zhiyuan pulled at the corner of his mouth, but his expression remained grave.

"Mr. Chu, what’s wrong?" The round-faced middle-aged Zheng Yongming asked with a smile.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "It was too easy, something feels off."

"Too easy? Isn’t that a good thing?" The square-faced middle-aged Sun Jiafeng was puzzled, "Could it be that he controlled too many experts, causing too much exhaustion, allowing you to easily deal with him?"

Zheng Yongming frowned, pondering, "Too much exhaustion? ...Could it be—?"

His gaze turned to the north.

Beyond a large river, before a range of continuous peaks, lay a picturesque small city.

It was Ben City.

With worried eyes looking towards Ben City, he slowly said, "Could it be that the citizens inside the city have already been harmed?"

Sun Jiafeng said, "Should we go and take a look?"

Zheng Yongming looked at Chu Zhiyuan, "Mr. Chu?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Let’s take a look, to see what’s really going on."

"Please."

As soon as the three entered the city, they were met with the bustling noise.

Chu Zhiyuan scanned the surroundings, ignoring the hustle and bustle, and walked straight through the crowd to the City Lord Mansion in the center of the small city.

Zheng Yongming and Sun Jiafeng followed beside him, observing his serious expression, and couldn’t help but ask, "Mr. Chu, has something changed at the City Lord Mansion?"

The City Lord Mansion was guarded by experts, but since this was just a small city, they couldn’t be top-tier experts.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a sigh, "The Undying Evil Venerable indeed has no humanity."

"What do you mean?" The two were curious.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Inside, it’s already been slaughtered."

Their faces changed dramatically, and they floated over the walls to directly jump inside.

Moments later, they reappeared, their faces pale and gloomy.

Chu Zhiyuan had already turned around, surveying all around, his gaze scanning the crowd.

The Golden Sword at his waist was unsheathed and darted into the crowd.

"Ah!"

"Who!"

"Damn it!"

...

Cries of anger and screams filled the air.

Chu Zhiyuan remained calmly indifferent, watching as the people around him stepped back one by one, leaving a large open space.

Six men had already fallen to the ground, their appearances and clothing varied.

"Sir, they are...?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "They are responsible for the massacre."

Sun Jiafeng’s face was grim, angrily saying, "Damn bastards!"

Zheng Yongming frowned, "Were they under control?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, "Most likely."

Sun Jiafeng said, "Do we let them go?"

After all, these people were victims too, their bodies turned into tools.

But it was their hands that acted.

The guilt among them is hard to determine and needs the Court to scrutinize.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "It’s useless, when they were controlled, their fate was sealed."

"What fate?" Sun Jiafeng asked.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The sound of muffled thunder resounded continuously, with red mist all around.

People screamed and retreated.

The Golden Sword sliced through the air, forming a golden ring.

The exploding red mist was confined within a meter, unable to spread.

But a living person suddenly exploded into a cloud of red mist.

Ordinary citizens had never witnessed such a shock, screaming and retreating in panic.

Sun Jiafeng angrily said, "Despicable!"

Zheng Yongming’s face was gloomy as he slowly said, "What a vicious method!"

Chu Zhiyuan was somewhat indifferent, his gaze still searching the crowd.

He said slowly, "This area must be sealed off, it cannot be allowed to spread."

"Understood." Zheng Yongming responded solemnly.

Sun Jiafeng said, "It will eventually spread."

"It’s different." Zheng Yongming said, "Hearing about it and witnessing it personally are two different things, ...Old Sun, you need to return and report this to the Director."

"...Fine." Sun Jiafeng reluctantly said, "Mr. Chu, is it over yet?"

Chu Zhiyuan withdrew his gaze and nodded, "It should be cleaned up."

"Then it’s completely over?" Sun Jiafeng asked urgently.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Thanks to you two for timely reporting, otherwise, it’s hard to say what Ben City would have turned into."

Zheng Yongming sighed, "I just regret our weak cultivation, if we could have stopped it, maybe those people wouldn’t have died."

Sun Jiafeng said, "Old Zheng, what nonsense are you talking about? How could we possibly stop the Undying Evil Venerable! ...Alright, we did what we could, life and death are up to fate. I’m off to report."

He leapt away.

...

Chu Zhiyuan paced through Ben City with his hands behind his back, with a solemn expression.

The Golden Sword, already turned into a stream of light, flew back and forth continually.

Occasionally darting into a branch, or diving into a courtyard.

The abnormal energies were destroyed by the Golden Sword.

After walking a circle, he left Ben City directly, leaving Zheng Yongming to guard the City Lord Mansion.

In a flash, he returned to Heavenly Sword Peak.

...

Inside the Sect Leader’s Hall, he recounted to Lu Wanshan what had transpired.

After listening, Lu Wanshan shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "Zhiyuan, you’re wasting your efforts. You won’t be able to obtain the Court’s top secret technique."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I want to try first, to see if the Court really has this kind of secret technique."

"The Court surely has ancient inheritances." Lu Wanshan said deeply.

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "And they won’t pass it to me?"

"If you were a Court expert, there might be hope, or even a general expert from a Martial Arts Sect, there might be a slim chance, but now..." Lu Wanshan shook his head, "Since you are a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, it’s impossible."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "In this situation, would they rather let the Undying Evil Venerable rampage than give me the secret technique?"

Lu Wanshan nodded, "The rampaging of the Undying Evil Venerable is temporary, but if you learn such a secret technique, no one could stop you, it would be a dire threat."

Chu Zhiyuan sighed, "The Undying Evil Venerable is becoming more rampant, just slaughtered a City Lord Mansion, and that was with timely response, if we hadn’t made it in time, perhaps the whole city would have been massacred."

The abnormal energies destroyed by the Golden Sword seemed to be forming an array.

It was evident that the Undying Evil Venerable not only intended to kill but also aimed to perform some secret technique, perhaps even a sacrificial ritual.

The locations of these energies already encompassed the entirety of Ben City.

This threatened the entire populace of Ben City, and if it were a sacrificial ritual, it meant the sacrifice of an entire city’s people.

It was extremely inhumane.

If he succeeded, it would instill great fear and turmoil among the people, vastly impacting the Court.

The Town Guardian Divine Artifact of the Imperial City had been malfunctioning, hadn’t been restored to its former state, and combined with public panic, it would be adding insult to injury, leading to unpredictable consequences.

"The Undying Evil Venerable is indeed detestable!" Lu Wanshan said in a deep voice, "Beyond redemption even with a thousand deaths!"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "In such a situation, would the Court still be stingy with their secret technique?"

"They would." Lu Wanshan nodded.

Chu Zhiyuan sighed.

Lu Wanshan said, "Don’t be disappointed, the Court’s concerns are not unfounded."

"Do we have to wait until a large-scale catastrophe forms, and then regret and transmit the secret technique to me?"

"It’s more likely that even with large-scale catastrophe, they wouldn’t pass the secret technique to you." Lu Wanshan said.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled wryly, "Sect Leader, don’t we have any?"

"No such secret technique." Lu Wanshan said.

"What about Guanghan Palace?" Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Their heritage is even longer."

Lu Wanshan said, "It probably doesn’t have it either."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and sighed.

Lu Wanshan said, "Zhiyuan, the world isn’t yours alone, do what you can."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Though he indeed had compassion, the key was for the Golden Sword and his cultivation.

The Power of Merit and Faith Power were extremely important to both the Golden Sword and him.