Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1326 - 1322: Reappeared

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Elder, do you think other Spirit Venerables wouldn’t know?"

Qin Ruolan stared at him with bright and shining eyes.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "This Grotto Heaven is related to the Divine Race, right?"

Qin Ruolan’s eyes shone even brighter as she slowly said, "You all found it too?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "This is a sect secret, forgive me, junior cannot elaborate."

Qin Ruolan snorted, "Your nose is quite keen!... However, it’s not certain you really found it."

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.

Qin Ruolan said, "That Grotto Heaven isn’t easy to find."

"A Spirit Venerable making a move and still can’t find it?" Chu Zhiyuan said.

Qin Ruolan chuckled lightly, "Do you think it was found by a Spirit Venerable?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Could it be otherwise? It can’t be a Venerable or below a Venerable, right?"

Seeing Qin Ruolan’s reaction, he knew it was not a Spirit Venerable who found this Grotto Heaven.

This was a bit strange, beyond his expectation.

Qin Ruolan laughed, "You really didn’t find it, trying to trick me, cunning!"

Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists and smiled, "Forgive me, elder."

Qin Ruolan snorted and shook her head, "It’s useless, you can’t find it, no need to waste effort."

Chu Zhiyuan pondered silently.

Qin Ruolan said, "Don’t even think about tracking the movements of the trial disciples."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "I believe the elders within the sect will have a way."

"Then let’s see their skills." Qin Ruolan said, "The Spirit Venerables are strong, but not omnipotent, this is all I’ll say... Ruoling, Hanyue, you two start your closed-door training."

"Yes, Master."

The two girls solemnly clasped their fists.

Qin Ruolan looked at Chu Zhiyuan, "It’s just as well if Ruoling and Hanyue don’t go, otherwise, even with mouths, they couldn’t explain."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Rest assured, elder, even if they go, I wouldn’t use them to explore the location of that Grotto Heaven."

Qin Ruolan chuckled lightly, "That can’t be certain, let’s go."

She turned gracefully like a lotus floating on autumn water.

Xiao Ruoling and Shen Hanyue quickly followed, escorting her to the courtyard gate, watching her graceful figure gradually recede until it disappeared.

The two girls returned to the small courtyard and looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Elder Qin is reasonable and worthy of respect."

Shen Hanyue said, "Princely Heir, is the Heaven-Reaching Sect also searching for that Grotto Heaven? Haven’t found it yet, have they?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

"Do you want us to help?" Shen Hanyue said.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "How could you help? It’s impossible to let you know."

"If we go in this time, you can find it, right?"

"Hmm."

"That’s really a pity."

"It’s not a pity," Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "If I indeed found it because of this, wouldn’t you become sinners of the Profound Yin Palace."

Shen Hanyue, "We also don’t know how you found us."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "Not like the Court determining a crime, it doesn’t require concrete evidence."

Xiao Ruoling asked, "Did the Heaven-Reaching Sect want you, husband, to find it through us?"

"The Heaven-Reaching Sect disdains such means." Chu Zhiyuan said.

"That’s grand!" Shen Hanyue giggled, "After all, it is a Great Sect comparable to our Profound Yin Palace."

"Come, let’s continue our cultivation," Chu Zhiyuan said, "Strive to advance another transition."

"Senior sister got to the Sixth Transition," Shen Hanyue said, "After the Sixth Transition, it becomes hard to advance further."

Xiao Ruoling said, "Husband, you still plan to search for that Grotto Heaven? Since we are not going for the trials, there’s no rush, you go and busy yourself first."

"Being busy doesn’t matter for these one or two days," Chu Zhiyuan said, "I just as well take a break."

The three cultivated together, they progressed rapidly, and so did he.

He felt that the inability to find the New Cave Heaven was likely due to insufficient cultivation.

Further improvement might bring hope.

"Won’t it really delay your matters?"

"No, no, madam, rest assured, come now."

"Alright then."

...

You Meng Heaven

Chu Zhiyuan stood on a mountain peak, staring intently at the sky.

The evening sun cast its last rays, the sky filled with golden clouds, magnificent and splendid.

The glow of the clouds illuminated his face, revealing the confusion on his handsome features.

The Grotto Heaven continued to change, suddenly to the south, then to the north, quickly moving to the east, or shifting to the west.

Two hours ago, he had traveled to the Outer Heaven, sensing several Grotto Heavens with the Taihao Jade Void Scripture, gaining Insight into them.

These Grotto Heavens moved as well, but slowly and smoothly, not with such leaps.

The New Cave Heaven seemed to use its own Earth Origin Technique, shifting through the Void, moving instantly from one place to another, rather than gliding gracefully as with Qinggong.

He shook his head, beginning to compare the situation sensed in Biyuan Heaven.

A moment later, his brow furrowed.

The Grotto Heavens sensed within the Two Layer Heaven were different.

In Biyuan Heaven, the distance was much farther, but within You Meng Heaven, it was much closer.

He frowned in thought.

If it’s truly like this, it would indeed be troublesome, needing to constantly reach one layer after another to get to that Grotto Heaven.

But that Grotto Heaven kept changing positions, making it hard to capture precisely.

This road is impassable.

How did the Profound Yin Palace find this Grotto Heaven?

According to Qin Ruolan’s words, it wasn’t intentionally found by the Spirit Venerables or others.

It should have been accidental, a stroke of luck, unable to be forced.

If so, how did the Spirit Venerables of the Heaven-Reaching Sect get the news?

Suddenly, he had a guess.

Could it be that the Spirit Venerables got the news because the Profound Yin Palace deliberately spread it?

The Profound Yin Palace has the Xuan Guang Shuttle, a Treasure capable of piercing the Void to reach the New Cave Heaven, able to evade the pursuit of other Spirit Venerables.

Knowing there’s a New Cave Heaven, expending effort to search for it, yet ultimately finding nothing.

Ultimately filled with envy and jealousy, yet helpless.

Is this the outcome that the Profound Yin Palace aims for?

He immediately dismissed this thought, feeling that the Profound Yin Palace wouldn’t be so idle.

There must be a purpose he doesn’t know.

The sunset’s light slanted, the colorful clouds in the sky gradually dwindling, gathering only in the western sky as dark red clouds.

The sun finally set.

In the twilight, Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and vanished without a trace.

The next moment, he appeared on a mountain peak in the Outer Heaven, sensing the New Cave Heaven.

Finally, he shook his head.

As the Bright Moon shone brightly, he appeared outside the main hall of the Heaven-Reaching Sect.

The Bright Moon hung high, its clear light enveloping the hall.

The main hall of the Heaven-Reaching Sect became crystalline, like a crystal palace.

But this transparency didn’t allow a view of the hall’s interior.

He took out the Heaven-Reaching Order and stepped into the Light Gate, entering the hall.

The hall was flooded with the cool lunar essence, appearing like daylight despite no candles being lit.

Within the moonlit glow, Ning Dongge and Zhang Ji Yuan were each seated cross-legged, Operating their techniques.

Hearing the sound, the two opened their eyes.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Senior Brother Ning, Brother Zhang, you’ve been staying here all the time, not going home to take a look?"

Every time he came, he saw the two of them.

Especially Ning Dongge, who practically stayed in the hall day and night.

Zhang Ji Yuan was a bit better, often absent.

"It’s quiet here, why go home?" Ning Dongge said, "Little junior brother, any progress?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Unable to find it. By the way, Senior Brother Ning, can the Spirit Venerables within our sect find it?"

Ning Dongge said, "The Grotto Heaven has a repulsion against Spirit Venerables, deliberately obscuring itself from them."

Zhang Ji Yuan laughed, "A Spirit Venerable can’t enter the Grotto Heaven, nor can they find it."

"Then how did the news get out?" Chu Zhiyuan said, "Wasn’t it with ulterior motives?"

"...Well, it’s hard to say." Ning Dongge nodded slowly, pondering, "It could be a trap."

Chu Zhiyuan sighed, "Two senior brothers, I’m really at a loss."

As he spoke, he took out a translucent stone from his bosom and handed it to Ning Dongge.

Ning Dongge waved it away.

Just as Chu Zhiyuan was about to insist, he suddenly stopped, staring at the stone.

A black line appeared.

"What is it?" Ning Dongge asked.

Chu Zhiyuan handed the stone to Zhang Ji Yuan.

Zhang Ji Yuan accepted it with a puzzled expression, noticing that Chu Zhiyuan’s face had changed again. He smiled and said, "What is it, did you see the black line again?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

Zhang Ji Yuan’s smile froze, "There’s really a black line?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.