Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 117: Chapter 115: Jade Liquid

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Chu Zhiyuan couldn’t be bothered with that side, Super Sense focused on himself.

Under the stimulation of the Flying Dragon Ball, the fourth layer of the Dragon Transformation Technique ran over thirty cycles, expanding the range of Super Sense by one meter.

As the fourth layer operated, the bones became lighter and more agile, merging more closely with his own.

He was deeply immersed, unable to extricate himself.

The golden qi condensed by the fourth layer fused into the marrow, adding a hint of gold to the pure white marrow, faint and almost negligible.

With this trace of gold, the marrow seemed more active, more spiritual, thus influencing the unknown brain.

His thoughts appeared broader and faster.

He couldn’t help but think of the Miao Ling Pearl.

So he opened the Cold Jade Box and took out the ink-black Miao Ling Pearl.

The Flying Dragon Ball still rested on his chest, the fourth layer of the Dragon Transformation Technique roared on, and he suddenly felt a hint of strangeness.

Super Sensing Illumination saw a wisp of clear air emerge from the Miao Ling Pearl, creeping through the palm, merging with the golden qi.

The golden qi received its integration, flashed and turned into golden light, then drilled into the marrow.

He immediately felt the difference.

Originally just vigorous in spirit, broad in thoughts, but now became agile, lively, light, and swift.

The feeling of ease and having wisdom in hand arose spontaneously.

With Super Sense, he truly felt like a god.

Heavenly insight.

Overlooking the world, nothing could hide, all was in front of his eyes, there were no more secrets.

He knew this feeling was not to be indulged, and immediately dismissed it.

He found that Super Sense could actually illuminate the inside of the Miao Ling Pearl.

Under the pitch-black exterior, the inside was actually filled with liquid.

Like melted jade, emerald green, crystalline, gentle, slightly swaying.

As wisp after wisp of aura drifted out, the jade liquid decreased very slightly.

Chu Zhiyuan estimated that even a year of driving it would not exhaust it.

Marrow refining wouldn’t take a year.

He picked up the Flying Dragon Bone, the only remaining bone still retained a trace of aura, he tried, but couldn’t integrate this aura.

Clearly, the fourth layer of the Dragon Transformation Technique no longer required the Flying Dragon Bone.

What about the Dragon Blood Pearl?

He couldn’t help but think of his Fifth Grade Merit Jade Token.

Now he saw, there was no need to exchange for the Miao Wu Pill, with the Miao Ling Pearl present, it could be used to exchange for the Dragon Blood Pearl.

With that thought, he acted, standing up to go to the Heavenly Treasure Department.

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”Yuan’er, I heard from the Empress that the Da Meng mission will arrive in a few days.”

The family was gathered in the front hall for dinner.

The lights were bright as day.

Chu Minghou just casually mentioned that Duke Kang came over once, Song Tianhai received family punishment and caught a cold, lying in bed unable to come over.

Bai Ningshuang snorted coldly, unwilling to say more, instead eagerly brought up the news heard in the palace.

”Mother,” Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”The Da Meng mission won’t also have the Princely Heirs spar, will it? We aren’t allying with Da Meng.”

”The one coming from the Da Meng mission is the Ninth Princess, and she’s a formidable figure who will definitely find a way to deal with you.”

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow and smiled.

He had already seen some information about the Ninth Princess in the Inspection Department, knowing her prowess.

”Once she arrives, she will certainly find a way to force you to spar and then suppress you. Who made you so prominent?”

”She is a Grandmaster, not Innate.”

Bai Ningshuang said, ”A twenty-five-year-old Grandmaster, isn’t that terrifying? The most talented in Da Meng’s history, a true disciple of the Phoenix Sword Sect, seemingly followed personally by a Great Grandmaster of the Phoenix Sword Sect.”

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

The Phoenix Sword Sect is one of the Four Great Sects of Da Meng, with an exceptional status.

The Four Great Sects of Da Meng have an even higher status compared to the Four Great Sects of Da Jing, similar to the transcendence of the Four Great Demon Sects of Da Jing.

But their relationship with the Imperial Family is closer, unlike Da Jing, where it turned against them.

A twenty-five-year-old Grandmaster, indeed, is terrifying.

Innate Eleventh Layer, Twelfth Layer, Innate Perfection, these three layers are the hardest, and what’s harder is finding the path of the Grandmaster.

Martial Arts prodigies spend their time here, leading to a rapid entry into Innate, then soaring, only to suddenly get stuck.

Stuck in finding the Grandmaster path for ten years or decades is too common, and most people get stuck for a lifetime.

Now, I’m in the Twelfth Layer, already breaking the norm, a shocking achievement.

In another month, I should reach Innate Perfection, leaving only the path of finding the Grandmaster, unknown how long it will take.

I dare not say I can become a Grandmaster at thirty.

This Ninth Princess becoming a Grandmaster at twenty-five is truly extraordinary, thus holds superior prestige in Da Meng.

So young yet capable of leading a mission to Da Jing.

Bai Ningshuang couldn’t help but yearn, ”Yuan’er, if you can defeat the Ninth Princess, that would be truly exhilarating.”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”Mother, stop dreaming, I can’t beat her.”

”Sigh... after all, you are young.” Bai Ningshuang helplessly nodded, ”If you were of the same age as her, you could definitely surpass her.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”That’s not impossible.”

Ordinary Grandmasters are alright, with the Washing Sword Technique and the Heavenly Breaking Sword Technique, I might not be unable to defeat them, but the Ninth Princess is a top-tier prodigy, practicing the top sword technique of the Phoenix Sword Sect.

Bai Ningshuang said, ”Prince Ying returned just in time, he will definitely surpass her!”

Among the princes of this generation, the strongest is said to be Prince Ying, with Grandmaster Perfection currently impacting Great Grandmaster.

The other princes seem to not have reached Grandmaster Perfection yet.

Or they might have but are keeping it hidden, or they are lying low, not wanting external influence while making silent efforts.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

No matter how strong the Ninth Princess is, she can’t surpass Prince Ying.

So she won’t actively seek battle, she came to Da Jing with the Da Zhen Mission intending to disrupt the Da Jing and Da Zhen alliance.

As to how she will do that, it depends on her methods.

If it weren’t for the rule that diplomatic envoys are not harmed during conflicts between nations, the easiest solution would be to capture and expel her immediately.

But given the Court’s way of doing things, it probably won’t make such a show of weakness, rather will openly allow the Ninth Princess to come.

Chu Zhiyuan just watched as a bystander, feeling it had little to do with him.

He was more concerned about how to further advance, whether after achieving perfection in the third layer, he could break through the Jade Tower without a month’s meticulous effort, reaching it in one step.

After the meal, he returned to his room to practice the fourth layer of the Dragon Transformation Technique, stopping occasionally to practice the Great Purple Sun Technique, attempting to shatter the last layer of the Jade Tower in one go.

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Chu Zhiyuan sat cross-legged on the couch in Listening Wave Yard, holding an ink bead with his left hand and a red bead with his right.

The ink bead was the size of a pinky nail, while the red bead was the size of a baby’s fist.

It was the Dragon Blood Pearl exchanged from the Heavenly Treasure Department using Fifth Grade Merit.

The chest bore the Flying Dragon Ball.

The fourth layer of the Dragon Transformation Technique for marrow refining was running at high speed, with the breaths from the left hand and the right hand drilling in, merging into the golden light, then into the marrow.

The marrow was undergoing subtle changes, turning toward gold.

Chu Zhiyuan felt the similarity with the changes in his bones before.

If the aura of the Miao Ling Pearl had enhanced his insight, then the aura of the Dragon Blood Pearl was strengthening his soul.

With the addition of the aura from the Dragon Blood Pearl, the speed of the marrow turning to gold had qualitatively increased, at least ten times faster than before.

Through the consumption of the Dragon Blood Pearl and the changes in the marrow, he initially estimated that achieving Perfection in marrow refining required at least three Dragon Blood Pearls.

One Dragon Blood Pearl required Fifth Grade Merit, three would require three Fifth Grade Merits, making him despair.

For the following days, he remained in seclusion, taking leave from the government office, ignoring external matters, diving into intense cultivation, almost to the point of not leaving his residence.

He discovered that the jade liquid inside the Miao Ling Pearl could regenerate on its own; every midnight, it would be fully restored, seemingly derived from nature’s spiritual energy.

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