Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 648: Chapter 644: Acquisition

He judged that this little demon must be the demon clan expert who injured Uncle.

Uncle was injured in the extraterritorial battlefield, very likely heavily wounded by the demon clan expert.

Uncle clearly harbors extreme hatred towards him.

This grievance naturally needs to be resolved on behalf of Uncle.

However, my cultivation is too weak now, it’s better to wait for the future.

Who can say for certain about the future, maybe I can truly enter the Spirit Guard.

From Chu Honglin’s words, he already understood why he had to join the Spirit Guard.

After one’s cultivation reaches the Divinity Transformation Realm becoming a Venerable, one must go to the extraterritorial battlefield to become a Spirit Venerable.

A Spirit Venerable can only be achieved on the extraterritorial battlefield, whether through the grind of battle, or the difference in spiritual energy, or the stimulus of the demon clan.

The mystery of it remains unclear.

The Venerables who step into the Divinity Transformation Realm can hardly resist the allure of becoming a Spirit Venerable.

...

Chu Zhiyuan returned to his small courtyard in the evening, carrying two boxes of books.

One box was about the records of Demon Suppressing Spirit Mountain, and another box was about the divine language and the divine race.

He saw the Heavenly Person Peak within them.

He thoroughly understood the origins and disappearance of the ancient divine race.

After the disappearance of the ancient divine race, for a time, the inheritance and language of the divine race did not completely vanish.

Some people inherited the cultivation methods of the divine race, calling themselves the Heavenly Person Cultivation Technique, aiming to become Heavenly Venerates.

The Heavenly Person Cultivation Technique improves the cultivation realm, and martial skills are created by harnessing the power of divine language to establish various martial arts.

The Great Demon Seal was among them.

Later, the heavenly persons divided again internally, with some advocating a focus on the Heavenly Person Cultivation Technique to improve the realm.

Another group felt the Heavenly Person Cultivation Technique had no hope of succeeding, and instead, the divine language martial arts were more practical, focusing on divine language martial arts.

Further division led to most being wiped out in the long river of history.

Demon Suppressing Spirit Mountain received one path of divine language martial art inheritance, integrating it into their own martial arts system, becoming their fundamental martial art, the Great Demon Seal.

The original name of the Great Demon Seal was certainly not this, it was changed by Demon Suppressing Spirit Mountain.

So it’s very difficult to understand the meaning of that divine language.

The Great Demon Seal can be practiced successfully, relying on the mind state that harmonizes with the Six Demon Subduing Scripture and the Great Demon Seal.

The Six Demon Subduing Scripture has already been lost.

However, compared to the Six Demon Subduing Scripture, the Great Demon Seal is even more valuable.

He saw these, thinking there wasn’t much difference compared to seeing nothing.

He only understood the origins, but divine language and Heavenly Person Cultivation Technique weren’t mentioned at all.

He quickly collected his thoughts and continued cultivating, but just when he was utterly exhausted, instead of falling asleep immediately, he laughed softly.

Unexpectedly, he had reached the sixth transition.

The Yin Yang Fish became more agile, rotating faster, and the primordial energy became more pure.

Six circles of light appeared outside the fish’s eyes.

His cultivation speed indeed scared people.

——

In the early morning, just as he set foot on the Great Bright Peak, two Imperial Guards approached, cupping their fists: ”Your Highness, the quota contest will be held in Diwu Academy today.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded: ”Lead the way, thank you both.”

In the last four days, the Eldest Prince hadn’t used any tricks.

It’s evident that he didn’t know the true realm of my Great Brightness Fist.

He had already been distracted by my practice of the Great Demon Seal.

This means that this quota is in the bag for me.

The efforts of these two Imperial Guards are significant.

Both smiled and shook their heads.

They led the way ahead, ascending the icy stairway, slowly arriving outside the ice palace hall at mid-mountain.

Chu Honglin stood outside the large door, waved upon seeing him.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and cupped his fists, coming forward: ”Uncle, has it begun?”

Chu Honglin looked him up and down, nodded with satisfaction: ”Doesn’t seem like you’re so nervous and excited that you couldn’t sleep.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: ”Just a small matter, nothing to be nervous about!”

Chu Honglin laughed: ”Go inside then.”

The Seventh Prince hurriedly came out, seeing Chu Zhiyuan, he heaved a sigh of relief: ”Ninth brother, you’re finally here, hurry up!”

Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Is it about to start? Not waiting for me?”

The Seventh Prince said irritably: ”None of them thought they should wait for you, thinking whether you come or not won’t make a difference.”

Chu Zhiyuan snorted.

Chu Honglin said nothing.

These little fellows are just making noises by themselves, if the Ninth Prince really didn’t show up, they couldn’t start.

That’s the rule, missing one person means unfairness.

They entered the large door, turned past the wall, arrived at the main courtyard.

A square large courtyard, except for the side corridors, it was about ten zhang long in the center.

Below the steps of the main hall were two strange beast incense burners.

Green bricks paved the ground, forming a unique and elegant style with the white jade walls around.

A group of princes and princesses gathered in the courtyard, chatting and laughing in small groups.

Four middle-aged men in purple robes stood in the center, motionless like four statues.

They closed their eyes, basked in the golden light of the sun, their presence like a mountain.

As Chu Zhiyuan entered, he saw Chu Zhen and Chu Qiao among the girls, looking around, upon seeing him, they waved energetically.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and waved back, followed the Seventh Prince and Chu Honglin to the center.

Came before the four middle-aged men in purple robes.

Chu Honglin said: ”Fifth brother, the Ninth Prince is here, we can start.”

A middle-aged man opened his eyes, it was Chu Hongming whom he had seen earlier in the palace.

Chu Hongming looked solemnly at Chu Zhiyuan: ”Ninth Prince, what hour is it now!”

Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Fifth Uncle, don’t waste everyone’s time, since everyone is here let’s begin.”

”You are insolent!” Chu Hongming snorted.

Chu Zhiyuan looked indifferent: ”Fifth Uncle, everyone didn’t come to listen to you scold me, they came to compete for the quota, ... Brother, shall we have a match?”

His gaze turned to the Eldest Prince Chu Liechu in the crowd, calling loudly.

Chu Liechu revealed a smile: ”Ninth Brother, aren’t you too impatient?”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”All these brothers have been bought over by you, too embarrassed to compete with you, so it’s up to me to contend.”

”Fifth Brother, what are you saying!” The Fourth Prince snorted in a low voice.

The princesses looked at him curiously, watching him provoke all the brothers with a single sentence.

Chu Zhen and Chu Qiao were helpless.

Big Brother is different in private than before, but in front of others, he’s the same as ever.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”Fourth Brother, do you dare to spar with Big Brother? ...Knowing you won’t win, you refuse to act to avoid shaming yourself?”

”...” The Fourth Prince’s face was sullen.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, saying, ”A practitioner is afraid of failure. Truly... Fourth Brother, you better stay put!”

He looked at the Eldest Prince, ”Big Brother, do you dare to duel with me?”

The Eldest Prince looked around.

All the princes were silent, their gazes turned elsewhere.

The Eldest Prince’s eyes moved towards the Second and Third Princes.

Both princes also turned their gaze aside.

Among the princes, only the Eldest, Second, and Third Princes could surpass the Fourth Prince.

Cultivation realms matched their ages.

Those inferior to the Fourth Prince naturally had no reason to act and couldn’t discern the depth.

The Second and Third Princes had no intention of testing Chu Zhiyuan for the Eldest Prince.

As things stood, the Eldest Prince had to face Chu Zhiyuan directly.

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled, ”Big Brother, no matter the schemes and methods, in the end, it all comes down to a duel.”

”Ninth Brother, let me learn from you then, to see if your Great Brightness Fist is as formidable as your words.”

”Big Brother, please—!” Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists.

The other princes made way, and the Eldest Prince walked steadily to the center.

Chu Hongming said sternly, ”Are you two going to compete?”

”Please, Fifth Uncle, supervise.”

”Only spar, no deadly moves,” Chu Hongming said heavily, ”You’re brothers, so keep the peace!”

”Yes,” Chu Liechu nodded.

Chu Zhiyuan grunted, ”Fifth Uncle, you’re always so verbose, hurry and make way!”

Chu Hongming snorted, ”You brat, very well, start!”

They took a step back, clearing space.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed softly, ”Big Brother, I’ll give you a little surprise, watch the fist!”

A floating punch.

Above his head in the void, a cluster of soft light appeared and then quickly vanished.

In the next moment, a light fist appeared before Chu Liechu’s chest.

Chu Liechu had no time to react and was already sent flying, spitting out a blood arrow in mid-air.

”Ah--?!”

”Impossible!”

”Spirit Transformation!”

...

Everyone blurted out.

This scene left them dumbfounded.

Only Chu Honglin had a smile at the corner of his mouth, watching Chu Liechu fall with a ”crash” like a stone, staggering to stand.

In the astonished gazes of the crowd, Chu Liechu’s face flushed like drunkenness, looking at Chu Zhiyuan in shock.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”Big Brother, want to try again?”

Chu Liechu took a deep breath to suppress the frustration in his chest, swallowing down the blood arrow.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”Big Brother, don’t force it, no need.”

Chu Liechu took another deep breath, slowly said, ”The Great Brightness Fist at the Entering Spirit Level?”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, ”Big Brother, keen eyes.”

”How is it possible...”

”Once facing death, I’ve had a deep insight into the Great Brightness Fist, it’s a blessing in disguise, indeed, the saying ’great peril brings great fortune’ is quite true!”

”I see!” Chu Liechu’s face turned bitter, shaking his head with a sigh, ”The Great Brightness Fist at the Entering Spirit Level, I am no match either.”

”Big Brother, still want to compete?”

”...Forget it.” Chu Liechu shook his head, cupping his hands, ”Congratulations, Ninth Brother.”

Chu Zhiyuan proudly cupped his hands in return, his gaze shifted to the other princes, ”Second Brother, Third Brother, want to test my Great Brightness Fist too?”

The Second and Third Princes, both outstandingly handsome, now looked solemn, staring intently at him.

They were speculating whether Chu Zhiyuan had the ability for a second punch or even a third.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Second Brother, come on!”

The Second Prince finally shook his head, ”Forget it, I’m not your match.”

”What about Third Brother?” Chu Zhiyuan asked.

The Third Prince, helpless, said, ”Neither am I.”

Chu Zhiyuan suddenly burst into laughter, overjoyed, watched by all in confusion, not knowing what madness came over him.

Chu Hongming shouted, ”Ninth Prince, why are you laughing?”

”Fifth Uncle, don’t you find it funny?” Chu Zhiyuan pointed at the Second and Third Princes, ”Both Second and Third Brothers wanted to take advantage of each other, seeing who would face me first to see if I could punch again, yet neither wanted to step up first, and so I benefited.”

”Ninth Prince, shut your mouth!” Chu Hongming barked.

He looked at the angry, flushed faces of the Second and Third Princes and felt helpless.

Really, there’s no way to handle this Ninth Prince, a troublemaker who speaks his mind, piercingly accurate, hitting the heart.

These things can’t be spoken bluntly; otherwise, it offends people.

The Ninth Prince, however, is unafraid of offense.

If not for his royal lineage, a child’s family would have beaten him long ago.

Chu Zhiyuan stopped laughing, ”Fifth Uncle, can we announce the results? The spot is mine, right?”

Chu Hongming looked around, his gaze passed over the princes’ faces, and eventually landed on the Eldest Prince.

The Eldest Prince’s complexion had returned to normal, just paler by a margin, wounded but not lightly.

The Great Brightness Fist at the Entering Spirit Level was amazingly powerful.

If Chu Honglin hadn’t placed his palm on his back, helping to dissolve the fist’s power, he would have spat blood again.