Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 833: Chapter 829: Assassination

Chu Zhiyuan restrained his smile and frowned, saying: ”Demon clan masters? There are quite a few of them outside now, I’m afraid just the few of us...”

”I’m planning to mobilize more masters to eradicate these demons!”

”That’s a duty we mustn’t shirk!” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Most of them are coming for me, but has something happened?”

Li Cunren’s face darkened as he slowly said: ”One of my son, a Military Marquis, was harmed by the demon clan.”

Chu Zhiyuan raised his sword-like brows.

The Military Marquis merely serves as a captain of a hundred-men squad.

For Li Cunren, that should be a small official, not someone he should pay much regard to.

Li Cunren said: ”Military Marquis Qin died on the battlefield, leaving behind his wife and children, and now even his son has been harmed!”

Chu Zhiyuan solemnly said: ”The offspring of heroes, cruelly handled by demon clan!”

Li Cunren with a sullen face, angrily said: ”If I don’t avenge him, how can I face the deceased Military Marquis Qin?”

Chu Zhiyuan asked: ”Military Marquis Qin has no other descendants?”

”There is still one son and one daughter.” Li Cunren shook his head, saying: ”Apart from his wife, there’s also his elderly mother, the grief of two generations, alas...”

Chu Zhiyuan’s expression was heavy, and he slowly shook his head.

Tragedies on earth unfold endlessly, life and death, disease and loss, never ceasing.

Li Cunren said sternly: ”So, this revenge must be sought!”

Chu Zhiyuan asked: ”How shall we proceed?”

”I’ve already mobilized a large number of masters, not only from the Great Sects of Martial Arts, but also several Venerables from the City Guards, this time we’ll clean out the surrounding demon and demon clans!”

Chu Zhiyuan pondered: ”Brother, there’s actually no need to gather such a large force, it might make things difficult.”

Li Cunren frowned: ”Last time, wasn’t it because of too few people?”

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: ”When there are many people, they flee far away, and return once the people have left.”

”With too few people, when we encounter them, we can only hide.” Li Cunren said.

Chu Zhiyuan said: ”How about this, let me take the first action and see.”

Li Cunren frowned at him.

Chu Zhiyuan said: ”I’m not joking.”

”I think you are joking!”

”The demons coming here are determined to die, they’ll resort to Jade and Stone Burning, if too many people, even if we extinguish them, there will be great loss of masters.”

”There can be no battle without deaths, it depends on whether the loss is worth it!”

”Being dragged to death by demons, I find it not worth it.”

”You’re going to act alone?”

”Yes, my Qinggong is better, my intuition is keener, allowing for stealth attacks.”

Chu Zhiyuan flashed and disappeared, reappearing in the next instant behind Li Cunren, delivering a palm strike.

Li Cunren couldn’t react, struck on the back.

Chu Zhiyuan’s palm force wasn’t released, he merely touched the bright yellow robe slightly.

When Li Cunren realized something was wrong, he hurriedly dodged sideways while turning around.

His back was lightly tapped again in an instant.

The palm force penetrated his Protective True Essence, pierced through his Treasure Clothes, as if a needle pricked his back, a slight pain.

He refused to believe it, turning again, still failing to see Chu Zhiyuan, his back pained once more.

As he turned again, Chu Zhiyuan was already standing a few meters away, smiling: ”Brother, how is my Qinggong?”

”You rascal!”

Li Cunren rubbed his back where he could barely reach.

The palm force touched precisely the vital acupuncture point.

If the palm force had been slightly stronger, he wouldn’t just suffer injury but possibly face serious harm.

Chu Zhiyuan said: ”With this move, I can handle a few demon clan masters, can’t I?... Strike first with stealth, kill a few and run, repeat a few times, and they can be extinguished.”

Li Cunren personally experienced Chu Zhiyuan’s astonishing movement technique, no longer finding the idea absurd, frowning: ”You’re still too risky alone.”

Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Then how about inviting a few Venerables for assistance?”

The role of these Venerables is not for slaughter but for containment.

”The few Venerables from last time?”

”...They are of distinguished status, if anything goes awry...”

Li Cunren agreed readily: ”Then let’s use the Venerables of the City Guard!”

Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Brother is wise.”

”With the City Guard, I can only mobilize four Venerables, is that sufficient?”

”It’s enough.” Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Along with my two guards.”

”Are you going to use Li Yuzhen?”

”She is a Spirit Guard, experienced with demon masters.”

”If anything happens to her, Sister Twelve won’t spare you.”

”Madam will understand.”

”Ha, then it’s settled, how about Spiritual Dew?”

”Of course, the more the better.” Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Thank you, brother.”

”Didn’t Mother Empress give you Jade Marrow? Still need Spiritual Dew?”

”Each has its unique use, Heavenly Heart Jade Marrow cannot entirely replace Green Nether Spirit Dew.” Chu Zhiyuan said.

Heavenly Heart Jade Marrow indeed calms the mind, even better than Green Nether Spirit Dew.

But Green Nether Spirit Dew has some characteristics that Heavenly Heart Jade Marrow lacks.

Consuming Green Nether Spirit Dew is greatly beneficial for the soul, the more the better.

”Alright, then I’ll get some more for you.” Li Cunren waved his hand: ”Let’s go.”

Chu Zhiyuan followed him outside, preparing to see him off.

As the two were about to step out of the Prince Consort Mansion gate, Chu Zhiyuan suddenly stopped, pulling Li Cunren along.

Li Cunren stopped, looking at him with confusion.

They stood inside the gate, just one step from crossing the iron threshold and stepping outside.

Chu Zhiyuan’s expression became solemn, he snorted: ”Something’s wrong outside.”

Li Cunren smiled: ”Assassination?”

This seemed absurd, impossible.

The Prince Consort Mansion has guards, and they’re tightly guarded.

Some guards have followed from the Yujing Dynasty’s Imperial Court, originally from the Ninth Prince’s Mansion.

Others belong to the Phoenix Imperial Guard.

If the Prince Consort is assassinated, it would shame the Phoenix Dynasty.

So allowing no incident to happen within the Prince Consort Mansion is crucial.

The Prince Consort Mansion has recently been under assassination threat, hence the adept Phoenix Imperial Guards have been assigned.

There’s even a Venerable among them.

Chu Zhiyuan snorted: ”Assassination is happening.”

His Super Sense had already spotted four figures standing at the base of the wall opposite the Prince Consort Mansion.

These four were merged with the shadow.

The street where the Prince Consort Mansion is located is wide, roughly fifteen meters across.

Opposite is the Duke Yun Mansion, with tall and thick walls.

The slanting golden light of morning casts shadows at the base of the opposite wall.

In the dazzling golden light, the shadow under the wall opposite becomes especially hard to see.

The four merged with the shadow, unable to be seen by the naked eye.

And their aura fused with the shadow, they couldn’t be sensed.

If they had a secret technique to burst speed, the distance of dozens of meters could be crossed in an instant.

Moreover, they carried mysterious objects, giving him a strong sense of danger.

If it was just the four of them, not even Venerables, they wouldn’t pose such a strong danger.

Li Cunren was surprised: ”Really?”

Chu Zhiyuan gestured with his mouth: ”Shrinking over there.”

Li Cunren exerted his eyesight to the fullest but still couldn’t spot the four on the opposite side.

A Autumn Water Divine Blade flew out from Chu Zhiyuan’s sleeve, clear and bright like a leaf lifted into the sky, suspended motionless.

”Go.” Chu Zhiyuan snorted.

”Swish!” The Autumn Water Divine Blade vanished into the air, a clear light flashing away.

”Ah!”

”Humph!”

A muffled sound emanated from the shadow under the opposite wall.

The Autumn Water Divine Blade was too fast, as they were tensing for an attack, they unexpectedly encountered a sneak attack.

These four with Transformation Realm cultivation, plus the element of surprise, couldn’t withstand Chu Zhiyuan’s Autumn Water Divine Blade.

Two had already been hit in the chest and felled, while the other two shot out of the shadow, rushing towards the Prince Consort Mansion gate.

Outside the shadow, they appeared as two gray-clad, stoic-faced middle-aged men, emotionless like wearing masks, still concealing their aura.

Their eyes were indifferent as if it were not them about to charge forward.

”Swish! Swish!”

Another Autumn Water Divine Blade appeared midair, shooting from one gray-clad man’s chest, towards the other gray-clad man’s chest.

The distance between them was too short to evade in time.

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