Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 942: Chapter 938: Complementary

Chu Zhiyuan glanced at them, sheathed his sword, and gracefully landed on the ground.

Lu Qingyuan quickly floated forward, clasped her fists with a smile, and said, ”Prince Consort, congratulations!”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile.

Lu Qingyuan asked, ”Did you have any revelations?”

Although the sword move just executed by Chu Zhiyuan wasn’t the Phoenix Sword Technique, its momentum and power were astonishing.

She vaguely felt that it might have been realized from the Divine Clan Martial Arts.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”The sword move just now was the Hundred Birds Phoenix Sword Technique.”

”Hundred Birds Phoenix Sword Technique?” she quickly asked, ”Then how does it compare to our Phoenix Sword Technique...”

”This is something I just realized. As for the differences and similarities with your Phoenix Sword Technique, I’m not sure,” Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, ”After all, I don’t know the Phoenix Sword Technique.”

Lu Qingyuan’s bright eyes sparkled, ”Prince Consort, do you understand the Divine Language?”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, ”The Divine Language is said to have severed its heritage. I gained insight through random pondering.”

He didn’t want others to know that he understood the Divine Language, as it would bring too many troubles.

Once they knew, they would definitely want to learn it. To teach or not to teach?

If taught and they couldn’t learn, they would only think he deliberately withheld it.

It’s only trouble, with no benefits.

His words earlier neither directly denied nor were they a lie.

”Random pondering?... Prince Consort, you do love to joke!”

Lu Qingyuan covered her mouth with a light laugh.

Her bright eyes scanned the twelve fellow disciples who were slowly sitting on the ground, operating internal energy to heal their injuries.

Among these twelve fellow disciples, two were Venerables, while the rest were at the Perfection of Transformation Intent Realm, just one step away.

Regular cultivators wouldn’t have the confidence to withstand the sword shadow head-on. Those who dared were confident and not easily convinced.

Looking at their expressions, and then at the surrounding forest, one could tell the power of that sword.

This sword far exceeded the Fallen Abyss Sword Technique and the Phoenix Sword Technique.

Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, ”I only realized one sword move, I’ll pass it to you.”

Lu Qingyuan was startled and quickly said, ”This...”

”What was realized here should return here, as a token of my gratitude.”

”... Thank you, Prince Consort.”

Chu Zhiyuan placed his left hand with two fingers extended as a sword, gently pointing at the center of Lu Qingyuan’s dark eyebrows.

Having experienced it once, Lu Qingyuan did not resist and allowed his fingertip to touch the center of her brow.

Her bright eyes immediately closed, and her breathing became slow and deep.

The people around gathered over, trying to find out what Zhiyuan had done to Lu Qingyuan.

Not out of worry, just out of curiosity.

But they didn’t speak to disturb, just quietly watched.

Chu Zhiyuan’s expression was solemn, and he closed his eyes, activating the Heavenly Illusion Pavilion.

In a daze, Lu Qingyuan found herself in a strange world.

The sky appeared a pristine blue, and she transformed into a flying bird.

Gracefully darting through the lush forests, chasing the insects in the air, she suddenly saw a Seven-Colored Phoenix streak across the sky.

Driven by instinct, she soared into the sky, striving to catch up with the Seven-Colored Phoenix.

The more she chased, the further it seemed, and just as the Seven-Colored Phoenix was about to disappear, it suddenly slowed down, hovering in the air.

She immediately rushed forward. At this moment, countless other birds also gathered, flying around the Seven-Colored Phoenix.

The Seven-Colored Phoenix exuded a unique aura, spreading across a mile radius.

Within this aura, intoxication washed over her, and she realized she was transforming, her body growing lighter and more powerful.

Gradually, an inexplicable insight emerged from her heart, as if an ancient heritage was awakening.

...

Chu Zhiyuan slowly withdrew his finger and opened his eyes.

The disciples of the Phoenix Sword Sect around them breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lu Qingyuan.

Lu Qingyuan still kept her eyes closed, her eyelids quivering, her breathing fluctuating between rapid and slow.

Chu Zhiyuan looked toward the golden-bright Bronze Hall, recalling the scene inside.

Inside the Bronze Palace, a soft glow floated, formed by more than a hundred interwoven Divine Characters, forming a golden sphere.

This was a page of Divine Language—a page of prayer and summoning Divine Language.

It was the Hundred Birds Phoenix, an initiation ritual to summon the phoenix through myriad birds.

If one could arrange this formation of myriad birds, a Seven-Colored Phoenix would appear.

With the appearance of the Seven-Colored Phoenix, myriad birds underwent an astonishing transformation into Divine Birds.

Once this page of Divine Language was recited, myriad birds would converge, and then the Seven-Colored Phoenix would manifest.

The heavenly figures who founded the Phoenix Sword Sect witnessed this phenomenon and, while pondering this page of Divine Language, pursued the Phoenix Sword Intent.

The Divine Intent of the Seven-Colored Phoenix.

As the Divine Race vanished, so did the Seven-Colored Phoenix, making it impossible to comprehend the Intent of the Seven-Colored Phoenix.

With great wisdom, they carved out the Phoenix Divine Statue.

Through this Phoenix Divine Statue, they comprehended Sword Intent, condensed Sword Intent, and enhanced the power of their swordsmanship.

Their process of comprehension and experiences were all inscribed within the Bronze Hall.

From their inscriptions, it was evident they did not understand the Divine Language.

He traced back to the origin of this page of Divine Language, channeling the power to the Divine Birds.

Visualizing the true intent of the Seven-Colored Phoenix and executing this Sword Form allowed the True Yuan to transform into Divine Birds, prompting the Flying Bird Sword Essence.

These Flying Bird Sword Essences appeared to be mere phantoms but contained the power of the Divine Birds enhanced by the Phoenix.

Light, agile, sharp, precise.

This is the Hundred Birds Phoenix Sword Technique.

The founding ancestor of the Phoenix Sword Sect was a heavenly person, whose comprehension of the swordsmanship without understanding the Divine Language was remarkably perceptive.

The Seven-Colored Phoenix no longer exists in this world, nor does the true Intent of the Phoenix.

However, the true Intent and essence of flying birds remain in the world, so the power of the Hundred Birds Phoenix Sword Technique surpasses them all.

Furthermore, the Phoenix Sword Technique and the Hundred Birds Phoenix Sword Technique complement each other.

The former is suited for one-on-one duels, while the latter is appropriate for facing multiple opponents.

Those with exceptional insight can naturally execute both forms together, resulting in astonishing power.

...

”Junior Sister Lu.”

Suddenly, someone called softly.

Lu Qingyuan slowly opened her bright eyes, which suddenly reflected flying birds.

She drew her sword from its sheath and swung it.

Dozens of golden bird phantoms immediately gathered and then shot in all directions.

”Bang, bang, bang, bang...”

The crowd couldn’t dodge in time, hurriedly drawing their swords to defend, either soaring into the air or retreating a dozen meters.

Chu Zhiyuan revealed a smile.

Two bird phantoms flew towards him, silently vanishing.

”Junior Sister Lu, have you mastered it!?”

”What a swordsmanship!”

Lu Qingyuan smiled sweetly, turning to look at Chu Zhiyuan: ”Thank you, Prince Consort.”

Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand: ”My insight is limited, not matching the founder of your sect, so the power is limited. Don’t dislike it.”

”Limited power...” Lu Qingyuan chuckled softly, ”With this move, we are no longer weak and isolated.”

If she could pass this style to her fellow disciples, the strength of the Phoenix Sword Sect could instantly multiply several times.

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled, glancing at the surrounding disciples.

”Let’s go then,” Lu Qingyuan said.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Lu Qingyuan bowed to her fellow disciples around her and bid them farewell.

Their gazes remained on Chu Zhiyuan until his and Lu Qingyuan’s figures vanished into the distance.

Someone sighed: ”The Thirteenth Prince Consort truly has extraordinary insight to realize a new sword technique.”

”How did he gain insight?”

”It doesn’t seem different, does it?”

They were also standing in front of the Bronze Hall, contemplating the Phoenix Divine Statue.

”I noticed the Thirteenth Prince Consort seemed to be watching the Divine Palace, not the Phoenix Divine Statue.”

”What’s there to see in the Divine Palace?”

Everyone shook their heads.

Compared to the mystical nature of the Phoenix Divine Statue, which only grew more profound the more you observed, the Bronze Palace seemed to offer nothing worth watching.

Staring at it for as long as you like, it remained unchanged.

”Yet the Thirteenth Prince Consort managed to glimpse insight by watching the Divine Palace.”

”Unbelievable!”

Everyone sighed and tried to watch the Divine Palace again, but eventually gave up.

...

Prince Qing Mansion

In a small courtyard, Chu Zhiyuan slowly assumed an unusual stance, which was the Hundred Birds Phoenix Sword Technique.

Instantly, dozens of bird shadows appeared, swiftly shooting in all directions.

Then they turned in the air, forming a flock, circling around him.