Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 975: Chapter 971: Emergence from Seclusion

Young Master Meng’s expression was sullen, staring directly at him.

The cold sword tip, filled with icy intent, seemed to pierce straight through the skin to the depths of his brow.

His whole body turned cold.

Leng Tieya sheathed his longsword briskly, clasped his hands with a smile, and said, ”Young Master Meng, I’ve won.”

”Leng Family Nine Swords?” Meng Qi said.

Leng Tieya smiled, ”Forgive me, it’s just a rough skill, not fully mastered yet.”

”Hypocrite!” Meng Qi spat out the words coldly, ”I will keep my promise. You can come to the Meng Family to read at any time!”

Leng Tieya said, ”If I go to the Meng Family, will they trap me like a turtle in a jar and directly seize the Soul Suppressing Seal?”

”The Meng Family is not as despicable as you think.”

”When it comes to Demon Artifacts, there’s no such thing as despicable or not.”

”If you don’t dare to come, you can’t blame me for not keeping my promise.”

”Is this the demeanor of the Meng Family?”

Leng Tieya only brought this up to make the Meng Family wary and unable to act recklessly.

If the Meng Family truly wanted to disregard face and seize the Demon Artifact, they could simply escape with Breaking Sky.

But that was still too risky.

It’s best to send Canghai’s Handwriting directly to Zhongyun City.

His eyes fell upon Lu QiaoZhen, smiling, ”Why not send it to the Lu Family, where I can read it? That should be reassuring, right?”

”...Fine.”

Meng Qi looked around at the onlookers, whose faces were filled with mocking smiles, and had to agree with reluctance.

Leng Tieya said, ”Within ten days.”

”Ten days it is!” Meng Qi snorted, looking at him with disdain.

If it were him, he would have let out a long laugh of victory, leapt away, leaving the demons with an elegant view of his back, to his satisfaction.

Yet he is here fussing about these trivial matters, with no courage or spirit, how petty!

Leng Tieya clasped his fists and bowed to the crowd, let out a hearty laugh, nodded towards Song Lianshuang, and leapt away, turning into a green shadow disappearing into the distance.

”Is that the Third Young Master of the Leng Family?”

”Impressive, impressive, seeing is believing!”

”He’s much stronger than the rumors suggest, is it due to a fortuitous encounter?”

”Born lucky, with good fortune to boot, alas... can’t help but envy!”

”Third Young Master Leng did well! This is Zhongyun City, the Meng Family can’t act recklessly here!”

”Indeed, this is Zhongyun City!”

”I wonder if Miss Lu regrets it?”

”Why regret? The Meng Family is still a little stronger.”

”What a pity...”

Song Lianshuang glanced at Meng Qi, smiled at Leng Yuqing, and gracefully turned to leave.

The beautiful girl, Song Zhixia, followed closely, chattering non-stop, full of praise.

Song Lianshuang’s expression was serious.

”Second Sister, aren’t you happy that Third Young Master Leng won?”

”The Meng Family will never let it rest,” Song Lianshuang shook her head.

After all, it’s a Demon Artifact.

The Meng Family would never give it up and will surely find ways to retrieve it.

”Will they send a Great Sky Demon? The Leng Family has a Great Sky Demon too, they might not fear the Meng Family.”

”The Meng Family also has the Lu Family’s assistance,” Song Lianshuang shook her head.

”The Lu Family...” Song Zhixia tilted her head, thinking.

If the Lu Family and the Meng Family’s experts teamed up, it would indeed be overwhelming for the Leng Family.

Among the Nine Great Families in Zhongyun City, the Leng Family and the Song Family, with the Lu Family and the Fan Family, as well as the Guo Family, have all been close.

In this generation, they’ve all had intermarriages.

The First Young Master of the Leng Family died, and the eldest daughter’s husband too, severing ties with the Guo Family and the Fan Family, and although previously engaged with the Lu Family, they ended up as enemies, leaving only the Song Family.

So will the Song Family ally with the Leng Family to fight the Meng Family?

Song Zhixia asked, ”Second Sister, will we join hands with the Leng Family?”

”...Difficult,” Song Lianshuang gently shook her head.

Song Zhixia asked, ”Will the Leng Family dutifully hand over the Demon Artifact, or stubbornly hold on and eventually be defeated?”

”They won’t hand it over,” Song Lianshuang said.

The Leng Family has always been tough, and although the current Family Head, Leng Dongge, is obsessed with cultivation, he’s still a stubborn person.

The next generation’s Leng Baichuan, gentle and refined, is also essentially tough.

Leng Baichuan has now reincarnated, with Leng Qingfeng being just as tough.

Let alone Leng Tieya.

”Is Third Young Master Leng a First Grade now?”

”Just by his swordsmanship defeating the First Grade Meng Qi, he naturally is First Grade too.”

Song Zhixia marveled, ”Is the Leng Family Nine Swords really that formidable?”

Song Lianshuang said, ”Indeed very strong.”

For Meng Qi, as a Heavenly Demon First Grade of the Great Heavenly Demon Palace, to not be an ordinary hand, yet was genuinely worn down in both defensive power and will to defend.

It shows the strength of the Leng Family Nine Swords.

But the Leng Family Nine Swords is said to be famous for its fierce attack, this seems different from that style.

Facing Leng Yuqing and Leng Qingfeng’s curious eyes, and Leng Yuqing’s inquiry, Leng Tieya smiled, ”I simply incorporated a touch of my own insights.”

By now, they had returned to the Leng Mansion, speaking by the lake in the backyard garden.

Leng Qingfeng was silent throughout, entirely different from how he was in front of Leng Tieya earlier.

He, for a moment, couldn’t accept that Leng Tieya had become so powerful.

Leng Yuqing, on the other hand, was full of excitement.

Regardless of the case, the humiliation had been washed away, and the Leng Family was no longer ridiculed, instead, the Lu Family was mocked for not recognizing talent.

Leng Yuqing then said, ”Will the Meng Family bring a Great Sky Demon to seize the Demon Artifact?”

Leng Tieya said, ”If they truly dare to seize it, then I will offer the Soul Suppressing Seal to the Great Heavenly Demon Palace in exchange for some benefits.”

”What benefits?” Leng Yuqing asked with a smile.

Leng Tieya looked at Leng Qingfeng, ”Let Second Brother enter the Great Heavenly Demon Palace.”

Leng Qingfeng was stunned, then warily looked at him.

Leng Tieya laughed, ”Doesn’t Second Brother want to go to the Great Heavenly Demon Palace?”

”Do you have such a good heart?” Leng Qingfeng snorted.

Leng Tieya said, ”I don’t want to enter the Great Heavenly Demon Palace.”

Leng Qingfeng was doubtful.

Who wouldn’t want to enter the Great Heavenly Demon Palace, this claim is too far-fetched!

Leng Yuqing looked at him puzzled.

Leng Tieya shook his head, ”I want to achieve the status of a Great Sky Demon by my own means, not relying on the Great Heavenly Demon Palace.”

”That’s impossible!” Leng Qingfeng shook his head.

To enter the Great Heavenly Demon Palace, there’s an essential aspect, and the Nine Solutions of Heavenly Demon can’t break through this point.

”I want to try it,” Leng Tieya smiled.

Leng Qingfeng wanted to speak, but Leng Yuqing said, ”Alright, then try it. If the Meng Family really dares to seize it, it’s better to let the Great Heavenly Demon Palace benefit than to let them have it.”

She thought of Leng Tieya having already awakened the memories of his past life.

With the memories of a Great Sky Demon from his previous life, naturally, there was no need to go to the Great Heavenly Demon Palace.

Moreover, with Canghai’s Handwriting, having the chance to examine it is indeed a fortuitous encounter.

——

Chu Liezhao stood before a valley.

Above the valley, ten feet high, a mass of flames floated, resembling a setting sun falling before the eyes at first glance.

The flames hung in the air, burning fiercely, the fire danced incessantly, as if countless elves were dancing.

In the center of the flames, Li Miaotan quietly suspended, serene and peaceful as if in a deep sleep.

The flames enveloping her did not destroy her; instead, they strengthened and nurtured her.

Chu Liezhao keenly sensed the vast difference between the current Li Miaotan and the Li Miaotan before her seclusion.

Li Miaotan was already at the Fifth Transitions, advancing at an astonishing speed.

Chu Liezhao ponderously realized.

Such is the terror of the Phoenix Bloodline; as long as the right place for seclusion is found, cultivation advances rapidly, unlike me, constantly needing to stimulate the mind, endlessly gaining new insights of the world.

Though my progress is swift, it’s due to the combined strengths of my clone and the main body.

The Demon Clan’s memories, the Demon Clan’s experiences, and the perspective on this world are all unique viewpoints, an advantage unmatched by other humans.

Thus allowing me to advance to the Sixth Transition.

Suddenly, his spirit was heightened.

The flames suspended ten feet high in the void began to flicker, as if a fierce wind was howling.

Yet there was no wind around.

He felt a violent power surging within the central flames, precisely the anomaly within Li Miaotan.

Li Miaotan suddenly opened her bright eyes.

The bright, blazing eyes swept indifferently over him like cold lightning, without a trace of emotion.

Chu Liezhao’s body stiffened, followed by a surge of hot blood, and the Sky Dragon above the void let out a dragon’s roar.

The dragon’s roar was silent, echoing only in the depths of his mind.

The dragon’s roar sharply elevated his spirit, as if standing on high, gazing down at the world, peering at Li Miaotan amidst the flames.