Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1019: Chapter 1015: Ambush

Li Chunhou leaned forward: ”Found it?! ... Is it really found?”

He was half-believing.

After becoming a Venerable, senses and perception evolved, beyond ordinary imagination.

Relying on some Miracle Technique and Abnormal Skills, one can track the owner of a breath from even a hundred miles away.

But it is not that easy for a Venerable to sense and track another Venerable.

All Venerables consciously block the leakage of their breath to avoid being sensed.

Chu Liezhao nodded: ”He is still at Yukunlun Palace.”

”Yukunlun Palace?!” Li Chunhou leaned forward more intensely, eyes wide open.

He immediately sat back with a chuckle: ”Bluffing, brother-in-law?”

He did not believe Chu Liezhao could sense such a distant location.

Li Miaotan gave him a sidelong glance: ”Third Brother, just because you can’t do it, does it mean others can’t?”

Li Chunhou chuckled: ”It’s not that I don’t believe in brother-in-law, it’s just that...”

Chu Liezhao laughed: ”Third Brother, I haven’t practiced any tracking Miracle Techniques, only relying on my own perception, an indescribable subtle sense, sometimes vague, sometimes definite, hard to explain clearly.”

Li Chunhou was invigorated: ”Could it be that you also possess a bloodline, brother-in-law?”

Since it wasn’t due to secret techniques, he became more convinced.

Seeing Li Miaotan’s Rebirth firsthand, he deeply felt the wonder and mystery of bloodline.

Chu Liezhao laughed: ”Not really.”

”Hmm...” Li Chunhou pondered: ”It’s hard to say, it is said that we of the Imperial Family all have a bloodline, but as generations passed, it has become thinner, almost nonexistent. Sometimes, like with Little Sister’s revival of bloodline, some bloodlines awaken with special traits, which are uniquely gifted... Brother-in-law, this perception may very well be such.”

Chu Liezhao thought for a moment: ”I seemed to have had this advanced perception since childhood.”

Li Chunhou said: ”Then you should find a Miracle Technique to enhance your perception.”

”I tried, it wasn’t useful,” Chu Liezhao replied, ”Better to rely on my own instincts.”

Li Miaotan saw that they were eager to continue their research and pulled the topic back: ”Should we ambush outside Yukunlun Palace?”

Chu Liezhao said: ”Yukunlun Palace doesn’t want to provoke Purple Sky Jade Pavilion. We should wait until Wen Siming leaves and ambush him on the way, to spare the Imperial Concubine from difficulty.”

”Yukunlun Palace, humph!” Li Chunhou shook his head, emitting a strange sound, eliciting a glare from Li Miaotan.

Li Chunhou pursed his lips, unwilling to accept: ”Little Sister, you don’t have any dissatisfaction with Yukunlun Palace?”

Li Miaotan replied: ”I don’t get involved in the feud between Mother and Yukunlun Palace.”

Li Chunhou pursed his lips: ”You are always clever and intelligent, pleasing Father and Mother, but in truth, it’s cunning! Yukunlun Palace indeed goes too far!”

Li Miaotan retorted: ”Isn’t Fengtian Palace excessive too? Which of these top sects isn’t excessive?”

”... Alas, if I were Father, I’d have dealt with them long ago, wouldn’t tolerate their arrogance!”

Li Miaotan said: ”According to Mother, before Father ascended the throne, he had quite the fiery temper, but changed completely once he sat on the throne.”

”Why is that?” Li Chunhou was puzzled: ”Is it to maintain the Court’s stability, to endure compromise?”

Chu Liezhao said: ”It’s likely because of Grotto Heaven.”

”Grotto Heaven? What does Grotto Heaven have to do with it?”

”If we provoke those Great Sects, they dive into Grotto Heaven, refusing to come out. What can the Court do?”

”That indeed makes sense,” Li Chunhou sighed: ”Grotto Heaven...”

Li Miaotan’s bright eyes glittered, deeply gazing at Chu Liezhao.

She suddenly thought, Chu Liezhao now possessed the ability to break open Grotto Heaven.

He could open the Light Gate anytime and enter any Grotto Heaven.

His own Cultivation is powerful, if he advances two more transitions, becoming Nine Transitions Venerable, he would have the capability to disrupt any Grotto Heaven, unless confronting a Spirit Venerable.

If so, would these top sects dare to remain so arrogant?

If she becomes the best in the world, let him take her into any Grotto Heaven.

These top sects would surely become very obedient!

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but feel excited, her eyes flashing like the cold stars.

Chu Liezhao said: ”Madam, it’s best to inquire more about any connections between Yukunlun Palace and Purple Sky Jade Pavilion with the Imperial Concubine, also to prepare Yukunlun Palace.”

Li Miaotan furrowed her delicate eyebrows, discerning the hidden meaning in Chu Liezhao’s words.

It suggests suspicion of connections between Yukunlun Palace and Purple Sky Jade Pavilion.

Possibly some collaboration in secret.

This is not impossible.

Li Chunhou, however, did not pick up on it, huffing: ”Let them fight, only by fighting can they show us favorable faces.”

Once the two sides fight, they would lose their intimidatingness over the Court.

Chu Liezhao shook his head with a smile.

Li Miaotan gave Li Chunhou a side glance: ”I’ll go ask Mother.”

She stood up and left.

Li Chunhou hurriedly said: ”Little Sister, wait for me.”

He stood up, gestured to Chu Liezhao: ”Brother-in-law, let’s go.”

Chu Liezhao smiled and cupped his fist, watching him rush out of the yard, catching up with Li Miaotan: ”Little Sister, is there really a need for such trouble!”

Li Miaotan moved like a graceful willow, yet at great speed, glanced at him: ”Third Brother, you...”

Li Chunhou defensively: ”What did I do wrong? Did I anger brother-in-law?”

Li Miaotan huffed: ”Forget it, better to practice diligently.”

It’s not the first time she touched upon this, yet he remained clueless, born this way, no choice.

Better to practice diligently.

...

Chu Liezhao was practicing the First Technique of Spiritual Abyss Body Washing in the small courtyard.

After mastering the First Form, his understanding of the First Form differed from before.

Chu Liezhao’s physique had not yet been completely refined by the First Form, requiring time.

But with a different comprehension, the refining speed suddenly increased, speeding up by more than ten times.

He estimated needing another month to fully complete the First Form, finishing the refining of both feet.

By then, he could span distances like the main body, reaching a hundred meters in one step.

Sunlight was bright, the azure sky seemed freshly washed.

He basked in the radiant sunlight, listening to the heavenly sounds in the air, immersed in the wondrous realm of merging with the earth.

The sound of clothes fluttering reached his ears, he slowly stopped practicing the Spiritual Abyss Body Cleansing Record.

Standing quietly for a moment, he turned to look at Li Miaotan entering through the door.

Li Miaotan’s perfectly beautiful face was tightly drawn.

Chu Liezhao asked: ”Is there really a connection?”

Li Miaotan sneered: ”Mother didn’t admit it, but judging by her expression, there definitely is.”

Chu Liezhao said: ”Then their actions become understandable, not weakness, but for interests.”

Li Miaotan coldly said: ”Only interests, devoid of humanity!”

She was both angered by the connections between the two sects, and by the disregard for her own life.

She is, after all, the granddaughter!

Her grandfather really puts sect above kinship, with familial ties insignificant!

Chu Liezhao said: ”Madam, sometimes, occupying a certain position, there’s no choice.”

He naturally understood Li Miaotan’s anger, not from the sects’ connection but from the Palace Master of Yukunlun’s disregard for familial affection.

He found it unsurprising.

Not to mention a granddaughter, even direct sons, some people still discard them without hesitation?

Li Miaotan huffed: ”Never mind them, act when necessary.”

Chu Liezhao said: ”Since the Imperial Concubine doesn’t find it difficult, you may proceed freely.”

Li Miaotan said: ”Mother reminded, beware it might be a trap.”

Chu Liezhao smiled and nodded.

...

After finishing lunch, they took a few laps in the back garden, returned to the bedroom, preparing to take a short nap, when Chu Liezhao suddenly said while sitting on the couch: ”It’s time to act.”

Li Miaotan was instantly invigorated.

She instructed Li Yuchun to help put on her robe again, intending to act together with Chu Liezhao.

Chu Liezhao did not refuse, and they quickly disappeared from the bedroom, appearing at the mid-mountain on a peak the next moment.

Li Miaotan recognized immediately, this was where prior fights took place.

Chu Liezhao lowered his voice: ”Wen Siming is thirty miles away, running quite fast.”

”Should we catch up?”

Chu Liezhao said: ”Since he has emerged, it’s easier now, let’s wait for his ambush.”

Li Miaotan’s bright eyes lit up.

Chu Liezhao said: ”Without an ambush, it would be rather dull.”

Li Miaotan said: ”Don’t mess it up.”

Chu Liezhao said: ”This is our Phoenix’s territory, let’s see if they can overturn us.”

Li Miaotan nodded lightly, feeling bold and ready to try.

She also wanted to see what kind of ambush Wen Siming could set up.

A quarter of an hour later, they witnessed the experts Wen Siming had stationed.