Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1465 - 1461: Counter Stratagem

Shen Hanyue was overjoyed beyond measure: "Then what are we waiting for, let’s just wipe him out!"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

Xiao Ruoling said, "Husband wants to wait a little longer?"

Shen Hanyue was taken aback, her bright eyes sparkling: "In that case... we do it again?"

Xiao Ruoling couldn’t help laughing: "Impossible, right? A second time, how would they fall for it again?... They’d turn our plan back on us, no?"

"Heehee, Senior Sister, so what if they turn our plan back on us?" Shen Hanyue said. "How many people can they send to kill me? More than ten?"

"It might indeed exceed ten."

"If it’s ten... killing them all in one breath would be perfect!"

"How could that be." Xiao Ruoling shook her head. "Husband can’t make a move. We can’t handle ten or more. If the other senior sisters follow along, they won’t show themselves."

"Princely Heir, give me a few more Flying Knives, then it’ll be about enough." Shen Hanyue giggled. "These Flying Knives are way too strong."

Without those four Flying Knives, without shattering Zheng Xiu’s Protective Gang Qi and Protective Treasure in one go, if Zheng Xiu had managed to hold out for a few moves, the four guys ambushing in the distance would have had time to rush over.

Not only would she have failed to kill Zheng Xiu, she herself would have had to flee in disgrace.

"Junior Sister, how many Flying Knives do you want?" Xiao Ruoling said with a smile.

"Of course the more the better." Shen Hanyue giggled. "Princely Heir, what’s the most you can give me?"

Streams of light slipped out from Chu Zhiyuan’s sleeve and stopped above their heads.

Shen Hanyue’s eyes lit up at once. She counted, and her eyes shone even brighter: "Twelve, good, good, good! That’s definitely enough."

Twelve, plus the four before, made a total of sixteen Flying Knives; even ten people could be dealt with.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Then let’s give it a try."

Shen Hanyue turned around and headed out.

Xiao Ruoling faintly felt something was off; doing it this way was too blatant, the experts of Li Huo Palace wouldn’t fall for it again.

They might very well, in their rage, surround and attack directly.

Xiao Ruoling said softly, "Husband, will a Spirit Venerable make a move?"

Chu Zhiyuan’s eyes suddenly turned vacant.

By the time Shen Hanyue vanished at the courtyard gate, he returned to normal and shook his head with a smile.

Xiao Ruoling said, "There won’t be any problem, right?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head. "The experts of Li Huo Palace are arrogant too, and they’ve been wanting to wash away the humiliation from before."

"What will they do?"

"This time they’ll send stronger experts, maybe that fellow will personally take the field." Chu Zhiyuan said, "If you’re uneasy, my lady, shall we go take a look?"

"All the better." Xiao Ruoling said quickly.

She really wasn’t at ease, afraid something would happen to Shen Hanyue.

Chu Zhiyuan looked over at Zhou Qingyu.

Zhou Qingyu was in high spirits, fiddling with the White Jade Meditation Mat, never getting tired of playing with it.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Qingyu, your Mistress and I are going out for a bit, you practice on your own."

"Yes, Master." Zhou Qingyu answered absent-mindedly, her eyes fixed on the White Jade Meditation Mat.

Xiao Ruoling said, "If anyone comes, tell them I’ll be back soon."

Zhou Qingyu looked up and agreed with a smile: "Yes, Mistress."

Seeing Chu Zhiyuan glaring at her, she quickly smiled and said, "Master, don’t worry, I won’t slack off."

Chu Zhiyuan snorted. "You’d better not."

He wrapped an arm around Xiao Ruoling’s slender waist, and the two of them flickered and vanished without a trace.

The next instant, the two appeared amidst a mass of thick white clouds.

The clouds were as thick as snow, forming towering snowy peaks.

Xiao Ruoling glanced around and felt it was very similar to the area outside Profound Yin Palace.

Chu Zhiyuan sent a Sound Transmission into Secret: "We’re about thirty li from Profound Yin Palace."

Xiao Ruoling also used Sound Transmission into Secret: "Husband, with you showing up, what about the Spirit Venerables of Li Huo Palace?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile and told her about how he could now conceal his aura.

Xiao Ruoling’s eyes lit up; she said in surprise, "You can actually do that?"

She then shook her head with a rueful smile. "Just like in Little Outer Heaven?"

Back in Little Outer Heaven, other Great Grandmasters hadn’t been able to mask their aura, yet he had managed it.

So now that he’d become a Spirit Venerable and could do it again, it didn’t feel all that strange.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile.

Though the situation was different from Little Heaven Beyond, the result was similar.

Xiao Ruoling said, "But this isn’t something we can easily reveal."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded. "Right now, other than you, no one else knows."

Xiao Ruoling nodded gravely.

She had specially asked around and heard quite a few senior sisters talk about how Spirit Venerables conducted themselves.

Acting on a whim, utterly unscrupulous.

If they learned Husband had this ability, they’d see it as a huge threat and never allow him to exist.

The next thing they’d do, naturally, would be to join forces to get rid of Husband, only then could they feel at ease.

Husband for now could only hide his aura; he wasn’t invincible under heaven.

Even if he were invincible under heaven, being the public enemy of all the Spirit Venerables in the world would still make survival difficult.

So this absolutely could not get out.

As they chatted idly, Xiao Ruoling kept searching the surroundings for movement.

She focused her mind to sense, but felt nothing at all.

Chu Zhiyuan moved without a sound, walking in the Void as if on level ground, without needing Xiao Ruoling to activate the Spirit Shuttle.

Without activating the Spirit Shuttle, she drew in her aura and was almost impossible to detect.

Chu Zhiyuan jerked his chin.

Xiao Ruoling followed his gaze and saw two men standing side by side atop a snow peak.

One was middle-aged, the other young.

Under their feet was a patch of white cloud; at a glance it looked no different from the surrounding clouds.

In her eyes, however, the difference was clear.

This cloud was a shade darker, and more importantly, the two men stood on it without causing the slightest distortion.

It was like a lotus leaf floating on the surface of water, bearing them as it slowly moved.

Xiao Ruoling looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded lightly.

Without a word, Xiao Ruoling already knew this was the one who possessed the Tracking Spiritual Artifact.

Xiao Ruoling’s bright eyes flashed.

Chu Zhiyuan gently shook his head, a smile on his face.

Just then, the round-faced, honest-looking young man lowered his voice: "Master Zheng, that woman has appeared again!"

"Appeared again?" The middle-aged man had handsome features and a gloomy face. He said coldly, "Where is she headed?"

"Same route as before. Looks like she’s dead set on going to some place." The young man frowned.

"Do you think she’s noticed she’s being tailed, and is treating last time as a coincidence?"

"We didn’t hear what Junior Brother Zheng said to her," the young man said. "This Shen Hanyue is said to be a Martial Arts prodigy, and sharp as well. Maybe she saw through it and is using our plan against us this time."

"That girl is a tough one." The middle-aged man’s face darkened. "Junior Brother Zheng actually fell into the hands of a single girl; who knows if he still has a chance to escape."

"Master Zheng, Junior Brother Zheng has already..."

"Mm—?"

"From what I can sense, Junior Brother Zheng is no longer with us." The honest-looking youth shook his head.

The middle-aged man ground his teeth. "Those filthy bitches of Profound Yin Palace! Vicious! They won’t even spare a corpse!"

There was no way they could have seen through Zheng Xiu’s Life Protection Skill and killed him completely. The greatest likelihood was that Profound Yin Palace had simply destroyed his corpse.

No matter how formidable a Life-saving Technique, once the body was utterly destroyed, there was no saving it.

The honest youth shook his head. "Junior Brother Zheng was unlucky as well."

Even though Shen Hanyue’s name was resounding, Junior Brother Zheng Xiu hadn’t been some pushover either.

Besides, the four of them had gone to back him up; they’d only been a bit farther away, that was all.

No matter how outmatched Junior Brother Zheng was, he shouldn’t have been unable to withstand even a few moves from Shen Hanyue.

Junior Brother Zheng had even chatted a bit more just to stall for time.

Yet he still failed to hold out and ended up in Shen Hanyue’s hands, losing his life.

"If she’s turning our plan back on us, how many experts will she bring?"

"Hard to say. They probably haven’t sent a Spirit Venerable."

"A Spirit Venerable is impossible." The middle-aged man shook his head.

The honest youth said, "Should we summon all our nearby comrades and go all out to kill her?"

"Besides her, who else has a secret mark on them?"

"Xiao Ruoling should have one too, and six Disciple of Profound Yin Palace as well."

"If Profound Yin Palace dispatches a lot of experts, you’ll be able to sense it, right?"

"Yes."

"They haven’t moved out, have they?"

"Looks like it’s just her alone."

"Then there’s no need to send that many experts. That’d only alert those filthy bitches. Let’s butcher this damn girl first!"

"How many of us go?"

"Six!"

"Alright."