Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1470 - 1466: Countermeasures

She turned her head and said, "I’ll go tell Master!"

"Hold on first." Xiao Ruoling hurriedly said.

Shen Hanyue was puzzled. "Senior Sister, the sooner we handle this kind of thing the better. What are we waiting for?"

Xiao Ruoling said, "We need to figure it out clearly first, so we don’t get it wrong."

Shen Hanyue said, "All we need is to report it to Master, Master will report to the Palace Master, and the Palace Master will send people to investigate. That’s definitely faster than us checking on our own, right?"

She looked at Chu Zhiyuan. "Princely Heir, isn’t that so?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Mm, if the entire Profound Yin Palace gets involved in the investigation, it will indeed be faster."

His eyes suddenly turned vacant.

The two women immediately looked at him.

Chu Zhiyuan’s eyes quickly returned to normal. He slowly nodded and said, "It really is an Evil Artifact."

Shen Hanyue asked, "Did the Palace find that out?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded. "There is an Elder in the Palace who recognizes this Evil God."

"What exactly is an Evil God?" Xiao Ruoling asked softly.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "An Evil God is a Spirit Venerable of an Evil Sect, possessing some unbelievable powers."

Xiao Ruoling said, "A level above an Undying Evil Venerable?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

"If that’s the case, it really is terrifying." Xiao Ruoling sighed softly. "It’s just that we don’t know how terrifying exactly."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Once one becomes an Evil God, the terrifying things they do will no longer be discovered."

Shen Hanyue tilted her head. "How can they not be discovered?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "When they harm people, it’s without the knowledge of gods or ghosts; the victim might even think it’s a joyous occasion."

"That’s impossible, isn’t it?" Shen Hanyue said. "How could that be?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "As long as you twist someone’s perception, you can do that. Once they reach the level of an Evil God, they’re capable of this."

Shen Hanyue said, "If they can really pull that off, wouldn’t they be invincible under heaven?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "There’s no such thing as being invincible under heaven. Evil Gods’ abilities are about the same as those of Spirit Venerables, just a bit more secretive."

"Then... Spirit Venerables can handle them, right?" Shen Hanyue asked.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

"How do you deal with them?" Shen Hanyue asked curiously. "What about you, Princely Heir?"

"Me? My Realm isn’t there yet. I imagine your Palace has more experience with this."

"Then..." Shen Hanyue turned her head to look at Xiao Ruoling. "Senior Sister, we still ought to report to Master as soon as possible?"

Xiao Ruoling looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Shen Hanyue said, "Senior Sister, let’s go together, so we can explain it more clearly."

Xiao Ruoling couldn’t help laughing. "You..."

She understood what Shen Hanyue meant—she didn’t want to hog the credit, so she pulled her along.

Shen Hanyue giggled. "Let’s go, Senior Sister."

Chu Zhiyuan tossed the Strange Insect Jade Pendant over.

Shen Hanyue caught it, grabbed Xiao Ruoling’s jade-like hand, and the two of them left together.

Chu Zhiyuan looked toward Zhou Qingyu.

Zhou Qingyu was still cultivating, but her mind was elsewhere; her movements, however, had not gone out of form.

Chu Zhiyuan snorted lightly. "What did you pick up from that?"

"Evil God." Zhou Qingyu hurriedly snapped back to her senses, and her movements became steadier and more forceful.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Don’t worry, you won’t run into an Evil God."

Zhou Qingyu asked curiously, "Why won’t I run into an Evil God?"

"They don’t dare provoke you," Chu Zhiyuan said. "You’re a Spirit Venerable’s disciple."

Zhou Qingyu couldn’t help but smile. "Is a Spirit Venerable’s Disciple really that impressive?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "And how many Spirit Venerables do you think there are in all the world?"

"But Master, you’re not considered the strongest among the Spirit Venerables, are you?" Zhou Qingyu said.

Chu Zhiyuan slanted a glance at her. "Are you looking down on your Master?"

"Your Disciple wouldn’t dare." Zhou Qingyu grinned. "Are Evil Venerables even more afraid to provoke Master?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "The Evil Venerables and Undying Evil Venerables I’ve killed are too many to count. I do have some reputation."

Zhou Qingyu looked at him in amazement.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "You don’t know my name because I’m not in your Dan Yang Heaven. These Evil Gods have already crossed between heavens and earths, so they naturally know who I am."

Zhou Qingyu grew even more curious.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "You’ll naturally come to know these things later on."

Zhou Qingyu grew even more curious, but she knew that asking more was pointless; Master wouldn’t say anything else.

...

Chu Zhiyuan sat down at the stone table and drank tea.

As he drank, he watched Huang Zhengyang through a Flying Knife, watching Huang Zhengyang study the stone walls on either side of the valley entrance.

He was very curious what was strange about the stone walls to make Huang Zhengyang so persistent.

On one hand, Huang Zhengyang was waiting for more experts to share the risk of the Snake Valley; on the other hand, he really was drawn by the abnormality of the rock walls.

As the Director of the Evil Extermination Department, Huang Zhengyang had good luck, and his eye for things was excellent as well.

Whether it was befriending him and staking heavy bets on him, or working tirelessly until he finally became Director...

All of that showed extremely keen judgment.

Since he had determined that these stone walls were strange and held something Mysterious within, then they were indeed worth studying.

He decided that after Huang Zhengyang and the others left, he would personally go there to study them.

...

An hour later, he lifted his head and looked toward the courtyard gate. The two women returned side by side.

As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, Shen Hanyue couldn’t wait to say, "Princely Heir, what you saw was correct. It really is something of an Evil God."

Xiao Ruoling nodded.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Then how are they going to deal with it?"

Xiao Ruoling said, "The Palace Master decided not to make a fuss for now, and to investigate secretly first."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "How do they secretly investigate that Evil God?"

"According to Elder Hu, this strange insect is a Forget Sorrow Worm," Xiao Ruoling said. "It comes from the Forget Sorrow Valley."

"Forget Sorrow Valley... I really haven’t heard of it." Chu Zhiyuan said.

"Princely Heir, Forget Sorrow Valley is an Evil Sect with an ancient lineage that just can’t be wiped out," Shen Hanyue snorted. "After an Evil God appeared, it became even more impossible to destroy!"

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

Zhou Qingyu couldn’t help it; she stopped her movements and ran over to ask, "Aunt, why can’t they be wiped out?"

"Evil Gods are different from Undying Evil Venerables and Evil Venerables," Shen Hanyue said. "They can use a Body Seizing Technique. Once they sense something is wrong, their soul leaves the body directly, so they don’t die."

"Then just destroy his soul together with him," Zhou Qingyu said.

Shen Hanyue laughed. "But souls are very hard to destroy. They have no form, no trace, and move as fast as light. How do you destroy them?"

"Doesn’t that mean you can’t kill them?" Zhou Qingyu said.

Xiao Ruoling said, "With certain Spiritual Artifacts or certain Miracle Techniques, they can still be killed."

Shen Hanyue said, "Or you can just give them no chance for their soul to escape and kill them in an instant."

"Do we have such Spiritual Artifacts?" Zhou Qingyu looked at Xiao Ruoling.

She felt that since Profound Yin Palace was so formidable, they ought to have such Spiritual Artifacts.

Xiao Ruoling nodded.

Shen Hanyue laughed. "Our Profound Yin Palace has a Spiritual Artifact especially meant to restrain Evil Gods. It can handle them!"

Zhou Qingyu immediately clapped her hands. "Impressive, worthy of being the Profound Yin Palace!"

Shen Hanyue said with a coquettish smile, "Qingyu, the Princely Heir also has Spiritual Artifacts and Miracle Techniques specifically for restraining Evil Gods."

Zhou Qingyu looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Your Cultivation is too low right now. Even if you had Spiritual Artifacts and Miracle Techniques, they’d be useless to you."

Zhou Qingyu puffed out her cheeks helplessly.

She realized that whenever he had the chance, Chu Zhiyuan would jab at her a bit, disliking her low Cultivation.

She also wanted to raise her Cultivation in one go, but unfortunately, no matter how powerful the Heavenly Five Mysterious Techniques were, they weren’t that fast.

Her current speed was already fast enough.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Even if Profound Yin Palace has such a Spiritual Artifact, it still needs a Spirit Venerable to activate it. And those Evil Gods are very crafty. They’ll keep far away from Spirit Venerables."

The biggest problem for Spirit Venerables was that they couldn’t hide their aura; they could be spotted from far away.

As the saying goes, a thief has a guilty Heart Void. When Evil Gods see a Spirit Venerable from afar, they naturally avoid them, giving other Spirit Venerables no chance to use their Spiritual Artifacts.

That’s why Evil Gods are hard to kill.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Since that’s the case, I won’t get involved in this matter. This must indeed be clarified—whether there’s a shadow of Forget Sorrow Valley behind this conflict between Profound Yin Palace and Profound Yin Palace."