Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1502 - 1498: Farewell

Xiao Ruoling said, "Li Huo Palace seems to never give up, they vow for revenge."

"Hmph, then let’s destroy them!" Shen Hanyue scoffed, her delicate nose snorting.

Xiao Ruoling sighed, "I have a feeling they are at their limit."

"Senior sister, are they at the limit of tolerance?"

"Yes."

"What will they do? Deploy a Spirit Venerable?"

"The next step should be deploying a Spirit Venerable."

"Then let them deploy a Spirit Venerable, we aren’t afraid of them!" Shen Hanyue snorted, then turned to Chu Zhiyuan with a playful smile, "...right, Princely Heir?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "If they truly deploy a Spirit Venerable, it will end in mutual destruction."

Shen Hanyue sighed immediately, "Then what can we do? We can’t simply back down? Besides, it wouldn’t work."

She was well aware of Li Huo Palace.

They never relent when they have the upper hand, and backing down won’t stop them; it will only make them more aggressive.

To make them behave, we must beat them thoroughly until they yield.

But now it seems, they haven’t yielded, instead, they’re about to erupt completely.

She vaguely understood why this was happening.

If Profound Yin Palace were not a women’s sect, but a men’s sect, or a mixed-gender one, it wouldn’t be like this.

Precisely because Profound Yin Palace is all women, Li Huo Palace cannot accept this outcome.

Therefore, no matter how hard they are beaten, they do not surrender, but become more enraged, on the verge of mutual destruction.

Xiao Ruoling said, "At this moment, Forget Sorrow Valley becomes very important, doesn’t it, dear husband?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile, "Wise wife."

Shen Hanyue tilted her head in thought, then slowly nodded, "Got it, they need a way out?"

Xiao Ruoling laughed, "Junior sister, if we offer them a way out, will they take it?"

Shen Hanyue said, "They definitely will, they aren’t truly fearless."

Unable to accept being subdued by women, that’s why they think of going crazy, thinking of mutual destruction.

If there’s an explanation that says this is all a conspiracy from Forget Sorrow Valley, and they’re not defeated by Profound Yin Palace, but by Forget Sorrow Valley.

They would definitely be eager to turn their anger towards Forget Sorrow Valley.

Though Forget Sorrow Valley is also strong, in the eyes of Li Huo Palace, it is far inferior to Profound Yin Palace.

Moreover, Forget Sorrow Valley is also an Evil Sect, deserving of extermination, making it more reasonable to deal with.

Xiao Ruoling said, "Dear husband, it seems we need to inform them in advance."

"Yes, you’re right." Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

He suddenly reached out to hold Xiao Ruoling’s jade-like hand.

Xiao Ruoling stunned briefly, gently struggling, casting him a sideways glance mixed with anger and bashfulness.

Shen Hanyue was still present.

Moreover, Zhou Qingyu was next to them, eyes wide open watching their hands clasped together.

She couldn’t help but blush.

Chu Zhiyuan, however, held her jade hand tightly, his expression solemn, injecting a strand of Divine Essence.

His spirit was strong, and his Divine Essence was extremely powerful, completing a circulation in just a moment.

A thin red line emerged from Xiao Ruoling’s hair, faintly visible.

It seemed like a wisp of smoke, ethereal and continuous.

This thin line was surprisingly about three meters long, swirling around in the air.

Chu Zhiyuan blew a breath.

This thin red line instantly shrank, contracting from three meters to the size of a pinky joint.

Its color changed from bright red to dark brown.

It quietly hovered in the air, motionless.

"This... it’s this move again!" Shen Hanyue shouted coquettishly, "Despicable guys, is it Li Huo Palace again this time?"

Chu Zhiyuan slowly said, "This aura is different from the last time, it shouldn’t be Li Huo Palace."

"Then who could it be?" Shen Hanyue was puzzled.

Xiao Ruoling furrowed her eyebrows lightly, "Could it be him?"

"Who?" Shen Hanyue asked, then realized, "That guy surnamed Song?"

Xiao Ruoling said, "He should have this kind of means, right?"

"But we haven’t encountered him." Xiao Ruoling pondered in confusion, "Those six experts from Li Huo Palace don’t have any issue."

She looked at Shen Hanyue.

Shen Hanyue nodded, "Those six guys are fine, all true disciples of Li Huo Palace."

They had all crossed swords with the six experts from Li Huo Palace.

All practiced genuine Li Huo Palace Martial Arts, extremely pure, very difficult to deal with.

Shen Hanyue confidently said, "There’s no way Song Wantao could pretend to be them, definitely leaving no flaw."

Xiao Ruoling gently nodded.

No matter how skilled Song Wantao is, he couldn’t possibly master Li Huo Palace’s Martial Arts.

With Song Wantao’s abilities, he could infiltrate Li Huo Palace, but during combat, he would be exposed.

These six people could not possibly be Song Wantao.

How did this thing end up on me, and how did it sneak in without a trace?

Chu Zhiyuan said, "He should be watching nearby, intervening quietly."

"That guy!" Shen Hanyue gritted her teeth.

Xiao Ruoling lightly furrowed her brows, pondering.

Playing back the earlier confrontation in her mind, looking for any flaws or clues.

She mused, "On our way back, we stopped at a town to rest and visited an inn."

Shen Hanyue clapped her hands, "Sister, it was in that inn, right? We stayed on the fourth floor, there was no one else upstairs, ... and we floated directly to the fourth floor, didn’t walk from below, didn’t run into anyone."

They had been traveling fast, and later felt exhausted, not only physically but also spiritually.

Seeing a city below, they landed on the top floor of the tallest inn in the city.

"We didn’t encounter people, but not necessarily something else," Xiao Ruoling said.

"Someone poisoned us?" Shen Hanyue asked, "If there was poison, we’d sense it."

Both of them had extremely sharp senses now, far beyond that of ordinary Venerables.

If there was danger or poison, they would sense something amiss beforehand.

She tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Then how was it done?"

Chu Zhiyuan’s eyes suddenly became vacant.

Xiao Ruoling lightly furrowed her brows.

Shen Hanyue said, "Sister, the Princely Heir had to use the secret technique out of concern for us."

She knew Xiao Ruoling was worried about Chu Zhiyuan using the secret technique.

"Sigh..." Xiao Ruoling sighed, "It would be better if my husband comes to the Profound Yin Palace less."

"Sister!" Shen Hanyue’s eyes widened immediately.

Xiao Ruoling said, "My husband didn’t need to involve himself in these matters."

If he stayed in the Heaven-Reaching Sect or Heavenly Sword Sect, he wouldn’t have to deal with these issues.

Staying out of it, he would actually be more carefree, and his cultivation speed would be faster.

Because she was a disciple of the Profound Yin Palace, he got dragged into matters of the Profound Yin Palace.

"Sister!" Shen Hanyue quickly said, "Sister, aren’t your words too hurtful to the Princely Heir?"

Xiao Ruoling gave her a glance and said, "This kind of secret technique, you should also understand how damaging it could be."

"...Yes." Shen Hanyue sighed, "To pry into the Heavenly Mechanism, one must suffer backlash."

She could vaguely feel this kind of Heavenly Rules.

The Heavenly Mechanism is unfathomable.

As mortals, to observe the Heavenly Mechanism rashly, one would have to bear great backlash.

The Court’s Observatory had the Court’s fate to shield them.

Sects observing the operation of the Heavenly Mechanism would have guardians or Divine Artifacts to dispel it.

The Princely Heir, though a Spirit Venerable, didn’t have these to offset the backlash, and using it too much would definitely have repercussions.

"Sister, you’re right," she sighed, "It’s better to advise the Princely Heir to use this secret technique less."

Xiao Ruoling’s expression became serious, staring closely at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan was slowly closing his eyes.

Shen Hanyue also stared at him to see what he would discover.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes and said, "It’s that waiter who’s the problem."

Shen Hanyue said, "The waiter seemed ordinary? He didn’t even know martial arts."

Xiao Ruoling gently nodded, "We tested him, the waiter was indeed ordinary."

Chu Zhiyuan’s expression was grave, "I sensed his aura from the waiter."

His cultivation kept improving, and he continued to advance the Heavenly Yuan Technique using the Divine Artifact.

He vaguely sensed Song Wantao from the waiter and trusted his own feeling.

"It really is him..." Xiao Ruoling sighed, "He’s truly daring."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Please call the other four sisters over."

"I’ll go," Shen Hanyue quickly said.

Chu Zhiyuan suddenly struck Shen Hanyue’s back with his palm.

Her green robe puffed up instantly, and a thin red line shot out from above her head.

Chu Zhiyuan flicked his sleeve.

The three-meter-long thin line quickly shortened to the size of a pinky finger in mid-air, turning dark brown, and floated in the air.

Chu Zhiyuan examined it, his eyes becoming vacant again.

A moment later, his eyes returned to normal, and he slowly nodded, "Very good."

Xiao Ruoling frowned slightly, "Can my husband use it to track Song Wantao?"

Chu Zhiyuan pondered.

He was analyzing what he had seen earlier.

Xiao Ruoling’s spirit lifted, "Can he really catch him?"

"Let’s try." Chu Zhiyuan said, "Expel the ones from the other four sisters too, and see if it works."

Shen Hanyue quickly said, "I’ll be back soon!"

She darted out and disappeared in the blink of an eye.