Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1577 - 1573: Target

Song Chaoge and Li Hongzhao stared at him with curious eyes, as clear as water.

Wondering what conclusion he might arrive at.

Li Hongzhao had guessed what Chu Zhiyuan was doing.

Knowing that Chu Zhiyuan was searching for traces left by the Donghuan Saint Technique, seeking clues through these traces.

Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes after a tea break and slowly shook his head: "Couldn’t find anything."

Song Chaoge asked, "Zhiyuan, what are you looking for?"

Chu Zhiyuan replied: "Searching through memories, checking if there’s any record of the divine calamity, or other clues... Senior, was the heavenly change caused by that divine calamity?"

"That, I don’t know," Song Chaoge said: "I’m afraid no one knows. There isn’t even a shred of record about the heavenly change."

"Divine calamity... change..." Chu Zhiyuan pondered, "Did the Divine Race leave because of this divine calamity?"

"Hmm..." Song Chaoge frowned, deep in thought.

"After the divine calamity, heavenly change, the Divine Race departed," Chu Zhiyuan said: "Nature’s spiritual energy began to thin, akin to water without a source; it continues, and eventually, cultivation becomes impossible."

"That’s not the case," Song Chaoge shook his head: "For us in Biyuan Heaven, the spiritual energy changes are limited and haven’t shown signs of weakening."

Li Hongzhao said: "Master, in our Little Outer Heaven, spiritual energy is indeed becoming increasingly sparse."

Chu Zhiyuan ultimately shook his head.

Despite the power of the Divine Eye, it couldn’t see through the changes in a world.

Song Chaoge said: "The Court didn’t expect to obtain this Divine Artifact; after all, it is far too distant, and this Grotto Heaven is incredibly perilous."

Chu Zhiyuan asked: "Is this Divine Artifact truly linked to the Four Holy Veins?"

Song Chaoge slowly replied: "This Divine Artifact is refined with the bloodline of the Four Holy Veins merged into it, requiring the assistance of the Four Holy Veins to activate."

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Then there should be records of the Four Holy Veins, right? As far as I know, the Four Holy Veins have a technique for bloodline inheritance."

"These are all the memory inheritances," Song Chaoge shook his head: "During the inheritance process, these memories become increasingly vague, only scraps and fragments can be obtained, triggered only when our Four Holy Veins entered Grotto Heaven."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

With the descent of generations, the bloodline grows ever thinner, and naturally, the memories it contains diminish as well.

Only with the emergence of True Blood can the bloodline be restored, possibly even to the stage of Perfection.

According to what he observed from the Donghuan Saint Technique, there is True Blood within this Grotto Heaven.

True Blood incites internal strife among the Four Holy Veins, extremely fierce.

One must find a way to obtain True Blood, to avoid a deadly struggle among the Four Holy Veins, which would be immeasurable merit.

As for who the True Blood should go to, half is for Li Hongzhao, the other half for Li Miaotan.

He hasn’t obtained it yet, but has already thought about how to allocate it.

Li Hongzhao said: "Master, why do I lack these memories? ... And the secret technique hasn’t been passed to me!"

Song Chaoge shook his head: "Your bloodline isn’t pure or dense enough."

"My bloodline isn’t dense enough?!" Li Hongzhao was unconvinced: "Then why is my cultivation so fast?"

Song Chaoge said: "Your current cultivation level, the bloodline isn’t the key factor. If anyone else had this kind of bloodline, they couldn’t possibly reach this stage."

For the Four Holy Veins, the purity and density of the bloodline are crucial, determining the speed and limits of cultivation.

Yet Li Hongzhao broke this norm, precisely because of Chu Zhiyuan’s presence.

Without Chu Zhiyuan’s assistance, no matter how strong Li Hongzhao’s aptitude was, her bloodline alone couldn’t have achieved such rapid cultivation, or reached this Realm.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Then I’ll just explore casually as a form of completing the task."

Song Chaoge said: "Experts from the Outer Realm have also stepped in, you need to be careful."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded: "Senior, where are the other three vein gates?"

"It’s quite far from here," Song Chaoge said: "Why, do you want to see them?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "Can I have a look?"

Song Chaoge said: "Hongzhao, take Zhiyuan to visit them."

"Master, will they allow me to go?" Li Hongzhao hesitated.

"If I go, they might be unwilling, but you... that’s different," Song Chaoge smiled: "They don’t want to seem weak in front of you, and they want to explore your capabilities."

"They are unconvinced," Li Hongzhao snorted: "Want to redeem themselves?"

"That’s for sure," Song Chaoge said: "The experts of your generation are immersed in arduous cultivation, eager to wipe away past shame."

She spoke with a bright smile.

No matter how hard they try, they can’t catch up with Hongzhao. I’d really love to see their expressions.

Li Hongzhao giggled: "Interesting, then I’ll go visit them now!"

She turned to Chu Zhiyuan: "Do you want to enter the gates they have in this Grotto?"

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Better to have a look; let’s go to the Green Lion Lineage first. The rest, if visible, great; if not, it doesn’t matter."

"Alright, let’s go." Li Hongzhao pointed to the left: "That direction is the Green Lion Lineage."

Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists and saluted Song Chaoge: "Senior Song, then we shall leave."

Song Chaoge smiled and clasped his fists.

...

Heading east for about ten miles, Li Hongzhao halted in front of a mountain range.

It was a mountain range lying across like an Azure Dragon.

Chu Zhiyuan asked: "Do we need to cross over?"

Li Hongzhao replied: "This mountain range has extremely fierce beasts, we dare not cross over, nor do they dare cross to us. See if we can make it through; if not, we’ll go from Biyuan Heaven’s side."

Chu Zhiyuan pondered.

Suddenly, on his left shoulder appeared an Elephant Beast.

The Elephant Beast squatted on his left shoulder, tail raised, its eyes forming two golden lines.

Li Hongzhao curiously examined the snow-white Elephant Beast, reaching out with her jade hand but was blocked by Chu Zhiyuan.

Li Hongzhao turned to look at him.

"It’s not an ordinary pet," Chu Zhiyuan said: "Show some respect."

Li Hongzhao smiled: "Not a pet, so is it a Divine Beast then?"

"Though it’s not a Divine Beast, it is both a Spiritual Beast and a Strange Beast," Chu Zhiyuan said: "It possesses innate divine abilities, can break arrays, and discern fortune and misfortune."

"It——?" Li Hongzhao grew even more curious.

The Elephant Beast’s eyes returned to round, glancing sidelong at Li Hongzhao, and in Chu Zhiyuan’s mind it snorted: "There are three Golden-winged White Eagles; is she your woman?"

"Three?"

"Two little ones and one big, very fierce."

"No other powerful Strange Beasts?"

Elephant Beast said: "The rest aren’t threatening, they’re irrelevant... she’s quite audacious!"

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled and soothed it with a few words, giving Li Hongzhao a look.

Li Hongzhao smiled: "Looks like you two can communicate, then what did this Spiritual Beast find?"

Upon hearing Chu Zhiyuan’s words, she frowned: "This Golden-winged White Eagle is very powerful?"

"Yes, you can’t beat it," Chu Zhiyuan said.

"How about you?"

"I can suppress it, let’s go," Chu Zhiyuan said: "This mountain range is fine, not too dangerous, not fatal."

He drifted forward, gliding over the treetops, gracefully like clouds.

Li Hongzhao moved alongside him, her red robe fluttering, her graceful curves faintly visible: "I can’t stop it, and it’s not dangerous?"

"The Golden-winged White Eagle is proud, hence not so dangerous," Chu Zhiyuan said: "They generally ignore ordinary experts."

"What about experts like me?"

"They might come to have a look," Chu Zhiyuan said: "So don’t come by yourself."

While chatting, they had already reached the peak of this mountain, sliding down towards the other side.

Li Hongzhao looked around: "Why haven’t I seen them? Haven’t they noticed us?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "Concealed our aura, didn’t disturb them."

Li Hongzhao looked at herself, then at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan flicked his sleeve.

A fist-sized stone flew out of the woods, like an arrow released from the string, shooting towards Li Hongzhao.

Li Hongzhao was about to strike, but found it suddenly burst into powder two meters away.

And these powders fell, along an arc descending to the ground.

Through this arc, Li Hongzhao realized she was inside an air dome.