Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1634 - 1630: Encounter Again

Shen Hanyue giggled and said, "Qingyu, are you ready to suffer? I won’t be holding back!"

Zhou Qingyu laughed. "Aunt Shen, bring it on!"

She also really wanted to know what level she had reached now, how strong she was.

And also how big the gap between her and a Spirit Venerable really was.

Having suddenly become a Venerable at Perfection, she had, for the moment, lost her sense of how strong or weak she was.

She should be very strong, but how strong exactly, she wasn’t sure.

Xiao Ruoling said, "Squeeze Qingyu’s limits as much as you can. Qingyu, the longer you hold out, the better."

"Yes, Madam." Zhou Qingyu nodded solemnly.

Shen Hanyue was itching to go, saying excitedly, "Then let’s start now!"

Zhou Qingyu clasped her fists solemnly, aura surging around her. "Aunt Shen, please—!"

"Watch the move!" Shen Hanyue let out a crisp laugh as her pale little hand pushed out.

This palm was silent and soundless, with no visible power.

Zhou Qingyu reached out her right palm to meet it.

"Bang!"

The two palms could no longer draw closer once they were ten meters apart.

She flew off at an angle, rolled once in midair, then turned back again, diving toward Shen Hanyue once more.

"Little Qingyu’s not bad!"

"Bang!"

Shen Hanyue laughed crisply again and sent out another palm, swatting Zhou Qingyu flying once more.

Zhou Qingyu turned again in midair and dove toward her anew.

"Again!" Shen Hanyue giggled repeatedly, palms shooting out nonstop.

With the lightest of pushes from that pale little hand, Zhou Qingyu would be sent flying.

She flew back and forth in the air, constantly being blasted away and then turning back, over and over in a cycle.

The aura around her seemed to grow stronger the more she was beaten down, changing from a surging flood into crashing waves smashing against a cliff.

Xiao Ruoling stood to the side with her hands behind her back, feeling her changes, and nodded in satisfaction.

As a Spirit Venerable, she could crush Zhou Qingyu, and she could clearly sense Zhou Qingyu’s changes.

It was obvious that Zhou Qingyu’s aura was growing stronger because she was rapidly unifying with her Cultivation, making it even more refined.

The inherited power was rapidly transforming into her own power.

Once the transformation was completely finished, only then could she be considered a true Perfect Venerable, and only then could she continue forward and break through to become a Spirit Venerable.

Before the transformation was complete, it was impossible to achieve Spirit Venerable.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile. "You two go on. I’ll head out first."

"Husband, you..."

"I’m going to find a place to study my inheritance."

"If this place is too noisy for you, let’s go to my courtyard."

Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand. "It’s not because of that. I need a special environment. I’m going to the Divine Domain."

Xiao Ruoling lightly furrowed her brows, looking at him in puzzlement. "You can really cultivate in peace over there?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "There’s a place where I can cultivate in peace. Don’t worry, my lady."

Xiao Ruoling nodded and did not try to persuade him further, but exhorted him to be extremely careful.

Chu Zhiyuan agreed with a smile, squeezed her jade-like hand, and vanished in a flash.

The next instant, he appeared in the Divine Domain.

He appeared inside the Elephant Beast’s Cave Mansion.

The Elephant Beast appeared on his left shoulder, glanced around, then shot out.

It had many stone caves; this was only one of them.

This one was specially prepared for Chu Zhiyuan.

A Jade Bed had already been set up inside.

The stone cave was spacious, over ten meters tall and more than ten meters in diameter.

He sat cross-legged on the Jade Bed and began to study the Taixu True Scripture.

Over a hundred Divine Language characters formed scene after scene, those scenes replaying continuously without end.

As he pondered along with them, he slowly merged into those scenes, as if he were personally within them, personally experiencing cultivation scene after scene.

After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes.

The deep vicissitudes in his eyes were thick enough to seem almost solid, as if he had lived through a long and ancient span of years.

This sense of vicissitude faded rapidly; after more than a dozen breaths, his eyes returned to clarity.

They were once more lively and bright, seemingly untouched by worldly dust, pure and clean.

His face was full of emotion as he shook his head and let out a sigh.

The inheritance of this Divine Race Heart Method truly was profound, beyond imagination.

Those Divine Language characters were not written words, but unique scenes and personal experiences of the Divine Language.

Over a hundred Divine Language characters formed a span of long years.

Immersed within, it was as if he himself had lived through that long, long time; his heart and spirit underwent a long baptism, his wisdom and experience both undergoing a buildup and sudden growth.

He had become an Avatar of a Divine Race being, undergoing a long cultivation, cultivating the Taixu True Scripture for a very, very long time.

He had almost forgotten how long it had been.

With a thought, the Taixu True Scripture began circulating within his body; though he had just started cultivating it, he was already extremely familiar with it.

The Divine Essence flowed smoothly through his Meridians, without the slightest sluggishness or unfamiliarity.

Clearly he had just obtained the Taixu True Scripture, yet it felt as if he had cultivated it for a very long time.

As the Divine Essence circulated with the mental method, a tower appeared above his head.

Ancient and weathered, as thick as a man’s arms encircling it, over a meter tall, it hovered three meters above his head.

At first, it was faint and indistinct, but as the mental method ran, it gradually became clearer.

In the end, it was clear and vivid, almost substantial.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes, a look of emotion on his face.

Suddenly, with a flash of white light, the Elephant Beast appeared on his left shoulder, its tail wagging ceaselessly as its voice sounded in his mind: "Is that the Taixu Tower?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Is this the Taixu Tower?"

"I don’t know." The Elephant Beast said, "As soon as I saw this tower, I thought of the Taixu Tower. But it can’t be the real Taixu Tower."

"But this mental method I practice is the Taixu True Scripture." Chu Zhiyuan said.

"The Taixu True Scripture?" The Elephant Beast said in surprise, "Could it be the mental method used to control the Taixu Tower? ...It can’t be such a coincidence, right?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

He also felt it was far too coincidental.

More importantly, the Taixu Tower was still in the hands of the Divine Race.

So where exactly did this Taixu True Scripture he had obtained come from?

The Elephant Beast said, "If it really were the mental method of the Taixu Tower, then when you circulate the mental method, you should be able to sense the Taixu Tower, right?"

"...Right." Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

"Did you sense it?" the Elephant Beast asked.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

"Then it’s not." The Elephant Beast laughed. "That’s a pity. If it really were the Taixu Tower, wouldn’t you become the master of the Taixu Tower right away?"

Chu Zhiyuan couldn’t help laughing. "Even if I became the master of the Taixu Tower, I’d still have to see whether the Divine Race would agree."

The Elephant Beast tilted its head and thought a bit. "That really doesn’t seem likely."

This sort of Secret Technique was impossible to pass on to outsiders, not to mention that Chu Zhiyuan was not of the Divine Race.

Yet Chu Zhiyuan cultivated Divine Essence.

And aside from the Divine Race, it seemed that the Human Race could not cultivate Divine Essence.

So was he considered Human Race, or Divine Race?

In terms of skill, he was already no weaker than the Divine Race.

But he still wasn’t truly of the Divine Race; a Divine Artifact like the Taixu Tower was absolutely impossible for him to master.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "No matter what connection this Taixu True Scripture has with the Taixu Tower, its power is indeed extraordinary, and that’s enough."

He could clearly feel that his Divine Essence was more solid, far surpassing before.

With such Divine Essence driving the Cloud Dragon Fist, its power would double.

His current strength, compared to before he entered the Inheritance Hall, had at least doubled.

Within this Divine Domain, even if he could not run rampant, he no longer needed to worry about other Spirit Venerables overshadowing him.

Relying on the Taixu True Scripture, even if he encountered a Ninth Transitions Spirit Venerable, he could still retreat with his life.

Moreover, if he could completely refine the Void Divine Flower, he would have one more life-saving method.

However, the Void Divine Flower was indeed troublesome; after all this time, his Inner Universe still hadn’t managed to fully merge it with his Heart and Spirit.

The Spiritual nature contained within the Void Divine Flower was extremely tenacious, its core solid and not so easily dissolved by the Inner Universe.

"Come on, let’s continue to Dragon Mountain!" Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile.

He and the Elephant Beast vanished in a flash, the next instant appearing on Dragon Mountain.

As soon as he appeared, he frowned slightly, discovering that there was someone at his original spot—it was Chu Miaomiao.

However, Chu Miaomiao did not look very well at this moment.

She was lying in the valley he had created, motionless as if dead.

And her aura had already been cut off.