Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1637 - 1633: Another One

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Previously on Imperial Cultivation...
Chu Miaomiao and Chu Zhiyuan team up to fight two powerful Spirit Venerables who have been hunting and killing other cultivators. Chu Zhiyuan uses a stealth technique to hide while Chu Miaomiao engages the attackers. As the fight intensifies, Chu Zhiyuan unleashes a surprise attack with his Flying Knives, piercing the attackers' hearts and Dantians, incapacitating them.

Being able to kill them so easily is due to the suppression of the Realm, but the power of the Taixu True Scripture is also astonishing enough.

The Divine Essence can originally expel the Spiritual Essence, like the difference between water and oil.

Divine Essence combined with the Taixu True Scripture, plus the suppression of the Realm, is like a knife through tofu.

Chu Miaomiao turned her head to look at him, curiously sizing him up.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "This was a result of taking advantage of the sneak attack."

Chu Miaomiao said, "This isn’t the Eighth Transition, is it the Ninth Transition?"

Even with a sneak attack, she couldn’t achieve this level.

They are Spirit Venerables, and Sixth Transition Spirit Venerables, not made of clay.

The Protective Spirit Gang is impenetrable by swords and spears. Even for other Spirit Venerables, breaking through their Protective Spirit Gang isn’t that easy.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been entangled for so long, both sides still unscathed.

Without breaking the opponent’s Protective Spirit Gang, one cannot harm them.

Chu Zhiyuan’s move that broke the Protective Spirit Gang was overwhelmingly powerful.

The gap between the Eighth Transition and Sixth Transition shouldn’t be this vast.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It is indeed the Eighth Transition."

"Then the Miracle Technique must be formidable," Chu Miaomiao said.

The Eighth Transition has such power; it’s evidently the mystical Miracle Technique enhancing the power of the Realm.

"Who, get out!"

"Hiding and revealing!"

"Despicable scoundrel! Despicable!"

...

The two middle-aged men’s aura rapidly weakened, continuing to roar indignantly.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "Noisy."

Two Flying Knives penetrated their foreheads, exiting from the back of their heads.

They suddenly leaned back, their bodies arching like shrimps, sliding a zhang away in the air before crashing heavily onto the grass.

The two Flying Knives brought out a spurt of red and white as they re-suspended themselves in the air, gently vibrating.

The two middle-aged men lay on their backs, the unwillingness and anger in their eyes quickly dimming until they were extinguished, their lifeless eyes staring directly at the washed blue sky.

Chu Miaomiao glanced at them and knew they were completely dead. Even with any Miracle Technique, it was in vain; with their heads shattered, they were beyond saving.

She curiously examined the two Flying Knives.

The blades were as thin as wings, as clear as autumn water, unstained by blood.

They floated in mid-air, as if looking down at the two middle-aged men, observing their life and death.

Full of Spirituality!

She marveled, "What impressive Spiritual Artifacts!"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile, "They are indeed good knives."

After refining them repeatedly, along with the infusion of the Undying Golden Crystal, they were not only full of Spirituality but also increasingly strong in Breaking Gang effect.

Under the Divine Essence of the Taixu True Scripture’s activation, its might was even more astounding.

He even felt a surge of strong confidence in his chest, believing he could break the spirit armor of a Ninth Transitions Spirit Venerable and kill them.

He immediately discarded this inexplicable confidence.

When encountering a Ninth Transitions Spirit Venerable, it was best to turn away and leave, avoiding their edge.

Chu Miaomiao didn’t rush to look at the corpses of the two middle-aged men, continuing to chat leisurely with Chu Zhiyuan, "I really owe you for this one, thanks for getting revenge."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "An eye for an eye, these two bastards deserved to die."

"If not for my Spiritual Artifact, I really would have died at their hands this time," Chu Miaomiao sighed, "Having no enmity with them, yet just seeing me injured, they wanted to kill me. It’s shocking how wicked people can be!"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "Miss Chu, you probably don’t travel the world much?"

"Hmm—?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Miss Chu, you should be ignorant of worldly matters, focusing on cultivation."

"I’ve always traveled the world," Chu Miaomiao refuted in defiance.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Such wicked people are everywhere. It’s surprising Miss Chu never encountered any?"

The Chu Miaomiao he observed was someone who traveled the world but rarely got involved in the mundane world.

Most of the time, she was a passerby in the mortal world, drifting by without seeing the wickedness of people’s hearts.

Chu Miaomiao frowned at him, very skeptical of his words.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, smiling, "Miss Chu, you’ve always been lucky, so it’s not surprising that you haven’t met such evil people."

She was always like a fleeting shadow in the world, not seeing the evil in people’s hearts was also not surprising.

Moreover, her luck had always been good, encountering good people along the way, never seeing such unsightly and wicked individuals.

Chu Miaomiao said, "Does that mean my luck is bad now?"

She had no doubt about her good luck, with one fortuitous encounter after another, achieving Spirit Venerable in the Guangsheng Sect.

Without immense luck, there was no way to achieve Spirit Venerable, let alone Sixth Transition Spirit Venerable.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "This is the Divine Domain, different from other Heavens and Earths."

"What’s different?" Chu Miaomiao was curious.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "The Heavenly Rules are different, completely different from other Heavens and Earths."

Chu Miaomiao nodded slowly.

She also found that in this particular world, while she still had good luck, she also faced troubles.

It wasn’t as smooth sailing as before, with fortuitous encounters everywhere.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "But your luck isn’t bad, or you wouldn’t have met me."

Chu Miaomiao laughed, "That’s true."

Without Chu Zhiyuan’s rescue, it’s uncertain whether she’d be alive or dead.

If she were in vulnerability and met others, she might not have been saved, possibly harmed instead.

No matter how it’s said, she was saved by Chu Zhiyuan.

Moreover, he also helped in avenging her by killing these two vile individuals.

She looked at the corpses of the two middle-aged men, "Won’t there be fellow sect members seeking revenge?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "They can’t find us, there’s no way for revenge."

Their respective sects were quite powerful, not just them as Spirit Venerables.

Chu Miaomiao asked, "Which sect are they from, from which Realm?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head, "Just toss them into the river to erase the evidence. No matter what sect, it’s useless."

He knew the sects of these two but didn’t know their exact Realm.

After all, no sect would openly mention which Realm they belong to, nor would it typically come up in casual conversations.

Chu Miaomiao nodded quickly, "Yes, erase the evidence."

Without waiting for Chu Zhiyuan to act, a stream of light floated out of her sleeve.

The light stopped beside the two corpses, transforming into a figure—a burly, robust youth.

Chu Zhiyuan curiously scrutinized this young man.

The young man’s face was expressionless; one glance showed he wasn’t normal, devoid of life like a statue.

His skin texture was fine and smooth, indeed wooden.

Made of wood carving, polished shiny and glossy, it could easily deceive the eyes at first glance.

Beneath the wooden texture was a faint pattern, slightly glowing, subtly appearing and disappearing.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "What kind of Spiritual Artifact is this?"

"Spirit Wood Warrior," Chu Miaomiao stated proudly, "A Spiritual Artifact I got from a fortuitous encounter."

"Quite marvelous," Chu Zhiyuan examined it.

Chu Miaomiao offered, "Shall I give you one?"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and waved his hand, "No need, I won’t take what others cherish."

Chu Miaomiao said, "Though this one has only the strength of a Perfect Venerable, it’s useful for rough work. I have another one."

"Then give me one," Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

A small object flew out of Chu Miaomiao’s sleeve.

Chu Zhiyuan took it; it was a small wooden figure, vividly lifelike, with diamond-embedded eyes glowing brightly.

He channeled Divine Essence, immediately sensing a wisp of Spirituality.

He then directly sent it into his Inner Universe.

"Shall we search them?" Chu Miaomiao asked.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "Forget it, keeping such things is just trouble."

These two Spirit Venerables indeed carried valuable items, yet they were tainted with their aura. Keeping them could be a disaster.

Even with Divine Essence, it’s hard to say if it can be fully refined, leaving no trace.

"Alright," Chu Miaomiao agreed.

The burly youth grabbed each body with one hand, lifting them and striding away.

Chu Zhiyuan and Chu Miaomiao followed, watching him reach a surging riverbank, throwing the bodies into the water with a flick.

The rushing river quickly swallowed the corpses, disappearing swiftly beneath the waves.

The Spirit Wood Warrior transformed into a wisp of light, returning into her sleeve.

She clapped her hands, relieved, "All solved, how delightful."

She looked at Chu Zhiyuan with a flowery smile, "Mr. Chu..."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled at her.

She said, "Do you still want that Blood Pearl?"

"There’s more?"

"There’s one more, but it’s different from that one."

She took out a dark green round bead from her sleeve, tossing it to Chu Zhiyuan.