Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1424 - 1420: Searching

Chu Zhiyuan smiled as he took it: "Thank you, Sect Master."

He didn’t use Super Sense. With the feeling of a Spirit Venerable, he could sense that this knife was remarkable.

Unlike his previous flying knives, this knife had a unique aura.

He tried to inject Spiritual Essence, and the flying knife instantly became as light as a feather, merging completely with his Heart and Spirit.

With a thought, a beam of light flashed, and the flying knife had already shot out, extraordinarily fast.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at the flying knife suspended in the air and praised, "What a good knife!"

The three of them looked at the flying knife hanging in front of the wall, just an inch away from piercing it, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"What a good sword technique!" Zhang Ji Yuan praised.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "It’s the knife that’s good. Sect Master, what is this knife called?"

Lu Tiancheng said, "Phoenix Feather Blade. This knife was obtained by a patriarch in a fortuitous encounter, forgotten which First Layer Heaven it came from. It’s said to be passed down from ancient times, forged by incorporating a Phoenix Feather into a heavenly rare metal."

"Does it have such a history?"

Chu Zhiyuan reached out, and the flying knife swiftly drew a white light, landing in his palm.

"There are said to be seven in total, but gradually they were lost. He found this one in a certain Cave Mansion."

Chu Zhiyuan lightly flicked the blade: "Are there more elsewhere?"

The blade lightly trembled without making a sound, truly an odd material.

Neither iron nor wood, exceedingly hard yet extremely flexible.

The hardness and flexibility of the material are contradictory, often one can only choose one.

This material can fuse them into one, truly exceptional.

Lu Tiancheng said, "If you can refine it, you might find the others."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Lu Tiancheng said, "However, this knife’s material is peculiar and very difficult to refine."

Zhang Ji Yuan laughed, "What others can’t accomplish, my junior brother can!"

Ning Dongge said, "Sect Master, have other Spirit Venerables attempted refining?"

Lu Tiancheng nodded: "Spirit Venerables have tried, but all gave up."

"Can’t be?" Zhang Ji Yuan was puzzled. "Spirit Venerables are all proud; how could they be satisfied? The harder it is to refine, the more they want to achieve it."

"For Spirit Venerables, it’s all about compatibility and ease." Lu Tiancheng shook his head, "If the refinement doesn’t work, it doesn’t suit them well, hence they don’t want to force it."

"I see..." Zhang Ji Yuan looked at Chu Zhiyuan: "Does it feel compatible to you, junior brother?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Couldn’t be more compatible. Thank you, Sect Master, I really like it."

Lu Tiancheng smiled and nodded: "That’s excellent."

He stood up: "When you’re out, be careful of Li Huo Palace’s Spirit Venerables."

Chu Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows: "Will they seek revenge provocatively?"

"Li Huo Palace is very domineering and bullies the weak," Lu Tiancheng said.

Chu Zhiyuan understood his meaning: "They don’t dare to bother Grandmaster Wang and the others, but they want to trouble me."

Lu Tiancheng nodded: "Don’t clash head-on with them, just avoid them."

"Yes." Chu Zhiyuan nodded solemnly: "I will try to avoid them."

Zhang Ji Yuan angrily said, "That Li Huo Palace really deserves a lesson!... We should have teamed up with Profound Yin Palace at that time to wipe them out!"

Lu Tiancheng glanced at him.

Ning Dongge said, "Li Huo Palace also has the Sect’s Spiritual Artifact, it’s hard to eliminate them."

"Then

eliminate those who come out, hurt their Primordial Energy so severely that they won’t dare to make a fuss again!"

"Junior Brother Zhang, you’re wishful thinking. You may want to, but Profound Yin Palace may not agree."

"Ah... indeed." Zhang Ji Yuan said helplessly.

Lu Tiancheng smiled and waved his hand: "Let’s go."

The Light Gate appeared, and he floated into it and vanished.

Chu Zhiyuan lovingly toyed with the Phoenix Feather Blade and began to refine it.

Zhang Ji Yuan said, "Junior brother, you’re different from before now, you’re a Spirit Venerable."

Chu Zhiyuan looked up and smiled: "Whether Venerable or Spirit Venerable, I’m still me, a disciple of Heaven-Reaching Sect."

"Different." Zhang Ji Yuan shook his head: "Your status is different now."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled softly.

Zhang Ji Yuan said, "Once a Spirit Venerable, you’ve stepped into a higher realm, as they say, ’A dragon doesn’t dwell among serpents.’

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "Brother Zhang, it’s not that serious, it’s just a different realm."

If it truly were the case that a dragon doesn’t dwell among serpents, then he and Xiao Ruoling might have to part?

Zhang Ji Yuan said, "They’re all like that."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head: "They are them, I am me."

"True," Ning Dongge said, "No need to be like them, they’re far inferior to you, junior brother."

Zhang Ji Yuan chuckled, "I’m glad, honestly, the hall is too quiet with only Senior Brother Ning, it can’t lack you, junior brother."

Ning Dongge smiled and nodded: "Indeed."

Spirit Venerables typically take hundreds, even thousands of years to achieve.

After such a long time, these Spirit Venerables have lost enthusiasm for the mundane, their hearts akin to a dead pond.

Most worldly ties have been severed.

Their children may have passed away, with unknown generations of descendants.

Though there are blood ties, the estrangement is deep.

They often isolate themselves for cultivation and, upon becoming Spirit Venerables, naturally detach from their previous circles, never returning.

Yet Chu Zhiyuan is different.

Being so young, his achievement as a Spirit Venerable is akin to achieving Venerable status.

Thus, he cannot feel the arduousness of becoming a Spirit Venerable.

Without the hardship which brings nobility and pride.

Without such hardship, he cannot perceive the nobility and pride of a Spirit Venerable, he treats it as normal.

While refining the flying knife, Chu Zhiyuan asked: "Brother Zhang, how can I find the inheritor of Heaven-Reaching Sect?"

"Junior Brother, you wish to find them personally?" Zhang Ji Yuan asked.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "Find new blood quickly, and unlock the Inheritance Hall."

Profound Yin Palace has Spirit Venerable Martial Arts, but may not suit me, it’s best to learn Heaven-Reaching Sect’s arts.

Zhang Ji Yuan said: "It’s a matter of luck; if someone successfully practices the Ascension Technique, if they’re in that First Layer Heaven, you’ll sense it."

"Ascension Technique..." Chu Zhiyuan mused.

Zhang Ji Yuan said: "The Ascension Technique is the most mystical, yet the hardest to practice. Hardly anyone achieves it, otherwise, our disciples wouldn’t be so few."

Chu Zhiyuan asked: "Brother, where can the Ascension Technique be practiced?"

"You plan to traverse them all?"

"Yes."

"No problem, but you now..."

"Just be quick, don’t let other Spirit Venerables react."

Zhang Ji Yuan turned to Ning Dongge: "Senior Brother Ning, then I’ll take junior brother to have a look."

"Alright." Ning Dongge took out the Heaven-Reaching Order from his chest and pressed it against the wall, releasing his hand.

The Heaven-Reaching Order stuck tightly to the wall.

Zhang Ji Yuan also took out his Heaven-Reaching Order from his chest, pressed it against the wall, and released his hand.

The Heaven-Reaching Order adhered tightly to the wall.

Both of them simultaneously performed sealing gestures, pointing at the Heaven-Reaching Order.

Both Heaven-Reaching Orders glowed brightly.

Following that, twelve Light Gates appeared on the wall simultaneously, three meters high and two meters wide.

Ning Dongge said: "Quickly go and return, don’t let anything go wrong."

Zhang Ji Yuan said: "Rest assured, we’ll look at them quickly then come back."

He turned his head and smiled: "Junior Brother, these gates, each gate is one layer of heaven."

Chu Zhiyuan admired the Light Gates: "Marvelous."

"Let’s go." Zhang Ji Yuan smiled proudly.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Brother Zhang, no need to accompany me, I’ll go alone."

"...That works." Zhang Ji Yuan hesitated, then nodded.

He quickly understood Chu Zhiyuan’s intent: having him along might be a burden, better if he goes alone.

Chu Zhiyuan stepped into one of the Light Gates.

Moments later, before Zhang Ji Yuan and Ning Dongge could speak, Chu Zhiyuan reappeared.

Without saying much, he darted into the next Light Gate, reappeared moments later, then entered the next one.

Such repeated actions, within just a quarter of an hour, he traversed all twelve Light Gates.