Imperial Cultivation-Chapter 271 - 268 Purification

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"Boom!"

Everyone felt a tremor underfoot, like an earthquake, and a loud rumble echoed from within the cliff.

Chu Zhiyuan’s Super Sense expanded, and a white light flew out from his sleeve, enlarging its range, and once again entered the Cave Mansion.

This time, his intuition did not issue a warning.

The Super Sense saw the white light dive into the Cave Mansion and directly towards the ancient and weathered tombstone.

The tombstone was one meter tall and half a meter wide, neither stone nor iron, nor jade, a material he had never seen before.

Inscribed with nine strange characters, he did not recognize them either.

Chu Zhiyuan speculated that it was not Lu Yaofeng’s doing, as the tombstone was evidently older than the other items in the Cave Mansion.

Besides the tombstone, there was nothing else in the whole cave, no legacy, no Spirit Pills, and no treasures.

This Cave Mansion was originally a place where Lu Yaofeng lived with a beautiful woman.

Later, when the beautiful woman was no longer around, Lu Yaofeng left, laughing coldly and filled with murderous intent before he left.

It seemed this ancient tombstone was the reason, and the tombstone was not something Lu Yaofeng brought in from outside.

Chu Zhiyuan speculated that the tombstone was originally here and that this Cave Mansion was probably what Lu Yaofeng had discovered, as he continued to study the ancient tombstone.

The moment the white light arrived, the tombstone suddenly lit up with a burst of black flame.

Upon seeing the black flame, Chu Zhiyuan felt a surge of alarm in his heart.

The black flame was very similar to the flame that appeared when the Black Tripod initially surfaced, but that black flame could be extinguished by the power of the Fearless Realm.

However, that black flame was nothing compared to the black flame before him, akin to a novice meeting a great master.

Faced with this, all he could do was to flee for his life, and he may not even be able to escape.

At this time, with the white light, it had enveloped the black flame, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

A strange howling echoed within the Cave Mansion.

Chu Zhiyuan’s face suddenly turned pale.

Xu Yingying, initially looking smug, was prepared to hear some words of praise from him. Seeing him like this, she curiously asked, "What’s wrong? Didn’t it work?"

Chu Zhiyuan knew they couldn’t hear the strange howling.

The sound seemed beyond the range of hearing, and even the Great Grandmasters felt nothing.

The Super Sense, however, clearly captured it and made him feel as if his head was about to explode, his brain boiling.

This seemed like a sound from a higher dimension.

"Very powerful." Chu Zhiyuan said with a pale face, smiling.

Xu Yingying stretched her white jade-like hand to his forehead, concerned, "Are you alright?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "You really have great luck to easily deal with a danger I couldn’t handle."

These words made Xu Yingying break into a bright smile like a flower, "I’ve always been very lucky."

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "No wonder you met me."

Xu Yingying giggled, "Meeting you has been a huge loss for me... feeling better now?"

"I’m fine now." Chu Zhiyuan replied with a smile.

Li Hongzhao felt she couldn’t bear to look.

Could Chu Zhiyuan still be Chu Zhiyuan with such a gentle side?

He always used to mock and attack her with all sorts of means, sarcastically and scornfully benefiting himself.

Yet he was gentle and caring, close and casual with Xu Yingying.

"Ahem." She coughed lightly twice, smiling, "Does Sister Xu know the new Holy Daughter of Yao Yue Palace?"

"Xiao Ruoling? I haven’t met her yet."

"I am familiar with Sister Xiao, who is stunningly beautiful. Speaking of luck, Chu Zhiyuan is quite lucky too."

Xu Yingying laughed, "He is indeed very lucky, just a little less than me." She pinched her little finger joint to demonstrate.

Li Hongzhao glanced at Chu Zhiyuan, "To marry the Holy Daughter of Yao Yue Palace for the Heir’s Wife, luck is indeed good."

Chu Zhiyuan immediately saw through Li Hongzhao’s intention and replied irritably, "Your Highness, you are really being too carelessly concerned. Yingying already knew this."

"So Sister Xu knew?" Li Hongzhao feigned surprise.

Chu Zhiyuan snorted, "Pretentious!"

Li Hongzhao pursed her lips into a gentle laugh, dazzling, "How did Sister Xu meet him?"

Chu Zhiyuan warned, "Yingying, ignore her. She’s full of scheming; avoid talking to her if you can."

Xu Yingying promptly closed her red lips and curiously scrutinized Li Hongzhao.

Li Hongzhao glared at Chu Zhiyuan, "Aren’t you the same way?"

"I’m not like you. You just want to harm others, while I aim not to be harmed."

"Hmph, thinking you’re a saint when you’re so wicked is laughable!"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "If you didn’t plan to use a borrowed knife to kill someone, would you have invited me here?"

"Since you knew, why did you come?" Li Hongzhao pouted her flaming red lips, "Just being greedy."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I just wanted to see what methods you were going to use to harm me."

"Clever in your own mind, assuming everyone wants to harm you!" Li Hongzhao said, "Cowardly and stingy!"

"I may be cowardly and stingy, but I’m in the Eighth Realm, nearing the Ninth Realm, ha."

"There you go again!" Li Hongzhao bit her red lip with hatred, "Can you come up with something new?"

Xu Yingying widened her bright eyes, curiously watching their faces, with a grin on her lips.

Chu Zhiyuan let out a smug smile, looking at Xu Yingying, "Yingying, this time you made a great contribution!"

His complexion had already recovered for the most part by now.

The Super Sense showed that the black flame on the tombstone had disappeared, completely extinguished by the white light.

After the white light extinguished the black flame, it also vanished.

Also gone were the nine strange characters on the ancient tombstone.

Xu Yingying waved her small hand proudly, "A minor thing, just a Great Bright Sword."

"This Great Bright Sword is quite precious," Chu Zhiyuan said, "What a pity it’s gone."

"Gone is gone," Xu Yingying said indifferently, "I have plenty of these odd things, ...can we go in and have a look now?"

She appeared curious.

Chu Zhiyuan looked towards the silent Li Yilong and Song Yichun.

Song Yichun smiled, "I’m in charge of detoxification, but let’s be clear, the items of our sect need to be retrieved."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, looking at Li Hongzhao.

Li Hongzhao snorted, "The items belonging to the Wuyou Sect will naturally return to the original owner, but the things of Lu Yaofeng, we from Da Meng will also take them."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Don’t forget my share, ...Yingying made great contributions this time, she should also get a share."

Xu Yingying’s bright eyes sparkled, eagerly nodding her head.

Li Hongzhao glanced at Xu Yingying, helplessly nodding, "Alright, Sister Xu also gets a share."

She looked at Song Yichun, "Miss Song, if inheritance is involved, we won’t look at the Wuyou Sect’s inheritance, but anything not involving the Wuyou Sect’s inheritance, we will view together."

Song Yichun readily agreed.

Their mission was to retrieve items belonging to the Wuyou Sect, so under these circumstances, they couldn’t demand more.

With these people exploring the Cave Mansion together, it would be safer, and the task easier to accomplish.

Chu Zhiyuan secretly shook his head in his heart.

They were bound to be disappointed. The Cave Mansion was empty, with nothing inside.

"Let’s go." Chu Zhiyuan said.

Song Yichun and Li Yilong gracefully descended, their palms lightly touching mid-air, lending each other force, their figures suddenly horizontal in the air and leisurely landed at the cave entrance.

Chu Zhiyuan, Xu Yingying, and Li Hongzhao followed them down.

Chu Zhiyuan examined the cave entrance.

The cave entrance had mechanisms, and after Li Yilong searched, he lightly patted it several times, "Boom," and the cave entrance opened.

What followed was a "whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh" of sharp whistles, as various hidden weapons, glowing with a dim blue light, shot out.

Chu Zhiyuan flicked his sleeve.

The power of the Fearless Realm surged out, repelling all these hidden weapons back.

"Thud thud thud thud..." The hidden weapons lodged back into the stone wall, some penetrating, others embedding within.

Song Yichun glanced at him and then at those hidden weapons, pondering.

She judged there were undoubtedly Breaking Gang Divine Weapons among those hidden weapons. It was impossible to tell at a glance, but it was absolutely impossible that there were none.

Yet, they were also repelled by his Gang Qi.

This Fourth Prince indeed was formidable, worthy of being known as Da Jing’s first princely heir.

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