Imperial Cultivation-Chapter 383 - 380: Drawing the Sword

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Li Hongzhao said indifferently, "Almost there, why rush? Prepare well, don’t go weak in the knees at the critical moment!"

"...Yes."

The middle-aged man glanced at Chu Zhiyuan, then at Li Hongzhao.

Where did His Highness find these eccentric people?

Whether they are reliable or not, it’s hard to say.

But then he thought of how Li Hongzhao always acts meticulously and without error, so he stopped doubting and continued to focus on the journey.

Su Qiuyan occasionally looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Mr. Su, do you have something to say?"

"...Is this a special tracking technique?" Su Qiuyan couldn’t help asking.

The Swallowing Heaven Sect is extremely formidable, especially adept in the art of evasion.

As a Great Grandmaster, she couldn’t track the aura of the Swallowing Heaven Sect, yet Chu Zhiyuan, a Grandmaster, could?

This was truly strange.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, "Yes."

"No wonder." Su Qiuyan nodded.

Since it’s a unique tracking technique, there’s nothing more to say.

You can’t exactly ask what this tracking technique is and have him reveal his mental method.

Li Hongzhao looked at him deeply.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and used Sound Transmission into Secret to speak by her ear, "Are the six experts you found reliable?"

"Of course they’re reliable!" Li Hongzhao’s red lips moved as she answered with Sound Transmission into Secret.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "The one who spoke just now is fine, but among the other five, two seem to have issues."

"Impossible!"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "You go back and slowly investigate yourself."

Li Hongzhao stared intently at him.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled without speaking further.

Yet Li Hongzhao believed him.

Among the six experts, there were actually two with problems, and she just thought there weren’t issues.

This matter was truly laughable.

Is she really that foolish?

Two spies, yet she didn’t discover even one?

Chu Zhiyuan said, "They all have ulterior motives, could be from Da Zhen, or perhaps even from us in Da Jing."

"Heh." Li Hongzhao chuckled, "If they’re really from Da Jing, then that would be interesting."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Then spare him his life and let him go."

"Just like you said to spare our Da Meng spy’s life?"

"Exactly."

"...If it’s truly a spy from you in Da Jing, I won’t kill him."

Li Hongzhao’s red lips moved, her face wearing a smile, but her eyes were cold.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

Anyone would be angered.

Being a hunter all day only to be pecked in the eye by the prey, that feeling is particularly infuriating.

Chu Zhiyuan suddenly spoke, lowering his voice, "We’re almost there, get ready to act."

Everyone’s spirits lifted.

Chu Zhiyuan’s pace suddenly slowed.

They had just crossed over a mountain top.

Chu Zhiyuan’s movement gradually came to a halt.

Beneath the mountain was a valley, a valley hidden by the forest.

Chu Zhiyuan pointed to the valley below and whispered, "There it is."

"You might as well stay," Li Hongzhao said, "or go back first, you don’t have to wait for us."

The middle-aged man who spoke earlier quickly looked over.

He was actually wary that Chu Zhiyuan might be speaking nonsense, possibly leading them to some unpredictable place.

Chu Zhiyuan glanced at them, shook his head, and said, "The people of the Swallowing Heaven Sect are right down there, let’s act together."

"...Prepare to act!" Li Hongzhao said in a deep voice, her gaze turning to the valley below.

She was puzzled at heart.

Since they were all masked, not wanting to reveal their identity, then why act?

His Flying Knife was unparalleled, now known by everyone in Yujing City.

Once he acted, his identity and whereabouts would be exposed, so why bother wearing a mask?

The six stood solemnly.

Su Qiuyan had already drifted down, quietly slipping into the valley.

The body technique of a Great Grandmaster was unfathomable, silent and unnoticed.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "Be careful, these guys aren’t that easy to deal with."

"How many people are there in total?" Li Hongzhao asked.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Probably no fewer than ten, and they’re all experts."

"Grandmasters?"

"Yes."

Li Hongzhao looked towards the six.

The six Grandmasters appeared solemn, saying in a deep voice, "Rest assured, Your Highness."

"What do I have to worry about!" Li Hongzhao snorted, "Don’t stubbornly fight to the end, retreat if you can’t win!"

"...Yes." The six Grandmasters showed a look of gratitude, slowly nodding.

Yet privately, Li Hongzhao sneered.

Of the two fellows among them, they were truly formidable, and she didn’t detect anything unusual.

The last time she purged the spies around her, those not formidable enough were cleaned out.

The remaining ones were naturally extremely capable.

But she didn’t expect that even among the Grandmasters, there were spies, and they were all military experts of clear background and no issues.

The military wasn’t so serene anymore, being infiltrated too, was truly terrifying.

Her thoughts raced like electricity, glancing at Chu Zhiyuan, she saw him slowly draw the Bright Moon Saber from his waist.

She came to Chu Zhiyuan’s side, lowering her voice, "Are you really going to act?"

A faint delicate fragrance entered his nose.

He kept his eyes fixed on the valley below, slowly saying, "Let’s act!"

With that, he charged forward.

Li Hongzhao snorted, "Act!"

She trusted Chu Zhiyuan’s abilities, believing that there must be a reason for starting to act.

The remaining six Grandmasters followed Li Hongzhao down, seeing two people already fighting above a wooden house in the valley.

It was indeed Su Qiuyan and the Great Grandmaster of the Swallowing Heaven Sect whom they had confronted earlier.

This valley held more than a dozen wooden houses, discreetly interspersed within the forest, inconspicuous and unable to be discovered without getting close.

And outside the wooden house, a group of people were watching the excitement from afar, not daring to get closer.

The presence of the Great Grandmaster was enough to make their limbs weak, rendering them incapable of acting, so they wouldn’t go up to court death.

Li Hongzhao suddenly accelerated, transforming into a red light, rushing ahead of Chu Zhiyuan, shooting towards the crowd.

The other six Grandmasters also surged ahead of Chu Zhiyuan, brandishing their swords and charging towards the crowd.

They all recognized these as the experts of the Swallowing Heaven Sect, the very ones involved in an earlier assassination.

This left nothing more to say.

As the saying goes, enemies meet face to face with particular animosity, filled only with intense killing intent.

"Ha, you’re courting death!"

The experts of the Swallowing Heaven Sect saw only seven people approaching, without any fear, instead welcoming them with excitement.

As Chu Zhiyuan charged forward, the sword intent slowly concentrated on the saber.

His entire being’s sword intent was completely restrained, gathering on the Bright Moon Saber.

What he learned was the sword intent from that broken blade.

In this way, his momentum became extremely weak, seeming less formidable compared to the other six Grandmasters and Li Hongzhao.

As he rushed into the crowd, two experts came towards him, grinning, ready to kill him with a palm strike.

Seeing him wield a saber, they concluded that he was a master from Da Meng’s Golden Saber Sect.

Although Da Meng’s Golden Saber Sect was formidable, they weren’t concerned, thinking it was nothing much.

Moreover, they hadn’t seen this expert before, concluding he was a nobody.

Chu Zhiyuan’s saber lightly swept across one’s neck, with a "pfft" sound of blood spraying.

A column of blood shot into the sky, and the head fell to the ground while the body remained standing upright.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

...

Chu Zhiyuan’s saber light was light and swift, silently passing over the neck, accompanied only by the sound of flowing blood.

Li Hongzhao blinked her bright eyes in disbelief at how formidable his sword technique was.

The remaining six Grandmasters were somewhat confused.

They had already been abandoned, nobody paid attention, all the experts of the Swallowing Heaven Sect were besieging Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan’s saber light flickered elegantly among the crowd, heads fell one by one, and columns of blood soared into the sky.

Dazzling and bloody.

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