Huangxiu

Chapter 1141 Quarrel
The practice of the three external elements primarily involves visualization.

The Earthly Origin Technique involves visualizing the appearance of the Spirit Abyss at the Yongquan acupoint, with each of the twelve peaks of the Spirit Abyss required to manifest.

One cannot directly visualize the twelve peaks; one must visualize each peak individually.

This requires immense mental strength.

Compared to the Heavenly Sword Manual, the mental energy consumed by visualizing the Spirit Abyss is like the difference between an ocean and a lake.

At first, he really couldn't simultaneously observe the Spirit Peak and contemplate the Heavenly Sword Scripture.

He felt that once he got the basics down, he would be able to focus on two things at once.

The ancestral aperture continuously provided spiritual energy, enough for him to visualize both at the same time.

Time passed in his visualization, and the road flashed by in his visualization.

They arrived at Tianjian Peak at dusk the next day.

Not long after he returned to his courtyard, someone knocked on the door.

Chu Zhiyuan stepped forward and opened the courtyard gate.

Li Hongzhao, dressed in fiery red, stood smiling outside the door, her beauty dazzling.

She looked at Chu Zhiyuan with a smug smile: "I heard you've done another great service?"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Third transformation?"

Li Hongzhao chuckled and said, "Just lucky, just lucky."

She hadn't expected it to be so fast, far exceeding her expectations.

If it weren't for Chu Zhiyuan being there in front of her, she would have felt flustered and wanted to stop.

Chu Zhiyuan stretched out his hand.

The two arrived at his small courtyard pavilion.

She casually brewed tea on the small red clay stove and leisurely admired the flowers in the flower garden.

The flowers in the flowerbed are slowly closing up, preparing to go to sleep.

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Is everything alright within the sect?"

"News about you in the Azure Lotus Sea and the Myriad Blood Sect is everywhere," Li Hongzhao said. "Are there even giant demons above the great demons?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded solemnly.

He recounted the details, which made Li Hongzhao's eyes burn with excitement.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "So you can't go down the mountain yet. You should wait until you've completed at least six stages before you go down. Otherwise, there will still be danger."

Li Hongzhao shook his head and said, "If it were really that dangerous, those senior brothers and sisters who went down the mountain after the third transformation would also have suffered losses."

“They’re not going to the Azure Lotus Sea, nor are they provoking demons,” Chu Zhiyuan said. “When they walk in the mortal world, naturally no one dares to mess with them.”

"What about those demons?" Li Hongzhao asked. "Do these demons from the Myriad Blood Sect dare not kill our Heavenly Sword Sect disciples?"

"If we can avoid killing them, we will." Chu Zhiyuan said, "Killing disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect is inevitable."

Li Hongzhao nodded: "But if you're forced into a corner, you can't help it... So, when you descend the mountain for the third time, you can't provoke evil spirits."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "As expected of you."

Li Hongzhao rolled her eyes at him: "Staying on the mountain all the time is boring. Once the divine statue's benefits are less strong, I'll go down the mountain to take a look and see what this Biyuan Heaven is really like."

After ascending here, I stayed on Tianjian Peak and was unaware of what was happening down below.

I've been incredibly curious about this for a long time.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Li Hongzhao immediately perked up, her bright eyes shining: "You have made a great contribution this time, and your prestige within the sect has soared."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "My cultivation level is not yet sufficient."

He was keenly aware that even if he made great contributions and his prestige soared, it would not translate into any benefit to his position as sect leader.

Only when he reaches the ninth level of cultivation, the peak of the ninth level, and his cultivation becomes extremely powerful, will he be added to the list of potential sect leaders.

That's when people start to wonder if he's suitable to be the sect leader.

Therefore, the current task is still to improve one's cultivation level.

Once you've mastered the second level of the Earth Origin Technique, you should practice the Heavenly Sword Secret Scripture and the Earth Origin Technique together.

Raise your cultivation level to the ninth level as soon as possible.

What level are you at now?

"Seventh turn".

"I shouldn't have asked!" Li Hongzhao snorted. "Fine, at this rate, you'll reach the ninth level within a year, right?"

"...It's hard to say." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "It will get harder as time goes on."

He really couldn't determine whether he could reach the ninth level within a year.

Getting from the seventh to the eighth turn is already not so easy, and getting from the eighth to the ninth turn is even more difficult.

Li Hongzhao rolled her eyes at him, not wanting to talk to him about cultivation anymore, and whispered, "An envoy from the imperial court has arrived."

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.

Li Hongzhao said, "It seems that the envoy and the sect leader did not have a good talk, and they even seemed to have started arguing."

Chu Zhiyuan was surprised.

Li Hongzhao shook his head and said, "This Biyuan Heaven is truly different from our Xiaotianwaitian; the world is completely different."

Chu Zhiyuan seemed to be deep in thought. He understood what Li Hongzhao meant.

In the Lesser Heavenly Realm, the envoys from the sects and the imperial court would never quarrel.

Even if there are conflicts, on the surface they are all in harmony, at most they are calm and peaceful.

The contradictions are never made public, but rather they are dealt with in secret.

Moreover, how could a sect leader, a dignified figure, quarrel with an imperial envoy? That would leave no room for maneuver and demonstrate a crude political approach.

Li Hongzhao said, "It seems that our relationship with the imperial court is not so smooth."

Chu Zhiyuan lowered his voice and recounted the information he had secretly obtained.

Li Hongzhao narrowed her phoenix eyes and sneered, "Using someone else to do the dirty work?"

"They probably don't want the four major sects to become too powerful, but they also don't want them to be destroyed," Chu Zhiyuan said. "Perhaps at a critical moment, the imperial court will step in to help."

Li Hongzhao sneered: "Does this really earn us the gratitude of the four major sects, and even allow us to further infiltrate them?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

Li Hongzhao said, "Using such tricks is really petty. If you want to suppress the four major sects, just do it openly. There's no need to go to such lengths."

“The four major sects are highly respected. Openly suppressing them would shake the people’s morale.”

"As long as we don't force ordinary people to the brink of despair, we won't shake their hearts and minds."

“It’s different,” Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: “In my opinion, this place is different from our Little Outer Heaven, so we can’t generalize.”

“…Then I’d like to go down the mountain even more to take a look, especially to see how the imperial court operates here,” Li Hongzhao said.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "It is said that the royal family here possesses the bloodline of the phoenix."

Although the Biyuan Dynasty no longer has an emperor, it still has a royal family, which consists of the descendants of the original eight dynasties.

Li Hongzhao's phoenix eyes flashed.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Perhaps it has something to do with you."

"You really dare to say that!" Li Hongzhao chuckled.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "You think it's absurd and impossible?"

Li Hongzhao smiled radiantly: "Could it be that I am of royal blood?"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "How many people in the world have the bloodline of the phoenix? ...Even within our sect, there are many bloodlines, but are there any with the bloodline of the phoenix?"

Li Hongzhao was taken aback.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "If I'm not mistaken, only the royal family has the phoenix bloodline. One's birth can lie, but one's bloodline cannot."

Li Hongzhao pondered: "Royal bloodline... but everyone in our Heavenly Sword Sect knows that I ascended from the Lesser Outer Heaven."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "So what? Can't black be called white? ... I'll say it again, birth can lie, but bloodline cannot."

Li Hongzhao glared at him with her bright eyes and gave him a fierce look: "Make up an identity and say that I am a royal princess who was lost to the outside world?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled but remained silent.

Li Hongzhao's bright eyes shone as she shook her head and said, "It's too troublesome. With the help of the divine statue, it won't be too slow for me to reach the ninth level."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Even if one cultivates to the ninth level, one will only be an elder within the sect."

Li Hongzhao frowned slightly: "If I become a member of the royal family, they might marry me off to some official to win people's hearts, that would be troublesome."

Being a member of the Heavenly Sword Sect is quite free and easy.

"It's different. You possess the bloodline of the phoenix and are capable of becoming a Nine-Turn Venerable. Can't you even make your own decisions about marriage?"

“Hmm…” Li Hongzhao’s bright eyes shone, as if deep in thought.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Even if you don't want to get married, no one can force you, right? ...Isn't it more wonderful to be the ancestor of the royal family? ...Don't you think that's more interesting?"

He originally thought that Li Hongzhao's presence within the sect would be of great benefit to him.

Now I think that Li Hongzhao would be of greater benefit if he joined the royal family.

"Yes, it's certainly more interesting." Li Hongzhao nodded slowly, chuckling softly, "Perhaps there's even a chance to seize the throne?"

She naturally thought of her own experience in the Great Meng Dynasty, where she unexpectedly became the emperor.

What does the imperial court look like here?
Will there be an empress?

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "That's a bit of wishful thinking. Biyuan Heaven is different from Xiaotianwaitian. Your throne was only possible because of a combination of favorable timing, location, and people. There are no emperors in this world, so that situation won't happen. Don't have such great ambitions. Being a carefree and leisurely worshipper is enough."

Li Hongzhao chuckled: "Will I tip you off later?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile: "It seems that the relationship between the Heavenly Sword Sect and the imperial court is delicate, and we must be wary of it."

“…Let me think about it.” Li Hongzhao pondered.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "This matter cannot be rushed. We need to first understand the situation of the court and the royal family. It will not be too late to decide when you reach the eighth or ninth level."

He suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the main hall.

Three men hurriedly walked out of the main hall. The one in the lead was as burly as a bear, yet his steps were light. He was accompanied by two old men, both of whom were highly skilled in cultivation.

His face was gloomy as he strode out of the main hall.

Chu Zhiyuan frowned, floated onto the roof, and Li Hongzhao followed.

She followed Chu Zhiyuan's gaze and nodded, saying, "They are the imperial envoys."

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Have they fallen out?"

Li Hongzhao said, "We've already argued twice, this is the third time."

(End of this chapter)