Huangxiu

Chapter 1224 Action
As he had anticipated, after changing his appearance, he returned to the Imperial Ancestral Temple with the two young men who delivered the incense bucket.

On their way back, the two young men told him his identity, his usual temperament and behavior, and the tasks he was responsible for.

They will provide him with cover; he just needs to work with them.

Zhu Lingyun remained silent, only nodding casually.

He sat in the courtyard of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, without activating his supernatural senses, but simply relying on his cultivation to perceive his surroundings.

A pure light was purifying his soul and aura, so he did not feel any sense of rejection, but rather a faint sense of belonging.

It felt as if I had always belonged here, and I felt extremely safe and at peace in this place.

He found a stone bench and sat down, basking in the morning sunlight, without practicing his internal energy.

"Squeak..." The courtyard gate opened.

Two young people tiptoed in, each carrying a lunchbox.

"Time to eat..." a young man called out.

They placed the lunchbox on the stone table in the courtyard, and when they opened it, they found a sumptuous meal of six dishes and two soups.

"The food is good today," another young man exclaimed.

The two discussed the food and chatted about trivial matters, such as who had been caught slacking off and what punishment they had received, and who had run into trouble during practice and suffered serious injuries...

Zhu Lingyun remained silent, only eating a few bites of food.

He sensed no danger, so he ate without worry but didn't eat much.

A young man said with a smile, "Xiao Zhuang, after we finish eating, let's go clean the altar."

"It's finally our turn to dismantle the altar. What a pleasant and easy task."

Zhu Lingyun nodded without saying a word.

"After cleaning the altar, we still need to sweep the leaves; we can't be lazy today."

"We really should hire more people here. Why not hire more? But the Imperial Ancestral Temple will not be mistreated by the court; they will definitely agree."

"A large crowd makes it lively, but it loses its solemnity and dignity."

"Ugh……"

Zhu Lingyun ate with them, then took a broom and went to the altar.

The altar was covered in dew and empty, with no offerings or guardians.

Zhu Lingyun then realized that the four retainers had deliberately shown themselves when Chu Zhiyuan came in earlier.

"let's start!"

The three of them went up to the altar first and began to clean it from top to bottom.

Zhu Lingyun stood motionless in the center of the altar, holding a broom, with his eyes closed.

The other two young men pretended not to see and buried themselves in cleaning.

Zhu Lingyun suddenly stamped his foot.

"boom!"

The altar trembled.

"boom!"

He then stomped his foot again.

"boom!"

He stomped his foot again.

The two young men frowned at him, then turned to look around.

They felt this was too much of a commotion.

But it seemed that Zhu Lingyun had no intention of stopping, and was about to start stomping his feet again.

"boom!"

Zhu Lingyun stomped down again.

But the altar remained completely still.

He shook his head in disappointment, picked up a broom, and began to sweep.

After cleaning the altar, Zhu Lingyun returned to the courtyard and shook his head at the two young men, saying, "I'll be leaving tomorrow."

"Did it work?" a young man asked hurriedly.

Zhu Lingyun snorted and said, "What success? It's all for nothing!"

"Impossible!" another young man said in a deep voice.

Zhu Lingyun said, "I can sense that thing, but it's under the altar. Unless we dig it up."

"Then dig!"

"It's too hard, we can't dig it open." Zhu Lingyun shook his head: "We can only look at it with envy, but we can't have it."

"Isn't there any other way?"

"I need to go out and ask around to see if there's any way out. I'm out of ideas right now."

"so……"

“The news is extremely unreliable,” Zhu Lingyun shook his head. “It’s too risky.”

The two young men exchanged a helpless glance.

Zhu Lingyun said, "If you have any good ideas, use them quickly. It was easy to get in this time, but it might not be so easy next time."

He wanted to see how far they could go and how loose the Imperial Ancestral Temple had become.

"...Let us think about it." The two young men looked at each other and slowly nodded.

Zhu Lingyun secretly raised an eyebrow. Sure enough, there were other tricks up his sleeve.

These demons of the Myriad Manifestations Sect are truly terrifying; these are two who haven't even practiced any evil arts.

Those who have practiced evil arts are probably even more terrifying; it's best to eliminate them as soon as possible.

……

Just after dinner, Chu Zhiyuan was cultivating the second level of the Earth Origin Technique in the villa when Lu Xiaolu came looking for him.

After she entered the hospital, she urged them to leave quickly and not waste any time.

It's not certain that you'll find the evil spirits of the Myriad Manifestations Sect in one night.

Chu Zhiyuan readily agreed.

He spent a day in arduous training, first refining the golden sword, then organizing the memories of He Lingchuan and Zhong Lingyun, and compiling the secret techniques of Feiling Cliff and Wanxiang Cliff.

Finally, he diligently cultivated the second level of the Earthly Origin Technique.

We definitely need to change our mindset.

So the two drifted out of the imperial city and headed north of the city in the moonlight.

"Are the demons of the Myriad Manifestations Sect in the north of the city?"

Lu Xiaolu, her green robe fluttering, moved with the grace of a treading stone, and asked softly.

Under the moonlight, her face was as white as jade.

"Yes, in the north of the city."

"Junior brother, how did you find it?" Lu Xiaolu asked curiously. "You didn't sense it, did you?"

His senses are extremely powerful; he can sense evil spirits, but he cannot sense any particular sect's evil spirits.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I have a personal item belonging to a master of the Myriad Manifestations Sect."

As he spoke, he took a long sword from his sleeve and tossed it to Lu Xiaolu.

Lu Xiaolu flicked her sleeve, directly deflecting the longsword in mid-air towards Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan accepted it with a smile.

“…No wonder!” Lu Xiaolu suddenly realized.

That makes sense.

He then exclaimed in surprise, "With this, there's no need to chase them now, right? Just take it and chase them all the way to their lair."

Chu Zhiyuan said helplessly, "It's very difficult to sense something from a hundred miles away."

"Then let's find it quickly." Lu Xiaolu nodded.

This is also reasonable.

After all, it's just an object, and it's difficult to sense similar things based on the aura on it.

It's unlikely that it could be sensed from over a hundred miles away.

The night was as still as water, and the moonlight was cool and clear.

They headed north of the city and traveled for about forty miles in one go, finally stopping at the foot of a mountain.

Chu Zhiyuan pursed his lips.

Lu Xiaolu nodded and stealthily entered the woods.

Her eyes dimmed, and her entire aura became somber, blending into the night.

Inside the forest, the nocturnal insects and animals around her passed by without any suspicion, mistaking her for a tree or a blade of grass.

She moved silently, and the haphazard branches could not stop her.

She moved silently, sometimes crawling, sometimes circling, sometimes clinging, sometimes skimming, changing her posture as she approached the three men deep in the woods.

A middle-aged man and two young men were sitting cross-legged on tree stumps.

The three ancient trees that had just been cut down had thick, flat stumps that emitted a faint fragrance.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man opened his eyes.

The two young men opposite him opened their eyes.

"Elder?" a young man asked in a low voice.

Another young man asked, "Elder, where exactly is the Divine Lord?"

The middle-aged man said calmly, "You'll find out soon enough."

"What exactly are the deity's instructions?" the young man asked, puzzled. "Why must we be so careful?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and remained silent.

Another young man said in a deep voice, "The God must be here to help us take revenge!"

"We will definitely avenge this." The young man said solemnly.

They thought of the experts from the sect who had been dispatched together with the Flying Spirit Sect, and almost all of them had been wiped out.

Such a crushing defeat was unprecedented in recent years, causing them both pain and anger, and they longed to storm the capital and avenge their humiliation.

And this hope lies in the God.

But the deity suddenly became secretive, requiring them to come and meet him in secret.

Lu Xiaolu stopped moving.

Upon hearing the words "Godly Sovereign," she immediately felt a slight chill.

Then Chu Zhiyuan's voice rang in my ears: "Let's retreat a few steps first."

Lu Xiaolu nodded slightly and retreated silently.

(End of this chapter)