Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1375 - 1371: Discovery

"I don’t know either," Cloud Stepping Leopard snorted.

Zhu Lingyun was momentarily speechless.

Cloud Stepping Leopard snorted, "So many words, you can’t recognize any?"

"Indeed, I can’t recognize them. Where is this place?" Zhu Lingyun asked, "It shouldn’t be You Meng Heaven, right?"

"It’s not You Meng Heaven."

"Then..."

Cloud Stepping Leopard said, "Ancient Land."

Zhu Lingyun’s mind started to turn, as Chu Zhiyuan and his other two clones, Chu Liezhao and Leng Tieya, were all pondering.

They were trying to deduce various possibilities, investigating the scripts here.

The Ancient Land, yet the Stone Beast and Cloud Stepping Leopard bore some resemblance.

Various possibilities arose in their minds, conveying to Zhu Lingyun’s mind.

Zhu Lingyun asked, "Is this the place of your inheritance, senior?"

Cloud Stepping Leopard glanced at him.

Zhu Lingyun laughed, "Senior wouldn’t want to destroy me directly, would you? Inheritance cannot be leaked."

Cloud Stepping Leopard snorted, "Fool, what use is my inheritance to you? As if you could really cultivate it!"

Zhu Lingyun said, "Bloodline inheritance is useless to outsiders, but the four Imperial Family members of our Biyuan Heaven come from the Four Saints Bloodline inheritance."

"That requires cultivation to Transformation," Cloud Stepping Leopard said, "Now it’s no longer possible."

"Can’t senior cultivate to Transformation?"

"Almost impossible."

"Why is it impossible?"

"It’s a lost art, humph, if you could understand this, I could cultivate to Transformation."

Zhu Lingyun pondered, "This tablet and book must be your cultivation method... no further clues?"

"None."

"...Forgive my helplessness," Zhu Lingyun shook his head and sighed.

He approached the tablet again.

Super Sensing Illumination, with its gentle, invisible power shielding the tablet and the Stone Beast.

He reached out his hand, placed it on the tablet, and slowly moved his palm across it, feeling its texture and brush strokes.

Cloud Stepping Leopard asked, "Can you recognize it then?"

"Let me try this," he replied.

Zhu Lingyun took a Jade Pearl from his sleeve with his left hand, saying, "This is a Miracle Pearl I obtained by chance, named Wanxiang Pearl, capable of breaking illusions and revealing secrets. I wonder if it will have any effect."

This isn’t the real Wanxiang Pearl, but rather a Jade Pearl infused with the power of Wanxiang Pearl by Chu Zhiyuan.

It counts as a clone of Wanxiang Pearl.

Even if destroyed, it doesn’t harm Wanxiang Pearl.

"Wanxiang Pearl?" Cloud Stepping Leopard said, "Never heard of it."

"Shall I give it a try?"

"Go ahead."

The Jade Pearl lightly touched the tablet.

The tablet flashed and became crystal clear instantly.

Inside the crystal-clear tablet, a Cloud Stepping Leopard was howling at the sky.

Its four hooves quickly transformed, from ordinary hooves swiftly covered by a thin layer of scales, resembling fish scales, as white mist emerged.

The white mist enveloped its four hooves, and it soared into the sky.

Being able to fly freely in the air, the white mist continued to expand, covering its entire body.

It soon vanished into the Void.

The Void twisted, and it reappeared, as the white mist quickly gathered back to its four hooves.

The scales on its four hooves merged into the white mist, quickly fading, turning the four hooves into White Jade.

It looked up at the sky.

A Bright Moon hung high in the sky, its moonlight descending to envelop it.

The White Jade-like four hooves rapidly absorbed the moonlight.

As the moonlight was absorbed, the White Jade spread from the four hooves to its four limbs, then to its body, and finally to its head.

Once its entire body transformed into White Jade, it flashed and disappeared into the Void.

It flashed again and reappeared.

Traversing through the Void as if on flat ground, its speed was incredibly fast.

Upon witnessing this, Zhu Lingyun glanced at Cloud Stepping Leopard.

It seemed Cloud Stepping Leopard was only in the first stage, with faint scales on its four hooves.

Previously it flew without the white mist, but upon arriving here, the white mist hadn’t appeared either.

After such long ages, it was still only in the first stage?

This was somewhat absurd.

Cloud Stepping Leopard sat down, gazing blankly at the tablet, its eyes bright, with auras gradually surging around its body, swelling gradually.

Like great waves cascading down.

Zhu Lingyun felt suffocated, stepped back a few steps to relieve the feeling of suffocation.

The aura of Cloud Stepping Leopard continued to strengthen, and white mist began to slowly emerge from its four hooves.

The white mist grew thicker, and in the next moment, it vanished without a trace.

Zhu Lingyun let out a turbid breath.

The hall suddenly felt spacious and relaxed, no longer suffocating.

Once more, he approached the tablet, examining the Stone Beast closely, picking up the Jade Pearl and placing it on the Stone Beast’s forehead.

In the next moment, the pitch-black Stone Beast also became crystal clear, revealing a Jade Egg within.

The size of a goose egg, its shell seemed to be carved from Jade, exuding a gentle luster.

He pondered for a moment, extending his right hand to place it on the Stone Beast’s forehead, precisely in front of the egg.

Transmitting a current of True Yuan.

No anomaly, as if a mud ox entering the sea.

Not satisfied, he transmitted another current of True Yuan, even more powerful, more domineering.

Yet still like a mud ox entering the sea, no anomaly.

He pondered, realizing his method might be incorrect, and thus condensed spiritual power, transmitting it towards it.

A faint flame appeared in his spiritual vision, resembling a light seen from afar in a pitch-black night.

The flame was dim and weak, ready to extinguish at any moment, as if it couldn’t withstand even a gentle breeze.

He continued to inject spiritual power, yet the flame remained dim.

If not for his meticulous perception, he wouldn’t have noticed it had strengthened ever so slightly.

Vast and immense spiritual power fell upon it, seeming like a drop in the ocean.

This feeling was rather despairing.

Unrelenting, Zhu Lingyun continued to inject spiritual power, with his main body and the two other clones also providing spiritual power.

Unconsciously, half an hour passed.

The flame remained weak, seemingly on the verge of extinguishing.

Zhu Lingyun shook his head.

With his current spiritual power, it’s nearly impossible to cause it any significant change.

This flame should be the spiritual power of the Jade Egg.

He released his hand, no longer injecting spiritual power, and approached the scroll, placing the Wanxiang Pearl on it.

The scroll remained unchanged.

The scroll itself was just written in unusual materials, or the environment was unique, almost free from decay.

He circled the hall a few times, inspecting everything carefully.

Unfortunately, aside from the Stone Beast statue and the scroll, there were no other things.

Another half an hour passed.

But the Cloud Stepping Leopard hadn’t appeared yet.

Contemplating, Zhu Lingyun tossed a Flying Knife under the overturned tripod, then drew a Light Gate.

He stepped into the Light Gate, vanishing without a trace.

The next moment, he returned to his small courtyard at Wanxiang Cliff.

He found Jiao Hengtian waiting there.

As the Light Gate appeared and Zhu Lingyun emerged from it, Jiao Hengtian was taken aback.

"Junior Brother Zhuo, this is...?"

"An unexpected encounter," Zhu Lingyun said.

"Your encounter this time is truly..." Jiao Hengtian admired.

Zhu Lingyun laughed, "That encounter did indeed yield great benefits."

"What happened exactly?" Jiao Hengtian asked eagerly.

Zhu Lingyun replied, "It’s nothing really, a senior took me away somehow, not knowing where I flew to, fortunately, I had this secret technique."

Jiao Hengtian’s expression changed slightly, looking up at the sky then at Zhu Lingyun, "The senior intended to kill you?"

"If he wanted to kill me, he wouldn’t go to such lengths, probably just a lesson," Zhu Lingyun said.

Jiao Hengtian let out a breath of relief, "Perhaps we discussed too much, it’s better to speak less."

Zhu Lingyun nodded, "Brother Jiao, I wish to see the records about the Spirit Venerable on the Cliff, but Master Ma would not allow it."

The records about the Spirit Venerable are stored separately in Qiling Tower.

But Qiling Tower is not open to the public, guarded and managed by Ma Santan who reviews those entering and leaving.

The original Zhuo Yifan had tried to enter Qiling Tower but was denied entry.

Jiao Hengtian shook his head, "There’s no way, Master Ma makes the decisions on this matter."

"No way at all?" Zhu Lingyun asked, "What does Master Ma like?"