Imperial Cultivation-Chapter 1216 - 1212: Agreement

Zhong Lingyun’s expression slightly changed, his figure flickering as he shouted, "What’s going on?"

A young City Guard sneered, "Good thief, you almost deceived me!"

His eyes restrained the golden light as he laughed coldly, "What a pity, your luck is bad!"

He took out a golden token from his bosom, which was shining with golden light.

The City Guards rushing towards Zhong Lingyun saw the anomaly of the gold medal and accelerated their charge.

Holding the shining token high, the young City Guard looked proud, smiling arrogantly, "No Evil Demon can sneak into the Imperial City, no matter how strong your cultivation is!"

"Evil Demons deserve to be exterminated, kill—!"

"Kill—!"

"Kill!"

...

The City Guards accelerated, their blades flowing like sheets of light, dozens of white flashes forming a sea of light, aiming to engulf him.

Zhong Lingyun’s eyes suddenly brightened, quickly darting aside, then making a sharp turn to form a giant "V" shape, trying to avoid them and head towards the city gate.

"This way is blocked!"

A sudden shout, two middle-aged men flashed out from the city gate, stepping up close to him, releasing their palms.

A white light flew from Zhong Lingyun’s left sleeve towards one middle-aged man, while his right palm struck at another.

The white light was a flying knife, which was shot away by that middle-aged man’s palm strength.

"Bang!"

He was flung away by the other middle-aged man.

"Hah, is that all!?"

Both men chuckled, their figures flickered as they relentlessly pursued him, intent on killing him directly.

Evil Demons deserve to be exterminated, seeing them it’s never wrong to kill.

Zhong Lingyun, in the air, formed seals with his hands, pointing to his heart, a streak of golden light drilling into his chest.

The next moment, he suddenly accelerated, like a wisp of smoke, bypassing the two middle-aged men, drifting into the distance.

"Eh?"

"A bit strange."

"The Evil Path always has some eerie and strange aspects, better not chase further."

If this Evil Demon is just bait, and another stronger one appears once we leave, sneaking into the city, then we’d lose our duty of guarding the gate, committing a grave mistake.

The two watched Zhong Lingyun turn into a wisp of smoke, slowly drifting away, disappearing into the distance.

"Don’t worry about him anymore."

"Continue inspecting those entering the city, no slacking!"

"Yes!"

...

Zhu Lingyun and He Lingchuan stood atop a mountain, looking towards the happenings on this side.

He Lingchuan, operating his cultivation, looking far ahead clearly, frowned and said, "What exactly is this gold medal?"

Their secret technique is extremely marvelous, can completely hide their aura, able to deceive the City Guards’ Candle Demon Eye.

Even a Venerable with Nine Transitions Perfection can’t sense any evil energy facing us.

If not for this gold medal, Zhong Lingyun would have already entered the city, and could freely enter and exit.

The problem lies with this gold medal.

Zhu Lingyun chuckled lightly, "Sure enough, can’t get in."

"Mr. Zhu, you’ve tried?"

"Yes."

"..."

"I thought your sect’s secret techniques were stronger, but it’s just so-so."

He Lingchuan, dissatisfied, "Mr. Zhu, we are partners, we are united."

Zhu Lingyun said, "Exactly because of this, I said it in advance, this is only the first hurdle."

"... then what other barriers are there?" He Lingchuan asked.

Zhu Lingyun said, "There’s this gold medal outside the city, what about inside the city? The Imperial Ancestral Temple? Your insider surely hasn’t practiced the sect’s mental method, right?"

"Naturally cannot practice."

"Having not practiced, how can you know there’s no other treasure in the Imperial Ancestral Temple to detect our aura?"

He Lingchuan slowly nodded, "So we must be prepared, to force our way in when necessary."

Zhu Lingyun said, "With Mr. Zhong’s cultivation, entering the Imperial City is akin to suicide, too weak!"

He Lingchuan’s face turned unpleasant.

The approaching Zhong Lingyun’s face also turned unpleasant.

Zhu Lingyun shook his head at him.

Zhong Lingyun gave a bitter smile, "Didn’t expect the City Guards to be so strict now, very troublesome!"

He Lingchuan said, "Good thing we knew beforehand."

Zhu Lingyun sneered, "Knowing doesn’t mean you can break in?"

He Lingchuan said, "There’s still a way."

"Tell me." Zhu Lingyun appeared to listen intently but carried a hint of sarcasm.

He Lingchuan looked towards Zhong Lingyun.

Zhong Lingyun sighed helplessly, "Can only use that move."

"Which move?" Zhu Lingyun asked.

Zhong Lingyun looked at He Lingchuan.

He Lingchuan said, "Have a large number of experts forcibly rush the city gates at the same time, we’ll slip in amidst the chaos."

"Cruel enough!" Zhu Lingyun snorted.

Let a large number of Evil Demons hold off these City Guards, even lure the tiger away from the mountain.

This means sending the Evil Demons to their deaths to create an opportunity for them to enter the city.

Zhu Lingyun shook his head, "I can’t be so ruthless."

He Lingchuan and Zhong Lingyun frowned.

Zhu Lingyun said, "There are more disciples from Feiling Sect and Wanxiang Sect, let them do it."

He Lingchuan took a deep breath, suppressing his anger.

Though the disciples within the sect are considered expendable, not afraid of dying out.

Yet each disciple can provide him with cultivation resources, which are an assurance for cultivation and also his valuable assets.

Only disciples from the two sects sent to die, while not sending in Giant Spirit Sect disciples, was taking advantage.

They were extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Lingyun, but needed him nonetheless.

Zhong Lingyun said, "The disciples from the two sects cannot be overly sacrificed, it’s best to send a few Giant Spirit Sect disciples as well."

Zhu Lingyun shook his head, "Forget sending Giant Spirit Sect disciples, if that’s the case, we might as well not enter the Imperial City."

"Mr. Zhu!" He Lingchuan snapped.

He could no longer contain his anger, glaring coldly at Zhu Lingyun, "Isn’t this going too far?"

Zhu Lingyun smirked indifferently, "Shall we just part ways here, each going their separate way?"

"Mr. Zhu, Mr. He, let’s say less, please." Zhong Lingyun quickly interjected, "Calm down, everyone."

"I’ve been very calm all along." Zhu Lingyun said, "It’s you who’ve been harboring ill intentions, right?"

"Mr. Zhu misunderstood us." Zhong Lingyun said helplessly, "We are genuinely cooperative and eagerly seek your assistance."

Zhu Lingyun shook his head with a cold smile, "I’ve descended onto the Divine Son, and the Divine Son’s senses are extremely sharp."

He was certain these two did not have good intentions, hiding malice, and planning to set him up at some point.

But he continued the charade to gather more information.

Moreover, this was just a clone.

He Lingchuan shook his head, "Mr. Zhu, you are overthinking. We’re only concerned about that treasure, nothing else matters!"

Zhu Lingyun snorted, "Then it’s fine for the disciples from your two sects to rush the city gate, right?"

"Ah..." He Lingchuan sighed, "To show sincerity, we agree. Mr. Zhu, are you satisfied now?"

"All right," Zhu Lingyun agreed ambiguously, "Perhaps I was overthinking."

Zhong Lingyun said, "Let’s act immediately, have them make a move, and Mr. Zhu, wait for us here."

"Go, go." Zhu Lingyun waved his hand, "Hurry up."

He watched the two walk away together, a cold smile appearing.

He was even more convinced they were preparing to set him up.

...

Chu Zhiyuan composed his heart and spirit, slowly paced with his hands behind his back in Huang Zhengyang’s small courtyard.

Suddenly, he stopped, turned his head towards the courtyard gate.

Huang Zhengyang entered, a smile on his face, "Succeeded."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Brother Huang, what connections did you find?"

Huang Zhengyang said, "I found two Princes, Prince Su and Prince Cheng."

Chu Zhiyuan was surprised, "Didn’t you find Prince Zhuang?"

"If I approached Prince Zhuang, Prince Zhuang would ask why you didn’t go to him yourself."

"Brother Huang, you are meticulous, I admire you." Chu Zhiyuan praised.

This thoroughness and thoughtfulness moved him deeply, and he couldn’t help but marvel.

Huang Zhengyang said with a smile, "The Imperial Ancestral Temple cannot be taken lightly, there are many rules inside. I’ll tell you in detail."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Huang Zhengyang’s expression grew serious as he began to talk about the numerous taboos and rules of the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Chu Zhiyuan listened intently.

After hearing these taboos, he became even more curious about the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

What could the temple dedicated to the Four Royal Families possibly look like?

A layer of mist enveloped the outside, and Super Sense could not see through it.

Now he would need to personally go and take a look.

"Let’s go." Huang Zhengyang said, "I’ll take you to the outside of the Imperial Ancestral Temple."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Brother Huang, you’re not going in?"

Huang Zhengyang shook his head, "I’m not going in this time."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

It seemed this Imperial Ancestral Temple was indeed high and steep, very difficult to enter.

Under normal circumstances, with Huang Zhengyang having spoken for him, he could have gone in to take a look and possibly had an insight.

Yet, he couldn’t enter.

It’s not that he didn’t want to go in, but that he couldn’t.

This opportunity was indeed rare and was certainly a great favor.

Huang Zhengyang and he exited the Evil Extermination Department, walking east while chatting casually.

Chu Zhiyuan mentioned the matter of Four Sect experts annihilating Giant Spirit Sect, causing Huang Zhengyang to shake his head repeatedly.