Chapter 1701 - 1697: Establishment

Chapter 1701: Chapter 1697: Establishment

Dong Muyu felt her laughter was inexplicable.

What’s so funny about this?

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Senior Sister Dong, she thinks I’m scheming, but I believe I’m being sincere to others."

"Indeed." Dong Muyu agreed deeply, "Junior Brother, you are very sincere to others."

"Pfft! Sincere?"

"Hahahahaha..."

Li Hongzhao heard and laughed again.

Dong Muyu glared at her.

Li Hongzhao waved her jade hand, still unable to stop laughing.

Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, "Senior Sister, don’t mind her madness, rest assured, my cooperation with the court is to help them and to practice sword training."

Dong Muyu said, "Heaven Refining Sword?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, "The source of the Heavenly Sword’s power is the people’s hearts and desires, staying on Heavenly Sword Peak to slay demons has poor results."

Dong Muyu frowned, "Not poor, right?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Even a good deed, when done for long, people will take it for granted and a matter of course. Over the years, people now see suppressing demons as our duty at the Heavenly Sword Sect, without much gratitude."

Dong Muyu pondered.

Li Hongzhao stopped laughing, her jade face flushed as if dyed in red clouds, beautiful and stunning, "True."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "If we always stay on Heavenly Sword Peak, it’s almost impossible to practice the real Heavenly Sword."

"So..." Dong Muyu frowned, "Does that mean our Heavenly Sword Sect disciples must go out to help the court if they want deeper practice?"

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

Li Hongzhao snorted, "The court knows this, so they won’t be willing to let our Heavenly Sword Sect disciples enter the court."

"That’s bad of them." Dong Muyu snorted.

Li Hongzhao said, "Humph, they think it’s for the good of the Heavenly Sword Sect."

"For our good?" Dong Muyu widened her eyes.

Li Hongzhao’s lips lightly curled with a hint of a sarcastic smile, "If Heavenly Sword Sect disciples aren’t so strong, they don’t pose a big threat to the court. Everyone can live peacefully. If Heavenly Sword Sect disciples become stronger and disrupt the balance, it can bring great disaster to the Heavenly Sword Sect and trouble to the court."

"What great disaster could be brought?" Dong Muyu said.

Li Hongzhao said, "If unsatisfied with the court’s constraints and revolt, wouldn’t that bring great disaster?"

"Fight with the court?" Dong Muyu said, "No matter how it is, it can’t be a fight with the court, right?"

Li Hongzhao snorted, "If one feels too oppressed by the court, why couldn’t one act? When one’s strength is great, it’s hard to hold back."

"So..." Dong Muyu tilted her head, thinking, and finally nodded, "It makes sense. When we are weak, we don’t think about rebelling. But when strong, indeed courage grows, and we point out unfairness. The court will surely think we want to rebel."

"Exactly," Li Hongzhao said, "That’s why the court has always been trying to prevent the Four Great Sects from growing too big, always subtly suppressing and weakening us."

Dong Muyu snorted, "So that’s how it is... People really are complicated!"

Li Hongzhao smiled, "That’s considered good. There are some officials in the court who are extremely hostile to us, believing the Four Great Sects are the source of unrest and shouldn’t exist. Those are truly annoying."

Dong Muyu was incredulous, "We’re the source of unrest? How could that be!"

"Those who commit crimes and abuse power often have martial arts skills; if without martial arts, they wouldn’t dare to act rashly, and we, the Four Great Sects, are the strongest in martial arts, so..."

"Inexplicable indeed."

"People’s thoughts are like that, often inexplicable, without reason, yet they firmly believe them, unchangeable, can’t kill them all, right?"

Dong Muyu sighed, "Sigh... Better to stay within our sect."

Li Hongzhao smiled, "Senior Sister, actually it’s nothing. People are complex yet simple, don’t bother with how they think. As long as they don’t trouble us, that’s fine. If they trouble us, then give them a solid lesson so they won’t dare again."

Dong Muyu hesitated, "This..."

Li Hongzhao said, "People’s hearts are dirty, don’t expect them to be genuinely convinced. It’s enough to make them fear us."

Dong Muyu slowly nodded, somewhat swayed by Li Hongzhao.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and glanced at Li Hongzhao.

Indeed, having been an Emperor, one can see into people’s hearts.

Of course, this requires matching ability, or else one would die miserably.

...

Chu Zhiyuan returned to his small courtyard at the Profound Yin Palace, focusing on practicing the Taixu True Scripture.

Feeling the consistent influx of power from the Taixu Tower into himself.

The Twelve Stone Towers quickly integrated with his being, spiritually aligned, like being able to use one’s arm at will.

As the integration deepened, he vaguely sensed the positions of other stone towers.

His feeling towards the giant tower standing before the Spirit Venerables grew clearer.

He could clearly sense its spiritual growth, not only its spirit but its strength was growing rapidly.

The Spirit Venerables were helping it grow.

It absorbed the power from these Spirit Venerables into itself, continuously increasing wisdom through observing their thoughts.

Continuing in this growth, Chu Zhiyuan felt it wouldn’t take long before these Spirit Venerables would be at its mercy, unable to retreat.

He smiled thinking about this.

Feeling this way was not bad.

Captivating all the Spirit Venerables’ attention, preventing them from being too bored.

More importantly, it needs to grow quickly.

Originally just a spiritual artifact, it must grow quickly to be enough to counter divine artifacts.

By then, even when other divine artifacts are deployed, they will be helpless against it, and peace will prevail, avoiding disturbances.

At least not due to the Taixu Tower, then it’s no concern of his.

A bright moon hung high, he paced with hands behind his back in the courtyard.

The green robe was bathed in moonlight.

"Hehe..."

With playful laughter, three women suddenly appeared in the adjacent courtyard.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

They just entered the Inner Universe, suffered a setback, and now they seem to enjoy it.

This time they stayed inside for two days before coming out.

"Master." Zhou Qingyu floated over the wall, landing in front of him.

In a green robe, her pretty face full of excitement.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Have you mastered the Sword Technique?"

Zhou Qingyu excitedly said, "Yes, already initiated, it’s amazing."

She experienced the delight of the Flying Knife, an indescribable pleasure compared to swordsmanship and hand skills.

She now prefers using the Flying Knife.

With her high aptitude and dedication, her progress with the Flying Knife was astonishing.

Xiao Ruoling and Shen Hanyue also floated over the wall, like two lotus flowers drifting to him.

"Princely Heir, we’ve encountered a White Ape again, but this one’s different."

"Very powerful?"

"It’s very vindictive, relentlessly persisting and harassing us. We can’t catch up, and were sneak attacked, quite troublesome."

"But I see you’re quite happy." Chu Zhiyuan said.

Shen Hanyue boasted, "Every time it sneak attacks, it fails to gain anything, always suffers a setback."

"Yet it won’t give up?"

"I think the more setbacks it suffers, the less it wants to give up, determined to win."

"Yes, it indeed is stubborn." Xiao Ruoling smiled, "First time encountering such a persistent strange beast."

Zhou Qingyu said, "Master, this White Ape is mighty, immune to blades and spears. Even when my Flying Knife hits it, it doesn’t break its skin despite its lightning speed."

Shen Hanyue smiled, "Little Qingyu’s Flying Knife got honed against it, making tremendous progress in just two days."

"Indeed, it’s a good opponent." Zhou Qingyu smiled.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Be careful, don’t let it catch you off guard."

"Rest assured, Master. I’m always cautious." Zhou Qingyu smiled, "By the way, Master, Uncle Zhang sent me a message, asking me to return to teach the new disciples."

"Hmm," Chu Zhiyuan said, "You have experience in cultivating the Heavenly Five Mysterious Techniques, just right to pass onto them."

Zhang Ji Yuan and Ning Dongge acted swiftly, already accepted three disciples prepared to teach the Heavenly Five Mysterious Techniques.

The outer sect of the Heaven-Reaching Sect has been established.

Through the Divine Eye, he already saw the prosperity of this outer sect.