Imperial Cultivation-Chapter 928 - 924: The Uncanny
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Alright, let’s go back and see the Crown Prince first."
"But there’s a problem right now..." Tong Weijiang said with a bitter smile, "We probably can’t get out."
Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.
Tong Weijiang shook his head, "I’ve tried countless times, but there’s no way out. An invisible force is blocking my way up."
He looked up towards the sky.
The sky was azure blue, dotted with white clouds and bathed in bright sunshine.
Chu Zhiyuan looked up at the sky.
He remembered diving down continuously, plunging into darkness, and then suddenly appearing here when he caught sight of a bright light.
The sky above was clear and blue.
Obviously, this was no longer the original location; it must be a Grotto Heaven.
"What about other places?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.
Tong Weijiang shook his head, "The valley can’t be exited, let alone finding a way out."
Chu Zhiyuan’s Super Sense observed that the valley seemed ordinary, and there was nothing unusual about the surrounding space.
It wasn’t an Array, so why was it impossible to leave?
Tong Weijiang said, "Every path leads back here, it’s very peculiar."
"I’ll give it a try," Chu Zhiyuan said.
He walked slowly outward.
He stepped into a dense forest and continued forward, finally noticing something strange.
Before him was a dense forest, followed by thick grass and vines, with no path in sight.
Yet, within his Super Sense, there was a small path.
No wonder the Super Sense hadn’t detected anything unusual; the Super Sense saw the real path, while his eyes saw an illusion.
The Super Sense saw the true path, and what appeared before him was an illusion.
He turned back out of the forest and followed the visible exit of the valley outward.
What his Super Sense saw was a turning, a path leading back into the valley.
Eventually, he returned to the original location.
This, indeed, was an Array, an Illusion Array.
He looked up at the sky.
According to his Super Sense, the sky was indeed the sky, not an illusion.
He leapt up, realizing his body was becoming heavier, and as he ascended, his True Yuan quickly depleted, like a deflating balloon.
Upon reaching a height of a hundred meters, his body felt as heavy as a weight and plummeted straight down.
The more he descended, the faster his True Yuan recovered. Right before landing, his True Yuan surged like usual, making his body float gently like willow catkins, drifting down.
Tong Weijiang said with a bitter smile, "Indeed, it won’t work, will it?"
Chu Zhiyuan frowned in deep thought.
It wasn’t just illusions that trapped this valley; there was also a peculiar power.
Especially the last power that leaked True Yuan, it was extremely odd and unfathomable.
He soared into the air once more, using Super Sensing Illumination to observe inside and out, seeking the power in the void.
Soon he discovered the presence of void power.
Like dark clouds, once stepping into it, it seeped into the body, melding into the True Yuan.
The True Yuan didn’t disappear; rather, it became unusable after merging with this power.
Once leaving its coverage, the power retreated, and the True Yuan became operable again.
To avoid this situation, this strange power needed to be isolated.
Yet this power was so mysterious that True Yuan couldn’t isolate it.
Even the Moonlight Frost Robe couldn’t.
Once he landed again, Tong Weijiang said with a bitter smile, "I’ve troubled you, Prince Consort."
Now not only was he trapped, but the Thirteenth Prince Consort was also trapped because of searching for him.
It’s like dragging someone down with him; at least there’s company below.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "Looks like we’ll have to take a risky gamble."
He moved his palms, and then a black dot appeared, which turned into a Light Gate.
Chu Zhiyuan looked at Tong Weijiang, "How’s your body?"
"It’s mostly recovered," Tong Weijiang quickly said, looking at the Light Gate in amazement.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Let’s go in and see if we can get out."
Tong Weijiang hurriedly said, "This..."
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Whether we live or die, let’s try this once. Staying here is just waiting for death anyway."
"Prince Consort..."
"Let’s go."
Before Tong Weijiang could finish, Chu Zhiyuan grabbed him by the belt and stepped into the Light Gate.
The next moment, they appeared at the Thirteenth Prince Consort Mansion.
Chu Zhiyuan looked around and smiled, "Lucky us."
"This... where is this...?"
"My residence," Chu Zhiyuan said, "Xiao Zheng, please bring the Crown Prince over."
"Yes," Fu Zheng responded from outside the courtyard.
Tong Weijiang stood dumbfounded, surprised as he surveyed the surroundings, using his martial arts to sense them.
He couldn’t believe it.
Being trapped in the valley for so long, he unexpectedly escaped so easily, it was unfathomable.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile and sat in the small pavilion.
After a short while, Li Cunren hurriedly pushed the door open, beaming and laughing heartily as he came forward.
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Chu Zhiyuan stood with his hands behind his back in the center of the valley, surveying it. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
He found it hard to determine what this place truly was, a Grotto Heaven?
But whether it was a Grotto Heaven or some strange land, it was filled with energies that intrigued him.
He wasn’t interested in the illusions; those were like child’s play to his Spirit Treasure Heavenly Illusion Pavilion.
What intrigued him was the power that could cause True Yuan to stagnate and become unresponsive.
He mused, if he could master this power, how tremendous would its potential be?
Using it against an enemy could turn them into someone who couldn’t perform martial arts, rendered defenseless.
But despite using the Super Sense repeatedly, he couldn’t find the source of this power.
When he wasn’t ascending, this power was invisible and seemingly non-existent.
Once he ascended, this power covered him like dark clouds.
Once he descended, leaving this cloud cover, the power would become invisible again.
It seemed as though this power lay hidden in the void, only revealing itself upon contact, imperceptible otherwise.
But he couldn’t remain suspended in mid-air forever.
Even without using his own power, employing the power of the Moonlight Frost Robe, it could still halt the power of the Moonlight Frost Robe.
Though visible and tangible, he couldn’t penetrate its mysteries, unable to discern its source.
Without knowing its source, gaining control was naturally impossible.
Did it originate from a Spiritual Treasure, an Array, or this peculiar land itself?
With this enigma in mind, he began exploring the valley, seeking its strange origin.
There was nothing unusual inside the valley; no Spirit Fruit or Spiritual Beasts.
The previously flying white deer were no longer within the valley.
Thus, he left the valley.
The valley had trapped Tong Weijiang for so long, yet it couldn’t trap him.
He effortlessly slipped into the forest, following the true path outside, and after a hundred meters, a range of mountains appeared before him.
Among these peaks, one mountain spanned across the sky and earth.
This mountain range was the tallest, with peaks towering into the clouds, their edges unseen.
Within the Super Sense’s range, the peak’s end was nowhere to be found.
His form flickered, soon arriving beneath one of these mountain peaks, drifting upwards.
Upon reaching thirty meters, the peculiar power emerged, and True Yuan began to stagnate, becoming impossible to wield.
His steps did not halt, continuing upward.
The power of the Spiritual Abyss Body Cleansing Record wasn’t affected; standing atop this peak, he could harness the earth’s power.
When he had climbed over five hundred meters, he suddenly smiled.
He saw four white deer soaring towards him, casually landing on a nearby meadow.
Clearly, the power within these white deer’s hooves wasn’t affected.
Under Super Sensing Illumination, he discovered that the power inside these deer’s hooves was the same peculiar power present in the void.
His eyes immediately lit up.
As the four white deer bowed their heads to graze the grass, they sensed his gaze and curiously looked over.
Chu Zhiyuan turned around, pretending not to see them.
Immediately he moved his hands, opening another Light Gate.
Chu Zhiyuan’s main form stepped out of the Light Gate, with traces of wine still at the corners of his mouth.
He wiped away the wine, activating the Spirit Summoning Talisman in his mind.
His clone, Chu Liezhao, then stepped into the soon-to-disappear Light Gate, vanishing from sight.
The four white deer, sensing the power of the Spirit Summoning Talisman, curiously approached, touching Chu Zhiyuan with their antlers.
