When Chu Zhiyuan returned to the Qing Manor, his face was somewhat pale.
Uninterruptedly using the Imperial Sword Technique, unleashing over five hundred strikes in one go, was indeed extremely draining on his spirit.
It drained not only his mental energy but also the power of his soul. After returning to the manor, he immediately connected with the Everlasting Spirit Tree.
The spirituality of the Everlasting Spirit Tree was becoming more abundant, as if it had grown a year older. It curiously circled around him, observing him, constantly spiraling, occasionally rushing over to play with him. Chu Zhiyuan played with it for a while before withdrawing his connection, severing the link despite its reluctance.
Chu Zhiyuan found it adorable. Playing with it for a while was enough; any longer, and he would lose patience. After his soul recovered, he began to recall the cleaning process of the day. He hadn't encountered any danger. It seemed that Chu Zhiting's assassination attempt was truly just revenge, and he was overthinking things.
But he would rather be overthinking things.
He wondered how the Grandmaster from the Grandmaster's Mansion was doing with the tracking, and if he would encounter any danger.
After witnessing Lu Yaofeng's cave dwelling, he knew that Grandmasters were not invincible and that there were threats to them. At least, the extraterrestrial power within that cave could be.
Therefore, Grandmasters also had to act with caution.
During dinner, Bai Ning霜 hurried back, looking exhausted, which made Chu Zhiyuan feel strange. "The Empress is ill again," she sighed, shaking her head, "She's suffering terribly."
"It's not poisoning again, is it?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.
The last time it was poison, so this sudden illness seemed suspicious.
"This time, it shouldn't be poisoning. It's just a persistent cough," Bai Ning霜 sighed. "It's an old ailment."
"Mother's old ailment has relapsed," Chu Minghou nodded helplessly. "It's a root of illness left from when she gave birth to me." Chu Zhiyuan understood.
He knew that Chu Minghou was congenitally weak and almost died, which must have been related to the Consort Rou's condition at the time. Chu Minghou said, "Her condition is caused by Qi deviation during cultivation, and it's difficult to cure. It can only be slowly recuperated."
Chu Zhiyuan was immediately surprised.
Chu Yi also curiously widened her eyes: "Grandmother actually cultivates?"
Chu Minghou said, "When your grandmother was young, her martial arts were very powerful, I think she was a Grandmaster at the peak stage, but unfortunately, she suffered Qi deviation when trying to break through to the Grand Grandmaster realm, and almost died." "Grandmother was that powerful?"
"Otherwise, how would Yuan-er have such good aptitude?" Chu Minghou laughed. "Your grandmother was also a top genius in the martial world when she was young." "Which sect does Grandmother belong to?" Chu Yi asked curiously.
Chu Minghou said, "It's a reclusive sect, not very famous, I think it's called the Qingyuan Sect." "Qingyuan Sect..." Chu Zhiyuan thought for a moment, but he had never heard of this sect.
A sect that produced an imperial concubine, yet it remained unknown.
"Does this sect still exist?" Chu Yi asked, "I've never heard of it."
"Of course, it exists, but it still remains hidden from the world," Chu Minghou said. "It was originally a reclusive sect that didn't want to be involved in worldly affairs." "That's really strange, reclusive and not appearing in the world," Chu Yi didn't understand.
Chu Minghou said, "They don't want to be involved in grudges and love affairs, they just want to cultivate silently. It's also a kind of great freedom to pursue the Great Dao." Chu Yi didn't understand: "Isn't cultivation for fame? Isn't it to live a better life?"
Chu Minghou said, "They pursue something different. They don't want fame, and they live well enough. In a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, they have no worries about food and clothing, how happy is that." "It's still not as good as here," Chu Yi shook her head.
Although she didn't like going out, it was because she felt the turbid air was too heavy, not as good as her Myriad Green Courtyard. But she also knew that living in such a prosperous place like Yujing was much more convenient than in a remote place.
"Alright," Bai Ning霜 waved her hand and said, "What are you talking about? Let's talk about the Empress's illness." Chu Minghou asked, "What did the imperial physicians say?"
"They only say to recuperate and adjust slowly, not to rush, humph, but it hasn't gotten any better," Bai Ning霜哼 said, "I've seen through these imperial physicians, they're purely fooling around. They drag out these non-life-threatening illnesses and don't dare to change the prescription for fear of taking responsibility."
Chu Minghou frowned.
Bai Ning霜哼 said, "These guys are afraid of death, afraid that if they change the prescription, something will happen and they'll have to take responsibility, it's just making the Empress suffer."
Chu Minghou sighed: "There's nothing we can do."
Chu Yi didn't understand: "Mother, doesn't the Tianbao Bureau have elixirs and miraculous medicines? Can't they cure a cough?"
Bai Ning霜 said, "The Empress suffered Qi deviation back then and was saved by an elixir, I think it was a first-grade elixir, but other elixirs have no effect anymore." "If it were that easy, how could it stump these imperial physicians?" Chu Minghou shook his head and said, "If it could be recuperated, it would have been done a long time ago."
Chu Zhiyuan had been listening silently.
He thought of his many elixirs and the many cultivation techniques he practiced.
If Consort Rou's injury was so easy to cure, the Emperor would have already taken action and cured it. What he could do, the Emperor should also be able to do. But he couldn't do nothing, he had to think of a way.
He had already estimated the location of the Imperial Palace and the Thick Earth Hall, and finally said, "Let Grandmother come to the new house I bought." ".Alright," Bai Ning霜 thought for a moment and nodded.
Women of the Imperial Palace cannot leave the palace casually.
But it's not completely impossible to leave the palace. As long as there is a good enough reason, they can still come out. It's not difficult to come out in the name of treatment.
Chu Zhiyuan sat on the couch in his new house, looking at the two small swords in the Heavenly Pool. With constant nurturing, the two small swords were growing larger and becoming more and more sharp.
He felt that the power of these two swords had the potential to catch up with the Asking Heart Saber Technique, but this required enough time. It was still far from enough.
He first went to visit Chu Zhiting.
Chu Zhiting already knew that he had cleaned up the evil sect disciples in the inner city and felt very relieved. But he was also annoyed that the few escaped demons hadn't been killed. He always felt like something was missing. Chu Zhiyuan said there was no need to worry.
The two Grandmasters from the Grandmaster's Mansion had personally gone to hunt them down, those guys couldn't escape. Footsteps sounded.
Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes, got up from the couch, and came to the courtyard.
He saw a purple sedan chair parked at the door, and two beautiful middle-aged maids helped a white-clothed woman wearing a veil out of the chair. Huang Cheng stood beside the chair, bowing slightly without moving.
Apart from that, there were no other guards, it was extremely simple.
Bai Ning霜 was beside her, dressed in palace attire like a fairy, but she still couldn't suppress the veiled woman's demeanor. Chu Zhiyuan stepped forward to greet her and called her Grandmother.
The woman, only revealing her bright eyes, chuckled and looked at Chu Zhiyuan, laughing softly: "You've really grown up."
