Imperial Cultivation

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Chu Zhiyuan stood at the foot of the mountain, surveying the majestic snow mountain.

The mountain was several thousand meters high, similar to Mount Tai he climbed in his previous life.

Ordinary snow peaks often have lush greenery at the foot, which becomes sparser as one ascends, eventually replaced by snow, like a forest wearing snow clothes.

This mountain was entirely covered in snow from top to bottom, with no greenery in sight.

Chu Zhiyuan's gaze continued upwards, looking towards the sky.

The sun had just risen, casting ten thousand beams of golden light slanting across the snow peak, dyeing the eastern side golden, splendid and dreamlike.

He took a deep breath, the air fresh and cold, as if it had just snowed.

The scent of snow lingered around.

He looked down at his combat uniform, feeling like he was dressed too lightly.

At the beginning, it was fine, but the further he went, the colder he felt.

The piercing cold not only froze his skin but seeped into his bones, chilling him to the core.

He stomped his feet, noting the peculiar characteristic of Great Bright Peak being warmer at the top and colder at the bottom.

Other peaks got colder the higher one went, while Great Bright Peak was the opposite, the coldest at the base.

Two grey shadows suddenly appeared twenty feet away, standing on the white snow, cupping their fists in salute: "Greetings, Ninth Prince."

Chu Zhiyuan glanced at the two youths, as gentle as the wind, almost ethereal, and frowned, "There are guards here too?"

He instantly recognized them as Imperial Guards.

"We are ordered to greet the Ninth Prince," the round-faced youth said with a smile, cupping his fists.

"Greet me? More like escort," Chu Zhiyuan snorted.

"I wouldn't dare," the round-faced youth smiled, "Ninth Prince, we are just following orders."

"Alright, I won't make it difficult for you, lead the way," Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand.

"Please, Your Highness!" The two sighed with relief and turned to lead the way up.

The snow mountain had no steps; climbing meant stepping on thick snow.

All three could perform Qinggong.

...

Jingsi Cliff is not at the peak but midway up Great Bright Peak.

Midway, there was a protruding boulder, over ten meters long and twenty meters wide, abruptly jutting out from the mountain.

This boulder was quite flat, with two pine trees at the edge slanted like curved whiskers.

The mountain wind swept through the pine needles, creating a whistling sound.

Fortunately, the stone was flat enough; standing on it, the sound of the wind was intimidating, yet blocked by the stone.

Chu Zhiyuan climbed onto the stone, where a white jade circular mat had been placed.

Sitting down, he immediately felt a surge of warmth, as if sitting in a hot spring.

This jade mat was made from warm jade.

Chu Zhiyuan turned his head to glance at the two standing not far away and frowned, "Will you keep guarding?"

"Yes." The two nodded solemnly.

Chu Zhiyuan snorted, shook his head, and closed his eyes.

The Emperor's trust in him was zero, so much so that he dispatched people to keep an eye on him.

Of course, the original owner indeed had a habit of being unruly, agreeing to things but causing chaos.

Once he closed his eyes, his Super Sense gradually opened, the area of Insight first within him, then outside, expanding bit by bit.

While expanding the range of Insight, he concentrated on sensing, prepared to retract Super Sense if danger was detected.

Since arriving in this world, he had used Super Sense sparingly, avoiding trouble.

The range of Insight expanded further, from ten meters to a hundred, to a thousand, to ten thousand meters.

He finally realized that Great Bright Peak was actually suspended in the void.

Within the range of Super Sensing Illumination, he couldn't see the horizontal ends, Great Bright Peak was larger than he imagined.

Yet he saw that beneath the mountain was the void, and above it was also the void.

Great Bright Peak suspended in the void, much like the Profound Yin Palace.

He speculated that Great Bright Peak was in a higher void than the Profound Yin Palace because no white clouds were visible around.

Only one sun angled its rays.

An idea struck him; he suddenly thought of the visualization.

Wasn't this scene exactly what the Great Brightness Visualization Method depicted?

In the imagined scene of the Great Brightness Visualization Method, the mountain was lush, not snow-covered.

He decided to try using Great Bright Peak as the visualization.

He formed a sealing with his hands, began adjusting his breath, creating a strange rhythm and melody, always watching the scene of the sun shining on Great Bright Peak with Super Sense.

Pure spiritual energy surged directly into the Bai Hui acupoint, circulating through the meridians with unimaginable speed and force, then refining into purer energy rushing into the Yin Yang Fish.

The Yin Yang Fish's swirling immediately accelerated by several times the normal speed.

His spirits lifted.

It was indeed effective!

Using Great Bright Peak's visualization replaced the Great Brightness Visualization Method, and the mental exertion was nearly nonexistent.

The surrounding spiritual energy was purer and more abundant, surpassing that at the Prince Mansion.

The speed at which spiritual energy entered the body, the spinning of the Yin Yang Fish, was faster, far surpassing that at the Prince Mansion.

Unknowingly, he fully immersed himself, not eating or drinking, until the afterglow of sunset faded from the snow peak, and the last sliver of sunlight vanished when the sun finally set, only then did he stop operating.

The heat around the two youths steamed off, warding off the cold.

After the sun disappeared, Great Bright Peak was cloaked in darkness, becoming increasingly sinister.

Chu Zhiyuan's aura surged around him, entirely unfeeling of the cold.

He vaguely sensed that practicing for another ten days might break through to the Fifth Transition.

Cultivating on Great Bright Peak was incredibly fast.

Especially visualizing Great Bright Peak instead of the Great Brightness Visualization Method, with extraordinary effects.

One day of visualization, and his spirits remained robust without any sense of depletion.

He felt he could continue to use the Great Brightness Visualization Method to cultivate.

Visualizing Great Bright Peak during the day, using the Great Brightness Visualization Method at night, would merge seamlessly, hastening the cultivation speed.

"Ninth Prince, it's time to return," the round-faced youth gently reminded.

Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes, impatiently looking at him.

A bright moon had already risen.

Chu Zhiyuan looked up at the bright moon, contemplating the Great Brightness Visualization Method.

The Great Brightness Visualization Method visualizes the sun; what if it were replaced with the bright moon?

He felt a shiver of danger in his heart.

The Observation Method must not be altered lightly, or it could lead to insanity or even death.

Earlier, changing to visualize Great Bright Peak did not feel dangerous; now, thinking of changing to the bright moon, it seemed highly perilous.

...

"Ninth Prince..." The two showed a pleading expression.

Chu Zhiyuan snorted, "You two unlucky fellows, did you offend your colleagues or Wei Boyuan?"

This duty was not a good one.

Chu Liezhao had a violent temper, prone to hitting and scolding.

As Imperial Guards, they couldn't hit or scold this Ninth Prince, only endure it.

So this duty was something nobody wanted, and the two were the unlucky ones.

Their expressions slightly changed.

"Hmm, seems like you offended Wei Boyuan. Here's what, come to my residence as guards, he can't meddle in my affairs."

"Well..." The two exchanged glances.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "These days, Wei Boyuan is choosing guards for my mansion; you might as well recommend yourselves, he doesn't dare stop you."

"Your Highness, allow us to think about it," the round-faced youth said hesitantly.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, "Opportunities are rare, don't miss them, let's go."

He drifted off the cliff, heading down the mountain.

After about a hundred meters, suddenly a gust of wind came from behind, he turned to look, seeing three youths rushing over.

Chu Zhiyuan frowned slightly.

Leading them was a heroic youth, dignified in appearance, with a serious expression.

Flanked by a chubby one with a fierce look between his eyebrows and a strikingly handsome one with a smiling face.

He recognized the lead youth as the Fourth Prince, Chu Liexi.

Five years ago, he had beaten the Fourth Prince here.

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