Ruthless Move

The two continued sitting in the small pavilion, drinking wine as they flipped through the booklets, waiting for news from Li Ningcui and Zhu Yijing.

Chu Liexuan shook his head as he read.

Chu Zhiyuan said little, swiftly reviewing the information without forgetting to cultivate.

Even if he could not enter the Nascent Soul Stage before entering the Phoenix Dynasty, he would not give up.

Any increase in cultivation was still an increase. Perhaps at the final moment, he might become a Venerable.

Chu Liexuan sensed that he was cultivating but paid it no mind. He understood Chu Zhiyuan's approach.

He knew Chu Zhiyuan was under immense pressure, and racing against time to cultivate was something he had no choice but to do.

Of course, that was also why his cultivation had advanced so quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Yijing and Li Ningcui appeared before them again.

This time, what they handed over were not small booklets, but sheets of plain paper.

Chu Zhiyuan and Chu Liexuan each read through the dozen or so sheets.

Chu Liexuan sighed in admiration. "Thousand Mechanisms Tower is more formidable than I imagined!"

The information concerning Chu Lieyang came one item after another, one matter after another, truly a dazzling array.

From his dietary habits and daily routine to his relationships, hobbies, and even certain private, unspeakable affairs.

After seeing these, one could see Chu Lieyang through completely, more clearly than usual.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Thousand Mechanisms Tower will be a useful assistant for you, Second Brother."

"Ah, I don't really have any use for Thousand Mechanisms Tower."

"Second Brother, do you think you can live on like this forever, ordinary and calm, without a single ripple?"

"I don't have much ambition anyway. Living plainly and peacefully like this is quite