Zi Yaoyao knew that she was in big trouble the moment the Heart Assimilation Art was used.
She absolutely could not expose her secret.
She clenched her teeth and her entire body suddenly became incomparably stiff. Her skin began to emit a metallic luster, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into a metallic statue, motionless. Even her life aura had completely disappeared.
Su Chen was slightly taken aback. There was such a move?
He tried knocking on Zi Yaoyao's head, which immediately produced a series of metallic clanging sounds.
So hard!
Su Chen did not believe in heresy. He took out the Yuchang sword and slashed a few times on Zi Yaoyao's face.
It actually did not leave the slightest mark.
What a strong defense!
"Playing dead with me? Do you believe that I won't strip you naked!"
Su Chen threatened.
Zi Yaoyao did not respond.
Su Chen was furious. With a wave of his hand, he tore off Zi Yaoyao's black dress, revealing her white undergarments.
She still did not move.
Su Chen tore off her undergarments again.
Still no movement.
"Damn it!"
Su Chen lost his temper. There was no reaction even like this. It seemed that her brain had turned into a lump of steel, right?
Listening carefully, there was indeed no sound coming from her body. She had completely turned into a dead object.
Su Chen shook his head and threw the metallic statue into his storage ring.
He immediately left the palace and ordered, "Invite Li Qiufeng to the imperial study to meet the emperor."
Not long after, Su Chen met Li Qiufeng in the imperial study.
"Li Qiufeng pays his respects to the emperor."
"Sword God, you may dispense with the formalities."
Su Chen went straight to the point. "Uncle Li, you've been in our Su family for so many years. Do you know of the Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art?"
Li Qiufeng's expression changed. He bowed and said, "I know a thing or two. It is said that only geniuses with great aptitude and comprehension can cultivate the incomplete Dragon Sun Art to the peak and comprehend the complete Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art. The last person to comprehend the Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art was the previous emperor Su Zhe two hundred years ago."
"Imperial Grandfather?"
Su Zhe was the most famous emperor of the Su family in recent times. He was also Su Chen's grandfather. He had been dead for almost two hundred years, but he had actually managed to cultivate the Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art.
Li Qiufeng seemed to have thought of something sad in the past. He sighed softly and said, "Unfortunately, not long after the previous Emperor cultivated the Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art, he was ambushed by the Demon Clan of the Boundless Mountain. He was seriously injured and passed away. I once tried to go to the Boundless Mountain to find out the reason, but the Demon Clan of the Boundless Mountain was too strong for me to go in."
"Uncle Li, do you know that I have also cultivated the Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art?"
Li Qiufeng nodded. "Last time in the Valley of the Apothecaries, Qiu Feng had some guesses, but he wasn't sure."
"Then according to your guess, did the Demon Clan know that they knew some secrets of the Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art, so they attacked Grandpa Emperor?" Su Chen raised the key question.
The black-clothed demoness was most likely from the Demon Clan. She was so surprised after he used the Dragon Blood Tyrant Body Art. It was possible that the Demon Clan knew some things.
It was just that Su Chen didn't know how many secrets the Demon Clan knew.
If they even knew about the 《Zhu Tian》, then it would be a little troublesome.
Li Qiufeng said, "I have some suspicions, but I can't be sure."
After a pause, Li Qiufeng said, "Your Majesty, can you listen to some of my speculations?"
"Please speak frankly."
Li Qiufeng said in a heavy tone, "I suspect that the Demon Clan of the Cangman Mountain is always monitoring everything in the Southern Border countries."
"The Demon Clan is monitoring us?" Su Chen said in surprise, "Do you have any evidence?"
Li Qiufeng said bluntly, "As far as I know, the Five Great Families of the Southern Border all have a cultivation method passed down from ancient times. Only the direct descendants of the Five Great Royal Families are qualified to cultivate it. However, every time someone succeeded in cultivating it, they would die due to various accidents during a period of time."
"I have inquired about the relevant information in all the countries. Three hundred years ago, Qin Qi Shi succeeded in his cultivation in his later years. He relied on the secret cultivation method to catch up. After a hundred years, he broke through to the Heaven Realm. In just a few years, he cultivated to the tenth layer of the Heaven Realm. He was known as the most promising person in the Southern Border to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. However, he died of poison before he could break through. Until now, no one knows who poisoned him."
"Five hundred years ago, the Crown Prince of the Ning Kingdom broke through to the Heaven Realm at the age of eighteen. It is suspected that he also cultivated the secret cultivation method of the Royal Family. At that time, he was bewitched by the demoness and lost his mind. He went crazy and died of illness a few years later."
"A few hundred years ago, in the Five Great Kingdoms of the Southern Border, there were amazing geniuses in every generation of the Royal Family. However, none of them had a good ending. Behind these incidents, there was more or less the shadow of the Demon Clan."
Hearing Li Qiufeng's words, Su Chen could not help but frown.
If all this was true, then Li Qiufeng's deduction was very likely to be true. The Demon Clan was indeed monitoring the Southern Border.
Or rather, they were monitoring the descendants of the Royal Families of the Five Great Kingdoms.
Could it really be related to Heaven's Punishment?
The Demon Clan did not want to see the genius powerhouses of the Five Great Royal Families to gather the Five Great Secret Cultivation Methods?
But the Demon Clan should not have thought so much.
There must be someone behind this.
The Divine Heavens Sect!
Su Chen thought of this name almost immediately.
Only the Divine Heavens Sect knew the secret of Heaven's Punishment. They only had the motive to suppress the Southern Border.
Some people wanted to kill Heaven's Punishment in the Southern Border and not give this cultivation method a chance to see the light of day again.
It seemed that if Su Chen wanted to leave the Southern Border, he would most likely face a huge obstacle!
The appearance of the black-clothed demoness might have been for this matter.
"Uncle Li, it's enough for you and me to know about this. There's no need to tell anyone else," Su Chen instructed.
Li Qiufeng nodded. "Yes, Your Majesty."
After sending off Li Qiufeng, Su Chen returned to the main palace and once again took out Zi Yaoyao, who had turned into a metal statue.
"I don't believe that you will never recover if you remain like this."
Su Chen brought her to the basement and brought over a chair to sit down. He just stared at her, ready to wait for her to recover.
In order to prevent her from hiding any more strength, Su Chen specially took out a thick and large metal lock and tied her up.
He even condensed divine inscriptions on the metal lock.
Even a Heaven Realm expert would find it difficult to break free in a short time.
He waited and waited. Four hours passed, and finally, some sounds came from the metal statue.
Su Chen listened carefully and felt that the statue was rapidly recovering its vitality.
Soon, the metallic luster on the surface of the skin began to fade, and it began to recover its rosy and delicate appearance.
Resurrected!
The moment Zi Yaoyao opened her eyes, she saw Su Chenzhen sitting calmly in front of her.
Feeling a chill below her, Zi Yaoyao lowered her head, only to find that she had been stripped naked and bound by thick metal chains.
"Su Chen, I'm going to kill you!"
Zi Yaoyao's face was filled with anger. Her peak Heaven Realm strength erupted, but she was unable to break free from the chains.
In the next moment, Su Chen held the Yuchang Sword to Zi Yaoyao's neck.
"I'm afraid you can't use this life-saving ability twice in a short time. If you don't want to die, then behave."