Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 235 Demonization

Within the entire cave, aside from the sand piles, no other unusual objects could be perceived. Evidently, all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items had been collected by the Spider King, either devoured already or reserved for extra provision.

Chen Mu reached the sand piles.

Without extending his hand, he simply lifted his foot and gently stomped, immediately causing the yellow sand to surge like mud, swiftly unearthing various items from the buried sand.

"Primordial Essence of Earth, Quicksand Source Stone... Hmm, what's this?"

Chen Mu immediately recognized the origin of the various Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items, but his attention quickly focused on a small mineral the size of a thumb, pale yellow in color.

Without barely pausing, he absorbed the small mineral into his hand, took one look, confirmed its origin, and his eyes also lit up with a spark.

Xuan Huang Stone!

In the current world, among the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items related to the Earth element, two materials stood at the pinnacle: one was Spirit Soil and the other was Xuan Huang Stone!

Spirit Soil is one of the top spiritual materials used for setting up formations and can also be used to forge Spirit Weapons. However, compared to Spirit Soil, Xuan Huang Stone is better suited for forging Spirit Weapons, being the most precious treasure of the Kun Earth element!

"It's a bit small, and its quality might not reach the Superior Grade..."

Chen Mu carefully weighed the Xuan Huang Stone. Although only the size of a thumb, it was actually extremely heavy. Just this tiny piece weighed hundreds of pounds, far more exaggerated than the 'Heavy Stone'.

Its toughness was also the best in the world.

However, it was the first time Chen Mu had encountered such material, and he was not familiar with it at all. He could barely recognize that it was not of the highest quality. As for which specific lower or middle grade it belonged to, he could not precisely differentiate.

But one thing was clear: regardless of the quality, Xuan Huang Stone was one of the main materials for forging Spirit Weapons. Even a small amount was sufficient to elevate a weapon, endow it with spirituality, and from treasure give life!

It was said that

one of the top Spirit Weapons, ranked second in the world, was an entire treasure forged from Xuan Huang Stone named 'Xuan Huang Tower,' which, like the Qiankun Pot, was one of the Da Xuan Dynasty Court's Nation-Protecting Divine Weapons.

"With this Xuan Huang Stone as a foundation, if I can find some auxiliary materials, I could forge a Spirit Weapon uniquely my own. Using one of the Kun Earth affiliation would also be more suitable than using the Thunderbolt affiliation of the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear."

"But what suits me best is still a Qiankun Spirit Weapon that integrates the Eight Phases."

Chen Mu murmured to himself.

Weapons like the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear generally only provided him with some unique utility, such as breaking evil or allowing long-range attacks that could reach up to a hundred yards, but they did not enhance his Qiankun Power of Heaven and Earth most directly.

However, if he had a Spirit Weapon that integrated the Qiankun Eight Phases, it would be entirely different. Even if the intrinsic quality did not reach the level of the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear and was only inferior among Spirit Weapons, the effect would still be extraordinary.

Yet in this world, a person possessing a Spirit Weapon that completely conforms to all one's Artistic Conception and Affinity is an excessively fortunate existence. Often, it is already challenging to fully match two or three affinities, and for Chen Mu, it is even harder.

After all, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items like Xuan Huang Stone are rare to begin with. To find other Spiritual Objects such as thunder, wind, fire, mountains, lakes, and water, which could nearly rival it, is immeasurable, and forging Spirit Weapons with a single affinity is easier; the more complex the affinity, the more difficult the forging.

And a Qiankun Spirit Weapon that integrated the Qiankun Eight Phases and completely matched the Qiankun Artistic Conception only seemed to exist in the Spirit Weapon Catalogue of the Da Xuan, and that was the 'Human Emperor Seal' forged by the founding Martial Emperor.

But even he hadn't managed to gather all eight kinds of top-quality spiritual materials, making the Human Emperor Seal ranked only seventh in the Spirit Weapon Catalogue of Da Xuan.

"For me, the most suitable Spirit Weapon is undoubtedly the Human Emperor Seal, but this thing..."

Chen Mu shook his head.

Unlike the Qiankun Pot whose whereabouts are unknown today, the Human Emperor Seal has never been reported lost since the founding of Da Xuan. Undoubtedly, it is still in the hands of the Imperial Court, being one of the peerless Spirit Weapons that deter Sects across the world and is beyond his reach.

If he could gather seven other Spiritual Items comparable to Xuan Huang Stone and have numerous Grandmasters skilled in Spirit Weapon Refinement help, perhaps he could create a 'Little Human Emperor Seal,' but thinking about it, it seemed too difficult.

Whoosh, whoosh.

Thoughts flashed through Chen Mu's mind incredibly quickly, and though he seemed to contemplate many thoughts in an instant, his actions did not halt at all. Within moments, he gathered all the spiritual materials, including the Xuan Huang Stone.

Then, after sensing the surroundings once more and confirming there was nothing else, his figure flashed as he headed outside.

This cave was not quite large compared to the underground cavern Chen Mu had once explored in the Qingping River Basin, which was much smaller. When Chen Mu exited the depths of the cave, Chu Jingsui, and Xiahou Yan sensed something.

"It seems Junior Brother Chen has already succeeded."

Xiahou Yan's face revealed a hint of a smile.

Chu Jingsui also showed a flicker in his eyes, saying, "I hope this Spider King, in its efforts to break through to the Seventh Rank, hasn't eaten all the good stuff. Otherwise, our trip here would have been in vain."

Xiahou Yan cracked a smile and responded, "Don't jinx it. My luck has always been good. Over the years of exploring desert caves, I've never returned empty-handed."

However,

Just at that moment, the Spider King, constantly entangling with the two, seemed to have reached the peak of its rage. As a Seventh Rank Demon King, its intelligence was almost close to that of humans. Though it did not understand the words of Xiahou Yan and Chu Jingsui, it could discern something from their tones.