Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 236 Returning to the Sect

"Huff... huff..."

Xiahou Yan and Chu Jingsui gasped heavily.

Although they both were at the Six Viscera Realm, fully activating the power of the Spirit Weapon and combating a Seventh Rank Spider King was still a tremendous pressure and a significant burden on their Inner Breath.

This was also why Chen Mu seldom used the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear under normal circumstances, because when he deployed the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal, he felt no pressure at all. The Qiankun cycle continued endlessly, but mobilizing the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear consumed a great deal.

"Junior Brother Chen,"

After briefly catching his breath, Xiahou Yan looked at Chen Mu and said with a wry smile, "You truly amazed me."

"Qiankun Artistic Conception, Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal..."

At this moment, Chu Jingsui was still somewhat shocked as he watched Chen Mu. His inner turmoil was actually greater than Xiahou Yan's, since Xiahou Yan had only just met Chen Mu and was not very familiar with him, whereas he had been there from the beginning, escorting Chen Mu from Yu County to the Seven Profound Sect's gates, and was very clear that at that time, Chen Mu had not yet practiced Qian Heaven and Kun Earth.

Even though Chen Mu had already mastered all but Qian Heaven and Kun Earth of the other Six Phases while in Yu County, to have practiced Qian Heaven and Kun Earth after arriving at Spirit Profound Peak, and to have comprehended and transformed them into a complete Qiankun Artistic Conception within just a year and a half, was still heart-shaking!

"Junior Brother Chen, how did you manage to do it?"

After taking a deep breath, Chu Jingsui couldn't help but ask Chen Mu.

He suddenly felt that he couldn't understand his fellow disciple from the same peak at all.

Chen Mu was currently examining the rapidly shrinking and decaying corpse of the Spider King. Hearing Chu Jingsui's words, he responded very casually, "Senior Brother Chu, are you talking about the Qiankun Artistic Conception? It must be because I have good comprehension and am quite compatible with the Qiankun lineage."

Chu Jingsui said with a bitter smile, "It's not just about comprehension. Even if you had obtained the Earthly Green Lotus Seed before, having the assistance of such an item to master the complete second step of Qiankun in just a year and a half is still too astonishing."

Although,

the Qiankun Artistic Conception is one of the most widely practiced Martial Arts today, and there are not a few who have achieved a complete Qiankun within the Six Viscera Realm, but most of them are those who failed to break through the Mysterious Pass and no longer had the opportunity to achieve Marrow Cleansing Grandmastership and hence turned to further understanding Qiankun Artistic Conception, spending decades to comprehend it one by one.

Yet Chen Mu managed to comprehend the complete Qiankun Artistic Conception in the Five Viscera Realm and stepped into the second phase, which meant that Chen Mu might hope to cross over the Mysterious Pass and become a Grandmaster through the Qiankun Artistic Conception!

Looking throughout the entire history of the Da Xuan Calendar,

since that founding Martial Emperor, countless people have practiced Qiankun Artistic Conception, but over the past thousand years, not a second person has managed to step into the Blood Exchange Realm or cross the Mysterious Pass to become a Grandmaster using a complete Qiankun, no more than a handful in number.

If Chen Mu could break through the Mysterious Pass and enter the Marrow Cleansing Grandmastership in the future, even if he couldn't reach the third step or ascend to the pinnacle of Martial Arts, he was still likely to stand as a Grandmaster, challenging those of the Blood Exchange Realm!

Of course,

all these were still quite distant for Chen Mu as the Mysterious Pass ultimately was a threshold that had killed countless dazzling talents. The Qiankun Artistic Conception is the strongest path of Martial Arts but also the most difficult one; it could only be said that with Chen Mu's comprehension and talent, he had a great chance.

Xiahou Yan couldn't help but smile wryly at this moment and said, "I was thinking earlier about how to protect Junior Brother Chen, but it turned out I was the frog in the well. If it weren't for Junior Brother Chen mastering the Qiankun Artistic Conception and ranking among the elite of the Wind Cloud List, I fear today we would have perished here or suffered a severe loss... It's unexpected that this demon could demonize."

After listening to Xiahou Yan, Chen Mu shook his head calmly and said, "Senior Brother Xiahou, you speak too modestly. Without the help of two Senior Brothers, even though I could have suppressed this demon, it would have been hard to kill it."

At that moment, Chu Jingsui also turned his gaze towards the remnants of the Spider King's body, which was now just some shriveled chunks of flesh, and said, "This Spider King must have gnawed on some Spirit Ore hidden deep within the Earth's Veins, infiltrated by Demonic Qi. Although it broke through to the Seventh Rank, the Demonic Qi was unable to dissipate in the short term and just happened to encounter us, ultimately leading to its loss of control."

"Hmm, that must be it."

Xiahou Yan also nodded slightly and said, "Nowadays, Demonic Qi barely exists in the world. Even if it does exist, it is only in some Spirit Ores that were once infiltrated by Demonic Qi and buried deep in the Earth's Veins, undiscovered, then inadvertently ingested by demons, transforming them into demonized creatures."

Chen Mu examined the vestigial remnants of the demonized Spider King, and indeed, as described in the scriptures, those transformed by Demonic Qi into demons, whether in human or demon form, completely wither and decay upon death without leaving any valuable remains.

Regardless, it was good that it was slain.

"The two Senior Brothers should come out and talk first,"

said Chen Mu at that time.

Xiahou Yan and Chu Jingsui both nodded, and the three soon made their way back to the surface along the sand path, safe and sound.

Once they were back on the sands, Chen Mu glanced around and then opened a bundle he was carrying and said, "That Spider King still gathered quite a few good things from the Earth's Veins without devouring them all."

Upon seeing the items that Chen Mu revealed, Xiahou Yan and Chu Jingsui were both surprised for a moment.

"Eh."

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Both men, being of far broader experience than Chen Mu, recognized at a glance the most valuable of these Spiritual Objects.

After exchanging glances, they immediately said, "It seems we are indeed in luck to have found a piece of Mysterious Yellow Stone, a top ore for forging Spirit Weapons. Junior Brother Chen, you should keep it."