Da Xuan Martial Saint

No matter the process, even if it was by taking advantage of geographical benefits or employing covert schemes, the ability to kill a grandmaster was a testament to strength. Even if Chen Mu were to be ranked first in the next Wind Cloud List, no one would be surprised.

After all,

The carefree Xia Yu'e and the yin-yang enchantress Hua Yunsheng from above had never killed a grandmaster of Tuguhou's level, and they didn't even have a record of slaying grandmasters, with their experiences largely involving straightforward victories or defeats.

When the Main Altar of the Sky Demon Sect suffered a sudden attack by Seven Profound Sect's lightning-fast strike, along with the emergence of the new Supreme Qin Mengjun, the foreign race elites that were entrenched in Han Prefecture retreated decisively, abandoning direct confrontation with the Seven Profound Sect. The Heavenly Corpse Sect did the same, neither confronting the Seven Profound Sect head-on. They either fled or retreated, completely giving up on Han Prefecture.

Just like that,

Two of the six Counties in Ice State were completely in the hands of the Seven Profound Sect, governed and controlled by them.

...

Spirit Profound Peak.

Behind the cliff.

Under an umbrella-like ancient tree, there lay a rock that used to be the place where Qin Mengjun connected daily with the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation and merged his soul with heaven and earth for healing. But now, it had become the dwelling of the new Spirit Profound Peak Master, Chen Mu.

On the other side of the rock, there was a small and elegant bamboo house which was newly constructed by Chen Mu who didn't quite adapt to Qin Mengjun's practice of sitting all day on the formation node.

At this moment,

Inside the intricately crafted bamboo house,

There was no bed in the room, just a spacious area with only a meditation cushion in the center, upon which Chen Mu was silently seated.

In fact, whether it was Seven Profound Sect taking over Frost County and Han Prefecture, or his ascension from vice Peak Master of Spirit Profound Peak to the new Peak Master, succeeding Qin Mengjun, none of this made too much difference to him, nor did he care.

What truly mattered to him were the results obtained from the campaign in Han Prefecture, which could be described as extremely lucrative.

First was the Body Refining Spiritual Objects,

In the battle at Secluded Silent Valley alone, Chen Mu collected several Body Refining Spiritual Objects, including the Mystic Tortoise Heart Blood and such, which were urgently needed and beneficial for the cultivation of his Qiankun Martial Body.

Understanding the Artistic Conception is vital, but the cultivation of the Martial Body should not be neglected.

"Let's try out the effects of this Body Refining Spiritual Object."

With a thought, Chen Mu quickly took out a portion of the Body Refining Spiritual Object, which appeared to be a brilliant blue liquid but was more like mercury in texture—dense and heavy.

Just holding it in his hand, he could feel the substantial Heaven and Earth's Yuan Qi contained within it. It was a Spiritual Object of the Kan Water Sect, far more volatile than the Viscera Refining and nourishing types he had used before.

For ordinary people, such a high-level Spiritual Object was no different from poison.

Martial Artists in the Tendon Changing and Bone Tempering Realm who dared to ingest it would almost certainly explode and die, and even those in the Five Organ and Viscera Realm would find it difficult to suppress and digest it, risking damage to their viscera—benefit-less and harmful.

But for grandmasters who have entered Marrow Cleansing and forged a Martial Body, it's precisely the appropriate Spiritual Object, capable of refining the physique. No matter how violent the Heaven and Earth's Yuan Qi is, with the Martial Body, it can still be borne.

Body Refining Spiritual Objects generally don't necessitate accompanying auxiliary herbs.

After observing the Mysterious Water Essence in his hand for a moment, Chen Mu gently raised his hand, tossing it up, then tilted back his head and swallowed it.

It felt as though swallowing an extremely cold liquid, far colder than ice, yet upon entering his stomach and being stimulated by the Six Viscera, it quickly turned intensely hot. It transformed into a tumultuous Power of Heaven and Earth, surging towards his limbs and bones, mainly infiltrating deep into the flesh, towards the marrow.

Chen Mu called up the system panel to look.

[Martial Body: Qiankun (Minor Achievement)]

[Experience: 867 points]

Ever since his Qiankun Martial Body was accomplished, its continuous natural tempering accumulated experience points, and the Mysterious Water Essence provided him with over five hundred experience points.

To elevate from Minor Achievement to the next level in Qiankun Martial Body, three thousand experience points were needed, and currently, excluding the Mystic Tortoise Heart Blood and Demon Blood, he still possessed enough Body Refining Spiritual Objects to suffice.

With swift motions,

Chen Mu immediately took out several other Body Refining Spiritual Objects without hesitation. Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire

They included a red pellet that resembled an inner core, a gray-brown clump of earth that didn't appear edible, and even a piece of metal that shone brilliantly under the sunlight.

However, Chen Mu disregarded these details, swallowing piece by piece, including one that seemed like a silver ingot. Its texture was indeed akin to metal, but within a few bites, he had crushed and swallowed it.

After refining the Five Organ and Six Viscera to the utmost, one can fast for a long time without drinking or eating, and even swallow iron without harm.

Of course,

The piece he had just swallowed was not any silver ingot, but a kind of Geng Metal Spiritual Object.

Various Spiritual Objects were being consumed one after another by Chen Mu, and the abundant Heaven and Earth's Yuan Qi constantly clashed within him, cleansing and washing his Qiankun Martial Body. Meanwhile, the data on the system panel was rapidly changing.

[Martial Body: Qiankun (Minor Achievement+)]

[Experience: 3178 points]