Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 179 – 154 Two Months_2

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If it really doesn’t work, then try using that spiritual object to attempt breaking through to the Five Viscera Realm.

The Five Viscera Realm is different from Tendon Changing and Bone Tempering. At this realm, all spiritual objects and medicinal materials become completely auxiliary and are no longer key. There are also no thresholds such as Tendon Changing Pills or Bone Tempering Pills, and what determines whether a martial artist can cross this barrier has more to do with the martial artist himself.

Speaking of which, the gap in the Yu Family is quite severe; the individuals from the second and third generations couldn’t break through the Five Viscera Mysterious Pass even with the aid of external objects.

“As for the Inner Breathing Method, they’re largely similar, simply relying on one’s own Qi-Blood to break through the Five Viscera Mysterious Pass one by one, and eventually construct a Five Viscera circulation. Then, with Artistic Conception as an aid, connect with the external heaven and earth to form your own unique Yuan Gang True Essence…”

Meng Danyun continued.

Chen Mu was already aware of this part, having seen it in the Great Profound Martial Canon.

The richness of Qi-Blood determines the ’quantity’ of the condensed Yuan Gang True Essence, while Artistic Conception determines the ’quality’ of the Yuan Gang. Essentially, whatever Artistic Conception one cultivates, that is the kind of Yuan Gang True Essence one condenses.

“Then, if I want to cultivate Qian Heaven Yuan Gang, before I have mastered Qian Heaven Artistic Conception, and I enter the Five Viscera Realm, can it still be transformed afterward?”

Chen Mu asked the question he was most concerned about.

“Yes.”

Meng Danyun answered, “Before stepping into the Marrow Cleansing Realm, Yuan Gang True Essence can slowly be refined and changed with Artistic Conception. However, as the realm gets higher and the Yuan Gang gets stronger, the time consumed to change its quality will also increase.

Therefore, it’s best not to repeatedly switch, but rather decide your future Martial Arts path in the Five Viscera Realm.”

Having said this.

She looked at Chen Mu with some surprise and said, “You want to cultivate Qian Heaven Artistic Conception? Ah, I see, with your talent, and having already mastered Wind Thunder Artistic Conception, it would indeed be a pity not to try Qian Heaven.

The Seven Profound Sect does have an Artistic Conception Map of Qian Heaven, but mastering Qian Heaven Artistic Conception is even more difficult than stepping into the second step of a single Artistic Conception.”

As expected, the Seven Profound Sect has an Artistic Conception Map of Qian Heaven, so they should have one for Kun Earth as well.

Chen Mu wasn’t surprised by this; as a Great Sect that dominated a state, if they didn’t have the world’s unique ’Eight Phases Diagram,’ that would be normal, but it would be strange if they lacked even the Imitative Diagrams, given that the founding Sect Leader of the Seven Profound Sect seemed to come from the Imperial Court, and to this day, the Seven Profound Sect still inherits the hereditary title of ’Mysterious Jade Marquis,’ recognized by the Imperial Court in the early years as a famous and legitimate lineage.

Therefore, the Seven Profound Sect itself mainly focuses on cultivating Qiankun Eight Phases, and there are not many who cultivate other Artistic Conceptions.

“I indeed want to try.”

Chen Mu honestly replied.

Having heard what he wanted to know from Meng Danyun, he had nothing to worry about anymore.

“Actually, cultivating Qian Heaven has both advantages and disadvantages.”

Meng Danyun smiled and said, “If you can cultivate Qian Heaven Artistic Conception, other than completely mastering Yin Yang, Five Elements, and other Artistic Conceptions, there is hardly anything that can contend with it at the same level. It’s just that the difficulty of cultivating Qian Heaven Artistic Conception far exceeds that of other single Artistic Conceptions…

In fact, in the early years of the Seven Profound Sect, there were people who tried to cultivate Qian Heaven Kun Earth, but in the end, they couldn’t even take the second step. They rather hindered their own cultivation; thus, in recent years, very few have attempted it.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Chen Mu appeared pensive and said, “I’ve heard that the one from Great Profound Peak, who cultivates four types of Artistic Conceptions and has stepped into the second step of each, has not practiced one of the Qian Heaven Kun Earth types. I initially thought that the Seven Profound Sect didn’t have an Artistic Conception Map of Qian Heaven Kun Earth. Now it seems perhaps he chose not to cultivate?”

With this thought, he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Someone like Meng Danyun, upon arriving in Yu County, was already a dazzling genius enough to overshadow everyone else, but the leading true disciple of the Seven Profound Sect was even more exceptional, younger than Meng Danyun and had mastered the second step of four Artistic Conceptions.

Yet, even so, he still couldn’t withstand Zuo Qianqiu of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

It is said, after all, that cultivation is like sailing against the current; one either advances or falls behind. Age is the greatest challenge for martial artists, with very little chance of reaching the Five Viscera Realm if not by the age of thirty-five, and similarly, almost impossible to step into the Six Viscera by forty.

With challenges at every step.

Only the geniuses among geniuses are qualified to glimpse the highest levels of Martial Arts.

“Elder Brother Zhou, huh.”

Meng Danyun shook her head and said, “I don’t know his thoughts, maybe he tried but didn’t comprehend it. If he had mastered the Kun Earth Artistic Conception, maybe he wouldn’t have lost to Zuo Qianqiu so easily.”

Chen Mu appeared reflective but did not ask further. Instead, he cupped his fists toward Meng Danyun and said, “Thank you, Senior Sister, for your guidance. I need to make a trip to the Inspectorate, so I will take my leave now.”

Meng Danyun nodded slightly, watching as Chen Mu took his leave.

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Inspectorate.

Chen Mu, as usual, arrived at his Hall Office to organize various pieces of intelligence.

In the past two months, there was a wealth of intelligence, with the majority concerning remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect. Now, through several interventions by disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the locations where the remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect were hiding were generally pinpointed within Purple Mist Mountains.

The Purple Mist Mountains were located far from Yu County Prefecture City, at the border between Yu State and Ling State, named for the strange purple poison mist that pervaded it year-round. Spanning thousands of miles, it was uninhabited and often inhabited by demon beasts.

Among the four Sects.

The Heavenly Sword Sect was the most concerned with the extermination of the remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, almost treating it as a main task recently. Partly because the Heavenly Sword Sect’s actions are always straightforward, and the death of a few disciples in the Martial World is not a major issue.

However, the Heavenly Corpse Sect using their disciples for Corpse Refinement is something they cannot tolerate.