Da Xuan Martial Saint

Besides,

for him now, even a small increase was quite significant.

Although he now basically had the strength to be listed on the Wind Cloud List, he certainly wouldn't rank near the top. If his Qiankun Artistic Conception could be derived three or four more times and his Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal could also be elevated by two levels, then he would take a big step forward on the Wind Cloud List.

The gap between the lower rankings and the higher rankings on the Wind Cloud List was not small, one would be beaten into a head-cowering rat when encountering a Grandmaster, merely possessing some self-preservation ability, while the other would have the capacity to fight a short battle with a Grandmaster, there was no comparison.
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"Once I've increased my Qiankun Artistic Conception a few more times and stepped into the Six Viscera Realm and perfected the Six Viscera Tempering, I will be reaching the pinnacle of the Wind Cloud List. If I could go one step further and cultivate the Qiankun Domain... I wonder if I could fight a battle with my master."

Chen Mu's thoughts flashed through his mind.

Like Yan Jingqing, who cultivated the Xun Wind or Kan Water Domain, one could only make it onto the Wind Cloud List, but if the Qiankun Artistic Conception could be cultivated into a Domain, that would be like comparing the light of a firefly to the brilliance of the moon. By that time, he might even be approaching the Domain of Qin Mengjun.

Of course, this was just his speculation. After all, he had never personally witnessed just how strong a top Grandmaster like Qin Mengjun really was, so it was not easy to speculate, let alone offend.

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed.

With the reinforcements from the main force of Spirit Profound Peak brought by Chu Jingsui and Meng Danyun, the defense of various passes at Yunlu Pass had been strengthened. Although there weren't many disciples from Spirit Profound Peak, their strength was at least above Tendon Changing, and there were many powerful individuals in the Bone Tempering Realm, such as Linghu Shang, Shen Lin and others. Together, they could barely fight weaker Fifth Rank Great Demons and could entangle with them even if they couldn't win.

At this moment,

far away from a certain pass, within the wilderness,

the raging sandstorm obscured the sun, making the scene within invisible.

Yet behind this oppressive sandstorm, in the wilderness, a large number of dark shadows gathered. Some dressed in black robes, wrapped in surging black mist, while others resembled humanoid figures but grew scales and antlers.

"Kun Jie, your Sky Demon Sect sure came with quite a number,"

a dry corpse shrouded in black robes and black mist said to Kun Jie and the three deep-breathing Demon Men behind him, the tone tinged with unkindness, "With your manpower alone, it should be enough. Why bother dragging us into this?"

Four Sixth Rank Demon Men!

Including Kun Jie, who was exceptionally strong.

Kun Jie said lazily, "It's my brothers who heard about the excitement and insisted on joining... Our two Sects are now in an alliance, and I won't attack you. What are you worried about? You corpses are all smelly and hard; do you think I could bite into you? Besides, you've brought quite a few people as well."

By the end of the sentence, he had changed his lazy expression, letting out a cold hum.

Then, you could see,

across from Kun Jie's black-robed corpse stood as many as eleven!

One of the 'corpses' suddenly cackled strangely, "You, Kun Jie, planning something, yet you complain about too much manpower? I and two elder brothers only brought eight Mysterious Corpses... Don't forget last year when we ambushed Zuo Qianqiu, not only did we let that kid escape, but we also lost six Mysterious Corpses and two of your Sixth Rank Great Demons."

"Zuo Qianqiu is the first on the Newcomers List, how could he compare with this Chen Mu."

One of the people behind Kun Jie spoke indifferently, the voice softer and alluring—a woman's tone—but her body was covered with black feathers, her feet like eagle's claws, and she even had a pair of wings at her back.

Wu Li spoke slowly and then said, "Moreover, Zuo Qianqiu's escape was not due to his own ability but was thanks to the Spirit Weapon 'Mysterious Heavenly Sword Diagram' bestowed by his Sect. Despite serious injuries, he forced it with a secret technique to unleash almost the power of a Grandmaster. Otherwise, he would have already been our meal."

The 'corpse' Liao Chou said in a dark tone, "Then how can you be sure that Chen Mu does not have a Spirit Weapon like the Mysterious Heavenly Sword Diagram?"

Wu Li replied indifferently, "The Mysterious Heavenly Sword Diagram is a rare Spirit Weapon, even ranked on the Cold North Path Spirit Weapon Catalogue. Zuo Qianqiu is the once-in-a-century prodigy of Heavenly Sword Sect and the top of the Newcomers List. The Heavenly Sword Sect only gave such a Spirit Weapon to protect him. Chen Mu's ranking doesn't even surpass Zhou Hao's, even if he really has a Spirit Weapon, it can't compare to the Mysterious Heavenly Sword Diagram."

"That makes sense."

Liao Chou looked Wu Li up and down, surprised that the Sky Demon Sect would have a Demon Man with an unspoiled brain.

He darkly said, "Still, how do you know that Chen Mu doesn't have an Artistic Conception like Qian Heaven, which would surely give him extraordinary movement techniques, coming and going at ease, difficult to chase after by anyone below a Grandmaster. We need to plot an ambush before we can... But before that, you say that Chen Mu has the Qian Heaven Artistic Conception, but that's just lip service. I think it's best to confirm it once more to avoid any mistakes."

Kun Jie frowned slightly, "How can we confirm it? If we test him, won't we startle the snake?"

"It's simple."

Liao Chou, inwardly scornful but keeping a calm facade, said, "If Chen Mu really has Qian Heaven Artistic Conception, he will surely have extraordinary movement techniques and be responsible for support everywhere. You just need to drive more demons... then there's no need for us to make a move."

"Okay."

Kun Jie casually acknowledged, "Wu Li, you drive some away."

Wu Li nodded lightly, and then her dark wings fluttered once, lifting her from the midst of the sandstorm. She rapidly flew off into the distance, disappearing into the depths of the desert.

Liao Chou watched the distant Wu Li, a chilly glint in his sunken eyes, as for the Heavenly Corpse Sect, flying was a quite troublesome threat. The Martial Arts Grandmasters of various Sects, if they cultivated an Artistic Conception like Xun Wind, could barely manage to fly, but even if the Heavenly Corpse Sect reached power comparable to a Grandmaster's 'Earth Corpse,' they couldn't fly, only the supreme Heavenly Corpse could do so.

Although the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect were temporarily allied, it was only a superficial friendship. This troublesome, flying Demon Man... If it came to a fight later, if Chen Mu and the people of Seven Profound Sect had a trick like Zuo Qianqiu's to drag her to death with them at the last moment, that would be more than good.