Da Xuan Martial Saint

"No wonder, no wonder, it turns out Junior Brother Chen has cultivated Qian Heaven."

After Xiahou Yan gradually came to his senses, he also started to realize and look at Chen Mu, with waves of emotion in his eyes. It was Qian Heaven's might that enabled Chen Mu to solve the troublesome Sand Demon.

Although the Sand Demon was extremely skilled at concealing its aura in sandstorms, it ultimately relied on its manipulation of sand and wind. Once Qian Heaven Artistic Conception had been cultivated, it almost had absolute affinity suppression over any artistic conception under Qian Heaven. Trying to completely conceal its aura with wind and sand was simply impossible in front of Chen Mu.

Once the Sand Demon's true body was found, under the power of Qian Heaven Artistic Conception, even the wildest sandstorm would be governed and suppressed by the Strength of Qian Heaven. Unable to leverage the power of the sandstorm, and solely relying on its own demonic power to contend against Qian Heaven, that was clearly impossible. Plus, its own body was extremely fragile, so naturally, it was eliminated by Chen Mu with a flip of his palm.

On the other hand,

If it had been a demon with a resilient body, perhaps it might have been able to resist somewhat and had a chance to escape back into the desert.

However, it's a pity that Chen Mu did this entirely on his own merit, not by finding a weakness of the Sand Demon. Others, even if they wanted to learn, could not, and only Chen Mu alone had a significant advantage against these Sixth Rank demons. There was no way to make the whole Border Pass immune to the threat of Sand Demons.

"Indeed, he is a genius who rose from the remote lands of Yu County on his own merits, possessing the control of Qian Heaven in just a year and a half... Junior Brother Chen's strength now, compared to me, probably doesn't have much difference."

Chu Jingsui looked at Chen Mu, unable to help but sigh.

He was once the True Disciple of Spirit Profound Peak, a prodigious talent who mastered the artistic conceptions of Xun Wind, Gen Mountain, and Separating Fire, all stepping into the second phase, and had now been immersed in the Six Viscera Realm for many years, refining each of the Six Viscera to the peak. Even without displaying artistic conception, merely with Yuan Gang Force, he could match the top ten prodigies on the Wind Cloud List. Not to mention his own artistic conception was not weak, he was undoubtedly one of the top figures just below the Wind Cloud List.

And Chen Mu, having joined the Sect for merely a year and a half, already had the strength to nearly fight him on equal ground. Indeed, he was the most talented and gifted person in Spirit Profound Peak in decades, far surpassing him.

"Elder Brother Chu flatters me too much. You have stepped into the Six Viscera Realm for many years and are only a step away from Marrow Cleansing. Once you break through the Mysterious Pass and enter the Grandmaster Realm, suppressing the Wind Cloud List would just be a mere flip of your hand,"

Chen Mu said with a smile.

Chu Jingsui had once escorted him all the way from Yu County to the Seven Profound Sect, and although there was indeed no trouble along the way, Chen Mu remembered this favor. Moreover, as the Protector of Spirit Profound Peak, Chu Jingsui had taken on many external tasks on behalf of the entire peak, allowing Chen Mu to cultivate securely in Spirit Profound Peak for a year and a half.

"Difficult!"

Chu Jingsui sighed deeply, saying, "I have been at the threshold of the Mysterious Pass for four attempts now, still unable to break through. Counting the days... I have at most two more chances to challenge it. If I don't make it through, then my life will be without hope."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The Grandmaster Realm is extremely hard to achieve.

For True Disciples of the Great Sects, stepping into the Six Viscera Realm comes naturally with no difficulty, but among the batches of prodigious talents in the Six Viscera Realm that come every few years, how many can step into the Grandmaster Realm?

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The Six Viscera Realm is plentiful in the world, but Marrow Cleansing is rare. The difference is like that between the clouds and the mud, heaven and earth!

Even though there are Wind Cloud List masters who can match Grandmasters, and even the top among them can suppress the weaker Grandmasters... but the so-called "weaker" Grandmasters are only because they've just stepped into the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

The few who truly manage to cultivate to Grandmaster, how could they be weak? Given many more decades of cultivation, suppressing the Wind Cloud List would just be a flip of the hand, and the Wind Cloud List's claim of matching Grandmasters, as impressive as it sounds, would ultimately be their highest achievement.

Hearing Chu Jingsui's words,

The atmosphere in the stone chamber suddenly became much heavier.

For people like Chu Jingsui and Zhao Zhenchuan, if they could not break through to Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters, they could only watch as geniuses like Chen Mu gradually overtook and surpassed them.

Even Meng Danyun was lost in contemplation for a moment, because in another three to five years, once she had tempered the Six Viscera to Perfection, she would face the difficulty of the Mysterious Pass. Crossing it would turn her world upside down.

"Cough cough, if you talk about this, Junior Brother Chu, I am going to be unhappy,"

Just when the atmosphere in the stone chamber became heavy, Xiahou Yan suddenly spoke up, feigning displeasure and saying to Chu Jingsui, "Junior Brother Chu still has chances to challenge the Mysterious Pass. What about me? Once Junior Brother Chu becomes a Grandmaster, and when I see you again, won't I have to call you Uncle Master Chu?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zhenchuan and Meng Danyun couldn't help but laugh.

Chu Jingsui also could not help but laugh, giving Xiahou Yan a bow and said, "How could that be, Elder Brother Xiahou? Even if I truly surpass the Mysterious Pass, you would still be my elder brother, and I wouldn't dare to overstep."

If a Martial Artist could become a Grandmaster, their status immediately becomes much higher than those in the Six Viscera Realm, and in the Seven Profound Sect, they would become an Elder. Whether other Six Viscera Realm Martial Artists would have to call them 'Uncle Master' also depends on the circumstances. Like Xiahou Yan, who came from the same Spirit Profound Peak as Chu Jingsui, being older than Chu Jingsui and having mentored him several times in the past, even if Chu Jingsui became a Grandmaster, he couldn't possibly make Xiahou Yan call him Uncle Master.

Of course, everyone knew Xiahou Yan was joking, and for a moment, they all laughed.

"However, the difficulty of the Mysterious Pass is indeed like ascending to heaven. I exhausted all my strength back then and ultimately failed to cross it. Now I am getting on in years, and in another three or four decades, I will be a useless old man,"