Da Xuan Martial Saint

"The true inheritance of the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion may be full of nonsense, but indeed, it is a bunch of treacherous and deceitful people."

Chen Mu looked at the severed head of Han Guang, whose eyes were still wide open in death, and only then slowly lowered the knife in his hand.

Han Guang had a 'Spirit Jade Pendant' as a life-saving item and had the ability to escape through water channels. He also used the black water demon snake to hinder his pursuit. If it weren't for eventually running into a dead end, there was a high probability that he could have escaped from him.

Even after fleeing into a dead end, this man did not give up. As soon as he sensed it was a dead end, he immediately hid in the shadow beside the pool, waiting for him to move away from the pool before attempting to dive back into the water and escape.

However, on the surface of the water, and not in it, his 'Autumn Wind Sense' could almost instantly sense all the movements and breaths within the entire stone cave. Although Han Guang hid on the side and tried his best to converge his breath, he still couldn't evade his perception.

And more importantly.

The key point was that Chen Mu wasn't in a rush at all.

He knew that if this wasn't a dead end, Han Guang would definitely manage to escape, but if it was a dead end, he was bound to be caught. Therefore, after stepping out of the pool, he didn't rush to explore further but stood by the pool side to sense the situation first.

Han Guang, therefore, failing one strategy, quickly came up with another, forcefully taking a hit from his Thunderfire Blade, 'feigning death' on the spot, hoping he would lower his guard and turn his attention to the spiritual objects and treasures in the cave, thus ignoring him and looking for an opportunity to flee.

After such a series of devious tactics.

Although he ended up dead, Chen Mu still gave Han Guang a rather high evaluation in his heart. After all, there was nearly half the difference in strength between them, but as long as he showed even a slight flaw or relaxed his vigilance a bit, the other party had a chance to escape, which was indeed much more troublesome compared to Cheng Houhua.

Chen Mu now squatted down and began to carefully inspect Han Guang's corpse. After some searching, he pulled out a quaint jade pendant from beneath the scorched lapel of the Mysterious Robe, which, despite being roasted, was still undamaged.

Spirit Jade Pendant!

"Good stuff. Indeed, it's not damaged."

A glint appeared in Chen Mu's eyes.

This life-saving item was undoubtedly useful, even to him. Although it belonged to the 'storage' category, which could store the full force of Yuan Gang Power and be activated only once in a short time, it was quite effective at a critical moment. Like his previous strike with the Thunderfire Blade, after directly breaking through Han Guang's Yuan Gang Force, at least 'Three Portions' of its residual power remained, but it was still blocked by the barrier of spiritual power triggered by this jade pendant.

After holding it in his palm, with a thought, Chen Mu activated his Five Viscera Inner Breath, drawing in Heaven and Earth's Yuan Qi and gently infusing it into the pendant. About a quarter of an hour later, the dull surface of the quaint jade pendant began to emit flecks of fluorescent light.

"Hmm... The power stored within this item should be equivalent to the strength of the holder's Yuan Gang. I wonder how high the limit can be, but it should be difficult to accumulate more than five portions of spiritual power." Discover more content at empire

Chen Mu could feel that the carrying capacity of the Spirit Jade Pendant was not yet at its limit, but it was like inflating a pressure canister—the more Heaven and Earth's Yuan Qi he poured in, the greater the internal pressure became. It required stronger Inner Breath circulation to further infuse it, until reaching the material limit of the pendant itself.

At present, his Yuan Gang Force was not enough to fill it to its limit.

The power currently stored within was roughly equivalent to his own Yuan Gang strength, about enough to trigger a barrier that could withstand 'Two and a Half Portions' of force. It would basically be able to block a full-force strike from someone like Han Guang.

If Meng Danyun had had such a spiritual item from the beginning, he could have forcefully endured a strike from the assassins of the Blood Hidden Pavilion or Han Guang, charging into the passage to escape; he would not have ended up surrounded.

After briefly studying the effects of the Spirit Jade Pendant, Chen Mu put it away.

Next.

He continued to examine Han Guang's corpse.

However, there were no more gains this time. Aside from that Bamboo Stick of unknown material, which counted as a Treasured Artifact, there was nothing else on his body. It was clear that upon arriving at this Underground Cavern, he had not gone to seek Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures first but instead immediately sought out Meng Danyun in the cavern.

After a brief moment of thought, Chen Mu decided to take the Bamboo Stick as well. After all, it was a Treasured Artifact, although the properties contained within it seemed to resonate with the 'vibrancy' of the Kan Water Artistic Conception.

Whoosh!

After inspecting Han Guang's corpse from top to bottom, Chen Mu finally stood up and waved his hand, unleashing a burst of Blazing Flames that once again enveloped Han Guang's body, burning vigorously and gradually reducing it to ashes.

At this moment, Chen Mu did not look back. He turned, guided by the light of the fire, his gaze sweeping across the entire Stone Cave, quickly approaching several spots on the stone walls, and chiseling off several pieces of different ores.

"Another piece of Gold-Threaded Jade Mine."

"Hmm, and a piece of Silver Thread Ore. Now the main materials for making Treasure Armor are almost complete."

Chen Mu, looking at the several pieces of Spirit Ore in his hand, revealed a thoughtful expression.

At least until he enters the Six Viscera Realm, a Treasured Artifact quality Soft Armor will still be very useful for him. After all, his physique is already strong, with a body like Copper Skin and Iron Bones, coupled with the Spirit Jade Pendant, even if the assassins from the Blood Hidden Pavilion catch a flaw and deliver an unsuspecting lethal strike, it would be extremely difficult to kill him.