Da Xuan Martial Saint

But Chen Mu only glanced over before he rubbed his hands together, turning the small booklet into powder.

He turned his head.

Indifferently, he stepped forward and came to the bodies of Wu Li and the others, inspecting each one in turn.

Finally, he walked to the body of a remnant of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, picked up the Flowing Fire Blade, and then a frown formed as he noticed faint signs of erosion on the blade of the Flowing Fire Blade, making the edge much whiter.

"Even a top treasured artifact seems hard to remain intact in battles of this level," he sighed.

Chen Mu exhaled.

The Flowing Fire Blade was extremely sturdy, bearing his Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal without issue, but in the end, it still suffered some erosion under the unnamed methods of the Heavenly Corpse Sect's remnant. Although it was still usable, its quality had inevitably declined.

At the level of the Wind Cloud List and Grandmasters, one usually either possesses a Spirit Weapon or fights purely unarmed, because treasured artifacts hardly provide much of an amplifying effect, and that slight effect is meaningless at this level.

However, the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear was different.

He could now easily wield the Thunder Spear and unleash power nearly on par with the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal, and that was with his own Yuan Gang still insufficient. Once he stepped into the Six Viscera Realm and saw a substantial increase in Yuan Gang, he would be able to maximize the potential of the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear, likely possessing power at the level of the Wind Cloud List, on par with his Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal attacks.

Although the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal and the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear could not be used together, the Wheel Seal was his close-combat method while the Thunder Spear was his long-range power. Like in today's battle, if it weren't for the Thunder Spear, he would not have been able to easily bring down Wu Li, who was always flying more than twenty feet above the ground.

Whoosh.

Within a few steps, Chen Mu moved to another body of a remnant of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, reached out to grab at the air, and the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear flew back into his hand, without a trace of blood, merely glowing faintly and with strands of purple Thunder Arcs.

"Spirit Blades are not easy to come by, and it all depends on opportunity. Moreover, I practice the Qiankun Artistic Conception, and to find a Spirit Blade that resonates with Qiankun, there are only a few in the whole world, and it's likely that it'll be hard to find a suitable weapon for a long time to come," Chen Mu slightly shook his head, looking at the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear in his hand.

"Well, it will have to do," he murmured.

After putting away the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear, he dug out the last body from more than ten feet under the sand veins, meticulously inspecting it like the others before gathering all the items together.

There were several items.

First was a gray round bead, within which was a rich aura of Corpse Fiend, similar to the 'Corpse Poison Jade' he had seen many times before, but the quality was clearly much higher. The Corpse Fiend within it, if carelessly absorbed into his body, would definitely damage his Five Viscera and pose a threat even to those in the Six Viscera Realm.

Next was an 'Earth Fiend Suppressing Stone,' one of the spiritual materials related to Earth Fiend. It could not be used for weapon refinement, serving purely as a material for setting up Earth Vein Formations. Nonetheless, its value was significant, comparable to one or two Earth Element Pearls.
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After that, there was a set of Corpse Refinement Technique that Chen Mu briefly glanced at before grinding it into powder. He had no interest in Corpse Refinement, and looking at it was just to gain some understanding of such things, for it was clear that the force of the Heavenly Corpse Sect's remnants was far more than just what was in Yu County.

Come to think of it.

He had even heard a long time ago about the remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect ambushing Zuo Qianqiu, but they also failed, with Zuo Qianqiu slaying several Mysterious Corpses and Demon Men, and ultimately escaping with his life.

"Earthly Elemental Stone... Hmm, it's a considerable amount," Chen Mu noted, turning his attention to a piece of earthy yellow rock standing there. It was identical to the Earthly Elemental Stone he saw at Yunlu Pass. The remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect were using this stone in combination with the Earth Fiend Suppressing Stone to set up a simple formation that concealed their aura and gathered Earth Fiend energy.

Just for the sake of sealing Qian Heaven, they set up an Earth Fiend Formation, which was laughable under his complete Qiankun Artistic Conception. He took control of the terrain in a reversal and easily eliminated five Mysterious Corpses.

If the formation had been a bit more complete, Kun Jie and the others probably wouldn't have even had the chance to resist and would have been slaughtered by the terrain they created themselves.

This piece of Earthly Elemental Stone, judging by the amount, was likely worth one to two Earth Element Pearls.

Although the remnant of the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect didn't bring any other valuable items, he was quite satisfied with just these two. As a result, he crushed all the bodies into dust and buried them deep in the rolling sands, not allowing them to be exposed in the desert.

"This alliance between the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect may become a scourge for the Eleven States of Cold North Path in the future."

Chen Mu collected each item, then showed a trace of contemplation.

The most troublesome aspect of the Sky Demon Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect was the complete uncertainty about their overall strength. Although the Heavenly Sword Sect had been investigating and hunting the Heavenly Corpse Sect since the battle at the Purple Mist Mountains in Yu County, and Zuo Qianqiu, after being ambushed, also took action against Demon Men of the Sky Demon Sect, the situation throughout the Eleven States of Cold North Path was too chaotic.

In the past, when the world was stable, the Great Sects together with the North Garrison Government would have searched and executed members of the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect throughout the Cold North Path, and these sects would have had nowhere to hide. They would either be completely eradicated, or they would have had to flee to the Border Pass.

But now, with the Great Sects each having their own agendas and the North Garrison Government coveting control over the Eleven States of the Cold North, there was a tacit agreement to deal with the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect. Still, there were those like the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion who used the remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect for their designs.

"Enough, I'll just fulfill my own duties," Chen Mu finally shook his head, planning to report the matters of the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Sky Demon Sect to the Seven Profound Sect later. He would not consider other issues for now. Even if he truly wanted to exterminate these two major Evil Path sects, it was not his turn yet.

After all, he was still just a 'new talent' on the Newcomer's List and needed to continue honing his skills.