Extreme Spirit Chaos Technique

"Head of the Mu Family, thank you for your hospitality today. We will see you tomorrow at the Emperor’s Relics." Chen Wenfu clasped his hands in salute to Mu Gu Tian, a flash of contempt in his eyes. He then flicked his sleeves and walked out. Following behind, Li Zongtang smiled at Mu Gu Tian and Wang Mo before also turning to leave, his hands clasped behind his back.

Seeing the two depart, Wang Mo’s smiling face instantly darkened. He sighed and said, "Old Gu, it seems we won’t be able to hold on in Luofeng City for much longer."

"That’s not necessarily true." Hearing this, Mu Gu Tian stroked his beard, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. His expression was incredibly cunning, making him look just like a crafty old fox.

Wang Mo was a little surprised and asked, "Old Gu, could it be that you have a plan?"

Mu Gu Tian chuckled. "Brother Wang, please follow me."

Led by Mu Gu Tian, Wang Mo soon arrived at Mu Gu Tian’s room. The door to the secret chamber opened once again, revealing an unchanged scene. Wang Mo said nothing. This wasn’t his first time here; whenever he came, Mu Gu Tian would discuss some confidential matters.

Glancing around, Mu Gu Tian retrieved a purple medicine bottle with a flash from his ring. Inside the bottle rested two pills shimmering with a crystalline luster. Wang Mo froze the moment he saw them, pointing at the pills and stammering, "Are these... Fifth Grade Elixirs?"

Mu Gu Tian nodded quickly. "That’s right. They are Fifth Grade Elixirs. I’m sure you’re familiar with their name: Martial Spirit Essence Pills."

"What?! Martial Spirit Essence Pills?" Wang Mo, who had always been unflappable, wore a look of utter shock when faced with the Martial Spirit Essence Pills.

"Indeed, they are Martial Spirit Essence Pills. You know what they do. Brother Wang, take these two pills. I know that your family’s Grand Elder and Third Elder are both Martial Artists at the Peak of Nine-Ring Great Martial Master. If they consume these pills, they will have a ninety percent chance of breaking through to the Martial Spirit Realm." As he spoke, Mu Gu Tian pressed the medicine bottle into Wang Mo’s hands.

Staring blankly at the pills in his hand, Wang Mo snapped back to his senses. He quickly pushed the medicine bottle back into Mu Gu Tian’s hands and said in a low voice, "Old Gu, what are you doing? My Wang Family helps you because you are the only one who has ever treated us with sincerity. We are brothers, not allies. We’re not after any reward. Besides, compared to my family, the Mu Family needs these Martial Spirit Essence Pills more than we do."

Wang Mo’s expression was resolute, and there was not a trace of hypocrisy in his eyes. Mu Gu Tian was deeply moved. "Brother Wang, I won’t hide it from you. My Mu Family obtained six of these Martial Spirit Essence Pills in total. Giving you only two is already stingy of me. Just take them. This way, at the Emperor’s Relics tomorrow, our two families can finally wipe away our previous humiliation."

Wang Mo found it hard to believe, but then he recalled Mu Chen’s return and Mu Gu Tian’s bold behavior today. He asked tentatively, "Are these elixirs related to Mu Chen?"

Mu Gu Tian didn’t hide it, nodding. "That’s right. Chen’er gave me all these elixirs."

Mu Gu Tian didn’t say where they came from, and Wang Mo didn’t ask. Clenching his jaw, Wang Mo said, "Fine! In that case, I will accept these two Martial Spirit Essence Pills. At the Emperor’s Relics tomorrow, we will definitely avenge our past disgrace."

「That night.」

Mu Chen circulated the Extreme Spirit Chaos Technique through his body for a full cycle. The state of his Dantian was clear to him. ’Six-Ring Martial Master Peak. I’m just a hair’s breadth away from becoming a Seventh-Ring Martial Master.’

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK...

Just then, someone knocked on his door. Mu Chen got up and opened it. Seeing who it was, Mu Chen smiled. "Father, what brings you here?"

Mufeng’s dispirited demeanor was completely gone. His long beard had vanished, and a masculine, resolute expression had returned to his face. Mufeng smiled faintly. "Heh, of course I’m here for a reason. Your grandfather said you are to accompany us to the Emperor’s Relics tomorrow."

"Hm? I can go too?" Mu Chen rubbed his nose. In truth, he was quite interested in the Emperor’s Relics.

Mufeng clapped Mu Chen on the shoulder. "Of course. Your strength is far greater than mine. Alright, it’s getting late. You should get some rest. I won’t come in."

Mu Chen nodded. He suddenly recalled the conversation between Li Zongtang and Chen Wenfu that he had overheard that afternoon. "Father, tell Grandfather to be wary of an ambush from the Chen and Li Families. They might take advantage of us all being at the Emperor’s Relics to launch a surprise attack on our family."

"Hm?" Mufeng’s expression changed drastically at his words. "This is bad. How could I have forgotten something so important? No, I have to tell your grandfather right away."

At this, Mufeng suddenly turned his head, looking at Mu Chen with a gentle expression. "You continue to surprise me more and more."

After leaving those words, a green cyclone of air flashed at Mufeng’s feet, and he disappeared into the night sky. Mu Chen watched for a moment before closing the door. He lay down on his side on the bed and began his daily cultivation. With continuous use, he became increasingly proficient with the Extreme Spirit Chaos Technique. Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi surged toward his Dantian at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, after entering his Dantian, this massive amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi automatically split into eight portions. Each portion was just a tiny sliver, not even comparable to a single strand of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi absorbed by an ordinary person. The sky gradually brightened, and as a ray of sunlight shone into his room, Mu Chen slowly woke up. He clenched his fist slightly, feeling that his Pure Elemental Power had grown a little more refined. Mu Chen smiled faintly. "Emperor’s Relics, here I come."

「The next morning.」

The four great families gathered simultaneously in Luofeng Square. However, each family had only brought ten people. The ten from the Mu Family were Mufeng, Mu Gu Tian, Mu Yun, Mu Yufan, Second Elder Mu Zheng, Third Elder Mu Yeqiu, Mu Chen, and three Grand Martial Master guards who had recently been promoted. The Grand Elder, Mu Guangyi, had been assigned to stay behind and guard the family.

However, after just one day, Mu Gu Tian, Mu Yeqiu, and Mu Zheng were each emitting powerful fluctuations of Primordial Power. This was caused by the instability of their power right after breaking through to the Martial Spirit realm. Of course, only Mu Chen, who had absorbed the Extreme Ice Attribute, could sense these fluctuations. As for everyone else, they wouldn’t be able to perceive their Martial Artist Realm until the three revealed the characteristics of their Martial Rings.

The Wang Family had also mobilized in full force this time; among their ten members, not a single one was below the level of a Grand Martial Master. Mu Chen could sense that, aside from Wang Mo, two white-haired old men from their group were also emitting the same Primordial Power fluctuations as Mu Gu Tian and the others. With a moment’s thought, Mu Chen understood what had happened.

"My... the Head of the Wang Family and the Head of the Mu Family are always so early." Chen Wenfu slowly walked over from the opposite side, looking as if he were taking a leisurely stroll rather than heading to the Emperor’s Relics, completely at ease and self-satisfied.

Wang Mo seemed to be in a good mood. He grinned and said, "Not at all. The small fries always have to wait for the big shots. It’s only natural that our two weak families wait for the two powerful ones."

Chen Wenfu was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing. He pointed at Wang Mo and said, "You... If you had shown such goodwill earlier, the situation in Luofeng City wouldn’t have gotten so bad. What a pity, what a pity."

Wang Mo waved his hand nonchalantly and smiled. "We should get going sooner rather than later. Who knows what dangers lie within. We’ll be counting on your two families to lend a hand should a crisis arise."

"Of course, of course," Li Zongtang said perfunctorily, but a vicious glint flashed in his eyes as he thought to himself, ’If you run into danger, we will certainly ’help’ you in your time of crisis.’

’Help you reach paradise sooner, heh heh heh...’ Li Zongtang thought.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wang Mo took the lead, with the Mu Family members following closely behind as they headed for the West City gate. Although many people saw them on the road, no one followed. After heading west for nearly four hours, Wang Mo confirmed that they weren’t being tailed and abruptly turned in another direction. Mu Chen knew this must be the real route.

Sure enough, as they followed Wang Mo’s lead, the surroundings grew increasingly remote. Luofeng City was already located on the outermost edge of the Imperial Capital’s territory; stepping outside its gates meant leaving the domain of humanity. As overgrown weeds and rocky hills became more frequent, the group of forty soon disappeared into a dense thicket of trees, their figures vanishing from sight.

After walking for some time, a thick fog suddenly rose around them. The fog was dense and carried a somewhat pungent odor. Mu Chen was startled and muttered, "This fog is poisonous!"

Wang Mo looked at Mu Chen in surprise and smiled. "This young man from the Mu Family has sharp senses. That’s right, the fog is indeed poisonous, but it has no effect on a Martial Artist. You just need to circulate your Primordial Power, and the poison won’t be able to enter your body."

Hearing Wang Mo’s words, the members of the other families, aside from the Mu Family, all turned their gazes to Mu Chen. But seeing an unfamiliar face, they said nothing and turned their attention back to the thick, poisonous fog.

Chen Wenfu frowned. "This fog is so thick that visibility is near zero. Can you even tell which way you’re going? And could there be Magical Beasts lying in ambush?"

Wang Mo nodded. "Patriarch Chen, we worried about the same things you did at first. But strangely, although the fog here is heavy, no matter which direction you walk, you will always arrive at the entrance of the Emperor’s Relics. Getting inside, however, requires a certain skill."

Mu Gu Tian let out a sound of surprise. "Oh? Such a thing exists? This must be some kind of wondrous Restriction or Illusion Realm."

"Yes, that’s right. There’s no time to lose. Let’s get moving."

With that, Wang Mo began to pick up his pace. Everyone else followed suit, speeding up. Aside from Mu Chen, who looked completely at ease, the others had to use more than half their skill in their Step Techniques to keep up.

A dozen or so minutes later, all forty of them appeared, without exception, in an Outer World Realm. There was no thick fog here. Instead, it was a wondrous place like a Water Moon Cave Heaven, with a crystal-clear lake, a gently flowing waterfall, beautifully blooming flowers, and a light mist, creating a breathtaking and soothing scene like a fairyland.

"This is the place?" Chen Wenfu was incredulous. If it were really here, this area should have been explored long ago. But Wang Mo nodded with certainty. "There’s no mistake. The entrance to the Emperor’s Relics is behind that waterfall. There’s a naturally formed cave there with no Restrictions on the outside. Perhaps it has been explored before, but when our guards went inside, they discovered countless unbroken Restrictions. It’s clear that whoever explored it before was either an ordinary person who stumbled upon it by accident or some Magical Beasts that wandered in."

Mu Chen nodded at his words. Wang Mo’s deduction was completely correct. As he got closer to the waterfall, Mu Chen soon discovered traces left by Magical Beasts. It seemed no one had truly entered these Emperor’s Relics before. On the Extreme Martial Continent, places like this were as rare as a phoenix feather; it was impossible for every corner to have been explored.