Da Xuan Martial Saint

Hou Liao's collection consisted of more than just an unknown map.

There was also a green crystal. Chen Mu only had to hold it in his hand to feel a force of Xun Wind, solidified to the extreme, accumulating within this tiny Crystal Core.

Upon closer inspection, one could vaguely make out a tiny hurricane continuously spinning inside the green Crystal Core, as if it could burst forth at any moment with a sweeping gale that could envelop the entire Wasteland.

"This Demon Man actually had such a thing on him..."

Chen Mu muttered to himself as he swiftly pocketed the Crystal Core.

Wind Spirit Core.

One of the primary materials for forging wind-type Spirit Weapons and also one of the rarest Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items from the Xun Wind lineage, said to be born only in unique 'hurricane' clusters outside the remote borders, within the Great Wilderness.

For instance, the fanbone-like Spirit Weapon belonging to Yan Jingqing was actually crafted with the Wind Spirit Core as the main component, along with other supplementary materials, and it was also a Spiritual Object on par with Kunlun Jade and Xuanhuang Stone.

"Even though I wasn't collecting them deliberately, I've already obtained half of the materials for the Qiankun Spirit Weapon."

Chen Mu felt a touch of the mystical.

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Exploring the Sand Sea in Sha Prefecture, he stumbled upon the Xuanhuang Stone – a serendipitous opportunity. Then, by a stroke of fate in Bi Prefecture, he saved Jin Ling'er, which eventually led him to the item along a trail of clues.@@novelbin@@

Afterward, returning to Yu County, he heard the news of Chen Yue just as the Huanglin Mountain Range trembled, which led him to the bottom of the swamp in the valley of the mountain range. There, he discovered a 'Youze Heart', a Spirit Weapon material from the Dui Ze lineage.

And now,

by killing Hou Liao, the Seventh Rank Demon from the Sky Demon Sect, he obtained a Wind Spirit Core.

Among these materials, the Xuanhuang Stone was the most precious, but the others were not easy to find either. Even if they were all of inferior quality, it would be hard for a Grandmaster to collect them all within three to five years.

"Perhaps there is something like fate within the universe. Having perfected the Qiankun Artistic Conception, I seem to be following the fate of the Qiankun lineage, encompassing everything with 'benefit, prosperity, and smoothness'... Fate itself is just the evolution of the ever-turning Qiankun, an unending cycle," he reflected.

The Path of Qiankun represented everything in the universe, and by following the evolution of the Qiankun into the Eight Phases, it naturally encompassed the principle of all living beings' fates. Some of the texts he had come across in his previous life offered insights into the extrapolation of the Eight Trigrams, which was part of this philosophy.

Perhaps the concept of fate wasn't as mysterious as it seemed, merely a way to trace the roots of the universe's changes through certain signs, just as one might deduce moves in a game of chess. Yet, the universe is full of uncertainties, always with a variable present, such as himself, who might just be the biggest variable in the world today.

"If I were to study the divinations of the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion, the fates I could calculate would surely be much deeper and clearer than theirs. But using divination, after all, involves attaching a thread of consciousness into the traceless universe to trace the changes of heaven and earth. The more you see, the greater the backlash you will experience," Chen Mu thought to himself.

After some consideration, Chen Mu realized he wasn't interested in fortune-telling.

In essence, with the system panel, he was already outside the realms of fates and fortunes. Moreover, as fate is ever-changing and the universe full of variables, if the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion could truly capture a definitive future and fate, they would not have just been a Sect within Cold North Path but would have been the State Religion, assisting Da Xuan in governing the world.

To Chen Mu, the strength in his own hands was what he trusted the most. He believed in controlling fate with his strength and wasn't interested in probing his own destiny. Whether he conformed to Qiankun or defied the heavenly order, as long as he could continue to fortuitously obtain Spiritual Objects like 'Xuanhuang Stone' and 'Kunlun Jade', he would happily collect them.

If he ever had the chance to assemble all Eight Phases and forge a Qiankun Spirit Weapon, it would greatly benefit him. Such a weapon would not be inferior to the Evil-Breaking Thunder Spear, could rival the Mysterious Heavenly Sword Diagram, and would harmonize perfectly with his Qiankun Artistic Conception, greatly amplifying his strength beyond what other Spirit Weapons could offer.

It could be said,

that he would currently struggle to face a Grandmaster like Fu Jingyuan head-on, but with a 'Qiankun Spirit Weapon' in hand, he would be confident in a direct confrontation and even hopeful of victory!

"I remember seeing a piece of 'Divine Soaring Stone' in the storeroom of the Seven Profound Sect before. It's the main material for Thunderbolt Sect's Spirit Weapons. If I could obtain that, it would make five," Chen Mu recalled the items he had seen listed when previously exchanging Spiritual Objects at the Seven Profound Sect.

Yet after much deliberation, he decided not to rush.

The main reason was that even if he obtained the Divine Soaring Stone, he would still lack the other three; Leaving aside the more accessible materials from the Dui Ze and Kan Water lineages, the Spiritual Objects from Qian Heaven were extremely difficult to find, rarer even than the Xuanhuang Stone.

Even if a Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster were to actively search, it could take more than a decade to come across them.

Of course,

if he became invincible in the world and could sweep through forces like Iron Hand Group and Cuiyan Mountain Villa, raiding storerooms of major Sects like Heavenly Sword Sect and Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion, he would certainly find them. Unfortunately, that was too far off.

For now, he would focus on enhancing his strength. There was no need to waste the resources he had collected; he'd better convert them into nourishing Spiritual Objects. As for the Divine Soaring Stone... if things got desperate, he could exchange the 'Cold Soul Spirit Blade,' but without the full set of materials, it would just be another material with no practical use, so he had no plans to do that yet.