Da Xuan Martial Saint

The group discussed the situation in Ice State in detail.

Feng Hongsheng suddenly took out a uniquely designed chessboard from behind him, revealing that it was filled with numerous chess pieces, all of a dull gray hue, inscribed with characters like 'soldier,' 'officer,' and 'general.'

The typography had a hint of scarlet, with barely discernible crimson threads interwoven, connecting each piece with the chessboard, creating a single entity. When he picked up one of the pieces and moved it away from the board, the interconnected red threads gradually dimmed.

"This is the Spirit Weapon 'Military Formation Plate.' All chess pieces are connected with the formation plate as a whole. By stimulating them with Yuan Gang True Essence, it can trigger a reaction from the nearest higher-ranked chess piece,"

Feng Hongsheng explained while casually picking up a 'soldier' piece and moving it to the other side of the table. He slightly channeled a strand of Yuan Gang Inner Breath into it, causing the nearly invisible bright red thread to flicker and simultaneously causing many 'officer' pieces on the board to vibrate and seemingly move toward that direction as if pulled by something.

Chen Mu, observing Feng Hongsheng's simple demonstration, understood that this was a more efficient way of communication than 'signal commands,' which were typically reliant on sound and could not travel far nor could they effectively penetrate if disrupted by martial artists above the Five Viscera Realm. However, with the Spirit Weapon Formation Chess, it was different.

Of course,

if the Formation Chess could only be activated by Yuan Gang True Essence, then martial artists below the Five Viscera Realm couldn't utilize it.@@novelbin@@

"Protector Murong, Protector Chen... each of you takes a 'general' piece, distribute the 'officer' pieces among the protectors, and the 'soldier' pieces among the true disciples and stewards,"

Feng Hongsheng offered the Military Formation Plate.

Chen Mu took a 'general' piece and after sensing it briefly, he was slightly amazed. This Spirit Weapon was more like a combination of formation and spirit weapon, intricately constructed.

The 'general' piece could receive calls for help from the 'officer' pieces and likewise could seek help from the 'Formation Plate Entity,' which was evidently held by the Elder. The ordinary Six Viscera Realm protectors would hold 'officer' pieces, and the true disciples and stewards held the 'soldier' pieces.

As Chen Mu and the others collected their respective Formation Chess pieces, Feng Hongsheng collected the Military Formation Plate and said, "Alright, let it be so for now. Protector Chen has traveled here with the Yu Forest Army, rest for two days, and after that, head to the Border Pass, into Frost County."

No one voiced any objections.

After they left the main hall,

Chen Mu hadn't walked far when he encountered Meng Danyun, who was waiting for him.

"Junior Brother Chen, come with me,"

Meng Danyun nodded lightly to Chen Mu, saying, "You and the Yu Forest Army have just arrived, you should rest for two days, there's a resting place arranged behind the Prefectural Government."

"Alright, thank you, Senior Sister Meng,"

Chen Mu responded calmly, then followed Meng Danyun to the back of the Prefectural Government.

Along the way, he faintly sensed many robust Qi-Blood Inner Breaths from various stewards and protectors of the Seven Profound Sect... he even sensed many familiar presences, such as Zhou Hao from Great Profound Peak.

Zhou Hao was now no longer just a true disciple of Great Profound Peak but had stepped into the Six Viscera Realm, ranked among the protectors of Great Profound Peak, naturally progressing further in strength, albeit just initially stepping into the realm, he was no less competent than Chu Jingsui.

However,

still, Zhou Hao's status was considered among the ordinary protectors, not a 'Chief Peak Protector.' Compared to him, there was still a difference. He needed further refinement in the Six Viscera Realm or to discover a Domain to ascend.

As Chen Mu and Meng Danyun passed by and gradually walked away, in Zhou Hao's courtyard, who was meditating next to the pavilion at a stone bench, suddenly opened his eyes and glanced through the courtyard wall in the direction of Chen Mu and Meng Danyun.

Chen Mu hadn't deliberately concealed his aura, so Zhou Hao could sense him.

"Chen Mu..."

Zhou Hao murmured softly.

Ever since his induction into the Seven Profound Sect and entry into the Inner Sect, he had been proclaimed the foremost among Yu State's younger generation until he struggled with the second step of Kun Earth Artistic Conception and was defeated by Zuo Qianqiu. After enduring many hardships, he finally mastered the Kun Earth Artistic Conception, but in the battle at Yunni Sky Peak, everyone else merely complemented Chen Mu.

He held no jealousy towards Chen Mu, his late-enrolling junior; instead, he used Chen Mu's existence to temper his own will. After all, having a goal provides a stronger motivation to advance. He had become complacent in his martial arts practice before his defeat to Zuo Qianqiu, but he never slacked off afterward.

However, Chen Mu fell victim to a plot by Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion, which left him silent for a long time.

He understood that a taller tree in the forest is more likely to be blown down; without Chen Mu, the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion might have targeted him instead, inadvertently shielding him from calamity.

"If I can break through the Mysterious Pass, one day I will surely kill a grandmaster of the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion!"

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Zhou Hao mused internally.

Although Chen Mu had also killed a Great Protector of the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion, in his view, such a deceitful faction did not pay a price high enough. Should he one day achieve grandmaster status and surpass the barrier with Kun Earth, he would be among the top-tier grandmasters akin to Qin Mengjun and would intervene on behalf of Chen Mu, demanding the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion pay a greater price!

Of course, such talk was still premature; currently, he needed to hone his Martial Arts in Ice State, at least ranking in the Wind Cloud List, catching up or even surpassing Chen Mu's pace before it was appropriate to deliberate on these matters.