Da Xuan Martial Saint-Chapter 670 - 384: Prolonging Life

Among the mountains and forests.

Chen Mu walked slowly, casting his gaze into the distance and circling around the area where he had earlier used fallen leaves to slash the bandit leader. Glancing behind him briefly, he noticed no abnormalities, a flicker of light passing through his eyes.

An illusion?

There was no need to make such a fuss in killing a mere bandit leader. His action was not just a chance encounter with an old friend or casually giving guidance on Song Zhou’s Blade Technique, but a test.

After leaving the Seven Profound Sect, on his journey to Yu County, he occasionally felt a vague sense as if he was being watched by an unseen gaze, but when he tried to sense it carefully, he could not identify its source.

This intuition from the murky depths was not a result of tangible perception, but stemmed from his Soul Heart Realm. At the level of a clear and still mirror, sometimes there would be an unfathomable sensation, not within the scope of detection.

With his current level of Cultivation Realm, it would be extremely difficult for anyone to follow him undetected and be completely beyond his senses. Even for Martial Artists at the same Realm, such as Yin Heng in the Blood Exchange Realm, it was highly unlikely, let alone only a Grandmaster at the Unity of Heaven and Man, whose body and mind are fused with heaven and earth, almost indistinguishable from the nature itself, naturally able to shield all detection.

Was there a Grandmaster at the Unity of Heaven and Man level in the shadows?

This thought crossed Chen Mu’s mind, but his expression remained unchanged. After a casual glance over the mountains and forests ahead, he slowly took a step forward, and his figure soon disappeared into the woods.

Having left the Seven Profound Sect, he had been prepared to encounter Grandmasters at the Unity of Heaven and Man level. Although these people were powerful, their Martial Bodies and Yuan Gang were not fundamentally different from ordinary Blood Exchange Realms. Their true strength lay in the vast and extensive Power of Heaven and Earth they could harness, and their sensory range could cover thousands of miles, even allowing them to easily transmit messages over such distances.

In terms of raw power, Grandmasters at the Celestial Human Level were not so far apart from Yin Heng as to be insurmountable. Even if they could not be opposed, at least he could escape and not be completely defenseless.

Furthermore,

In the vast Da Xuan with billions of souls and numerous Martial Artists, only a mere twenty or so had reached the Celestial Human Level. They stood at the pinnacle of Martial Arts, each with their own resolve and courage. If they only sought to deal with him out of worry for a future threat, they would not have reached the Celestial Human Realm nor would they have arrived at the end of the Martial Path.

This was what Yin Heng said to him; at least before he stepped into the Blood Exchange Realm, as long as he did not actively provoke those Grandmasters at the Unity of Heaven and Man Level or trigger disputes, they were almost not likely to oppress a Grandmaster using the power of a Celestial Human.

And furthermore,

Those Grandmasters at the Celestial Human Level were almost all pursuing higher levels of Martial Arts, attempting to explore further paths of Martial Arts. Their pursuits differed from those of ordinary Martial Men, spending most of their time detached from the world. This was one of the reasons they were referred to as ‘Celestial Humans,’ for beings of heaven are separate from the mortals.

On the other hand, those Blood Exchange Realms who roamed the seas below the Celestial Humans, after he repelled Yuwen Hao straightforwardly, would see him as a peer, no longer regarding him as a junior. These were the true threats he now faced.

But for Chen Mu now, he feared nothing unless a Celestial Human took action.

Even when facing Celestial Humans directly, he still had some capacity for self-preservation. Having left the Seven Profound Sect alone, he was on a fearless and unyielding path of Qiankun, an invincible path that did not care for various concerns.

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Yu City.

Chen Mu’s figure appeared silently on top of the city gate, his gaze falling on the patchwork of houses in the distance.

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Nearby patrolling soldiers walked along the gate, but all passed by Chen Mu without reaction, as if they couldn’t see him at all.

“Hey, did you hear about Widow Wang from the south side and…”

A few soldiers were patrolling the wall, each quietly discussing neighborhood gossip.

So Chen Mu stood still, watching the grand and vast Prefectural Government of Yu County, then slowly stepped forward, his figure vanishing from the city wall into the streets of the Outer City.

In earlier years, the edge of the Outer City of Yu County was the most remote and chaotic place, with dead bodies everywhere and filled with desperados. But now, such sights were scarce, perhaps due to Yan Jingqing’s governance or possibly the gradual changes brought by the establishment of various sect branches.

Moving forward.

The number of people on the road gradually increased.

Chen Mu moved through the market, but no one bumped into him, nor did anyone’s gaze linger on him. He was in the midst of the marketplace yet seemed as if he were beyond the mundane world.

It seemed like he had only taken a few steps when familiar streetscapes appeared in his view. This was Ninth District, where he spent the earliest years of this life.

The two low houses from those days were still situated in the alley.

What was different though,

Every household in the vicinity had renovated their homes into manors.

“My lord, look over there. That is the old dwelling of the one from years ago, said to be a Land of the Soaring Dragon. With each rising sun, a purple aura supposedly lingers… All these manors around here have been bought by the gentry in the city. If you wish to partake in such fortune, we have a court not a thousand steps from here, right over there.”

Suddenly, a broker from afar was seen accompanying a long-robed guest, incessantly describing the features to him.