Da Xuan Martial Saint

"Craftsman Fang Yi of the Smelting Bureau, at your service, sir."

"You are Fang Yi?"

Chen Mu looked at the bare-chested man before him and inquired.

Fang Yi, as an official craftsman of the Smelting Bureau, was not a low-level apprentice; he held an official position and also possessed a certain level in Martial Arts Realm. Though not high, he was at the level of Body Refinement Perfection.

"Indeed, it is this humble one."

Fang Yi respectfully replied.

Chen Mu nodded slightly, flicked his sleeve a few times, and a pile of mineral spirit materials fell from it, saying, "Can you forge a treasured artifact quality soft armor with confidence?"

Upon seeing the materials, Fang Yi knew the quantity was sufficient and the auxiliary materials were almost complete; what was lacking could be found in the Smelting Bureau as well, so he immediately responded respectfully, "Replying to you, sir, forging a treasured artifact is no different, but creating soft armor is meticulous work, not to be completed in a short time. It requires at least two months of labor."

"Good, then I will entrust it to you. Put aside all other work for these two months," said Chen Mu to Fang Yi.

"Yes,"

Fang Yi answered.

It was not until he saw Chen Mu turn around and leave the courtyard that Fang Yi stood up and whispered to an official next to him, "Could this gentleman possibly be..."

The official nodded at him and warned him seriously, "Make sure you do a fine job on the gentleman's task. If anything goes wrong, not only you but even I cannot cover for you!"

"Of course, of course."

Fang Yi repeatedly responded, a trace of awe lingering in his eyes.

In terms of age, Chen Mu was much younger than he was, but he had recently heard some rumors from the Qingping River region and later received confirmation from others. He was already very respectful towards Chen Mu, and now his reverence grew even more profound.

Five Viscera Realm!

Suppressing the true teachings of various sects!

In Yu County, this was an extraordinary level, and now even City Lord Xue Huaikong was not as high in status as Chen Mu, not to mention Yan Jingqing, the Inspector from the State Government Office. Chen Mu was now the foremost person in Yu County!

...

Having resigned from his position as Metropolitan Commander at the Inspectorate and having arranged for Fang Yi to forge the treasure armor, Chen Mu finally managed to handle the trivial matters after returning to the city quite thoroughly and then returned to the Yu Family residence, his own courtyard.

He could have moved to a larger residence by now; there were hardly any places in Yu City he could not go, even going to the residences of the Xue or Xie families to claim a house, neither family would dare say a word, they would likely even welcome him cordially."

However, he was accustomed to living here and had no immediate plans to change residences.

In the courtyard,

Chen Yue and Yu Ru had already left, only Wang Ni with Ku'er and Le'er was cleaning the house.

Chen Mu let them clean while he went himself to the long-unvisited underground silent chamber, where two jade beds were quietly placed, one being the Flame Jade Bed he obtained himself and the other taken from the He Family's storeroom, a Cold Jade Bed.

"In a couple of days, I'll send them to Hongyu's place," he thought.

These beds, though not very large, didn't have much effect now that he had entered the Five Viscera Realm, but for Xu Hongyu, Xiao He, and the others, they still had effects helpful for enduring and refining Qi-Blood. The beds could be squeezed to fit Xu Hongyu, Xiao He, Chen Yue, and Yu Ru... Hmm, what a scene.

Chen Mu shook the bizarre scene from his mind and then took out the Gen Mountain Diagram. Find exclusive stories on empire

He then brought up the system panel.

[Martial Arts: Gen Mountain Artistic Conception]

[Experience: 3146 points]

[Number of Predictions Available: 0]

During the nearly one month of the flood disaster, while he had some free time after the follow-up gradually stabilized, he contemplated the Gen Mountain Artistic Conception, though he often went to patrol the riverbanks, which meant he didn't accumulate much experience, merely a bit over three thousand points.

"In the upcoming two months, it should be enough to progress the Gen Mountain Artistic Conception to the second step," Chen Mu momentarily pondered.

He flipped his hand,

and a lotus seed, resembling green jade, appeared in his palm, which was precisely an Earthly Green Lotus Seed.

This Earthly Green Lotus Seed had short-term effects of immersing in nature and enhancing comprehension, but whether it affected the experience gain of the system panel was unknown. If it did have an effect, he might be able to also advance the Kan Water Artistic Conception besides the Gen Mountain Artistic Conception.

Indeed, he had contemplated whether to wait until he arrived at the Seven Profound Sect and used the Earthly Green Lotus Seed when contemplating Qian Heaven and Kun Earth artistic conceptions. While he held five seeds, this item was only effective the first time it was used.

But after much deliberation, Chen Mu felt it unnecessary.

With his comprehension, he naturally didn't need to rely on any Earthly Green Lotus Seeds to understand Qian Heaven and Kun Earth.

If it truly was effective, it would be better to master the Gen Mountain Artistic Conception and even the Kan Water Artistic Conception earlier, as every extra conception he mastered now strengthened him further and broadened the conditions and situations he could handle.

Just like before in the Underground Water Vein, if he had mastered the second step of the Kan Water Artistic Conception, Han Guang wouldn't have been able to escape far before being caught and killed by him, and even the stewards from the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion wouldn't have escaped!

Of course,

this was all speculative.

After all, if the environment of that cavern had not been a water vein but a scorching fire vein, with molten rock boiling hot everywhere inside the cave, then the Separating Fire Artistic Conception would have thrived, but Kan Water would have been hindered.

"I hope the effect is ideal,"

Chen Mu murmured to himself quietly before swallowing the Earthly Green Lotus Seed whole, chewing it up and swallowing it.

...

Meanwhile,

Inner City,

Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion residence.

Situated in the highest, simplest room of a tower, seven or eight stewards were dispersed around the room.