Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

Chapter 452: Chapter 420: Martial Emperor_1

Now Xu Mu’s skills can be called weapon-crafting, not just tool-making.

Because this world lacks spiritual energy, although he can use all sorts of divine skills and methods of his original body, they can only be driven by consuming his qi and blood.

This consumption is much more difficult compared to previously directly absorbing nature’s spiritual energy, or even setting up a Great Array to assist weapon crafting. The consumption is also much greater.

If he wasn’t extremely skilled in weapon and alchemy crafting in his previous life, even if he possesses True Flame now, he would probably not be able to create a Magic Artifact.

Aside from the different types of energy he uses, which is not easy to control, there are many other difficulties.

For instance, the metallic ores used for weapon crafting. Because this world lacks spiritual energy, these ores are quite different from those in his previous life, and refining them is quite energy-consuming.

Another key point is that it is impossible to engrave formations in these Magic Artifacts.

One must understand that the most important aspect of a Magic Artifact in the Cultivation Realm is the formation within it.

Because of the formation, not only is the energy consumption during use reduced, but it can also unleash extremely powerful strength. And the method of use is just to infuse some spiritual energy into it and control it with divine intent.

This is exactly why the cultivators in the Cultivation Realm mostly use Magic Artifacts when battling.

However, there is no spiritual energy in the void of this world, and there is no way to engrave formations into weapons. As a result, what he crafts can only be mundane weapons.

They can be used to chop people, they can be used as a shield, but they cannot possibly unleash transcendent power.

Even if a Martial Artist infuses qi and blood into them, in the end, it only makes the weapon stronger and sharper, without any other effects.

So despite using the Cultivator’s weapon crafting techniques, the prosthetic limbs Xu Mu made are still simply intricate machinery.

However, not long ago, the method of using the blood of desolate beasts to strengthen the prosthetics gave him some inspiration.

So he abandoned the puppetry technique, and modeled these prosthetics after human arms, inserting desolate beast blood crystals into them, and made them through this method into realistic arms.

To put it simply, once Martial Artists reach a certain realm, they can release a beast spirit and form effects similar to a physical body.

The prosthetic limbs that Xu Mu made now are equivalent to the existence of a beast spirit, but they are just one hand and one leg.

Because he sealed in the essence of desolate beasts, he can also summon the beast spirits inside to fight.

However, the original low-level desolate beasts have already been cleared out by him, their essence merged into the materials entirely.

In the end, he only kept a few relatively strong desolate beasts.

After he successfully completed the exercise, his arm and leg flew back again; the joint-area turned into liquid and perfectly fused with his original body.

At this point, laymen could not tell the difference between real and fake, even if Xu Mu extended his hand in front of them, they could not determine whether it was real or a copy.

Only some Martial Artists with strong spirits and sensitivities could barely perceive the anomaly.

Onlookers Yin Wen and Zhang Ergou witnessed all of this.

Zhang Ergou wasn’t as surprised given that he had seen it before, while it wasn’t as magical as what just occurred, it wasn’t far off either.

Only Yin Wen, who was witnessing an event comparable to a magic trick, was stunned.

After attaching the arm, Xu Mu tried to circulate his qi and blood, finding that the arm is almost indistinguishable from a living one and could circulate qi and blood perfectly.

Meanwhile, his most concerned hardness level also improved a notch, at least allowing him to unleash one to two-tenths of his strength.

He no longer had to handle it with such care, fearing that he would smash it into dust.

“Come here!”

He turned his head to see Yin Wen and spoke.

Yin Wen, having witnessed earlier events, now looked at him with even more awe in her eyes.

She nervously walked up to him, and slightly bowed her body in a show of respect.

Xu Mu reached out and grasped the remaining desolate beast essence, with a slight effort, the essence turned into shards, and then condensed into a ball of blood-colored light.

The light gathered at his fingertip and he pointed it directly at Yin Wen’s heart.

In the moment he touched her heart with his fingertip, a large amount of qi-blood was infused into her body.

Yin Wen, who had been stuck at the Martial King Realm for quite some time, easily broke through to the Martial Emperor level, and it continued to rise until it reached its limit.

The regrettable thing was that the qi-blood was already exhausted at this point, and the remaining bits were controlled by Xu Mu to merge into her flesh and blood, in order to solidify her foundation.

The gap between the Martial Emperor level and the Martial Ancestor is too large, and this bit of desolate beast essence blood is not nearly enough.

“I’ll help you level up when we get stronger beast essence blood later on,” Xu Mu said.

Yin Wen’s talent was not something that Yang Jiang and Zhang Ergou could compare to. As long as there was enough beast essence blood, even leveling up to the Martial Saint level was possible.

That was also why he was willing to accept her.

Frankly, Yang Jiang and Zhang Ergou were too weak. Even if he went to great lengths to help them level up, they would have difficulty achieving high levels, and their future effectiveness would be limited.

“Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!”

Feeling the rapid improvement in her cultivation, the typically proud Yin Wen was so excited that she knelt down on the spot.

Don’t underestimate just leveling up one stage.

For many martial artists, one stage could trap them for a lifetime.

Given her talent, it would probably take decades to reach the Martial Emperor level.

Now, Xu Mu had breached this barrier with just a slight touch.

A small effort for Xu Mu was like a complete rebirth for Yin Wen.

The further one’s cultivation progresses, the slower it will be; meanwhile, the older one gets, the less potential they have.

Now she has reached the Martial Emperor level at an age in her thirties. As long as there are no accidents in the future, she will definitely break through to the Martial Ancestor.

There’s a world of difference between a Martial Arts Grandmaster and a Martial Emperor. If she could breakthrough, she would become a significant figure safeguarding an area in the future, earning a place in history, and her status would be extraordinary.

A step’s difference made a world of difference. For someone like her, who was originally only able to reach the Martial Emperor level, it was like a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

Of course, what delighted her more was that Xu Mu had said he could help her improve further in the future.

At this point, Yin Wen is utterly convinced, without any complaints, as she’s been given too much.

“Get up, go back to prepare, we’ll set off in a while.”

Xu Mu spoke in an indifferent tone, then turned around and returned to his room.

“Yes, sir!”

Yin Wen got up respectfully.

Another voice came from the room.

“Don’t call me sir, just call me young master like they do.”

“Yes!”

Yin Wen responded respectfully.

Then, with an excited and enthusiastic heart, she left Xu Mu’s courtyard with Zhang Ergou.

“The young master said we’re setting off, but where are we going?” Zhang Ergou was somewhat puzzled.

Now, even the National Wusheng couldn’t do anything to them, so why should they run around everywhere?

“Where else could we go? Of course to the Imperial City.” Yin Wen said with a beaming smile.

Although she hadn’t spent much time with Xu Mu, her cunning mind easily guessed Xu Mu’s next move.

Xu Mu liked to collect martial methods, metals, and wanted to get more beast essence blood. The fastest place to get these things was the Imperial City.

Not only gathered most of the resources of the entire Da Xia Nation, but the entrance to the Wilderness was also there.

“Alright, let’s stop talking and go prepare. If we keep the young master waiting, it won’t be good.”

At this point, Yin Wen was even more proactive than Zhang Ergou.

Because an incredibly bright future was waving at her.

“I’ll go notify Brother Yang!”

Once the three of them were ready, they were notified by someone Xu Mu sent to meet up directly outside the city.

After they were outside the city, Yin Wen saw Xiao Tian Yuan and two other Martial Arts Grandmasters again.

In front of them was an incredibly gigantic flying mount.

“A Martial Emperor level wilderness beast… the Blue-eyed Golden Eagle!”