The preparations before leaving were very simple.
Chen Mo planned to forge himself a suit of inner armor.
More precisely, it would be a suit of inner armor engraved with defensive Runes.
For Blacksmithing to reach Heaven Grade, one had to imprint one's spiritual mark upon the forged item, granting it a certain enhancement.
The requirement was the same as with Runes.
The difficulty was also extraordinarily high, because forging materials were relatively fragile.
This placed exceptionally high demands on the blacksmith's control over spiritual power.
Chen Mo had no problems when it came to control. The only issue now was the materials.
Materials capable of perfectly bearing a spiritual mark were things that could only be encountered by chance, never sought.
Every single one was exceedingly precious.
They definitely could not be found in Lin Chang Commandery; even in the capital, they were rarely seen.
Thus, Chen Mo had not held out any hope at all and merely requested some fairly decent materials.
After perfectly refining and hammering them, he fused in the bones and blood essence of several Grandmaster-level Exotic Beasts and Demons he had brought with him.
After spending several hours, the inner armor was forged.
After trying several times and failing to imprint his spiritual mark onto the inner armor, Chen Mo simply gave up.
If something could not be done, then he would not do it.
Not making trouble for himself was a principle Chen Mo had always followed.
He turned to engraving Runes instead.
His spiritual power successfully merged into the Runes, increasing the inner armor's defensive strength by more than tenfold.
"According to the panel, I'm still an Earth Grade peak Rune Master, but I can already initially merge spiritual power into Runes. That's something only a Heaven Grade Rune Master can do,"