The Inner Cabinet of the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion.
The Wentian Small World, also known as the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven, is the daily cultivation ground for the inner disciples of the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion.
In a mountain forest, there stands a simple thatched hut.
"Sister Ming, you still can't recover?"
Chen Duo sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Mingye, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, with concern.
At this moment, Mingye underwent a dramatic change. Her skin turned light purple, and the area above her ears became pointed. Although her facial features did not change much, her angles became much more defined, and she exuded an eerie beauty.
If Chen Mu were here, he would definitely be able to see her problem at a glance, because her changes are clearly characteristics of the Nether Clan.
"No, I don't think I'm really human. My physical changes are all natural, as if I was always meant to look like this."
Mingye shook his head, his expression blank.
More than half a month ago, she and Chen Duo went to the depths of Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven to hunt Essence Beast, but were chased by a Essence Beast King.
The Essence Beast King possessed the strength of a human at the Core Formation Realm, making them no match for it. Therefore, they had no choice but to fight and flee simultaneously.
On their escape, the celadon bottle that Mingye obtained from the Treasure Arrival Peak cave suddenly came back to life, emitting a powerful aura that frightened away the Essence Beast King.
Then, the celadon bottle injected an extremely pure energy into her body, and her Martial Dao realm broke through to the Late True Spirit Realm. At the same time, her body also began to gradually change.
They had originally planned to leave Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven, but Mingye's physical changes became more and more obvious. Fearing that the elders of the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion would notice something amiss, they stayed in the temporary thatched hut and dared not show themselves.
"This is troublesome. The elders in the pavilion have very outdated ideas. If they find out you're not human, who knows what they might do."
Chen Duo's expression was full of worry.
Having studied at the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion for so long, they were all very clear about the mainstream ideas within the pavilion, one of which was the core idea. " Those Non-Self kind will surely have different hearts."
She could already foresee that if Mingye was indeed identified as an alien, he would definitely be arrested as a spy, and even if he wasn't killed on the spot, he would certainly be imprisoned for life.
"Since we're already here, we might as well make the best of it. Hiding like this isn't a solution. Why don't we leave Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven first?"
Instead, Mingye comforted Chen Duo.
Elders guarded the entrances and exits of Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven. If they were to leave like that, it would be easy to spot that Mingye was not human. That's why they had never dared to leave Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven.
"No, we promised our brother we'd stay in touch. If we don't go out, he'll definitely come looking for us."
"If my brother comes, he'll definitely have a way to handle the situation."
Chen Duo and Chen Mu have been each other's only family since childhood, and Chen Duo has a blind trust in Chen Mu.
Mingye frowned in thought; she actually agreed with Chen Duo's words.
Chen Mu's talisman-making techniques are ever-changing. If he were here, he could definitely help conceal the changes in his body. But can Chen Mu really enter the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven?
"Alright then! But if we don't go out, Elder Jiyue, who's in charge of our cultivation progress, will definitely come looking for us."
"I just hope Chen Mu can enter the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven before Elder Jiyue comes looking for us."
Mingye sighed, unable to understand why the situation had suddenly become so complicated.
However, having crawled out of piles of corpses since childhood, she had little fear of death and quickly accepted her changes.
Chen Village, Wuyan Mountain Range.
After Chen Mu killed Yue Siqing, Chen Village's army gained an absolute advantage and quickly defeated the three forces of the Flame Blessing Tribe, with only a very small number escaping.
However, Chen Village also suffered heavy casualties. Apart from the Spear Squad and Cannon Squad equipped with third-grade fish-scale armor, who suffered relatively few casualties, nearly half of the cavalry were killed and almost everyone was wounded.
However, this battle was glorious and valuable. News of Chen Village's victory over the Flame Blessing Tribe's attack spread rapidly throughout the Wilderness, and people seemed to see a young tribe slowly rising.
Inside the talisman-making room, in the Demonic Pattern room.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged on a stool, shirtless, with the Nine Heavens Blazing Sun Brush hovering around him, slowly drawing runes on his body.
After his battle with Yue Siqing, Chen Mu gained a deeper understanding of the Runic Body. He is now adjusting the runes on his body to make it easier for him to control them.
After a while, the Nine Heavens Blazing Sun Brush stopped, and his body once again shone with multicolored light, but it was quickly absorbed into his body.
"Not bad, it went more smoothly than I expected."
He opened his eyes, a satisfied smile on his face.
The cultivation method combining talismans and martial arts is his own creation, and there is still a long way to go. In order to distinguish himself from other cultivation methods, he gave himself and his kind of cultivators a name: ' Battle Talisman Master '.
The foundation of Battle Talisman Master is Runic Body. Only by possessing Runic Body, with runes integrated into the physical body, can one use rune techniques through the physical body. Therefore, theoretically speaking, Battle Talisman Master must cultivate both runes and martial arts.
However, even without Soul Power, one can activate runes purely with Spiritual Power. For example, the Five Elements Guards that Chen Mu is currently training can use rune techniques through their physical bodies as long as Chen Mu helps them to match the rune structure within their bodies in advance.
However, this would make the Five Elements Guards extremely dependent on Chen Mu, and they would not be able to freely combine runes like Chen Mu could; they could only use the fixed runes that Chen Mu had pre-selected.
However, in any case, talismanic arts are an additional means for them, which can greatly enhance their combat power.
Such Five Elements Guards cannot be called Battle Talisman Master; he can only be called Chen Mu's Battle Talisman Soldiers.
Chen Mu stood up from the stool and stretched his arms and legs.
" Water Condensation Talisman."
He opened his right palm, and a drop of water began to condense in his palm, then gathered more and more, and soon turned into a semi-transparent water ball, suspended above his palm.
" Mystic Fire Talisman."
His left palm burst into flames, which slowly approached the water ball in his right hand. The water on the ball began to evaporate and then gradually disappeared completely.
" The Runic Body is basically complete. Let's go check out the Five Elements Battle Formation."
Chen Mu put on his clothes, walked out of the Demonic Pattern room, and went to his research room.
"Drop...!"
Chen Mu activated the large data analyzer, which projected a series of data streams, finally freezing on a complete Five Elements formation model.
"Hmm, the basic battle formation model is complete. It seems we can begin the Five Elements Guards battle formation training today."
But training troops is exhausting, so why don't we ask someone to help us?
Chen Mu thought for a while and then picked up the communication jade tablet.
"Brother Tiger, the Five Elements Battle Formation I mentioned to you before is showing some promise. If you have time, come to the talisman-making room. I'd like you to help me train them."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
The voice from the communication jade tablet was very excited.