After entering the capital, Chen Mu led his men directly to the Manju Imperial Palace.
Mingye was equipped with a communication device, allowing her to communicate with Chen Mu in real time without any obstacles, so she had already arranged everything in the palace.
The two battle formations quickly completed their deployment, and Chen Mu also met with Mingye.
Inside the study.
"Your Majesty, the Holy Maiden has just led two legions into the palace and has also allowed a man to stay in the temple."
Shen Hongye walked to the desk and reported to the Manju Sacred King, who was reviewing memorials.
Sensing the dissatisfaction in Shen Hongye's tone, the Manju Sacred King put down the memorial in his hand and smiled.
" Hongye, Ye'er has been living away from home since she was a child and doesn't know the rules of the palace, so just let her be."
I'll teach her slowly when I have more free time later.
The Manju Imperial Palace Temple was originally one of the palaces of the Nether Great Emperor. After the Nether Great Emperor's fall, the Manju Sacred King became its master.
Before Mingye returned, only Shen Hongye was allowed to freely enter and leave the temple. But now, Mingye insisted on letting a man stay in the temple, so it's no wonder Shen Hongye was unhappy.
"Your Majesty, I had no intention of interfering with the Holy Maiden."
However, the people outside are a mixed bag, and I think it's best for the Holy Maiden to stay away from them.
Shen Hongye bowed slightly, her expression earnest.
"Alright! Why are you becoming like those old fogies in the court, making friends based on their status and background?"
Besides, the man Ye'er met is quite nice, so you don't need to worry about him."
The Manju Sacred King waved his hand, his expression somewhat displeased.
During the battle of Iron Soul City, she could tell that Chen Mu was not as simple as he appeared. Putting aside everything else, just the silver missile he had used was something that no ordinary talisman master could create.
"The situation at the front is urgent lately. If you have time, refine more pills and send them over. Don't waste your skills."
Besides her own profound strength, Shen Hongye, like the Manju Sacred King, is a rare example of a plant evolving into a human, which explains the close relationship between the Manju Sacred King and her.
Her true form is Nine-Leaf Demon Lotus, possessing a terrifying natal fire. She is exceptionally gifted in alchemy, making her a grandmaster alchemist. Even the Manju Sacred King relies heavily on her.
"Yes, Your Majesty! I obey."
Although Shen Hongye was proud by nature, she was loyal to the Manju Sacred King. She knew that the Manju Sacred King and Mingye had just recognized each other and were bound to be a bit doting, so she wisely didn't continue and withdrew.
"The leader of a small settlement, is that not bad?"
After leaving the room, Shen Hongye couldn't help but mutter to herself, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.
Iron Soul City Iron Soul City was remote and impoverished, with limited access to information, so she had no idea what had happened there the day before.
All she knew was that the Manju Sacred King had gone out yesterday and brought the Holy Maiden back.
Chen Mu was a friend Mingye met when he was down on his luck, and now that he's come to the palace, he probably wants to take advantage of the situation and get some benefits.
I just hope he knows when to stop and doesn't push his luck.
With that thought in mind, she went straight back to her residence.
Under Mingye's arrangement, Chen Mu also settled down in the temple.
Even though Chen Mu was the Grand Preceptor of the Chen Kingdom and had once controlled a vast territory, the magnificence of the temple still repeatedly amazed him.
In the temple's garden, various extremely precious natural treasures are planted, many of which have become extinct in the outside world, such as the Mystic Nether Fruit, the Three-Colored Nether Lotus, the Heavenly Soul Grass, and the Ghost-Faced Immortal Mushroom.
Each of these plants would drive cultivators below the Saint Level crazy in the outside world, and some would even cause Saint Level cultivators to fight over them. Yet here, there are hundreds of them, and the Manju Sacred King even allows Mingye to pick them at will.
There was also the bathing pool water, a mysterious liquid formed by drawing water from the void using a large array. Even with Chen Mu's extensive knowledge, he didn't know what this liquid was called.
But when he was in this pool of liquid, he discovered that it had the effect of strengthening the Divine Soul and the body. Even Chen Mu's Runic Body, which had been tempered and refined over many years, still benefited greatly from this pool of water.
Chen Mu didn't stand on ceremony and directly used the cultivation method of the Runic Body to absorb the power of the pool water. Both his Divine Soul and body underwent a tremendous transformation.
There's also a library here, which contains cultivation techniques of Earth Level or higher, and even more than a dozen Heaven Level secret manuals. Even the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, which is famous for its teachings, doesn't have as many high-level cultivation techniques as this place.
After Chen Mu arrived at the temple, Manju Sacred King was busy with court affairs and had no time to meet with him.
Chen Mu was happy to do so, as he could take advantage of the unique environment of the temple to consolidate his foundation, which had become unstable due to his previous forced breakthrough.
He now has 108 Law Core in his body. These Law Core resonate with each other in the acupoints, and when they form an array, the Spiritual Power reserves they can generate are no less than those of Mid Emperor Level.
With his ever-changing talisman master skills, even without the computing power of the Spirit Network, his combat strength is rarely matched among the Emperor Level.
One week later.
"What happened! How could so much Nether Essence Liquid have disappeared in just a few days?"
In the temple's back garden, Shen Hongye looked at the Nether Spring, whose water level had dropped significantly, and her expression was extremely grim.
Because the pills she was refining today required Nether Essence Liquid from the Nether Spring, she came to the Holy Temple specifically to retrieve it, only to witness this unexpected scene.
The Nether Essence Liquid of the Nether Spring is extremely precious. It is the essence extracted from the Nether River by the Nether Great Emperor through the formation he set up.
The temple, a large array for extracting Nether Essence Liquid, requires a huge amount of resources to maintain every year, but at the end of the year, it can only extract a small bowlful.
This small pool of Nether Spring in the back garden is the culmination of nearly ten thousand years of work by the temple.
But now, Shen Hongye has discovered that the Nether Essence Liquid lost in the past few days has already accounted for one-third of her Essence Liquid reserves, so how could she not feel heartbroken?
"You weren't satisfied with just giving me a bath, you even dared to take it away! This is outrageous!"
In her eyes, Chen Mu did not possess any aura of World Power, so she always thought that Chen Mu was just a Core Formation Realm cultivator.
How could a Xiaoxiao Core Formation Realm absorb so much Nether Essence Liquid in just a few days? Even the Manju Sacred King couldn't do that.
Therefore, she was certain that Chen Mu had used a container to take away the Nether Essence Liquid, an act that was utterly shameless.
She flung her sleeves and stormed angrily toward Chen Mu's residence.
Inside the bedroom, Chen Mu was sitting cross-legged on the bed, meditating with his eyes closed.
Since the temple gardens allowed free picking, Mingye didn't stand on ceremony and gathered suitable top-quality herbs for Chen Mu and himself to absorb.