Da Xuan Martial Saint

After arranging for Qi Ge to forge blades at the smelting platform in the Jingyu County Government,

Chen Mu did not stand by, because smelting Mysterious Fire Ore was not a task of a moment; it needed at least a full day, and he had other matters to attend to next.

After making rounds at several medicine shops in Jingyu County, Chen Mu returned to the county government, came to a courtyard that the County Magistrate had specially cleaned for him, dismissed all the attendants, and entered the room.

He flipped his hand.

Two round beads, one large and one small, both earth-yellow, appeared in his hand.

They were the Earth Element Pearls he had acquired, one from the He Family's storehouse, the other he had obtained when he had the chance to enter a void in Earth's Veins following their eruption because he was nearby.

Earth Element Pearls were beneficial for cultivating the Gen Mountain Diagram. Though he didn't need both at the moment, he didn't plan to take one back for other uses; Chen Yue did not need it yet, and Xu Hongyu was not primarily cultivating the Gen Mountain Diagram.

After a moment of thought,

Chen Mu pinched the smaller pearl and then with a slight pressure of his fingertips,

Crack!

A crisp shattering sound echoed as the Earth Element Pearl shattered at Chen Mu's fingertips, and he ground it into a fine powder, albeit none of the powder scattered but floated between his fingers.

Then, Chen Mu picked up several types of medicinal herbs from the table, crushed them with a slap into powder, and mixed them with the powder of the Earth Element Pearl.

Shortly after,

Chen Mu picked up a teacup from the table.

All the powder silently fell into the teacup, without a trace scattering, after which Chen Mu poured some clear water into the teacup, then held the teacup in his open palm and slightly moved it.

Whoosh!

In an instant, a flame rose from his palm, enveloping the teacup in a whirl of fire, rapidly baking it.

In a brief moment, all the medicinal powder in the teacup mixed together, forming a brown-yellow liquid bubbling constantly, with faint wisps of Earth Spirit Qi escaping.

Chen Mu carefully examined the teacup, and when the time was about right, the flame in his palm disappeared. He then brought the teacup to his lips and drank all its contents in one gulp.

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The scorching medicinal liquid coursed down his throat, quickly dispersing in his stomach, forming a detectably dense, coherent, heavy swelling.

Chen Mu sat in a Taishi chair nearby, closed his eyes with a serene expression, and managed the circulation of Qi within his body, transporting the rich Earth Spirit Vital Energy toward the spleen.

The human body's Five Viscera circulate Inner Breath, adhering to the generating interactions.

Among them, the liver is wood, the heart is fire, the spleen is earth, the lungs are metal, the kidneys are water.

Grinding the Earth Element Pearl into dust and mixing it with potent medicinal substances can nourish the spleen and enhance the refinement of the Five Viscera Realm.

"Actually, those who cultivate the Artistic Conception of the Five Elements progress much faster in the refinement of the Five Viscera Realm than ordinary people, but few can comprehend the complete Five Elements in the Five Viscera Realm and condense them into a circulating unity."

As Chen Mu felt the changes in his own spleen, he pondered inwardly.

Yin Yang, Three Talents, Four Seasons, Five Elements... These artistic conceptions each have their special aspects, but eventually, they converge on the same path, all part of the natural cycle, and the final form of heaven and earth's evolution is the Qiankun Eight Phases.

As the Earth Spirit Qi from the Earth Element Pearl tempered the spleen, the entire spleen part slowly absorbed the Earth Spirit Qi, then continued along the Five Viscera Inner Breath cycle, affecting the other organs, although this process was very slow.

"Still somewhat slow."

Chen Mu sensed the progress and showed a slight pondering expression.

Since he stepped into the Five Viscera Realm, the refinement of the Five Viscera had been ongoing; based on his earlier perception, without any disturbances, it would approximately take three to four months to complete a cycle of the Five Viscera refinement.

Consuming the Earth Element Pearl to temper the spleen had greatly accelerated this process, but in his perception, although the medicinal power was quickly absorbed, the refining of the Five Viscera still required time.

Probably about ten days.

Considering the time since his breakthrough into the Five Viscera Realm, spending another ten days to complete the first refinement cycle was not particularly fast.

"Speaking of which, the system panel has always been able to directly absorb medicinal power for utilization..."

Chen Mu suddenly thought of the system panel and, with a thought, summoned it forth.

Soon,

he found a new section on the system panel.

[Inner Breathing Method (Five Viscera)]

[Experience Points: 306 points]

"This works?"

Chen Mu showed a hint of surprise.

Originally, when he cultivated the Inner Breathing Method and broke through to the Five Viscera Realm, there had been no section for the Inner Breathing Method on the system panel, which meant he could not directly add points. Unexpectedly, after consuming an Earth Element Pearl, it appeared.

Recalling past experiences, it seemed that ever since he obtained the Wind Blade Technique and it appeared on the system panel after cultivation, he had assumed all skills needed to engage a Cultivation Method to trigger the system panel.

But now that he thought about it,

perhaps only skills and Martial Arts are triggered by engaging in Cultivation Methods, while Body Tempering Principles need the presence of a 'Practice Method' along with 'Medicinal Power' to trigger the system panel.

After all, skills and Martial Arts could gain experience points through practice alone, while Body Tempering always needed 'Medicinal Power.'

"But the cultivation in the Five Viscera Realm and Tendon Changing and Bone Tempering are distinctively different..."

A hint of doubt flashed in Chen Mu's eyes again.

In previous cultivation, he had basically confirmed that the experience points from the system panel came from the medicinal power he could not fully absorb. But the problem was that after stepping into the Five Viscera Realm, things were different. The medicinal power from the Earth Element Pearl he had just consumed was supposed to be fully absorbed, so where did these experience points come from?