Wu Family City.
The Heavenly Palace Master waited here for Mu Jinyu for most of the day, but he never showed up.
Finally, through spies scattered across the Heavenly Palace, a clue was obtained that Mu Jinyu seemed to have gone to the Chen Family in the Southwestern Region.
"This guy is quite cunning..."
The Heavenly Palace Master murmured, then immediately set off for the Chen Family.
The alliance of various forces, upon seeing the man in black robes leave, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then wore sorrowful expressions, feeling that if Mu Jinyu actually showed up now, they would be doomed, caught in one fell swoop.
After all, the five powerful beings at the Unity Realm Stage they managed to gather were all dead, and more than a dozen top-grade spiritual treasures were destroyed; what could they use now to resist Mu Jinyu?
Instantly, their spirit of resistance completely vanished.
...
Chen Family.
Mu Jinyu spent most of the day changing the Mountain Protection Array of the Chen Family.
The Chen Family's Mountain Protection Array now could harness the power of heaven-reaching spiritual treasures for increased destructive capabilities.
Currently, they have five heaven-reaching spiritual treasures on hand; if the Heavenly Palace attacks, unless they come in full force, there's a high likelihood they can withstand it.
Though Mu Jinyu believed the chance of the Heavenly Palace coming with everyone was low, he had to be on guard.
Thus, Mu Jinyu took out the Five Beasts Spirit Fan, a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure he acquired after vanquishing Lei Yongshou.
The Five Beasts Spirit Fan was originally a perfect heaven-reaching spiritual treasure, but due to a battle with the Dragon-Phoenix Resentful Fiend, it lost a Phoenix Feather, causing it to fall short of a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.
Mu Jinyu now intended to repair this heaven-reaching spiritual treasure to enhance his assurance in battles.
However, he didn't have a Phoenix Feather at hand, only the Phoenix Nest once built by a little phoenix, which was of no use.
"If only the little phoenix were here, I could just pluck a feather." Mu Jinyu sighed.
Then, he pulled out a crimson feather, unknown which spirit beast left it behind, which he had snagged from the Treasure Pavilion of the Boundless Sect.
Perhaps the Boundless Sect was preparing materials for a replica of the Five Beasts Spirit Fan, a top-grade spiritual treasure?
The materials were barely suitable, and if Mu Jinyu had a better choice, he certainly wouldn't decide to use it to repair the Five Beasts Spirit Fan.
Just as he was about to proceed with using the feather to refine the Five Beasts Spirit Fan, Mu Jinyu suddenly had a thought, considering he was at the Chen Family, maybe they had more suitable feathers.
Thus, Mu Jinyu went to find the Chen Family Ancestor.
"Phoenix Feather?"
The Chen Family Ancestor was startled upon learning of Mu Jinyu's intention, then said, "Yes, in our Treasure Pavilion, there's a Phoenix Feather imbued with substantial Phoenix strength."
"Great, take me there," Mu Jinyu said happily upon hearing this and immediately urged the Chen Family Ancestor to take him.
Quickly, Mu Jinyu followed the ancestor to the Chen Family's Treasure Pavilion.
During the ascent in the Pavilion, Mu Jinyu saw many treasures that made him envious.
If this were the Boundless Sect or Divine Formation Sect, he'd just take them.
But for the Chen Family, considering the ancestor had submitted to him and Wen Rou was closely connected with them, he refrained from taking anything impulsively.
Thus, Mu Jinyu did not act recklessly, only found and gladly took one of the last three spiritual medicines he needed on the fifth level of the Pavilion; the rest he left untouched.
'Only two spiritual medicines left now…'
Mu Jinyu thought to himself.
Had there been no pressure from the Heavenly Palace, he would certainly have visited the Treasure Pavillion of various major powers to see if he could find the remaining two spiritual medicines needed for Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan to change back.
But now it seemed impossible, he could only hope that the battle with the Heavenly Palace would end soon.
Soon, Mu Jinyu arrived at the highest floor of the Chen Family's Treasure Pavilion with the ancestor and obtained the Phoenix Feather that glowed red like flames.
Upon seeing this Phoenix Feather, Mu Jinyu felt satisfied.
Though it was far inferior in power to the original feather that forged the Five Beasts Spirit Fan, it was still quite good, much better than the feather from the unknown spirit beast he had.
"Now I can repair the Five Beasts Spirit Fan through refinement."
Mu Jinyu wasted no time, took the Phoenix Feather, and left the Treasure Pavilion, returning to his residence at the Chen Family to begin refining the Five Beasts Spirit Fan.
After all, the Heavenly Palace could arrive at any moment, and he had to hurry.
"Boom!"
He placed the Dragon Phoenix Cauldron on the ground, and with a slight activation, the cauldron emitted a phoenix cry, awakening a magnificent Fire Phoenix which soared at the mouth of the cauldron.
"Boom!!"
As the Artifact Spirit of the Fire Phoenix awakened, the Dragon Phoenix Cauldron spouted blazing flames.
This was no ordinary fire, but the Phoenix True Fire.
Though this True Fire wasn't pure, it was considerably stronger than the Innate True Fire of a little phoenix with only a fractional Phoenix Bloodline.
Then, Mu Jinyu placed the Five Beasts Spirit Fan on it, threw in the Phoenix Feather, and began refining the magic treasure.
Time slowly passed.
The Phoenix Feather gradually merged with the Five Beasts Spirit Fan, and the red light began to mix with the other four colors, evolving into a five-color cycle, the Five Elements interdependence...
While Mu Jinyu was earnestly refining the Five Beasts Spirit Fan.
The Heavenly Palace Master also arrived at the Chen Family.
Standing outside the mountain gate, observing the concealed Mountain Protection Array, the face under his black robe lightly chuckled and murmured, "With just this array level, if the Heavenly Palace truly attacks, can you defend?"
Saying this, he stepped straight into the mountain gate.
Amazingly, the process didn't alarm any members of the Chen Family, nor did it disturb Mu Jinyu who was refining the Five Beasts Spirit Fan.
Then, the Heavenly Palace Master spread his Divine Sense within the Chen Family, shortly locking onto the courtyard where Mu Jinyu lived.
"Huh…"
He took a step in a flash, teleporting right into Mu Jinyu's room.
There, he saw Mu Jinyu using the Dragon Phoenix Cauldron to refine the Five Beasts Spirit Fan, standing behind to observe with interest.
A while later.
"Huh…"
The Phoenix True Fire within the cauldron finally extinguished, the Five Beasts Spirit Fan emitted the Five Elements Divine Light, fully restoring the power of a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.
"Finally accomplished," Mu Jinyu said with satisfaction, holding the Five Beasts Spirit Fan in hand, pleased with his artifact refining skills.
"With such mediocre skills, what are you proud of?"
Mu Jinyu was reveling in his success when a cold, hoarse voice suddenly murmured behind him.
"Hmm?!"
Upon hearing the unexpected voice in the room, Mu Jinyu felt a shudder of alarm, quickly turning and looking warily at the man in a black robe behind him with shock in his eyes, asking, "Who are you?!"
Though he asked this way, based on the black robe of the person and their ability to enter his room unnoticed, Mu Jinyu knew the individual must be from the upper echelon of the Heavenly Palace!
The man in black robe calmly said, "Heavenly Palace Master."