"Boom!!"

As mysterious Ice Phoenix totems appeared on Jian Ruyan's face, her body suddenly erupted with a terrifying suction!

Immediately, all of the spiritual energy from the Chen Family rushed toward her frantically.

She was like a gigantic vacuum cleaner, or a gluttonous beast, nearly sucking all of the spiritual energy from this top-power Southwest Chen Family dry.

"Boom!!"

"Bang!"

As Jian Ruyan devoured this massive amount of nature's spiritual energy, her cultivation also rose rapidly, quickly climbing from the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm to the Fourth Layer, Fifth Layer, Sixth Layer...

It wasn't until the peak of the Seventh Layer of the Fanxu Realm that it finally halted.

"Wow, is this even real?"

Mu Jinyu couldn't help but click his tongue when he saw this, secretly murmuring to himself.

Originally, when Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou returned from the Kunlun Ruins, Wen Rou was the first to step into the Fanxu Realm, while Jian Ruyan was still at the peak Ninth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm.

But now, Wen Rou's cultivation was at the middle stage of the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm, while Jian Ruyan, under the influence of the "Armament Martial Scripture," skyrocketed directly from the early stage to the late stage of the Fanxu Realm!

And this was different from temporarily boosting strength by performing the "True Dragon Mystic Taoism."

Jian Ruyan achieved a true breakthrough, solidifying her cultivation at the peak of the Seventh Layer of the Fanxu Realm!

"Even Sister Mei hadn't achieved such exaggerated results after successful cultivation, right? Is it due to the quality grade of the Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure and its compatibility with oneself?"

Mu Jinyu propped his chin, secretly speculating.

"Huff, huff..."

Soon, the surging spiritual energy began to calm down.

Jian Ruyan, after meditating and adjusting her breath for a moment, opened her eyes. The ice-blue light in her eyes flickered and then returned to calm.

"How is it?"

Mu Jinyu smiled and asked when Jian Ruyan came to.

"Very good."

The Ice Phoenix totems on Jian Ruyan's pretty face gradually receded and disappeared. Her demeanor and tone were significantly colder than before.

However, her eyes still shone with warmth, not wholly devoid of emotion, turning her into a human-shaped sharp sword.

This is also the strength of the "Armament Martial Scripture." After all, weapons are just weapons, tools controlled by humans, with no place to dictate human will!

If weapons rule over their masters and follow only the Sword's Path, would the person still be human? Or merely a slave under the sword?

These are the reasons, too, why Mu Jinyu, after understanding the "Armament Martial Scripture," dared to let Mei Yinxue and Jian Ruyan cultivate, while also longing to find the "Spear Scroll" for his cultivation.

"Thank you..."

After Jian Ruyan said a word, she felt it wasn't quite appropriate and then sincerely and solemnly thanked Mu Jinyu.

Although her tone was inevitably cold, it was merely due to some external influence without shaking her true self.

"What's there to be polite about? Alright, since the cultivation is successful, let's leave this retreat..."

Mu Jinyu smiled, then waved his hand to remove the restrictions and formations in the room. He then gathered the remaining materials on the floor and collected the eleven refined spiritual treasures.

"Okay." Jian Ruyan agreed with a word and then followed Mu Jinyu out the door.

After leaving the retreat, the two went to find Su Zijin and others.

"Are you all right?"

Su Zijin was chatting casually with Chen Shuyi. Both had similar experiences, although Chen Shuyi was the one who threw Wen Rou away ruthlessly, she later regretted it, which made them get along quite well.

Seeing Mu Jinyu and Jian Ruyan coming over, Su Zijin immediately asked with concern.

Gu Xiyan and others also looked over, their eyes full of care.

The tremendous commotion that nearly drained all of Chen Family's spiritual energy naturally drew everyone's attention.

Later, they realized the direction toward which the energy was flowing was from Mu Jinyu's room.

Thinking about Jian Ruyan receiving notice to find Mu Jinyu, they speculated that it was likely Mu Jinyu who had completed crafting the Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure and was helping Jian Ruyan cultivate the "Sword Scroll," thus they eased their minds.

They didn't specifically stand outside Mu Jinyu's room waiting for them to come out, continuing with whatever they were doing.

Seeing Mu Jinyu and Jian Ruyan enter together, they asked with concern.

"Hmm, it went quite smoothly." Mu Jinyu looked at the ladies, smiling as he responded.

"Eh? No way! Ruyan, could your cultivation have reached the Seventh Layer of the Fanxu Realm?"

At this moment, Gu Xiyan and the others noticed the change in Jian Ruyan's cultivation, exclaiming in disbelief.

"Yes." Jian Ruyan adjusted her tone, so it wasn't as cold, nodded, and said, "It's a breakthrough to the Seventh Layer of the Fanxu Realm. Perhaps it's the sword soldier crafted by Jinyu that aligns well with my physique and bloodline?"

"I'm jealous. Why is it that after cultivating the 'Armament Martial Scripture,' specifically the 'Sword Scroll,' with a Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure, I haven't enhanced much, while you break through four layers consecutively?"

Mei Yinxue said helplessly.

She looked at Jian Ruyan with eyes full of envy.

"Hey, this Armament Martial Scripture seems very powerful, making me tempted to switch to the sword too!" Gu Xiyan said softly, her eyes gleaming with intrigue.

"Sure, as long as you want, I can craft Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure sword soldiers suitable for all of you!" Mu Jinyu replied with a smile, hearing Gu Xiyan's words.

Mei Yinxue rolled her charming eyes at Mu Jinyu, saying exasperatedly, "So I was just the lab rat? I suffered the most then?"

Mu Jinyu immediately felt apologetic and said, "Sorry, I didn't know it would be like this. If Sister Mei minds, I can forge a sword soldier more suitable for you and refashion it as your life-bound sword soldier..."

Mei Yinxue smiled and shook her head, saying, "No need, I was only joking. You don't have to take it so seriously."

Mu Jinyu noted down Mei Yinxue's words, deciding to enhance the quality grade of Mei Yinxue's refined Great Emperor Sword.

One can't just be good to sisters and neglect the wife.

Gu Xiyan and Yu Linglong also laughed, "No, we were just saying casually. We don't want to cultivate this technique so that we don't become cold and seem strange."

Mu Jinyu looked up at them, saying, "Are you sure? Now, crafting sword soldiers suitable for you wouldn't require hunting demon beasts for their souls specifically. I could speed up the process!"

After all, among the ladies present, besides Jian Ruyan who had the Ice Spirit Root and Ice Phoenix Bloodline, the other women didn't have such special physiques, making it easier to craft sword soldiers compatible with them.

Gu Xiyan, Yu Linglong, and Lin Qiaoxia listened to Mu Jinyu's words and shook their heads, unwilling to end up like Jian Ruyan.

Jian Ruyan and Mei Yinxue's temperaments weren't too far apart to begin with, and though cultivating this technique only made them a little colder, it wasn't widely different.

But their temperaments weren't like that, and transforming into such would be hard for them to accept.

Moreover, they wouldn't be themselves anymore!

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