Chen Xuan Goes Ahead First

On Xu Mu’s phone, Ji Liang had sent him three missions.

One of them was an undercover mission: join the Qingqiu Xiao Clan as one of their retainers and gather intelligence.

The Xiao Clan was also a top-tier faction in Qingqiu. They had a group of retainers, and they accepted people of all races.

As long as a retainer completed the minimum required missions each month, they would receive a reward.

Another mission was an assassination. A powerful expert who had once caused trouble in Long Nation had fled to Qingqiu.

The task was to kill him. His cultivation was at the second level of the World-Breaking Realm.

The final mission was even more interesting: find a way to build a good relationship with a woman from the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.

Xu Mu looked at the three missions. None of them could be completed in a short period of time.

All three missions took place in Qingqiu’s inner realm. Qingqiu’s territory was equivalent to one-fifth of Long Nation.

That alone made it vast enough.

Trying to find and kill one specific person in such a huge territory would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

As for the other two missions, they would take even more time.

Being an undercover agent and building a relationship with someone were both difficult tasks. Moreover, missions like these usually led to a long chain of subsequent assignments.

“Honey, what’s wrong?”

Ye Tong walked over and asked.

“Nothing. The higher-ups have given me some more missions.”

Xu Mu didn’t want Zhong Qianqian and Mu Qingying to know about this, so he didn’t explain further.

After tidying up briefly, everyone left the underground illusion formation.

Zhong Qianqian had originally planned to go home, but Ye Tong stopped her, saying that it was already late and she might as well stay at the villa for the night. Leaving the next day would make no difference.

Zhong Qianqian agreed.

As for Mu Qingying, her home was in Jiang City. After saying goodbye to everyone, she drove away.

Feng Yue took Zhong Qianqian to her own villa and prepared to find her a room.

Now, the only people left at Xu Mu’s home were Ye Tong and the three most formidable women.

Xu Mu gave them a general account of what had happened while they were cultivating their techniques.

The four women were all stunned. None of them had expected Xu Mu to have joined the outsourced cleaners and even begun carrying out missions in the inner realm.

“Brother is amazing. We haven’t even finished exploring our own Earth, and you’ve already started going to another world.”

Dai Xingluo hooked her arm around Xu Mu’s and looked at him with an infatuated smile.

“You can’t put it that way. Aside from Long Nation, nearly every other country is under the control of other races. In the inner realm, we can meet them directly.”

Tong Guoguo spoke from the side.

“Are all the inner realms connected?”

Meng Wanyue asked curiously. She had once been only a low-level assassin and knew nothing about the inner realms.

“More or less. The inner realms are enormous, and there’s more than one region connected to our side.”

Tong Guoguo explained, “Wang Hun and I once entered an inner realm together. We went in from Long Nation, and after finishing our business, we came out through Europe.”

Ye Tong sighed after hearing this. “How amazing. It’s just like a huge supermarket with several entrances and exits.”

“The main reason is that the inner realms are simply too vast.”

Tong Guoguo shook her head slightly.

“Brother, if you’re going to the inner realm, can I come too?”

Dai Xingluo looked at Xu Mu. “There, I can fight without holding back.”

“I’ll think about it.”

Xu Mu waved at the women. “You’re all tired today. Go back and get some rest first.”

They all nodded.

After they had left, Xu Mu grabbed Ye Tong’s hand.

“Everyone else is gone. Come train with me.”

Ye Tong’s cheeks immediately flushed crimson.

If Zhong Qianqian hadn’t been staying with Feng Yue, she had been planning to go over and help Feng Yue as well.

This training session was still Ye Tong taking a beating on her own. In the end, she was beaten until she was completely battered and defeated.

…

Early the next morning.

Chen Xuan called. He said that after careful consideration the previous night, he had decided to take the first mission he had been given.

That was, to go undercover among the Xiao Clan’s retainers.

The previous day, he had specifically called Ji Liang to ask about it. He had learned that as a Xiao Clan retainer, he would receive a guaranteed monthly reward, as well as additional rewards for every mission he completed.

More importantly, the sanitation office would also reward him for serving as an undercover agent.

That was why he had decided to accept the mission.

When Xu Mu learned that Chen Xuan was leaving that very day, he drove to Wei Jingzhi’s manor early in the morning.

When he arrived, he found that Chen Xuan was already there.

“Brother Mu.”

Chen Xuan greeted him.

Xu Mu nodded slightly, then entered the manor together with Chen Xuan.

At that moment, Wei Jingzhi was sitting in a chair with a thermos in his arms, listening to the morning news.

When he saw Xu Mu and Chen Xuan enter, he smiled and turned his gaze toward Xu Mu.

“Chen Xuan has chosen a mission. Why haven’t you chosen one?”

“I’ll wait a little longer. I still have some precious natural treasures on hand, and I’m planning to find time to refine them into pills.”

Xu Mu casually came up with an excuse. He still had treasures obtained from the Skyguard Clan.

For example, there were the techniques he had acquired from Tsukuyomi. He felt that those shikigami would be very useful. Once he learned how to use them, he could inscribe several shikigami and leave them for Ye Tong and the others.

“Brother Mu, if you go, I’ll leave the mission to win the favor of a Nine-Tailed Fox to you. I think you’ll be perfect for it.”

Chen Xuan spoke from the side.

“Give me a break. What if the other party is an old woman?”

Xu Mu waved his hand dismissively.

Of course, this mission would indeed be relatively easy for him.

After all, he could see a person’s Favorability and Filial Piety values, allowing him to determine whether they truly liked him and avoid being deceived.

But that was something for later. For now, he still needed to focus on improving his own strength.

Unlike the others, he had no need to undergo combat training in order to cultivate.

“Hahaha! Come with me.”

Wei Jingzhi led Xu Mu and Chen Xuan toward the back of the manor.

Behind the building was a vegetable garden, and beside the garden stood a grape trellis.

Under the grape trellis was a stone.

It was about a meter and a half high and roughly thirty centimeters wide.

“This is the entrance to the ruins.”

As Wei Jingzhi spoke, he placed his hand on the stone and infused it with qi. Ripples immediately appeared across the surface.

His body passed through first.

Xu Mu and Chen Xuan followed closely behind and entered together.

The ruins covered a very small area, roughly the same size as the manor outside.

The boundaries could be seen at a glance, and the surroundings looked just like the outside world.

The only difference was that this place was covered in grass.

Xu Mu raised his head and looked into the distance. At a height of two meters, there was a triangular space with enough room for approximately two people to enter at once.

The other side of this space was light blue, and small fish could occasionally be seen swimming past.

The triangular scene looked much like the glass of an aquarium suspended in midair.

“This is one of the small entrances leading to the Qingqiu inner realm. The other side is located in the middle of the sea. I’m responsible for guarding this place and preventing other races from breaking through from that side and endangering our nation.”

Wei Jingzhi took a sip of his goji berry tea. “Overall, it’s a fairly easy assignment. In all these years, only a handful of other-race beings have managed to break through from there.”

Xu Mu and Chen Xuan were both astonished.

They had never expected the other side to be the sea. Fortunately, a barrier blocked it; otherwise, all the water would have poured through to this side.

“Same as usual. Check the schedule the sanitation department gave you. I’ll come by every day at noon to check. I’ll wait for you for five minutes—if you’re not here by then, I’ll leave.”

Wei Jingzhi took out the Boundary Fire and held it out toward Chen Xuan.