Uce frowned. “Xiao Gui? I think I’ve heard that name before. He’s often active in the Inner Realm and is extremely powerful.”
“We should let him recover first.”
Youyoufan snapped her fingers, then winked at Xu Mu.
Xu Mu deliberately shuddered and took several steps back. “Who are you people? Are you here to avenge him? Then you’ve got the wrong person. Besides, this is the Outer Realm!”
Uce’s tone remained flat. “So what if it’s the Outer Realm? Do you think that just because you can go toe-to-toe with second- and third-tier experts from the four great races, you’re invincible? Killing you would be as easy as reaching into a bag.”
“Heh. Why don’t you try?”
Xu Mu assumed a fighting stance.
“That’s enough. We were specifically instructed not to fight in the Outer Realm.”
Youyoufan glanced back at Uce, her expressionless face betraying no emotion.
“Of course I know that.”
Uce gave a derisive grunt before looking at Xu Mu. “I’ll explain why we’re here. Wu Tian possesses one of our divine techniques, and I want you to hand it over.”
Xu Mu finally understood why they had come. So it was because of the Evil Demon Technique.
That made sense. After all, it was a divine-level technique.
“A divine technique? I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Xu Mu put on a regretful expression. “If I’d known he had a divine technique, I would’ve chased him all the way.”
Uce rose from the sofa and walked over to the window, opening it.
“Xu Mu, I hope you won’t lie to me. To be frank, we’re from the Abyss Chapel. If we discover that you’ve used the Evil Demon Technique at any point, your entire family will vanish.”
With that, Uce’s body transformed into a beam of light and disappeared.
Only after he had left did Youyoufan let out a sigh of relief and sit down on the sofa.
“He’s really arrogant. He spent the entire time running for his life on Kunlun Mountain, but in front of me, he acts all high and mighty.”
Xu Mu smiled and sat down beside her.
“I didn’t expect you to come back so soon. I thought you’d need a few more days. We booked this suite for an entire week.”
Youyoufan looked at Xu Mu indifferently. “I think you’re the arrogant one. It hasn’t been long since we last met, yet you already dared to challenge the four great races in the Inner Realm.”
“I had no choice. They were trying to hurt my people.”
Xu Mu leaned back against the sofa and studied the woman in front of him. “The Abyss Chapel really is impressive. They even managed to discover the gu worm inside you.”
“I’ll tell you a secret. Chi Ting of the Jiuli Clan is one of our people.”
Youyoufan explained, “He was the one who helped remove the gu worm from my body. But you did save me, after all, so I don’t hate you.”
Xu Mu spread his hands. “If I remember correctly, Chi Ting also went to the Battlefield of the Gods this time, didn’t he?”
“That’s right. He watched the whole thing from the sidelines. Chi Ting is extremely good at reading the situation. Whenever someone searching for treasure is stronger than him, he gives up and only looks for corpses.”
Youyoufan brushed a strand of hair aside. “He was thrilled this time. He managed to get his hands on the corpse of an eighth-tier Great Desolate expert.”
Xu Mu’s eyes gradually turned solemn.
That man really was cautious. No wonder he had never shown himself.
He must have seen the eighth-tier experts from the four great races and realized there was no way he could seize the treasure from them, so he hid in the shadows.
When Salvation appeared, he picked up a few corpses and immediately fled.
People like that could indeed live for a very long time.
Xu Mu had never expected Chi Ting to be a member of the Abyss Chapel. He had previously assumed that Chi Ting belonged to the Eternal Life Research Institute.
“Were you the one who killed Wu Tian?”
Youyoufan looked at Xu Mu seriously.
Xu Mu first checked her Filial Piety value. After discovering that it was zero, he said, “No. There seemed to be a powerful expert inside his body, and I wasn’t able to kill him.”
“That’s true.”
Youyoufan explained, “I can tell you why I stayed behind.”
Xu Mu said nothing and simply waited for her to continue.
Youyoufan did not hide anything and gave him a general account of what had happened with Wu Tian.
The Abyss Chapel had encountered Wu Tian in an ancient ruin.
In the end, Wu Tian found the divine technique. The Sacrificial Bishop of the Abyss Chapel had wanted to take it back.
He had never expected Wu Tian to be such a genius. Within less than a day of obtaining the technique, Wu Tian was already able to use it in a rudimentary fashion.
The Sacrificial Bishop did not want to waste such a talent, so he brought Wu Tian back to the Abyss Chapel.
Youyoufan did not know what they had discussed in private.
However, Wu Tian had entered into a partnership with the Abyss Chapel, and the divine technique was temporarily entrusted to his safekeeping.
Now that Wu Tian was dead, the Abyss Chapel had learned from Chi Ting and Iron Wall that Xu Mu had been the one pursuing Wu Tian in the end. That was why they had come to demand the technique.
Xu Mu nodded slightly. “Anything else?”
“Yes. The second matter is that we’d like to invite you to join the Abyss Chapel.”
Youyoufan looked at Xu Mu. “If you join us, we can hand that divine technique over to you for safekeeping.”
“What a generous offer. Unfortunately, that divine technique isn’t in my possession. I can swear to that.”
Xu Mu was not lying. The technique truly was not with him. It was in Fu Jinyu’s hands.
He secretly clicked his tongue in amazement. Even the Abyss Chapel wanted him to join.
He really had become a hot commodity.
“Xu Mu, you should think this through carefully. You’ve already offended the four great races. From now on, you’ll have nowhere to stand in the Inner Realm. But if you become a member of the Abyss Chapel, they’ll all have to think twice before making a move against you.”
Youyoufan stood up and walked over to Xu Mu.
“I’ll treat you as a friend, at least for now, so I’ll tell you a secret. Salvation once invited me to join them as well, and they even offered me a divine technique.”
Xu Mu smiled as he rose and patted Youyoufan on the shoulder. “They’re both evil organizations. Look at Salvation—that’s how it should be done.”
With that, Xu Mu headed outside.
Youyoufan stared at his back, slightly stunned. She had never expected Salvation to be willing to pay such a steep price to recruit Xu Mu.
In the Inner Realm, Salvation’s reputation was far beyond what the Abyss Chapel could compare with.
……
After leaving the hotel, Xu Mu drove home.
He lay down on the sofa and closed his eyes for a short nap. It seemed that he could no longer keep his identity hidden.
Fortunately, everyone around him was rapidly growing stronger.
Take Ye Tong and Ye Yu, for example. Once they reached the Grandmaster realm, hardly anyone would dare attack them in the Outer Realm.
Any major disturbance would definitely draw the attention of the Sanitation Office, which would never ignore the matter.
So far, Xu Mu’s opponents had always been the male protagonists.
“Honey! You’re back?”
Just then, Ye Tong entered the living room with a smile.
“Xu Mu!”
Ying Weiyang, who was following behind Ye Tong, immediately ran over and leaped straight onto Xu Mu.
“Whoa!”
Xu Mu cried out from the sofa and immediately stood up.
He had completely forgotten that he had picked up a little girl earlier.
Ying Weiyang was wearing a simple black dress today, and her golden hair was tied into a ponytail.
Her jewel-like golden eyes curved into crescents as she smiled.
Xu Mu lifted Ying Weiyang off him and tossed her onto the sofa. Then he smiled at Ye Tong. “Yeah, I’m back.”
This had been the most dangerous operation he had ever undertaken. Only after seeing Ye Tong did Xu Mu finally relax completely, and his body responded enthusiastically.
“What should we have for dinner tonight? How about inviting Ye Yu over too?”
Ye Tong asked with a smile.
“Sure. Call everyone over.”
Xu Mu wanted to see just how far Ye Tong’s doubling ability could help him advance this time.
He had been stuck at the mid-stage of Transcendence for quite a while. It was time to pick up the pace.
Once he reached World-Breaking, many of the problems before him would resolve themselves.
Just then, two more women appeared within Xu Mu’s perception.
“Perfect timing!”
Xu Mu couldn’t help but grin.
One of them had a Destiny level of ten, while the other had a Destiny level of nine. They would provide considerably more Justice Points than ordinary people.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
