But, What the Hell Does That Have to Do with Me

Xu Mu extended his senses, and everything within a four-kilometer radius came into view. He also noticed a few clues.

In the mountain forest ahead, fresh blood had dripped onto the ground at intervals of roughly a few dozen meters.

However, once the trail reached a distance of about three kilometers, the blood disappeared.

Ye Chen had clearly stopped the bleeding and escaped beyond the range of Xu Mu’s senses.

Xu Mu clenched his fists. He had been far too cautious. If he had unleashed those final sparks a few more times just now, he might have killed Ye Chen. He had truly been that close.

“Xu Mu, let me take a picture of the video you recorded earlier. I need to bring it back as evidence.”

Zilan Yin walked over to Xu Mu.

“Sure.”

Xu Mu glanced at Li Hongdou.

Li Hongdou took out her phone and opened the video she had just recorded.

Zilan Yin used her own phone to film the screen. She focused mainly on the first few dozen seconds, especially the Saintlight Clan’s signature technique.

“All right. Thank you this time, Xu Mu.”

Zilan Yin gave Xu Mu a slight bow. “We’re leaving now.”

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Xu Mu nodded.

Zilan Yin and the eighth-stage expert beside her flew into the sky together.

The eighth-stage expert glanced back at the ground before asking, “Are we really just going to let them take the treasure?”

“If it weren’t for them, I might have died. Besides, no divine artifact or divine-tier technique appeared this time.”

Zilan Yin casually came up with an excuse to silence the eighth-stage expert.

By now, she was completely convinced by Xu Mu. If she attacked him at this point, she would undoubtedly be the first one to die.

…

“Brother Mu, did you deal with Ye Chen?”

Chen Xuan asked with a smile.

“No. His luck was too good. But good fortune won’t favor him forever.”

As Xu Mu spoke, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Li Hongdou.

“Senior, do you know of any technique that can directly transform someone into a dragon?”

“Transform directly into a dragon?”

Li Hongdou twirled a lock of her long hair around her finger. “Do you mean a physical transformation?”

“It should be, but I’m not completely sure.”

Xu Mu shook his head. When he had smashed Ye Chen’s dragon form into the ground with his sword, what he had come into contact with had not been a physical body, but scales formed from qi. That was why he could not be certain.

“A physical body?”

Li Hongdou’s body stiffened. “How is that possible? If it really was a physical body, then he was most likely a member of the Dragon Clan.”

“The Dragon Clan?”

Xu Mu frowned. Ye Chen had indeed called himself the Dragon King. Could the extraordinary heritage mentioned in the story actually be the bloodline of the Dragon Clan?

“However, the Dragon Clan also has different ranks. The truly powerful ones are the pure-blooded dragons. The Azure Dragon Clan of the Four Directional Races is a mixed-blood branch of the Dragon Clan. Although they’re also very strong, they’re nowhere near as terrifying as true dragons.”

Li Hongdou explained this to him.

“Forget it. Whatever he is, let’s go home!”

Xu Mu waved his hand with a smile. He and Ye Chen had already become mortal enemies. No matter what kind of background Ye Chen had, Xu Mu would deal with him sooner or later.

…

As long as Li Hongdou’s phone had an internet connection, it would automatically update the map of the Inner Realm.

The last update had been before they entered the Inner Realm.

She opened the map and found the nearest junction between the Inner Realm and the outer world.

The area connected to that location was in the northern part of the Dragon Kingdom.

After explaining the situation to the high-level Cleaner stationed there, Xu Mu and the others smoothly arrived outside the ruins.

Li Hongdou made a few phone calls, and a helicopter soon appeared above them.

Xu Mu and Chen Xuan said goodbye to Li Hongdou before leaving.

The helicopter did not stop along the way. It took Xu Mu and Chen Xuan all the way back to the Xu family estate in Jiang City.

It was noon by then.

Xu Mu checked with his senses and discovered that Xu Shou was not there.

“Brother Mu, I’ll head back first.”

Chen Xuan smiled and took out his electric scooter before climbing onto it. “If nothing unexpected happens, I’ll be at the same level as you the next time we meet.”

“Late-stage Transcendence?”

Xu Mu chuckled. “As expected of you.”

Come to think of it, he was only a little short of reaching that level himself. The next time they met, the two of them would probably still be one stage apart.

“Brother Mu, don’t jinx me. I’m leaving.”

Chen Xuan rode away on his electric scooter.

Xu Mu took out his phone and found that he had received several more messages.

Jiang Huihui said that, under Jiang Sheng’s guidance, she could now fully perform the divine-tier technique once, although she was still extremely unfamiliar with it.

She asked Xu Mu when he would be free, as she was planning to return the technique to him.

Xu Mu did not reply right away. Instead, he checked his other messages.

He noticed that Feng Yue had called him several times, so he called her back.

“Did something happen?”

Xu Mu asked with a smile.

After Feng Yue’s favorability had reached maximum, she could provide Xu Mu with one ten-draw lottery every day. She was a top-priority person under his protection.

“Boss, sometime last night, a phone appeared in the president’s office at our company.”

Feng Yue’s voice came through the phone. “I checked the company’s surveillance footage and found that all the cameras had been damaged. There’s no way to tell who entered.”

“Then it must have been someone powerful. What’s on the phone?”

Xu Mu frowned.

“I think they probably made a mistake. I’m sending you the video now.”

Feng Yue hung up after saying that.

Xu Mu waited for a while, and Feng Yue soon sent the video over.

He tapped it open. The video showed a woman dressed in black robes and wearing a white mask.

She held a dagger in her hand and said, “Your brother’s daughter is in our hands. If you don’t want her to die, come obediently to the Inner Realm.”

The camera shifted, revealing a girl who had been tightly bound.

It was none other than Xiao Qiao.

“Let me go! Let me go! Do you know who my father is? How dare you kidnap me? He’ll kill every one of you!”

Xiao Qiao struggled desperately on the ground.

“I didn’t tell you to speak, so shut your mouth. Believe me, I’ll cut out your tongue.”

The black-robed woman slapped Xiao Qiao across the face.

Xiao Qiao froze at once, her body trembling with fear. Back when she had been in her family, she had always been bullied and treated like a doormat.

Later, her father had returned and taught everyone who had bullied her a lesson.

Xiao Qiao’s personality had changed as a result. After all, no matter what happened, her father had always been there to protect her.

But now, her father was not by her side.

“That’s better.”

The black-robed woman grabbed Xiao Qiao by the hair. “Now, you only need to say two words: ‘Save me.’”

“Save me…”

“All right! You can shut up now.”

The black-robed woman released Xiao Qiao’s hair and stood up again. The camera followed her.

She took a map from her clothing and pointed at a circle marked on it.

“Black Sand City, in the southern region of the Guixu Continent. As long as you come here, someone will take you to her. Our time is precious, so I’ll give you only ten days. If you don’t come, she dies.”

The video ended there.

Xu Mu scratched his head and said casually, “Yue Menglong sure moves fast. But what the hell does that have to do with me?”