This woman really means what she says.

Ren Sangsang watched in disbelief as Xu Mu truly stepped off the path and walked straight toward the lava. Instinctively, she reached out her hand to grab him.

She never expected him to be so reckless.

He was literally risking his life just to get her to call him "Dad."

But her hand froze in midair, because at that moment, Xu Mu was actually stepping on thin air, walking forward as if on an invisible road.

Beneath his feet, there seemed to be a layer of unseen path.

With every step he took, the air beneath him twisted slightly, as if bending to his will.

In just a few strides, Xu Mu reached the corner ahead and disappeared from sight.

Everyone present was stunned, their faces filled with shock.

Ren Sangsang was already dazed, her eyes wide in disbelief. "What’s going on? Can this guy really fly?"

“Could it be the Yunbu technique from the Qiankun Sect?” Sun Ziqiang said in a low voice.

“Qiankun Sect? Wasn’t that sect wiped out during the Ming and Qing dynasties?” an older bald man nearby asked.

“According to the records, yes,” Sun Ziqiang nodded calmly. “But this skill looks very similar. I’ve seen information about it in the sanitation department’s archives—Qiankun disciples can actually walk on air.”

“Ah! There are so many people here!”

Just then, someone else approached from a distance.

Everyone there turned to look.

A man appeared in the distance, with messy hair and a refined face, carrying a urea woven bag as he walked over.

Sun Ziqiang couldn’t help but say, “What’s going on? Could the entrance to the ruins have been exposed?”

“Anyway, there are quite a few people inside the ruins,” Chen Xuan said with a smile as he approached the group.

“I’m Sun Ziqiang, a mid-level sanitation worker. What sect or school are you from?” Sun Ziqiang asked with a friendly smile, following the usual custom.

“I don’t belong to any sect. I grew up under my master’s care,” Chen Xuan replied as he stepped before them. “My master’s name is Chen Yunshen.”

“What? Chen Senior’s disciple?” Sun Ziqiang’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“Sun, who is this Chen Yunshen? I’ve never heard of him,” Ren Sangsang asked from the side.

“I’ll tell you just one thing, and you’ll get the idea. Back when we worked at the sanitation department, two senior sanitation workers personally went to invite Chen Senior to join us as a senior sanitation worker—and he refused,” Sun Ziqiang explained to Ren Sangsang.

“What?”

Ren Sangsang’s face was filled with disbelief.

It wasn’t just her; the others around were also so shocked they were speechless.

Two senior sanitation workers had personally invited him—and he turned them down.

Who on earth was this guy?

“That’s true, but my master didn’t refuse out of choice,” Chen Xuan said with a hint of sadness when recalling the matter. “He already knew his time was limited, so he didn’t want to trouble anyone.”

Sun Ziqiang nodded slightly; he also knew that Chen Senior had passed away three years ago.

“Is there no way forward here?” Chen Xuan looked at the lava in front of them. “How are we supposed to get across?”

“We’ve already sent someone back to get a drone. We need to fly the drone over first to see if there’s a path on the other side,” Sun Ziqiang said, then smiled. “By the way, someone just flew over.”

“Flew over? Could it be Mu Ge?” Chen Xuan said involuntarily.

Ren Sangsang heard this and immediately said, "The guy just now seemed to be called Xu Mu, and he said he was from some sect called 'Neither Righteous nor Evil' or something like that..."

"More like 'Righteous to the Extreme,'" Chen Xuan chuckled.

Ren Sangsang muttered, "Didn't expect there really is such a sect."

At that moment, Xu Mu's figure appeared again above the distant lava.

Whoosh!

Xu Mu landed back on the shore.

"Mu bro!"

Chen Xuan smiled and greeted him.

"You’re back?"

Seeing Chen Xuan here, Xu Mu wasn’t surprised—after all, he was the main character.

"Why did you come back? Is there no way over there?"

Ren Sangsang grew anxious. Their location had been exposed, and she feared more people would come in. If they didn’t get the treasure, this mission would be a failure.

"Sis, although I didn’t make it all the way across, you’re wondering if—"

"Dad!"

Ren Sangsang didn’t hesitate to call out, "Dad, is there a path on the other side?"

"Huh?"

Xu Mu was a bit stunned.

This woman was so straightforward, honest like a simple, trustworthy man. Looking at her, she seemed like a ‘keep away’ type of cool woman, but this was quite a contrast.

"Sis, aren’t you afraid calling me that will make your dad mad?"

Xu Mu asked awkwardly.

"It’s fine, my dad’s dead."

Ren Sangsang answered without hesitation.

"?"

Xu Mu was even more confused, then waved his hand, "There is a path on the other side."

"Then why did you come back?"

Ren Sangsang asked, puzzled.

"The distance is a bit far. I’m just getting ready this time."

Xu Mu couldn’t say that he’d been showing off too much earlier. Even though he could fly over ten or twenty meters in a single step, at first, to look cool, he only took two steps to cover one meter, wasting a lot of steps.

He realized halfway that he might not have enough steps left, so he returned to prepare before crossing again.

"Let’s go!"

Xu Mu grabbed Chen Xuan’s shoulder and took a step forward. In an instant, his figure appeared twenty or thirty meters away.

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from sight.

"Looks like there really is a passage on the other side."

A previously silent ordinary young man behind them drew his long sword.

His sword sheath was unlike a normal one—the end was a sharp prism, which could also be used in combat.

He pulled out the sword, holding the blade in one hand and the sheath in the other, then suddenly leapt.

He flew farther than Xu Mu.

But instead of heading forward, he jumped toward the side of the rocky wall.

Clang!

His sword sheath instantly pierced into the rock face. He grabbed the sheath with one hand, his whole body dangling above the lava.

Then he leapt again, pulling the sheath out and moving forward about ten meters. This time, he stabbed the long sword into the rock.

He was using this method to climb along the smooth rock wall, moving deeper inside.

...

Even with someone in tow, Xu Mu wasn’t slowed down at all.

Finally, he saw the path on the other side.

Whoosh!

Xu Mu jumped onto the shore and set Chen Xuan down.

"Mu bro, you’re amazing! If I were a woman, I’d definitely be in your harem."

Chen Xuan laughed, carrying the woven bag on his back.

"Stop joking around. Let’s hurry up and go."

Xu Mu smiled and shook his head. With Chen Xuan as the lead, perhaps it would be easier to find the treasure.

“Alright.”

Chen Xuan nodded.

The two of them quickened their pace along the narrow three-meter-wide path.

After running for over two hundred meters, they spotted three bodies lying in the distance.

All were dressed in black robes, sprawled on the ground.

Xu Mu and Chen Xuan approached and knelt down to inspect them.

“Mu Ge, there are fatal wounds on their bodies,” Chen Xuan reported as he examined a man with a scar across his face.

Xu Mu realized that the man he was checking had also been pierced through the neck.

He took off his black robe and put it on himself. “Looks like danger is everywhere. Better to disguise ourselves.”

Hearing this, Chen Xuan nodded slightly and donned a black robe as well.

They pressed forward, but when they saw the scene ahead, both froze in place.

The path was broken again—but this time, over a river of molten lava, many round stone pillars stood upright.

About three to four meters apart, each one.

At the very center pillar, a figure dressed in black sat cross-legged. Beside him lay a black long sword.

“Is this some kind of trial?” Xu Mu whispered, unable to hide his curiosity.