Meng Wanyue's Dangerous Thoughts

Xu Mu looked at Wei Jingzhi. Obviously, he already knew what had happened last time.

However, Xu Mu had his excuses ready. He certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to say that he got all these things from the system.

"Not long ago, I entered a ruin that turned out to be a tomb of the Jiuli Tribe. Many Cleaners saw me at the time, and they can testify for me."

Xu Mu explained with a smile, "I obtained a Heaven-rank cultivation technique inside, along with a Gu bug. Other than that, I have never had any contact with the Jiuli Tribe."

Wei Jingzhi nodded inwardly. "I do know that you went to the Jiuli Tribe's tomb."

He had read the report back then. The Cleaners had entered the deepest part of the tomb and saw the buried skeleton.

However, there were no treasures at all.

According to past Jiuli Tribe tombs, there should have been burial objects.

According to Jiuli customs, this was to ensure they had the ability to protect themselves after entering the world of the dead.

Judging from the specifications of that tomb, it definitely belonged to a former big shot, so it shouldn't have been empty.

It seemed that Xu Mu had indeed taken them.

"Senior, you aren't blaming me, are you?"

Xu Mu suddenly asked with a smile.

"Blame you for what?"

"For letting my Gu bug devour the corpses of the Xuantian Sect experts."

Xu Mu answered truthfully.

"No, you did the right thing. Chi Ting can control corpses. If we didn't dispose of those bodies, more of our people would have died."

Wei Jingzhi shook his head. "I was just afraid you might be going down the wrong path, which is why I asked."

Hearing this, Xu Mu didn't say much more. He could roughly guess what was going on in Wei Jingzhi's mind.

Compared to having them devoured by a Gu bug, he definitely would have preferred to bury or cremate those corpses.

Guo Wenmo walked over from a distance and asked with a smile, "Old Wei, that woman just now should be the third patriarch, right?"

"That's right."

Wei Jingzhi relayed everything Yue Wangshu had just said to the two of them.

The two high-level Cleaners nodded. This time, Wang Hun was merely using Wanzu Valley.

Because everyone knew that Wanzu Valley had many informants from other factions, naturally including the Sanitation Department.

To put it bluntly, Wanzu Valley was just used as a tool this time.

Before long, the sounds of battle in the distance essentially ceased.

Not long after, Yue Wangshu led the crowd over.

Behind her were nearly three thousand people. Aside from the elders who had fought earlier and the ordinary youths,

there were also quite a few elderly people and children.

Among them were several women holding newborn babies.

"Gentlemen, I have already reasoned with them. The only culprits this time are Fire Wolf and Xiang Tian. It has nothing to do with the rest of us in Wanzu Valley."

Yue Wangshu looked at Wei Jingzhi. "Those who drank the poisoned wine are also willing to hand themselves over to your disposal."

"We have truly been merciful to the alien races. I hope you will cherish this hard-won peace from now on."

Wei Jingzhi looked at the alien races. "I think you all understand that as long as you don't threaten the descendants of Yanhuang, you can all live well."

"Saying this is useless. It goes without saying that some of these people are definitely feigning surrender and will try to deal with us in the future."

Huang Ke swept a cold gaze over the crowd. "In the Sanitation Department, I have always advocated for total annihilation. Those who are not of our kin are sure to have different hearts. Unfortunately, the majority chose to be merciful to you."

"Old Huang, there are also quite a few aliens working for us. Your stance will chill their hearts."

Wei Jingzhi glanced at Huang Ke with a smile.

"But their brains don't work well; they don't know how to cherish it."

Huang Ke waved his hand after speaking. "Forget it. Since things have come to this, this is the only way."

...

Ultimately, Lang Huo and Xiang Tian from Wanzu Valley were taken away by the Cleaners.

As for the remaining people of Wanzu Valley, they were to temporarily stay in the ruins and could not leave.

Those sect experts harbored great malice toward the alien races.

But since the Sanitation Department had spoken, they could only drop the matter.

Truth be told, this incident really had nothing to do with them.

Meng Wanyue and Dai Xingluo also came to Xu Mu's side.

"Brother, how did it end so quickly? I haven't fought enough yet."

Dai Xingluo hooked her arm around Xu Mu's with a gentle smile on her face, but coupled with the bloodstains on her face, it gave off a chilling feeling.

"Did you take a healing pill?"

Xu Mu asked with concern.

[Affection +10]

"I did."

Dai Xingluo smiled sweetly. "Brother, you might not believe it if I tell you, but with my Divine Power realm, I consecutively killed two Grandmaster realm experts this time."

She was genuinely happy. Nothing was more convincing than actual combat achievements.

The former Dai Xingluo, or rather, the her before meeting Xu Mu, wouldn't even dare dream of killing Grandmaster realm experts in such a short period of time.

Thinking of this, text appeared above Dai Xingluo's head again.

[Affection +15]

Meng Wanyue was also extremely excited inwardly. She came before Xu Mu, her eyes serious as she said, "Brother Mu, I also killed three Grandmaster realm experts this time. I didn't even get injured taking down one of them. I feel like I can kill Ye Chen now."

She knew that Ye Chen had only just entered the Grandmaster realm.

"That thought of yours is very dangerous. Dealing with Ye Chen requires a step-by-step approach; there's no need to be impatient."

Xu Mu had to put a stop to Meng Wanyue's idea. Ye Chen was the male protagonist, not an ordinary Grandmaster.

He was the only one who could kill opponents above his level. For Meng Wanyue to think she could kill him above her level was absolutely impossible.

"I know. I'll listen to you, Brother Mu."

Meng Wanyue was never the reckless type to begin with.

"Brother Mu."

Chen Xuan walked over from afar. "Look, what is this thing? When I was in the deeper parts, I found two people fighting over it."

Xu Mu looked at Chen Xuan's hand. It was a long, rectangular piece of black iron, about twenty centimeters long and seven or eight centimeters wide.

After taking it, he smiled and said, "This is a formation key."

"A formation key?"

Chen Xuan was a little surprised.

"That's right. Where did you find it?"

Xu Mu asked with a smile.

Just from the patterns on the token alone, he couldn't discern what kind of formation it was either.

However, since Chen Xuan found it, there might be some fortuitous encounter involved.

"Right over at the back mountain of the ruins."

Chen Xuan said, pointing to the back.

Xu Mu looked around. The Cleaners were still gathering over there, and Jiang Huihui was among them.

As for Yue Wangshu, she and the people of Wanzu Valley were waiting for instructions over there.

Now was a good time. It was the perfect opportunity to go over and see what was there.

"Let's go take a look. There might be some treasures."

After Xu Mu finished speaking, he turned around and led the group toward the depths of the ruins.

Along the way, they could still see many corpses on the ground, left behind from the battle just now.

Xu Mu opened his hand, letting the Spirit Devouring Holy Gu devour all the corpses along the path.

"Brother, is this a Gu? Since when did you know how to operate this thing?"

Dai Xingluo asked curiously from the side.

"I killed a member of the Jiuli Tribe before, and this Gu automatically ran onto my body."

Xu Mu casually found an excuse. "Anyway, they still have to dispose of these corpses. I might as well save them the trouble."

"My master used to raise Gu too. The Gu he cultivated specialized in eating garbage, and it purified the river in our back mountain."

Chen Xuan explained with a smile.

"You really can't just dismiss these Gu worms entirely... Wait!"

Xu Mu suddenly raised his hand. "Someone is hiding up ahead."