Xu Mu's perception just happened to cover Tong Guoguo.
When Tong Guoguo noticed someone emerging from the ruin's entrance, she immediately zoomed in on the screen to see who it was.
After realizing the person wasn't Xu Mu, she zoomed out again.
Xu Mu saw all of this clearly.
He searched around the entrance of the ruin and found no one else there, only Tong Guoguo.
Xu Mu first took out his phone and sent a message to Ye Tong, telling her he had found Ye Yu and that she did not need to worry too much.
Then, he returned to the ruin. With only Tong Guoguo outside, things would be easy for Xu Mu.
In Wang Hun's eyes, leaving behind a Transcendent realm expert like Tong Guoguo was a foolproof plan.
But in Xu Mu's eyes, this arrangement was full of loopholes.
"How is it?" Fu Jinyu asked immediately upon seeing Xu Mu return.
"Wang Hun indeed left Tong Guoguo behind, and he even installed surveillance cameras around the area," Xu Mu said with a smile. "But don't worry, I can handle this woman. When we go out, we just need to disguise our identities a bit."
As he spoke, he took out a black robe from his spatial ring. He first had Ye Yu jump onto his back, and then draped the black robe over his body, covering Ye Yu entirely as well.
Next, he cast a formation again to alter his posture and appearance. Now, he looked like a hunchbacked old man.
Fu Jinyu didn't go through so much trouble; she simply put on a black robe and pulled up the hood to conceal her pretty face.
"Alright, let's go." Xu Mu took the lead in leaving the ruin once more.
Fu Jinyu followed closely behind him as they left together.
Through his perception, Xu Mu noticed that Tong Guoguo, upon seeing them emerge, began to stare intently at her phone again.
Xu Mu had let her go once before. She was the type of person who had been deeply brainwashed by Wang Hun.
This time, Xu Mu didn't intend to let her off; he planned to teach her a good lesson.
Regardless, Tong Guoguo was still a level-eight destiny female protagonist.
Led by Xu Mu, they quickly approached Tong Guoguo.
Through his perception, he could tell Tong Guoguo was still concentrating on her phone, but within a few breaths, Xu Mu and the others had already arrived right in front of her.
Tong Guoguo immediately looked up. Seeing the people appearing before her, she stood up unhurriedly.
As an expert in the Transcendent realm, she wouldn't be easily startled.
"Wang Hun's secretary, Tong Guoguo, right? Do it!" Xu Mu altered his voice.
Beside him, Fu Jinyu struck instantly. In the blink of an eye, her fist was already right in front of Tong Guoguo's face.
The gears in the whites of Tong Guoguo's eyes began to spin rapidly. With no time to dodge, she could only raise her arms to block.
Boom!
With a loud crash, Tong Guoguo's body was suddenly sent flying backward.
She was incredibly shocked in her heart. This person before her was so strong; she hadn't expected Nalan Shisan's Demon Sect to have such an expert.
However, Tong Guoguo was no pushover either. Relying on her powerful defense, she could still go toe-to-toe with the opponent.
But suddenly, Tong Guoguo's eyes widened in horror. She quickly looked around and growled, "Xu Mu! Get out here!"
"Xu Mu? That person killed by the Demon Queen? You know him?" Xu Mu continued to ask in his aged voice.
"Impossible!" Tong Guoguo's face gradually turned pale. Currently, the Qi in her body was vanishing in massive amounts; this situation only ever occurred when she fought against Xu Mu.
Could it be that because Xu Mu died, her body underwent a change and she completely turned into a cripple?
Swish!
While she was lost in thought, Fu Jinyu arrived in front of her again.
Tong Guoguo immediately deployed a Heaven-rank defensive technique, but after lasting only a few moves, her Qi gradually bottomed out.
She couldn't even execute her Heaven-rank techniques anymore.
Bang!
Fu Jinyu landed a punch on her chest. Tong Guoguo's body shuddered violently as she was sent flying backward, snapping a large tree behind her.
Blood slowly trickled from her mouth.
Seeing this, Fu Jinyu frowned. At the very beginning, the opponent's realm was clearly the Transcendent realm.
Logically, she shouldn't be this weak. Was it because she was injured?
Xu Mu approached Tong Guoguo and began to issue commands to the Spirit-Devouring Holy Gu, making the little Holy Gu inside Tong Guoguo's body continuously absorb her Qi.
In other words, as soon as Tong Guoguo's Qi began to recover, the little Holy Gu would absorb it, keeping her perpetually devoid of usable Qi.
Effectively turning her into a cripple.
Next, Xu Mu tore a strip from his black robe and wrapped it around Tong Guoguo's eyes several times.
Then, he used a rope woven from ghost vine threads to tie her hands behind her back.
For a Transcendent realm expert, breaking ghost vines would be easy.
But for Tong Guoguo, who couldn't use her Qi, breaking free was impossible.
Xu Mu casually tossed Tong Guoguo to the side and walked elsewhere with Fu Jinyu.
"Sister Empress, thank you so much for this time. Once I get my hands on the grade-nine heavenly treasure, I'll give it to you."
[Affection +10]
Fu Jinyu's expression remained plain, but she was deeply moved inside.
She really hadn't been of much help. Last time in the Inner Realm, she was easily heavily injured by Wang Hun.
Afterward, however, she received a treasure from Xu Mu and entered the late stage of the Transcendent realm.
It was the same this time. If Xu Mu hadn't found Nalan Shisan's location, she might have lost.
This man truly treated her very well.
"I think that woman, Nalan Shisan, might not necessarily give you the heavenly treasure."
Fu Jinyu said indifferently, "Since you're fine here, I'll head back first."
"Alright, I won't see you off."
Xu Mu nodded.
Watching Fu Jinyu's departing back, he pondered whether he should let Fu Jinyu serve as one of his core personnel in the future.
...
Xu Mu drove back with Ye Yu, and of course, the tied-up Tong Guoguo.
He had already knocked Tong Guoguo unconscious using drugs.
"Brother-in-law, why did you capture this woman? You're not thinking of doing something filthy, are you?"
Ye Yu asked, leaning on the headrest behind Xu Mu.
"Don't underestimate your brother-in-law. For ninety percent of his life, your brother-in-law is an honorable gentleman."
This time, Xu Mu planned to deal with Tong Guoguo thoroughly.
If there was really no other way, he would have no choice but to send this woman to the Sanitation Department.
In any case, it was impossible to let her return to Wang Hun's side.
Returning to Jiang City.
The sky was gradually darkening. Xu Mu first dropped Ye Yu off at home.
Ye Tong didn't go to work today; she had been waiting anxiously at home.
When she saw Ye Yu return, she immediately trotted over and hugged her.
"Xiao Yu, if you dare do something so dangerous next time, see if I don't spank you!"
Ye Tong let go of Ye Yu and glared at her, saying, "You clearly could have escaped, so why did you get in their car?"
Ye Yu puffed her cheeks slightly. "Wasn't I just curious about who the mastermind behind the scenes was?"
"You can't do this next time."
Xu Mu also chimed in from the side, "You were just lucky this time."
"I know."
Ye Yu accepted the lesson. She was also rejoicing that this time, whether it was Tong Guoguo or that Lady Thirteen, they both happened to be women.
What if they had been men?
Wouldn't she have been bullied? The consequences would have been unimaginable.

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