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.

shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]

iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"