Encountering Xianling Again Is Hard

Fox Slave A Si stared into Xu Mu's eyes, her gaze filled with disbelief. "No wonder they were chasing you. So you're from the Yan Huang."

After exposing his identity, Xu Mu continued to observe her favorability and filial piety ratings, finding no changes. This showed that this woman was neither interested in his background nor harbored any hostility.

"That's right. I think you're a decent person. I can help you gain a foothold in the White Stone Clan."

Xu Mu smiled. "I know you don't trust me, but I'm serious."

Fox Slave A Si revealed a faint smile. "You should first tell me what you want me to do."

"You're a smart woman."

Xu Mu regarded her with a bit more respect. It was clear that she didn't trust him at all.

Her smile was the answer. She probably believed that everything Xu Mu said was just empty promises, and his only goal was to get something from her.

"I'm not actually that smart."

Fox Slave A Si said with a gentle smile.

"People who claim they're not smart are usually the smart ones."

As Xu Mu spoke, he took out five Qi Sea Pills from his pocket. "These are seventh-grade Qi Sea Pills. Let's make a fair trade; I won't take advantage of you."

Fox Slave A Si looked at the blue pills in Xu Mu's palm but didn't reach out to take them. Instead, she asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"A map of the nearby area. I want to know the geography within a hundred kilometers."

Xu Mu said to her.

"That's it?"

Fox Slave A Si was full of surprise. When her father was still alive, the Fox Slave Clan had been strong, and she had taken Qi Sea Pills before. She knew how precious these pills were.

Five of them—if she was lucky, she might even leap into the Transcendence Realm.

"That's right. That simple. Just give me an introduction."

Xu Mu placed the five pills into Fox Slave A Si's hand.

"Alright."

Fox Slave A Si looked down at the pills in her palm and nodded in agreement.

She took out a map from her spatial ring, unrolled it, and laid it flat on the bed.

"This is the map of this area. We're right here."

Fox Slave A Si pointed at the corner of the map.

Xu Mu examined the map. It was well-detailed, with nearby rivers and peaks clearly marked.

He pointed to a spot and asked, "Is this the outside world?"

"Yes, not far from here is the junction of the inner and outer realms."

Fox Slave A Si replied.

"This is the clan leader's royal city. It's quite far from here."

Xu Mu looked at the royal city marked on the map.

"Of course. Building a royal city requires a huge investment of manpower and resources; some formations alone take decades to carve out."

Fox Slave A Si explained. "If the royal city were located right at the entrance to the outer world, it would be the first to be destroyed in the event of a battle."

Xu Mu nodded inwardly. After a general look at the map, he noticed that the outer areas were mostly smaller clans, like tiny villages.

The closer to the central region, the larger the clan territories.

Finally, in the royal city, the clan leader was someone from the Lao Jie Clan.

"What about these two clans marked with red crosses?"

Xu Mu pointed at the map and asked.

"Those two clans are the ones that followed Xianling Nan in defection. If their leaders join forces, they should be on par with the current clan leader."

Fox Slave A Si thought for a moment and replied.

Xu Mu took out his phone and photographed the map. "Put the map away."

"This phone of yours—I used to have one too. But after my father and brother died, our clan stopped having access to the outside world. We couldn't even solve the charging problem."

Fox Slave A Si said with a smile.

"Your life has been quite a rollercoaster."

Xu Mu stood up and smiled. "From what you're saying, the Flood Dragon Clan is also in this inner realm?"

"Exactly. The Flood Dragon Clan is one of the undisputed overlords of this inner realm."

Fox Slave A Si nodded.

Xu Mu thought for a while and then said with a smile, "My name is Xu Mu. I think we can work together. However, I hope you'll give it more thought."

"I will."

Fox Slave A Si nodded with a smile. "My name is A Si. Fox Slave A Si."

Xu Mu took out paper and a pen from his storage space, wrote down his phone number, and handed it to her. "If you ever go to the outside world, call me. I'm taking off now."

With that, he once again used his Illusion Formation to disguise himself as a member of the White Stone Clan.

This time, however, he only slightly altered his facial features, turning his eyes gold and leaving his hair as it was.

Overall, he looked almost exactly the same as his original appearance, except for his eyes becoming golden.

The reason he left his contact information with this woman was mainly because of her destiny level.

Though she wasn't the female protagonist, her sixth-rank destiny meant she was likely to achieve great things in the future. Xu Mu just wanted to nudge things along.

Leaving the place, he decided to follow the map and prepare to head out.

At a secluded spot, he took out his belt, turned on the video recording, and continued walking toward a distant mountain peak.

Glancing at the time, he found it was still early, so he thought about exploring further.

Suddenly, he looked at a tree nearby, about twenty to thirty meters tall, with almost no branches extending outward, only a cluster of long leaves at the top.

“This should be a sealing tree. It went extinct back on Earth long ago. I didn’t expect to see one here.”

Xu Mu gazed up at the tree, sighing in wonder.

He continued up the mountain, and half an hour later, he reached the summit, looking down at the White Stone Tribe’s territory, which sprawled like scattered villages.

There were no tall buildings around—not even two-story houses.

Xu Mu felt a bit disoriented, as if he had stepped into ancient times.

After crossing this peak, Xu Mu’s perception detected a White Stone tribesman hiding in a cave.

The man was at the early stage of Transcending Mortal realm but had a severely injured leg.

Xu Mu found it strange—this man was clearly part of the White Stone Tribe. On his own territory, why would he hide while injured?

He pondered for a moment, then walked over and pulled aside the branches and dead leaves blocking the cave entrance.

The young man inside looked at Xu Mu with caution. “Whose man are you?”

Xu Mu was slightly taken aback but quickly used his Divine Eye to check the man’s identity.

Name: Pang Zhen

Identity: The sixth son of Commander Pang of the White Stone Tribe

Favorability: 0

Destiny Level: 3 (Max Level 10)

After seeing this information, Xu Mu smiled. It was just as he had guessed.

This man was from the Pang Clan—according to Fox Slave A’si, the Pang Clan was one of the clans that followed Xianling Nan.

“I’m from the Xianling clan. My name is Xianling Mu.”

Xu Mu took out a pill from his pouch. “This is a healing pill. Take it quickly.”

“You’re from Xianling? Great!”

Pang Zhen took the pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Feeling the medicine’s effects surging through his body, he was astonished. The sharp pain in his thigh gradually faded away.

“This pill is high-grade stuff, man. You just saved me.”

Pang Zhen leaned on the ground and slowly stood up.

“We’re on the same side. I escaped from the border crossing between realms.”

Xu Mu smiled.

“Me too! Haha! Looks like our luck isn’t bad.”

Pang Zhen came out of the cave and said to Xu Mu, “Let’s hurry. I know where our people are!”

Led by Pang Zhen, Xu Mu followed him over the peak and down along a river.

After about an hour of travel, they arrived at a relic.

The relic’s interior was very small—about the size of Xu Manor.

Pang Zhen took Xu Mu behind a large stone. “There’s a transfer formation here. We use it for surprise attacks.”

Xu Mu followed Pang Zhen through the formation, and they vanished together.

...

Xu Mu appeared at another small relic. When he stepped out, he saw a vast expanse of tents in the distance.

A large number of White Stone tribesmen had set up camp there.

Through his perception, Xu Mu was surprised to detect Xianling Nan.

“Sixth Young Master! You’re back?”

A middle-aged man guarding the relic entrance quickly approached Pang Zhen.

Pang Zhen looked at the surrounding chatter and asked curiously, “What’s going on?”

“Young Master, there’s a rumor—our Saintess is no longer a virgin, and she’s been defiled by a man from the Yanhuang realm.”

The middle-aged man lowered his voice.