Qu Mei's expression changed upon hearing this, and she nervously defended herself, "Elder Xiao, why do you say this? Du Yao has indeed gone out."

"Heh heh!"

Xiao Mu suddenly sneered, staring at Qu Mei with a sharp look, coldly saying, "At first, I asked you where Du Yao was, and you said she just went out. Then I asked when she would return, and you told me she had taken leave for the entire day."

Xiao Mu spoke, his gaze becoming even sharper, "Your words are contradictory. You're not someone who typically lies, so why deceive me, hiding Du Yao's whereabouts, telling me she's not here, refusing to let her come out to conceal Heaven's Secret? Qu Mei, do you really think this Grand Elder would let you bully me?"

"Grand Elder?" Qu Mei's face suddenly showed panic, noticing the term Xiao Mu used in his words.

Xiao Mu remained calm and collected, directly taking out the Grand Elder's seal token and playing with it in his hand.

"You... you are the Grand Elder?" Qu Mei was completely stunned, her eyes seemingly nailed to the Grand Elder's seal token in Xiao Mu's hand.

"Just newly appointed as the Grand Elder."

Xiao Mu calmly replied, staring at Qu Mei, sneering, "Since you recognize the Grand Elder's seal, you should know what powers a Grand Elder possesses. Deceiving a Grand Elder intentionally, with such malicious intent, even if I executed you on the spot, no one would dare to accuse me afterwards."

Qu Mei panicked, suddenly bowing to Xiao Mu, making a gesture of pleading as she begged for forgiveness, "Grand Elder, forgive me, Qu Mei didn't do it on purpose, Qu Mei admits my guilt, Grand Elder, forgive me!"

Xiao Mu said coldly, "Speak, why did you lie to me? What happened with Du Yao? Did you do something to her?"

"It's a misunderstanding, Elder Xiao, I haven't done anything to Du Yao."

Qu Mei hastily defended herself.

"If you haven't done anything, why intentionally hide Du Yao's whereabouts from me, afraid of me finding out what happened to her?" Xiao Mu clearly did not believe Qu Mei's words.

"Elder Xiao, it's truly not my business, Du Yao was just called over to help by someone."

In her panic, Qu Mei once again defended herself.

"Help? By whom? Why would they need Du Yao's help?"

As Xiao Mu asked, he suddenly remembered the last time in Room 13, when Du Yao was concealing Heaven's Secret for him, and Sister Qin in blue suddenly barged in.

"Uh, it's Qin Qin. Qin Qin got acquainted with Yang Xi, the steward of Sky Star Pavilion. The two of them cooperated to conceal Heaven's Secret for the Mutant Beings to earn extra money, and Du Yao is often called to help by them. Today, early in the morning, she was called over by them."

Sky Star Pavilion?

Xiao Mu suddenly frowned. Isn't Sky Star Pavilion under the control of Xiong Jin, one of the Eight Grand Elders?

Could Yang Xi be related to Xiong Jin?

He had no good impression of any of the Eight Grand Elders. Upon hearing that Yang Xi was a steward at Sky Star Pavilion, a sense of disgust arose.

After thinking for a moment, "Don't you all think that Du Yao carries Hell's Death Qi and avoid her fearing bad luck? Why dare let her help? Aren't you afraid of the Hell's Death Qi contaminating those who ask her to conceal Heaven's Secrets?"

"Well..." Qu Mei hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Not to deceive Elder Xiao, firstly, not just anyone can see that Hell's Death Qi. At least, Qin Qin and those Divine Spirits needing someone to conceal Heaven's Secret from Yang Xi can't see it."

"Secondly, Du Yao has cultivated a method to dispel evil qi, clearing the evil qi associated with the Hell's Death Qi on herself, so it won't negatively affect those under her spellcasting."

"Furthermore, Du Yao's professional skills are indeed very strong, not something the average Heaven Concealers can match. Her spellcasting to conceal Heaven's Secrets is much more effective than ordinary Heaven Concealers."

"Take me to see, which studio is Du Yao in? This Grand Elder wants to see who dares to bully my exclusive Heaven Concealer and so casually command my people to help."

With that, Xiao Mu stood up.

"Yes!" Qu Mei dared not disobey and stood up to lead the way for Xiao Mu.

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In Room Seven, Du Yao, with sweat rolling down her forehead, infused the last trace of Power of Incense Fire into a man lying on a chair in the Divine Spirits realm, on whose head grew sinister horns.

As the last trace of Power of Incense Fire entered, the pair of sinister horns growing on the man's head abruptly retracted swiftly into his body.

At this moment, Du Yao, seemingly exhausted, sank to the ground, breathing heavily.

"Useless, useless, there are still seven more left, hurry up and get up!"

Qin Qin suddenly came over, swearing as she kicked Du Yao on the leg.

Qin Qin wasn't restraining her True Force with this kick, so Du Yao immediately frowned after being kicked.

"I'm sorry, Sister Qin, it's my fault."

Du Yao, scolded, lowered her head in shame.

Just now, after consecutively casting spells to suppress True Force for three people, her True Force was greatly depleted, nearly exhausted, requiring a break to continue.

"How long do you need to rest this time?" Qin Qin scolded, displeased.

"Thir... thirty, no, Sister Qin, twenty minutes will be enough." Du Yao responded timidly, seeing Qin Qin's fierce face, she immediately reduced the thirty minutes to twenty minutes.

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