In fact, given her current level of exhaustion, even resting for a day would not allow her to fully recover. At most, it would only partially restore her temporarily.

And this partial recovery, if she continues to work, would quickly be depleted again.

This continuous massive depletion would cause unimaginable harm to her body.

"Waste, you're only getting fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes to get back to work. You think my resources are that easy to earn, just given to you for free? Fifteen minutes, you only get fifteen minutes."

Qin Qin angrily scolded Du Yao.

"Yes, thank you, Sister Qin!"

Despite being weak and hesitant, Du Yao gratefully thanked Qin Qin.

Qin Qin responded with a dissatisfied grunt and walked away with a dark expression.

"What's going on, why has she stopped again?" A man in an early stage of True God Realm wearing a blue casual suit walked out, looking displeasedly at Du Yao sitting on the floor, resting in haste, and then turned to look at Qin Qin.

"She's a bit exhausted, gave her fifteen minutes to rest." Qin Qin changed her expression, patiently explaining.

"Do you know how many guests I brought today? How much time did these guests give me? What kind of urgent tasks do they each have that need quick execution? You can delay time, I can delay time, do our guests have that much time to delay?" The man in the blue casual suit looked at Qin Qin with an extremely displeased face, harshly questioning.

"Or let her rest for ten minutes, then continue working?" Qin Qin, stumpingly questioned by the man in the blue casual suit, immediately felt guilty, reconsidering and tentatively suggested.

The man in the blue casual suit coldly responded, "Five minutes, give her five minutes of rest, five minutes later, she resumes working."

"That's… alright, I'll inform her."

Qin Qin dared not refute, agreed and hurried towards Du Yao, "Five minutes, you only have five minutes to rest. After five minutes, continue working."

"Fiv… five minutes?"

Du Yao nervously raised her head, avoided Qin Qin's fierce stare, "Okay, Sister Qin, I'll continue working after five minutes."

"Swallow it!"

Qin Qin suddenly pulled out a small bottle filled with life essence and tossed it to Du Yao.

"Life Essence, thank you, Sister Qin!"

Du Yao gazed at the small bottle in surprise, raised her head, and thanked Qin Qin gratefully.

The Life Essence could allow her to recover quickly.

"Thank me? Fifty energy fruits will be deducted from your commission."

Qin Qin glared at Du Yao with a spiteful look.

"Ah~"

Du Yao, taken aback by this, held the small bottle of Life Essence in mid-air, timidly asked, "Sister… Sister Qin, can I refuse this bottle of Life Essence?"

A bottle of Life Essence, if purchased elsewhere, would cost only thirty energy fruits, but Qin Qin required fifty from her, making Du Yao, who cherished resources, feel hard to accept.

However, ultimately, she didn't have the nerve to argue with Qin Qin, only weakly inquired.

"You can refuse it, but since I have given it to you, it will be deducted from your commission." Qin Qin coldly responded.

"Ah~, this, okay, Sister Qin." Du Yao accepted rather reluctantly, holding the Life Essence, thought for a moment, and then drank it, subsequently sitting down to rest.

Bang!

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open.

The people in the room almost simultaneously turned their heads, looking towards the door.

"Business is quite busy, huh!"

Xiao Mu, leading the way, walked into Room Seven, with Qu Mei following closely behind.

"It's… it's you, and Steward Qu is here too!"

Qin Qin glanced at Xiao Mu, recognized him.

However, she clearly wasn't very afraid of Xiao Mu, quickly greeted Qu Mei after seeing her.

Xiao Mu, his gaze swept across the room, soon resting on Du Yao.

Du Yao froze, dumbstruck looking at Xiao Mu, somewhat panicking, but quickly timidly greeted Xiao Mu, "Elder Xiao, Hello!"

Xiao Mu nodded towards her, then shifted his gaze to Qin Qin, "You're Qin Qin, right?"

"That's… that's me. You… Hello!"

Qin Qin felt Xiao Mu's gaze like a knife, her heart chilled, greeted Xiao Mu with little confidence.

"Very good, the Concealing Heaven's Secret, my exclusive department, you're using it quite comfortably, aren't you?"

Xiao Mu, chuckled, asking suddenly, "Who among you is Yang Xi?"

"Are you looking for Respected Envoy Yang Xi?"

Qin Qin, upon hearing Xiao Mu's question, immediately eased her expression, becoming joyful, eagerly said, "Respected Envoy Yang is here, may I ask if you are looking for her to Conceal Heaven's Secret for you? Please wait, I will call Respected Envoy Yang over right away."

"You stay, let her call Yang Xi over."

Xiao Mu waved his hand to stop Qin Qin from going out, then pointed to a nearby girl in the Yin God Realm doing chores, instructed, "You, go call Yang Xi over."

The Yin God Realm girl uneasily looked at Qin Qin upon hearing this.

Qin Qin didn't understand Xiao Mu's intentions, and didn't dare to resist, ultimately, she could only reluctantly instruct, "Go ahead!"

"Yes!"

The servant girl responded, went to another room to fetch Yang Xi.

Before long, the door opened, and the man in the blue casual suit from earlier came in, asking upon entering, "Which friend is looking for me, Yang Xi?"

Saying that, his eyes stopped on Xiao Mu, looking him up and down.

Among the two who just entered, he knew Qu Mei, the only one unfamiliar was Xiao Mu.

"Are you Yang Xi?"

Xiao Mu, examining Yang Xi closely, secretly thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity to teach him a lesson, and ideally, involve Xiong Jin in the process.

He had no grudge against this Yang Xi, but felt no goodwill towards any of the Eight Grand Elders.

This Yang Xi, since he was under Xiong Jin's command, and came into his hands, how could Xiao Mu not seize the opportunity to teach him a lesson and stir up some trouble for the Eight Grand Elders?

"I am Yang Xi, my friend, you are…" Yang Xi, bewildered, looked at Xiao Mu, unable to fathom his intentions.

Xiao Mu's expression suddenly began to darken, then sharply barked, "Kneel!"

"What?" Yang Xi froze, almost unable to believe his ears.

"Kneel! The Grand Elder commands you to kneel!"

Xiao Mu, his expression grew even grimmer.

"You… you are a Grand Elder?" Yang Xi, suddenly coming to his senses, however more surprised, disbelief filled his face as he looked at Xiao Mu.

This person… actually a Grand Elder?

He certainly knew what status the Grand Elders held in the Alliance.

Every Grand Elder in the Alliance was of high status, wielding great power over life and death. These individuals, any one of them, were not people he could afford to provoke.

"Kneel! Don't make me repeat myself again." Xiao Mu, warned sternly, his face suddenly growing ugly, even faintly showing killing intent.

"Ah~"

Yang Xi, with a bewildered face, "This Grand Elder, can you explain when and where I, Yang Xi, offended you?"

"When and where did you offend me? My exclusive Concealing Angel, are you enjoying using her?"

Xiao Mu, looked at him with a steely expression.

"Your exclusive Concealing Angel?"

Yang Xi, startled by the words, initially confused but quickly surmised something, casting a terrified glance at Du Yao, "You… mean her? She is your exclusive Concealing Angel?"

Xiao Mu did not answer, coldly said, "Just now, I told you to kneel four times, and you never knelt, ignoring the words of a Grand Elder first, now recklessly commanding my exclusive Concealing Angel, exploiting her labor, tell me, Grand Elder, how should I deal with you?"

"Grand Elder, spare me!"

Yang Xi shuddered upon hearing this, his entire body turning cold under Xiao Mu's gaze, then suddenly kneeled before Xiao Mu.

"Haha, audaciously exploiting my exclusive Concealing Angel, you think you're quite something, huh? Really think this Grand Elder can't deal with you? Yang Xi, now tell this Grand Elder, how do you propose I punish you?"

Xiao Mu, sat down on an idle sofa, playfully staring at Yang Xi.

"Grand… Grand Elder, you said you're a Grand Elder, may I ask, do you have the Seal Token of a Grand Elder?" Yang Xi, suddenly thought of something, couldn't help but ask Xiao Mu.

"Doubting a Grand Elder?"

Xiao Mu, with a calm demeanor, casually took out the Grand Elder's Seal Token, tossed it to Yang Xi, "Do you want to inspect it?"

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