Thunder spoke casually, "Xiao Mu, have you given my request any thought over the past few days? Are you willing to hand over the rectangular jade tablet?"

"Leader Lei, whether you believe me or not, I honestly haven't seen any rectangular jade tablet."

Xiao Mu responded seriously with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Haha, I believe you."

Thunder suddenly laughed.

"What?"

This time, Xiao Mu was taken aback. Puzzled, he asked, "Leader Lei, do you believe that I have never seen the rectangular jade tablet?"

Thunder laughed and said, "I believe you. You probably don't even know what the rectangular jade tablet is. If you truly had it, you wouldn't be able to hide any indication of it."

"Furthermore, since you don't even know what the rectangular jade tablet is, even if you did have it, I doubt you would hoard it and refuse to hand it over."

Thunder's speculation allowed Xiao Mu to breathe a sigh of relief, "Thank you for understanding, Leader Lei. I indeed have never seen any rectangular jade tablet."

Thunder said, "The reason I asked you to come was mainly to ask about what the interior of the Immeasurable Cave looks like."

The Immeasurable Cave was occupied by evil ghosts. Even though Thunder could easily explore it with his strength, due to his agreement with the ghosts, someone of his power level was not permitted to explore the Immeasurable Cave. Therefore, he had to inquire about it from Xiao Mu.

"Immeasurable Cave..."

Xiao Mu detailed everything he saw and experienced in the Immeasurable Cave.

Thunder mainly asked about the condition of the damaged ruins in the cave, especially the plaque above the broken gate and the inscriptions on it.

After that, he muttered to himself, "Li Chenghuang's mansion was actually severely damaged."

"What?"

Xiao Mu was puzzled.

"It's nothing."

Thunder shook his head with a smile, "Xiao Mu, be more observant about similar ruins in the future. If you search carefully around the Song Relics, you should make new discoveries. Especially, pay attention to any Yin God ruins, if you find any information regarding the rectangular jade tablet, inform me immediately. I will definitely reward you."

"Thank you, Leader Lei. If I have any news regarding the rectangular jade tablet, I will immediately inform you."

Xiao Mu stood up to thank him.

Thunder gestured dismissively and confidently stated, "Regarding Xuan Mo, don't worry about him. He won't dare to harm you with me here. As for your conflict with Jiang Mu, you solve it yourself. In principle, as long as it does not damage the Song Relics or obstruct official matters, we will not interfere in these personal disputes."

"I'll remember your advice. Thank you for reminding me, Leader Lei."

Xiao Mu thanked him again.

Thunder ordered Lan Cai to escort Xiao Mu out.

After returning to his room, Xiao Mu started pondering right away.

Looking at the attitudes of Thunder and Xuan Mo, it was clear that there was also conflict between the two leaders.

Xuan Mo had a cunning personality, and Xiao Mu was cautious around him.

In contrast, Thunder had a free-spirited, straightforward personality, which Xiao Mu appreciated.

However, no matter what, the key was to enhance his abilities.

If he had the strength of True Realm, would Xuan Qi dare treat him this way? Would Xuan Mo dare request the rectangular jade tablet from him in such a manner?

Would Jiang Mu still target him? Even if he killed his sheep?

Thinking about improving his abilities, Xiao Mu started to consider his next steps.

First and foremost is to cultivate advanced techniques.

Speaking of cultivating advanced techniques, Xiao Mu couldn't help but think of the Divine Thought Bead in his possession and his four borrowing times.

An advanced technique requires six borrowing times, leaving Xiao Mu two short.

On the other hand, due to his strength having improved to the late Fifth Realm, he was capable of extracting techniques from the Divine Thought Bead again.

The Divine Thought Bead had a connection to the Power of Life and Death, and the strength of advanced techniques related to the Power of Life and Death was unquestionable.

However, the illusion of the divine person that had appeared with the technique of the Life and Death Judge worried him.

Would the advanced techniques that he extracted next also be like this? Would illusions of divine figures like that of the Life and Death Judge technique appear?

He checked his Energy Points. He had a total of four hundred and twenty-one.

"Four hundred and twenty-one points. I probably have just enough for the advanced technique related to the mutated Power of Life and Death."

Xiao Mu pondered.

After all, the Mutation Technique related to the lower level Power of Life and Death alone consumed three hundred Energy Points - an advanced technique might need twice the amount.

He could initiate a mutation for the standard advanced Five Elements Power or the Yin Yang Power-related techniques.

However, the four borrowing times he had were insufficient. He was still two short for a single advanced technique.

"Next, I need to find a way to get more borrowing times and Energy Points. I need both, and in large quantities."

After cultivating the advanced technique, he needed to find a way to increase his strength to the peak of the Fifth Realm. He had to strive to reach the True Stage.

Stepping into the peak of the Fifth Realm, would require at least four thousand to five thousand energy fruits, and that's not a small number.

From the peak of the Fifth Realm to the True Realm, even more will be needed, most likely around ten thousand.

"Sigh! The speed of my cultivation is too fast, can't keep pace with the speed of obtaining resources."

Xiao Mu lamented in secret.

Other people may cultivate at an even pace, but they have a profound amount of accumulation, so each advancement takes a long time. In such a long time, they can leisurely search for all kinds of resources.

Xiao Mu, on the other hand, uses up resources as soon as he obtains them, unable to save any.

"Forget it, my realm has just risen to the late stage, there's no hurry at the moment. It's more important to figure out how to obtain energy points and borrowing times."

Concerning borrowing times and energy points, Xiao Mu cared most about borrowing times. Firstly, he was in awe of the Divine Thought Stream stored in the Divine Thought Beads and worried that another Art similar to Life and Death Judge would mutate again. Secondly, he only needed two more borrowing times and he could obtain an Advanced Technique related to the Five Elements Power or Yin Yang Power.

He started plotting on how to get an Advanced Technique.

The next day it was his turn to be on duty, he went to the Task Hall early to check the day's tasks.

Today's tasks had finally changed, he was no longer assigned to guard the Ancient Palace, but the Ancient Tomb.

The so-called Ancient Tomb, is the underground tomb group of the Song dynasty, which was also the result of the World Mutation.

After the World Mutation changed, the original Emperor Song's Tomb was altered, forming a massive underground tomb cluster.

While the Ancient Palace can mutate Basic Scriptures, this colossal underground tomb group can mutate real Secret Manuals.

The mutated beings used energy fruit to purchase mutation opportunities, they could put their basic scriptures into the tomb and let them mutate into the required exotic technique secret manuals.

However, Xiao Mu, who has the Mutation Technique, didn't need this step, under the conditions of adequate energy points, he could mutate by himself.

So, Xiao Mu didn't pay much attention to the tomb clusters.

Unanticipatedly, the task changed, and as soon as it changed, he was assigned to guard the tomb cluster.

"Where's my fish tofu?"

As soon as Xuan Xin saw Xiao Mu, she walked over from a distance.

She deeply inhaled in front of Xiao Mu, her face soon showed a disappointed expression, "No? You broke your promise."

With her extraordinary sense of smell, even if Xiao Mu placed the food in the Earth Seal Space, she could easily sniff it out.

"Cough cough...!"

Xiao Mu looked embarrassed, he left in a hurry and returned in haste, indeed he had forgotten to buy fish tofu in Da Liang City, "Miss Xuan Xin, it's my fault this time, I forgot to buy it. But rest assured, I'm going to buy it for you tomorrow."

Xuan Xin pouted with disappointment, "With a previous example of going back on your word, how can I trust your promise?"

Xiao Mu laughed, "I will give you four packs tomorrow, with an additional pack as interest."

"Just one pack will do the trick?"

Xuan Xin looked dissatisfied, she stretched out one hand towards Xiao Mu and waved, "At least ten packs."

Xiao Mu said, "Five packs."

Xuan Xin said, "Seven packs."

"Deal."

Xiao Mu agreed instantly.

Xuan Xin, seeing Xiao Mu's easy agreement, immediately regretted it and changed her mind, "Nine packs."

Xiao Mu said, "Only seven packs, take it or leave it."

"Stingy, as though it's something really valuable."

Xuan Xin pouted, showing her face like 'you're such a stingy one'.

Whatever!

Xiao Mu showed his disdain, indeed it was not expensive, but who knew whether she would be greedy for more.

"Miss Xuan Xin, hello, ah, Mr. Xiao, you're here too."

A petite figure passed by the two with her head down, after raising her head and seeing them, she hurriedly greeted Xiao Mu and Xuan Xin respectfully.

"Miss Tian Xiang, hello."

Xiao Mu responded with a smile.

"Tian Xiang, is it really you? Have you found any helpers for the trip to the Ferocious Tomb?"

Xuan Xin seemed to be very familiar with Tian Xiang and asked warmly about her situation.

Tian Xiang regretfully shook her head, "Not yet."

"Perfect."

Xuan Xin smiled, "Let me introduce someone to you, it's him."

She pointed at Xiao Mu, "He is quite skillful, he will definitely be of help to you. What do you think? Would you like to consider it?"

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