"Xu Yan did not assist in attacking the extraterrestrial evil being, but instead attacked Xiao Mu. The investigation proved this. His death was well deserved."

The speaker is a mutant female who appears to be in her forties. She is not given to smiles or pleasantries, exuding an air of strict professionalism at all times.

However, during intense and unusual times such as these, someone of her demeanor adds an odd layer of comfort.

"Xiao Mu, you have slain a late-stage fifth realm evil being from the Life and Death Sect. You may choose one of the following two rewards: one thousand energy fruits or four borrowing times. Please take some time to decide."

Without hesitation, Xiao Mu replied, "No need to think about it. I want the second one, the borrowing times."

Although behind the scenes trading could potentially allow him to purchase five borrowing times with a thousand energy fruits, under very lucky circumstances.

However, these opportunities do not come easily and might not even surface once a month. Xiao Mu's immediate need was to increase his borrowing times, which explains his instantaneous choice.

The woman nodded, "The reward will be distributed tomorrow afternoon. You can verify your reward by checking your identity badge."

"Thank you!"

Xiao Mu expressed his sincere gratitude.

Subsequently, the woman asked Xiao Mu to come aside for a private query.

"Xiao Mu, it is rare for an evil being from the Life and Death Sect to be found in Emperor Song's ancient tomb, let alone one from the late-stage fifth realm. Can you share the reason why such a creature suddenly appeared in the tomb?"

This question caught Xiao Mu by surprise.

It was rare for an evil being from the Life and Death Sect to appear in Emperor Song's ancient tomb?

A late-stage fifth realm evil being has never been seen before?

It seemed that the Black Luo King had come specifically for him?

The appearance of the Black Luo King is clearer at this moment, he was after the Scroll of Life and Death.

What exactly is the Scroll of Life and Death? Why did it attract the attention of the Black Luo King?

A sense of anxiety began to linger in Xiao Mu's heart.

Those coveting the Scroll of Life and Death might not be limited to the Black Luo King alone. There could potentially be more powerful entities lurking behind him.

This gave Xiao Mu a certain sense of impending danger.

Fortunately, tearing apart space is no easy task, as it requires numerous conditions and serendipities to coincide.

This is why only the Black Luo King appeared this time, and not any other extraterrestrial evil beings.

"Xiao Mu, do you know the purpose of the Black Luo King?"

Seeing Xiao Mu deep in thought, the woman suddenly asked again.

"I'm sorry, I don't know the reason. I don't know this extraterrestrial evil being."

In the end, Xiao Mu decided to hide the matter related to the Scroll of Life and Death.

The Scroll of Life and Death is too strange, connected to the Yin Divine Treasure, it could touch on some unknown interests and put him in danger.

This wasn't Xiao Mu overthinking, the long jade tablet was the precedent.

Just a single message, without any real appearance, drew the attention of the two leaders of the Song relics and resulted in him offending Xuan Mo.

"Alright, think it over carefully. Report to me as soon as you get a clue."

The woman did not continue to question, she just asked Xiao Mu to think it out and tell her when he figured it out.

After the woman left, Xiao Mu continued his duty.

Soon after, another mutant named Fang Jie came to replace the deceased Xu Yan on guard duty.

Fang Jie, a female mutant, didn't show any hostility to Xiao Mu although she wasn't particularly friendly either.

The rest of the duty went smoothly, with no unexpected incidents.

After his shift ended the following day, Xiao Mu went straight down the mountain, bought a bunch of fish tofu with different flavors, and gave seven packs to Xuan Xin, as he had promised.

As promised, the reward arrived in the afternoon, and Xiao Mu immediately headed to the book collection room.

He was going to exchange books on high-level heterogenous techniques, and cultivate these advanced techniques.

After all, his cultivation had reached the late fifth realm. Without high-level heterogenous techniques, his strength would be severely limited.

First, he went to the screen and entered his own identity information to inquire about materials.

This time, Xiao Mu decided to choose an advanced technique related to Yin Yang Power.

Compared with inferior techniques, advanced techniques are more complex and involve more than one special ability.

The Five Elements Separation Slash and Tai Chi Steps that Xiao Mu cultivated had a single function. The Five Elements Separation Slash only had attacking power, and Tai Chi Steps was only a special body technique. In addition to these, there were no other functions.

Advanced techniques are different; they can have two or more special effects at the same time.

"The advanced technique I want, which is related to Yin Yang Power, should have attacking power first."

"No matter when, techniques with attacking power are always necessary."

"I already have the Tai Chi Steps for movement techniques, which are still enough to use, so there is no need to change."

"In addition to attack, which kind of special ability should I choose?"

With this goal in mind, Xiao Mu began to look at the data.

He found that in addition to attack, there were other various strange effects such as defense, assistance, curses, poisoning, weakening, and so forth in the special abilities of heterogeneous techniques.

Seeing a variety of special effects, Xiao Mu felt a sense of being dazzled.

Each special effect made Xiao Mu's eyes covetous.

However, he also knew that the more special effects, the lower the power of the attack. Likewise, the power of the technique itself would also correspondingly decrease.

To ensure the strength of the attack, it is necessary to minimize other special effects.

Xiao Mu had already grasped this point from the Black Luo King and the extraterrestrial evil being of the Life and Death Sect in the Land God Temple.

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