"Who?"

The majesty of the Land God spread out, suppressing the man from the Life and Death Sect and also affecting the three human world Mutated Beings, including Lan Cai.

The two men seemed frightened, hastily retreating backward, but Lan Cai, wary, turned her head to look in Xiao Mu's direction.

"Captain Lan, long time no see. I hope you've been well!"

Xiao Mu took a step forward and in the blink of an eye arrived in front of Lan Cai.

"You... You are Xiao Mu!"

Lan Cai was startled by Xiao Mu's sudden appearance, retreating subconsciously—but quickly recognizing him, her face lit up with delight.

"It's me. Long time no see, Captain Lan has also entered the True Realm, congratulations!" Xiao Mu said with a smile, once again congratulating Lan Cai with a clasped-hands gesture.

"How can I compare with you?"

Lan Cai sighed, giving Xiao Mu a profound look, her voice envious as she said, "I heard you're doing well at the Great Tang Ruins, having made great achievements time and again, highly valued by the Alliance. But I'm not so fortunate—ignored, my strength far incomparable to yours."

Her tone was full of sighs, and she seemed much aged after more than a year, her former sharpness gone.

"You flatter me!"

Xiao Mu responded politely, keenly sensing the resentment in Lan Cai's tone and asked with concern, "Captain Lan seems to be having a difficult time at the Song Ruins?"

"Difficult time? It's more than just difficult!"

Lan Cai gave a bitter laugh and shook her head, "Xiao Mu, you should know that I'm one of Leader Lei's people, right?"

Xiao Mu nodded; of course, he knew Lan Cai was one of Thunder's people—he had joined Thunder through Lan Cai himself.

With a heavy tone, Lan Cai said, "After Leader Lei fell, the Song Ruins became Xuan Mo's territory."

"Because I was one of Leader Lei's people, Xuan Mo naturally wasn't going to show me any favor. Soon after, I was removed from my position as group leader, and then sent out on tasks."

Xiao Mu wondered, "They sent you out on tasks?"

To his knowledge, at the Song Ruins, group leaders were responsible for internal planning and coordination and were rarely sent out on tasks unless it was a major situation.

Lan Cai gave another bitter laugh, "Because of Xuan Mo's deliberate suppression, any dangerous task at the Song Ruins is assigned to me, unless I'm already on a task and can't get away—only then someone else gets sent."

"In the past year or more, due to various dangerous tasks, I've come close to dying at least thirteen times."

"But fortunately, I've been quite lucky—I managed to break through to the Yin God Realm three months ago. With my strength increased, tasks have become somewhat easier."

Lan Cai gave a wry smile, "But precisely because of that, the tasks Xuan Mo assigns to me have become even more difficult, even more dangerous."

As she said this, she glanced at the ugly man from the Life and Death Sect and said with a sigh, "I'm fortunate to have run into you this time, or else I might not have been able to return alive."

"By the way, these two are my subordinates, one is called Chen Qi, the other Zhang Yue."

Lan Cai briefly introduced her two subordinates to Xiao Mu, and Xiao Mu greeted them.

After some thought, Xiao Mu suddenly proposed, "Captain Lan, if you don't want to stay at the Song Ruins, maybe I can help."

"You can help me?"

Lan Cai's eyes brightened with surprise, "How can you help me?"

Xiao Mu smiled and said, "That depends on where you'd like to go—whether to the Great Tang Ruins or the Shang Dynasty Ruins. You can choose either place; just one word from me, and you can go wherever you like."

"Is that... true?"

Lan Cai was momentarily stunned, her face full of disbelief. After a moment, she exhaled deeply and said, "It seems you, Xiao Mu, are indeed doing very well. I thought you only had influence over the Great Tang Ruins, but I hadn't expected you could influence the Shang Dynasty Ruins as well."

In fact, I could probably even have some influence at Headquarters.

Xiao Mu thought to himself, replying secretly to Lan Cai in his heart, but there was no need to say this out loud, lest he seem too frivolous.

Lan Cai fell into contemplation again, her expression hesitant and conflicted, "But... but..."

"What's wrong? Is there something that troubles Captain Lan?" Xiao Mu, observing her words and expressions, immediately asked.

Lan Cai said with concern, "I'm worried Xuan Mo won't let people go. If I could have left, I would have done so long ago. The strong Ancient Ruins such as Great Tang and Shang might think little of my strength and not want me, but I should still be able to go to the Ming Ruins."

"Yet because Xuan Mo won't let go, I've tried and failed several times to leave the Song Ruins."

Is Xuan Mo trying to keep you there to torment you slowly?

Xiao Mu felt angry inside, but on the surface, he smiled nonchalantly, "No worries, this time, as long as you want to leave, I guarantee you will be able to."

"What if Xuan Mo refuses to let me go?" Lan Cai asked anxiously.

"Hehe," Xiao Mu laughed casually, "I'll persuade him."

"Are you very strong?" Lan Cai's eyes showed puzzlement, as if seeking confirmation from Xiao Mu's own words.

"At least stronger than Xuan Mo!" Xiao Mu modestly answered.

Lan Cai was taken aback, then, realizing something, laughed understandingly, "I forgot, the way you suppressed that man from the Life and Death Sect earlier—you used a Divine Spirit Rank, right? With a Divine Spirit Rank, your strength is indeed greater than Xuan Mo's."

"It's the Earth God Rank," Xiao Mu replied offhandedly, not going into detail about his strength. With his current strength, not to mention Xuan Mo, not even an ordinary Divine Spirit Realm being would be his match.

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