"Cough, cough, Elder Xu, stay calm, stay calm!"

Xiao Mu nonchalantly wrenched his arm free from Xu Qianwu's grasp.

"I can't stay calm, kid, spit it out!" Xu Qianwu urged, reaching out to grab Xiao Mu's arm again.

"Alright, I'll talk."

With a helpless look, Xiao Mu glanced at Fang Ying, who covered her mouth and giggled quietly, her expression one of amused helplessness.

"I've been to the Cuiyun Mountain Region before, and I've seen another Land God Mansion of Ge Xie, the Ge Earth God. The Netherworld Spring is located right beneath that Land God Mansion."

As he spoke, Xiao Mu explained the location of the Land God Mansion in the Cuiyun Mountain Region belonging to the Ge Earth God, and he also elaborated on the location of the Netherworld Spring.

"However, I really didn't expect that beneath the Netherworld Spring was the Treasure Vault ordered to be built by Lord of Bai's Mansion, nor did I know that the Curse Gate had been searching for this Treasure Vault all along."

"You're truly a lucky star, kid."

Xu Qianwu patted Xiao Mu's shoulder, thrilled, "Anyway, you bringing news of the Netherworld Spring has provided me and Fang Ying with a huge convenience. I'll go report to the great leader immediately and personally lead a team to the Cuiyun Mountain Region to excavate the treasures beneath Lord of Bai's Mansion's Netherworld Spring."

"Elder Xu, let me do it."

Fang Ying stood up, "I'll go see the great leader, it might be a bit better than if you went. With your impatience, I worry you might not speak properly after seeing him."

"Fine, you go then." Xu Qianwu didn't argue with Fang Ying and sat back down upon hearing her words.

"You guys carry on chatting, I'll be right back." With that, Fang Ying left to meet with the great leader Wu Jie.

"Xiao Xiao," Xu Qianwu said with some excitement, the moment Fang Ying left he kept talking to Xiao Mu non-stop, "I heard you went to the ancient Song Relics, how was it? You must have had a good haul this time, right?"

"Just average, there wasn't much of a haul." Xiao Mu concealed his findings of the Judge Pen and the Book of Life and Death.

The act of killing the Undying Evil Ancestor and obtaining the treasure of the City God was information he could share with the great leader Wu Jie, but not with Xu Qianwu.

Otherwise, given the old man's temperament, knowing that he had valuable treasures, he'd definitely find a way to pry some out of his hands.

"What a pity!" Xu Qianwu didn't suspect anything; he just felt regretful and then cheekily said, "Xiao Xiao, I'm going to the Netherworld Spring this time, and who knows, maybe I'll run into some strong opponents or something. Do you have any Divine Treasure or fragments of Divine Treasure on you? Could I borrow some to use temporarily? Don't worry, I'm not picky; whether it's a Divine Treasure or a fragment, I can make use of it."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mu quickly stood up, "Elder Xu, I really don't have any treasures left on me. Oh, I just remembered I still have something urgent to attend to. I must get back immediately. Elder Xu, goodbye!"

Saying this, without waiting for Xu Qianwu to react, Xiao Mu got up and headed towards the office exit.

"This Xiao Xiao, leaving so quickly!" Xu Qianwu watched Xiao Mu leave, muttering unhappily under his breath.

Fang Ying went to meet with the great leader Wu Jie and soon returned. The next day, she and Xu Qianwu led a team to the Cuiyun Mountain Region, to Ge Xie's Land God Mansion to search for the Netherworld Spring and excavate treasures.

Xu Qianwu wanted to invite Xiao Mu to join them, but Xiao Mu decisively refused.

Not only was Xiao Mu waiting for the messenger from Headquarters, but he was also awaiting the arrival of information related to Lord of Bai's Mansion.

The messenger from Headquarters arrived at the Great Tang Ruins two days later. Wu Jie sent Zhao Qian to ask Xiao Mu to come over for a meeting.

The messenger from Headquarters was still Zhu Bingshen, who hadn't gone far, lingering around the Yin ruins. Upon receiving the message from Headquarters, he immediately made his way back to the Great Tang Ruins.

"Xiao Mu, please tell me again in detail about the news you know, regarding the Undying Divine Sovereign's feigned death and his plans to be reborn in our human world," Zhu Bingshen said with a serious expression as soon as he saw Xiao Mu.

"Yes, Messenger Zhu."

Xiao Mu responded, and proceeded to repeat in detail everything he knew about the Undying Divine Sovereign to Zhu Bingshen.

Suddenly Zhu Bingshen asked, "Xiao Mu, you said the Undying Evil Ancestor mentioned that Emperor Xuanding wanted to cooperate with our human world?"

Xiao Mu nodded, "That's true, I refused."

"Why? That was Emperor Xuanding, a being of the Heavenly God level. If you could cooperate with him, it would be a great help for our human world. We in the human world are lacking in strength, and we're in need of the help of such powerful beings." Zhu Bingshen didn't understand Xiao Mu's refusal to cooperate with Emperor Xuanding.

"I felt that Emperor Xuanding was not very reliable." Xiao Mu responded and took the opportunity to explain his thoughts at the time and Wu De Divine Monarch's evaluation of Emperor Xuanding.

"If that's the case, then indeed we shouldn't collaborate hastily. However, to be cautious, we still shouldn't make rash decisions. As for what to do specifically, I will ask for further instructions from the higher-ups and seek their guidance." Zhu Bingshen was very cautious and didn't decide to cut off the possibility of cooperating with Emperor Xuanding just because of Xiao Mu's opinion.

"Additionally, if the information the Undying Evil Ancestor told you is true, the rebirth of the Undying Divine Sovereign in the human world poses a life and death threat to us. If mishandled, the entire human world could be annihilated."

"I must immediately report back to headquarters and have them send someone to look for the Funeral God's whereabouts, capture or kill him, and prevent the Undying Divine Sovereign's rebirth plan."

"Leader Wu, Xiao Mu, farewell!"

Zhu Bingshen bowed to Wu Jie and Xiao Mu before leaving to return to headquarters.

After Zhu Bingshen left, Wu Jie told Xiao Mu that the documents related to the Lord of Bai's Mansion that Xiao Mu had requested had arrived. If he wanted to see them, he could just go directly to the Data Room to check.

After thanking him, Xiao Mu left the meeting place and headed for the Data Room building.

He declared his identity, successfully gained the qualifications to access the documents, and entered the Data Room building.

In a separate room within the Data Room building, Xiao Mu was faced with files and documents that could fill several rooms and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

The information was excessive, and he doubted he could finish reviewing it in a matter of months.

Still, before long, he took a deep breath, picked up a stack of documents, sat down in the room, and began to slowly review them.

Thankfully, the documents had been translated into modern writing, so Xiao Mu didn't find them difficult to read.

He held a page of the files in his hands, reading ten lines at a glance, quickly scanning over the information.

"Three Emperors' Tomb Ruins Dark Sword Domain Bai Family, suspected to be descendants of the Lord of Bai's Mansion, no proof, unverified."

"Three Emperors' Tomb Ruins Dark Sword Domain under West Qin Mountain there is a ravine thousands of miles long, containing Divine Power, suspected to be created by the Lord of Bai's Mansion with immense force, no concrete evidence."

"Great Tang Ruins Jialan Domain Twilight Forest Village has a dilapidated temple, suspected to be a ruined temple built by descendants for the Lord of Bai's Mansion, unfortunately lacking Divine Power, presumably constructed by later generations, without any response from the Lord of Bai's Mansion."

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As Xiao Mu reviewed the pages one by one, he found that most of the information recorded was of little significance, nothing important, which was quite frustrating.

He reviewed the information for two days straight, but Xiao Mu didn't find any crucial leads that could help him locate the Lord of Bai's Mansion.

It wasn't until the third day, while he was poring over the files with mounting vexation, that his eyes suddenly lit up upon seeing a particular piece of information.

"On the 9th of July in the 21st year, a Black Pit appeared in the Leihe Region, filled with curse power—fatal upon approach, and within a hundred miles nearby, not a blade of grass grew."

"Upon investigation, the Black Pit is suspected to be related to the Curse Gate. Ruins leader Chen Fengshen led a team deep into the Black Pit and discovered signs of battle deep underground, with dozens of ravines created by tremendous forces. The soil near the ravines has been eroded by the curse power, completely altered, seemingly transformed into pure curse power, and unapproachable."

"Leader Chen Fengshen wanted to continue the investigation, but soon got injured by the cursed soil. Three Yin God Realm Mutated Beings perished, twenty-three Variants in the Mortal Realm died, and, including leader Chen Fengshen, all the Divine Spirits Realm Mutated Beings were injured and had to return with their teams, rendering the investigation a failure."

Xiao Mu couldn't help but mutter to himself, "A Black Pit? Related to the Curse Gate, presumably the doings of a powerful entity, could it be the battle site of the Lord of Bai's Mansion and the Curse Ancestor recorded in the documentation by Ge Xie the Ge Earth God?"

Xiao Mu recalled the information he had seen with Xu Qianwu about Ge Xie the Ge Earth God.

The Curse Ancestor should be the old ancestor of the Curse Gate, right? Described by Ge Xie the Ge Earth God as a true powerhouse, matched only by the Lord of Bai's Mansion in the eastern region, he must indeed be the old ancestor of the Curse Gate.

The 9th of July in the 21st year, that happened just last year. So the leader had already explored that place. Hmm, I can inquire deeper into the situation of the Curse Pit from the leader.

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