"The people of the Life and Death Sect were going to take the Sculpted Image to Twilight Forest Village in the Jialan Domain for the handover? Xiao Xiao, repeat the handover method you know to me once more."

Wu Jie was speaking earnestly.

Xiao Mu repeated the Life and Death Sect's handover method.

"Quite cautious indeed!"

As Wu Jie sighed in admiration, he continued, "I will send people to Twilight Forest Village immediately to investigate where the Life and Death Sect's base is located."

"Great Leader, after you find out the location of the Life and Death Sect's base in Twilight Forest Village, please be sure to notify me."

Xiao Mu made his request opportunistically.

He was critically short of Energy Points at the moment, and now that there was a chance to kill a Variants from the Life and Death Sect, how could he let it slip by?

"You want to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Mutated Beings from the Life and Death Sect?"

Wu Jie was slightly surprised by Xiao Mu's request, but he did not press Xiao Mu for a reason. He just smiled, nodded, and said, "All right, when we find the Life and Death Sect's base, I will have someone inform you."

After bidding farewell to Wu Jie, Xiao Mu left Solitary Straight Mountain.

Once again encountering Zhao Qian at the foot of Solitary Straight Mountain, and after exchanging greetings, Xiao Mu headed toward the Temple District at the Great Tang Ruins.

The Temple District was the area where various temples were enshrined, not only including Xiao Mu's temple but also the temple of the God of Five Virtues, as well as temples of many strong entities from within the Great Tang Ruins, and even those of other strong entities from outside the Ruins within the Alliance.

The Temple District was guarded by designated personnel, responsible was a Yin God Realm powerhouse, supplemented by dozens of Variants in the Mortal Realm who patrolled the Temple District from time to time to maintain its security.

After identifying himself, Xiao Mu entered the Temple District without any difficulty.

First visiting his own temple, Xiao Mu made preparations for his rebirth; his Divine Body within the temple was already successfully established through the Sculpted Image.

The interior of the modest temple building housed Xiao Mu's Sculpted Image, seated upright on the altar table, facing the temple doors across from it was an incense burner, burning with Mutant Incense.

The Temple District was tended to by Mortals, whose task was to offer incense daily to each of the divine effigies within the temples to ensure the Incense Fire did not extinguish.

Xiao Mu glanced at his own Sculpted Image, which sat serenely upright, exuding the dignity of a Land God.

When Xiao Mu last visited his temple, he himself still ranked as a Land God.

Now, having ascended to the rank of City God, he just hadn't had the chance to update his Sculpted Image accordingly yet.

Focusing on the Sculpted Image, Xiao Mu's thoughts shifted, and the Divine Power of the City God emanated from him, instantly connecting with his Sculpted Image on the altar table.

The aura exuding from the surface of the Sculpted Image changed immediately, transitioning from that of a Land God to the aura of a City God.

Xiao Mu looked at the Sculpted Image, divine light shining forth simultaneously from his eyes, penetrating the surface of the Sculpted Image as though it had the power to see directly within.

Inside the Sculpted Image was Xiao Mu's own flesh and blood.

At this very moment, having absorbed the Power of Incense Fire for several months, this mass of flesh and blood had become noticeably more spirited, bearing the breath of life.

Xiao Mu nodded in satisfaction; if things continued this way, just a few more months would be needed before all of the Power of Incense Fire required for the resurrection of his Undying Divine Body would be gathered.

"Xiao kid, take me to see my temple," suddenly, the voice of the God of Five Virtues came from the Black Jade Plate.

"Senior hasn't spoken for quite some time." Hearing the God of Five Virtue's voice once more caught Xiao Mu by surprise, and he couldn't help but express his astonishment.

It had been at least three months since the last time he secluded himself, during which time the God of Five Virtues had never spoken.

The voice of the God of Five Virtues once again emanated from the Black Jade Plate, "I've been endeavoring daily to absorb the Power of Incense Fire, hoping to break free from the Sealed state at the earliest, naturally leaving me with no time to talk to you."

"Xiao kid, take me to see my temple. I must make sure that the person offering incense daily is not slacking off."

"All right, Senior, I'll take you there now," Xiao Mu responded verbally to the God of Five Virtues while internally he disagreed; the Mortals selected to offer incense to the divine effigies in the Temple District were all carefully chosen and reliable individuals from the Ruins, so how could they possibly slack off in offering incense to the divine effigies?

But since the God of Five Virtues had said so, Xiao Mu naturally would not argue.

Stepping out from his own temple, he made his way to the temple of the Divine Monarch Wu De.

The distance between the Divine Monarch Wu De's temple and Xiao Mu's wasn't too far, and the temples were similarly modest in size. The only difference was that the Divine Monarch Wu De's temple contained an incense burner that was a treasure of the True Gods, while the incense burner in Xiao Mu's temple was but an ordinary one.

In terms of receiving Incense Fire, ordinary incense burners were far from comparable to that of the True Gods.

However, since Divine Monarch Wu De had completely lost his body, he not only needed to reconstruct his Divine Body, but also had to free himself from the sealed state within the Black Jade Plate. Relatively speaking, the difficulty was much greater than Xiao Mu's rebirth through his Undying Divine Body.

Not to mention, Xiao Mu's Sculpted Image contains his own flesh and blood, while Divine Monarch Wu De's contains nothing, which makes the difficulty gap even wider.

Before long, he arrived at the Divine Monarch Wu De's temple.

Inside the temple, the Sculpted Image of Divine Monarch Wu De sat upright on the altar table, with an incense burner before him that seemed unimpressive but faintly emitted soft Golden Light, carrying the aura of a True God.

Three sticks of Mutant Incense were inserted into the incense burner at that time.

Once the Mutant Incense was lit, the smoke evenly released as it burned.

But as the smoke was released, it didn't dissipate into the air, instead rushing towards the Sculpted Image of Divine Monarch Wu De.

Divine Monarch Wu De's Sculpted Image continuously radiated Golden Light, vaguely possessing a holy attraction. This power of attraction guided the direction of the Incense Fire, causing the Sculpted Image to completely absorb the Incense Fire, not a single bit escaping outward.

Xiao Mu saw this and couldn't help but secretly sigh to himself.

A True God incense burner truly isn't an ordinary Treasure. If it were an ordinary incense burner, even a Divine Spirits incense burner, it would cause the Incense Fire to dissipate, unable to absorb one hundred percent of the Incense Fire.

But with a True God incense burner, one can ensure that one hundred percent of the Incense Fire is absorbed, not a bit leaked.

This means that with the same incense offerings, the same amount of Incense Fire, using a True God incense burner would make the efficiency much higher than using an ordinary burner.

As for the ordinary incense burner that Xiao Mu used, the efficiency of absorbing Incense Fire was even lower, probably less than ten percent.

Xiao Mu obviously didn't care about these things. He was merely relying on his Undying Divine Body for rebirth, and his need for the Power of Incense Fire was far less than that of Divine Monarch Wu De.

"It's not bad, at this rate, within a year I will be able to completely break through the seal and be reborn," said Divine Monarch Wu De's voice as it once again emanated from the Black Jade Plate, sounding very satisfied, "The Mortals who have offered incense to me haven't been lazy, they deserve a reward."

"Xiao kid, call in the Mortals who take care of my Sculpted Image, I want to say a few words to them."

"This..."

Xiao Mu did not expect Divine Monarch Wu De to make such a request and hesitated for a while before agreeing, "All right, predecessor, please wait a moment."

Saying this, Xiao Mu walked out of the temple gate, looked towards the right side of the doorway frame, and finally found an Electronic Bell.

Xiao Mu pressed the Electronic Bell and then quietly waited.

About half an hour later, an electric moped drove from a distance, stopping near the temple of Divine Monarch Wu De, followed by five Mortal men getting off the moped.

From the beginning to the end, these five Mortal men were very quiet, even the moped made no noise as it arrived.

This practice was deliberate, in order to avoid disturbing the Divine Spirits in the temple; otherwise, if high-noise motorcycles or modified vehicles came in, blaring noise every day would blow the Incense Fire away, obviating the need for any divine offerings.

"Greetings, Divine Being!"

"We pay our respects to the Divine Being."

"We bow to the Divine Being."

Upon seeing Xiao Mu, the five Mortals hurried over to pay their respects, with a profoundly respectful demeanor, deeply bowing their waists, their voices tinged with trepidation, not daring to look at Xiao Mu.

"There's no need to be formal. I am just an ordinary person, like all of you."

Xiao Mu spoke amicably to the five Mortals and then asked, "You all serve the Incense Fire, right?"

The five Mortal men still couldn't hide their restraint. After hearing Xiao Mu's inquiry, a man in his forties mustered the courage to step forward.

The man still kept his head down, not daring to look at Xiao Mu, and respectfully responded, "In reply to the Divine Being, the area for Incense Fire in the Ruins of the Great Tang is divided into thirteen regions. We five are in charge of the twelfth district, which is this area."

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