Zhao Jingyan waved his hand again and took the opportunity to remind Tian Zhen,

"Our family has always been very quiet. How about this? I'll take Brother Mu, Big Brother Zhu, and Little Brother Li to see the house while you prepare to entertain the guests."

"That's a good idea! Brother Mu, Brother Zhu, and Little Brother Li, please follow Tian Zhen and take a look at the house. After viewing it, come down and I'll treat you to some tea."

Then, Tian Zhen took Xiao Mu, Zhu Ping, and Li Gujian to see the house. It was a spacious and immaculate room, not much furniture inside but precisely suitable for Mutated Beings like them.

Whether it was Xiao Mu, Zhu Ping, or Li Gujian, all were satisfied with their accommodations. After viewing the house, they came down from upstairs, joined Zhao Jingyan for some tea, exchanged a few words, and shared some information. Xiao Mu then returned to his own room.

Once back in his room, he immediately started cultivation, taking out Energy Fruits and consuming them one by one, turning them into absorbed power.

He had taken enough Energy Fruits from the Logistics Department at the Great Tang Ruins to potentially advance to the later stages of the Divine Spirits Realm once all were absorbed.

So far, Xiao Mu had consumed quite a few Energy Fruits. At this rate, he estimated he could smoothly advance to the later stages of the Divine Spirits Realm in three months.

This cultivation continued until the evening. At nightfall, Xiao Mu thought about exploring the Thunder Pit, ceased his cultivation, stood by the window, and looked in the direction of the Thunder Pit.

Shortly after, he jumped out of the window, turned into a Little Sparrow using Changeable Divine Technique, and flew out of the Zhao Family's residence.

Whether it was Zhao Jingyan, Zhu Ping, or Li Gujian, none of these Yin God Realm cultivators noticed Xiao Mu's departure.

After flying a certain distance from the Zhao Family, Xiao Mu transformed back into his true form and used the Earth Escape Technique to head toward the Thunder Pit.

He moved quickly. Although he deliberately concealed his strength without using the Five Escapes Combined Technique to avoid unnecessary complications, he still arrived at the Thunder Pit in just over ten minutes.

Crack! Sizzle! Booming!

Thunders, thunderclaps, and the sparks caused by the thunderbolts continuously burst from the Thunder Pit, and torrents of energy gathered in the air. The air ignited spontaneously, sending a burnt odor wafting through.

Xiao Mu took a step forward and reached the edge of the Thunder Pit. The power of the Five Elements supported his feet, and his body slowly sank toward the bottom of the Thunder Pit under his control.

Crack!

As if sensing Xiao Mu's presence, the Thunder Pit's spirituality reacted. A bolt of thunder roared, aiming directly at Xiao Mu's head.

A flash of Golden Light enveloped Xiao Mu's body instantaneously with divine power.

The thunderbolt struck the divine authority but slid off to the side like a droplet on glass, not harming Xiao Mu in the slightest.

Crack! Booming!

The spirituality residing in the Thunder Pit seemed infuriated by the ineffectiveness of the first bolt. It followed with a series of relentless thunderclaps and thunderbolts aimed at Xiao Mu.

Whoosh! Buzz!

Xiao Mu's body released a Golden Light, covered by divine authority, allowing the thunderbolts and thunderclaps to strike him one after another without moving him an inch.

Xiao Mu continued to sink, and finally, beneath the canopy of thunderbolts and thunderclaps, he landed on the bottom of the pit, his feet firmly on the ground.

"Thunder Pit, traces caused by the Thunder God Qing Jie's attack. There must be residual energy still here."

Standing in the Thunder Pit and using the divine authority to fend off the surrounding thunderbolts, Xiao Mu observed the environment.

Finally, his gaze landed on the marks caused by the Illusion of Thunder City, staring intently at the traces.

Chiseling!

The spirituality left by the Illusion of Thunder City sensed Xiao Mu's threat and suddenly transformed into a flash of green light, striking like lightning toward Xiao Mu's head.

Within the green light, the Illusion of Thunder City appeared intermittently, breaking through the obstacles unimpeded, emitting a blinding light, sharp and immense like a mountain crushing down toward Xiao Mu's head.

Xiao Mu was not flustered. If it had been the Thunder God Qing Jie himself attacking, perhaps he would have had to exert some effort. But the residual energy traces left by Qing Jie's attack certainly couldn't affect him.

Seeing the Illusion of Thunder City approaching, Xiao Mu stretched out his hand and grabbed directly at it.

Golden Light flashed in his hand, and the divine authority was fiercely released. Struggling screams erupted, and in the next moment, Xiao Mu had the Illusion of Thunder City grasped in his hand. It looked like a tiny creature shaped like a city, struggling continuously in his palm.

But this Illusion of Thunder City was suppressed by the divine authority wielded by Xiao Mu and no matter how much it struggled, it couldn't escape from the palm of his hand.

"If I could figure out the principle behind the formation of the Thunder City Illusion, perhaps I could master the Divine Avatar Cultivation method in advance."

Musing to himself, Xiao Mu reached for the Thunder City Illusion; a trace of Divine Sense flowed from his hand, directly entering the Illusion.

Crack!

The Thunder City Illusion shattered in Xiao Mu's hands, but a residual consciousness like black smoke scattered out.

Xiao Mu reached out again and grasped the smoke-like residual consciousness, his eyes suddenly brightening, with two divine lights shooting from them, as a bulge of Divine Sense stretched into the black smoke to explore.

Before long, Xiao Mu opened his eyes satisfactorily.

From the Divine Sense exploration he had just performed, he analyzed the residual consciousness left by the Thunder City Illusion and finally discovered that the formation of the illusion was closely related to one's own power, resulting from continuously merging various cultivated energies into the Divine Avatar.

The cultivation of the illusion is related to the Divine Avatar? After becoming a divine spirit, does all cultivation actually serve the Divine Avatar?

Xiao Mu pondered, having gained much from his exploration of the residual consciousness in the Thunder City Illusion.

So-called Divine Avatar, bluntly put, was actually about divine authority. After becoming a divine spirit, true cultivation then targeted authority.

It seems the Lord of Bai's Mansion was right; for cultivators of the True Realm, the cultivation of authority is indeed the most crucial part.

"Unfortunately!"

Xiao Mu looked towards the remnants in the Thunder Pit; although there was still some power residual, it had already weakened a lot and the spirituality had significantly diminished.

The residual consciousness within the spirituality of this Thunder Pit was too scant; after all, it was just a strike from Qing Jie's Thunder God, insufficient for him to glean more information from the Thunder Pit.

"Never mind, I hope to find more information related to Qing Jie's Thunder God. The death event of the mutated beings in Twilight Forest Village may be related to Thunder God Qing Jie. Considering that each mutated being died from an attack by Divine Avatar, these deaths, even if not directly caused by Qing Jie's Thunder God, must be related to someone associated with him."

"Next, I need to find out who killed the mutated beings in Twilight Forest Village and also track down Qing Jie's Thunder God."

In a flicker of thought, Xiao Mu had already devised a plan.

Suddenly, his expression shifted; he sensed a connection from thousands of miles away.

"Someone is contacting me through Divine Avatar; who is it?"

As his thoughts moved, Xiao Mu extended his Divine Sense, connecting with that distant Divine Avatar.

"Senior Huang."

Using the Divine Avatar, Xiao Mu opened his eyes and immediately saw Huang Yuan.

"You came quite swiftly, Xiao boy, does our previous agreement still stand?"

Huang Yuan's tone was as firm as before.

"Of course it stands. Is there something you needed from me, Senior?"

Xiao Mu vocalized through the Divine Avatar, well aware of Huang Yuan's temper—that a sudden contact meant there must be something important.

"Good to know. You asked Old Yan and me to help find an artifact for the Lord of Bai's Mansion, and I've found one. Take a look and see if it satisfies you."

As Huang Yuan spoke, he waved his hand, and an object appeared on the altar table where Xiao Mu's Divine Avatar was. It was an object that looked like a piece of black iron, about the size of a regular book, dull and unlit, with no distinctive features visible on its surface.

With his Divine Avatar, Xiao Mu reached out his right hand and took the black iron-like object into his hand.

Incense Fire smoke billowed out, and amidst the swirling smoke, the black iron-like object disappeared from Xiao Mu's Divine Avatar's hand, appearing in Xiao Mu's physical hand a second later.

"What is this?"

Holding the black iron piece, Xiao Mu immediately probed with Divine Sense. A faint spirituality emanated from the piece, yet it was suppressed by a power similar to an Array, making it impossible to detect any information within the piece unless the Array was broken.

However, following that, Xiao Mu sensed a familiar aura from the black iron piece.

This black iron piece, like the ancient tile he had received before, contained information left by the Lord of Bai's Mansion.

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