The tall and thin man left the Great Courtyard and headed straight for a car.

Soon, the car started and drove away.

Stirred, Xiao Mu instantly created a duplicate and flew in the direction the car had taken off, then flapped his wings to land, transforming into the tall thin man's appearance, and returned the same way he came.

"Mr. Qi, why have you come back?"

As Xiao Mu returned the same way, he feigned panic and ran towards the entrance of the courtyard. One of the two gatekeepers approached him and greeted him.

"I forgot the keys at home," Xiao Mu rasped, adjusting his voice to avoid being recognized.

"Please come in!"

The short, plump gatekeeper eagerly gestured for Xiao Mu to enter the courtyard.

"Thank you!"

Xiao Mu rasped a thank you and stepped in with big strides.

The plump man was clearly taken aback and waited for Xiao Mu to enter the courtyard before he whispered to the other gatekeeper, "Why has Mr. Qi suddenly become so polite?"

"Who knows?" the other man replied indifferently.

Xiao Mu's heart tightened; he had only taken on the tall man's appearance, but knew nothing about his voice, personality, identity, or background. The conversation between the gatekeepers put him on alert.

It seemed that Mr. Qi had a bad temper; he would have to be careful not to reveal his identity.

He looked at the Spire's location and headed straight there.

As he approached, two men from the Early Stage of Yin God Realm came towards him, surprised they said, "Mr. Qi, why have you come back?"

"I left keys inside. Why, can't I come back?" Xiao Mu responded irritably, disguising his voice.

"Oh! Of course not, Mr. Qi, please!"

The man from the Yin God Realm who had asked, awkwardly smiled and made way for Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu passed the two men without saying a word and hurried towards the Spire.

He again encountered Mutated Beings who asked him questions, and Xiao Mu handled them using the same method.

Half an hour later, he had reached the base of the Spire.

The Spire, located in a large courtyard, was surrounded by a sparse environment, completely paved with stone slabs without a single lawn or garden.

The Spire was cylindrical, covering a large area, and the exterior was a light cyan color.

At the front and center of the Spire was a large door, perfectly aligned externally. Inside the Spire, near the door, stood a colossal divine statue.

In front of the statue was an incense burner, and on the Square, a large crowd of ordinary people were bowing in worship towards the top of the Spire.

Xiao Mu's sharp gaze scanned the crowd, swiftly spotting Zhao Jingyan's wife Tian Zhen.

Beside Tian Zhen stood a fifty-something-year-old fat woman dressed in baggy jeans and a grey-black long-sleeved T-shirt, with a thick and long gold chain necklace dangling nearly to her navel.

But whether it was Tian Zhen, the fat woman, or any other ordinary person, not a single one made a sound. They all maintained a solemn reverence, straightened their bodies after their worship, and then one by one approached the statue to offer incense.

Xiao Mu's gaze shifted to the divine statue, which was not human-shaped but an abstract figure.

The statue stood on the Altar, thin with wings on its back, a monkey face with eagle claws, holding a hammer in its left hand, and a sharp cone-like object in its right.

"Thunder God? Is this an imagined image of Qing Jie's Thunder God by the villagers?"

The divine image on the Altar made Xiao Mu doubtful, initially thinking that this deity must be an incarnation of Qing Jie's Thunder God.

Were the villagers of Twilight Forest Village worshipping Qing Jie's Thunder God?

"Cough, cough!"

A deep cough sounded on Xiao Mu's left side, and turning his head, he saw a man from the Early Stage of Yin God Realm standing beside him.

"Mr. Qi, please show respect to the Divine Spirit!"

Seeing Xiao Mu turn his gaze, the man from the Yin God Realm lowered his voice to caution him.

Have them worship Qing Jie's Thunder God?

Xiao Mu instantly grasped the situation; he had been standing for too long while others worshipped, only he stood aside uninvolved, an odd behavior that provoked dissatisfaction among the observant Mutated Beings.

Surely they won't actually make me worship Qing Jie's Thunder God? First, I'll ask him if he can endure a salute from me.

Now at the Mid-Stage of Divine Spirit and not far from the later stages, Xiao Mu held a Town God's position, and though his Realm might be slightly lower than that of Qing Jie's Thunder God, as a True God of the Divine Spirit Level, he was marginally superior to the Thunder God's Position.

Indeed, Qing Jie's Thunder...

Yet, in this situation, insisting on not worshipping would only reveal his movement.

After looking around, a plan swiftly took form in Xiao Mu's mind, and he indifferently responded to the Mutated Being man, "How do you know I won't worship? Move aside, don't bother me."

"Hehe! Mr. Qi, please!"

The embarrassed Mutated Being chuckled, then stepped back a few paces, widening the distance from Xiao Mu, yet kept his eyes keenly on him, supervising, curious to see whether he would worship or not.

Pretending to brush through his hair, Xiao Mu secretly pulled out a strand and discreetly blew on it.

As power flowed into the hair, it transformed into his likeness, while his true form (which was also a duplicate, his real body still perched in a tree outside resembling a sparrow) quickly merged into a shadow ahead.

Xiao Mu, with his Divine Spirit Realm strength, was far too potent for the people present. Coupled with his stealth, none of the surrounding Mutated Beings of the Yin God Realm noticed anything amiss.

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