Xiao Mu was taken aback.

In the man's Spiritual Consciousness, apart from the greyish-white Supreme Power that prevented others from probing, there was also another force that suddenly erupted to destroy Spiritual Sense to prevent detection. This had foiled Xiao Mu's plan to search the man's memory for information.

"The people of the Heavenly Court are not that foolish, either," Xiao Mu murmured in a low voice, impressed by their ability to keep Secrets after a leakage of information upon the first probe.

No wonder, despite the Heavenly Court's strength, they are at a disadvantage in the Human world. If their operation targets were so easily exposed, they would have been eradicated by a mass campaign long ago.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Escape Light flared, accompanied by a streak of Spiritual Light. In a moment, it reached in front of Xiao Mu, and the Ghost Servant and Li Gujian both revealed themselves.

"Reporting to our esteemed master, we have found one!"

The Ghost Servant knelt on one knee and reported to Xiao Mu.

"Well done," Xiao Mu praised, casually taking the Ghost Servant back.

He then turned to look towards Li Gujian.

Li Gujian looked extremely haggard, with Bloodstains on his head, face, and body, but fortunately, most of them were superficial wounds that didn't affect his Divine Sense, so they were not serious.

"Thank you, Brother Mu, for your timely rescue, or else I might have perished here."

Li Gujian was eternally grateful and wore a relieved expression as he thanked Xiao Mu.

"Brother Li, you're welcome. What exactly happened after you entered Yu Mansion?"

As Xiao Mu spoke, he sent a ball of Life Force into Li Gujian, who immediately started to heal at a visibly quick pace.

"Life Force! Brother Mu, you've actually cultivated Life Force!" Li Gujian's eyes widened in shock.

"Life Force is nothing special."

Xiao Mu waved his hand nonchalantly.

Life Force is nothing special? Just who is this Brother Mu?

Li Gujian's eyes widened even further.

"Cough cough!"

He cleared his throat, came back to his senses, and continued to answer Xiao Mu's question, "It was Yu Qin, Lan Yan, and Chen Bugou. I never would have thought that all three of them had betrayed the Human world and defected to the Heavenly Court. As soon as I entered Yu Mansion, I was captured by them but, for some reason, they didn't kill me immediately. Instead, they used the Execution Stake to restrict my movements."

They didn't immediately kill you, probably because they wanted to deal with me first.

Xiao Mu answered to himself inside, but aloud he asked, "Even Lan Yan betrayed the Heavenly Court?"

As soon as he asked, Xiao Mu understood.

No important clues about the abnormal murders had been uncovered in Twilight Forest Village, likely because Lan Yan, the captain of the Village Protection Team, had been providing cover.

Li Gujian nodded emphatically, his face filled with indignation, "And Yu Qin, the senior respected by the villagers. I should have suspected earlier. This 'Respected Senior' gained a tremendous and astonishing increase in power. It should have appeared suspicious; it turns out he obtained it by betraying the Human world in favor of the Heavenly Court. Yu Qin, he's dead."

As he spoke, Li Gujian suddenly noticed the fifty-something-year-old Corpse killed by Xiao Mu on the ground and exclaimed in shock.

"Is this the 'Respected Senior' you mentioned?"

Xiao Mu glanced at the Corpse, then turned back to Li Gujian.

The man's identity was something Xiao Mu had vaguely guessed, and Li Gujian's words merely confirmed his suspicion.

Li Gujian nodded angrily, "Yes, that's him. Yu Qin was already an Early Divine Spirit Realm expert with the position of 'door god.' Brother Mu, you managed to kill him; it's unbelievable."

He looked up at Xiao Mu, amazement mixing with disbelief.

"Early Divine Spirit Realm means nothing to me," Xiao Mu shook his hand dismissively, "This man wanted to use an Array to suppress me. I broke the Heaven and Earth Extermination Array effortlessly, and then I subdued him with a counterattack."

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