"Brother Mu knows more than you think, Zhu," Zhao Jingyan suddenly interjected, taking over for Li Gujian. "I saw you heading out, Zhu. Were you possibly trying to address that very issue? Why not stay and hear what Brother Mu has to say?"

"Zhao... you..."

Zhu Ping was surprised, glancing at Li Gujian and then back at Zhao Jingyan, even more puzzled as to why even Zhao Jingyan seemed to think highly of Xiao Mu. He had encountered Xiao Mu before, but how come he had never realized his capabilities?

"Brother Zhu, it's good to listen together!" Li Gujian took the opportunity to persuade him to stay.

"Well... alright!" After thinking it over for a moment, Zhu Ping was hesitant but eventually agreed, deciding to listen first.

But he still couldn't believe it, was this Brother Mu really that remarkable? Why did Xiao Li and Old Zhao both seem to think so highly of him? Why didn't he know?

With Zhu Ping's mind filled with doubts, the four of them headed to the Zhao family's living room. Tian Zhen poured tea for each of them before leaving, letting them talk in the living room.

"If I'm not mistaken, Zhu, the urgent matter you were taking care of is related to that issue, right?" Zhao Jingyan appeared more relaxed, lifting his teacup to drink.

Li Gujian also picked up his teacup to relax. Because he trusted Xiao Mu, he felt very calm at the moment.

"It turns out Zhao knows what I was dealing with too. Currently, the Village Protection Team is in chaos, as is the Supervision Team." Zhu Ping lifted his teacup to his lips, initially intending to drink, but hastily put it down again.

He was too anxious to even think about tea.

Zhao Jingyan sighed, "This morning, when the incident happened, I specifically stopped Tian Zhen from going out. What exactly happened? It seems like many people in the village died?"

The Divine Monarch Guobao had not appeared at Zhao's, so Zhao Jingyan wasn't aware of what had specifically happened.

"A Retribution might wielder appeared, wreaking havoc in the village, dispensing Retribution everywhere. Many faced their fates, including the Mutated Beings and ordinary people. There were casualties among both the Village Protection Team and the Supervision Team."

Zhu Ping briefly described the events, his expression somewhat panicked, filled with dread towards the so-called wielders of Retribution.

While speaking, he glanced at Xiao Mu, curious if Xiao Mu was aware of what he was talking about.

Xiao Mu smiled and did not hurry to respond.

This only added to Zhu Ping's sense of Xiao Mu's inscrutable depth.

"Retribution wielder, could it be Thunder God?" Zhao Jingyan, hearing about the wielders of Retribution, immediately thought of Thunder God, showing slight unease.

Dark clouds had appeared over Twilight Forest Village, a sign of Qing Jie Thunder God, feared by all villagers.

Although Zhao Jingyan now had a position among the Divine Spirits and Xiao Mu was present, his fear of the Thunder God was deep-seated and couldn't be shaken off immediately.

Li Gujian, in contrast, was much calmer, showing no signs of panic.

"Highly possible!"

Zhu Ping gave an uncertain response; he didn't know which Retribution wielder had appeared that morning. Even if it was the Thunder God, it still filled him with dread; with his power, he could never face a Thunder God.

"Is it Qing Jie Thunder God?"

Zhao Jingyan was slightly panicked.

The deeply ingrained stress made him fear Qing Jie Thunder God innately, something that couldn't be changed momentarily.

"We're not sure yet!" Zhu Ping's answer lacked confidence.

"Brother Mu, do you know who it is?"

Li Gujian cleverly asked Xiao Mu.

Hearing this, Zhao Jingyan lit up with hope and turned to Xiao Mu, imploringly, "Brother Mu must know who it is, please tell us."

Seeing this, Zhu Ping again found himself stunned.

Did this Brother Mu... really know who it was? Why did Xiao Li and Old Zhao both think he definitely knew?

Strange, why can't I see anything special about him?

Zhu Ping wondered, looking at Xiao Mu.

Just then, Xiao Mu calmly replied to Li Gujian, "It's Divine Monarch Guobao!"

"Divine Monarch Guobao!"

Brother Mu really knew who it was, and Li Gujian's expression became slightly excited.

"Divine Monarch Guobao!"

I knew it, Brother Mu couldn't possibly be unaware. Zhao Jingyan breathed a sigh of relief, and the name Divine Monarch Guobao that Xiao Mu answered reassured him considerably.

Brother Mu actually knew who that powerful being was? Who exactly is Divine Monarch Guobao? Is he also a Divine Spirit?

All three were hearing this name for the first time and didn't clearly know who exactly Divine Monarch Guobao was; their reactions varied because of their different understandings of Xiao Mu.

After a while, Zhu Ping finally asked, "Brother Mu, who is Divine Monarch Guobao?"

Xiao Mu picked up his teacup and leisurely took a sip, "Divine Monarch Guobao is a True God from the Heavenly Court, specifically from the Retribution department, and to be exact, he is Thunder God's superior, an existence even more powerful than Thunder God."

A True God! Divine Monarch Guobao is a True God?

The three simultaneously fell into a daze, a True God—that wasn't merely terrifying, that was an existence they looked up to, perhaps an existence they could never reach.

However, different from Zhu Ping, Zhao Jingyan and Li Gujian only felt slight panic and soon calmed down, regaining their composure.

Both had confidence in Xiao Mu, although not knowing how strong a True God really was, they subconsciously thought that Xiao Mu might not necessarily be without means to cope.

"A True God, why would he enter Twilight Forest Village?"

Zhu Ping was very frightened, the title of True God alone was enough to send him into a panic.

"Don't panic, Brother Zhu, haha, even if he is a True God, Brother Mu might not necessarily be without means to handle him," Li Gujian took his teacup, calmly drinking tea while casually comforting Zhu Ping.

"Yes, Old Zhu, don't overthink it, even if it's a True God, it's not a big deal. With Brother Mu here, he might not be able to do anything to us."

Zealous in his service, Zhao Jingyan filled Xiao Mu's cup with tea, and casually refilled for himself and Li Gujian. But when he was about to refill for Zhu Ping, he noticed Zhu Ping's cup was still full and, shaking his head, put down the teapot.

A True God is no big deal?

Zhu Ping could hardly believe his ears; were these two speaking beside him truly his friends? Were they the Zhao Jingyan and Li Gujian he knew?

Since when did a True God become someone to be looked down on? Even Xiao Li and Old Zhao dared to not take a True God seriously?

No, their fearlessness towards the True God was all because of Mu Huaqing; what exactly was Mu Huaqing's background that made Xiao Li and Old Zhao fear even True Gods because of him?

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The words of Li Gujian and Zhao Jingyan almost made Xiao Mu curse out loud!

A True God is no big deal? Even he wouldn't dare say such a thing, right?

The reason Zhao Jingyan and Li Gujian were so confident, however, was undoubtedly because of him. His previous actions had given them the misconception that he was as powerful as a True God, possibly even more powerful.

Xiao Mu really had no taste for belittling himself or exposing his own facade, so he could only respond lightly, "Xiao Li and Old Zhao are right, there's indeed nothing to worry about with a True God. Although Divine Monarch Guobao is strong, you all do not need to fear because there are also powerful beings in the human world."

"This morning, when Divine Monarch Guobao appeared, I was at the scene. The Divine Monarch targeted me, wanting to kill me, but in the end, he could do nothing to me."

"Later, as another powerful being from the human world arrived, Divine Monarch Guobao knew he was no match, so he fled in haste!"

What?

Not even Divine Monarch Guobao could trouble this Brother Mu?

Zhu Ping was completely stupefied, his mouth agape, hardly able to believe Xiao Mu's words.

However, Zhao Jingyan and Li Gujian were extremely composed. After hearing what Xiao Mu said, their faces even showed signs of relief and joy.

Indeed, I knew it. Even Divine Monarch Guobao couldn't possibly be a match for Brother Mu; he ended up being chased away by Brother Mu.

Xiao Mu calmly drank tea, cup in hand, but inwardly he was observing the reactions of the three. Their reactions had not at all deviated from his expectations.

However, his earlier response wasn't necessarily a lie; he had just omitted some details. Everything described was factual.

Divine Monarch Guobao indeed had attacked him, wanting to kill him, but the reason he hadn't killed him was not because of a lack of ability, but because he simply didn't know that he had used the Changeable Divine Technique to escape underground and evade the attack.

Yet, Zhu Ping, Zhao Jingyan, and Li Gujian, upon hearing it, inevitably believed that Divine Monarch Guobao hadn't killed Xiao Mu because he lacked the capability to do so.

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