Gu Ya Perfected did not answer the question, but the surrounding Black Mist suddenly intensified.

Zhao Jingyan immediately understood Gu Ya Perfected's attitude, thought for a while, and ultimately gritted his teeth, unable to resist the allure of obtaining information, "Perfected, I agree, you may add limitations to my Divine Sense?"

The Black Mist suddenly became still, and with a wave of his hand, Gu Ya Perfected shot a black light into Zhao Jingyan's body.

Zhao Jingyan only felt a slight dizziness, and a faint smell of blood at his nose, followed by a loss of any sensation.

The next moment, when he fully regained consciousness, he heard Cui Lin calling out to him, "Brother Zhao, we can go now."

Zhao Jingyan raised his head and saw Cui Lin's smiling face, and when he turned to look at Gu Ya Perfected's seat again, it was empty, the Perfected had already left at some unknown time.

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"Xiao Li, well done!"

"Xiao Li, you really are remarkable! You've made significant contributions to the Village Protection Team in just a few days after joining, I wish I could be as capable as you."

"Xiao Li, haha! When Xiao Li comes, we have to get together at my brother's house for a good chat!"

En route to the Village Protection Team leader Yu Jiasheng's office, Li Gujian encountered several members of the Village Protection Team greeting him with smiles, showing their admiration.

Li Gujian returned each greeting with a smile, until his face felt sore from smiling.

After greeting another member of the Village Protection Team, Li Gujian rubbed his slightly sore cheeks, "Being too outstanding can be a burden, too; and how could you know that without Brother Mu's support, it would have been impossible for me to make significant contributions to the Village Protection Team in such a short period?"

Talking to himself, he walked up to the office door with a brownish-red door.

Knock, knock, knock!

Li Gujian knocked, and the next moment he heard a very magnetic 'come in'.

Li Gujian pushed the door and entered the office, where he then saw the Village Protection Team leader Yu Jiasheng, a Mutated Being man who appeared to be around forty years old with a sharp aura about him.

The leader's presence had grown stronger, and it was very likely that he had advanced to the Divine Spirits Realm.

The oppressive aura exuding from Yu Jiasheng made Li Gujian involuntarily guess that the other's strength had reached the Divine Spirits Realm.

"Xiao Li, take a seat! A young hero emerges; I have read your report, and you truly are a young talent."

As soon as Yu Jiasheng saw Li Gujian, he stood up from his seat, warmly led Li Gujian to the sofa to sit down and gave him a thumbs up, unreservedly showing his appreciation.

"The leader flatters me!" Li Gujian responded modestly to Yu Jiasheng.

Yu Jiasheng affably said, "Flattery? No, no, Xiao Li, you are in the Early Stage of the Yin God Realm, and in less than a month of joining the Village Protection Team, you have made continuous significant contributions. This is a first in the history of the Village Protection Team."

"Such a young talent like you is a first for our Village Protection Team as well. Therefore, I have decided to start focusing on nurturing you from today."

"Given that you will soon break through to the Mid Yin God Realm, the Village Protectm Team has decided to provide you with Energy Fruit to help you break through. In addition, the Village Protection Team also decided to reward you with two manuals of Divine Powers, one Five Elements True Fire Art and one Five Elements True Wood Art. Xiao Li, cultivate diligently and do not disappoint the Village Protection Team's trust in you!"

Five Elements True Soil Art? Five Elements True Wood Art?

Li Gujian was surprised but also felt a hint of joy in his heart.

If he could have obtained these two Secret Manuals before meeting Xiao Mu, he would have been ecstatic. However, his recent contact with Xiao Mu, even having seen the Spirit Tablet business, made him no longer care about such low-level Divine Powers Manuals.

Nevertheless, regarding the rewards, Li Gujian quickly thanked him.

"No need to thank me, this is what you deserve," Yu Jiasheng said, patting Li Gujian's shoulder appreciatively.

"Leader, I have important information to report!" Li Gujian said earnestly.

"Important information? Tell me!" Yu Jiasheng's face immediately became serious.

"It's about Retribution, leader. The Retribution that appeared not long ago..." Li Gujian relayed the information obtained from Xiao Mu from beginning to end, without any concealment.

The more Yu Jiasheng listened, the heavier his expression became. Not long ago, he had advanced from the Peak of the Yin God Realm into the Divine Spirits Realm and was currently applying for Divine Spirit position business at the Great Tang Ruins; it was expected that he would get it soon.

Owning a position business and entering the Early Divine Spirit Realm, he was initially proud and elated about his increased strength.

But now, the information about the Divine Monarch of Retribution provided by Li Gujian deeply frightened him.

That was the Divine Monarch of Retribution, a True God of the Retribution System, and such a formidable True God had appeared in Twilight Forest Village; Yu Jiasheng was nearly frightened enough to faint upon hearing this news.

However, Li Gujian's mention of True Gods from the Human World let him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness we also have True God powerhouses protecting the human world, or else everyone would indeed be in danger. Xiao Li, your information is very timely and extremely important to our Village Protection Team."

"This is another merit for you, I've noted it down. Once I've researched it thoroughly, I'll distribute the merit to you."

"Leader, I don't care about the reward, as long as no one on our Village Protection Team encounters any accidents, that's good enough."

Li Gujian was very adept at dealing with people.

After a few more words, Li Gujian left Yu Jiasheng's office.

"A young prodigy, this Xiao Li is indeed a young prodigy. To think he has gathered information about True Gods, such a person is worthy of any price to cultivate."

As soon as Li Gujian left, Yu Jiasheng sighed again, his admiration for Li Gujian seemingly stronger than he had just shown.

"Xiao Li is indeed a talent. To think that a talent of this level would appear in our Village Protection Team, it's almost inconceivable like a dream!"

A scholarly looking man walked out from the inner part of the office, echoing a sentiment similar to Yu Jiasheng's.

This scholarly man emanated an aura of the later stages of the Yin God Realm and was none other than the new leader of the Village Protection Team, Qian Xu.

"Is there any news about Lan Yan?"

Yu Jiasheng wasn't surprised by Qian Xu's appearance and turned his head to glance at him.

"The Village Protection Team is still intensively investigating, but there is no information about this person yet!" Guilt flashed across Qian Xu's face.

Brother Mu is really formidable!

Even after walking out from Yu Jiasheng's office, the excitement in Li Gujian's heart was irrepressible.

Following Brother Mu is truly promising. Information casually provided by Brother Mu turns into significant merit once it reaches the Village Protection Team.

Continue the search for data, hoping to find more about the Mutated Beings from beyond and the Thunder God of Qing Jie, and exchange resources from Brother Mu.

Muttering to himself, Li Gujian returned to the Data Room to continue searching for data with Zhu Ping.

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The cellphone suddenly vibrated—there was a message!

Xiao Mu's heart fluttered as he had been patiently awaiting information from Li Jiesheng for more than two days.

Struggling to control his emotions, he took out his cellphone, his eagerness making him check the message immediately.

The message was indeed from Li Jiesheng.

Upon glancing at it, Xiao Mu was stunned and stared in disbelief at the information on his cellphone.

"Spire? Qu Jingyi? Sharp Tower Seventh Layer, the Spire is related to the Mutated Beings from beyond? How can this be?"

The information from Li Jiesheng took Xiao Mu by surprise; the gathering place of the Mutated Beings from beyond mentioned by Li Jiesheng was actually in the Spire.

The Spire was where Qu Jingyi used the Thunder God of Qing Jie to spread faith, and Xiao Mu had previously explored there without finding anything unusual.

Even with Qu Jingyi, Xiao Mu had found nothing abnormal about him.

Was the information provided by Li Jiesheng true or false?

Xiao Mu couldn't help but doubt the information provided by Li Jiesheng, yet Qu Jingyi's strange behavior also aroused his suspicions.

If the information provided by Li Jiesheng was true, could it be that Qu Jingyi had defected to the beyond?

This would make sense then.

And what about the Ge father and son? Their actions were equally strange, and having long been in cahoots with Qu Jingyi, could it also be because they had defected to the beyond?

No matter what, now that there was a clue, it was time to explore for himself.

Seventh Layer, Sharp Tower Seventh Layer, during the last exploration, due to the obstruction of a powerhouse's Divine Sense, he had not successfully entered, giving him a perfect opportunity to thoroughly explore inside and out this time.

Xiao Mu escaped from the window and deployed the Earth Escape Technique toward the direction of the Spire.

Halfway there, Xiao Mu suddenly stopped, and took a black Command Token from an altar table of a dilapidated Land God temple.

This was a Command Token provided by Li Jiesheng to pass through the Sharp Tower Seventh Layer, allowing him to enter the final level of the Spire without triggering the Array.

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