Xiao Mu was very polite in his speech, and did not contempt the other for his lesser strength.

The man was stunned and then widened his eyes, staring fixedly at Xiao Mu, surprised he said: "You... you came from the outside world?"

This man actually guessed his origin.

"You could say that!"

Xiao Mu nodded.

"Greetings, Divine Spirits!"

The man suddenly knelt down towards Xiao Mu, extremely devout.

"Please rise, you must have mistaken me for someone else!"

Xiao Mu smiled and lifted his right hand, releasing an energy that helped the man up.

He is a deity, but certainly not of the same status as the divine spirits in the man's mind.

"Aren't you a divine envoy sent by Lord of Bai's Mansion?" the man looked at Xiao Mu, puzzled and confused.

Lord of Bai's Mansion?

This world is related to the Lord of Bai's Mansion?

The man's words astonished Xiao Mu; this man actually knew of the Lord of Bai's Mansion. Was this world under the control of the Lord of Bai's Mansion?

"One could say that!"

Xiao Mu pondered for a moment, deciding not to refute the man's words, and to gather information.

He was a member of the Eastern Realm, and the Lord of Bai's Mansion was the highest deity of the Eastern Realm, so it wasn't entirely wrong to say he was a subordinate of the Lord of Bai's Mansion.

"Long live Lord of Bai's Mansion!"

The man suddenly clasped his hands together, praying very devoutly, then his face showed tears, "It's been tens of thousands of years, we have been isolated from the outside world for tens of thousands of years, and finally the Mansion's envoy has come."

"How is the outside world? Has the Mansion's Lord settled the calamities? As a divine spirit under the Mansion's Lord, is your purpose of coming here to deal with the Ancient Ancestor of the Five Elements?"

Lord of Bai's Mansion? Calamities? Wait, Ancient Ancestor of the Five Elements?

To deal with the Ancient Ancestor of the Five Elements?

There's an Ancient Ancestor of the Five Elements here?

Xiao Mu was shocked, and his expression changed.

This place is actually where Lord of Bai's Mansion sealed the Ancient Ancestor of the Five Elements? So, it means that the place I entered is actually the Sealed Land of the Ancient Ancestor of the Five Elements.

Seeing the change in Xiao Mu's expression, the man's face also changed involuntarily, "Respected Envoy, did I say something wrong?"

Realizing that he had lost his composure, Xiao Mu quickly regained his calm, thought for a moment, and decided to face it frankly, "To be honest, my purpose for coming here is indeed related to the Ancient Ancestor of the Five Elements, but not directly connected to the Lord of Bai's Mansion."

"After the Ancient Great War, the Lord of Bai's Mansion disappeared, and we have all been searching for him. Rest assured..."

Seeing the man suddenly become somewhat terrified, Xiao Mu showed a smile and reassured: "We are on the same side as the Lord of Bai's Mansion, and I too am from the Eastern Realm."

"The Mansion's Lord has disappeared? After the Ancient Great War, even the Mansion's Lord has disappeared? No wonder no one has ever been sent in again."

The man suddenly became disheartened, the disappearance of the Lord of Bai's Mansion seemed to have shattered one of his beliefs.

After a long time, the man collected his thoughts and looked at Xiao Mu with a hint of wariness in his eyes, "Do you have something that can prove your identity?"

"Does the Geography Chronicles count?"

Xiao Mu casually took out his Geography Chronicles, which represented the land god's authority of the Cuiyun Mountain Region of the Great Tang ruins, and handed it over to the man for inspection.

The black Geography Chronicles, with geographic maps, represented the territory of the true land god of the Cuiyun Mountain Region.

"So it's the land god of the Eastern Realm, Jiang Yun pays his respects. Please forgive my rudeness, divine one!"

Jiang Yun held the Geography Chronicles above his head with both hands and once again knelt down towards Xiao Mu; one could fake identity, but could not fake authority, and the lordship of the Cuiyun Mountain Region's land god could not be faked – this was a realm overseen by the Lord of Bai's Mansion.

As a remnant under the rule of the Lord of Bai's Mansion from fifty thousand years ago, Jiang Yun recognized this Geography Chronicles.

"Please rise, Brother Jiang, I would like to inquire about some matters with you." Xiao Mu extended his hand to help Jiang Yun up.

"How dare I!"

Standing up, Jiang Yun was somewhat fearful, "Jiang Yun knows little; the questions the Respected Envoy might ask, Jiang Yun might not be able to answer. Please follow me back, my family has an elder grandfather, who might be able to answer the Respected Envoy's questions."

"Alright!"

Xiao Mu did not intend to waste time, but after hearing Jiang Yun's words, he decided to go back with him.

The more he understood, the better he could deal with the affairs in this world.

Jiang Yun took out a rough storage pouch and put the mountain cat's corpse inside, then headed in the southwest direction with Xiao Mu.

Since Jiang Yun's Realm was too low, he could only travel using his slow-moving physical techniques.

By this stage, Xiao Mu was in no rush. Half an hour later, at the foot of the hill, an ancient small mountain village suddenly came into view.

Xiao Mu was shaken, not expecting to find such an ancient village in this nonexistent world.

"People from outside have come, divine spirits have entered, people from outside have come, divine spirits have entered!"

As soon as he entered the village, Jiang Yun suddenly raised his voice, shouting loudly.

His voice was loud enough for the entire village to hear.

"People have come, people from outside have come!"

"Someone really has come!"

"The Lord of White's Mansion has sent someone to take us out!"

Household by household, doors opened, and people young and old came out from their courtyards, all eyes focused on Xiao Mu.

The clothes and demeanor of Xiao Mu astonished these ancient people as it had been fifty thousand years, and the outside world had changed too much.

"This is... the Respected Envoy sent by the Lord of White's Mansion, the Land God, a True God," Jiang Yun introduced Xiao Mu's identity proudly to the villagers.

"It's the Land God!"

The villagers were shocked, many of them rushing to kneel down, "We greet the Honored Deity!"

"Please get up, everyone please rise!"

Xiao Mu didn't know what to say, so he could only wave his hands, releasing bursts of power to help the villagers get up.

"We greet the Respected Envoy!"

An elder stepped forward, walking up to Xiao Mu and knelt before him.

"Elder, please rise!"

Xiao Mu extended his hand to help up the elder, a kind-looking old man with white beard and white eyebrows, and even a white mustache, appearing to be at least over a hundred years old; he leaned on a walking stick, yet his body was hale and hearty.

"Thank you, Respected Envoy! Please, Respected Envoy, come into our village!"

A satisfied smile lay across the old man's aged face, clearly genuine.

"Respected Envoy, let me introduce him. This is my grandfather, Jiang Huaigu, who is also the village chief of Jiang Village. Grandfather, this is Envoy Xiao, sent by the Lord of White's Mansion to rescue us," Jiang Yun introduced Xiao Mu's identity while signaling Xiao Mu with his eyes.

He was a kind-hearted person and, worried the villagers could not bear the news of the Lord of White's Mansion's disappearance, had asked Xiao Mu before entering the village to pretend to be an envoy sent by the Lord of White's Mansion and not to disclose the news of his disappearance.

Xiao Mu thought this was a kind gesture and agreed to it.

"The Lord of White's Mansion has finally remembered us, long live the Lord of White's Mansion!"

The elder Jiang Huaigu was moved to tears, inviting Xiao Mu to his home, "Please, Respected Envoy, come sit at our humble abode!"

"You are too courteous, old sir!"

Xiao Mu politely replied and followed the grandfather-grandson duo of Jiang Huaigu to the Jiang Family's house.

The village chief's home was not much different from the other homes, except perhaps for its location in the very center of the village and the ancestral hall it contained, dedicated to the Jiang Family.

Jiang Village was all of the Jiang surname, in Ancient Times, they were actually one family.

During the Ancient Times, the Lord of White's Mansion used this place to seal an ancestor of the Five Elements, and the remaining Ancient Remnants apart from the Jiang Family included the Ji Family, Xu Family, Zhang Family, Du Family, Bai Family, and over thirty other surnames, which formed over thirty villages.

These villages and surnames intermarried and have proliferated up to present day.

Unlike outsiders, the humans here, having been cleansed by the Five Elements Power, had stronger bodies and longer lives; ordinary people could live to five hundred years, and the most long-lived could reach a thousand years.

Similarly, due to erosion by powers such as the Five Elements Power, Creation Power, Chaos Power, and such, the body structures of the villagers and their developmental time were already different from the outside world, requiring a longer time to grow into adulthood, which could be simply viewed as a Mutation.

Like Jiang Yun, who appeared young but was actually three hundred seventy years old, and Jiang Huaigu, who was eight hundred ninety years old.

Jiang Village selected several representatives, all elderly folks, to accompany Xiao Mu at the Jiang Family's house.

The villagers were too enthusiastic, bringing out various meats and wines to treat Xiao Mu, leaving him no time to ask about issues related to the ancestor of the Five Elements.

However, Xiao Mu didn't just take from the villagers for nothing; he took out some sugar cubes from his Storage Space to distribute to the children of Jiang Village.

These rare treats quickly won him the favor of the children.

Then, after feasting to their heart's content, Xiao Mu took the opportunity to ask about the matters that concerned him, "Village Chief, elders, the Lord of White's Mansion sent me here to deal with the ancestor of the Five Elements. May I ask where the Sealed Land of this ancestor is located? Could someone lead me there?"

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