"Alright, senior, let's go immediately!"

Xiao Mu quickly promised the Wild Man, while also soothing him, "Senior, you really don't need to worry. No matter how powerful the force down there, it is sealed. It can't harm you. Besides, your strength is extremely formidable; there's probably no one in this world who can hurt you for now."

"Ah ah~" The Wild Man shook his head, merely urging Xiao Mu to leave, his expression growing more and more anxious.

"Alright, let's leave now!" Xiao Mu nodded and agreed, calling He Jin to leave.

He Jin stared incredulously at the Wild Man, his face showing even greater shock than Xiao Mu.

Through the Alliance's information, he already knew that Xiao Mu was now a True God.

Since Xiao Mu was a True God, then the person whom Xiao Mu showed such respect and called 'senior', who appeared like a Wild Man, how powerful must this existence be?

Could it be a Heavenly God?

He Jin dared not think further. A Heavenly God is a legendary existence; even the Human Emperor is merely at that level.

This Wild Man-like person is actually a Heavenly God? That's... too terrifying, right?

But he dared not inquire and, urged by Xiao Mu, continued to lead the way towards the Ancient God Village.

After about ten minutes, the three arrived at another village.

He Jin led Xiao Mu into an office. This office not only occupied a large area but also had retreat rooms for cultivation, meant for the leaders of the Ancient God Village to manage internal affairs.

Before He Jin had barely invited Xiao Mu to sit, the sound of Escape Art could be heard from outside.

"Senior, please sit down, I'll be right back." He Jing called out to Xiao Mu, walking towards the door.

Soon, his voice was heard from outside the office, "Sister Zhu, oh, you're here!"

A woman with a very hard and direct accent replied, "Little He, is it you who invited someone from outside?"

He Jin hurriedly replied, "Sister Zhu, it's a senior from the Headquarters. Coincidentally, he heard about the situation of our Ancient God Village and came to help us."

"Hmph!" The woman with the harsh accent said unappreciatively, "After asking for help for seven days, there's not even a reply from the Everlasting Domain. Help, is this called help?"

"We don't need their help. Relying on ourselves, we can solve our own problems just fine."

"Sister Zhu, you can't say that. With our capabilities, we're no match for the Heavenly Court. We should appreciate the senior from the Alliance coming to help us."

He Jin patiently comforted her, "The lack of help from the Everlasting Domain is the Domain Master's problem, it has nothing to do with the Alliance. We shouldn't blame the Alliance. Sister Zhu, the senior is in the office, you can come with me to meet him."

'Sister Zhu' gave no face to He Jin, stubbornly said, "No need, without them, we can still succeed. Help us? Hmph, if they truly wanted to help us, they would not have withheld assistance after Uncle Zhu Seven's death, nor let Chen Nine and Chen Five and Uncle Zhu Four and Brother Zhu Three die with no one coming to help."

"Is it called help to come only after everyone has died?"

"See them yourself. From today, I withdraw from the Alliance, relying solely on myself. Even if I die, I, Zhu Yuan, will no longer endure the humiliation of asking for help."

After speaking, the woman huffed coldly, directly using Escape Art to leave, without even entering through the door, ignoring He Jin's suggestion.

"Sister Zhu, Sister Zhu, slow down, I haven't finished yet." He Jin called out, trying to catch up, but couldn't, helplessly sighing.

A minute or two later, footsteps sounded as He Jin walked back to the office.

He looked embarrassed and, upon entering, immediately apologized to Xiao Mu, "Senior, the woman who just came is Zhu Yuan, one of the leaders of our Ancient God Village."

"Our Ancient God Village has four leaders: Zhu Yuan, Chen Chong, Zhu Jing, and me."

"Chen Chong and Zhu Jing were the two Yin Gods killed by the Heavenly Court."

"Now, there are only me and Zhu Yuan as the remaining Yin Gods in the Ancient God Village."

He expressed an apologetic smile, "Zhu Yuan has a straightforward personality, acts recklessly, and may inadvertently offend. Please don't take it to heart, senior."

Xiao Mu nodded, his face as calm as water.

He had heard Zhu Yuan's words and, though they were unpleasant, he did not blame her.

In the end, the fault lay with the Everlasting Domain's Domain Master.

Upon receiving the distress information from the Ancient God Village, the Everlasting Domain's Domain Master should have responded immediately. It was due to his passive response that Zhu Yuan lost trust in the Alliance.

It seems this Everlasting Domain's Domain Master cannot be kept. After this matter, I will relay what happened here to Grand Leader Wu Jie and request a replacement for the Everlasting Domain's Domain Master.

Xiao Mu decided, his expression unchanged, "Can I take a look at the deceased's situation?"

"Please, senior!" He Jin immediately agreed, leading Xiao Mu to view the corpses.

Xiao Mu turned and said to the Wild Man, "Senior, please rest here for a moment, I'll be back soon."

The Wild Man, perhaps frightened by what was discovered in the grave earlier, or for some other reason, did not object and readily agreed.

In a secret room, five corpses lay inside coffins.

The coffins were yet to be covered.

The five corpses in the coffins were all incomplete, clearly injured by Magic treasures or similar items.

One person was crushed to death directly by a heavy Magic treasure, with no upper body left.

Another was killed by a sword-shaped Magic treasure piercing through the brain and died on the spot.

The other three also died under the attack of Magic treasures.

Xiao Mu specially checked the injuries of the five people and found the killers were not the same, with varying strengths.

However, the killers were at least at True Realm, or even high-level Yin Gods. Based on the injuries of the deceased inflicted by the heavy Magic treasure, that one was surprisingly at True God Realm.

At the weakest a high-level Yin God, at the strongest a True God Realm existence, slaughtering two Yin God early stages and three Mortal Realm individuals was simply a massacre.

In addition, no other clues could be discerned.

Strangely, why would people from the Heavenly Court come to the Ancient God Village to kill? Why kill the people of Ancient God Village? Even the two killed leaders of Ancient God Village were only in the early stages of Yin God Realm.

Killing two Yin God early stages and three Mortal Realm individuals and exposing oneself seems too foolish.

What is the Heavenly Court's purpose for doing this?

Don't they fear exposure?

For a moment, Xiao Mu could not fathom the Heavenly Court's purpose for killing.

"Senior." He Jin looked expectantly at Xiao Mu, clearly hoping to hear something from him.

Xiao Mu sighed quietly and instructed, "Let's go back!"

"Yes!" He Jin dared not ask more, leading Xiao Mu back to the office.

Inside the office.

Xiao Mu pondered for a while, "The purpose of the Heavenly Court's killings remains unclear for now. However, they may come again."

"I'll stay and wait for them. If they dare to come again, I have a way to catch them."

"Please bring me the profiles and information of the five killed; let me examine them closely to judge the motive behind the Heavenly Court's killings."

"Yes, senior! Please wait!"

He Jin immediately agreed, went outside, and fetched the deceased's profiles and information.

Before long, he returned and handed the information to Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu took the information, not hurried to glance at it, but instead said to He Jin, "Inform the villagers to take precautions to avoid being alone. People from the Heavenly Court might come again; to prevent sudden attacks, let the villagers try not to stay alone, preferably pairing up or forming a trio."

He Jin agreed.

Xiao Mu continued, "If there's a sudden attack, just call out loudly for help, and I will immediately reach out to rescue. So, there shouldn't be excessive panic among the villagers."

He Jin agreed again.

Xiao Mu proceeded, "Activate the Village Protection Array, resources required for maintaining the Array should be drawn from the Everlasting Domain."

"Well..."

He Jin suddenly hesitated.

"What's wrong? Lack of resources?" Xiao Mu wondered.

He Jin shook his head, feeling embarrassed, "There's no array in the Ancient God Village, even if I wanted to activate it, I couldn't."

"Absurd!" Xiao Mu was taken aback, saying incredulously, "After the Alliance was established, every village should have protective Arrays. This Array may not be enough against too powerful Heavenly Court Variant Beings but is sufficient against ordinary ones. How could the Ancient God Village not have an array?"

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