"You... what do you want from me?"

With Ghost Servant's Soul Knife resting on his neck, the blade aura radiated sharply. From its aura alone, the middle-aged martial artist had numerous minor cuts on his neck.

Blood streamed out, and the mid-aged man felt a wave of fear.

"Go tell Zhou Yandong."

Xiao Mu sneered, "If he wants to negotiate with me, he'd better show the relevant sincerity. It's fine he didn't bring the Secret Manual, but he even sends a lackey to talk to me, threatening me. Is he taking me as a pushover?"

"If he dares to do this again, don't blame me for eliminating him first!"

The middle-aged martial artist looked terrified and didn't dare to utter a word.

"You're just a lackey of Zhou Yandong, and you dare to disrespect me? I'll teach you a lesson this time, so you'll remember it. Ghost Servant, cut off one of his ears."

Xiao Mu coldly instructed the Ghost Servant.

"Yes, Master!"

The Ghost Servant agreed, and the Soul Knife pivoted directly toward the middle-aged martial artist's right ear.

"No! Ah..."

The middle-aged martial artist's face changed as he pleaded, but it quickly turned into a scream.

"He he!"

The Ghost Servant let out a strange giggle. With a single stroke of the knife, the middle-aged martial artist's right ear was cut off. He threw it playfully into the man's chest.

"Ah..."

The middle-aged martial artist let out a ghostly howl, holding his right ear with his right hand as he quickly picked up his ear with his left hand. He stood up, ready to run outside.

If he could reach the Hospital in time, there might be a chance to reattach the ear.

"He he!"

The Ghost Servant giggled again and brandished the knife to stop the middle-aged martial artist from leaving.

"I spared your life and just cut off your ear instead of killing you. What should you say to me?"

Xiao Mu acted as if nothing had happened, calmly sipping tea and casually asked the middle-aged martial artist.

The man faltered at the words, his face unknowingly showing anger. But when he glanced at Xiao Mu, his anger immediately turned into panic. He gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you, Mr. Mu, for showing mercy!"

"Get out!"

Xiao Mu put his teacup down and coldly barked.

The Ghost Servant then stepped aside, and the middle-aged martial artist fled in a most ungraceful way.

"Chu Bawang, Zhou Yandong!"

After the middle-aged man left, Xiao Mu murmured to himself, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

A notification from his cellphone suddenly rang. Xiao Mu picked it up.

The message from Qing Songzi who sent a picture was replied: Army Techniques?

Xiao Mu sent a message back: Yes, Army Techniques. Mister Qing Songzi, your secret work doesn't seem to be very good.

Qing Songzi: Why do you say that, Mr. Mu?

Xiao Mu briefly described to Qing Songzi about encountering Chu Bawang's men as soon as he left and their conversation with him.

Qing Songzi apologized: It's my fault for having lousy secret work. I didn't expect it to cause Mr. Mu trouble. I will send people to investigate who leaked the information. The person responsible will be dealt with severely.

Xiao Mu sent another message: The mutation of Army Techniques, I suspect that it is different from a general Secret Manual. Mister Qing Songzi, I need to trouble you to find out for me how did Chu Bawang mutate that Army Techniques.

Perhaps because of the information leak, Qing Songzi was quite apologetic and very quickly replied: Mr. Mu, please wait, I will send people to investigate right away. There will be news within a day or two.

When Xiao Mu returned, he told Zhao Yan and others about the matter of Qing Songzi passing the position to him. When Zhao Yan and the others heard, they were both surprised and happy.

After all, having a power in the current world would increase their competitiveness.

Two days later, Qing Songzi brought two pieces of good news. One was about how to acquire Army Techniques.

By investigating Chu Bawang, it was found from his subordinates that Army Techniques were strangely mutated from Battle Techniques.

Battle Techniques, like Martial Arts Secret Scripts, belonged to martial artists' cultivation techniques.

The only difference was, Battle Techniques belonged to battlefield warfare, while Martial Arts Secret Scripts are for comprehensive combat, focusing on different aspects.

A martial battle technique that further evolves into a military technique.

This news brought a mixture of shock and joy to Xiao Mu.

Now that he knew how military techniques came into being, he could devise a way to evolve a large number of them.

Also, he had some information about spiritual metal.

Qing Songzi discovered that there was a secret realm of an evil ghost near Baoyue City, east of Qiwu Mountain, which contained spiritual metal.

After confirming the exact location, Xiao Mu decided to go explore.

Qing Songzi planned to send a group of people with Xiao Mu, but Xiao Mu refused.

The more people, the bigger the target, and the easier it is to be discovered.

About the situation inside the secret realm of the evil ghost, Qing Songzi has no detailed data available, so Xiao Mu decided to go there alone to explore first.

Seeing Xiao Mu had made up his mind, Qing Songzi no longer persuaded him and sent a helicopter to drop him off near the secret realm.

Before parting, Qing Songzi cautioned, "Mr. Mu, be careful. No one has ever explored the secret realm of the evil ghost. No one knows what dangers you may encounter. If you come across any formidable foes, retreat immediately."

"I will keep that in mind!"

Xiao Mu promised.

After bidding farewell to Qing Songzi and the others, Xiao Mu started walking towards the secret realm of the evil ghost, guided by the map provided by Qing Songzi.

Because it was the dwelling place of the evil ghost, this area was extremely desolate, permeated with a strong sense of death. Most flora and fauna had died off, and those that hadn't had turned into evil plants and evil spirits.

This place no longer felt like part of the human world, which startled Xiao Mu.

The evil absurdity had brought too much impact to this world. The changes in many places had completely exceeded his imagination.

Not daring to be careless, he released his ghost servant, who then drove the yin wind carriage. Xiao Mu held onto the vehicle while the ghost servant drove it forward.

In this way, apart from making Xiao Mu feel extremely uncomfortable due to the bumpy route, they were able to travel much faster.

As they continued forward, the scene ahead of them changed again.

It resembled a desert in the middle of the night!

Desolate! Obscure! Solitary! Frightening!

Xiao Mu felt each of these emotions one by one.

He knew very clearly that this was no longer the human world, but the secret realm of the evil ghost.

This was a world truly belonging to evil ghosts.

After some thought, Xiao Mu ordered the ghost servant to steer the yin wind carriage and enter directly.

Inside the secret realm, the air was thick with the scent of death. It was strewn with weathered skeletons, and the endless sense of evil released by the black gas, along with the occasional ghost howls, created an unnerving experience.

Xiao Mu felt a chill go down his spine.

He instructed the ghost servant to cautiously steer the yin wind carriage forwards.

After traveling for a few miles, the scene changed once again.

It was still a place of death, but there was a strange sense of life.

However, this vitality was the opposite of that found in the human world. It was a resource for evil ghosts and had a strong corrosive effect on human bodies.

What was this?

Xiao Mu noticed the changes.

Plants began to grow on the ground.

Black plants with saw-toothed leaves, they seemed to be a sort of evil plant, exuding a gruesome feeling.

Then, he saw animals - a variety of strange insects. Just like everything else, they were the opposite of those in the human world, releasing an eerie, fearful aura.

Immediately after that, Xiao Mu's eyes widened in shock.

There was a house in front of them.

The house exuded an evil aura, giving off a cruel, monstrous vibe.

Two entities with the look of common evil ghosts, one male and one female-looking very much like a human couple, came out of the house.

The female ghost appeared to be seeing off the male ghost, "Lord Yue has summoned you to mine spiritual metal, you must work hard."

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