"Hey, young man, wait, wait."

The sleazy old man grabbed Xiao Mu's arm, fearing to lose his only remaining customer.

"Sixteen. Sixteen energy fruits, just take them, how about it?"

"Twelve."

Xiao Mu remained unmoved and unconsciously stepped back.

This old man's breath was too strong. It was making him uncomfortable.

The sleazy old man didn't notice his bad breath. Fearing that Xiao Mu would leave, he pushed even closer. "Sixteen. I'd rather sell it to the first fly for twelve, at least he offered fifteen."

"You should go and sell it to him."

Xiao Mu remained unmoved and stepped back again.

That fly had just berated the sleazy old man not long ago. It would be strange if he agreed to buy it.

"Fifteen, young man, at least fifteen. Take it for fifteen. Otherwise, I'll have to wait till tomorrow."

The sleaky old man slightly loosened his grip, agreeing to lower the price to fifteen, but on the inside, he was nearly collapsing.

He had insulted almost every Mutated Being attending the Divine Ghost Pavilion, hence his difficulty selling.

"Thirteen."

Xiao Mu added one more energy fruit.

"Fourteen."

The sleazy old man grit his teeth, with an expression of agony as if he was slicing off his own flesh.

Xiao Mu remained silent and turned to leave.

"Wait! Wait, it's yours."

The sleaky old man chased after him.

Sigh! It's yours, it's yours."

As though he feared Xiao Mu would refuse, he thrust the rolled up Door-God Painting into Xiao Mu's arms.

Xiao Mu blankly accepted the Door-God Painting, and after opening it to verify that there were no issues, he put it away.

Then he took out thirteen energy fruits and handed them to the sleazy old man.

"Oh! Oh!"

The sleazy old man continued to sigh, "I'm at a loss. I could've sold it for fifteen, but ended up selling for thirteen, losing two."

Xiao Mu ignored the old man, rolled up the Door-God Painting, placed it inside the Earth Seal Space, and turned to leave.

He intended to return to his residence and mutate this Door-God Painting.

"Wait, young man, just wait."

The sleazy old man extended his hand again, stopping Xiao Mu.

His wrinkled old face filled with a smile once more, making him look even more perverse. He chuckled mysteriously, "Young man, don't you think this Door-God Painting is incomplete?"

"Incomplete?"

Xiao Mu was aware from the start that this Door-God Painting was incomplete. After all, he only had one half, the other half was missing.

He looked at the sleazy old man, "What do you mean?"

"Hehe!"

The sleazy old man grinned perversely, "Are you really unaware or pretending to be unaware? The mortal world's Door-God Paintings always come in pairs."

"When mortals put up Door-God, both sides of the door should have one. What you're holding is just the left Door-God. There's another right Door-God, don't you want to know where it is?"

A look of triumph spread across the sleazy old man's face, as if he had ultimately won.

Xiao Mu cursed in his mind.

He had been suspicious of this sleazy old man's character. He didn't expect him to have another trick up his sleeve.

"You have another Door-God Painting?"

The sleazy old man smiled triumphantly, and extended his wrinkled old hand towards Xiao Mu, "Two energy fruits."

Xiao Mu's face darkened. After a moment's consideration, his eyes flashed with a murderous intent, he said coldly, "If you're lying to me, don't blame me for being rude."

The sleazy old man sniggered, "I never deceive people."

I would be a fool to believe you.

Though his thoughts belied his actions, Xiao Mu still took out two energy fruits and placed them into the sleazy old man's palm.

"Thanks!"

The sleazy old man pulled open his clothes, with a perverted grin he stuffed the energy fruits into his chest.

The moment he opened his clothes, a strong stench of sweat leaked out, assaulting the nostrils.

Xiao Mu frowned, unable to stop himself from wondering if the energy fruits were still edible after being in the possession of the sleazy old man.

"Can you tell me now if the other Door-God Painting is with you?"

Xiao Mu urged on.

"I think I'm going to disappoint the young man, the other Door-God Painting is not in my hands."

The Sleazy Old Man replied seriously.

Xiao Mu's face darkened.

But the Sleazy Old Man immediately added, "However, I have the information on the location of the other Door-God Painting. As long as the young man is willing to offer twenty, no, thirty energy fruits, I will tell him the whereabouts of the other Door-God Painting."

"Are you messing with me?"

Xiao Mu's face sunk immediately.

"Young man, you're overly worried. I conduct business fair and square, never cheating the old or the young."

The Sleazy Old Man looked serious, at the same time, a strong aura was also released from him, no longer hiding his real strength.

The strength of this aura made even Xiao Mu stunned.

The Sleazy Old Man's strength had actually reached the peak of the Fourth Realm, just a step away from the Fifth Realm.

With such strength, even if you look all over the Divine Ghost Pavilion for other mutated beings, I'm afraid no one is his match.

As you know, in the Divine Ghost Pavilion, aside from the Sleazy Old Man, the most powerful mutated being Xiao Mu saw was only in the late-stage of the Fourth Realm, still quite far behind the Sleazy Old Man.

Such strength should not belong in the Divine Ghost Pavilion, but rather in a specialised trading location.

The Sleazy Old Man's behavior was beyond Xiao Mu's comprehension.

The Sleazy Old Man said seriously: "I am not lying. I do indeed have the location information of the Right Door-God Painting in hand. If the young friend is willing to give thirty energy fruits, I will immediately tell you the whereabouts of the Right Door-God Painting without any deception."

"If the young man distrusts me, you can also ask for the Alliance's guarantee, only, the fee for the guarantee, I'm afraid the young man will have to pay."

"I need to think it over before making a decision."

Xiao Mu did not make a decision immediately.

Moreover, even if he got another Door-God Painting, with the power points in his hands now, he may not necessarily be able to successfully transform the two Door-God Paintings at the same time.

Not to mention, he does not have thirty energy fruits in his hands.

Besides, he was not completely sure he could trust the Sleazy Old Man.

"The young man can take his time to consider!"

The Sleazy Old Man's old face once again blossomed into a cheeky grin, he took out a grubby Walnut brand feature phone from his pocket and waved it at Xiao Mu, "Whenever you need it, you can call me. I'll leave you my contact information."

Xiao Mu hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he did leave the Sleazy Old Man's contact information.

Even though he hadn't transformed the Door-God Painting yet, he could feel from the faint divine power emanating from the painting, that once the Door-God Painting was transformed, its power would be extremely strong.

Thus, if he could get the other Door-God Painting and complete the set of Left and Right Door-God Paintings, his strength would surely increase greatly.

Leaving the Divine Ghost Pavilion and returning to his residence, he instructed Wang Ruoluan and Zhou Ying to guard the door and block all visitors.

Xiao Mu entered the secret room, closed the door, and started transforming the Door-God Painting.

This Door-God Painting, at least seven to eight hundred years old, consumed more than one hundred and fifty power points of Xiao Mu's before it was completely transformed.

Compared to the previous Dharma Bell, the amount of power points used almost increased by half.

Despite the large consumption, Xiao Mu was very satisfied with the power of the Door-God Painting.

After putting away the Door-God Painting, he took out the energy fruits, and started consuming them one by one.

After eating ten energy fruits in a row, Xiao Mu finally stopped.

The energy fruits turned into power, but Xiao Mu did not absorb them. Instead, he transferred these to the Xuanfeng Needle to continue cultivating it.

After his strength rose to the mid-stage of the Fourth Realm, he now had the capability to control the more powerful Xuanfeng Needle.

When all the power from the ten energy fruits was injected into the Xuanfeng Needle, a faint white light flicked past Xiao Mu's fingertip.

Xiao Mu smiled satisfactorily, then picked up his long-unused Peach Wood Sword and pointed it forward.

The Ghost Servant appeared and respectfully bowed to Xiao Mu, "Greetings, Lord!"

"No need for formalities!"

Xiao Mu signaled the Ghost Servant to stand, "Your strength should also be enhanced. Over this period, I have accumulated enough evil beads to boost your strength to the Armament Refinement Realm all at once."

"Sit down, operate the Ghost King Scripture, I'll help you enhance your strength."

"Yes, Lord!"

The Ghost Servant sat cross-legged, operating the Ghost King Scripture, and a golden light immediately spilled from its body, carrying a hint of sacred flavor.

Xiao Mu took out the evil beads and directed them one by one toward the Ghost Servant.

As the evil beads were absorbed, the Ghost Servant's strength rapidly increased, and a set of unique golden armor gradually formed on the Ghost Servant, making it appear like a divine spirit.

Four days later, after exiting seclusion, Xiao Mu headed straight to the manor of the Xuao Perfected in District Three. The others had already arrived.

Stone Soul and Wood Spirit nodded at Xiao Mu in perfect harmony, exchanging a glance, but inadvertently revealed their unease.

"Let's go!"

The Xuao Perfected's harsh gaze swept over Xiao Mu and he led the way out.

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