"Xiao Mu, tonight, Wang Kui, Xuan Xin, and Zeng Guan will be assigned elsewhere. You'll be the only one to guard the ancient hall. Please make sure to keep an eye on it. Don't allow any evil entities to get in, and don't lose anything inside the hall."

As soon as Wang Kui and the others left, Jiang Mu turned his head and began to arrange things, looking at Xiao Mu.

As for the potential presence of evil absurdities in the ancient hall, he seemed completely unconcerned.

At this moment, Xiao Mu confirmed that Jiang Mu was indeed targeting him.

Looking straight into Jiang Mu's eyes, he sneered coldly, "Captain Jiang, I want to know, is your arrangement in compliance with the Alliance's rules?"

"Evil absurdities can appear at any moment, even entering the ancient hall. Yet, you ordered Wang Kui and his team to leave, leaving me alone. What if the evil creature enters the hall and destroys something, who is to be held accountable?"

With Wang Kui and his team gone, Jiang Mu's true nature was exposed. Staring at Xiao Mu, killing intent emanated from him, he coldly said: "What? Xiao Mu, do you admit you can't even handle such adversaries?"

"If that's the case, what use does the Alliance have for you? You might as well resign."

"Haha!"

Scoffing coldly, Xiao Mu retorted, "If someone thinks they can intimidate me into leaving, they're underestimating me."

"If you don't want to leave, fulfill your responsibilities well. Each item within this ancient hall is a treasure. If any evil creature manages to infiltrate the hall and destroy anything, the Alliance won't spare you, let alone me."

Jiang Mu's words carried a clear threat.

"Captain Jiang's real goal, I suspect, is to be unable to spare me. I'm curious. I don't know you, nor have I even heard your name before. Why do you target me as soon as you see me, wanting to kill me?"

That's the very mystery. Xiao Mu had no idea what had triggered Jiang Mu to conspire against him and seek his life.

"Dying men don't need to know so much."

Jiang Mu's face looked gloomy, and the killing intent in his eyes was unmistakable.

"Oh!"

Xiao Mu felt no fear as he looked back into his eyes.

"Tomorrow, I'll collect your corpse."

As far as Jiang Mu was concerned, Xiao Mu was as good as dead. He had already gone to great lengths to isolate Xiao Mu and assumed he was doomed.

"Those who wish me dead never have a good end," Xiao Mu said.

"It's a pity corpses can't speak. Otherwise, I'd ask you in person tomorrow if you still stand by this statement," Jiang Mu replied.

Jiang Mu grimaced, turned around, and walked out of the ancient hall. Before leaving, he suddenly tossed an object into the air.

It was a black Fu Zhuan that exploded upon being thrown, dissipating into thin air and merging with the atmosphere.

At the same time, the resentment in the ancient hall seemed nourished, becoming denser and heavier.

Jiang Mu turned his head and sneered at Xiao Mu maliciously.

Xiao Mu was furious. This man hastened the arrival of the evil absurdity into the hall to try to ensure his death.

He was filled with a strong desire to kill Jiang Mu.

He would ask Captain Lan to help investigate why this man was so determined to kill him; after all, he didn't remember offending him.

Jiang Mu's behavior baffled Xiao Mu.

Jiang Mu acted as if Xiao Mu was a mortal enemy, which left Xiao Mu wondering what he had done to him.

Still, he was not resigned until he understood.

He looked back at the mutated mural once more.

In it, the grave seemed more open than before, as if something could crawl out at any moment.

Xiao Mu was not afraid, however. With the Five Elements Separation Slash and Tai Chi Steps, whether defending or attacking, he was more than capable.

The daytime passed slowly without any incidents.

As night fell, the dark aura emanating from the grave in the mural seemed to grow thicker, making the entire ancient hall even more eerie.

Knock Knock Knock!

The knock on the door broke the tranquility of the night.

"Who is it?"

Xiao Mu walked over to answer the door.

"We're here to fetch the mutated basic scriptures, are you new here?"

Four ordinary Mutated Beings entered the ancient hall, each of them carried a storage bag or something similar.

Xiao Mu nodded, then said, "Let me see your IDs."

The four people presented their IDs. Xiao Mu checked them and found no discrepancies, so he opened the door of the ancient palace and allowed them to enter.

The four people took down the Basic Scriptures resting on the incense table in the middle of the ancient palace, placed them into a storage bag, and asked Xiao Mu to issue a receipt.

Experienced Xiao Mu carried out the task as usual, carefully tallying the number of Basic Scriptures, issued a receipt, and let them go.

Not long after these four people left, another group arrived, also four people. But this time, they brought a variety of Energy Bodies and regular books.

After checking their IDs, he let them in.

The newcomers placed a variety of Energy Bodies and regular books on the incense table. The murals around the ancient palace and the various landscape patterns on the ground immediately emitted divine light and shone on the inciverse table, causing the books to mutate slowly.

These books would eventually mutate into various Basic Scriptures.

Staring at the various Basic Scriptures for a while, Xiao Mu was somewhat tempted.

With so many books, if all were successfully mutated, there would probably be at least dozens of Basic Scriptures.

Taking all of them would undoubtedly boost his strength significantly.

However, these thoughts only remained thoughts - Xiao Mu would never put them into action.

On the one hand, the mutated Basic Scriptures would need further processing before use, and Xiao Mu did not know the specific methods of processing.

On the other hand, the Basic Scriptures here are kept track of - the loss of any would be discovered.

And as the guard here, Xiao Mu would certainly bear the consequences of the loss of the scriptures.

After looking at the incense table for a while, Xiao Mu averted his gaze.

He turned his uneasy eye again to the mutated mural.

What's going on?

When he looked, he was shocked to find that the solitary grave in the mural had completely opened, turning into a pure grave pit.

The coffin in the pit was opened and there was nothing inside.

"Whatever was in the coffin is out!"

In horror, Xiao Mu quickly looked around the ancient palace.

Suddenly, his body stiffened, his movements slowed down, and moving became difficult.

"Haha!"

A laughter, as dreary as death itself, came from behind him.

Immediately after, it felt like something cold was approaching quickly. As it drew near, Xiao Mu felt as if he had fallen into an icy cellar.

Simultaneously, more seriously, his body began to age, his life force was rapidly ebbing away from his body, and he was rapidly aging.

Tai Chi Steps!

Without even thinking, Xiao Mu used the Tai Chi Steps.

Undoubtedly, the object behind him was the evil entity that had crawled out of the solitary grave in the mural.

He didn't know when it had left the mural and appeared in the ancient palace, even behind him.

But this was not the time to ponder these questions.

As the Tai Chi Steps were activated, a Yin and Yang Tai Chi Diagram immediately appeared under Xiao Mu's feet. This 3D diagram started rotating rapidly upon appearance.

At the same time, Xiao Mu took a step and instantly disappeared from his original position. Following the flicker of the black and white eyes of the Yin and Yang Tai Chi Diagram, Xiao Mu's silhouette appeared in another position, and he had already turned to face the evil creature behind him.

The Kind of Chaos True Seed circulated within his body, a large amount of Life Force surged within Xiao Mu's body, gradually halting his physical decay.

"Ah!"

The evil entity exclaimed in surprise, seemingly shocked at Xiao Mu's ability to escape its control.

At this moment, Xiao Mu saw the entity's appearance clearly.

It was a strange creature with a pointed head, its body covered in black hair like pig bristles, hunchbacked and extremely bent over, but incomparably tall, around three and a half meters or so.

This evil entity was also holding something that looked like a clock in its hand.

The clock was grey-black, with gears and a dial, but the dial had only one hand, which was moving slowly.

At this moment, the hand was a little distance away from zero on the dial, approximately analogous to the position of four o'clock on a regular clock.

On the surface of the clock, right on the dial, incredibly was a 3D full-body figure of Xiao Mu, which moved as he did.

The Power of Life and Death flowed around the clock, indicating that it was not an ordinary object, but a rare treasure.

With the increase in the rotation speed of the hand on the clock, the speed of Xiao Mu's life force depletion also increased. His white hair quickly increased, wrinkles on his face deepened, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared as a decrepit, hunchbacked old man.

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