Lady Hua continued, "Next, I will open the real door to the Land God Temple. You all enter with me."

"Mr. Mu."

As she spoke, Lady Hua looked at Xiao Mu, "I am asking for your help at the cost of three borrowing opportunities, specifically to help me deal with the extraterrestrial evil beings. When encountering them, we will need to rely on you."

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Xu both turned their gazes towards Xiao Mu simultaneously, both somewhat surprised.

Having personally experienced Xiao Mu's strength, Mr. Zhu found this normal, but Mr. Xu was astonished at the potency of Xiao Mu's power.

Xiao Mu spoke seriously, "Let me clarify upfront, I am no match for a peak Fifth Realm extraterrestrial evil being. If this extraterrestrial being also possesses high-level secret arts, I will be even less likely to be its opponent."

This was not Xiao Mu being humble. Even though his strength had already risen to the Late Fifth Realm, there was only a fine line that separated him from the peak of the Fifth Realm. He had yet to cultivate high-level heterogeneous techniques.

Compared to lower-level secret arts, high-level ones were more complex, more complete, and had several distinctive features.

Unlike the low-level secret arts, which were simple and typically only had a single function, whether it was attack, defense, or support, and so forth.

High-level heterogeneous techniques were different, they could simultaneously possess several effects.

This was why Xiao Mu had stated he was no match for a peak Fifth Realm extraterrestrial evil being. By that, he specifically meant the ones which had cultivated high-level heterogeneous techniques.

Lady Hua had anticipated this, "Don't worry, you won't have to face it alone. It's just that during the battle, we will need to rely on you."

Xiao Mu nodded, "If that's the case, I can do it."

"Good, that's settled then!"

Lady Hua nodded, "I'm going to open the real door to the Land God Temple now. You all enter with me."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for the others to respond, she began to move, transforming into a streak of black light and rushing towards the direction of the Land God Temple Ruins.

Xiao Mu and the others each started to move to follow her.

Before long, the four of them arrived at the front of the Land God Temple ruins.

Lady Hua halted and took out a slender bamboo slip filled with a faint Yin Qi from her body, gripped it, and pointed it towards the ruins.

Crack!

Like a mechanism being triggered, the ground beneath the ruins suddenly split open, revealing a gigantic pitch-black hole.

"Follow me in."

Lady Hua issued a low order before she took the lead and headed toward the pitch-black hole.

Xiao Mu and the others followed without any hesitation.

This pitch-black hole was deep, extending downward, a profound cold and eerie sensation emanated from it, seeming to lead directly to the Netherworld.

Fortunately, an intermittent divine spirit radiated from all sides, affirming Xiao Mu that this was the dwelling place of divine spirits and he felt slightly relieved.

Shortly, everyone landed on solid ground.

A vague gray fog covered the ground, clearly marking it as a separate space.

However, the faint sense of divinity previously felt had been substantially weakened, and a sudden cold and eerie sensation enveloped them.

Even with Xiao Mu's Late Fifth Realm strength, he could not help but shiver.

Not from the cold, but because the overall atmosphere of this separate space was too eerie.

Currently, everyone stood in a vast flat field. Far off in the distance, they could faintly perceive the shape of a medium-sized temple.

The temple was high and expansive, embodying the form of an ancient government hall, but the sacred aura that emanated from it made people aware that this was a divine temple.

"Follow me!"

Lady Hua called out before she took big strides forward, leading everyone.

There were faint rays of light ahead, leading all the way to the divine temple. The hidden light illuminated the separate space, but what was strange was that no one could tell where this light was coming from.

"What's that?"

Mr. Xu suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, his eyes fixed straight ahead.

Xiao Mu turned his gaze, looking towards the direction Mr. Xu had indicated.

At first glance, he was immediately startled.

At that moment, everyone was walking on the path towards the divine temple. On both sides of the path, corpses were lying down.

These corpses were dressed in armor, with treasure sabers in their hands. Tags were hanging on the side of their waists, their bodies had a strong Yin Qi, yet they emanated a distinct sense of divinity.

"These are Yin Gods!"

Xiao Mu recognized the identity of these dead beings.

These dead beings were all Yin Gods.

Mr. Xu's face turned pale, "How could the Yin Gods be killed? Who would dare to kill a Yin God?"

Lady Hua huffed, sharply retorting, "If the Land God can be killed, what makes the Yin Gods any different? Less talk, follow me quickly into the main hall and secure the brush."

Mr. Xu spoke with a heavy tone, suggesting cautiously,"Lady Hua, we should be careful. Whoever dared to kill the Yin Gods, must be no ordinary person."

"Coward, spineless!"

Mr. Zhu suddenly blurted out expletives, "If you're so scared, you can leave right now, and you don't have to go in with us."

"You..."

Mr. Xu was caught off guard, barely avoiding choking as he glared at Mr. Zhu.

"Hmm?"

Lady Hua suddenly glared at Mr. Zhu angrily.

"Heh heh!"

Mr. Zhu let out a dry laugh, retracting his neck, and offered an apologetic smile to Lady Hua.

Lady Hua turned to Mr. Xu, coldly stating, "I invited you here not to frighten you."

Mr. Xu felt helpless, defending himself, "I'm not scared, I just think we should be careful. In the Land God Temple, the yin runner was killed, it's surely dangerous."

"If there was no danger, why would I go through the trouble of hiring you?"

Lady Hua retorted sharply.

Mr. Xu was taken aback, he laughed bitterly, "That's true."

Saying so, Mr. Xu immediately became cautious, vigilantly observing his surroundings, listening for any sound.

"These yin runners, and the Land God of the temple, have been dead for a very long time."

Lady Hua suddenly blurted out, as if indirectly rebutting Mr. Xu.

Her meaning was clear.

Since the yin runners and the Land God had been dead for a long time, the murderer must have left long ago, and there was no point in worrying about their deaths.

The group continued forward, arriving near the grand hall shortly.

A terrifyingly oppressive force suddenly came from the front, instantly descending on everyone, making their bodies feel as heavy as if a mountain was pressing down on them.

This immediately made their movements indescribably difficult, requiring all of their strength with each step.

Unconsciously, they slowed down and looked forward.

A large transparent container, like a fish tank, was placed at the entrance of the grand hall.

This container was not made of glass, but the divine light faintly radiating from it suggested it was a treasure.

At this moment, the fish tank-like treasure contained a chilling dark liquid, resembling the River of Death Water.

What was even more horrifying was that within the liquid similar to the River of Death Water was a handsome young man's head, a face full of endless pain.

From his expression, it was evident that he had resisted and suffered immensely, perhaps even harboring hatred, at the point of his death.

Even though he was clearly dead, this head still radiated a holy and majestic aura.

Moreover, on top of the head was a Black Gauze Hat with two wings.

The Land God!

Xiao Mu and the others glanced at each other, all guessing the man's identity.

This was obviously the Land God of the temple.

A terrifying, intense chill suddenly arose from beneath their feet, spreading throughout their bodies in an instant.

Xiao Mu was taken aback.

Why was the Land God, who was a Yin God, beheaded and placed in this fish tank-like container?

What was the purpose of doing so?

Intimidation?

Was the Land God killed to intimidate others with his head?

The possible existence of such a reason sent shivers down Xiao Mu's spine.

A Land God, a True God, was beheaded, his head soaked in the River of Death Water, displayed for intimidation.

Who would dare do such a thing?

The powerful oppression that everyone felt was obviously emanating from the Land God's head.

As a powerful being of the rank of a Yin God, even in death, it could still exert a terrifying pressure to keep lowly creatures at bay.

"It's the Land God!"

Mr. Xu shivered, staring at the Land God's head, his body trembling uncontrollably.

This time, even Mr. Zhu, who had been constantly mocking Mr. Xu, didn't have the heart to continue ridiculing his cowardice.

"He's already dead!"

Lady Hua sighed, "There's nothing to fear from a dead Divine Spirit. Let's enter the grand hall and seize the Vermillion Brush. That's our top priority, let's go!"

Lady Hua urged them, leading everyone past the Land God's head straight into the grand hall.

Just as they stepped through the grand hall's entrance, suddenly...

Buzz!

A beam of grey light suddenly appeared from the darkness, sweeping across everyone's bodies.

Everyone, including Xiao Mu, instantaneously aged, their life force diminishing, seeming at least a decade older.

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