"Yes."

Xiao Mu made a salutation towards Thunder, quickly detecting a hint of coldness in Xuan Mo's expression.

Xuan Mo bears a grudge against me; I need to be careful. Luckily, Thunder is here; he shouldn't do anything to me. If Thunder weren't here, I would have to be extra cautious.

Without Thunder, Xuan Mo would undoubtedly try to kill me.

Thoughts raced through Xiao Mu's mind, but his expression remained unchanged, as if nothing had happened.

"Too many people will be counterproductive. On this venture to the hidden mansion of City God Xu, we four will suffice."

Thunder's gaze swept across Xiao Mu, Jiang Mu, and Jin Fang, ignoring the disappointment of the others. "Xiao Mu, Jiang Mu, Jin Fang, do you need to prepare anything?"

Both Xiao Mu and Jin Fang replied that they didn't need to prepare for anything; they could set off at any time.

Only Jiang Mu hesitated, "Leader Lei, I need to prepare."

Thunder gave Jiang Mu a glance, "Alright, you have two hours. After that, we will promptly depart from here."

"Two hours, I am afraid it's not enough... alright, I will be ready in two hours."

Jiang Mu hesitated, only making the decision after getting glared at by Thunder.

"Two hours, I'll wait for you two hours. Go and prepare; if you are late, don't blame me for punishing you per the rules."

Thunder glared at Jiang Mu unhappily.

"Leader Lei, Leader Xuan, everyone, I will go prepare. See you in two hours."

Jiang Mu saluted everyone, left the conference hall, and went to prepare.

"How can such an incapable person reach the Peak Fifth Realm?"

"Sigh, I really don't know how this person managed to break through."

...

People in the hall started quietly discussing Jiang Mu.

Everyone looked down on Jiang Mu's behavior, sincerely despising him.

Ha-Ha!

Xiao Mu sneered at the hall door.

Jiang Mu lacks the courage to accomplish big tasks. I don't need to consider him at all. Even if I gave him a chance, he wouldn't necessarily dare to mess with me, let alone take vengeance on me for Yang Jin.

At the last minute of the two-hour preperiod, Jiang Mu finally returned to the conference hall.

"We're off!"

Thunder unnoticeably glanced at Jiang Mu, showing his dissatisfaction but saying nothing.

"Leader Lei, have a Bon Voyage!"

"Leader Lei, safe journey!"

...

Everyone in the conference hall stood to send them off.

Thunder led Xiao Mu, Jiang Mu, and Jin Fang out of the ruin and headed west, hurrying to Mountain God Ridge, eight thousand miles away.

They headed out of the ruins directly to the west, rushing towards the Mountain God Ridge, eight thousand miles away.

One day later, a majestic Great Mountain appeared before them.

The Great Mountain was steep and precipitous with a complicated terrain, and there was no real road on all sides.

Thunder lead Xiao Mu and the others, breaking open a path up to the mountaintop.

At the mountaintop, a large temple appeared and disappeared intermittently.

That was Mountain God Mansion, part of the Song Relics territory, discovered long ago and guarded by powerful individuals.

"Greetings, leader!"

Zhu Dui came down the mountain and bowed to Thunder.

"Hmm, no need to be so formal!"

Thunder waved Zhu Dui off and asked, "Where is the hidden mansion of City God Xu? Take us there."

"Leader, please follow me."

Zhu Dui lead everyone to a smooth stone wall, detouring through a hollow and a hillside on the left side of the waist of the mountain.

Hmm!

Upon seeing this smooth stone wall, Xiao Mu was immediately intrigued.

This smooth stone wall seemed to have traces of a hidden array. The concealment array had been destroyed not long ago, revealing the situation inside.

This smooth stone wall appears to be a simple wall, but it is actually a gateway to another world.

"Leader, please watch."

Zhu Dui reached out, and a surge of energy was injected into the stone wall from his palm.

With a creak, the stone wall immediately receded, revealing a stone door.

As the stone door appeared, the surroundings immediately turned into night.

The sunlight was absorbed by the stone door.

The stone door was pitch-black, emanating an aura of the Netherworld.

The door was carved with various patterns exuding a sense of majesty, it also had mysterious symbols appearing faintly.

Clouds of black smoke were pressing over the red patterns, like peonies.

"Symbols of City God Xu?"

Upon seeing these symbols, Xiao Mu thought of something.

These mysterious symbols, which are clouded over the red patterns like peonies undoubtedly, are associated with City God Xu.

Since these mysterious symbols appeared on the stone door, it undoubtedly involved City God Xu.

"Indeed, It's City God Xu's hidden mansion. I didn't expect City God Xu would build his hidden mansion near the Mountain God Temple."

Thunder nodded. He recognized City God Xu's symbols just like Xiao Mu did, and ordered Zhu Dui, "Open it up, let's explore inside."

"Yes."

Zhu Dui agreed, forming a seal with both hands. A series of energy lines looped around his hands, repeatedly hitting the stone door.

With a creak, the stone door gradually slid into the stone wall on the right, revealing a dark passageway.

However, as the stone door opened, an extreme stench of blood was released instantly.

"Ugh!"

Xiao Mu, Jiang Mu, Jin Fang, Zhu Dui, and even Thunder couldn't help but pretend to vomit.

With their strength, they wouldn't feel sick, no matter how intense the smell of blood is figured to be.

With their strength, they could even digest steel.

Their digestive systems had long surpassed that of a mortal.

What made them vomit indeed involved powerful beings.

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