"Old Xiao, come quick."

Just as Xiao Mu arrived at the Task Hall, he saw Du Wenzhen waving at him from inside the hall.

"What did you find?" Xiao Mu hurried to Du Wenzhen's side and asked in a hushed tone.

"Haha! A great discovery, Old Xiao, over here." Du Wenzhen, with a sly look, beckoned Xiao Mu over to a corner of the hall before producing an item and flaunting it in front of Xiao Mu, proudly declaring, "Look at this, Old Xiao."

"Is it an object of Divine Spirits?" Seeing the item in Du Wenzhen's hand, Xiao Mu couldn't help but be momentarily stunned.

The item in Du Wenzhen's hand was a black plumage.

With Xiao Mu's knowledge, he recognized at a glance that the plumage was plucked from a Black Gauze Hat, and the faint divine light emanating from the plumage, along with a subtle Divine Power, suggested that this Black Gauze Hat likely belonged to some Land God.

Switching to telepathic communication, Du Wenzhen said, "It's the Black Gauze Hat of a Land God."

Xiao Mu was thrilled and asked eagerly, "Where did it come from?"

Du Wenzhen replied, "Nanhua Domain."

"Nanhua Domain," Xiao Mu murmured to himself.

Xiao Mu had some knowledge of the Nanhua Domain, adjacent to the Cuiyun Mountain Region; it was the southernmost area among the Eighteen Domains of the Great Tang ruins.

"Old Xiao, take a look at this too." Du Wenzhen took out another object for Xiao Mu to see.

"Corpse Bones of a Divine Being!" Xiao Mu was flabbergasted.

The item in Du Wenzhen's hand was a human rib, which also carried divine light, unmistakably the corpse bones of Divine Spirits.

Acting like a thief hiding his loot, Du Wenzhen stowed away the corpse bones with great care, as if afraid of being seen by others, and whispered again, "What do you think? Old Xiao, do you want to join me in exploring a bit? The place I just found might very well be a Divine Spirits' battlefield."

"You know what good things can be obtained from a Divine Spirits' battlefield, I don't need to tell you, right?"

"Even if there's nothing in the battlefield, just the discovery of the ruins can bring us plenty of benefits."

"How did you find it?" Xiao Mu pondered for a moment before deciding that caution was the best approach.

"Haha! Heaven's Secret must not be revealed." Du Wenzhen smirked slyly, but ultimately did not elaborate, "This is my secret, Old Xiao. You wouldn't want me to spill my last asset, would you? Gathering information is my greatest strength. Once I lose that, who knows if you'll ditch me to go solo?"

Damn it!

Xiao Mu smirked to himself.

Even without Du Wenzhen mentioning it, Xiao Mu could guess what his methods were—nothing more than using relationships, spreading a wide net of informants, checking the records, and finding information.

But being able to do this was a skill in itself, a skill Xiao Mu didn't have the spare energy for.

"Did you find anything else? Any dangers?" Xiao Mu inquired further.

The reason he asked about dangers first wasn't because Xiao Mu distrusted Du Wenzhen, but if there truly were no dangers, Du Wenzhen would have likely already gone there by himself. Why would he wait for him?

At the moment, the two were merely in a cooperative relationship, having only worked together once. They weren't at the stage of sharing resources just yet.

"Old Xiao, you really know me." Du Wenzhen smiled, "It's said that traces of Mutated Beings from the Curse Gate have been spotted nearby."

The Curse Gate?

That's more like it. The Curse Gate was no trivial adversary, and Du Wenzhen alone, even if he had Cultivated the Five Elements divine light and it had mutated, might find himself restrained in the face of the people from the Curse Gate.

Although the individuals from the Curse Gate might not have the strongest pure strength, their various strange and unpredictable techniques could catch anyone off guard and were not easily dealt with by common people.

"What's their strength?" Xiao Mu pressed for certainty.

However, Du Wenzhen's response slightly disappointed Xiao Mu, "It's still not clear."

Giving Du Wenzhen a penetrating look, Xiao Mu surmised a few things in his mind.

It seemed that Du Wenzhen and the people from the Curse Gate had not had any contact at all. Even the informants sent out by Du Wenzhen hadn't engaged with the Curse Gate's personnel.

Xiao Mu fell into contemplation, unable to make a decision immediately.

This mission was likely still fraught with danger, with no guarantee they wouldn't encounter powerful beings.

If by some unlucky chance they encountered someone on the level of Zou Tianzi, he and Du Wenzhen probably wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

"Old Xiao, you're not getting cold feet, are you?"

Seeing Xiao Mu's hesitation, Du Wenzhen's brow furrowed in displeasure, "Seek wealth in danger. If you're always playing it safe, how can you stand out from the crowd?"

Xiao Mu openly shared his concerns, "Aren't you worried about encountering beings on the level of Zou Tianzi? Even if Zou Tianzi doesn't appear, meeting beings at the Divine Spirit Level is also beyond our ability to handle."

"Impossible." Du Wenzhen was adamant.

Xiao Mu looked at Du Wenzhen, his gaze filled with questions.

Du Wenzhen laughed, "Don't ask me how I know, but just trust me, it's impossible. Not to mention Zou Tianzi, even Divine Spirit Level beings won't appear."

Xiao Mu uttered a sound of acknowledgment, giving Du Wenzhen a deep, probing stare.

Du Wenzhen's absolute certainty and confidence made Xiao Mu ponder what made him so sure that no existence beyond the Divine Spirits would appear.

Could it be that Du Wenzhen's informants had some contact with the people from the Curse Gate, after all, for him to be so certain?

"Old Xiao, are you going or not? Give me a straight answer," Du Wenzhen urged, his tone becoming impatient.

Xiao Mu made up his mind, "Then let's take the trip together."

"Haha! I knew it, Old Xiao, you've got what it takes," Du Wenzhen said with great joy, slapping Xiao Mu's shoulder and announcing loudly, "Let's go, let's claim the Soul Chasing Pearl."

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