"You just joined today, are you Mr. Feng Xian? I heard Li Jia address you that way, I don't know if I heard it wrong." Xiao Mu responded politely.

Feng Xian said, "That's right, my name is Feng Xian. Responsible for the monthly welfare distribution of Task Group One."

Xiao Mu asked curiously, "There's welfare for the Task Group?"

Feng Xian laughed, "Of course, the people in our Task Group face life and death situations, constantly under the threat of death. Without welfare, I'm afraid everyone would have complaints."

Suddenly, he took a careful look at Xiao Mu, obviously assessing Xiao Mu's strength, then continued, "At your level, in the Mid Yin God Realm, you can get a thousand energy fruits each month. Once you step into the later stage, it will be fifteen hundred, and at the peak, it will be two thousand. For someone like the group leader, at Peak Perfection, it's three thousand a month."

Xiao Mu listened with keen interest. A thousand energy fruits a month in welfare was already very generous, after all, it was an extra reward, even if you did nothing at all to earn it.

"I'm going to collect my welfare for this month. Don't forget to come to the Hall later to find me to receive it," Feng Xian said with a smile, waving his hand at Xiao Mu as he headed towards the Welfare room.

After saying goodbye to Feng Xian, Xiao Mu went alone to the Book Collection Room.

The Book Collection Room and the Welfare room were very close to each other, both being large rooms with an outer hall.

In the Hall, rows of tables were neatly arranged, each table equipped with a computer that could be used to look up information.

There were not many people in the Hall, aside from four or five workers lounging about, there were only seven or eight people, each occupying a computer spaced far apart from one another, searching for information on their screens.

Xiao Mu took his Identity Badge to the workers to register and then obtained a card that could be used to operate a computer.

With the card in hand, Xiao Mu arrived at a computer, sat down, and began to search for information.

All the accessible information in this area was related to secret manuals.

There were Divine Techniques, as well as secrets to forging Magic treasures, refining pills, and Formation Secrets, among others.

However, what Xiao Mu wanted to look at were clearly the Divine Techniques.

He wanted to forge Magic treasures as well, but without the corresponding materials, it was pointless.

Turning on the computer and entering his identity information, Xiao Mu accessed the main page of the book collection and searched for manuals by directory.

The categories of various secret manuals appeared on Xiao Mu's computer screen:

1. Divine Techniques chapter.

2. Divine Powers chapter.

3. Magic treasures chapter.

4. Flying Swords chapter.

5. Divine Treasure chapter.

6. Pill Refining chapter.

7. Array chapter.

...

The list of categorized secret manuals was so extensive that it made Xiao Mu's eyes blur.

Xiao Mu was surprised to see that among these manuals, there were not only ones on Divine Techniques, but also on Divine Powers, not just Magic treasures, but also Divine Treasures.

Divine Powers are, in fact, more powerful than Divine Techniques and are beyond the capability of Divine Spirits to cultivate. Only True Gods have the qualifications to cultivate them.

Divine Treasures, however, are treasures of Divine Spirits, significantly different from Magic treasures, and their power is generally above that of Magic treasures.

For example, the Qiankun Circle and the Golden Jiao Scissors are Magic treasures, whereas the Life and Death Record and the Judge Pen are Divine Treasures.

Magic treasures principally demonstrate combat power, while Divine Treasures possess special Divine Powers. They are true treasures of Divine Spirits with responsible positions, which, in a sense, are equivalent to the seals of officials, representing the authority of the respective officials.

Driven by curiosity, Xiao Mu couldn't help but click on the Divine Treasure section with his mouse, only to have a window pop up at the center of the computer screen: Insufficient permissions, unable to view.

Damn!

Xiao Mu cursed the Alliance for being stingy internally, moved the mouse to the Divine Power section, and again a pop-up window appeared, indicating insufficient permissions.

So many rules!

Xiao Mu grumbled dissatisfiedly and moved his mouse over to the Divine Techniques section and clicked on it.

This time there was no problem, the Divine Techniques section opened successfully, but once again it displayed sub-categories, including Five Elements Category, Yin and Yang Category, Good and Evil Category, Sacred and Curse Category, Life and Death Category, and so on.

"They actually have a Life and Death Category?"

The appearance of Life and Death Category Divine Techniques in the divine arts column surprised Xiao Mu, as these were precisely what he needed most at the moment.

After all, the strongest among the various True Forces he cultivated belonged to the Life and Death Category.

Besides their formidable power, Life and Death Divine Techniques also had many special uses that other divine techniques could not achieve.

For instance, the use of the Life and Death Record and the Judge Pen required the corresponding divine spirit profession or only those who cultivated the Power of Life and Death were capable of using them.

If someone who cultivated other powers did not hold the corresponding profession, even if they obtained the Life and Death Record and the Judge Pen, they would be unable to use them.

Opening the Life and Death Category, names of various secret manuals appeared before Xiao Mu.

"Transform Death Art," "Immortal Profound Ability," "Revival Art," "Resurrection Art," "Three Lives Divine Skill," "Five Lives Divine Power"...

"'Three Lives Divine Power,' 'Five Lives Divine Power,' these can't actually be divine skills, right? They must just have 'divine power' in their names, not actually connected to divine skills. Yet, such naming can be quite misleading and easily confuse people."

Muttering to himself, Xiao Mu opened "Three Lives Divine Skill" and "Five Lives Divine Power" to check and eventually discovered that the so-called Three Lives Divine Skill and Five Lives Divine Power simply used the Power of Life and Death to cultivate three and five additional lives based on one's existing life.

Without a doubt, having three or five extra lives would make one even harder to kill and much more difficult to eliminate.

Those who cultivate the Power of Life and Death are already strong in their vitality, and with several more lives, they become outrageously stronger.

He then clicked on "Immortal Profound Ability," which was undoubtedly another special cultivation method related to the Power of Life and Death.

After cultivating this profound ability, one's whole bodily structure changes, possessing the real capability of not dying even if reduced to ashes.

Xiao Mu knew that although those who cultivated the Power of Life and Death were not easy to kill, they were not actually immortal.

For any cultivator of the Power of Life and Death, whether they would die mainly depended on the severity of their injuries.

Minor injuries could be easily recovered from, but once the injury was so severe that it exceeded the power level of the cultivated Power of Life and Death, death was still inevitable.

The "Immortal Profound Ability" could enhance one's vitality even more, achieving true rebirth from a drop of blood or resurrection from ashes after cultivation.

"To cultivate these profound abilities, one will surely need a lot of merits."

Xiao Mu didn't need to check any documents to guess that obtaining these Life and Death Category Divine Techniques would require high merits.

But now, for Xiao Mu with no merits to his name, viewing these secret manuals was not very meaningful.

After browsing for a while, he somewhat regretfully closed the catalog of Life and Death Divine Techniques and started searching for other categories of divine techniques.

The most important thing was to find a divine technique manual that could resist the Curse Gate divine techniques, whether it was in the Five Elements Category, the Yin and Yang Category, or even the Life and Death Category.

"I will definitely find something in the Sacred Category Divine Techniques."

Thinking this, Xiao Mu opened the Sacred Category Divine Techniques, and instantly, names of various secret manuals appeared.

This time it was purely out of curiosity.

"Divine Body," "Ruyi Divine Body," "Repelling Evil Boundless Charm," "Fire Lotus Divine Lamp Charm"...

Sacred Category Divine Techniques naturally counteract curse-related divine techniques, but Xiao Mu only skimmed through them briefly before closing the catalog.

Without cultivating Sacred Power, even with the secret manuals, one cannot learn them.

"Forget it, let's see what else there is," he said.

Xiao Mu went through each category one by one, this time focusing on viewing secret manuals related to the various True Powers he had cultivated—the Five Elements Power, Yin Yang Power, Two Forces of Life and Death.

All the divine techniques related to the Two Forces of Life and Death were associated with life and death and not specifically targeting Curse Gate skills.

Feeling disappointed, Xiao Mu directly checked the Yin Yang Power and Five Elements Power.

Eventually, in the Five Elements Power secret manuals, he found a related divine technique—Five Elements Evil-Repelling Divine Body.

This divine technique involved using Five Elements Power to transform the body, eventually refining an Evil-Repelling Divine Body.

This kind of Evil-Repelling Divine Body could not only resist curse-related divine techniques but also withstand divine techniques related to life and death, good and evil, and even those of the ghostly and underworld types.

However, the Five Elements Evil-Repelling Divine Body was not specifically targeted at Curse Gate divine techniques, so its resistance was somewhat limited and couldn't completely avoid curses from the Curse Gate.

One could only imagine that if there was truly a way to completely resist curses from the Curse Gate, the Curse Gate would no longer be a threat, and the Alliance members would no longer fear those from the Curse Gate.

A look of joy, however, couldn't help but spread across Xiao Mu's face.

What was useless to others didn't mean it would be useless to him.

As long as he used the Mutation Technique to induce a mutation, this Five Elements Evil-Repelling Divine Body could play an unimaginably significant role in his hands and could be deployed against the Curse Gate divine techniques.

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