As long as the incense burner doesn't fall into Zhou Pudu's hands, he doesn't care who else uses it.

Not long ago, Zhou Pudu had adamantly advocated for Xiao Mu to be handed over, and now, facing the incense burner retrieved by Xiao Mu, from where does he draw the courage to compete?

Wu Jie seemed unaware of Zhou's and Chen's thoughts and continued, "Although it's true that Xiao Mu found the incense burner and thus has some say in its allocation, I believe that the incense burner should be given to the person who needs it most."

"All of you are members of the Alliance, and whoever uses it to enhance their strength is still benefiting the Alliance's power. In fact, there's no need to be so precise about it. Gu Hui, take the incense burner."

Wu Jie paused, made up his mind, and looked towards Gu Hui.

"Me?"

Gu Hui was startled and looked at Wu Jie in disbelief.

The others were also momentarily stunned; no one had expected the great chief Wu Jie to actually hand the incense burner over to Gu Hui for use.

Zhou Pudu's face darkened again, begrudging but he didn't say anything else.

Chen Fengshen, though somewhat reluctant inside, ultimately didn't object.

Giving it to Gu Hui was, after all, better than giving it to Zhou Pudu.

The great chief Wu Jie spoke with gravity, "Yes, you. As you've said, you guard the West Sixth Domain alone, facing the Life and Death Sect, the level of danger is unimaginable. Therefore, this incense burner that can only accept the incense fire, I've decided to hand it over to you for use."

"But as for Xiao Mu..." Gu Hui hesitated.

Wu Jie spoke indifferently, "As for Xiao Mu, I will have Wu Yan discuss it with him. I believe Xiao Mu will agree with my decision."

"Gentlemen, let's end today's meeting here. The meeting is adjourned!"

"Envoy Zhao, would you like to come and sit at my place?"

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In the past few days, Xiao Mu had been continuously searching for clues to the Divine Spirits' ruins and traces of the extraterrestrial evil beings.

That day, Xiao Mu went to the data room to look up information.

In the data room, mutated beings were coming and going, and when they saw Xiao Mu, they couldn't help but stop in their tracks to look at him.

What's happening?

Xiao Mu was puzzled, unable to guess what was going on, while also overhearing the low voices of the mutated beings conversing among themselves.

"Is that him?"

"Right, that's him, that's Xiao Mu."

"What bad luck! Barely at mid Yin God Realm and already marked by a Five Elements Master. If I were him, I'd feel like I wouldn't last a month."

"Poor guy!"

...

What Five Elements Master, and marked by whom? What on earth are these people talking about?

Xiao Mu turned his head and looked towards the talking mutated beings.

The speaking mutated beings, upon seeing Xiao Mu looking their way, immediately fell silent and stopped talking.

The mutated beings near Xiao Mu even scattered away from him, as if he were a virus, fearing that getting too close would bring them bad luck.

"Old Xiao, you're finished, the Five Elements Master has his eyes on you," Du Wenzhen suddenly came out of the data room and approached Xiao Mu.

"What Five Elements Master has his eyes on me?"

Xiao Mu looked at Du Wenzhen with confusion.

"You don't know yet? Look, what is this?" Du Wenzhen said while taking a piece of paper out from his person.

It was just an ordinary white paper, folded up like a handkerchief.

Before Xiao Mu's eyes, Du Wenzhen unfolded the white paper.

On the paper was a sketch of Xiao Mu, a plain drawing that was strikingly lifelike, so vivid that the person in the sketch seemed alive at a glance.

Xiao Mu only glanced at the sketch of himself on the paper, and suddenly felt dizzy, and his vision went dark for a moment.

Divine power!

In the sketch, there was clearly an intervention of divine power targeting Xiao Mu himself, such that he was affected by just one look.

"Old Xiao, you weren't injured, were you?"

Du Wenzhen was startled by Xiao Mu's condition, sensing something amiss and quickly folded up the sketch.

"I'm fine, let me see it again."

The Seal of the Heavenly Emperor within Xiao Mu vibrated, and his Earth God Rank responded, slowly dispelling the discomfort from his body as he looked at Du Wenzhen.

"Really fine?" Du Wenzhen was still suspicious, "You almost fainted just now."

"The force of Yin God left by the True Lord of the Five Elements on my painting was just to locate my position; it was merely for positioning, it didn't really affect me. Let me have another look at what's written on the paper."

Xiao Mu briefly explained and, remembering there was text next to his sketch, he made the request to Du Wenzhen again.

"All right! Be careful, don't fall for the True Lord of the Five Elements' tricks," Du Wenzhen warned Xiao Mu seriously before handing the paper back to him.

Xiao Mu unfolded the paper.

Indeed, as Xiao Mu said, the force of Yin God added by the True Lord of the Five Elements to the sketch was merely to determine Xiao Mu's location and hadn't intended to harm him.

In fact, the Divine Spirits of the realm of the True Lord of the Five Elements did not have the power to harm Xiao Mu merely through a sketch on a piece of paper.

Beside Xiao Mu's sketch on the paper, the small text was a bounty for Xiao Mu, stating that whoever could kill Xiao Mu would be rewarded with a thousand Advanced Energy Fruits. The contact details of the True Lord of the Five Elements were listed at the bottom, including an email address and chat software cellphone number.

"A thousand Advanced Energy Fruits, Old Xiao, I didn't realize you were worth so much!" Du Wenzhen looked at Xiao Mu with a mischievous grin.

"Yeah, a thousand Advanced Energy Fruits, I've even got the Energy Fruits that are needed for breaking through to the peak from the later stages of the Yin God Realm."

Xiao Mu smiled and looked at Du Wenzhen, "I think you could try contacting the True Lord of the Five Elements."

"Damn! You're such an old man who can't take a joke. What's the relationship between us brothers? How could I sell you out for a thousand Energy Fruits?" Du Wenzhen was displeased before quickly changing the subject, "I say, Old Xiao, what are you planning to do?"

"I'm preparing to break through to the later stages of the Yin God Realm and need a large number of Energy Fruits; I'm looking to see if there's information to obtain a large number of Energy Fruits."

In fact, besides breaking through to the later stages, Xiao Mu had to mutate Energy Points for the Hidden Life Technique and look into the Great Decree.

However, there was no need to mention the matters related to the Hidden Life Technique and the Great Decree to Du Wenzhen.

Du Wenzhen shook his head and said, "Energy Fruits aren't easy to come by; how many do you need?"

"Around forty thousand or so."

Xiao Mu estimated that to break through from the mid to the later stages of the Yin God Realm, he would probably need about forty thousand Energy Fruits, equivalent to four hundred Advanced Energy Fruits.

"That many!" Du Wenzhen was shocked by the number Xiao Mu mentioned but then felt fortunate, "Thank goodness I have Five Elements Divine Ash, so I don't need Energy Fruits temporarily."

"However, forty thousand Energy Fruits are not easy to come by, maybe you could take a crack at the True Lord of the Five Elements. That old guy can put up a thousand Advanced Energy Fruits as a bounty for you; he must have quite a stash."

What kind of idea was this?

Xiao Mu couldn't help but give Du Wenzhen a glare; if he could defeat the True Lord of the Five Elements, would he be offered as a bounty by him?

Du Wenzhen spread his hands, "Apart from that, I have no better ideas. But recently, I heard that the Ruins might have a group action; I suggest you start from there?"

"Group action? Are the Ruins going to wage war against the Extraterrestrial Evil Beings?"

Xiao Mu's expression became intense.

It has been a long time since the last large-scale war between the Great Tang Ruins and the Extraterrestrial Evil Beings.

Since every war had resulted in heavy casualties, the Ruins always tried to avoid them as much as possible.

The last large-scale war between the Great Tang Ruins and the Extraterrestrial Evil Beings occurred about a year ago.

In that war, dozens of Mutated Beings from the Yin God Realm of the Great Tang Ruins perished, and the number of Mutants in the Mortal Realm was in the tens of thousands, not to mention the countless civilians who died as a result of the conflict.

Du Wenzhen was about to answer Xiao Mu's question when both of their cellphones rang simultaneously.

A message had arrived!

Xiao Mu took out his cellphone and opened the chat software.

Team leader Wu Yan sent a message in the group chat: All members within the Ruins, come to the meeting immediately!

"It seems real now; we're about to start a war with the Extraterrestrial Evil Beings."

Du Wenzhen put away his phone, his face showing traces of excitement as he spiritedly said, "Danger is also an opportunity, Old Xiao, if we seize this chance, it might be the moment for us brothers to rise."

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