"Without the hide, where can the hair attach? If I do not take part in this team task and simply watch as Great Tang Ruins are destroyed, my end will certainly not be well either. After the Great Tang Ruins are destroyed, where could I go?"

"This…"

Elder Zun was stunned for a moment, then he let out a long sigh.

What Xiao Mu said also made sense.

His strength, after all, had not reached an invincible level. It was only by taking refuge under the protection of the Great Tang Ruins that he could avoid being killed by Extraterrestrial Evil Beings.

And once the Great Tang Ruins were destroyed, who could protect him? Probably just any Divine Spirit Realm Extraterrestrial Evil Being could kill him.

"Alright, if you are willing to go, then go. But remember, preserving your life is the most important thing. After three months, Old Huang and I still want to join you to explore the Netherworld."

"Please rest assured, Elder Zun."

A smile suddenly appeared on Xiao Mu's face, infusing him with an added measure of confidence, "I definitely will not die in this task."

"I hope so!"

Elder Zun was not very hopeful but he still offered his blessings.

At this moment, the notification tone for messages on Xiao Mu's cellphone suddenly rang.

He took out the cellphone and glanced at the message.

The person who sent the message was Wang Gui from the Consultant Office. The message contained only two words: Come quickly!

Xiao Mu bid farewell to Elder Zun and headed for the Consultant Office.

"Brother Xiao, please come in!"

Wang Gui stood at the door of the Consultant Office waiting for Xiao Mu, both nervous and delighted.

Seeing the look on Wang Gui's face, Xiao Mu guessed that perhaps there was good news and quickly asked, "Brother Wang, what's the matter that you called for me?"

Wang Gui laughed and said, "Brother Xiao, the matter you asked me to investigate has found a lead."

As he spoke, he invited Xiao Mu into the Consultant Office.

"The matter I asked you to investigate? Which one?" Xiao Mu couldn't guess which matter Wang Gui was referring to.

Wang Gui laughed and replied, "Brother Xiao really has an ordinary memory, which other matter could it be, besides the one about the Divine Prison you asked me to investigate?"

"Divine Prison?"

With a jolt of surprise followed by delight, Xiao Mu asked, "Brother Wang, do you know if the Divine Prison was built?"

"There's even more than that."

Wang Gui's face beamed with joy as he summoned Xiao Mu to sit and said, "Brother Xiao, please take a seat. This is the information related to the Divine Prison that I've recently gathered. Take a look."

With that, Wang Gui placed a stack of information on the table in front of Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu brought the documents in front of himself.

This so-called information was actually a series of photographs, taken with a high-resolution digital camera.

The originals were uniformly bamboo slips, stones, and the like, covered with writing, dense with all sorts of old pictographic and seal characters.

Xiao Mu frowned, not recognizing a single word of the ancient text.

"Brother Xiao, please start from the first page, look here..."

Wang Gui pointed to a line of text on the first photograph, directing Xiao Mu to it, "Here, this says..."

"Brother Wang..."

Xiao Mu interrupted with a wry smile, "I must say, it's embarrassing, but I do not recognize the writing here. Please explain it to me, Brother Wang. There's no need for me to look."

"It's my mistake, I didn't think too much and forgot that Brother Xiao is a modern man."

Wang Gui took back the photos from in front of Xiao Mu, feeling embarrassed, placed them in front of himself, and began to read the information from the pictures to Xiao Mu.

"Brother Xiao, this first page records the information about the construction of the Divine Prison, concerning Guo Xu the Town God."

"On the third day of the seventh month of the Gengzi year, Guo Xu the Town God, by the order of the Lord of Bai's Mansion, prepared to build the Divine Prison."

Guo Xu the Town God?

Xiao Mu had heard of this Town God's name before and was intrigued.

Wang Gui looked up at Xiao Mu and explained, "Brother Xiao, the Divine Prison plan that you obtained came from the Land God Ge Xie, who was a subordinate of Guo Xu the Town God."

This Brother Wang really is attentive, immediately guessing what I was wondering and explaining it to me.

Quietly praising him, Xiao Mu nodded and said, "I understand. Please continue, Brother Wang."

Wang Gui continued, "This first document doesn't record where Guo Xu the Town God built the Divine Prison."

"But look at the next piece of information..."

Wang Gui set aside the first photo to reveal the second one.

This was a stone, inscribed with the same type of dense text as in the first photo.

Wang Gui went on, "On the fifth day of the third month of the Xinchou year, by Guo Xu the Town God's command, three thousand Yin Spirits were conscripted to Mount Fulo to construct the Divine Prison. This document is from just over half a year after the previous one."

"This indicates that half a year after the previous document, Guo Xu the Town God began to build the Divine Prison on Mount Fulo."

Xiao Mu asked, "Brother Wang, where is Mount Fulo?"

Wang Gui smiled and said, "This is exactly why I called for Brother Xiao."

"Mount Fulo, that was an ancient place name. After so many years, with crustal changes, the original terrain has long since altered."

"The current Mount Fulo, though still a mountain, is no longer the Mount Fulo of old, but a new mountain altogether."

"Brother Xiao, the Divine Prison's location is roughly at the intersection of the Leihe Region and the Nanhua Domain in the Cangmang Mountain."

"Cangmang Mountain?"

Xiao Mu felt a surge of excitement but forced himself to remain calm on the surface.

"Please take a look, Brother Xiao."

Wang Gui smiled as he took out the third picture, which was a screenshot taken from a map.

The picture clearly marked the location of Cangmang Mountain, approximately where it was and how one could get there.

"Many thanks, Brother Wang."

Holding the third picture, Xiao Mu asked with a smile, "Brother Wang, may I take this picture with me?"

Wang Gui smiled and said, "Of course, this information was prepared for you, Brother Xiao."

"Then I am truly grateful, Brother Wang!"

With the information in hand, Xiao Mu left the Consultant Office.

At last, he knew where he was supposed to go, to the South Five Regions, and along the way to the intersection of the Leihe Region and Nanhua Domain at Cangmang Mountain, in search of the Divine Prison.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mu made his way to Wu Yan's office.

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On the great road from the Cuiyun Mountain Region to the Nanhua Domain, suddenly, twenty to thirty beams of Escape Light appeared.

When they arrived at the Qionghua River in the middle of the Nanhua Domain, these beams of light gradually came to a halt.

"Everyone, rest here for a while until Elder Xu and Elder Fang arrive," said a black-clad middle-aged man with a somewhat arrogant demeanor as he moved to the front of the group.

This was Qin Duan, the leader of a group of Mutated Beings from the South Five Regions.

However, the ones who truly held the ultimate decision-making power were the two Elders stationed in the South Five Regions, Xu Qianwu and Fang Ying.

"Old Xiao, that guy was looking at you just now, didn't seem to have good intentions," Du Wenzhen's voice transmitted to Xiao Mu's ear.

"Don't worry about it, the task is what's important. He can't do anything to us even if he wants to cool off," Xiao Mu replied, his expression calm. He wasn't overly concerned even though the leader of this operation was Qin Duan.

Qin Duan, no matter how bold, wouldn't dare to openly target him on such an important mission. Besides, the main people in charge this time were not Qin Duan, but Xu Qianwu and Fang Ying.

"That's true, but Old Xiao, about the location you mentioned, can we really rely on it?" Du Wenzhen nodded subtly and transmitted his voice to Xiao Mu once again.

"More than ninety percent sure it's real. However, whether we can find it or not, that remains to be seen after further exploration," Xiao Mu transmitted his voice back smoothly.

"If it's true, that would be great. Such a Divine Prison must contain treasures. I hope we can quickly find an opportunity to leave," Fang Ying said with a face full of joy.

Among all the Mutated Beings present, aside from Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen, many others bore expressions of solemnity.

The risk of this mission was extremely high, and even for the group leader Qin Duan, the probability of death was over fifty percent, inevitably causing worry.

In fact, only the two anomalies, Xiao Mu and Du Wenzhen, managed to remain calm faced with such a task.

Xiao Mu was skilled in Secret Arts, with a strong ability for survival, while Du Wenzhen was naturally arrogant and careless, never taking life and death seriously.

Following Qin Duan's orders, many of the Mutated Beings sat down on the spot.

These were Mutated Beings of the True Realm, all with exceptionally strong physical constitutions, and the mere act of traveling didn't really require any rest. Sitting down was a clear indication of their internal anxiety.

"Sigh!"

Suddenly, someone let out a heavy sigh.

"Trash! Idiot! I am not dead yet, what are you sighing for!" Qin Duan, upon hearing the sigh, immediately turned around and angrily rebuked the sighing Mutated Being.

"Sorry, sorry!" The sighing Mutated Being looked very young, appearing to be only about twenty years old, his strength average with only a mid-level cultivation in the Yin God Realm. Startled by Qin Duan's rebuke, he hastily apologized.

That fellow only knows how to bully the weak! Xiao Mu looked at Qin Duan with dissatisfaction, then discreetly withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the young sighing Mutated Being.

Upon looking over, he made a surprising discovery.

Beside the young Mutated Being lay two clay jars, from which Yin Qi seeped out, clearly urns for holding ashes.

On the battlefield, this young Mutated Being was actually carrying two ashes urns with him.

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