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"Why can the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed parasitize Li Buxian?" Inside the Divine Statue Cave Heaven, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, staring at Li Buxian through the water screen in front of the door.

Was it the Underworld God Transformation?

Compared to other people in Luandu County, if there was anything different about Li Buxian, it was that he had practiced the Underworld God Transformation for many years.

"The Underworld God Transformation is related to the City God Dojo, and thus related to the Netherworld as well. Perhaps because of this, Li Buxian has been contaminated with the aura of the Netherworld, and his constitution has changed, therefore..."

Chen Mu couldn't help but narrow his eyes, "I need to find another warrior who has undergone the Underworld God Transformation to test this!"

He didn't want to show himself in front of those who had undergone the Underworld God Transformation since it was too dangerous. But the matter regarding the Underworld God Transformation was linked to his plan to escape the dojo, so he couldn't avoid taking risks.

Chen Mu then turned his head to look at the edge of the water screen to his left, where there were three fixed images showing scenes from the County Temple of the City God in the neighboring three counties.

Luandu County, part of Da Qian's Wei Nan Road in Yiyang Commandery, was located in the remote southwestern mountains. With no large military presence or Noble Clans nearby, finding another warrior who had undergone the Underworld God Transformation was very challenging.

His first thought was of the temple priests at the City Divine Temple, who, like Li Buxian, were guardians of the temple and certainly practiced the Underworld God Transformation.

"Speaking of which, as a fellow Living God, isn't it a bit offensive for me to attack another temple's priest on their own turf?" Chen Mu hesitated a bit.

"Ah, I'll just have to change my face."

"As long as I'm not recognized, it wouldn't be considered offensive!"

...

Jiangyang County Temple of the City God was located on Low Mountain just on the outskirts of the Southern Forest Mountains, less than twenty miles from the county town.

The temple priest, Xie An, was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was a retainer of the Xie Family, stationed in Jiangyang County Temple of the City God for four years, mainly to brew rice wine for the Xie Family's Young Master.

Like him, the Xie Family had many such retainers. Once they acquired positions as temple priests, they sent trusted retainers to oversee the operation. The rice wine produced was split such that the overseeing retainer received twenty percent, with the rest going to the Xie Family.

In the dead of night, Xie An, dressed in a fitted black outfit, stepped out of his room.

His waist was tied with a purple gourd covered in intricate dark golden patterns. With a light tap of his toe, he flew over the wall like a streak of black lightning headed straight for Jiangyang.

Over the past year, Xie An had brewed rice wine more than once, and he had walked this route countless times. Like a gentle breeze, it didn't take long before he arrived at the gates of Jiangyang city.

Without stopping, like usual, he bent his knees and in a swift motion, sprang onto the wall.

But before he could steady himself atop the battlement, a dark, rough fist suddenly appeared and thudded into his nose.

Xie An felt a sting in his eyes as tears immediately blurred his vision; spinning like a rag doll, he was flung over the outer wall of the city.

When he landed awkwardly, he immediately looked up and saw a fat man with dark skin and a face full of horizontal meat standing not far away, about ten meters in front of him.

"Who are you, sir, and why would you attack me?" Xie An, suppressing his anger, slightly bowed his hands.

"Xie An, you scoundrel, I've finally found you!" the dark-faced fat man said with a face full of wrath.

An enemy?

Xie An's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly discerned the man's face by the moonlight, then his brows involuntarily furrowed slightly, "You must be mistaken, sir; I do not know you."

"You don't recognize me?" the dark-faced fat man grew more sorrowful.

"Years ago, you assaulted my daughter and murdered my entire family out of lust, and you dare deny your deeds?"

To abduct a girl and slaughter her family? That couldn't be right?

In his younger days, he indeed lived days of debauchery as one of the Xie Family Young Master's lackeys, but he certainly never kidnapped a girl or annihilated her family.

"You must be mistaken," Xie An, patiently and calmly tried to persuade.

The fat man clearly looked skilled, and as the saying went, 'a wise man doesn't court danger,' it was better to avoid a fight if possible.

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible!" the fat man abruptly waved his hand.

"Ten years ago, you stabbed me through the chest. Had my heart not been on the right side, I would never have survived."

"You could turn to ashes, and I still wouldn't recognize you wrong!"

Could he really be an old enemy?

Xie An couldn't help but feel skeptical.

"My daughter has been with me since she was little, and she was as beautiful as the moon. Yet she perished at such a young age, you deserve to die!"

Been with you since childhood, yet as beautiful as the moon?

Xie An, looking at the burly man with dark skin and a face full of horizontal meat, fell silent.

"What kind of intense preference must one have to engage in this?"

"This definitely isn't me!"

"Sir, I am a member of the Xie Family. I have never lacked gold or silver since I was young, and I am a regular at Chunfeng Tower in the capital, having seen numerous beauties. Honestly, I see no reason to kidnap your daughter. You must be mistaken," Xie An once again bowed respectfully, persuading in a tactful manner.

"Are you calling me ugly?!" the black-faced, stout man roared furiously, leaping forward, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of Xie An.

How did this escalate so quickly?

I was merely telling the truth.

Xie An, with an indifferent expression, lifted his hands to parry the incoming punch.

His thigh muscles bulged like spheres, and as power surged through them, his legs resembled two fully drawn bows.

If he could withstand this momentary onslaught, he would be able to leap backward, creating some distance and dragging out the fight.

In the past, he had used this technique to capture many Qi Cultivators, mastering it with ease.

Just a mere brute...

Hah!

Before he could complete his thought, he saw the opponent's right arm suddenly swell and turn blue.

The moment his raised arms made contact, an unstoppable force, like a suddenly exploding bomb, hit him.

His own arms, positioned over his head, felt like marshmallows, offering no resistance whatsoever.

Xie An only had time to widen his eyes before, with a clang, the fist smashed into his head.

He felt a tremoring force traverse his body, scattering all the tensed power within him.

His head buzzed, and his eyes rolled back as he lost consciousness.

The black-faced stout man continued his assault, pounding Xie An's face until it swelled and turned blue, resembling a pig's head.

"Once you're in my hands, let's see how I'll slowly deal with you!"

He then hoisted his opponent over his shoulder and sprinted northward toward Yutang County.

...

Within the bounds of Luandu County, inside a sparse grove,

Chen Mu, disguised as the black-faced stout man, stopped. He used the Truthful Listening Technique to survey the surroundings within a radius of twenty or thirty miles before setting Xie An down.

"Having circled a wide berth, my peer shouldn't notice," he sighed in relief.

The considerable effort was to guard against other Living Gods.

He himself could project Divine Thoughts outward and use the Water Screen to observe the surroundings, and surely the Living God of Jiangyang County, a fellow Living God, could do the same.

He was curious yet wary of the Living Gods of the three counties.

Since his City God Dojo's power could spread across the three counties, the temples within those counties had become his focus of observation. Although he hadn't detected outward projection of Divine Thoughts from the others, they would definitely use the Cave Heaven Water Curtain to monitor the outside world.

While they might not watch over the entire Jiangyang County, any activities like Xie An's midnight kidnapping of Ghosts to brew sorghum wine would almost certainly intrigue the Living God of Jiangyang County.

Chen Mu didn't want to be discovered, and so he had disguised himself as an enemy and purposely circled around from Yutang County before bringing Xie An back to Luandu County.

"Whether it works or not, it'll be decided here."

With a thought, the air in front of him slightly vibrated, and a Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed sparkling with fluorescence appeared.

Chen Mu took a deep breath, rather nervously pressing the glowing speck towards Xie An. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

In the next moment, that speck, like a raindrop hitting parched earth, effortlessly entered the center of Xie An's forehead.

"It worked!"

Chen Mu swung his fist forcefully.

"It's definitely because of the Underworld God Transformation!" he thought excitedly.

With a Heavenly Demon Body substitute, his True Flesh Body had long since been able to reach the Divine Statue Cave Heaven. However, the prerequisite was that the True Form had to be energetically connected to the Heavenly Demon Body.

Previously, he could only use the dojo's power to connect the energies, restricting his True Flesh Body's range of motion to within the dojo's power influence.

Now, as long as he cultivated the Underworld God Transformation in his True Flesh Body and embedded the Heavenly Demon Spirit Seed within it, he could link the True Flesh Body and the Heavenly Demon Body across great distances.

Consequently, the distance between the two could be infinitely extended, effectively freeing his True Flesh Body entirely from the Divine Statue Cave Heaven!