Xiao Mu left a false body to guard the disappearance point, but unfortunately, the disappearance point seemed to have been abandoned and there was no more movement.

This result naturally left Xiao Mu disappointed.

With no other choice, he had to temporarily put these matters aside and continue his cultivation.

"Master!"

Duan Ming appeared before Xiao Mu.

"Rise!" Xiao Mu waved his hand to let him stand up.

Duan Ming's strength, compared to before, had vaguely increased again, having already advanced to the Yin God Realm.

Although this person's aptitude was average, Xiao Mu had provided such abundant resources that Duan Ming had almost effortlessly stepped into the Yin God Realm.

At this moment, having entered the Yin God Realm, Duan Ming had completely controlled the power of the ancient city and had been recently assigned by Qin Yuan to be in charge of guarding the ancient city.

On this day, he came specifically to pay respects to Xiao Mu.

Even though Xiao Mu had not agreed to accept Duan Ming as his disciple, Duan Ming had always respectfully performed disciple礼 to Xiao Mu.

"Master!" Duan Ming began to report his plan, "Recently, I'm planning to take people to explore the northern Green Mountain. Previously, there were farmer disappearance incidents on Green Mountain, and the reasons were never clarified. The people in the city are very uneasy, and if it's not thoroughly investigated, another escape might happen."

Xiao Mu was somewhat surprised by Duan Ming's plan.

Since becoming the person in charge of the ancient city, Duan Ming had obviously become much more mature in handling matters and more methodical.

He nodded, instructing, "If you want to go, just go, but be safe, and try to take more people with you."

"Yes, Master!"

Duan Ming agreed and then bid farewell to Xiao Mu before heading to the city to find manpower to explore Green Mountain.

Meanwhile, after the other party left, Xiao Mu immediately separated a body to secretly follow.

Previously, he had personally explored Green Mountain, not finding any clues to the farmers' disappearances nor any potentially hiding Heavenly Court experts.

Now that Duan Ming was proactively going, Xiao Mu felt that the chance of the other party drawing out Heavenly Court experts was much higher than his own.

As for having Duan Ming take more people, it's because if there are many, those Heavenly Court experts hidden in the shadows may find it hard to resist such temptation and might take action again.

Xiao Mu could then seize the opportunity to capture them.

After leaving Xiao Mu's residence, Duan Ming immediately went to gather manpower, first finding Senior Brother Guo.

Senior Brother Guo's strength had also improved significantly because being close to Duan Ming, he had gained considerable benefits and similarly advanced to the Yin God Realm.

Now, being very close to Duan Ming, he had seemingly become Duan Ming's most important assistant.

After reuniting with Senior Brother Guo, they continued gathering manpower. Eventually, Duan Ming led four Yin God Realm, five Mortal Realm Fifth Level, and fifteen Fourth Stage of Mortal Realm, setting out for Green Mountain.

During this period, because everything had stabilized, coupled with Qin Yuan distributing resources everywhere, the strength of the mutant beings increased rather rapidly.

Previously, to a large extent, it was because they couldn't effectively operate that the situation persisted; if they could operate, it wouldn't be any less than it is now.

It's just that most Eastern Desolation people were terrified, either escaping or hiding, ultimately causing the whole Eastern Desolation to run poorly, making it difficult to distribute resources.

Now, because Xiao Mu killed three Heavenly Court True Gods, military morale stabilized, and the entire northern Eastern Desolation operated smoothly.

Duan Ming led his team continuously heading towards Green Mountain, while Xiao Mu followed closely, entering Green Mountain.

On Green Mountain, they passed through a small village, which was the village of the missing farmers.

In the village, they inquired about the disappearance location of the farmers and learned that it was in the nearby valley. They then led the way to the valley.

The valley was a fertile field. Once they arrived at the field, they started searching for clues about the farmers' disappearance. However, even Xiao Mu couldn't find traces; how could these ordinary mutated beings find disappearance clues?

Xiao Mu was feeling a bit disappointed when Duan Ming suddenly decided to have everyone spend the night in the valley.

He had long prepared for what to do in the absence of clues. Hence, everyone began setting up tents, searching for water sources, and building fires for cooking.

What Xiao Mu saw made him feel strangely pleased.

Duan Ming's actions were exactly to his liking, making him have a vague premonition that this approach might attract the hidden Heavenly Court experts to appear.

Of course, he himself had previously had such an idea, but couldn't implement it, being a True God, he couldn't possibly ask these ordinary people to be bait, right? If something really happened to someone, he would lose face as a True God.

Duan Ming's arrangement was just right.

Xiao Mu released his divine sense to inspect secretly.

Duan Ming and others started cooking, and after dinner, they rested in the valley, and soon, the night came.

The first day, there were no incidents.

Duan Ming, however, seemed determined to carry the investigation through to the end. Despite no incidents on the first day, he still had no intention of leaving.

He led his men to continue garrisoning, investigating, while waiting for something.

The second day, and the third day passed with no incidents as well.

On the fourth day, people were getting impatient, and some already wanted to leave, relying solely on Duan Ming and Senior Brother Guo to suppress it.

Following that, the fifth day and sixth day passed with nothing happening.

Some wanted to leave, and Duan Ming and Senior Brother Guo had to exhaust themselves persuading them. It was not until the seventh day that Duan Ming could no longer hold them because no mutated beings wanted to stay there without reason.

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