395: Assigning tasks

“Greetings, Senior Immortal!”

Just as Li Mu was speaking with Qin Zhe and the others, the arrogant Cultivators who had been in the sky descended, bustling.

They came before Li Mu and bowed respectfully.

Li Mu glanced at them: “You are the people from those Cultivation Sects and Cultivation Families who emerged from the Small World after this Spiritual Qi Awakening, aren’t you?”

Hearing Li Mu’s words, one of them quickly replied: “Precisely.”

“Originally, we planned to take advantage of the Spiritual Qi Awakening, while the outside world wasn’t too dangerous, to collect more Heaven And Earth Treasure for Cultivation.”

“But we never expected to encounter such a situation.”

As that person’s voice fell, it was as if a floodgate had opened, and the others also chimed in one after another.

“Indeed!”

“The invasion of an alien world was unheard of; we never imagined such a bizarre thing would occur.”

“This matter of the alien world’s invasion concerns the rise and fall of our Human Race. I will return to report to the Clan Elders and have them lead the fight against these invaders from the alien world.”

Hearing their words, Li Mu nodded faintly, a slight smile appearing on his face.

“I understand. You may leave now.”

However, as Li Mu’s voice fell, no one departed.

Li Mu: “What’s wrong? Is there anything else?”

One person stepped forward, cupped his hands towards Li Mu, and said: “Senior, I just heard Senior say that you were going to revive a deity from a mythological Seal.”

Li Mu nodded: “That is correct.”

This person continued: “Junior dares to ask, might this task be entrusted to us?”

Another person quickly added: “Mainly, we also wish to witness the scene of a deity’s revival with our own eyes; perhaps it will grant us some insights into our Cultivation.”

Hearing this, Li Mu paused slightly, then smiled and nodded: “Alright, if you wish to go, then go.”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and a golden light flashed, directly entering the brow of the person who had just spoken among the group.

Before they could react, Li Mu continued: “I have already told you the address and the method of revival. Go.”

After a moment, this person regained his senses, comprehending the new information in his Sea of Consciousness, and a trace of ecstasy flashed in his eyes.

He then quickly cupped his hands respectfully towards Li Mu: “Thank you, Senior, for giving us this opportunity.”

“Junior will not delay.”

Li Mu nodded, waving his hand lightly: “Go.”

The next second, these Cultivators transformed into dozens of streaks of brilliant light, flying into the sky and quickly heading towards the coordinates Li Mu had given them.

Only after they had all left did Qin Zhe speak: “Li Mu, is it really alright to entrust such a major task as reviving a deity to this group of people?”

However, before Li Mu could speak, Old Qin, who was nearby, chuckled: “Don’t worry, they are very reliable.”

“In the future confrontation with the invaders from the alien world, these hidden Sects and Cultivation Families contributed greatly in the early stages when we had little power.”

“Indeed, the people of one Sect even perished entirely in their efforts to fight the invaders from the alien world.”

Hearing Old Qin’s words, everyone present was momentarily astonished.

They never expected that this group of people would have such great determination in fighting the invaders from the alien world!

It was then that Li Mu spoke: “This world is the foundation of your survival, and it is the same for them.”

“Even you are willing to fight against invaders from an alien world who are stronger than you for the sake of your homeland, let alone them.”

“If they allow the invaders from the alien world to occupy Earth, for them, it is also occupying their homeland and plundering their Cultivation resources.”

Hearing Li Mu’s explanation, everyone finally nodded: “So that’s how it is…”

Li Mu: “Alright, let’s pause the small talk for now. There’s another matter I need to entrust to you.”

“The deity I’m sending those Cultivators to revive is the City Gods. As for you… go to Fengdu City and open the gateway to the Underworld.”

“Now that the Spiritual Qi has Awakened, the gateway to the Underworld can be opened.”

“Once the gateway is open, the Yin Gods of the Underworld will gradually recover from their Seal.”

After Li Mu finished speaking, he slowly extended his finger and pointed it at Old Qin’s brow, then a piece of information was injected into Old Qin’s Sea of Consciousness through his finger.

Li Mu continued: “Old Qin, I’ve already transmitted the information to you. You can take them with you then.”

“As for those Yin Gods, I believe you know what to pay attention to, so I won’t say more.”

Old Qin nodded upon hearing this: “Leave it to us, don’t worry.”

Li Mu also nodded faintly: “Next, I need to fully focus on activating the Nine Stars Locking Yang Grand Formation. You already know what will happen in the future, so I’m entrusting these matters to you!”

“I have set up Formations at the Two Realms Passages that are about to appear. With your foreknowledge, you can directly lead people there when the time comes.”

Old Qin nodded again, saying nothing more, but a hint of determination appeared in his eyes.

When the others heard Li Mu’s words, their minds subconsciously conjured the scene of Old Qin’s return through the River of Time.

Even now, they could clearly recall Li Mu’s words from the other end of the space-time passage at that time.

He had told the Li Mu of this timeline to activate the Nine Stars Locking Yang Grand Formation!

It seemed Li Mu had been preparing for this all along.

They had also heard Old Qin explain what this Nine Stars Locking Yang Grand Formation was.

It was the entire Solar System!

Just the difficulty of setting up a Formation using the entire Solar System as its base was unimaginable.

Although they didn't know how Li Mu would manage to activate this Nine Stars Locking Yang Grand Formation.

But seeing that Li Mu only dared to mention this matter after his Realm reached Profound Immortal, it was not difficult to see its difficulty.

If it were left to them, they probably wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.

The next second, Li Mu’s figure transformed into a streak of brilliant light and vanished into the sky.

And Old Qin and the others looked in the direction Li Mu had left, each of them feeling a mix of emotions.

They all wanted to share some of Li Mu’s burden, but they also knew that their own strength was too low, they didn't even have the qualification to share Li Mu's pressure.

Li Mu was once just like them, one of the countless beings.

But Li Mu had experienced an apocalypse for the Human Race.

Now that he had returned, he still had to bear such a heavy burden again…

“Report! Grand Elder, the Two Realms Passage in the East Sea has appeared!”

A person came to the Grand Elder’s office to report this matter to him.

Upon hearing this report, the Grand Elder’s expression immediately turned serious.

He quickly inquired: “What is the current battle situation?”

The person said: “There are nearly sixty thousand invaders in total. According to Qin Zhe’s report, the weakest invaders have a Realm of Qi Refining and Essence Transformation.”

“What?!”

Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Sixty thousand Cultivators at Qi Refining and Essence Transformation Realm—what kind of concept was that?!

One must know that the total number of Cultivators with Awakened talents in the entire Dragon Country was less than ten thousand!

Not to mention that the lowest Realm among those invaders was Qi Refining and Essence Transformation, which meant there were even stronger individuals among those sixty thousand invaders!

Grand Elder: “What happened next? What was the outcome?”

The person continued to report: “Later, the entire small island lit up, restricting all those invaders, making them unable to move.”

“Then they were all killed by Qin Zhe and the Cultivators who came out of the Small World.”

The Grand Elder finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, then inquired: “Are there any survivors?”

The person shook his head: “None, they were all killed.”

“Later, Li Mu also appeared and assigned tasks to them.”

Grand Elder: “What tasks?”

The person continued to report: “Originally, Li Mu wanted Qin Zhe and the others to revive the City Gods, but this task was taken on by the Cultivators who came out of the Small World.”

Hearing this, the Grand Elder nodded slightly.

He didn’t know what the attitude of these Cultivators from the Small World was.

But seeing that Li Mu was willing to trust them, then this group of people should have the same stance as them.

So he asked: “What happened next?”

The person said: “Later, Li Mu gave Qin Zhe and the others another task.”

“He told Qin Zhe and the others to go to Fengdu City, saying that they should open the gateway to the Underworld there.”

“According to Qin Zhe’s report, only by opening the gateway to the Underworld will the Yin Gods within the Underworld gradually recover.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder finally nodded in relief.

“Where are Qin Zhe and the others now?”

The person replied: “They have already reached Fengdu City and are currently opening the gateway to the Underworld.”

Grand Elder: “Do they know how to open this gateway? And after opening it, will it have any impact on the people of Fengdu City?”

The person shook his head: “It will not have any impact.”

“Li Mu gave Qin Zhe and the others the method to open the gateway, so opening it is only a matter of time.”

The person paused here, then continued: “Oh, and Qin Zhe also mentioned something.”

“He said that several Two Realms Passages will appear next, and Li Mu has already set up Formations around these Two Realms Passages.”

“When these deities revive, no matter how many invaders come, they will be killed.”

Upon hearing this news, a faint smile finally appeared on the Grand Elder’s face: “Good, I understand. You may go.”

“Yes!”

After saying this, the person saluted, then turned and left, not forgetting to close the door for the Grand Elder.

… … … …

And at the same time, Li Mu had also returned to his Cave Heaven Small World.

He was currently opening the System Shop, browsing for items.

Li Mu’s mindset when observing items was now completely different from before.

Previously, he wanted the entire world to experience a Spiritual Qi Awakening, to evolve into a world of Cultivators.

But he never expected that the invaders he had fabricated would actually appear!

So now, what he needed to do was to perfect the content he had fabricated and suppress all these crises in their infancy.

Now, he no longer needed to worry about insufficient fraud points.

With the complete Spiritual Qi Awakening, his fraud points were rapidly increasing at a rocket-like speed every moment.

Then, he purchased two items from the System Shop.

They were the entire Underworld and the City Gods.

Of these two items, the Underworld cost the most, a staggering nearly eight billion fraud points!

Even with his current abundant fraud points, after this expenditure, his fraud points were directly cut by more than half.

As for the City Gods, compared to the cost of the Underworld, it was practically nothing.

However, the quantity of City Godss was large; almost every county would have a City Gods, so the total expenditure added up to a significant sum.

After purchasing these, Li Mu directly chose to deploy them.

And the deployment locations were the final destinations he had arranged for these two groups of people.

As time passed, eventually, these two groups of people would revive the deities he had deployed!

Time continued until evening.

Just as everything fell silent and prepared to enter slumber, suddenly two bright lights shot up into the sky, their brilliance directly illuminating the entire sky of the Dragon Country!

Everyone in their homes poked their heads out of windows, checking what was happening.

However, the next second, they witnessed a scene they would never forget.

Above the illuminated sky, a gigantic phantom image of a deity’s statue suddenly appeared.

“I am the City Gods, revived today. All City Godss across the land of Dragon Country, return to your positions!”

This voice seemed to come from ancient primordial times, cutting through the River of Time and entering everyone’s ears.

Upon hearing this voice, everyone was instantly excited.

The most excited, naturally, were the temple priests of the City Gods temples.

Upon seeing the statue of the City Gods in their temple emit a faint light, all the temple priests were so excited that they couldn’t help but kneel and pray for blessings.

And the other side was the same.

With the opening of the Underworld’s gateway, although there wasn’t a grand commotion like that of the City Gods, it seemed to instantly make everyone understand their ultimate destination.

Where their final resting place after death was.

It was no longer an unknown existence.

Moreover, at the moment the Underworld gateway opened, the first to awaken were the Underworld Envoys and their leaders, Black and White Impermanence.

As these two places were opened, movements also appeared in several other locations.

Just as everyone was still excited, Two Realms Passages were silently opened one after another.

And the moment these passages appeared, they were immediately detected by the City Gods.

Suddenly, an angry roar emanated from various City Gods temples: “Invaders, how dare you offend my Huaxia? You seek death!”