"Haha, Miss Ji, in your opinion, does Elder Meng's disappearance have anything to do with me?" Li Mu said with a faint smile.

"I guarantee in the name of the Ji family that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with you, Palace Master!" Ji Gulan vowed, "But Palace Master, I have a guess."

"you say."

"The other day I heard Xiao Meng mention a place called Block 9. She seemed very interested in it and even invited me to explore it with her. However, I am not very interested in that place, so I declined her invitation. I wonder if it is possible...?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Impossible. Elder Meng is not such a reckless person. It is impossible for him to go to the Ninth District alone!"

Then he added: "I have been to the Ninth Street District several times, and many people have seen it."

Ji Gulan was stunned when she heard this, and immediately understood what Li Mu meant. She smiled bitterly and said, "Palace Master, I remembered it wrongly. Oh, I know..."

Meng Ting was completely dumbfounded when she saw this. These people were actually talking nonsense right in front of her, and they were talking so convincingly. If she followed their words, it would be a waste if she died here. She suddenly felt her mind was in a mess and shouted, "Enough!"

"Haha, Elder Meng, do you want to give some suggestions on what they said?" Li Mu said with a faint smile.

Meng Ting blushed, and tried to calm herself down, saying: "I can join Lingxiao Palace, but you must guarantee that I can also directly ascend to the Heavenly Dao Divine Ancestor Realm! And also to be a first-level branch to prove the Dao!"

"Haha, deal." Li Mu's mouth corners slightly raised.

Next, Meng Ting attained enlightenment. Since she had not attained enlightenment before, the procedures were much shorter than Ji Gulan's. She soon succeeded in attaining enlightenment and was promoted to the late stage of Void Immortal Ancestor. Then Li Mu bestowed her with two blessings from Heaven, which directly raised her cultivation to the early stage of Heavenly Divine Ancestor.

After attaining enlightenment, Meng Ting's thinking changed all of a sudden under the influence of Jianmu. She no longer had the resistance she had before. At this moment, she was only grateful that she turned back in time and did not go further and further down the wrong path.

The excitement was beyond words. As the granddaughter of the president of the Chaos Sea branch of the Chaos Merchants, she came to such a dangerous place as Black Wind City because she wanted to seize the Chaos Beast and make great contributions for herself. In this way, her grandfather could use this merit to apply for a place for her to become a Level 5 branch disciple. But now, she has directly become a Level 1 branch disciple! Her future achievements are limitless, and she may even reach the level of the masters of the six major forces in the Qiongzu Universe!

"Thank you, Palace Master, for giving me the chance! You didn't give up on me at the last moment!" Meng Ting said to Li Mu solemnly.

"Haha, it's okay. Elder Meng, there's no need to be so polite to me. You have helped me many times before." Li Mu said with a smile.

"I am ashamed. I had some purpose in making friends with you before." Meng Ting looked embarrassed.

Li Mu waved his hand and looked at the heroic spirit of the great general who was bound by him. Ji Gulan and Meng Ting had been dealt with, and now it was the turn of this heroic spirit.

When the heroic spirit saw Li Mu looking at him, he suddenly woke up from his daze and knelt on one knee and said, "Yingwu is willing to serve the Palace Master!"

"Huh~? You still have intelligence?" Li Mu asked in surprise.

The so-called heroic spirit is nothing more than the indomitable will left by powerful monks, or to put it bluntly, obsession. It is impossible for them to have self-awareness in this state. They will only exist in the world like zombies according to some behavioral habits during their lifetime. But the heroic spirit in front of him actually took the initiative to submit to him. How could he not be surprised?

"Reporting to the Palace Master, I have used a secret method to attach a trace of soul to this heroic spirit. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for others to discover it. Perhaps you, the Palace Master, have preconceived ideas and directly regard me as a pure heroic spirit, so you ignore this trace of soul." Yingwu explained.

Li Mu looked strange when he heard this, and said, "So you saw all this before, and your behavior was just fake?"

Yingwu's heart sank when he heard this, thinking to himself that this was not good. Wasn't this a joke on Li Mu? However, at this point, he could only give it a try, and said with a stiff upper lip: "I am also trying to protect myself, please forgive me, Palace Master!"

After saying that, he looked at Li Mu nervously.

Li Mu frowned at first, then quickly relaxed his brows and said with a smile: "It's okay, one must be on guard against others. I understand. If you want to join my Lingxiao Palace, then we will be a family from now on!"

"Thank you, Palace Master! I will go through fire and water and even die for the future of Lingxiao Palace!" Yingwu was overjoyed.

"Haha, since you have such a heart, I will not treat you unfairly. I will grant you the first-level branch certification. However, I am not sure whether you can succeed in your current state. If you fail, your soul and even your heroic spirit will be lost. Even so, are you willing?"

Yingwu smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "Palace Master, I am already in this state. Even if there is a slight chance of success, I am unwilling to linger on in this world."

Li Mu nodded: "Go ahead."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yingwu was swept away by the white light falling from Jianmu.

However, unlike other people's proof of the truth, Jianmu did not prove the truth for him right away. Instead, a wisp of pure white mist appeared in that first-level branch, and rushed towards Yingwu's soul. Like 3D printing, it repaired his soul bit by bit based on his remaining soul.

An hour later, Yingwu's soul had been completely restored, and his physical body was generated from his soul at a speed visible to the naked eye. A young man with a determined face and wearing armor suddenly appeared in the Jianmu branch. Yingwu was completely reborn, and Jianmu began to testify for him.

Another half an hour passed, and Yingwu completed his Dao. Although the energy contained in his original soul was not strong, his heroic spirit body was directly infused into his new body. The moment he succeeded in Dao, his cultivation level was directly restored to the peak of the Heavenly Dao God Ancestor! If it weren't for the fact that Li Mu himself was only the Heavenly Dao God Ancestor, I'm afraid his cultivation level would have reached the Heavenly Dao Immortal Ancestor! However, the heroic spirit energy he absorbed was still stored in his body. When Li Mu broke through to the Heavenly Dao Immortal Ancestor, he would also be promoted as soon as possible.

"Haha~ Great, very good!" Li Mu was overjoyed. The three people he harvested today could be said to be very successful, especially this heroic spirit, who was directly promoted to the peak of the Heavenly Dao God Ancestor without even the blessing of Heaven. The proof of these three people's Dao had also slightly improved his own cultivation.

"Palace Master, can we go and deal with the Black Wind Emperor?" Kunpeng asked excitedly. The Black Wind Emperor had been running Black Wind City for hundreds of thousands of years and must have amassed a lot of wealth. If they could get rid of the Black Wind Emperor, their Lingxiao Palace would make a lot of money.

Before Li Mu could say anything, Yingwu hurriedly said, "Palace Master, you must not do that!"