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Inside the Inner Hall of the Dao Demon Palace, the Remnant Moon Sect's base.

"Xu Yang, have you heard about Xiao Shengtian's matter?" Outside the base's treasure vault, two robust cultivators stood guard; one of them, a cultivator with a beard, said to his companion.

"Of course, I've heard!" The handsome cultivator named Xu Yang replied.

The job of guarding the treasure vault door was incredibly boring, so the two cultivators naturally chatted back and forth.

Xu Yang continued, "I said long ago that Xiao Shengtian was a useless piece of trash and couldn't possibly have a sudden burst of power, but you didn't believe me!"

"You said that?" The bearded cultivator scoffed, "I'm with you every day; how come I don't remember you saying that?"

"You must have heard it and forgotten!"

Forgotten?

The memory of a Spirit Realm cultivator was terrifying; they could remember every single thing, even from their infancy.

To make a Spirit Realm cultivator forget something said just a few days ago?

However, the bearded cultivator was used to Xu Yang's "hindsight is 20/20" personality, so he didn't bother arguing and simply changed the subject: "Where do you think that fake Xiao Shengtian ran off to? I wonder if Lord Gu Ao will be able to catch him…"

"I think it'll be difficult!" Xu Yang said, "He escaped from both the confinement array and the secret room; how can you still catch him?"

"Shh! Shh!" Suddenly, the bearded cultivator transmitted his voice, "Lord Gu Ao is here!"

"I see him!"

The two Spirit Rock Realm cultivators immediately stood up straight and looked serious.

"Lord Gu Ao!"

"Lord Gu Ao!"

They both respectfully greeted.

"Mm!" Lord Gu Ao, with his long black hair flowing down his back, nodded indifferently, "Open the door!"

"Yes!!"

However, as the two turned to open the door, they didn't notice a hint of cunning flashing in Lord Gu Ao's eyes.

"Lord Gu Ao, please!" The door opened, and the two said respectfully.

Lord Gu Ao haughtily strode in.

Lord Gu Ao could enter the base's treasure vault, but the two of them could not.

"Hey—Xu Yang, it seems like Lord Gu Ao is coming a little earlier this month!"

"Hehe, the base's treasure vault, here I come!"

His expression was just like a big bad wolf about to molest a little white rabbit.

And this cunning look, who else could have it but Xu Ming!

That's right, this "Lord Gu Ao" was none other than Xu Ming in disguise. With the heaven-defying effect of the disguise cheat, the two foolish Spirit Rock Realm cultivators naturally couldn't see through it.

"I heard that Gu Ao comes to inspect the treasure vault once every month!" Xu Ming thought to himself, "Hehe, I wonder what kind of expression he'll have when he sees the treasure vault is empty…"

Every time Xu Ming entered the treasure vault, he felt a sense of familiarity, like coming home.

"Gagaga… Time to start moving!"

Xu Ming's mental power instantly covered the entire treasure vault. The treasures inside were immediately clear to him.

"Damn, so poor!"

Xu Ming dejectedly discovered that there weren't many treasures in the treasure vault. All the treasures combined were estimated to be worth only a few million Level 4 Cheat Points!

"But… there are quite a few Dao Demon Essences, a full three thousand drops!"

Xu Ming didn't waste any time, controlling his mental power to directly sweep up all the treasures.

"Little Cheat, exchange everything except the Dao Demon Essences for Cheat Points!" Xu Ming roughly scanned over the items; there weren't any particularly special treasures here.

"Exchange complete. A total of approximately three million Level 4 Cheat Points were obtained this time!"

"Three million…" The corners of Xu Ming's mouth curled into a wicked smile, "It cost me ten thousand Level 4 Cheat Points to disguise myself as Gu Ao; a three-hundred-fold profit is not bad!"

However, Xu Ming still felt somewhat unsatisfied.

Suddenly, Xu Ming's eyes lit up: "Gu Ao's inspection of the treasure vault should be in the next few days…"

Xu Ming suddenly felt that if he had the chance, he should trick Gu Ao; and if he didn't have the chance…

Then he would create one!

He scanned the treasure vault again, confirming that it had been completely emptied. Xu Ming patted his hands in satisfaction, then put on a cold face and walked out.

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"Lord Gu Ao!"

"Lord Gu Ao!"

Xu Yang and the other respectfully greeted again.

"Lord Gu Ao" was extremely indifferent, only casually saying "Mm" without even looking at them directly before leaving.

However, "Lord Gu Ao" had only taken a few steps when he suddenly stopped.

"Little Xu ah!" Lord Gu Ao said to Xu Yang, "Your performance is good; I've seen it all! Work hard, and I won't mistreat you!"

"Ah?" Xu Yang obviously hadn't expected that Lord Gu Ao would specifically stop to praise him; for a moment, he was so surprised and excited that he opened his mouth wide, at a loss for what to do.

The bearded cultivator on the side looked at Xu Yang with envy and jealousy: "Why is Xu Yang being favored, but I'm not?…"

At this time, Xu Yang finally came back to his senses and hurriedly expressed his loyalty: "Lord Gu Ao, I will definitely follow closely behind you and work hard!"

"Lord Gu Ao" nodded in satisfaction and said, "Come with me; I have something to give you!"

Xu Yang was even more pleasantly surprised and didn't know what to do—happiness had come too suddenly! Judging by the situation, it was clear that Lord Gu Ao favored him and was going to bestow some treasure upon him!

Xu Yang hurriedly followed behind Lord Gu Ao, wagging his tail.

The bearded cultivator became even more jealous, even feeling slightly dissatisfied: "Damn it! Why don't I have such luck!"

…

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Yang finally returned.

This Xu Yang, from the outside, looked no different from before; but in reality… he was no longer Xu Yang in essence, but Xu Ming.

"Oh my god, this little bitch named Xu Yang struggled quite a bit!" Xu Ming thought to himself, "It took me a lot of effort to finally seal his spiritual power and tie him up."

If he killed Xu Yang, it would be hard to guarantee that it wouldn't be discovered, so Xu Ming directly tied him up in a corner.

Xu Ming had bought a low-grade spiritual weapon-level rope from the Artifact Shop to tie Xu Yang up like a dumpling. Before his spiritual power was unsealed, no matter how much he struggled, he wouldn't be able to break free!

"Xu Yang, Lord Gu Ao called you over; what benefits did he give you?"

Xu Ming glanced at the bearded cultivator, who was full of jealousy, and thought, If I had known this idiot was so noisy, I would have chosen him!

However, on the surface, Xu Ming didn't show any abnormalities.

"He just said some encouraging words and rewarded me with some spirit stones." Xu Ming casually made up an excuse.

"Spirit stones?" The bearded cultivator secretly felt unhappy, "Why did Lord Gu Ao reward Xu Yang but not me? Could it be that I haven't shown enough loyalty usually?—That doesn't make sense! I feel like I've already become a dog!"