Having sealed the coffin lid tightly, without leaving the slightest gap, any subtle movements within the tomb suddenly ceased altogether.
Furthermore, the large pool of corpse water left outside by the zombie demon also quickly seeped into the concrete floor and disappeared, as the zombie demon was thoroughly suppressed.
It seemed that because the zombie demon was completely subdued, the dirty blood and corpse water it left behind also lost the demonic power infused by the zombie demon, devolving into ordinary waste water and evaporating over time.
"Phew..."
The onlookers standing to the side, who had been anxiously watching, took a deep breath of relief as the patch of foul-smelling and eerie corpse water vanished.
"That, you go and carry this golden coffin away, put it in the underground storage room," Mu Jinyu said.
Mu Jinyu removed her gloves, burned them with fire, and then pointed at a somewhat familiar Star Lord of Xingxiu whose name she couldn't recall, instructing them to take the golden coffin containing the zombie demon to the underground storage of Dragon King Hall and seal it up completely.
If nothing went awry, this golden coffin would remain untouched for hundreds of years.
Until the appropriate folded space is found to store it away, and then everything will be perfectly resolved.
"Yes."
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, the people of Dragon King Hall were somewhat fearful and reluctant to touch the golden coffin containing the zombie demon, yet they knew that the Dragon King had many matters to attend to, and it wouldn't be possible for him to handle a zombie demon personally.
Thus, they responded and mustered their courage to lift the golden coffin, then proceeded towards the long-unvisited underground storage room.
Watching them leave, Mu Jinyu then turned to Su Zijin and the others and said, "There's so much to do, but the gold and jade haven't arrived yet, and the people from Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere and Way of Nature haven't come over either. Now we can finally take a breath."
"It's okay, we understand," Gu Xiyan and the others reassured Mu Jinyu.
After that, Su Zijin hesitated a moment, and seeing that Mu Jinyu didn't seem to have any urgent matters to attend to, she asked in a low voice, "Jinyu, did you find Little Xiang on your trip out?"
"Little Xiang?" Mu Jinyu was momentarily taken aback upon hearing this nickname, and then realized it referred to Xiang Mantang.
However, he remembered that Su Zijin's previous address for Xiang Mantang wasn't so intimate, was it?
Seeing the puzzlement on Mu Jinyu's face, Su Zijin explained, "During the time you were asleep, Little Xiang recognized me as his godmother and often came over to keep me company and cheer me up."
"Oh," Mu Jinyu, upon hearing Su Zijin's explanation, immediately understood. He also realized that Xiang Mantang must have felt very guilty and anxious during that time, constantly trying to make amends.
And if Mu Jinyu had not woken up in the end, Xiang Mantang would have probably lived as Su Zijin's godson, taking care of her in her old age.
Thinking of this, Mu Jinyu felt somewhat sad.
He then shook his head and, without hiding anything from Su Zijin and the others, he sighed, "Ah-Xiang, he can't come back for now, I don't know where he has gone, and right now I can't afford to go looking for him recklessly."
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Gu Xiyan hesitated before asking, "Jinyu, this global chaos that involves darkness, it... was it caused by Uncle, wasn't it?"
In the past, Gu Xiyan always referred to Xiang Mantang as "Junior Uncle" since Xiang Mantang was Mu Jinyu's junior fellow disciple. But now that Xiang Mantang had recognized Su Zijin as his godmother, although he was older than Mu Jinyu, he was also considered a younger brother, so she changed her address to "Uncle."
Mu Jinyu, hearing Gu Xiyan's words, saw their anxious gazes directed at him and hesitated before nodding, saying, "Yes."
There was no use in hiding it; after all, when he had gone to search for Xiang Mantang, from the vague hints they gave, they seemed to guess that this dark turmoil might have been caused by Xiang Mantang.
"Indeed." Gu Xiyan, hearing Mu Jinyu's answer, did not show much surprise, evidently having speculated as much. Concern colored her gaze as she said, "With such a terrifying demon released by him, even if my uncle isn't dead, I'm afraid his situation isn't too good, right?"
If it had been Shen Cangsheng, Wu Shisan, or someone else causing this sort of dark chaos, they would maintain their composure without resorting to cursing, but they would not be pleased.
After all, they too had nearly died in this upheaval.
However, Xiang Mantang was ultimately different.
Not to mention his relationship with Mu Jinyu, just during the time Mu Jinyu was in trouble, Xiang Mantang had worked tirelessly for her cause, something they had all seen.
They were even more aware that the reason Xiang Mantang had caused this dark turmoil was to save Mu Jinyu, and that it was only a deviation in the process.
How then could they harbor resentment towards Xiang Mantang?
"Don't worry, he must be okay."
Mu Jinyu said firmly.
"Although I can't go looking for him now, Ah-Xiang's sister, whom he has been searching for, turns out to be Jian Ruyan. She's now gone to find Ah-Xiang."
Mu Jinyu dropped another piece of news to alleviate their concerns about Xiang Mantang's situation.
"What? Jian Ruyan is the sister uncle has been looking for?"
Gu Xiyan and the others were extremely shocked by what Mu Jinyu had said.
Known as a Sub-hall Master of Dragon King Hall with a cold and elegant demeanor, they were naturally familiar with Jian Ruyan and had even worried that Mu Jinyu might become entangled in a story with her.
They questioned one after another, "She's Xiang Yinxui? Does that mean she knows uncle is looking for her? Why won't she acknowledge him?"
"Yes, how sad for uncle, always searching for his sister, only to find that she's been by his side all along yet refuses to acknowledge him."
Mu Jinyu shook her head, "I don't know why she's doing this, but I've spoken to her a few times. It feels like she has her own unspeakable difficulties and couldn't say much to me, and she also cares about Ah-Xiang a lot. It's not that she intentionally wants to torment him."
After chatting with Su Zijin and the others for a while,
the officials in Capital City brought over the superior jade and several tons of gold that Mu Jinyu had requested.
As for more gold, most of it was in other cities and needed to be transferred, which would require some waiting.
Mu Jinyu expressed her understanding and informed them that after completing a portion of the magic artifacts, she would notify them to come and collect them, then allowed them to leave.
"Alright, it's time to work."
Mu Jinyu looked at the pile of gold and jade before her, her expression solemn, whispering to herself.
She didn't want to move all this material to her office and work on it gradually—that would waste too much time. It was better to get started right there in the training ground.
As for Gu Xiyan and the others, they naturally wouldn't stray far from Mu Jinyu. After all, the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instruments in their hands were already too cracked to last much longer.
Mu Jinyu sat on the ground and began crafting the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instruments. Shortly, one instrument after another was swiftly created.
The reason for such quick production was because Mu Jinyu didn't seek aesthetic beauty in the Gold Inlaid Jade this time around nor did she add various additional small arrays. Unable to withstand attacks from Energy Transformation Warriors, these instruments only contained Evil-suppressing Runes to prevent corruption from the overwhelming disaster.