Zhao Kai was thinking, better a dead friend than a living pauper.

Where would he get reinforcements?

Right now, the most important thing was for him to survive.

He couldn't worry about anything else.

The other two also knew that Zhao Kai was making excuses, but they couldn't worry about that either.

As awakened cultivators, becoming one wasn't easy. If they died here, it would be a huge loss.

As for Wang Yajie, they could only let him fend for himself. They couldn't worry about anything else.

…

After they left, only Wang Yajie, sealed by the Frozen Palm (Hanbing Zhang), remained at the scene.

Yuan Munye felt a ripple of emotion seeing this.

The Frozen Palm (Hanbing Zhang) really did have some use.

Fortunately, he had gathered enough negative emotion points to upgrade the Frozen Palm (Hanbing Zhang) to the second level. Otherwise, the situation would have been dire.

He might not have been able to successfully overcome this disaster.

"Old Yuan, what's going on?"

Li Pangpang quickly asked, looking at the frozen Wang Yajie.

Yuan Munye didn't know how to explain it at the moment, so he said, "Find a rope and tie this guy up."

Li Pangpang listened to Yuan Munye's words, but didn't do it himself. Instead, he said to the other four, "Find a rope and tie him up."

"Yes."

The other four didn't delay and quickly found a rope to tie up Wang Yajie.

Li Pangpang walked closer with curiosity and reached out to touch the ice. But as soon as his hand made contact, the ice seemed to grow legs and began to spread toward Li Pangpang's hand.

Li Pangpang felt this and his heart couldn't help but flutter with panic.

Without any hesitation, he retracted his hand.

"What's going on? Old Yuan? Why am I being frozen just by touching the ice? And why does this ice feel like it won't melt?"

Li Pangpang asked his questions.

Yuan Munye didn't really understand the principle behind the Frozen Palm (Hanbing Zhang), nor did he know if this ice would melt quickly like ordinary ice.

But when he got closer, he found that the ice wasn't melting.

Truly miraculous?

"I don't know either."

Yuan Munye replied.

But this answer clearly didn't satisfy Li Pangpang.

He said, "Then how are we going to take this guy back? We can't even touch him."

"Let me see."

Yuan Munye walked closer and began to try. When his hand touched Wang Yajie, the ice didn't spread at all.

He felt a ripple of emotion, but quickly calmed down. After all, he was the one who released the Frozen Palm (Hanbing Zhang).

It was impossible for the Frozen Palm (Hanbing Zhang) to backfire on him.

Yuan Munye then got Wang Yajie into the car. This guy was now the only lead. Later, they would use him to find out who was behind the attempt to steal the item.

Li Pangpang watched Yuan Munye get the man into the car without any harm and looked at Yuan Munye curiously. "Old Yuan, you've really changed recently."

"Yeah, I've changed. After all, my identity is different from before. I'm a cultivator now too."

These words left Li Pangpang speechless.

After all, the abilities of cultivators were incomparable to ordinary people.

But even so, Li Pangpang couldn't help but feel puzzled. Logically speaking, when they both joined the Supernatural Special Forces, they were both trash souls.

Trash souls shouldn't be able to cultivate.

But Yuan Munye had now become a cultivator, which was indeed puzzling.

But it was also a good thing.

As long as one of them became successful, their future days would be fantastic.

After getting the man into the car, Yuan Munye quickly said, "Okay, get in the car. Let's hurry, or we'll run out of time."

"Okay."

After witnessing Yuan Munye's abilities, the others admired him even more.

Naturally, they didn't delay and all got into the car.

At that moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Yuan Munye's mind, "Reminder to host, congratulations to host for completing the mission and receiving a reward. Basic level has been increased. Congratulations to host for upgrading from Elementary Earth Deity to Advanced Earth Deity."

This voice sounded in Yuan Munye's mind, leaving him a little confused.

When Yuan Munye first came to this world, he seemed to have heard such a voice in his mind.

It seemed to say that his level was Earth Deity (Tudi Ye).

Maybe it was a low level at first, but now it was different. He had become an Advanced Earth Deity (Tudi Ye).

But what was the use of this Earth Deity (Tudi Ye) level?

It felt like it had no effect at all.

Yuan Munye then entered the system with his consciousness and directly asked, "What's the use of this Earth Deity (Tudi Ye)? What's the difference between being an Elementary Earth Deity (Tudi Ye) and an Advanced Earth Deity (Tudi Ye)?"

"Reminder to host, becoming an Advanced Earth Deity (Tudi Ye) will grant you more permissions."

"What permissions? Why haven't I noticed any changes?"

Yuan Munye asked directly.

At least he didn't feel stronger, and there was no real reward, just a title.

Yuan Munye wasn't interested in such things. Either give him money or give him something tangible.

He was a practical person and didn't like these flashy things.

"Reminder to host, upon reaching the City God (Chenghuang) level, you will establish a connection with the Underworld and obtain the key to open the Underworld."

These words completely stunned Yuan Munye.

He even wondered if he had misheard.

Obtain the key to open the Underworld?

"Say that again."

Yuan Munye said, somewhat uncertain.

"The host will be able to obtain the key to open the Underworld and gain the support of the Underworld's energy."

These words confirmed that he hadn't misheard.

The key to open the Underworld?

It actually had this function.

"Then how can I continue to level up?"

"This is unclear. It requires an opportunity. Please be patient, host."

After these words, Yuan Munye asked some more questions, but this time the system completely ignored Yuan Munye.

The car continued to drive forward, and there were no further accidents.

They arrived in Jiang City smoothly.

On the other side…

…

Zhao Kai and the others returned to Yun City and entered a luxuriously decorated manor.

In the reception room, Zhao Kai reported the day's battle to a middle-aged man.

"Is what you're saying true?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, everything is true. That guy isn't just a blockhead. He has some strength. Your Highness, the information you received was wrong. That guy must have been up to no good. Otherwise, Yajie wouldn't have gotten into trouble."

Zhao Kai pushed the responsibility away completely.

The others quickly echoed.

The man addressed as "Your Highness" couldn't help but change his expression and murmured, "Huang Zhicheng…"