The person who arrived was naturally Mu Jinyu.
Gu Xiyan and the other three women, nearly at the point of collapse, heard Mu Jinyu's voice and instantly looked up together. The endless fear and terror in their hearts melted away like ice and snow in the warm sun.
"Jinyu, you've finally returned!"
"You scared us to death!"
"Wuu wuu wuu..."
The women scrambled up from the corner of the floor and hurried toward Mu Jinyu, all clinging to him tightly.
Feeling the warmth from Mu Jinyu's body, their cold limbs finally felt much better.
"Don't be afraid, everything's okay now, right?"
Mu Jinyu hugged the four women tightly, soothing them with gentle words.
At the same time, he felt somewhat guilty.
If this dark turmoil had been caused by someone else, and he had seen his wives and mother so frightened and even facing numerous dangers to their lives, he would have been extremely angry.
He would have wished to crush the perpetrator's bones and scatter the ashes over their ancestral grave.
But this dark turmoil was caused by Xiang Mantang in an effort to save him, so naturally, he couldn't blame Xiang Mantang.
"Jinyu Jinyu, all of our magical artifacts are damaged. Is there any way to fix them?"
Just then, Gu Xiyan, who was burying her head in Mu Jinyu's chest and greedily inhaling his scent, lifted her head, looked at Mu Jinyu, and then held up the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrument that now showed many cracks.
"What happened? Were you just attacked by an Energy Transformation Warrior?"
Seeing the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrument riddled with countless cracks, Mu Jinyu's expression changed, and he asked urgently.
He didn't think much, merely assuming that the appearance of cracks in the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrument they held was the result of an attack by members of the Dragon King Hall who had been demonized.
So he was a bit nervous.
"No, it was just after we heard the Nursery Rhyme song that the cracks started to appear..."
With Mu Jinyu at her side, Gu Xiyan's fear completely dissipated, and she felt very secure. She began to systematically recount the series of crises they had just encountered to Mu Jinyu.
"Hmm? What's this all about? There's actually such a thing."
Mu Jinyu had never imagined that in the time he was away, Gu Xiyan and the others had faced so many crises.
He was even more surprised that his thoughtless act that day had actually saved their lives in this dark chaos.
Otherwise, if he had come back today, he might truly have regretted it for life.
After all, these were the women he loved most, and his mother.
He simply couldn't bear the thought of them leaving him like this!
Feeling a surge of fear, Mu Jinyu hugged them tightly once again and then released them, taking the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrument from Gu Xiyan's hands to examine it closely.
The Green Emperor Jadeite, encased in gold, had myriad cracks, and the densely inscribed runes that he had originally engraved had been worn away by more than half.
Clearly, after the series of panic-stricken encounters with the door-knocking demons and the Nursery Rhyme demon, even with the gold's amplification of strength, the protective array on it had finally been exhausted.
Fortunately, the demon code-named Nursery Rhyme had merely passed by and did not directly attack them; otherwise, the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrument wouldn't have withstood the horrifying demonic miasma and would have crumbled, causing them to perish instantly.
"To fully resist the erosion of these demons, it seems we would need to use top-quality Spirit Stones and increase the amount of gold too. This gold is still too little," Mu Jinyu muttered frowningly.
"Besides, the unity of gold and jade was able to withstand the erosion of the panic crisis, which is unexpected. It remains to be seen whether ordinary jade combined with gold could have the same effect. If so, then the panic crisis and Tide of Chaos wouldn't be so difficult to resolve."
"These matters still need to be researched slowly..."
"We need to head back to headquarters first to check things out."
Mu Jinyu found it difficult to come up with a solution. After sorting out his thoughts, he remembered what Gu Xiyan had said. She had called Mu Hongchen for help, but until now, there was no sign of her.
He wondered if Mu Hongchen and her team were trapped in the Dragon King Hall headquarters, or if they had encountered a demon attack on their way and couldn't make it?
He had to go there and investigate.
"Be alert and relax your bodies, I'm going to take you out of here."
Mu Jinyu decided to take Gu Xiyan and the other women with him to the Dragon King Hall headquarters.
He didn't dare leave them here alone; otherwise, if they were to encounter another demon assimilation, the damaged Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrument would hardly be able to save their lives.
"We need to build a shelter out of gold to ensure that my family can survive."
Mu Jinyu thought to himself.
Just as Gu Xiyan and the other women were leaving the room with Mu Jinyu, Wen Rou suddenly screamed.
"Ah!!!"
"Something's on my foot..."
Wen Rou sounded on the verge of collapse, feeling something sticky on her foot giving her an extremely uncomfortable sensation.
She had a vague idea of what it was, which was why she was so distraught.
Mu Jinyu consoled her, "Don't worry, you just stepped on a demon."
"Wuuuuh... Don't scare me!"
Wen Rou cried out.
"It's okay, you don't need to worry about it getting up and attacking you, this isn't a real demon, just a demon minion assimilated by the Tide of Chaos, which can be truly killed."
Mu Jinyu explained.
Because they had just discussed that currently there's no way to completely destroy demons, only suppress them with gold, Wen Rou was panic-stricken when she stepped on the demon minion, fearing the demon would attack her at any moment.
In fact, it wouldn't.
The case with Dante was an exception; other ordinary people turned into demon minions by the Tide of Chaos could still be successfully killed.
If even demon minions required gold for suppression, then the world would truly be without hope for salvation.
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's explanation, Wen Rou finally felt much more at ease.
Not just Wen Rou, but Gu Xiyan and the other women standing to the side also shared the same worries and fears. They just weren't as unlucky as Wen Rou, who was the first to follow Mu Jinyu out and stepped on the demon's corpse, letting out continuous screams.
Otherwise, they probably would have reacted the same way.
Already frightened, stepping on a demon's corpse right outside the door is enough to scare anyone, right?
After comforting Wen Rou, Mu Jinyu activated the Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, enveloping Gu Xiyan and the other women, before soaring off towards the headquarters of Dragon King Hall!
Yes, they weren't running, but flying.
Mu Jinyu, now having reached the God Realm, was also capable of short-term suspended flight. If he wanted to show off, he could step on a sword and perform Sword Flight.
That's how Mu Jinyu had rushed back to the Capital City from the dark source. At first, he hadn't adapted to this new mode of thinking and had planned to take a plane back to the Capital City. However, because of the weather conditions, planes couldn't fly, which is when Mu Jinyu remembered he could fly back himself.
Carrying Gu Xiyan and the other women, Mu Jinyu flew straight to the Dragon King Hall headquarters in the suburbs of the capital. As they were approaching, he narrowed his eyes and inwardly sighed, realizing his suspicions were correct.
Although he hadn't reached the headquarters yet, his Divine Sense swept over the area and already detected several demon minions inside...