章節 32: Getting The Pills From Hong Luo
This was new information to Lin Mu. He didn't think that a pill that could do something like this existed. But now that he knew this, he wondered how much it cost and what the side effects of such a pill could be.
He had already seen the unstable vital energy of the mercenaries, thus knew that it was one of the side effects, but wanted to know if there were more.
"What kind of pill do you think it is, senior Xukong?" Lin Mu asked.
"I can't exactly tell. There are far too many pills that would fit the description, and different worlds may have different names for the same kind of pill. Unless you see it with your own eyes, it will be impossible for me to tell for sure." Xukong explained.
Lin Mu nodded upon hearing senior Xukong's words. It was reasonable that he couldn't know everything. He would just have to see it himself to know about it.
'Perhaps I can ask Hong Luo.' Lin Mu thought.
The four people then came to a halt in front of the tent. The two guards greeted Hong Luo before moving aside to let him enter the tent. Hong Luo lifted the curtain of the tent and entered inside while gesturing for the others to do the same.
One by one, everyone lifted the curtain and entered the tent. Upon entering the tent, Lin Mu could see that while it looked big from the outside, the insides of it were rather cramped. There were far too many items kept in the tent to allow a person to move freely inside it without bumping into something.
Lin Mu looked around and saw a multitude of items kept in the tent. He saw a bed that was kept on the other end of the tent, a little to the right side, and a set of table and chairs right next to it. Other than this, most of the tent was occupied by trunks, chests, and sacks, some of which were haphazardly strewn about.
Hong Luo turned around with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"Forgive me, brother Lin Mu. The tent is a bit... untidy. After all the elite mercenaries went on the mission and the disappearances happened, I had to move all the precious items in the camp to here." Hong Luo explained.
"It's fine, I understand." Lin Mu spoke while nodding.
Lin Mu had seen his fair share of messy places, thus he was not bothered by this much.
"Let me find the pills for you then." Hong Luo spoke.
He then turned around and went up to a chest that was placed upon another trunk. The chest had a small lock placed on it and looked sturdy as it was made out of some kind of metal, probably steel. Hong Luo then took out a small key from his pocket and inserted it into the lock on the chest and turned it around.
The lock on the chest opened with a snap, and Hong Luo lifted the lid of the chest. Inside the crate, three glass bottles were kept. One of them was opaque and could not be seen through, while the other two were transparent.
Hong Luo picked up the two transparent bottles and showed them to Lin Mu, who was standing behind him. He placed them on the table to let Lin Mu check them out. Lin Mu looked closer and saw that while the pills in both of the bottles seemed to be of a white color, the pills in one bottle were smaller than the other.
The bigger pills were three in number while the smaller ones were five in number.
Hong Luo pointed to the smaller pills and spoke,
"These are the lesser wound restoration pills and can be used to heal minor wounds such as cuts and flesh wounds."
Hong Luo then pointed to the bigger pills and spoke,
"These are the internal replenishment pills. They can be used to heal minor internal injuries such as hemorrhage and shocks."
Lin Mu then picked up the bottle with lesser wound restoration pills and opened its cap to smell them. There was no particular smell to the pills, and it seemed like they would only release their scent upon consuming them. He then picked up the bottle with the internal replenishment pills and opened its cap as well to smell them.
This time he could smell a scent that was floral in nature while also having some hints of pungency. He placed the cap back onto the bottles and pretended to store them in his pouch, while actually storing them into the ring.
Lin Mu now started to wonder about the origin of these pills. He knew that pills such as these could only be made by an alchemist, who were usually part of sects and were seldom independent or with other organizations. The reason for this was that in order to raise an alchemist, a great amount of resources were needed and if they wanted to progress their craft further, an even greater amount of precious materials and herbs would be needed.
It also took a long time for a cultivator to become an alchemist, as they needed to learn a lot of knowledge; knowledge which was often monopolized by the cultivation sects. Lin Mu wondered if these pills were from the Tri-cauldron peony sect as well.
"Where are these pills from?" Lin mu questioned.
"I do not know that brother. These pills are often given to us by the mercenary company for our use. They usually acquire these from the markets in Xiangwei city, thus these pills could be manufactured by any of the sects or other organizations." Hong Luo answered.
Lin Mu then looked at the last bottle of pills in the Chest and spoke,
"What kind of pills are those?"
Hong Lou's brows furrowed upon hearing Lin Mu's question, and a complex expression appeared on his face. He seemed to be deliberating on whether to tell Lin Mu or not. But in the end, he decided to go ahead and speak.
"They're a special kind of pills that can forcibly increase the strength of a person that is still in the Body tempering realm." Hong Luo spoke.
As soon as Lin Mu heard Hong Lou's words he knew he had hit the jackpot.
"What's their name?" Lin Mu asked further.
"They are called as vital spring pills." Hong Luo answered.
"Is that how the two guards outside reached the Tenth stage of the Body tempering realm?" Lin Mu probed.
"Ah, so brother Lin Mu noticed. It seems that your attainments in Spirit sense are higher than mine. Even I can't tell the difference between them and normal tenth stage Body tempering realm warriors. But of course, it was expected from a person of a standing such as yours, brother Lin Mu." Hong Luo replied.
Lin Mu noticed the probing tone of Hong Luo but did not mind it and just let it pass. He did not want to put too much focus on it and just let the other party make assumptions of themselves. So far it had only helped him from what he could learn from his experience of meeting the Hei Corps.
Seeing that Lin Mu did not speak further and did not react to his words in any way, Hong Luo confirmed his thoughts.
"Well then Brother Lin Mu, I guess we'll see each other in the night. And if you're in the town, you now know what to do." Hong Luo said.
"That I do, indeed." Lin Mu politely replied.
Lin Mu then turned around and left the tent. A few mercenaries saw Lin Mu exit the tent and seemed to be shocked by this. They then walked away while speaking to each other in hushed voices.
"Well, now that I have this, I'll have more advantages in a battle." Lin Mu spoke in his mind.
"That you do indeed, but still it's better if you never get any injuries in the first place," Xukong replied.
Lin Mu just nodded inwardly and reentered the town. His next destination was the southern side of the town. He wanted to see what was happening with the guards and also wanted to meet up with the members of the Night Vigil.
Lin Mu reached the southern part of the town after five minutes and walked towards the barracks of the town guards. Upon reaching there, he saw a huge crowd of people gathered around the barracks. Lin Mu went closer and saw that these people were all the residents of the eastern part of the town. They were all the people who had been affected by the strange phenomena last night.
Lin Mu saw that they seemed to have absolutely enraged expressions on their faces and were very close to exploding. They were gathered and were currently talking in whisperers, seemingly waiting for someone.
Lin Mu stood at the very back and waited with them. He did not want to disturb them right now and first wanted to see how the situation would progress. A minute later he saw the doors of the guard barracks open and out walked three people.
Lin Mu craned his neck to look and saw that it was actually the captain and vice caption of the town guards themselves.
章節 33: The Vice-Captain's Orders
Lin Mu had seen the captain of the town guards a few times before, thus knew what he looked like. But when looked at the vice-captain, he was surprised. This vice-captain was not the one that he knew. Of the two vice-captains, Lin Mu had killed one, and the other was alive, but this person was not the same one.
"Who's this person?" Lin Mu muttered.
The captain and vice-captain seem to be discussing amongst themselves when they were walking outside. When they finally came in front of the crowd, only did they stop. They scanned the crowd with their eyes and gauge it.
Lin Mu knew that they may use spirit sense, thus he stood at a far enough distance such that it won't reach him. Though he himself wanted to use his spirit sense to observe the cultivation base of the two people.
"Residents of Northern town." The captain spoke in a loud voice, which silenced the muttering crowd.
"We have heard your complaints and concerns. We have also done a preliminary investigation of last night's incident. The Town head has also listened to it and has decided on a course of action..." The captain spoke and was then interrupted by the crowd.
"What do you mean complaints and concerns! This is a threat to our life." People from the crowd shouted.
"Yeah, we had to make our own night vigil because the town head didn't agree to assign guards."
"You people only found out because of the night vigil. If they were not there who knows what would have happened."
The crowd could no longer keep silent and everyone started shouting. The captain could be seen getting more and more tense with each passing moment. But it was now that Lin Mu saw something that pulled his attention.
The vice-captain that was standing beside the caption was not getting tense. Instead, he seemed to be getting annoyed instead.
"SILENCE!" The vice-captain shouted.
"One more word and we shall arrest all who defy." The vice-captain declared.
The crowd went silent for a moment from the vice captain's shout and then erupted in an even greater uproar.
"You can't do that."
"We are not in the wrong here, you are."
The people from the crowd hooted.
~crack~
Suddenly a cracking sound was heard, as the vice-captain disappeared from his position.
~aaagh~
"MY ARMMM!!" shouted the man who had protested.
The vice-captain was standing above him and had his leg placed on the man's arm. From the awkward angle, it was bent at, one could tell that it was broken, if not from the painful shouts of the man.
"Anyone else?" The vice-captain spoke with a domineering voice.
The people were stunned upon seeing this act. Soon fear replaced their stunned expressions, and they stepped back a few steps.
Even the captain of the guards seems to be shocked by the vice-captain's actions. He quickly came towards the vice-captain and spoke to him.
"Why did you do this? This was too harsh." The captain said with concern.
~hmmph~
"These people will not understand unless we make an example." The vice-captain spoke after harrumphing loudly.
The Vice-captain then lifted his leg from the injured man's arm and walked back. The captain too followed him.
"Now listen to this with all your attention, because I'm only going to say it once." The vice-captain spoke.
The people in the crowd all gulped and listened with intent. The vice-captain nodded with a little satisfaction and looked at the captain with a smug look. The captain did not speak anything and just sighed.
"From today onwards, no one is to leave their houses at night under any conditions. The guards will be patrolling at night and if anyone is found wandering out at night, they will be arrested on the spot." The vice-captain spoke.
The vice-captain then took a pause and looked around in the crowd.
"We suspect that the culprits of last night's incident may be one of the townspeople, thus if we find anyone wandering out in the night they will be arrested without any excuses and sent to prison." The Vice-captain added.
The people in the crowd became even more fearful after hearing the orders and gulped. After this, the captain came forward and placed his hand on the vice-captain's shoulder.
"Fear not though, as long as everyone follows the orders they will all be safe." The captain spoke in an assuring tone.
The crowd finally calmed down a little bit after hearing the captain, even though it wasn't as much because the injured man was still grunting in pain.
"Also, the town head has ordered to meet all the people who were part of the night vigil. So all those that are already in the crowd should come forward now and the rest shall report here later as well." The captain informed.
"Now, disperse." The vice-captain ordered.
The crowd quickly left, for the fear that the vice-captain stuck had in their hearts was still fresh. Lin Mu was feeling incredibly suspicious of all the words that the captain and vice-captain of the town guards spoke.
Though the most suspicion he had was on the vice-captain. He did not know this person who had suddenly popped out of nowhere and had also become so domineering. The town guards had never behaved like this before. Sure, they were overbearing sometimes, but never as much as the vice-captain.
Lin Mu was standing a little distance away from the crowd, so the captains had not seen him yet. He then stopped a random person who was walking by and spoke to him.
"Brother, do you know who that vice-captain is?" Lin Mu asked the man.
"That's the new vice-captain of the town guards. His name is Han Lei." The man answered.
'Han Lei? Is he related to the Han Xu somehow?' Lin Mu thought.
"Why was the vice-captain replaced though, and where is the other vice-captain as well?" Lin Mu asked curiously.
Lin Mu wanted to know what the people knew about Han Xu after he had killed him. He also wanted to know why the other vice-captain was replaced, as he certainly seemed to be someone with a higher authority. Even the captain did not dare to stop him when he acted and just spoke a few measly words after he injured the man in the crowd.
"Oh, you didn't hear? Vice-captain Han Xu disappeared after the spirit beast attack. Most people think that he was eaten. Because of this, the other vice-captain went to investigate the matter and got injured in the process as well. He was then promptly sent to Wu Lim city for treatment." The Man answered.
"Then where is this Han Lei from?" Lin Mu asked.
"Oh, he is former vice-captain Han Xu's elder brother, who came here from Wu Lim city as his replacement." The man spoke.
"Wait, doesn't this mean there should be an additional vice-captain then?" Lin Mu questioned.
"There is, but I don't know who it is. We haven't seen him yet." The man answered.
Lin Mu nodded to the man's reply and thanked him before leaving.
"This is extremely strange." Lin Mu spoke in his mind.
"Seems like the people behind the incident are making their move. The town head declaring a curfew like this is probably due to their intentions." Xukong speculated.
"That seems like it senior. If they are able to order the town head, then this means that he is involved in it too. Han Lei being Han Xu's brother leaves little doubts as well." Lin Mu replied.
"How should we approach this now? I'm supposed to help Hong Luo at night and they have told all the members of night vigil to report as well. This seems extremely suspicious." Lin Mu asked.
"Perhaps you should consult your new allies. The rest, I'll leave it up to you. You need to learn how to judge situations like these yourself and make your own decisions." Xukong spoke in a calm tone.
Lin Mu did not mind senior Xukong's words and took them in a good stride. He knew that he was only doing to help him learn and grow.
'Seems like I can't meet the Night vigil members for now. It would only complicate things further.' Lin Mu thought.
Lin Mu decide to walk back to the safe house of the Hei corps instead of his own as there was a chance that some people may spot him in the residential district. He reached the safe house after thirty minutes and saw that the carriage was no longer there in the alley.
Lin Mu knocked on the door and waited for it to open. It had been a little more than two hours since Lin Mu had left the safe house, thus the people in the safe house were not expecting him to return this fast. The door of the safe house was opened by the old woman who saw him and let him inside.
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