章節 64: Giving The Seized Items To Hei Wan
But just as Lin Mu had stepped out of the room, the voice of senior Xukong was heard in his head.
"Didn't you want to give them the things you have taken from the mayor's office?" Xukong questioned.
Lin Mu suddenly realized that he had forgotten about this in the situation and knew that he should do this before going. He thus turned around in that second, and the people inside the room witnessed this. Hei Bao had a confused expression as he saw him suddenly return.
"Did you need anything else?" Hei Wan questioned.
"Ah, yes. I forgot to give some things to you people." Lin Mu answered.
Hei Wan tilted her head in a questioning manner, as she then saw Lin Mu withdrew multiple items from his spatial treasure and placed them on the ground and the table.
There were scrolls, registers, ledgers, documents, and some random items in it. Though a shocked expression appeared on her face when she saw the golden shining bars in Lin Mu's hand.
But that wasn't the end of it as Lin Mu kept on withdrawing one golden bar after the other until finally, a small pile of around forty gold bars was formed on the table.
~Gasp~
"This... this..." Hei Bao stuttered upon seeing the pile of gold on the table.
"Where did you get this? Wait, is this all from the town head's office?" Hei Wan questioned upon identifying some of the missing things from the office.
Lin Mu nodded in response as he spoke.
"Yes, I got all of these from the town head's office. I thought they would have clues, and it didn't seem right to trust anyone else at that time, so I just kept them with me."
Hei Wan nodded as she understood his reasoning. Until now, they were not completely sure about the identities of the culprits, thus knew that it would be best to remain cautious.
"That's fine, you did well." Hei Wan replied as she kept on looking at the items.
Lin Mu then extended his hand toward the gold and picked up one of the bars. He pointed at the engraving on it and showed it to Hei Wan.
"Do you know what this is?" Lin Mu questioned, feeling a bit uneasy.
Hei Wan looked at it and instantly recognized the markings on the gold bars.
"Yes, I know. These are the gold bars which are issued by the kingdom to various towns and cities for their financial needs." Hei Wan answered.
The moment Lin Mu heard her answer, the suspicions within his mind were confirmed as he gritted his teeth and clenched his other hand. Faint traces of anger appeared in his eyes as his aura changed slightly.
Both Hei Wan and Hei Bao noticed this change and knew that something had gone wrong. Hei Wan particularly felt the faint killing intent she had felt from Lin Mu before, emanating again.
"Wha-what's wrong?" Hei Wan asked with concern.
Lin Mu took a deep breath and silently chanted the calming heart sutra to suppress the rage that was rising from within him. He knew that this was not the right time, and he needed to be clear headed at this time.
A few seconds later the calming heart sutra showed its effects and Lin Mu returned to his normal self. He took a deep breath and looked at Hei Wan.
"This gold is for the use of the town, right? So that the people can take benefit from it when they have problems. But the town head never did that here. The people have always suffered in the winters." Lin Mu answered in one breath.
Hei Wan understood his words and knew what he was meaning.
"I can swear on my lord, I'll get to the end of this and ensure that justice is done." Hei Wan replied in an assuring tone.
Lin Mu simply nodded and just left the room. He thought that he shouldn't spend any more time here as it would just keep on bothering him. He could also see that Hei Wan was speaking from her heart and decided to trust her to deal with it.
Lin Mu didn't know what he would do if the matter was left up to him. He feared that he may end up doing something that he would perhaps come to regret later. Thus he decided that it would be better for him to just focus on his cultivation.
After Lin Mu was gone from the room, Hei Bao's brows furrowed with confusion. He turned to Hei Wan and looked at her. At this point, there was no one else except for the two of them left in the room.
"He is not fine, is he?" Hei Bao asked.
Hei Wan shook her head before speaking.
"No... but he will be, I know it. Whatever he's dealing with right now, he needs to get through it himself. From the short time we have been acquainted, I've understood one thing, and that is that he is a self-reliant person. He would function better if he deals with it himself." Hei Wan explained.
"If you say so. I just hope that he recovers quickly and doesn't enter a dark place. I... fear him." Hei Bao spoke with apprehension.
Hei Wan's eyes went wide as she focused on Hei Bao.
"You felt it too?!" Hei Wan questioned.
"Do you mean the change in his aura?" Hei Bao counter questioned.
"Yes. I thought it was just me, but now it seems like his aura has indeed changed. Before only I could feel it because it was faint, but now that you can too. That just means that his killing intent is growing stronger." Hei Wan answered.
"He wasn't like this when we first met him, though. He only changed after he met the town head and killed him." Hei Bao spoke.
"Hmm, that is true. That just means that I need to investigate this matter even more closely. After all, I've given him my word." Hei Wan replied.
Hei Bao then went silent for a bit and rubbed his chin, before speaking again.
"Are you sure the lord will be fine with such a large expense? Just the sheer quantity of weapons in that list is troubling, not to mention that some of them will have to be custom made." Hei Bao questioned with a concerned tone.
~Sigh~
Hei Wan let out a sigh and rubbed her forehead in fatigue.
"The lord's letter arrived this morning. It was in response to the first report that I gave him about Lin Mu. He's ordered that everything is to be done to keep him on our side and to ensure that no enmity occurs. The expense on the weapons is nothing compared to what he's willing to spend." Hei Wan answered.
"But don't you find that it's strange he's asking for so many weapons? It's enough to equip a small army. What would he even do with so many of them?" Hei Bao asked, unable to suppress the doubts within his heart.
"Whatever it may be, it's not our concern now. The Lord has given us our orders and they are to befriend Lin Mu and make him our ally. We will just do our best to satisfy the request." Hei Wan replied in a stern tone.
Hei Bao noticed her strict tone and understood that he was now starting to perhaps bother her a lot more than he should. He thus decided to change the topic.
"About our reinforcements, where are they coming from? And about the core condensation realm expert, is the lord really willing to use them?" Hei Bao asked.
~Sigh~
Hei Wan let out another sigh as she just decided to answer his queries. While she wanted nothing more than to just return to her work, she understood that Hei Bao had the right to ask her these questions, and it would be better if he was clear about their situation.
"The reinforcements are coming from our inactive members. They are all those who had been disguising themselves as commoners and a few other people from the corps. As for the core condensation realm expert, we were lucky that he was able to complete his mission early." Hei Wan took a brief pause and then continued.
"We were originally unsure about the background of Lin Mu and had suspicions that he belonged to a sect. We also didn't know about the personality of Lin Mu, thus the Lord had chosen that person to come. He is the most experienced in interacting and dealing with disciples of cultivations sects, thus he was the best choice.��� Hei Wan explained.
"Let's just hope everything goes well." Hei Bao spoke as he turned towards the unconscious culprit.
A grim expression appeared on his face as he walked towards the culprit that was chained to the chair and spoke, "In the meantime... we can have some fun."
He then firmly held the unconscious culprits' fingers and in a snap, bent them.
"AAAAGHHH!!!!"
The pain-filled shouts of the culprits thus echoed in the room, as he had a rude awakening.
章節 65: The Eleventh Stage Of The Body Tempering Realm
Lin Mu had left the town center and was now walking towards his house. He took in the sights and the sounds from the surroundings. Most of the streets had become rather empty except for the guards that would patrol at every few intervals.
Lin Mu knew that this was due to the assassination. Hei Wan had already ordered the guards to take the people to safety, so they were most likely in their homes now. He knew that now that the matter had been resolved on a certain level, the people will most likely get the notice by evening.
Lin Mu looked up at the sky and saw the sun, which was just about to reach the top of his head. He estimated that it should be eleven am right now and knew that he had plenty of daylight left. The days had finally started to get short, and the clouds were starting to get dense.
There were three more months to the end of the winter, and in another month the sun would be completely hidden till the start of spring. That would be the time when the cold would be the harshest and the snow the deepest.
Lin Mu could still remember the last year's blizzards clearly. The snow was knee deep and people could not open their doors as the snow was piled up against their doors. Lin Mu knew that some people would start to run low on supplies and would have to ration them.
He hoped that this time since Hei Wan was here and the town head was dead, the things would be different.
"And if they are not, I will make them..." Lin Mu muttered to himself as another fluctuation in his aura appeared.
Lin Mu kept on walking and eventually reached the residential district. He could now see some people here discussing with each other. He could hear them gossip about the incident from before and the announcement. Lin Mu understood that they seemed to be slightly more satisfied this time.
'At least the people have hope this time.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
Soon Lin Mu reached his house and saw someone standing in front of it. He looked at the man's attire and understood that it was a guard. But the suspicious thing was that he hadn't seen the guard before, and he seemed to be someone new.
Lin Mu extended his spirit sense and was surprised to find out that the guard was actually a cultivator. He instantly became alert and ideas started to run in his mind.
'Is he one of the culprits? Are they disguising as guards now?' Lin Mu wondered as he withdrew his sword and continued forwards silently.
The guard was facing the other way thus he had not seen Lin Mu yet, and he had not even sensed it when Lin Mu's spirit sense had probed him.
'Hmm, it seems like he hasn't experience spirit sense before. He's also at the early stage of the qi refining realm, this will be easy. Seems like we will have another culprit to interrogate.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
Lin Mu looked around one more time and confirmed that no one was watching him. Once he was sure of that, he used blink and appeared right behind the guard. He then put up his short sword against the man's neck.
"Don't even try to move. One move and I'll slice your neck. Now tell me who are you?" Lin Mu spoke in a threatening manner.
The guard who had been carefree this entire time felt as if he was doused with cold water. He had not expected for someone to suddenly seize him. But then the next instant he recognized the voice and his eyes went wide.
"Wait! Sir Lin Mu! It's me, Hei Ping!" The guard hurriedly spoke.
Lin Mu tilted his head upon hearing the guard and then suddenly recognized the voice. Though he still didn't move as he was still feeling suspicious. The guard saw this and knew that Lin Mu was still wary of him.
"Sir Lin Mu, I was assigned by leader Hei Wan to guard and serve you. If you needed anything, I was asked to be there for you. I was assigned the position of a guard so that it would be easier for us." The guard explained.
Only after hearing the man's explanation did Lin Mu withdrew the sword from the man's neck. Lin Mu then remembered the man named Hei Ping's voice. He had seen him before, but because the man was wearing the mask, he could not recognize him. Hei Ping was one of the other members of the Hei Corps that had recently returned to the safe house.
"Hmm, should have informed me before." Lin Mu spoke.
Hei Ping took a deep breath and touched his neck, ensuring that it was safe.
"That's what I was here for sir, to inform you." Hei Ping spoke in a helpless tone.
"Okay then. So where are you going to stay?" Lin Mu questioned.
"Since I've been assigned the duty of a guard, I'll be here most of the time. There are more of my companions who will be patrolling the street and neighborhood too. But if you need anything, just call for me. I will also be informing you of any report that comes from the leader." Hei Ping explained.
"I understand, for now I'm going to be resting inside." Lin Mu replied and then unlocked the gate of the courtyard.
He then walked inside and entered the backyard. He came to stand in front of the graves that were situated there. He kneeled down and closed his eyes.
"Father, Mother, please bless me with strength. I know the journey in front of me is long and is going to be difficult, but know this that I will prevail." Lin Mu muttered with determination.
Lin Mu then stayed there in the same position for a couple of hours before he stood up and returned to the inside of the house. Unknown to Lin Mu, his aura that had become slightly unstable since the morning had finally become calm after visiting the graves of his parents.
Lin Mu could feel his stomach rumble and then realized that he had not eaten anything for a while.
"Hmm, I'll eat some food before cultivating." Lin Mu muttered to himself.
He thus took out the spirit beast meat from his spatial ring and started to cook it in the kitchen. Twenty minutes later the roast meat was ready and Lin Mu started devouring it. With his current appetite, it didn't take long for Lin Mu to completely finish it.
Lin Mu then returned to his bedroom and sat down on his bed cross-legged to cultivate. But just five minutes later, a surprised expression appeared on his face as he was awakened from his session. A wave of energy emanated from his body for a brief moment, and it almost seemed like one could see his bones shining through his flesh.
"I broke through..." Lin Mu muttered.
Indeed, Lin Mu had just broken through to the eleventh stage of the body tempering realm and had entered the peak tier of body tempering stage experts. His vital energy was flowing into his bones and was even touching his bone marrow.
A refreshing feeling washed over his mind as he felt his entire body relax. It was as if his body's cells were exhilarating in joy and had become extremely active. In fact, a minute later, faint wisps of steam could be seen emanating from his body.
"Wha-What!?" Lin Mu spoke with surprise.
"FOCUS! Feel the vital energy within you and guide it on its path. Let it flow to your bones and wash your marrows." Xukong guided in a stern tone.
Lin Mu did not speak and just followed the instructions. He continued chanting the calming heart sutra and focused on the flow of the vital energy. He could sense the vital energy that was filling his skin, muscles, and blood.
This vital energy had been at an extremely saturated stage and was close to breaking out at any moment. Lin Mu's current situation just turned out to be the most suitable, thus it broke through. The vital energy from these three layers started to seep into his bones.
Even though the energy was flowing into his bones, Lin Mu couldn't actually feel any decrease in the energy from those three layers. It was as if the energy was instantly replaced the moment it flowed away.
This cycle of replenishment and consumption continued for an hour until finally, Lin Mu felt as if his bones were saturated as well. He had just reached the peak of the eleventh stage of the body tempering realm in one attempt.
~Huuu~
Lin Mu let out a breath and expelled a wisp of gray gas from his mouth. This gray gas traveled forward and touched the wooden wall of the room. But when it touched it, the wall suddenly started corroding.
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