Walker Of The Worlds

Yuan Tu had been in pain for three days now; ever since he got flogged because of the spirit apples that were damaged by Lin Mu. Not only did he get physical punishment, but all the wages of the peasants for this month were cut to compensate for the damages. He had been watched with eyes of dislike by a lot of the peasants because of that.

"At least I did not have to pay it from my own savings, or worse having to use my property to compensate for it. It was a saving grace that only Lin Mu had his property seized. Though, now, each and every peasant hates Lin Mu."

The key harvest period for spirit apples was a major part of the peasant's earnings for the year. During this period most of the peasants, and even their children, would help out to earn more for their families. The Mayor allowed any willing person to be employed for the harvest, and at least one person from each family worked in the orchards during this period.

Even though spirit apples grew all throughout the year, they were most abundant a few months before winter and usually started at the end of summer. It was one of the chief exports of Wu Lim city and brought a large revenue for the city mayor each year. But at present there were fewer people because of the plague that spread last year, delaying the process.

The supervisor was under pressure from the city mayor to speed up the harvest and complete it before winter comes, so that the spirit apples could be exported to other cities in the south. The supervisor, Li Peng, in turn put pressure on the peasants to hasten the speed of harvest; especially since from the incident three days ago he wanted no more accidents.

Yuan Tu was working in the orchards, along with his group, in the morning. They were assigned the area at the very end of the orchard along the transport road. He was working when he saw carriages and a lot of armed men coming from the forest; not recognising either carriages nor the men having gone into the forest. The only other way for them to come to this part of the forest would be to go through the other route, which passes from inside the western part of the forest.

The route from the western forest was dangerous, and the area was populated with mid-tier beasts. Even hunters would not take the risk if they could just use the safe route from Northern town. Yuan Tu looked at the men, trying to find anyone familiar when he spotted a boy walking behind the carriages. As soon as he saw him clearly, his eyes filled with hatred; as it was the same boy who was the reason for his punishment and suffering.

Lin Mu had come close to the orchards when he heard the man who was glaring at him shout,

"HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE HERE LIN MU! AFTER ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE!"

Before Lin Mu could reply, the man spoke again,

"After the supervisor confiscated your property, why would you come here! You're not welcome to stay here anymore."

By this time, the other nearby peasants had heard Yuan Tu's shouting and some had come to check what was happening. Lin Mu was getting nervous as more and more people gathered. He looked at their faces, and every person was looking at him with a repulsive look. Lin Mu gathered his courage to reply:

"Uncle Yuan Tu, I'm not here to stay. I'm just visiting the town to sell and buy some things."

Yuan Tu answered disparagingly,

you even sell after all your property was confiscated? And if you still have money,

all agreed in

anything to sell, you better compensate us

way to compensate them, anyway. Looking at the silent Lin Mu, the peasants kept on rambling; knowing there was no practical chance that Lin Mu could compensate them. They were simply venting

Mu decided to just walk away as he could not listen to the peasants anymore and wanted to do nothing with them. Lin Mu took a step back and turned around when someone

you're going? Today we will

was gripping his shoulder hard. If Lin Mu had not broken through to the fourth stage of body tempering, his shoulder bones would be broken. Yuan Tu, who himself was in the fourth stage

me Yuan Tu. I've already paid by

furious, rushed to

kid! He'll compensate us with his bones

there, also attempted to catch Lin Mu. He had been surrounded at this point on three sides by the indignant peasants. Lin Mu started running around, while

noticed the commotion and informed the supervisor: Li

they were already behind in terms of completing the harvest, Li Peng's face turned red with

learn a qi cultivation technique, Li Peng would have already become a qi cultivator since the minimum level at which one could become one was the eighth stage of body tempering. Only at the eighth

a qi cultivation technique before the eighth stage, they

who were chasing him, heard

THIS STUPIDITY!?

them dead in their tracks. Turning around, they saw the supervisor sprinting

all not working before I

could not speak. Yuan Tu was gritting his teeth as he was the one who wanted

peasants with

you waiting for,

could utter

was passing by the

Li Peng found him to be familiar and then remembered him to be

that he could not let Lin Mu

has come here with ill intentions. He has no reason to be