Lin Mu had seen Duan Ke multiple times, but this was the first time he had seen her break her composure and show such a surprised expression. For this very reason, he felt that something was wrong or he may have done something wrong.

"Is there something wrong?" Lin Mu asked cautiously.

Duan Mu came to her senses and realised that she had shown a surprised expression. When she saw Lin Mu's concerned face, she understood that he had noticed it this time. She forcibly controlled her emotions and spoke,

"How did you kill this high tier beast?" Duan Ke asked, trying to covertly justify the reason for her expression.

If Lin Mu was first confused because of Duan Ke's expression, now he was confused due to her words.

"What do you mean high tier beast?" questioned Lin Mu.

"This beast, it's a high tier beast of at least 9th stage body tempering realm." Replied Duan Ke.

Lin Mu's expression slowly changed from confusion to that of fear, once the words of Duan Ke sank in. He had avoided hunting a high tier beast, the Razor-maw Ox, which was also equivalent to a 9th stage body tempering realm expert. But somehow had ended up hunting and killing another beast of the same strength.

Lin Mu could not understand how he was able to do this daunting task successfully. He then remembered how the Steel-back wolf's skull was crushed in his one hit, but the coyote beast's didn't. But he still could not understand why the beast did not react when he attacked. If it really was a high-tier beast, it should have detected him the moment he exposed himself.

The only reason he was able to kill the steel-back wolf back then, was because the beast was focused on the mercenaries, along with it being injured and exhausted. There was no way the same tactic would have worked on it, if it was in its optimum condition, not to mention a beast even stronger than it.

Cold sweat covered Lin Mu's forehead and back. Duan Ke could see the dread and fear on Lin Mu's face.

'Don't tell me this boy did not even know the strength of this beast before hunting it.' Thought Duan Ke.

"Did you not know the strength of this beast beforehand?" asked Duan Ke.

Lin Mu, who seemed to have become a mute, finally came to his senses upon hearing Duan Ke's question.

"No, I don't even know the name of the beast." Replied Lin Mu.

Duan Ke just kept on staring at the beast corpse after hearing Lin Mu's reply and did not speak anything. Seeing that she was not replying Lin Mu asked,

name of the

now." Duan

name?" asked

silent for a minute before

beast… it's a mutant. This is not its

that?"

physique under the influence of that substance. Though more often than not,

He had never heard of such a thing, not even from his father, who was rather very knowledgeable about beasts and was also a hunter himself. Seeing that Lin Mu was engrossed in digesting the information she had just said,

you defeat a beast that was much stronger

it should have. I ambushed it and was able to kill it in two moves." Explained

more?" replied

attacked when the beast was in the right position and could not see me. My first hit stunned the beast, making it fall to the ground, and with the next

But this aura, it's very similar to that 'thing'" muttered Duan

Mu asked upon hearing

Ke stopped and looked at Lin Mu,

nothing of

a little surprised with Duan Ke's curt tone, but

this beast corpse?" Duan

entire beast. I want to

prepare it before coming here then?" Duan Ke

can be sold. So… I kept it whole."

can come to collect the money and the meat three hours later. And I'm charging you extra for dissecting the corpse." Spoke Duan Ke

sentence, but nodded anyway and left the shop. He did not even

eyes suddenly turned fierce. She waved her hand and numerous runes materialised on the door of the shop. If a person looked at the shop right now from the outside, they would only find a plain wall. There was no sign of

behind the counter, which automatically opened

lamp hanging on the roof. There was no other entrance or exit to that room except for the one Duan Ke had come in from. She then snapped her fingers and the lamp illuminating the room was extinguished. But instead of turning dark, the room started to fade into a white background,

streams, and fake mountains. Intricately designed

one could see a manor that was adorned with exquisite decorations consisting of statues, paintings, and calligraphy. Just in front of the manor was a small pavilion surrounded

drinking a cup of tea that was emitting an aroma that calmed one's senses. This old man was none other than the owner of Jing Wei's emporium, Jing Wei himself, and also the

the pagoda and arrived behind Jing Wei. The old man was facing away from Duan Ke and was currently

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