Walker Of The Worlds

Lin Mu felt strange about the clerk's words. He thought that he may be lying at first, but then looking at his face made him think differently. Though he thought he should listen to the complete story first.

"The report about the spirit beast was given by a mercenary to the second vice-captain. The second vice-captain thus issued the order to close the town and the routes leading to it. But later, when he didn't return, the other guards went to talk with the town head about the mercenary who gave the report. The town head told them that the mercenary who reported it disappeared too and they can't find him." The clerk explained.

"Is that why mercenaries are standing outside the town center?" Lin Mu asked.

"Yeah, they're angry that more of their mercenaries disappeared and the town head is not responding to their complaints." The clerk answered.

"And what does the second vice-captain look like? Because I don't think I've seen him before." Lin Mu asked his main question.

The clerk did not seem like he minded Lin Mu's question and just spoke honestly.

"Oh, let me just get the identity register. We have portraits of all the town's cultivators in it."

"I didn't know there was an identity register for cultivators." Lin Mu said curiously.

"Oh no, it's actually for all people that the town head considers important, there are other normal people in it too that are not cultivators." The clerk answered and then went away to get the register.

'This is news to me. I didn't know that there was something like this.' Lin Mu spoke inwardly.

"It is technically necessary. Every establishment needs to keep a record of important people." Xukong spoke in Lin Mu's mind.

"I guess the portrait will make it easier to identify the man than just by a vague description." Lin Mu spoke to himself.

The clerk soon returned with the register and showed it to Lin Mu. He flipped it to the page where it showed the second vice-captains portrait. Lin Mu saw the portrait and instantly recognized the man. The person that tried to kill him yesterday was the vice-captain.

"Han Xu?" Lin Mu muttered the name written on the register.

"Yes, that's the vice-captain's name." the clerk responded.

Even after completing his main task, Lin Mu still felt curious about the situation, thus he decided to get more information.

heard that some guards

Lin Mu understood this and pulled out

the guards say that they never returned. As for the guards, we don't know what

strange." Lin

He gave another silver coin to the clerk and then left the building. Upon leaving, he saw that the mercenaries were still standing there and were not budging

at the back of his head and turned around but did not notice anyone specific. Pushing the thought to the back of his mind, he walked away. Half

and closed the door, senior Xukong spoke in

it seems they stopped before

gaze I felt

it, though they did not follow you all the way,

know that three more teams of those men were out there and that

spirit sense as it will help you in sensing other

senior." Lin Mu

some food. Half an hour later he had eaten his

the gate. Upon opening it, he found his neighbor standing outside the gate. It was the same

Xiao Lu?"

to live with his uncle, but he too died in the plague that happened last year. Since then, he had

are you, Lin Mu? I heard you got your house seized from you some time ago." Xiao Lu

moment for a long time, but he knew that it would be coming sometime soon. The gossiping ladies of the

probably seen that the house was no longer sealed, but they did not see Lin Mu, so must have thought someone else bought it. Also, since Lin Mu had secluded himself in the house for

already paid off the fine and got it back."

talk with the man for long, as he wanted to return to

in the neighborhood have decided to keep a vigil at night." Xiao Lu

that the guard's job?" Lin

only been told to guard the entrance of the residential district and not the insides.

anymore?" Lin

keep a vigil at night. Everyone has to participate, thus I'm here to inform you."

but he did not think he really had a choice. He also did not feel good rejecting the

may be able to discover some things. You will have an excuse to wander in the night, also with the

Lin Mu spoke