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.

that some guards and townsmen

Lin Mu understood this and pulled

statements about that. Some people say that they saw the townsmen enter the town safely, while the guards say that they never returned. As for the guards, we don't know what happened, but the current theory is that they saw the beast and went

is strange."

silver coin to the clerk and then left the building. Upon leaving, he saw that the

leaving, Lin Mu felt a gaze 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

soon as he entered his room and closed

they stopped before

that the gaze I felt

seems like it, though they did not follow you

Because we know that three more teams of those men were out there and that the townsmen we say yesterday disappeared

wait and watch. Though I recommend that you focus on extending the range of your spirit sense as it will help you in sensing other people. The longer your range

Lin

he had eaten his food and was ready to start his

he found his neighbor standing outside the gate. It was

something, Xiao Lu?" Lin Mu

years older than him. He used to live with his uncle, but he too died in the plague that happened last year. Since then, he had been

Mu? I heard you got your house seized from you some time

moment for a long time, but he knew that it would be

thought someone else bought it. Also, since Lin Mu had secluded himself in the house for a week since he got it, there weren't many chances where others could have seen him. But now that

did, but I've already paid off the fine and got it

man for long, as he wanted to return to

I was told to inform you that the people in the neighborhood have decided

isn't that the guard's job?" Lin Mu

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

not afraid anymore?" Lin

that will keep a vigil at night. Everyone has to

cultivation, but he did not think he really had a choice. He also did not feel good

an excuse to wander in the night,

Lin Mu spoke

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