Lin Mu had spoken, yet no one seemed to be replying to him. He stood still in awkward silence for about ten seconds before someone responded. It was Hong Luo who seemed to be feeling strange and nervous too.

"Greetings, brother Lin Mu. You are right on time." Hong Luo greeted.

The other mercenaries except for Leader Teng and the whip wielding woman stood up after seeing Hong Luo initiate the greetings. They could not tell what had happened, but their current situation felt more stressful to them than when they actually fought deadly spirit beasts.

Leader Teng forcefully tried to regain his composure as he stood up and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Greetings brother Lin Mu, my name is Teng Xiaolian, and this is my team." Leader Teng spoke.

Everyone then started to introduce themselves to Lin Mu. One could tell that they were rather nervous and seemed to be paying extra attention to etiquette.

"Greetings, I am Xiong An." Greeted the Brawny mercenary.

"Greetings, I am Long Da." Greeted the mercenary with an axe on his back.

"I'm Yi Duyi." Said the short mercenary.

"And I am Hao Xiao." Said the whip wielding woman.

Having heard everyone's names, Lin Mu felt a little satisfied. At least for him, the awkward silence was a little painful. Having finished with the greetings, Hong Luo invited Lin Mu to sit along with them. He offered him his chair and asked a mercenary that was passing by to bring him another.

Respectfully taking the offer, Lin Mu sat down and looked at the mercenaries, waiting for them to start. He had been observing their conversation, thus he wanted to know how they will be proceeding. This was a little off course for him, as originally he had expected that he would need to guard the camp by himself and the Hei Corps.

While he would be guarding in person, the members of the Hei corps would be patrolling in silence by hiding in the distance. Lin Mu knew that they had more experience in matters such as these, thus did not worry about them not appearing. He had already been informed beforehand that they will send him a signal when they appear.

Having received his chair, Hong Luo sat down to discuss the plan.

"So brother Lin Mu, we were just about to start with the plan. Luckily for us, Leader Teng and his team returned early from their hunt, so we hopefully won't have to worry as much." Hong Luo spoke.

The other mercenaries simply nodded in agreement, showing that they had already discussed them.

Lin Mu was wondering, though, what did they know about the incident in the town. He wanted to know if they had any opinion on it and if they knew that it involved him. So that later he knew how to make decisions in the future with them. While walking in the town he had heard people talking about all the other related people, but somehow there was no mention of him.

'Did Hei Wan hide my involvement somehow?' Lin Mu wondered.

what happened in the

little serious upon hearing

happened today. Though it

strange I

what, we still need to be alert. If they can kill the town head

words of these mercenaries and confirmed that there seemed to be no information about

a little easier.'

be doing tonight?" Lin Mu questioned after having

who had been listening silently until now,

shifts so that the posts are always manned. This already

of us." Hao

But right now, all they had was these many people. Suddenly Lin Mu realized that the two other mercenaries that were with Hong Luo in the morning seem

Ming brothers?" Lin Mu asked, turning to

in the town. Earlier, one of the representatives of the new High official came to meet us. They wanted to ask a few questions,

had

Lin

are, of course. They are not there to talk, though. They

does make more sense.' Lin Mu

let's discuss the positions."

nodded and intently started to

talked for an hour before everything was finished, and everyone separated. Lin Mu was assigned the position that was to the northwestern part of the camp. It was in a relatively safe area and had plenty

deliberately assigned you this

misunderstanding is quite advantageous for us." Lin Mu

strongest weapons that can be used to fight an enemy without actually fighting them. You can defeat an enemy even before they know that you are their enemy." Xukong stated

comprehended them. He could truly see the benefit in senior's words, thus wanted to completely understand them. Perhaps one day

like they think of me rather highly. I can't seem to understand their comparison. Is it really that big of a

twenty. But, if you consider an average across the worlds, it is rather common. In fact, it is not that uncommon for there to be people who reach the Nascent soul stage

felt his horizons broaden

do you think I would reach the core condensation realm, senior?"

up to you. The process itself is rather straightforward, thus all you need to do is cultivate with all your heart. But if I consider your current pace,

imagined the day that he would be reaching the

thoughts, strange sounds seemed to be coming from the side of the Forest. Most of the people were used to them, and

rod over a wooden plank. It was gruff and seemed to be faint. Lin Mu instantly became alert and looked around, but saw that none of the mercenaries

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