Walker Of The Worlds

Lin Mu read the scroll and furrowed his brows.

"They caught over ten members of the Hei corps of the sixteen that they had detected were in the kingdom. The remaining six are still missing and have been put at a high level of importance.

The ones that were caught were then sent to the empire itself, as was requested of them according to the orders." Lin Mu muttered after reading the entire scroll.

He knew that it wasn't fully the Hong Lin kingdom's fault either in catching and sending the members of the Hei corps off. From all that he knew, the kingdoms needed to follow the orders of the empire, especially for highly wanted criminals like this.

Plus, it was not like they would listen if the members of the Hei corps protested. They were simply doing what they were asked to and anyone else would do the same if they didn't know that the sects and empires were being manipulated, no less.

~Sigh~

"This doesn't help us much. There is no more information about the six members that managed to escape either." Lin Mu said while shaking his head.

Comparing the dates, Lin Mu was sure that it would be close to impossible if he wanted to find the members of the Hei corps here. The outpost that was located in the Hong Lin kingdom could be said to be as good as gone now.

'Perhaps they have left the kingdom a long time ago as well…' Lin Mu thought.

With these thoughts in his mind, Lin Mu didn't know if completing their mission here was even possible anymore.

"Things won't always go according to your plans. This is one of the very important things you need to learn. Fate is a fickle mistress and often likes to play without much rhyme or reason." Xukong said in a sagely tone.

"I understand senior." Lin Mu replied.

not like this is a complete failure for you, either. There are other things you can accomplish here

to be true. There were a lot of things he could do in the Hong Lin kingdom,

very least, we'll get the

bit free now and felt like he could do some other things and didn't need to

here… might as well take the advantage of being here already.'

records and documents that were stored in the

was founded over three thousand years ago by the first king of named Hong. He was an orphan as well, who was abandoned

up in the harshness of the forest and survived it all, taking up the forest as his parents and thus naming himself 'Hong'. He alone managed to cultivate all

technique he found in it, his cultivation continued to soar, and so did

where the Hong Lin forest was located was still free. And since the nearby powers were still struggling in

settled in the Hong Lin forest. These were

style had changed and been influenced by the rest of the empire, but the Royal palace still kept up

King, 'Hong' reached the Nascent soul realm and was said to be so talented that he was invited by many sects back then, even including several top sects. But he rejected all of them and instead chose to settle in the

established the Hong Lin Kingdom and united the smaller clans, making them his citizens and subjects. He dispelled opposition with an iron fist and decimated his opponents

the forest itself and the Hong Lin trees. He wrote countless poems and couplets about them, and praised them to no end. Many people said he was obsessed with the trees and that he would even marry them

of producing offspring and heirs, and thus he married several women. But the queen that he married never managed to

concubines were always displeased with him. Over the years, this led to many conflicts among the heirs of the first king. Since he didn't

wives fought and quarreled amongst themselves, redirecting their

the commoners lived in relative peace, the royal palace was almost always in some kind

only stopped when the King suddenly disappeared one day. Upon his departure, he only left a single letter from which mentioned that he was reaching the

for who would

to a quest

basically leaving the entire royal place helpless. He stated that the next king will be the