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.

either. There are other things you can accomplish here from what I've been seeing till now." Xukong

over it and indeed found it to be true. There were a lot of things he could do in the Hong Lin kingdom, plus it didn't seem like Gu Yao had a very strong control

the very least, we'll get the Hong Lin wood before we leave for the Long Cloud

that done, Lin Mu felt a bit free now and felt like he could do

things here… might as well take the

that were stored in the repository and even learned of the history of the

ago by the first king of named Hong. He was an orphan as well, who was abandoned in the Hong

and thus naming himself 'Hong'. He alone managed to cultivate all the way to the peak of the Qi refining

it, his cultivation continued to soar,

still free. And since the nearby powers were still struggling in their own troubles after the war, they didn't have the chance to expand or take over more things than they could deal

small clans that settled in the Hong Lin forest. These were the natives of the forest and lived in large circular

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

including several top sects. But he rejected all of them and instead chose to settle in the forest that

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

dearly was 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

on after he became king. Becoming a king came with the duty of producing offspring and heirs, and thus he married several women. But the queen that he married never managed to truly win his heart, and he was

Over the years, this led to many conflicts among the heirs of the first king. Since he didn't pay much attention to his wives and the royal court, it ended up with them competing against each

the wives fought and quarreled amongst themselves, redirecting their goals to gain more

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

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

for who would be the next

left that up to a quest that he assigned to

He stated that the next king will be