Chapter 25: Reunion at the Restaurant
The next day, Lin Mo was still practicing in the room. He now had a lot of skills that needed to be sorted out one by one, especially the Phantom Yin Finger, which needed to be applied in actual combat as soon as possible.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. After Lin Mo finished his training, he asked, "Who is it?"
Then the voice of the inn waiter was heard: Dear sir, the local captain Mu sent someone to ask me to give you this note.
Lin Mo opened the door and picked up the note, which read, "See you at the Jinyang City Center Restaurant at noon", and the signature was "wood". It was already very close to noon, so after a little tidying up, he went to the restaurant. When he had a drink with Tang Yu before, he also went to this restaurant, so Lin Mo was familiar with the way.
There weren't many people in the restaurant today. In the corner, Lin Mo saw Captain Mu dressed in official attire. He walked towards him and bowed, saying, "Uncle Mu, I'm sorry I'm a little late."
Captain Mu waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "I came early." He then asked the waiter to serve two jars of local fine wine and a few signature dishes, and continued, "Let's eat well first. Seeing you look so tired, I know you have been practicing martial arts. You should pay attention to the combination of work and rest."
Lin Mo nodded. Indeed, he had not eaten since last night. As martial artists’ cultivation level increases, they can reach the state of fasting. However, some martial artists who mainly practice body-building techniques have to eat a lot of meat every day to supplement the body’s nutrition and prevent the proliferation of hidden injuries.
Lin Mo waited until the waiter served the dishes, then he started to eat with Captain Mu. After three rounds of drinks, Captain Mu kept frowning and said, "There is something I don't know whether I should tell you. If it was before, I would have concealed it, but now through my observation of you, you have been very calm recently, and you have your own ideas. I can only say that this matter is related to your father's identity. Can you endure the revenge for your father and practice in peace?"
Lin Mo rolled his eyes in his heart. He was a reborn person. No matter how much he wanted to integrate into this world, he still felt a little out of place in his heart. So he said, "Uncle Mu, don't worry. I won't seek death for no reason."
Captain Mu saw that Lin Mo's face didn't even have the slightest ripple when he heard what he said before, and nodded secretly, "You should know that I will soon join the Mingmo Guard. Mr. Zhou from the Yinmo Group who has been working here last night told me a piece of news. The Yinmo Group, like the Mingmo Guard, is a supervisory organization of the Great Mo Dynasty, but one is bright and the other is dark.
Lord Zhou said that your father is from the royal family of the Great Mo Dynasty, and he has received favors from your father, so he concealed my information about my contact with your father. Your information should also be hidden temporarily. Nothing can be found out without an eye for investigation.
I guess your father's enemy should be a member of the royal family of the Great Mo Dynasty. After all, the Great Mo Dynasty has been particularly chaotic recently because of the struggle for the throne, so your father's murder a few years ago should be related to the struggle for the throne."
Lin Mo frowned when he heard this, because according to his plan, after finishing the underground palace, he would join the Eight Great Gangs or the Nine Nether Evil Sect nearby. Of course, he would give priority to the Eight Great Gangs, but if he was the son of the royal family of the Great Mo Dynasty, it would be much more troublesome. First of all, he must avoid the Great Mo Dynasty.
Originally, he just wanted to stay in Tianmu Territory for a while to find an opportunity to join a big force and practice well. But if he did that, he would have to reconsider where to go. First of all, he couldn't go to areas where Buddhism was too prosperous. With his own skills, he would easily be labeled as an evil element and then be eliminated for the people. Among the three Buddhist temples, Youlin Zen Monastery was secluded from the world.
The Tantric Epiphyllum Temple and the Muhuang Buddhist Temple are located in the territory of the Great Skull Dynasty, one in the south and one in the north, so the Great Skull Dynasty cannot be considered. The remaining Great Ting Dynasty is not bad, and the Tang Sect is also in it, but the Lujian Mountain is also in the territory of the Great Ting Dynasty. I want to kill Hu Yi in the underground palace. Even if Hu Ling doesn't care about this brother, it's a bit too arrogant for me to run around under his nose.
The only remaining choice is the Dameng Dynasty. Fortunately, the forces of the Dameng Dynasty are complicated. The Leiyun Palace and Qianyuan Palace among the five Taoist palaces are located in the territory of the Dameng Dynasty, so Taoism has a slight advantage. Many other major forces have also taken root here. Although it is not as prosperous as the center of the Central Plains, it is much better than Jinyang City and even the Tianmu Domain of Jinyang City.
After Lin Mo had a new plan, he relaxed a lot. After all, he was currently in the dark, and no one would pay attention to a small pawn like him in the marrow refining stage. As long as he left the Great Mo Dynasty, he could find another big force to join and practice slowly. He continued to say to the captain:
"Uncle Mu, I understand. Don't worry, I won't do anything with my strength. When I finish at the underground palace, I will leave the Great Mo Dynasty first. After all, staying here for one more day will bring one more day of trouble. Uncle Mu should also be careful not to get involved in this fight for the throne."
Captain Mu nodded. Seeing that Lin Mo's expression did not change, he felt relieved. He just said awkwardly, "Your relationship with your father is not very good."
Lin Mo thought to himself that it was not good, he was too cold, thought for a while and said: "It is indeed not good, I don't have many memories of my childhood, after coming to Jinyang City, I spent most of my time in private school, so I seldom met my parents, but no matter what, I must avenge my father, but with my current strength, anger and hatred will only make me unable to see the road ahead clearly."
Captain Mu was a little confused by these words. He wanted to tell Lin Mo the news today and let him endure his hatred , but it turned out that Lin Mo's thought level was much higher than his. He suddenly felt a breath of air stuck in his heart, but he didn't know how to express it. So he fell into silence.
Lin Mo saw the opportunity to change the subject and said, "Uncle Mu, the underground palace will be opened in three days. Tell me who we need to watch out for when entering the underground palace. I have seen many powerful forces coming here before. I wonder if there will be other forces or masters from the human list coming here."
Captain Mu also put aside his previous depression and said, "The only masters who have come here so far are Tang Yu from the Tang Sect and Xu Tianfu from the Blood Demon Sect. Because the upper limit of this underground palace is the Great Perfection of Marrow Refining, many masters on the Human List may have gone back after hearing the news.
Disciples from some family forces in the nearby Tianmu Territory will come here. There are a total of eight cities in the Tianmu Territory, including Jinyang City. The strongest family in each city will send its disciples here. "
Lin Mo nodded and thought, indeed, the news has spread now. It is estimated that only the forces in the Tianmu Region will have time to send family disciples in the marrow refining stage. However, unless these family disciples are as brilliant as Hu Ling from the Hu family, they will not pose much threat to me.
Captain Mu continued, "In addition to these, some casual cultivators from the surrounding area will also come here. Although those casual cultivators are at the marrow refining stage, they are much older, so they have rich experience in the martial arts world and will use some inferior methods. You have to pay attention to this.
Finally, there are the major forces. You should have seen the Jianxie Sect, the Yuenu Sword Society, the Dongfang Family, and the Huangfu Family. There are also people from the Tianmo Palace and the Dugu Demon Sect of the Jiuyou Evil Sect. These are the first batch to come. In addition, two other forces also sent people, namely Murong Ying from the Murong Family among the Seven Major Families and Li Shu from the Saint Medical Alliance among the Eight Major Gangs. Their strength is the same as those of the previous major sect disciples, both of them have perfected their marrow refining. "
Lin Mo held the wine glass in his hand and began to think about whether there was anyone he could cooperate with temporarily.
After drinking two more cups, Captain Mu's face turned red. Although he could use his inner strength to force out the alcohol, he still enjoyed the feeling of being half drunk. He said to Lin Mo, "Let's go out and spar with each other. I want to see what level you are at now."
Lin Mo also felt that he should sort out his martial arts knowledge carefully. There was nothing better to learn than in actual combat. He also knew that this was Captain Mu's deliberate guidance to him, so he nodded in agreement.
After Lin Mo went downstairs first to pay the bill, he walked out with Captain Mu. As the cold wind blew outside, Captain Mu's face became much more normal. He said, "Let's go to Jinyang Mountain. I don't know who had nothing to do in the Wild Beast Forest yesterday and fought each other in the middle of the night. It made a mess over there. I didn't go to the scene at that time. I heard from Lord Zhou that those disciples from the big sects had nothing to do and ended up fighting."
After hearing this, Lin Mo knew that it was him that was being talked about. He touched his nose involuntarily and walked towards Jinyang Mountain without saying a word. At this time, Lin Mo remembered that the Li Hu from the Yi Qi Society who was killed at that time was in the stronghold established in Jinyang Mountain.
But did the matter just end up like this? Fortunately, I was still thinking about the pros and cons of the Loyalty Society sending people. However, if the Loyalty Society sent someone, it would probably be done secretly. It would still damage the reputation of an absolutely righteous sect to get involved in such a thing as the underground palace.
All the camps that came now are evil camps, neutral camps, or just neutral and righteous. Even the Ouyang family who practiced Confucianism did not come. It is known that once you are divided into a camp in the world of martial arts, you must stick to the path of that camp.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo suddenly felt that joining a righteous force or an evil force was not very beneficial to him. After all, each task in his system was divided into righteous tasks and evil tasks. If he joined the righteous camp, but found that the righteous tasks were too difficult and he could only do evil tasks, then he would fail in the end. No, he had to think carefully about which force to join.
And he casually asked, "Uncle Mu, have there been any sneaky but powerful people coming to Jinyang City recently?"
