Chapter 92: The Leader Meets Lin Mu (1/2)

Fifteen minutes before the arrival of the leader.

Hei Wen had taken a brief rest and was now feeling a bit better. Even still, the thoughts of the nightmare that occurred before haunted him. He could even remember the pain of being cut to pieces by millions of swords, clearly.

Hei Wen wondered what kind of cultivation technique or skill Lin Mu practiced that even his mere presence caused him to experience this kind of a backlash. Just him hearing the esoteric chants was enough to defeat him.

Though after experiencing this, Hei Wen did not completely regret it.

'At the very least, I'll be able to inform the Lord about this. That way he won't be at a disadvantage.' Hei Wen thought.

With this thought in mind, Hei Wen went to find Hei Bao. Hei Bao had already asked him to come to meet with him after resting, so this just met his purpose. Hei Wen soon found Hei Bao in his personal room. He saw that the door was already open, thus he just walked in. Hei Bao was currently sitting on his desk while reading a report from a scroll in his hand.

'Preparing for the arrival of the leader, I see.' Hei Wen inwardly said.

Hei Bao noticed Hei Wen's footsteps, thus looked up to see him enter.

”Are you feeling well now?” Hei Bao questioned.

”Not completely, but better than before at least.” Hei Wen replied.

”You should just rest more then. The leader won't mind your absence, I'll inform her of your condition.” Hei Bao replied with concern.

”Yes, I'll do that. But I need to tell you about what happened to me before that.” Hei Wen interrupted.

Hei Bao nodded in response and spoke,

”Go on ahead then.”

Hei Wen then started to tell Hei Bao of what happened from the very start. How he saw Lin Mu speaking some esoteric chants and how he got curious and listened to them. He then told him what he felt after that and then how he was trapped in his mind and experienced the nightmare of being chopped into innumerable pieces by a million swords.

Hei Wen also told Hei Bao, how he had also heard Lin Mu speak similar chats during the battle with the culprits, and how those chants seemed to have immobilized the culprits until they were killed by Lin Mu.

The more Hei Bao heard, the more shocked and concerned he got. Hei Bao knew that there were as many cultivation techniques in the world as there were drops of water in an ocean. There were common cultivation techniques that were similar to each other, and then there were cultivation techniques that were completely unique.

Hei Bao had heard rumors or more like legends about forbidden cultivation techniques that only a chosen few could cultivate. These cultivation techniques were highly attuned to their user and would cause a backlash for others that tried using it.

But even then, he had never heard of a cultivation technique that could harm another person if he was just in the presence of one. From the vivid descriptions and the expressions of Hei Wen, Hei Bao could tell that this was no mere exaggeration and was truly what he said it was.

'If just his presence is this dangerous, then what would it be like when he actually attacks someone with his full strength.' Hei Bao thought.

Hei Bao could tell that Lin Mu did not use his full strength during the previous battle either. He now understood how lucky they were that Lin Mu chose to join their side and was not their foe, well at least not now.

'I can't let this happen though, who knows what kind of background that boy has. For all we know, his history could all have been faked and he must've been trained by hidden experts.' Hei Bao thought.

After Hei Wen was done with his explanation, a slight expression of relief could be seen on his face, as if a burden was lifted off of his mind. Though what he didn't know was that this burden had not disappeared, instead it had just transferred over to Hei Bao and had even increased in size.

”Thank you for informing me of this, it was wise of you to do so. You should go and rest now, I'll take care of the rest.” Hei Bao spoke.

Hei Wen simply nodded and left the room to go and rest again.

”The leader should be arriving soon. I better gather the others and wait at the entrance.” Hei Bao muttered.

Hei Bao stored the scroll that he was reading back into a drawer and then left the room as well.