Chapter 632: The Councils Secret Meeting (1/2)
Lin Mu's ears perked up upon hearing the servant's words and he got closer to them.
”Isn't that why the council has met up today?” The servant asked.
”Oh yeah, I don't think I saw the Mu clan's leader either.” The second servant replied.
”No way. Do you think they might be doing this secretly?” The first servant said with an apprehensive tone.
”Hey, you two! Get to work and stop gossiping!” A clerk who had just appeared from the corridor said out loud.
”Y-yes, sir!” The servants said before rushing away.
”Humph, dare to slack off on my watch…” The clerk said before returning to his work as well.
Lin Mu furrowed his brows upon hearing the words of the servants.
”Something is definitely fishy…” Lin Mu muttered as his head turned to the innermost hall.
He approached the barrier and placed his hand on it. About five seconds later, an opening appeared on its surface, allowing Lin Mu to enter freely. To Lin Mu, a formation of this level was easy to crack, taking him mere seconds to unravel.
Upon entering the inner hall, Lin Mu first sensed the spirit Qi fluctuations in the room. Since he had known that there were several core condensation realm cultivators in the council, they could still sense his spirit sense if he directly used it.
”Hmm… five at the early stage of the core condensation realm, two at the mid stage, and the remaining two at the peak stage of the Qi refining realm.” Lin Mus quickly analyzed the cultivation bases.
He then turned his spirit sense into a fine tendril and probed the walls of the hall, before finding a location that was suitable to spy from.
”That shelf should be fine…” Lin Mu muttered before blinking to the wall behind the shelf.
He then slightly extended his head from the top of the shelf such that only his eyes were peeking out of it. The shelf itself was over five meters tall and there were several decorative show pieces kept on it. And no one was likely to directly gaze at the very top of the shelf between two statues that cast a shadow on the wall behind.
Lin Mu's eyes were hidden in these shadows and thus were not visible easily for others. But it allowed him to take a view of the room quite clearly.
”Hmm… so these are the so called council members…” Lin Mu internally said.
He saw five old men, three middle aged men, and one woman in the hall. They were sitting around a long circular table where one chair was currently empty. In all of them, Lin Mu quickly identified the one person he knew, Jingming Shang.
He looked the same as he did before when the last time Lin Mu had seen him, with the only difference being that his cultivation base had reached the Mid stage of the Core condensation realm and he was wearing more luxurious clothes.
A few seconds later, one of the old men started to speak.
”So we all agree that the Mu clan is no longer qualified to be part of the merchant council?” the old man stated.