Chapter 642: Potential Allies (1/2)

Jingming Shang couldn't help but look at Lin Mu, who was so young and had reached a cultivation base that was far superior to him that to in less than five years. To him, this was nothing less than miraculous.

”It should be safe now, we can talk.” Jingming Shang said.

”So who is this, really?” Jing Luo questioned again.

”Like I said before, this is one of the council members, Jingming Shang. He's also one of the people that old Man Jing Wei and Duan Ke trusted.” Lin Mu answered.

Jing Luo raised his brows upon hearing this. He had not expected his grandfather and cousin to trust someone else after all that happened.

”Are you sure? There were many of our friends and so called allies that betrayed us back then.” Jing Luo questioned in an apprehensive tone.

”I know…” Lin Mu said in a calm tone. ”Jingming Shang owes them though and thus will not betray them… they simply have far too many things that can cause trouble to him.” Lin Mu added, making a wry smile appear on Jingming Shang's face.

”That's true. Old man Jing Wei and Duan Ke saved my life many years ago and thus I owe them for that. Even when I helped them, it was mostly equal trades of items and gold, so there wasn't really a way that I was paying for that debt.

At most I was keeping their location a secret, but that didn't really count because as a merchant I do that for a lot of my clients when they need the source of a product hidden. But now… since you are here, I can finally fulfill my debt.” Jingming Shang explained.

Jing Luo stayed silent for a minute and gaged the man before finally nodding his head.

”Alright, if grandfather and Duan Ke trust you and Lin Mu approves of it, I'll trust you too.” Jing Luo stated.

~phew~

Jingming Shang took a breath of relief and felt like he had avoided a great calamity. This might have been true, as it was unlikely Lin Mu or Jing Luo would let him go after having learned so many things about him.

”So what is it that we need to do?” Jingming Shang asked.

”Ah, yes. So like I said, in the fight against Gu Yao, we will need allies. You are one of them, but that is not enough. We will need hundreds if not thousands of people to help us. And for that I want you to infiltrate the council and join the other members in the plan.” Lin Mu spoke.

”Huh? Why?” Jingming Shang questioned.

”That secret backer Shantung talked about… that is quite likely to be Gu Yao or someone working for him. If we have you in there, we will get a lot of information and it will save us some valuable time. Plus… it will allow us to save the Mu clan.” Lin Mu spoke.

”The Mu clan?” Jing Luo questioned.

”Let me explain the entire thing…” Lin Mu said before telling Jing Luo about all that had happened earlier and the condition of the Mu clan.

At the end of the explanation, Jing Luo was visibly enraged to say the least.

”THAT GU YAO!” Jing Luo said through gritted teeth.

~THUD~