Chapter 854 - Concern And The Final Floor (1/2)

”It's been a day. Will senior Lin Mu be fine?” One of the Noon Grass sect's disciples questioned.

”He should be fine. If anything happened to him, we would know.” Jing Luo replied.

He then looked at Little Shrubby, who was staring at the staircase from the start.

”But those tremors before. It felt like something big happened.” Another disciple expressed his concern.

”Maybe he needs our help?” Another one asked.

”Yeah! We should head down to check!”

”We can't leave him alone when he helped all of us so many times.”

One by one, the disciples spoke out.

”No, we won't until we know for sure.” Jing Luo stated.

”He's fine isn't he?” He questioned Little Shrubby.

The beast who had been worried about his master looked at the man he didn't particularly like and stared silently at him.

”You can sense him, right? Tell us if he's fine.” Jing Luo questioned.

”GRR!” Little Shrubby growled lightly in response.

”I'll take that as if he's okay?” Jing Luo asked to be sure, to which Little Shrubby nodded his head.

”Good! We wait then.” Jing Luo stated.

The disciples couldn't protest now and could only listen to Jing Luo and wait. Elder Weimin had heard everything but did not interfere. He could understand the disciples' concern and knew that they were only thinking well of Lin Mu.

Rather than Lin Mu, he was more concerned about Elder Liqiang right now. Despite having his injuries healed, the man had not woken up yet.

'We need to get him back to the sect as soon as possible.' Elder Weimin thought to himself.

A few minutes later, Jing Luo and the rest heard some steps behind them and immediately became alert. Little Shrubby's ears perked up and it sniffed the air. A second later, his expression eased up and he knew who had appeared.

~step~step~step~

Lin Mu gazed at everyone staring at him intently and didn't know what to think of it.

”Everything fine?” He questioned.

”S-Senior Lin Mu!” The disciples shouted out in a concerned tone.

”Are you okay? It took you longer than I thought it would take.” Jing Luo asked as well.

Little Shrubby, on the other hand, simply approached Lin Mu and nuzzled against him. He could feel a little change in Lin Mu but could not tell exactly what.

~Sigh~

Lin Mu could only sigh in response to their questions before shaking his head.

”It will be easier to just show you all.” Lin Mu stated. ”Follow me.” He ordered.

Jing Luo and the rest nodded before following behind him. A couple of disciples put the unconscious Elder Liqiang on a stretcher and carried him at the back. They reached the next floor soon and saw the scene of devastation.

~Gasp~

”What happened!?” A few disciples couldn't help but shout out in shock.

Jing Luo and Elder Weimin though scanned the hall for the one person of interest. Who they soon found lying on the ground some distance away.

”You fought with that old woman?” Jing Luo questioned with raised brows.

”Mmm, I did.” Lin Mu nodded his head.

”I thought you were just going to observe her first.” Elder Weimin asked.

”Things changed.” Lin Mu simply responded.

But he could see that they all had a lot of questions and that they would not be satisfied by just this.

”Let me tell you what happened then…” Lin Mu said before starting the series of events that took place.

The more they heard, the more shocked they got. They couldn't even imagine Lin Mu would defeat a Shell Expansion Stage Dao Shell realm expert like this. Both Jing Luo and Elder Weimin knew what that entailed.

But what they were more shocked hearing was the truth about the ruins, as well as how the Northern Tribes had fooled all the sects. It was a terrifying revelation, and they finally understood just how much of a danger the Great Zhou Empire truly was in.

Lin Mu kept some things from them though, that he thought shouldn't be spread to others. These things just pertained to him and were not something that would cause problems if they were hidden.

He also avoided saying the finer details of the battle which both Elder Weimin and Jing Luo picked up on. Though they knew better to speak about it, as they understood everyone had their secrets.

'All that matters now is that she won't be a problem anymore.' Elder Weimin thought.