Chapter 899 - Tracking The Invader (1/2)

Hearing the explanation of Lin Mu, the three elders felt enlightened.

”Um, elders… do we need to do something?” The guard asked, understanding that this must be far more troublesome.

Even though they did not have the same level of knowledge as that of the ministers, they could still asses that there was a great problem from Lin Mu's words. They also knew Lin Mu's identity as the guest elder of the Hong Lin Kingdom and that his status was right next to their own king, thus his words held great weight.

”Yes,” Lin Mu said, looking towards the guards. ”Inform adviser Liu about this and start to increase the number of soldiers guarding the borders. Do regular patrols and inform if you see anything like this.” He ordered.

”I shall do as you ask, elder.” The guard responded.

”Another thing… if you all encounter a beast or being similar to that… either kill it entirely and burn away its corpse into ash. If that does not happen, and that thing injures you, make sure the person who is injured is isolated and quarantined.

If you don't do that and they were infected by any chance, we would have a far greater problem on our hands.” Lin Mu instructed.

”Yes, elder!” The guard said before quickly heading off to pass on the instructions.

The three elders of the Long Cloud sect looked at Lin Mu and didn't know what to say. To them, it was proving to be more and more serious as the time passed.

”These being's infected by the invader… just how strong are they?” Elder Boqin questioned.

”Hmm… their strength depends on several factors, the main one being whether their 'host' accepts them completely or not. If they do, the power of the host will increase by a lot compared to their normal cultivation base.

For example, a Nascent soul realm beast, the Blight Dust beast, was infected by the invader several years ago. That beast could produce dust that could poison things. Normally this was limited to a close range, but… once it was infected by the invader, its toxicity increased and the range of it increased exponentially as well.

It caused a plague in my hometown which was over seven hundred kilometers from its nest.” Lin Mu explained.

Jing Luo's expression turned strained as he knew what Lin Mu had lost in that plague.

”I think I know about it. Wasn't it the Tri Cauldron peony sect that destroyed that beast? But they just told everyone that it was a mutated beast.” Elder Wenyan spoke.

”No… that is false. The Tri cauldron peony sect barely managed to resist the beast and even then, many of their men died. It is only became of Jing Luo's cousin Duan Ke, who intervened to get rid of the beast did they survive.

Perhaps if it were not for her, we would have had an even bigger disaster several years ago.” Lin Mu said in a cold tone.

”I see… then we should deal with this quickly.” Elder Boqin replied.

”Indeed. That is why I've been telling you that all this is beyond our petty squabbles. This means the survival of the entire Xiaofan world.” Lin Mu stated.

”Xiaofan world?” Elder Peizhi repeated, feeling unfamiliar.

”That… is the name of our world.” Lin Mu answered.