Chapter 973 - A Flurry Of Thoughts (1/2)

Lin Mu was on his way to the outpost where the people of the Black Dune sect were fighting. He had been delayed by a day in all this and he didn't know how they were faring now.

There was no way to contact them since the communication jade slips were still blocked.

'Leaving those villagers is still quite uncomfortable…' Lin Mu thought to himself.

After saying a few words of comfort to the villagers and giving them some gold, Lin Mu had left. He had to hurry to the outpost or there might be more trouble coming his way. He also saw the villagers searching for their loved ones who had not made it.

Lin Mu was unable to get all of them in that time and about five percent of the population of the village had died. While the other five percent that was left behind in the village was injured.

Some were lightly injured with some of them being crippled for life due to the houses and other things collapsing on them. The force of the explosion was truly strong and Lin Mu understood how severe the consequences of using a self destructing formation could be.

”Not just the formation… the man himself… how could I not tell there was something that would make himself detonate?” Lin Mu wondered.

He had checked the man and didn't find any such danger. While he had felt a strange aura in the man, Lin Mu thought that it was the same as that of the others that had taken the pills or other things that Gu Yao had made.

”It isn't really your fault. There are many was to hide from spirit sense and Gu Yao has been able to find one of them it seems. At least now you know to be alert whenever that aura is felt.

For others they might not even be able to detect that aura.” Xukong consoled.

Lin Mu went silent for a while before finally nodding his head.

”You're a right senior. I have a lot to do rather than hang my head here.” Lin Mu replied.

”Though I have to admit… this Gu Yao… he's a genius too and talented in refinement, as well as technique creation.” Xukong spoke.

”That… is true.” Lin Mu admitted, recalling all that Gu Yao had done.

He had been infected by an invader's avatar once and had managed to repel it. Not only that, he had also grasped a concept from that and made the human Controlling Blood curse.

And now he had made even more dangerous mutated humanoids, that he called the 'Reborn'. The creation of rebirth fluid, refined from the blood and bodies of cultivators, was an evil technique through and through.

Then there was also the cultivation base boosting pills that could be made as a waste product from the failed Reborn. This ability to make up for failure was what made the technique so much more dangerous.

If there was no way to reuse it, the Rebirth fluid would not be much of a problem. But now that the pills could be made from it, it meant that Gu Yao won't be wasting any resources on it.

With this, he could recruit even more people under him, without even needing to use the Human Controlling Blood curse.