Chapter 21 Inner Energy (1/2)
Chapter 21 – Inner Energy
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Li Mu waved his hand. With the little girl attendant Ming Yue supporting him, he sat down in the central seat. He said, “What matter is there? Speak quickly.”
Feng Yuanxing bowed and said, “Reporting to the lord county magistrate, the Divine Orchard Gang headquarters have already been cleared out. The associated criminals have been jailed and their weapons, raw medicinal materials, grains, and so forth have been shipped to the County Administrative Hall, waiting for my lord’s guidance to process them. The county commander office and Zhou Family Mansion have been sealed up, but…” As he spoke to here he hesitated, not daring to continue.
“But what?” Li Mu asked, tiredly.
Feng Yuanxing clenched his teeth. “When this subordinate led the troops over, the county commander office and the Zhou Family Mansion had already been cleared out. Their possessions were shifted somewhere else and the core members were also missing. All that was left were some servants and maids. Some hidden rooms were also damaged. There wasn’t any harvest nor were there any clues left behind.
This was equal to saying that he had come back empty-handed without any merits at all.
In that instant, Feng Yuanxing trembled with fear. He feared that he would see the face of this young county magistrate darkening, and then this young county magistrate would decide to ‘send him along the road’ and shoot him dead just like how Zhou Wu and Zheng Longxing died…really, this felt as if he were in a cage with a tiger.
“Oh. For minor matters like this, you can process them yourself. If you can search it up then do so, if you can’t then don’t.” Li Mu said, lacking any interest.
When he killed Zhou Wu and Zheng Longxing, it hadn’t been to take their wealth and definitely not for their so-called secrets.
Feng Yuanxing relaxed.
Li Mu continued, “When you confiscated the property of the Divine Orchard Gang, were there any rare martial arts manuals found during the inventory?”
“There were a few basic cultivation method manuals found. From Sikong Jin’s body we also obtained one Five Poison Manual and one Energy Tempering Arts. These are nothing but ordinary cultivation method manuals. When compared to the supreme supernatural might of my lord, the difference is as great as the heavens and earth…” Feng Yuanxing continued to grovel.
Li Mu impatiently said, “Enough of the nonsense. Bring the books to me.”
Feng Yuanxing’s face didn’t have any sign of disobeying. He quickly said, “Of course, of course, this lowly official will quickly bring them to my lord.”
As Feng Yuanxing turned to leave, Li Mu suddenly recalled something. “That’s right, are there any skilled master archers in the county city?”
Feng Yuanxing turned back. He said, “My lord, your question is such a coincidence. Our county guard chief captain Ma Junmo just happens to be the number one ranked archer in all of Alabaster County. Do you plan on training in archery?”
Li Mu nodded. Suddenly, he violently coughed and spat out bloody phlegm. His complexion changed. “I’m fine. If there aren’t any other matters then you may withdraw.”
Feng Yuanxing’s thoughts stirred as he saw that bloody phlegm.
It seems that this lord county magistrate’s wounds were more serious than he first imagined.
He suddenly looked a bit worried.
With Li Mu’s current state, could he survive the retaliation of the Zhou Family and Bloodmoon Gang?
Zhou Wu and Zheng Longxing had been killed, causing great losses to the two influences standing behind them. They definitely would not let things go like this.
Feng Yuanxing left worried.
As soon as he left, the little girl Ming Yue leapt up in giggling excitement. “Young master, why did you cover yourself in chicken blood as if you were about to die? That brownnoser looked as if he completely believed it…hahaha, that’s right, how come you’re still coughing up blood? You aren’t really dying, right? Hahaha, you must keep true to your words and let me eat the chicken butt.”
“You little rascal…go eat your chicken butt.” Li Mu lifted his hand and slapped the little attendant girl in the back of his head.
This little idiot, was her emotional intelligence really that low?
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In the deep of night.
“Li Mu. If I don’t take revenge then I, Zhou Zhenhai, am not a man.”
Outside the county city, far along the roads leading into the Alabaster Mountains, an old man around 60 years of age was holding a dim lamp, letting out a shrill of harsh curses as he looked down upon Alabaster County City. He had a grim and sinister appearance.
There were several hundred people standing beside him.
They included the brothers, concubines, and children of county deputy Zhou Wu. All of them were part of the Zhou Family.
And this viciously cursing 60 year old man was Zhou Zhenhai, the father of county deputy Zhou Wu.
Everyone from the Zhou Family had thick hatred glowing in their eyes.
Originally, they led leisurely and opulent lifestyles within the county city. They did as they pleased, living the lives of emperors. But because of the arrival of this new young county magistrate, all of them were done for. They had no choice but to flee in a flustered panic and give up everything to suffer in the mountains. In particular, some juniors of the Zhou Family had lived pampered and spoiled lives and never experienced any sort of pain. As they were forced to flee into the night and journey up this rugged mountain road, they even formed bloody blisters on their feet and were bitten all over by mosquitoes. They were all left miserable beyond compare and all of them wished that they could tear Li Mu to pieces and swallow him alive.