Chapter 289 - Lieutenant Wu Teng

Please read the author note at end

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Lin Mu was a bit confused upon hearing that the son of the Wu Lim city's mayor was coming back. According to what he knew, the mayor had two sons. The eldest son was part of the Shuang Qian Kingdom's army and was a lieutenant, while the youngest one was rather unknown. All that was known about him was that he lived in the Wu Lim City as well and did not leave it usual.

Most people did not even know about the identity of the youngest son of the Mayor. This led Lin Mu to believe that it was obviously the eldest son that was coming back the city. But then he wondered why were jobs being issued.

"Why are there jobs though, even if the son of the mayor is coming back?" Lin Mu questioned.

"The Mayor's son is not only coming back, but is also bringing back his personal battalion of soldiers that he commands. These soldiers number in the thousands and unlike the ones at the southern town's army camp, actually practice and spar all the time.

They need people to maintain their equipment in tip top condition. And this maintenance job is not the only job being issued, other jobs like common servants, stable boys, cleaners, cooks, and blacksmiths are also being issued. 

There are people from all four towns as well as the nearby villages applying for it. While the mayor's son will be living in the city during this entire time, his battalion will be left behind in the southern town according to the rules of the empire." The man explained.

Lin Mu finally understood the entirety of the situation but still felt that something didn't add up. Even if the son of the mayor was a lieutenant in the Shuang Qian kingdom's army, it didn't make sense for him to make an entire battalion move here.

Lin Mu could help but be suspicious of the entire thing.

'Did the mayor find out about something and called his son to help?' Lin Mu thought.

He then remembered the Four vessels restoration pills that originally supposed to go to the mayor. At that time Lin Mu had thought that they were perhaps intended for the mayor's son as he may have gotten injured, but now seeing him return perhaps it was not that either. Or the mayor could have also found an alternative method to help his son.

There were far too many possibilities that could not be confirmed, and this only made Lin Mu a bit more anxious.

"Perhaps the Hei Corps will know more about this…" Lin Mu muttered to himself.

"Umm, I'll take my leave then?" The customer spoke, seeing that Lin Mu seemed to be lost in his thoughts.

"Ah yes! Everything is fine you can take it now." Lin Mu handed the kit to the man and let him leave.

Lin Mu then put the coins he had gotten into a drawer that was built into the counter and left the shop.

"Is it really fine leaving the door unlocked like this? What if someone else walks in and there is no one to attend to them?" Lin Mu wondered.

But just as Lin Mu thought this, he felt the fluctuation of spirit qi. The shop's door in front of him disappeared and the shop eventually disappeared too. Lin Mu found the ground beneath him shrinking as he was moved out of the alley automatically.

A few seconds later the alley shrunk and the two walls to its sides closed up, making the entire alley disappeared.

"Huh, just in time. Looks like Jing Wei was waiting for me to leave." Lin Mu realized.

Lin Mu started walking in the direction of his house and listened to the conversations along the way. He could hear some of the people discussing about the arrival of the mayor's son and also the jobs that were opening up in the southern town.

"Is your husband also going to the southern town for the jobs?" A woman spoke to another woman.

"Yes, and my son will be joining him too. There are a lot of jobs and they can be safe too instead of going to hunt in the forest." The other woman replied.

Lin Mu then passed by a tea stall where a young man and a guard were sitting.

"Do you know when the mayor's son will be arriving in the city?" A man spoke to the guard who seemed like his friend.

"You should call him with his proper title or you may get in trouble. His status is quite above us and is already comparable to that of the mayor himself." The guard warned the man.

"His title? I don't even know his name though, we town folks don't really get that much news you know." The man replied in a joking manner.

"That's true, but it will be better if you know it. The official title of the mayor's son is lieutenant Wu Teng of the Teng Battalion." The guard explained.

Lin Mu was intrigued by this, as this was perhaps the first time he had heard the man's name.

'So it's Lieutenant Wu Teng and Teng Battalion. Hmm… did he name the battalion after himself? Usually the kingdom officials decided the names from what I've heard before.' Lin Mu thought to himself.

Soon Lin Mu reached his house and opened the gate to enter the courtyard. 

~Huu~

He took a deep breath, calming himself down and prepared for what he was about to do. Lin Mu as low wanted to know more about the lieutenant's visit to the city, but decided to leave it for later. Right now his sole concern was to reach the peak stage of the qi refining realm as fast as possible.

But before he could begin his session, Lin Mu ensured that everything was ready. He knew that anything could happen, and the ring was bound to do something. There was also the problem with the nameless technique of the lost immortal. Although it had come under a bit of control, Lin Mu was still apprehensive.

~Phew~

"Let's get to it…"