Chapter 459 - A Teleportation Talisman

But before Lin Mu could proceed any further, he felt strong spatial fluctuations appear in the area.

'WHAT!' Lin Mu internalize shouted.

He sensed them and felt them to be a bit familiar.

"A teleportation formation? But I didn't see it before here?" Lin Mu wondered.

"He used a teleportation talisman. They can be used to teleport to a fixed direction or randomly in any point in a set radius." Xukong informed.

"Did he find out that I was following him or something?" Lin Mu asked.

"That seems unlikely. The most probable thing is that their meeting place is someplace secret that can only be accessed by that teleportation talisman." Xukong replied.

"I see… but I'm not letting him go this easily." Lin Mu said with determination.

~Shua~

Wu Hei disappeared into thin air, but Lin Mu didn't panic. He activated his spatial perception and saw the black dots appearing in the area. He easily caught the one that was moving and knew that was Wu Hei's traveling through the void.

"Fade…" Lin Mu muttered before appearing in the parallel world.

Here he could sense the black dot much easily and flew behind it. His speed had increased by quite a bit and even with the short span that Fade lasted for he was already outside of the city by now.

Thankfully, since he had entered the city formally the first time, he didn't need to worry about the formation as much now. Unless someone specifically searched for him at this right exact moment, they wouldn't even know where Lin Mu had gone to.

He appeared in the real world after the duration of Fade ended and continued after the black dot which was speeding up now. Lin Mu didn't worry about him missing the black dot, as the trail of spatial traces that it left behind was enough for him to go after.

After a few minutes, the black dot was no longer in the sights of Lin Mu and he had to follow the trail. It took him about ten more minutes before he reached the end point of the spatial traces.

"It is a cave of course… I should have expected." Lin Mu muttered after seeing the location.

The cave was located underground and had no entrance from the surface. As Xukong had said, the only way to get into it was to use the teleportation talisman. The cave was also located quite deep, such that one would not find it by simply digging into it. 

But this was a problem for normal people and not Lin Mu. 

"Let's see what they are up to…" Lin Mu muttered before skiing into the ground.

His spirit sense was extended to check for the area and he quickly found that there were around twenty people in the cave right now. The cave was quite big and divided into halls and rooms according to their uses.

"Perhaps even Gu Yao may be hiding here… though that seems unlikely. I don't sense that uncomfortable aura here." Lin Mu muttered to himself.

Lin Mu found that the people here were wearing a variety of outfits and it didn't seem like they belonged to any particular organization. They didn't even seem to belong to the Gu Legion.

"Gu Yao has probably expanded his circle of control to a more vast group of people. I don't think many of them are even being controlled." Xukong said.

"What do you mean, senior?" Lin Mu questioned.

"Controlling each and every person would be too much for Gu Yao. The more efficient and manageable thing would be to control the higher ups and leaders of the organizations. That way he can simply give orders to their members and make them work for him. They will oblige without thinking much since they are working for their leaders, unaware of what's truly happing." Xukong explained.

"But won't they question some things that are straight up wrong? Like killing random people? Gu Yao would need them right, if he wants to increase the number of people he's controlling?" Lin Mu asked.

"You think too highly of those cultivation sects and other organizations. They won't mind something like this as they do things like these on their own too. Though not as often. Besides, if someone really does question them, they can simply frame that person as a traitor or working for the enemy.

As for the victims, they can do the same thing. They can just tell their members that the victims were their enemies as well, and that they were secretly working against them. It wouldn't be that difficult for them to fabricate evidence either." Xukong answered.

"I see…" Lin Mu muttered as a cold look appeared on his face.

He focused back on the situation at hand and looked for Wu Hei. He had to be careful not to touch anyone or their spirit sense, or he would be found out. He could tell that there were a lot of core condensation realm cultivators here, and he did not want to start a battle without the proper information.

He soon found Wu Hei to be sitting in one of the private rooms and working on some documents. Lin Mu moved deeper into the ground before reaching the room. He did the same thing he had done back at the Tri caution peony sect's courtyard at the Wu Lim City and spied on him from the top.

He slightly popped his head out and watched what was written on the documents.

'The current shipment of resources will be sent by next week at the latest and the master should receive it in fifteen days. Make sure that all the herbs are properly packaged and do not lose their potency. 

A shipment of spirit stones will be arriving from the Cloven Sea sect by tomorrow and will join in the main shipment mid way.

As for the human cultivators, they are to be transported to Master in batches of ten every ten days. Make sure to have extra stock in case of an emergency.'

"What the hell…" Lin Mu exclaimed internally.