Lin Mu entered the External Greeting Pavilion and observed the relatively elegant interior.
While it wasn't overflowing with luxury like the main palace and buildings of the Dao Wind Empire, it was still more than good to receive guests of a lower rank.
Lin Mu looked at the tables, chairs and other furniture that was within the room finding that all of them had gold inlays along with fine carvings of flowing wind. There were even ink paintings hanging from the walls, that showed a scene of a storm.
Every aspect of this hall was made to convey the might of the Dao Wind Empire to those that visited it.
"So you are Daoist Mu Lin?" Lin Mu heard a voice coming from the side.
A man had appeared from the secondary entrance that was to the side. Lin Mu took a deep look at him, finding him to be rather ordinary. In fact, his cultivation base was also rather low, being only at the First Tribulation Stage of the Immortal realm.
"Yes, I am." Lin Mu replied. "And who might you be?" he asked.
From the clothes of the man, Lin Mu could tell that he was probably a steward or a higher ranked servant.
"I am Steward Ku." The man introduced himself.
"So you have the Tyrant Bull Marrow?" Lin Mu found it a little unusual that a steward had something like that. 'Is someone else behind him?' he suspected.
"I am merely here as a messenger for my lord." The steward repelled. "But I am indeed the one you talked to through the jade slip." He clarified.
"I see… then this Lord of yours the actual owner of the Tyrant Bull Marrow?" Lin Mu inquired.
"Indeed." The steward nodded his head before gesturing to the table. "Please take a seat, while I explain the task to you."
"Alright." Lin Mu did as was asked and felt curious about it all.
After all, for Tyrant Bull Marrow to be given in exchange for a task meant that the difficulty of the task might be of a similar level.
"I was told you need information about some object?" Lin Mu questioned.
"You got this from the Grand Sky Pavilion, right?" The steward replied instead.
"Yes. They said since they got this information from a third party channel, they didn't know the exact details." Lin Mu stated.
"That was intentional on our part. We wished to keep the information limited." The steward revealed.
"Huh? But won't that make things difficult for you instead?" Lin Mu was doubtful. "Won't it be easier, if you show what that object is so that people knowledgeable about it come to you?" he questioned further.
"The object is… a bit sensitive." The steward said with a little apprehension.
Lin Mu's expression turned serious, as his doubts about it being something difficult were confirmed. If someone wished to limit the information about the object's appearance, it probably meant that it was something that would invite more trouble that way.
But at the same time it made Lin Mu a lot more curious about the object.
"So then… where is it?" Lin Mu questioned.
To this, the steward didn't reply but instead took out what looked like cloth talisman. Lin Mu eyed it curiously before the steward activated it.
~SHUA~
Lin Mu's senses alarmed him and he immediately entered a defensive stance. His aura flared up and he was ready for a fight.
'Great…' Lin Mu had not expected there to be a threat already.
But much to his surprise, the talisman didn't attack him. Instead, it spread over the room, forming what looked like a capsule. Lin Mu's immortal sense immediately probed the capsule, finding that it was a combination of an isolating as well as a defensive array.
"What is the meaning of this?" Lin Mu questioned carefully.
"Please, be at ease. This is just for the matter of safety." The steward stated, not minding Lin Mu's reaction.
It was clear that he had not done this for the first time and that others had reacted the same way.
Lin Mu had also not gotten to see the talisman for long enough to figure out what kind it was, otherwise he would not have reacted like this. But it didn't matter as the situation seemed a little too suspicious once Lin Mu linked the words of the guards to it.
A few seconds later, the array stabilized and the entire External Greeting Hall was now sealed.
What was confusing though was the fact that the steward himself was not protected. Lin Mu could easily kill him, and there would be no reaction from the array. It was only meant to keep people inside.
This was also why Lin Mu realized that the steward had no ill thoughts against him. Otherwise, he would have also thought to defend himself.
Next, the steward walked up to the table and waved his hand over it.
~SHUA~
The air flickered as a two meter long, and one meter wide rectangular object appeared.
~THUD~
It landed on the table with a loud thud, showing that it was quite heavy.
"This…" Lin Mu observed it and found it to be made out of metal..
It was white and looked rather beautiful. At the same time, one could feel a strong source of energy contained within it.
"What is this?" Lin Mu muttered in wonder.
"This is a stele and our lord want's to know what the information on it means." The Steward questioned.
"Information on it?" Lin Mu looked closer and found that there were actually carvings on it.
But due to being of the same color as the stele they were barely visible.
"This'll help to see it." The steward took out a small illumination pearl that cast a pale blue light over the stele.
The engravings on the stele became a lot more clear, allowing Lin Mu to see two parts on it.
The top half of the stele had a mural while the bottom had some text.
