Lin Mu could see at least thirty letters in the stack with some of them being particularly thick.
"Here's all of them. I've been waiting for you to return to hand them to you. I would have gone to your courtyard, but followed your earlier order of not disturbing it unless you called." She stated.
"That's right." Lin Mu nodded his head and took the letters.
He casually scanned them using his Immortal sense and confirmed that the overseer was correct. Though there were also a few letters that were 'inviting' Lin Mu to visit some nobles.
The overseer watched him do this and somewhat guessed what might be going through his mind.
"If you wish, I can deny all future letters." She spoke.
"No, it's fine." Lin Mu shook his head. "You can just collect them, I'll come get them later myself." He ordered.
"As you wish." The overseer said with a smile before taking her leave.
Lin Mu continued onwards to the courtyard where Childe Wildfire was staying at. It took him ten minutes to reach him since the man had picked a rather distant courtyard as well.
"Warming Summer Courtyard…" Lin Mu read the name and then looked at the courtyard that was designed in the colors of summer.
~CREAK~
The gate of the courtyard opened automatically, having sensed a guest.
"Come in." It was clear that Childe Wildfire knew it was Lin Mu waiting outside.
Entering through the gate, Lin Mu saw the interior of the courtyard that was smaller than his own.
Unlike the large fruit garden that was present in the Hundred Fruits Pavilion, the Warming Summary Courtyard was filled with simple green trees. The main building had a dark red color and was made from bricks, while a few smaller buildings were attached to it as well.
Though in the middle of the courtyard, there was a crescent shaped lake. The crescent shaped lake circled around a wooden gazebo inside of which sat Childe Wildfire.
The man was sitting in a meditative pose and Immortal Qi was swirling above him.
A single look was all it took Lin Mu to understand what was going on.
"If it's not a good time, I can come later." Lin Mu said right away.
"It's fine." Childe Wildfire replied lightly. "My cultivation base is fully stabilized. I just need to absorb the remnants of the Immortal Qi."
"That's good. Guess you're the strongest in the tournament now, in terms of Qi cultivation base." Lin Mu congratulated the man.
Lin Mu's immortal sense could tell that Childe Wildfire had already reached the Sixth Tribulation Stage of the Immortal realm. But that wasn't all he felt. There was also a faint layer of Dao Traces covering Childe Wildfire.
Though these were almost gone.
'His Dao Skills have probably progressed a lot.' Lin Mu thought.
"What did you want to ask?" Childe Wildfire opened his eyes, the vortex of Immortal Qi above him fading away.
"Hmm… Dugu Shanhe." Lin Mu directly stated, making the man narrow his eyes. "I wish to know more about him."
"If you wanted to know that, it would have been much better for you to go to the brokers who gather intelligence about the contestants." Childe Wildfire replied.
"I've already taken a look. They don't know much." Lin Mu replied as Luo Liqin had already checked that a while ago.
"Then what do you want to know?" Childe Wildfire questioned.
"You've fought with him before, right? I wanted to know just how did you lose." Lin Mu answered. "So far, all his battles have ended within a minute or less. His opponents simply collapse." He added.
"Mmm, so you thought you would be facing him and wanted to question me." Childe Wildfire understood.
"Exactly." Lin Mu agreed.
"If so, then you are at a loss." Childe Wildfire said, much to his surprise. "Even I don't know what he does."
"Huh? How's that possible?" Lin Mu was confused. "Did you not feel anything when fighting him?"
"No… when I fought him, all I remember is my senses fading away. After that, I woke up to find myself lying on the ground." Childe Wildfire explained.
Hearing it, Lin Mu was certainly disappointed.
"Even you don't know how it all went?" Lin Mu furrowed his brows.
"No… if I did, I wouldn't have been in a rush to break through." Childe Wildfire replied. "Whatever his skill is, it can disable a cultivator quickly. I don't know how to defend against it other than having a stronger cultivation base." He added.
"Hmm, that's correct." Lin Mu could understand the man's concerns. "Though, do you have any guesses as to what it could be." He hoped that Childe wildfire's experience might come in handy here.
"My best guess is that it is a very strong Hypnotic skill." Childe Wildfire said. "And it should also be heavy in Immortal Qi consumption." He added.
"Why do you say that?" Lin Mu asked, feeling curious.
"In the previous stage, Dugu Shanhe didn't use that skill of his regularly. He only used it on Stronger opponents that were at the Fourth Tribulation stage of the Immortal realm or above. For the ones weaker than that, he fought them directly." Childe Wildfire explained. "If his skill had lower consumption, he would have used it regularly."
"I seem to have missed that." Lin Mu was pleased that he at least got something out of the visit.
"According to my estimation, he shouldn't be able to use it more than ten times if he's facing a Fourth Tribulation Stage immortal. And two times if he's facing a Fifth Tribulation Stage immortal." Childe Wildlife continued. "At least this is what I've come up with after seeing his uses during the previous stage. There is still a chance he can use it several times more than that."
"I'll keep that in mind." Lin Mu nodded his head. 'No wonder he wished to reach the Sixth Tribulation stage of the immortal realm. There's a chance that he might be able to resist the skill if he's stronger than Dugu Shanhe.' He thought.
