Lin Mu was now on his way to the northern border of the Fenlong kingdom.
"Now that I remember, I've never been through here, have I?" Lin Mu muttered to himself.
The last time he had come to the Fenlong kingdom, he had taken the long route to avoid the Kingdom of Shu and had come through the coastal part. Which was also why he had directly ended up near the Jiao Long port.
But now he was going through the main road that was used by most people entering Fenlong kingdom. Of course, he wasn't actually on the road and was merely following it from the sky.
The capital of the Fenlong kingdom was about two hundred kilometers from the border and Lin Mu had already covered over half of it in less than thirty minutes.
"I should reach the border in half an hour more and then the second ring of defense shouldn't be that far." Lin Mu estimated. "May as well read the records till then," he decided.
Lin Mu took out the jade slip that Miss Fen had given him and quickly read through all the reports and documents recorded in it.
'They've certainly grown in strength alright…' Lin Mu muttered.
The Fenlong Kingdom now had over fifty Nascent soul realm cultivators, the majority of them being from the merchant council and the royal family. After The fen clan helped the royal family with their bloodline issue, they too progressed very quickly.
The relationship between the Fen clan and the Fenlong royal family was also resolved due to this, and now they were almost considered the same. For their service, the Fen clan was recalled back into the royal family and was the same.
'No wonder I saw her there at the palace. She is technically a princess now.' Lin Mu muttered.
Then there were the other nascent soul realm cultivators that had come due to the efforts of Jingming Shang. These cultivators were actually rich merchants who were convinced by Jingming Shang and threw in their lot with the Fenlong kingdom.
And since they got what they were promised in terms of profits, they were fiercely loyal too.
The Mu clan was also progressing promisingly and had grown a lot stronger than before. They too had 5 Nascent soul realm cultivators now, and they had greatly benefited due to their clans's legacy.
"I'll get to see their puppets in action soon enough. They are with Jing Luo at the border anyway." Lin Mu muttered.
He was certainly curious about their puppets, as it was said that the stronger puppets they controlled could even match the strength of the Nascent soul realm cultivators. And these puppets could be controlled by those in the core condensation realm.
This was a great advantage that could not be ignored at all.
Lin Mu then learned the situation with the Kingdom of Shu. There had been several skirmishes that had occurred between the Fenlong kingdom and the Kingdom of Shu's army.
While most of these ended in draw at first, in the latter times, the Fenlong Kingdom actually had to retreat. This was due to the fact that the power of the soldiers had suddenly increased.
'There's no doubt there is involvement of Gu Legion in this.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
Time quickly passed as Lin Mu continued to fly through the skies. The Fenlong kingdom didn't have as many settlements as other kingdoms and thus Lin Mu didn't really encounter any towns or cities while passing by.
"That must be the border." Lin Mu muttered as his spirit sense felt the formation arrays in the distance.
There was no formation array like this when Lin Mu had originally come to the Fenlong Kingdom and it had been added two years ago when the alliance was fully formed. It had helped prevent and detect any intrusions in the Fenlong Kingdom and was rather useful.
~shua~
Lin Mu easily passed through the formation array and sensed the presence of a large number of people in the distance.
"That should be them." Lin Mu guessed and flew ahead.
~WHOOSH~
A single step was enough to propel him over two kilometers in a few seconds and he continued doing that till he was at the temporary outpost that had been made.
~Shua~
The people below had sensed Lin Mu's appearance as well. After all, he had created plenty of noise in coming here. His steps weren't exactly… 'stealthy'.
Lin Mu's eyes went to a certain man with a large build looking up at the sky. His long hair swayed in the wind as the beads that kept them tied into multiple bunches rattled. The slightly wild looking man's eyes gazed at Lin Mu and a wide smile appeared on his face.
"AHAHAHA! AHAHAHA!" Jing Luo started laughing, startling all others.
They didn't know that Lin Mu was arriving since there was no way to communicate other than messengers and Lin Mu was way faster than a messenger, anyway. Thus, it was a surprise to them.
"Is that…" A young man gasped.
"Yes… there's no doubt." Another one muttered.
"Senior Lin Mu!" A man familiar to Lin Mu spoke up.
Lin Mu looked at the person who called out and recognized him to be none other than Mu Tao, the heir of the Mu clan.
Lin Mu descended on to the ground and was shortly tackled by Jing Luo.
"HAHAHA!" Jing Luo held Lin Mu in a tight hug. "I knew you would be back soon, brother!"
"Sorry I got late." Lin Mu apologized.
"Forget that! All that matters is that you are here now. We've held the fort and are ready to pass the reins back to you." Jing Luo said with a wide smile on his face.
"Thank you… I don't know what I would have done without you." Lin Mu said, a smile finally appearing on his face after a long time.
"Thank you to all of you that have helped us all this time!" Lin Mu said to rest with his hands cupped.
