Tycoon War God

Who knows the rules for the appearance of Ghost Specters in this world? If by chance we run into a Ghost Specter and get separated from Lin Wudi, it would be a dead end for us.

Lin Mu nodded silently at these words.

He didn’t care about the process; after all, the outcome of both choices was the same.

Following them from the bottom once through wouldn’t be a bad thing. He also wanted to see if the Forbidden Sand Sea was as he speculated.

”If that’s the case, follow me.”

Lin Mu stepped forward, walking towards a tavern in the market.

This tavern didn’t serve much food, only top-grade Spirit Fruits and Spirit Nectar.

”Esteemed guests, we are closed today. Perhaps you could visit another place...”

Upon seeing Lin Mu and his companions, the tavern’s shopkeeper greeted them with a smile but denied them entry.

Lin Mu glanced at the shopkeeper and said indifferently, ”You fear the Guard Team but not us?”

The shopkeeper’s expression stiffened, awkwardly saying, ”Friend, you must be joking...”

”Do I look like I’m joking?”

Lin Mu’s gaze was indifferent.

As the shopkeeper met Lin Mu’s eyes, he felt like he had been painfully dissected from head to toe.

”Oh, oh, esteemed guests, please come in!”

The shopkeeper, pale-faced, hurried to welcome Lin Mu and his companions inside with a forced smile.

”Hahaha, Manager Liu, the iron rooster, is finally having his day, truly gratifying.”

”Serves Liu the Skinned right for his bad luck!”

”After this, his shop is bound to be ruined!”

”Those three are tough nuts, managing to wipe out a ten-man team! It’s been ages since such talents have entered the Forbidden Sand Sea.”

”What are their qualifications? Proud Son of Heaven? They couldn’t possibly be exiled immortals, right?”

”Why would someone of such caliber risk the Forbidden Sand Sea?”

”These three are definitely strange.”

The market’s people buzzed with discussion, yet no one dared to approach the tavern.

In an instant, Lin Mu and his group had become the focus of the market.

”What would the three of you like to order...”

Manager Liu presented a menu with a look full of grievance.

Lin Mu glanced at it casually to find just dozens of Spirit Fruits and Spirit Nectar, each extremely rare.

The values noted afterward were around ten Sand Sea Crystals each.

He didn’t understand the economy within the Forbidden Sand Sea, but these prices were clearly not cheap.

For such a large tavern to have only their trio as customers.

It made sense. Each person only has limited resources stored in their Space Ring, diminishing over endless years, making them ever more precious.

”Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit, Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, Thunder Nectar Jade Liquid!”

Lin Mu casually ordered a few items and then retrieved sixty Sand Sea Crystals from his Sea of Consciousness, tossing them to the shopkeeper.

Seeing the Sand Sea Crystals, the shopkeeper was initially stunned before exclaiming in surprise, ”Might you three be from another Stone Gate World?”

Before finishing, he shook his own head.

”Friend, may I ask, where did you acquire these Sand Sea Crystals?”

Manager Liu asked with a strange expression.

It was obvious that Lin Mu and his companions were newcomers to the First Stone Gate World; otherwise, they wouldn’t have clashed with the Nanyuan King’s Guard Team.

But for these newcomers to possess Sand Sea Crystals was indeed peculiar.

Lin Mu cast an indifferent glance at Manager Liu, saying flatly, ”If I dared to say, would you dare to listen?”

Manager Liu was clearly startled. His face went deathly pale as he hurriedly waved his hand, saying, ”Friend, you must be joking; let’s pretend I said nothing...”

Only then did he realize that such secrets contained immeasurable value.

If he were to learn such a secret, as a mere Peak of Integration, the Tribulation-Crossing Ancestors would undoubtedly play him to death!

This sort of secret was beyond his pay grade.

”Tell us about when we encountered the Guard Team earlier. Why did they obviously bear ill intent?”

Lin Mu took a sip of Thunder Nectar Jade Liquid and asked casually.

Manager Liu smiled bitterly, knowing this was inevitable.

Sadly, he was in no position to refuse.

The Guard Team was frightening, but these three were also unfazed by killing.

The ten-member Guard Team didn’t even have time to state their purpose before being killed, indicating the deadly nature of these three individuals.

”According to Nanyuan King’s rules, the first time someone enters the Stone Gate Realm, they must first sift sand for the Nanyuan King for ten years...”

Manager Liu explained cautiously.

”Sift sand for Nanyuan King? Could it be that the Nanyuan King can locate Ghost Specters and have people enter proactively?”

Mu Gui, having entered the Forbidden Sand Sea three times, was well-informed on such matters.

Manager Liu nodded, saying, ”Exactly, the reason Nanyuan King can claim the title of king is because he possesses the method to locate Ghost Specters...”

As if fearing Lin Mu and the others would misunderstand, he eagerly added, ”Of course, I mean locating Ghost Specters within the Stone Gate Realm; outside the First Stone Gate Realm, this method is useless.”

Mu Gui and Liu Yuan instinctively glanced at Lin Mu.

Lin Wudi also mastered the method for locating Ghost Specters, and could even pinpoint them outside the Stone Gate Realm.

Does that not mean Lin Wudi could also claim kingship within the Stone Gate Realm?

”First sift sand for Nanyuan King for ten years, and ten years later, one’s life might be forfeited...” Mu Gui sneered.

Having barely survived an Eighth-level Ghost Specter encounter with Liu Yuan after just one experience.

If forced into labor for ten years, survival would be impossible.

No wonder Lin Wudi is so decisive and ruthless.

For them and the so-called Nanyuan King, there was never any room for compromise, only a life-and-death struggle from the start.

Boom!

Boom!

At this moment, several streaks of lightning descended from the sky, landing before the tavern.

Manager Liu looked sorrowful, struggling to say, ”The Nanyuan King’s Personal Guard Squad has arrived; the three of you should fend for yourselves.”

With the sound of descending lightning, three Tribulation-Crossing Ancestors donned in fiery red capes entered the tavern.

Seeing Lin Mu and his companions, the three Tribulation-Crossing Ancestors’ expressions hardened.

After killing the Guard Team, not only did they not flee, but they remained to drink tea; these three were incredibly audacious.

”You three violated the Nanyuan King’s rules. Come with us.”

The leader’s gaze was cold, scanning past Mu Gui and Liu Yuan before focusing on Lin Mu.

Compared to the tense faces of Mu Gui and Liu Yuan, Lin Mu was genuinely calm.

He continued eating Spirit Fruits as if the three before him were insignificant.

”Sure, let’s talk after I finish these berries.”

Lin Mu said calmly, his hands never stopping.

”Goodness! This man is too arrogant!”

”He’s courting death! This is a slap in the face to the Personal Guard Squad!”

”The Guard Team was merely at the Integrate Dao level, but the Personal Guard Squad is composed of Tribulation Transcenders! Is he so brazen because he’s a Tribulation-Crossing Ancestor?”

”Don’t be ridiculous, no Tribulation Transcender has dared enter the Forbidden Sand Sea for two or three hundred thousand years...”

Onlookers were abuzz with conjecture.

Among the three in the Personal Guard Squad, a young and hot-headed one was about to lash out at Lin Mu’s disrespect.

”Don’t move!”

The leader hurriedly transmitted, halting his companion, ”Luo Hao! Don’t be rash!”

”Nangong Mang? What do you mean, this guy is too arrogant! He doesn’t respect us at all.”

Luo Hao was full of indignation, lightning flickering at the rims of his nostrils as he breathed.

Nangong Mang coldly responded, ”Do you think that young man looks like an idiot?”

Luo Hao didn’t grasp what Nangong Mang was implying.

”If he’s not an idiot, yet he knows we’re the Nanyuan King’s Personal Guard Squad and still treats us so lightly, then he must have a backing! There’s no need for us to invite trouble upon ourselves; let Lord Mayor handle this!”

Nangong Mang’s eyes flickered.