Chapter 1004: Investigation By The Hu Clan
The brand made by Lin Wu was astonishing to Hu Dagao.
‘For him to hide a brand like this and even evade the bloodline restrain that the Hu Clan puts on everyone… Only the ancestor might be able to do that…’ Hu Dagao felt like the being in front of him might be an Immortal Ascension realm being.
But at the same time, he had a hunch that it might not be correct either.
‘It can’t really be the immortal realm right? How can there be immortals in the Ming Dao world?’ Hu Dagao questioned the reality.
As far as he knew, there had not been any immortals in the Ming Dao world for a long time. The era of immortals had passed, and it had been over ten thousand years since the last mention of immortals.
While there were rumors that immortals would visit the Ming Dao world, they were hard to believe. After all, even Hu Dagao could tell that there was nothing that could interest the immortals to come to a world like this.
‘People want to leave this world for better places, why would someone come back to a run-down world like this?’ Hu Dagao thought to himself.
Regardless of whatever the reality might be, he did know one thing. He could not take Lin Wu lightly and needed to be very careful with him.
‘I cannot slight him at all. Forget me, he even dares to challenge the Hu clan with no issues, my poor life is nothing to him.’ He reckoned.
At the very least, he could only pray to his ancestors and ask for forgiveness for what he was going to do.
~Sigh~
‘If the ancestors were in my position, I’m sure they would do the same too.’ Hu Dagao was now moving from the stage of denial to the stage of acceptance.
By doing this, he coped with his situation and resolved his mind. The loss of his weapons and status was a big blow that needed to be resolved in some way after all. All this was clearly visible to Lin Wu, but there was little he cared about.
‘As long as he follows the orders, it doesn’t matter what he thinks.’ Lin Wu thought without caring for the man.
“What do I do now?” Hu Dagao questioned, wondering what his first set of orders might be.
“Hmm…” Lin Wu thought over it for a minute before asking something that had bothered him before. “How were you able to come here on a day’s notice? Don’t you live far away from here?” he questioned.
“That is because I was simply nearby due to an investigation mission.” Hu Dagao answered.
Hearing this, Lin Wu raised a brow.
“What kind of investigation mission?” Lin Wu asked, knowing that if it involved an important heir like Hu Dagao, it must not be simple.
“I do not know it entirely either. But the Hu clan received reports about some strange tremors happening in this region. They had sent people to investigate earlier too, but they didn’t find much.
But then later, we learned that there were more reports. But this time the statements were of people disappearing. Normally we wouldn’t care if people at this level disappeared, but one of those that disappeared was also a Dao Shell realm cultivator.
More people were sent to investigate this time, and the rank of the mission was raised in importance.” Hu Dagao said in detail.
Lin Wu carefully listened to it all and let the system record it.
“Did you know of this?” Lin Wu asked Kulung who was standing like a statue on the side.
The city lord was quite fearful now and wanted to be as safe as possible.
“I’ve heard of the tremors, but I don’t know of the disappearance.” Kulung replied horridly.
Lin Wu could tell that the man wasn’t lying, and he truly didn’t know more than that.
‘It’s probably the Hu clan pulling some strings…’ Lin Wu looked at Hu Dagao, which the man seemed to have understood.
“This information was considered sensitive and was kept hidden from outsiders, Senior.” Hu Dagao quickly replied.
“I guessed so…” Lin Wu nodded his head. “So what was the result of this investigation?” he inquired further.
“Ah yes! This time the results were concerning for the clan. Out of the ten investigators that were sent by the Hu clan, two had disappeared too. The eight that returned couldn’t figure out what had happened and could only tell that they had faded away in air.” Hu Dagao answered, surprising Lin Wu once more.
“Disappeared into thin air? Spatial interference?” Lin Wu wondered if there was someone doing this.
“Y-yes!” Hu Dagao nodded his head, feeling a bit stunned.
‘He managed to grasp it all with just a few words… he truly is very experienced…’ the image of Lin Wu in Hu Dagao’s heart rose again.
~huu~
He took a deep breath and decided to take the initiative to speak further.
“Our clan elders thought the same and thus they decided to send me here, as it was an area under my administration. They wanted me to personally verify what the issue was and to record all signs of the spatial disturbances or fluctuations.” Hu Dagao explained.
“I see…” Lin Wu was now interested in this matter too. ‘For it to be able to use spatial abilities, it must not be anything simple.’ He reckoned.
Though it also made Lin Wu a bit wary. He knew just how dangerous space could be and would be able to harm him too. It was one of the things he needed to be wary about as much as possible.
‘I should get the system to investigate it… maybe it’ll be able to decipher some clues,’ Lin Wu hoped.
With this done, Lin Wu decided to move ahead with the original plan. He looked at Kulung and spoke, “get the city under control again, and don’t let the commoners spread anything.”
“It shall be done!” Kulung quickly left to do his duties.
