1297 SEEKING OUT THE HUMAN EXILES
âElder Niji told me about the humans, Iâve come to get them.â Lin Mu informed the six scouts.
âOh thatâs good. We were getting tired of watching them.â The Haima scouts replied.
âThey are being bothersome?â Lin Mu asked.
From what he could see the Haima scouts were all at the Dao Shell realm. It was easily enough to overpower two human cultivators.
âYeah, they keep ongoing further and further. One of us has to always keep an eye to ensure we donât miss them while cultivating.â One of them spoke.
âYeah, this is making it hard for us to cultivate calmly.â Another one of them said.
âAh, I see...â Lin Mu had almost forgotten that all the Haima members had now become obsessed with cultivation.
Putting them on a observing and protecting mission like this was the worst for them. It prevented them from fully focusing on their cultivation and made them slower compared to their peers.
Right now, the competition among the Haima warriors had gotten rather huge. Even if there was no actual prize to this, they still wanted to be the strongest among the tribe.
And since this was serving as further motivation to them, Elder Niji also didnât think of it as detrimental and let them do as they please.
âDonât worry, you shouldnât have to bother with them any longer.â Lin Mu assured.
âThatâs good! Thank you Noble Lin Mu.â The Scouts said with gratitude.
âNow can you point me to the two humans are?â Lin Mu questioned.
âThey are right there, Noble Lin Mu.â Theyâve dug a hole and are hiding there.
âOh?â Lin Mu was a little surprised. âHow did I not sense them?â his spirit sense swept over the area a couple times but didnât sense them. Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.
âAre you sure they are there? I canât seem to sense them.â Lin Mu asked again.
âYes, they are there. We missed them a couple times before too, but they are indeed there. We donât know how they are hiding like this though.â The scouts said.
Their spirit sense wasnât as long as the Elder or Head Warrior Kulo, thus they had never actually used it to observe the humans. They were always using their eyes to observe them. If they had used their spirit sense, perhaps they would have realized the unusualness of the situation.
âLet me take a look then.â Lin Mu approached the hole where the humans were hiding with light steps.
âThis is a good opportunity to test out my Dao Comprehension too...â Lin Mu didnât forget his new ability.
He closed his eyes for a second and opened them. Now he could see the tiny brown specs of light around him. But their numbers were a lot less than they were in his residence.
âHmm, just as I thought. They are concentrated in the Tribe underground. Not as many in the air,â Lin Mu thought before looking down. Ïêªêªá¦êªêª(ꪫ)êª£ê« êª¶
In the ground, he could see ten times as many of the brown specs. Each of those were Dao Traces of earth and Lin Mu could clearly sense them now.
âPerfect. Letâs see if this method of hiding works.â Lin Mu took a deep breath and willed the True Earth Heart to work.
Within his Dantian, the sound of heartbeats could be heard, but outside his body there was absolute silence. Only invisible waves of energy were being released by the True Earth Heart Dao Embryo.
These waves of energy directly interacted with the Dao Traces and mobilized them.
The Dao Traces in the air moved before being pulled towards Lin Mu. The same happened with the Dao Traces in the earth and they soon covered his entire body.
To a normal person or even a cultivator, there was nothing surrounding Lin Mu. Only those at the Dao Treading realm might be able to see faint energy fluctuations around him. But even those would be hard to sense.
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This only lasted for a few seconds, though, as soon after Lin Muâs appearance changed. He now looked like a rock!
All his aura had been hidden away and even his spirit sense fluctuations would not be felt.
And if someone tried to use spirit sense and probed this ârockâ they would only find it to be normal.
âLetâs see if this is worthy of being a stealth skill...â Lin Mu sped up his approach.
Due to how the Dao Traces were linked up to the earth, one wouldnât even think that the rock was moving. Instead, it felt like the rock was already there.
One would easily miss it even if they tried to pay attention.
Lin Mu could have easily used his ringâs skills, but he reckoned he may as well test out his new abilities.
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âHey Kunzi, what do you think those four-legged freaks are?â Within a hole, a man spoke.
The holeâs top opening was only wide enough to let a two men stand in it, but if one looked inside they would see that it was rather wide. Four or five men could easily sleep in this hole, which could even be called as a small cave at this point.
âWho knows? We just need to stay away from them. Youâve heard the stories about the land of Exile. There is danger everywhere.â The man named Kunzi spoke. âYouâve already seen the other two die from those strange beasts. Donât tell me you want that to happen too, Little Gian.â He continued.
âOf course not. Iâm just curious as to what they are. They are clearly intelligent creatures.â The man named Little Gian replied.
âMmm... just focus on keeping an eye out for now. We donât know if they will sneak up on us.â Kunzi stated.
âWonât you find them with your spirit sense though?â Little Gian asked.
âYou fool, what if they have some skill that can allow them to hide? We are in the blind here, so need to be careful.â Kunzi replied. âNow stay alert! I donât want a repeat of last year. If you had been alert, we wouldnât have been caught.â He scolded.