Chapter 709 - Doubts Over Lin Mu
Accusations as what Lin Mu had made could not be taken lightly and if were taken as false, could bring a lot of problems. But the same could be said if what Lin Mu said turned out to be true.
It would mean that the Hong Lin kingdom was already compromised and perhaps puppets, in the hands of a second party. It was not a good feeling for a king to experience and could even be said to be a bit humiliating.
"What if I can prove it?" Lin Mu asked.
"Hmm… but didn't you say that the people being controlled by Gu Yao couldn't be differentiated? If they were, the top sects should have been able to tell something was wrong, shouldn't they?" Adviser Liu questioned.
"Of course, that is true for most people. In order to be able to tell if someone is being controlled, you would have to know the source aura of the Human Controlling Blood curse. And this source aura could only come from none other than Gu Yao.
Now if no one has seen the man, they would be unable to tell if someone they meet is being controlled by Gu Yao or not, since they would have no standard to match it with. But I've personally seen and fought Gu Yao before.
There is also the additional restriction that one needs to be in the Nascent soul realm to be able to sense it as well. I admit I was unable to do this back when I was at the core condensation realm but now I can." Lin Mu answered.
The king thought for a bit before speaking again.
"Let's say for argument's sake, I believe you and your words. Who do you think is being controlled in my kingdom and how would you prove it?" The King questioned.
"Before I met you today, I did some investigations on my own." Lin Mu said, making up an excuse.
He had of course, done them, but it was different from normal. He had actually spied on them. He couldn't tell the king and his adviser that he sneaked into the law enforcement department and looked through their records, and neither could he tell them that he had seen through their repository.
"And the person I have my suspicions about is Minister of Law, Fu Delun." Lin Mu stated.
"Fu Delun?! That's impossible." Adviser Liu said outright.
"If you bring him here, I assure you that I'll be able to verify my claims." Lin Mu stated. "And if not… I'll let you arrest me. I'm pretty sure King Hong can activate the formation arrays of the palace at any time." He added.
"Senior! This… you can't do this." Hua San was surprised at the level of risk that Lin Mu was willing to take.
Though he was unaware that Lin Mu wasn't really at any risk right now. There were very few people who could fight Lin Mu now and if he wanted to escape, they would not be able to stop him either.
The king looked at Lin Mu deeply and then turned to his uncle.
"Call minster Fu Delun… let's get to the bottom of it." He ordered.
Adviser Liu seemed to be a bit unconvinced, but he still nodded his head.
"As you wish, your majesty," Adviser Liu stated.
He then took out a communication jade slip and contacted the minister of Law. The man in question was somewhere Lin Mu had not seen yet. Since last time, Lin Mu had not come to the central district, though upon seeing the way how the office of law enforcement was working, he was truly suspicious.
Even in the records of Hei corps that he had found in the repository, Lin Mu had learned that the arrest and hunt were all done under the orders of the Fu Delun. Normally, this would be what the minister would only do for high profile criminals.
But what stood out was the fact that the man had personally gone out of his way to find and capture the 'culprits'. Those were the things written in the records. Lin Mu had not thought much of it at first, but then seeing the state of the poor head of the law enforcement department, Lin Wu wondered if something else was wrong.
He went over the information gathered over and over again and started to make links. He recalled the mismanagement in the law enforcement officers and how the information was a bit misplaced.
This lead him to believe that perhaps all of this was done intentionally. From the memoirs of the Lost immortal, Lin Mu had learned that one of the best ways to defeat a country was to weaken its internal systems first.
No matter how much military power they might have, if their own house was in disarray, there was little they would be able to do. Then, thinking of Gu Yao's methods of working, Lin Mu realized that this is something he would obviously do.
The Hong Lin Kingdom was known for its Hong Lin trees and the more old ones of these were certainly quite useful in several things. Lin Mu reckoned that Gu Yao wanted a part of this too and decided to bring this plan.
Lin Mu even wondered if what Gu Yao did here was thought on the side as a little extra project. Because if he truly wanted to take over this place, it wouldn't even take the man a single day.
'He does want the resources here, but it's not that urgent to him. But if he is doing it right now, it means that he will be needing them in the future. It is best if I can prevent that from ever happening.' This was Lin Mu's conclusion.
Now all that was left was for Lin Mu to wait for Fu Delun to appear and see if he truly was being controlled.. Lin Mu knew that there were better ways he could have gone about this and prepared, but for now, this was all he had and could do.