Supreme Alchemist-Chapter 2448 - 2438: Mercenary Li Mu

Li Mu usually forms teams with people he knows, but this time it’s different. A Heavenly Level mercenary from the Small Town actually invited him to join his team. When had Li Mu ever seen such a lineup? A Heavenly Level mercenary is a rare sight even in the Small Town, let alone a Divine Emperor-level Strong One.

To know that even god-king level mercenaries are rare in this Town, let alone Heavenly Level Divine Emperor mercenaries. In this big Town, they can be counted on one hand.

The person talking to Li Mu is called Zhou Tian, a famous Heavenly Level mercenary in the Town. Naturally, Li Mu gladly agreed and even brought in a familiar partner.

But as their team ventured into the middle of the Mountains, Li Mu felt uneasy. His friend beside him comforted him, saying it was nothing, as they have a Heavenly Level mercenary in their team after all.

Li Mu thought it made sense and relaxed.

However, the middle of the Demon Beast Mountain Range was completely different from what Li Mu imagined. That night, they encountered an attack from Demon Wolves. In the middle, if they encountered a Cracked Earth Bear, they could still escape. But if they encountered a wolf pack, they could only blame their bad luck. Even with a Heavenly Level mercenary, the fierce attack from the wolf pack forced them into a retreat, and eventually, they had no choice but to flee.

Li Mu and his friend followed Zhou Tian in fleeing. In their panic, many people got lost, but because the two brothers kept close to Zhou Tian, they didn’t get separated, though this could also be the worst outcome.

Because Zhou Tian, in his panic, accidentally ran into a temple. Although it felt abrupt for such a temple to appear in these Mountains, Li Mu and his friend still followed and entered it.

Hearing that the wolf pack dared not enter the temple made them feel slightly at ease. But inside the temple, Zhou Tian was nowhere to be seen. Helpless, the two began to explore.

However, the spider web on the monk’s room on the left was incredibly tough, and even Li Mu’s friend’s weapon got stuck to it. Hastily, the two retreated from the left monk’s room and turned to the right room, but upon entering, they found the right side monk room’s gate wouldn’t open.

Helpless, they could only explore, but they happened to run into a Little Monk pacing back and forth inside the room. Although in Long Yan’s eyes, the Little Monk’s strength was too weak, at least he had Divine Emperor first-stage strength. The two hadn’t even exchanged a few moves with the Little Monk when Li Mu’s friend got possessed by him.

Then something terrifying happened that Li Mu still fears to this day. His friend’s body suddenly flew up, crashing into the opposite wall.

Because it was too dark, Li Mu couldn’t see the situation on the other side of the crevice, but hearing the sound of fragments falling, he could guess his friend’s fate was probably grim, scaring him to flee to a corner. Hearing the click sound outside the door, Li Mu moved on the Arhat statue on the desk, gambling with his life.

It was then he discovered the Hidden Door. How many days passed after that, Li Mu couldn’t remember. He only remembered hiding down there, afraid of the Little Monk finding him.

Though the smell down there was unpleasant, it was enough to keep him alive. He stayed there until Long Yan found him. In fact, Li Mu didn’t know how many days had passed; he just knew he had eaten all his dry food and had been hungry for a long time.

Long Yan listened quietly, thinking that even mercenaries who usually battle Demon Beasts would have never seen anything like ghosts. Though one had True Qi, encountering the Little Monk left them with no solution.

However, Long Yan heard something important: the Little Monk had no idea about the secret passage inside the room, which meant there was something down in that secret passage, but now it was filled with corpses, even if there were clues, they were probably destroyed.

"Big Brother, how did you get in here?"

Looking at Long Yan with furrowed brows, Li Mu asked quietly, as Long Yan didn’t seem like a mercenary, not someone likely to receive such a mission.

"Ah, unlucky fate!"

Long Yan sighed, not knowing how to explain. Who would believe he was thrown here by an Old Madman, his strength sealed, and the next morning he encountered a Cracked Earth Bear, fighting it for three hundred rounds before fleeing here?

Probably no one would believe that.

Seeing Long Yan sigh, Li Mu wisely stopped asking questions. Now, their main problem was figuring out how to get out, which was an issue.

"By the way, did you discover anything down there?"

Long Yan felt there must be something unknown down there, so despite seeing Li Mu quite frightened, he steeled himself to ask.

"Hmm, let me think, there was indeed something odd."

"What was odd?"

Long Yan couldn’t wait to ask. After all, it was their only clue. Otherwise, he’d have to check that Western Monk’s Room surrounded by spider webs.

"Perhaps because of the dim light, Big Brother didn’t see it clearly; actually, there is a cave entrance across the Underground River, but there is a Seal above it. The Seal is very strong; I once tried my best, but I couldn’t shake it at all."

Hearing Li Mu’s words, Long Yan nodded. This was a clue, but ultimately meaningless now. He was powerless without True Qi, unable even to shake the Seal, let alone break it.

"Oh, there is one more thing: The place seems to be a giant Soul Transfer Array!"

The Soul Transfer Array is a common Formation in the Cultivation World, initially invented to transfer ghosts away from populated areas to facilitate cultivators in battling them. Hence, it’s a basic type of Formation among cultivators and doesn’t require a medium; simply drawing two Soul Transfer Arrays will connect two places.

But what does putting such a Soul Transfer Array here mean?

The Corpse Mountain below has several hundred Souls. How vast a number is that? Long Yan was still wondering why there were so many corpses, yet only one ghost, the Little Monk. It seems the Souls were all transferred away by the Soul Transfer Array.

Long Yan suddenly felt that the entire temple was a massive conspiracy. The Little Monk killed people and threw most of the corpses into the Corpse Mountain, and the Souls were transferred to unknown places. There must be more hidden secrets in this temple.

Anyway, staying here would not find a way out. Long Yan was not one to sit idly by, hoping the Seal would automatically release in seven days. By then, even his bones might be gone.

Long Yan had just reached the corridor when he noticed the door facing him slowly opening, seemingly inviting him in.

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