Chapter 175 - The Escaped Beast
"We’ve seen the beast before, it’s none other than the Great slumber bear." Xukong Finally answered.N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.
"That... does seem likely now that I think about it." Lin Mu replied.
"Indeed, it would work since a Great slumber bear cannot be found in a low leveled world like this. Also, the three markings on the beast storage treasure prove that it’s from a higher level world, it would make sense that the beast came from there.
Though this gives rise to another question, whether the beast was brought by the same person that brought the Invader, or perhaps it was the invader that is behind this." Xukong said in an unsure tone.
Lin Mu pondered on it for a bit and found it to be too much of a coincidence for it to not be related.
"We will just have to wait and see, I guess. The clues should turn up soon." Lin Mu stated.
Suddenly Lin Mu remembered another thing.
"Senior, should I... tell them about the beast storage treasure?" Lin Mu questioned.
"Hmm, you can tell them that it’s a beast storage treasure, but I don’t think they will believe you if you tell them its rank. I think it’s better that you just tell them that its one and not its capabilities." Xukong suggested.
"Yes senior, I’ll do that." Lin Mu replied respectfully before opening his eyes.
"Ah yes! You’re right senior." Lin Mu replied in a grateful tone.
He thought about how to frame the question for a moment before asking, "Umm, what were the rankings of the other sects in the competition?"
Hei Wan and Hei Bao turned to look at Lin Mu who had just spoken. All this while when they were talking, they had forgotten that there even was a third person in the room with them; they were that engrossed in their work. Both of them felt a little awkward about forgetting Lin Mu.
Hei Wan forcefully suppressed her embarrassment, which was easy since her face was hidden behind a veil, anyway.
"The rankings were as follows, the Unity wind sect came first, Ivory sable sect came second, Sky precepts sect came third, Centennial sword sect came fourth, Rainbow pill sect came fifth, Cloud mountain sect came sixth, and the eighth position was taken by Starry jasper court.
As for the seventh, ninth and tenth positions, they were taken by cultivators that did not belong to the sects. The seventh position was taken by a lieutenant from the vermilion legion, while the ninth position was taken by a prince of the Eastern Ming dynasty.
We do not know who took the tenth position though; they were a nameless cultivator, and they left soon after the competition. They did not even take their prize." Hei Wan explained.
While Lin Mu was not able to find out about all of the top ten sects, he was still fine with being able to find out about seven of the top ten sects. Before this, he had never heard of any of them. Though still out of the ten winners, he recognized one name.
"The vermilion legion, huh?" Lin Mu muttered with a little surprise.
"Oh, what the problem?" Hei Bao asked after seeing the hint of surprise in Lin Mu’s voice.
"Nothing, it’s just that I didn’t expect to hear that name." Lin Mu replied.
"Whys that?" Hei Bao questioned, and even Hei Wan looked on in curiosity.
"I thought the vermilion legion never moved from the frontier. Isn’t a lieutenant a very high position in the vermilion legion?" Lin Mu replied.