Chapter 271 - Little Shrubby's Improvement
Lin Mu extended his spirit sense and observed the Spirit qi wisps in the air being absorbed into Little Shrubby’s body. The process didn’t last that long and concluded after two minutes.
~Meow~
A growl escaped little Shrubby’s mouth as it felt the effects of the Duan Circle Ascension fruit. It was at that moment that Lin Mu could sense the connection between himself and Little Shrubby strengthening.
"Is this the effect of its intelligence increasing?" Lin Mu wondered.
"Not exactly. His intelligence would not increase this fast, it will be an eventual increase. What you’re seeing is simply the connection strengthening due to little Shrubby’s potential for intelligence increase. Once it reaches its potential, it will increase even more." Xukong explained.
Lin Mu nodded in response and thought over it. Although he did not know what the effects will be like later on, he at least knew that there were some effects.
"Here you go," Lin Mu said as he offered the rest of the Duan Circle Ascension fruits to Little Shrubby.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.
The beast ate them one by one, and soon the effects intensified. Lin Mu could sense the spirit qi in the air stirring again as it moved towards Little Shrubby. This time the process lasted much longer, for about ten minutes.
In the past few weeks, Lin Mu had lightly glanced through the Memoirs, but did not really focus on it much as he had been busy cultivating for most of the time. Right now, since he felt like he nearing a dead end, he thought of reading it once again.
Lin Mu took out the wooden slip and opened it, making the text appear on it.
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A year had passed by since the Lost immortal had become the old man’s disciple. During this time they were still living in the mines and were working as a slave. They had not escaped yet due to a few changes that had occurred after the mine collapse.
The kingdom had a conflict in the royal family, which lead to one of the princes being assigned to take over the working of the mines. While they did not know the specifics behind it, the rumors that went around in the guards was that the prince in question had offended some influential cultivator that was invited by the king as a guest.
The king, intending to punish the prince assigned him to take care of the mines which was something that most royals and nobles did not want to do. Not only did it take up too much time, but they would have to stay away from the luxuries they were so used to.
It wasn’t like it brought much profit anyway, which led to everyone avoiding it like the plague. Still, upon being assigned to the mines the prince actually improved the functioning. He applied certain policies which were better for the slaves and also increased the productivity.
The first of the policies was to make a roster of each and every slave that worked in the mine. He wanted to know how many workers were currently there after the mine collapse. They had still not done a proper head count as it was common for some slaves to simply die in the mines and disappear.
The guards were less than pleased, to say the least after being told about this. Still under the pressure of authority, they carried out their duty and finished the roster after a month.
This became the main reason why it became difficult for the lost immortal and the old man to escape. Before, they were relatively unknown and if they went missing, people would have just assumed that they had died in the mines. But now that the roster was made, and it was confirmed that they were alive, it would be much harder.