Chapter 357 356: Plenty of Spirit Medicine

After dodging, Mu Lin immediately countered with a punch.

'Defending without counterattacking is worse than just surrendering.' This was a principle Mu Lin had always lived by.

The punch shot straight for He Zongshan's vital points. He Zongshan was suddenly thrown into a panic. Mu Lin's strength was actually suppressing him. 'Heavens, just what level is he at?!'

Sensing things were going poorly, He Zongshan dodged Mu Lin's fist, evading the force of the blow, and retaliated by kicking at Mu Lin's vital points.

Mu Lin remained calm. He coated his hand in tough Gang Qi and smashed it viciously toward He Zongshan's thigh.

He Zongshan took the blow head-on, and the pain was unbearable.

Mu Lin recoiled as well; He Zongshan's kick had ultimately landed on his waist.

But then He Zongshan discovered something even more terrifying. "You cultivate both True Qi and physical strength! How can you be so powerful?!"

Common knowledge held that these two paths were diametrically opposed. Training in both should lead to extremely low efficiency.

But Mu Lin's strength wasn't weak in the slightest! 'Something must be wrong, either with me or with everyone else. What is going on?'

Mu Lin glanced at He Zongshan and landed in front of him. At that moment, three types of power—thunder, flame, and frost—gathered simultaneously on Mu Lin's fist, preparing to deliver an extremely powerful blow.

He Zongshan didn't dare to receive this blow at all. His face turned incredibly ugly. 'This time, I've run into a true master.'

But he couldn't retreat. Retreating wouldn't lead to a better outcome.

So, He Zongshan could only grit his teeth and go all out, gathering all his strength into his fist for a final clash with Mu Lin.

BANG!

The two fists collided, unleashing a massive shockwave.

Mu Lin took a single step back, but He Zongshan was forced back several steps in a row. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth; he looked utterly miserable.

That wasn't all. Mu Lin condensed his Profound Thunder True Qi into an arrow, which shot forward with a WHOOSH and drilled into He Zongshan's body.

It emerged from his shoulder, leaving behind a hole the size of a thumb.

Blood gushed out frantically.

He Zongshan was terrified. He now truly understood the gap between himself and Mu Lin.

"I surrender! I truly can't beat you! Please, spare my life! I'll do anything for you!"

Fan Ding and the others never would have imagined that their invincible boss would actually beg for mercy in front of Mu Lin. It felt surreal, but this was reality.

Mu Lin smiled. "Whether I spare you isn't really up to me; it all depends on your own actions. If you attack me again, I'll definitely have to kill you! Also, when I need you to do something..."

"I will absolutely cooperate and do it for you!" He Zongshan only wanted to live right now; he couldn't think about anything else.

Mu Lin nodded. He Zongshan dismissed his men and then led Mu Lin upstairs.

The vice-chairman, Fan Ding, went with them.

"Who told you to target me? What's the story behind it?"

He Zongshan's only goal now was to save his own skin. He said hurriedly,

"Sun Tianwei!"

Mu Lin tilted his head. 'Didn't Luo Wanqing say she could handle it?'

'Apparently, that wasn't the case. Isn't this still a total mess?'

'It seems the reputation of Hidden Sword Manor isn't effective everywhere.'

'Is there something more to this Sun Tianwei business?'

"You beat Zhu Tong until he was covered in injuries. You'll have to compensate him."

He Zongshan was very proactive. "I'll pay! Of course, I'll pay! How does two hundred million sound? One hundred million each for the senior brother and junior sister. They could live very well on that."

Mu Lin slowly shook his head. "Do you take me for a fool? Do you have any idea how much it costs to restore a Martial Artist you've beaten to this state?"

He Zongshan said hurriedly, "The most I can come up with is eight hundred million! That's all I have, will that work?"

Mu Lin nodded. "I think that's acceptable."

Suddenly, Mu Lin's expression changed. He turned his head to look at another spot.

When He Zongshan saw where he was looking, his face paled and contorted, and countless beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.

Mu Lin strode quickly to the wall and immediately smashed his fist into it.

The wall was incredibly brittle. It cracked instantly, and with a single pull from Mu Lin, it came crashing down.

A massive stash of Spirit Medicine was revealed inside, making Mu Lin's eyes go wide.

He had never seen such a wealthy place.

If these Spirit Medicines were sold, they could probably cause the price on the entire Spirit Medicine market to drop significantly.

Of course, no one would be that foolish.

Mu Lin walked inside and looked around, extremely satisfied.

The room was filled with shelves, and on the shelves were jade boxes. From the fragrance wafting through the jade, he could immediately identify countless Spirit Medicines.

He Zongshan said frantically, "Don't touch them! None of that is mine! If you take it, I'm a dead man."

Mu Lin said, "Then I'll just kill you first before taking them. That'll save me the trouble of leaving a loose end."

Hearing this, He Zongshan trembled. "No, no need! Please, help yourself!"

He was now a fish on the chopping block, completely at Mu Lin's mercy.

Mu Lin said, "I'm taking all of this. You can think of an excuse for your superiors yourself. I can't help you with that."

He Zongshan practically begged, "Can't you leave me a little? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll really be finished."

Mu Lin chuckled. "Impossible. You don't have a choice."

Mu Lin had already started to move the jade boxes, but they were too big. He had to find a better way to do this.

"Go get me some bags. Woven sacks, giant ones. Bring as many as you can find!"

He Zongshan didn't dare to delay and sent Fan Ding to find some.

Fan Ding returned shortly with a large number of them. They were the burlap sacks they used for kidnappings, taller than a person and capable of holding a lot.

Mu Lin was delighted to see the sacks. He had just been worrying about how to carry everything.

He filled several bags to the brim, then found a two-meter-long iron rod to use as a carrying pole.

He took everything, not leaving a single box for He Zongshan.

Fan Ding was frantic. "Boss, even though this stuff was with you, it actually belongs to Elder Deng! Now that damned Mu Lin has taken it all. What are we going to tell Elder Deng?"

He Zongshan said, "What can we do? We'll tell Elder Deng the truth! That Sun Tianwei, of all people, had to go and provoke someone like this, causing me to lose face and fortune! I'm going to kill him!"

「In the dilapidated house」

Su Nuan paced back and forth, extremely anxious.

If Zhu Tong weren't so badly injured and in need of her care, she would have rushed over to see what on earth Mu Lin was up to.

She watched, restless, as Mu Lin came in carrying four large sacks on a pole. She was completely astonished.

"Mr. Mu, what is all this? Did you go scavenging for scrap?"

Mu Lin said, "This is all Spirit Medicine, the real deal! Your senior brother is saved!"

Su Nuan was incredibly excited. If Mu Lin said it, it had to be true; she believed him completely. "Mr. Mu, are you serious?"

"I'm serious," Mu Lin said, taking two jade boxes he had placed on top and showing them to Su Nuan. "Look, in these two boxes is the best medicine to save your senior brother. Just add a few supplementary ingredients, and we'll be all set."

Su Nuan was overjoyed, laughing out loud. "I knew I was right to believe in you, Mr. Mu! You're so damn awesome!"

Mu Lin said, "Just wait a moment. I'll get ready to treat him right away."

With that, Mu Lin quickly got to work.

After a while, a medicinal pill was refined.

Mu Lin placed the pill in Zhu Tong's mouth, followed by a medicinal liquid meant to be taken with it. After that, he left him in Su Nuan's care.

As for Mu Lin himself, he asked Su Nuan if she had a large water bucket for bathing.

Su Nuan didn't quite understand what Mu Lin meant. "Mr. Mu, what are you going to do? Take a bath?"

Mu Lin smiled. "You could say that. To be precise, it's a medicinal bath, one of the required steps for cultivation."

"Yes, there's one in the backyard! My senior brother and I don't use it, so it's just sitting out there."

Mu Lin smiled. "Thank you!"

With that, he turned and left.

After preparing the medicinal water, he took off his outer clothes, squatted down into the bucket, and began to focus on his cultivation.

He remained completely still inside. Su Nuan started to think something was wrong and rushed over to check his breathing. Seeing that it was steady, she finally relaxed.

A full day and night passed before Mu Lin opened his eyes. A metallic luster flashed across his body.

The Horizontal Refining Grandmaster Realm, where Qi is refined into Gang! 'It wasn't easy!'

During that day and night, heaven only knew what kind of painful ordeal he had endured.

But it was all worth it! He walked out excitedly, and with a swing of his arm, he could hear the whoosh of lightning and the rumble of thunder.