Chapter 476 475: Deathbed Entrustment

Dark Falcon was so overcome with emotion that he nearly knelt before Mu Lin on the spot.

Mu Lin raised a hand, gesturing for him to stop, and halted his descent.

"If you're truly grateful, then help me protect everyone in the Lin Family!"

"Of course! Since I've accepted this mission of protection, I must dedicate my life to safeguarding the Lin Family. I will never forget that!"

Mu Lin smiled. "It's good that you have this dedication. Keep it up."

Dark Falcon bowed solemnly, then vanished into a black shadow, concealing himself once more.

Lin Jin was deeply moved. He turned to Mu Lin and said, "Ah, Mu Lin, you've done the Lin Family a tremendous favor! In the blink of an eye, you've cultivated a fiercely loyal master for us!"

Mu Lin chuckled. "If I weren't so busy, I'd much rather protect you myself, but that's obviously not realistic."

"I'm sure I'll have more things to ask your help with later. When I do, you absolutely must help me!"

Lin Jin was delighted. "Listen to you! I was afraid you were going to be overly polite with me!"

"Well, that brings up a problem. I want to recruit a group of masters as subordinates. What do you think is the best way? Do you have any connections?"

Lin Jin looked Mu Lin up and down, a gratified smile appearing in his eyes.

"Mu Lin, it's finally time for you to build your own organization. I always knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it so soon."

'Is that what this is about?' Mu Lin wondered.

"Uncle Lin, you're overthinking it. I say 'subordinates,' but they're more like guards. My priority is still just to protect the people close to me as best I can."

Lin Jin laughed heartily. "Don't panic. I'm not saying you have to do anything evil. I can give you some advice."

Lin Jin thought for a moment before speaking. "I know your standards must be high... After all, your opponents are anything but ordinary. Weaker individuals would be useless for defense."

"That's right," Mu Lin said with a nod.

"That makes things difficult. Most Martial Artists with any real skill are already spoken for, and the unaffiliated ones are generally under the Jun Tian Association."

"After that, all you're left with is the bottom of the barrel, whom I'm sure you'd look down on."

Mu Lin asked, "Uncle Lin, are you saying there's no hope for me to gather a group of masters for myself?"

Lin Jin replied, "That's right. No hope at all."

Well then... Mu Lin sighed repeatedly.

If that was really the case, his only option was to bring people over from Songyang and Lanyang. He might even have to get Guo Lei.

Guo Lei was worth using, to an extent, but if he were to pull him away, who would be left to oversee Anhua's underworld?

'What a dilemma!'

Mu Lin lamented inwardly. 'All I want is to get something serious done. Why is it so difficult?'

Just then, Mu Lin's phone rang. He took a closer look and saw it was Li Ba.

'Li Ba must be calling about something important,' Mu Lin thought, and immediately answered. "Hello?"

Li Ba's voice was urgent. "Mr. Mu! Do you have a moment?"

Mu Lin replied, "I do, but not much. What's wrong?"

"Mr. Mu, I don't have much time either! There's something I need to entrust to you!"

"What is it?" Mu Lin asked.

"I'm critically injured... I don't have long to live..."

"As long as I'm here, I won't let you die. You can rest assured of that!"

"No, it's impossible! There's only one thing I can't let go of. I just beg you to listen quietly to my final words..."

Mu Lin said, "Impossible. Give me your location right now. Even if you've breathed your last, I have ways to bring you back from the dead!"

"I..."

"I'm not listening!"

Li Ba had no other choice and sent his address to Mu Lin.

"Wait for me!" Mu Lin said angrily.

After hanging up, Mu Lin said to Lin Jin, "Something's happened to Li Ba. I have to go check on him."

Lin Jin waved him on, and Mu Lin departed at top speed, rushing straight for Li Ba's location.

It was his own villa. As soon as Mu Lin got close, the stench of blood hit him.

The feeling was absolutely terrible.

Mu Lin hurried into the main hall and found it in chaos. A woman lay in a pool of blood, a large color TV pinning her down.

Li Ba was coughing up blood incessantly, lying exhausted on the floor. Squatting across from him was a middle-aged man holding a dagger. It was clear that if Li Ba did anything to displease him, he wouldn't hesitate to stab him.

"Master Ba, the Jade Pavilion District has treated you with utmost benevolence, has it not? Why must you insist on opposing us?"

Li Ba felt he couldn't hold on much longer. The moment he closed his eyes, his life would be over.

But he absolutely could not do that. Even if he only had one breath left, he could not let the man before him succeed.

"Do... Do you have a sister? Would you send your sister to your superiors to be toyed with just to curry favor? I could never do that!"

The middle-aged man, however, looked completely unfazed. "What's wrong with that? Everything I have was given to me by the Jade Pavilion District. It's just one night with my sister, what's the big deal?"

This... Li Ba was so furious he felt he was going insane. But the middle-aged man had been completely assimilated by the Jade Pavilion District; there was likely no chance of changing his mind.

Talking to him was a complete waste of precious energy.

The middle-aged man said, "Li Ba, we've both served the Jade Pavilion District for so long. I truly consider you a friend, which is why I'm giving you a chance to say your last words. But it seems you're not being very cooperative."

"Did you call for backup instead? Do you have any idea how stupid that is?"

"We know all your acquaintances like the back of our hands. Who do you think you know that could possibly beat me? I think you've lost your mind!"

The middle-aged man assumed Li Ba had lost his senses, showing no regard for their past connection.

But Li Ba said, "Don't get cocky. I know you're strong, Liang Fuhu, but there are plenty of people stronger than you!"

Liang Fuhu laughed loudly. "It seems you're really confident. If that's the case, then I think I'll have to kill him, crush that last bit of hope, and help you die in peace!"

But Li Ba said, "I suggest you run. Once he gets here, you won't be able to escape at all!"

Liang Fuhu said, "I think you've lost it. I have no rivals beneath the level of a Land Immortal. What do I have to fear? What do I need to be on guard against? What kind of trash do you take me for?"

Li Ba sighed. This Liang Fuhu was arrogant because of his talent; unless a Land Immortal showed up, he wouldn't be afraid of anything.

Within the Jade Pavilion District, he was one of the few who could truly fight.

He felt his body growing heavier and heavier. He was almost out of energy to continue bickering with Liang Fuhu.

At that moment, the main door was smashed open.

Li Ba used all his strength to open his eyes and saw a brilliant silhouette appear outside.

'Mu Lin! It has to be Mu Lin!'

Li Ba's vision was already blurry and he couldn't see clearly, but in this situation, the only person who would come to his rescue was him!

Liang Fuhu looked back warily. After seeing Mu Lin, he was stunned.

"Hey kid, have you even hit puberty yet? You came to save someone looking like this? You're pathetic."

Liang Fuhu had been anticipating a bloody battle before killing Mu Lin, just to extinguish Li Ba's final sliver of hope.

But seeing this, it was just too boring.

Mu Lin walked straight toward Li Ba. Liang Fuhu was furious. "You piece of trash, look at me!"

Liang Fuhu hurled the dagger in his hand at Mu Lin.

But the dagger only slammed into the wall. In an instant, the wall fractured, and large chunks of concrete fell directly to the floor.

A RUMBLING sound echoed endlessly.

It was unbearable.

But Mu Lin was completely oblivious. He scanned Li Ba's entire body with his divine sense, then tapped several silver needles into his body as if planting rice seedlings. With a grasping motion of his hands, he performed the Five-Heart Rejuvenation Needle technique.

In just a moment, Liang Fuhu's attack arrived.

Mu Lin simply raised a hand to block, and Liang Fuhu's entire body was deflected to the side.

Liang Fuhu was angry that he had missed, not expecting Mu Lin to be so slippery.

"I advise you to just accept your death quietly and not cause yourself any more trouble! I've shattered all the meridians in Li Ba's body. Even if Sun Yisheng himself came, he might not be able to heal him. It'll be impossible for you to save him."

"Why don't I be benevolent and send you on your way with him? That way, you won't be too lonely on the road to the afterlife."

Mu Lin sneered. "The same goes for you. The moment I have my hands free will be the moment you get what's coming to you!"

At that moment, Li Ba opened his eyes again.

Seeing Mu Lin, he was overjoyed. "Mr. Mu! You're here!"

Li Ba suddenly realized his life force was rapidly returning!

'What a miraculous situation this is!'

'What in the world is happening?!'