Chapter 139 The Rescue Mission

By dint of his strength coupled with some simple Taoist magic arts, Li Mu could freely go in and out of the mansion of the Zhou family as if it were an unguarded place. Therefore, Zhou Dedao and his guards did not notice his intrusion before.

As to why Li Mu was spotted now, it was because after realizing how time-consuming the blind searching was, he decided to reveal himself to some leader of the staff in order to ask for directions. But to his surprise, he bumped right into the president of the Dafeng Chamber of Commerce, the head of the entire mansion.

With Li Mus hand clapping on his shoulder, Zhou Dedao immediately felt like he was pinned under a mountain and could not move at all.

Get your hand off President Zhou! yelled Leader Wang agitatedly. He then paced in an odd and unpredictable fashion. Before they realized it, he suddenly approached Li Mu and hacked at the arm Li Mu rested on Zhou Dedaos shoulder.

The peak of the Joint-thoughts level? Li Mu commented as he flipped his palm up and casually directed it towards the attacker, Youre way below me.

A wave of energy released from his palm lashed at Leader Wang. As though being hit by a thunderclap, Leader Wangs steel broadsword cracked into pieces and he was directly sent flying backward. With a loud bang, he crashed with an artificial hill, which instantly caved in.

Aargh Leader Wang squirted a mouthful of blood. He attempted to get up but failed.

At that sight, the rest of those experts who were eager to attack instantly felt their bones chilled and were no longer motivated to strike.

Leader Wang was the most powerful one among them. But shockingly, he was not a match of this weird short-haired young man. Thus, they knew their strike would be in vain. What was more, President Zhou, who knew no martial arts, was still grasped by the young man. If he was fretted, his one single punch would reduce President Zhou to mince.

Today Im only here for locating someone instead of killing. But if you leave me no choice Li Mu gently patted Zhou Dedao on the shoulder with carefully restrained force, but that patting threw everyone into horror, not to mention that all the color drained from Zhou Dedaos face.

Who is Xia Ju? Take her over here! Hurry up shouted the president desperately.

The experts guarding the mansion exchanged helpless looks but did not reply.

Instead, a maid of the bookkeeping room hesitated for a second and then answered, Master, Xia Ju is a maid Young Master brought here half a year ago. Last night, she did something wrong and got whipped by Young Master. Now, she is kind of shut in the storage room.

What? Li Mus face changed from calm to anxious.

He seized Zhou Dedao by the back of her neck and ordered, Lead the way. Quick!

Vulnerable like a duck being grabbed by the neck, Zhou Dedao hollered in despair, Quick, bring this young hero to the storage room in the backyard. Get a move on!

Shuddering with fright, the crowd gave the way to Li Mu.

With the guards leading the way, Li Mu dragged Zhou Dedao along towards the backyard.

By then, all people in the mansion had been alarmed by such an incident. Loads of experts scuttled over, including several whose power was superior to that of Leader Wang. However, as they saw their heavily injured leader, none of them dared to strike recklessly, in case they hurt the president, Zhou Dedao.

Li Mu? It is you? The young master, Zhou Yu, also hurried over after hearing the news. He growled, How dare you break into my place! Youre mental!

Li Mu, of course, did not respond.

He simply seized Zhou Dedao as if he were a baby chicken and strode to the door of the storage room.

A faint smell of blood wafted out from the storage room.

Li Mus heart sank like a stone as he sensed that smell.

Li Mu, do you have any idea what you are doing? You dare hold my father hostage! Youre nuts! No one in Changan can cover for you. Now, youre a dead man barked Zhou Yu. Then, he turned and yelled to a servant, Quickly bring Senior Lin here

Senior Lin was one of the two experts in the Great Master Realm the Dafeng Chamber of Commerce had recruited with good money.

Sullen-faced, Li Mu kicked open the door of the storage room.

In the dingy, damp room lay a girl of about eighteen. Her clothes were ripped into pieces and already soaked in blood, which messily stuck to her badly mutilated body. The girl was motionless and unconscious, only her chest was heaving as she breathed weakly. The scene was extremely miserable. Moreover, all of her fingernails and toenails were pulled out. It was obvious that she had been tortured.

Xia Ju?

Li Mu dumped Zhou Dedao at the side and rushed into the room to gently hold the unconscious girl in his arms.

An appealing face came to his vision.

She was Xia Ju.

She was doubtlessly the person in the portrait of Xia Ju that Zheng Cunjian had given Li Mu along with her file.

He rapidly conjured up a seal with his left hand. Instantly, wafts of coolness in light green converged to the seal and formed a little bead like a drop of water. Then, he pressed the seal in between Xia Jus eyebrows.

That was the Vigor Seal!

A Taoist magic arts of the wood element! It could extract the power of the wood element in the world to cure injuries. In fact, it was a fairly simple Taoist magic art.

On the way to Changan, Li Mu had fathomed out many simple Taoist magic arts the old faker taught him, such as the Life-and-Death Spell that kept Zheng Cunjian under his control and the Vigor Seal Technique. Of course, those Taoist magic arts the old faker categorized as simple were all startling powers in this world.

Ah moan Xia Ju, who slowly woke up from her coma and opened her eyes after the seal was planted in her.

Her large eyes were clear and bright.

You You are she asked in con