Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu was looking at the map and could see at least fifty people appearing near the entrance of the mine. All of them were spread around and seemed to be hiding in the trees. Only a couple of normal humans were actually standing at the actual entrance.

"Hmm… three normal humans, twenty Qi refining realm cultivators, eleven Core condensation realm cultivators, and four Nascent soul realm ones… that is certainly a substantial party." Lin Wu muttered as he saw the markers.

He knew for sure that they must be here for the mine, as that was the most obvious option.

"Eat?" Tim the weasel suddenly asked.

Lin Wu looked at him and furrowed his brows.

"No… at least not now. Once we know a bit more, sure." Lin Wu replied.

~KEKEKE~

Tim chittered and snapped his teeth, thinking of the food. Lin Wu chuckled and decided to see just what they were all here about.

"Stay away from them for now, I'll tell you when to appear." Lin Wu ordered.

"Okay," Tim replied and went to sit in the nest he had made. Lin Wu had not noticed it at first, but it was a cup shaped structure that the beast had carved out in the side of the spirit stones. 

There was even a small water stream leaking out from the corner that made it look pleasant.

Nodding to himself, Lin Wu continued onwards to the upper levels. Now that he had mapped out the entire area, it took him less than two minutes to reach the top. Once there, he let his spirit sense expand and reach the surface.

"Let's see what they are up to…" Lin Wu muttered and started observing.

The three normal men were cautiously peeking into the side of the cave. Their faces were covered in sweat and it was obvious they were very nervous.

"Is this really as they said, big brother? It doesn't seem like there is any beast here." One of the men asked.

"Hmm… they have all these barriers set and even blocked the entrance, but there is no one here. From the villagers' words, it seemed like there were beasts everywhere." The big brother spoke.

"See! I told you it was just a rumor. My intel is always right! There is no beast here, it was just some bandits that killed the miners here and spread the rumors of a beast." The third man said after wiping the sweat off his face.

'Acting all high and mighty when you are sweating like a pig too, haha!' Lin Wu thought, seeing the man.

"Why would the bandits do this?" The younger brother questioned.

"Are you dumb? It's obvious they hid some treasure here. They are bandits. They will steal stuff and stash it in places no one would look. This mine is perfect for them." The third man answered.

"Hush! It's not that simple. They could have found many other places to stash it, why go through so much just to make a new stashing place?" The older brother interrupted.

"But—" The third man could not speak more.

"Are you sure the man who gave you the information was trustable?" The older brother asked in a staunch tone.

"H-he… he was. He even bought a lot of information from the others. I saw him paying in GOLD!" The man replied.

The elder brother furrowed his brows upon hearing this. 

"If someone can afford to buy information at that price, they have no reason to trick us for a couple of silvers. Plus, he even told me that the bandits will be away for a few months as the kingdom is already looking for them." The man justified.

"Hmm… we'll wait a while and see if things are really safe. If nothing happens in an hour, we'll enter." The Older brother stated.

"Alright," the other two men agreed.

They went to the side and hid behind a pile of rocks. There were plenty of them lying around from the time the mine was acting and one would not see them unless they went around.

"At least they are not reckless… but they have certainly been tricked." Lin Wu guessed.

To him, it was obvious that someone was trying to use the three men as bait. 

"The weasel should be their target. They are using the three to pull him out and then the rest will attack him." Lin Wu reckoned.

He observed the four Nascent soul realm cultivators and tried to sense their cultivation bases without alerting them. 

'They are certainly cautious and are using something to suppress their spirit Qi fluctuation. Even the system can only estimate their realm, but not the stage they are in. If they are in the Infant or child soul stage, they would just be walking into their deaths. The weasel will kill them all.

Even Wang Xiong had to give up when he couldn't catch him.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

All the men that Wang Xiong had sent till now were either injured in the task or even killed. Thankfully, the ones that were killed weren't too important and their numbers were less.

Lin Wu continue observing the cultivators, trying to see if he could identify them, but none of them seemed to be on his list.

"Are they not from the Broken Cliff division? Who else is interested in this place…" Lin Wu wondered before it struck him.

"Weiyuan… could they be related to that person?" Lin Wu guessed.

Once this thought came to him, Lin Wu knew that this was a bit more serious. From what he had seen until now, this Weiyuan certainly had some strong connections and background. 

Lin Wu wouldn't be shocked if it was a Dao Shell realm cultivator himself or someone with an expert like that behind them. After all, commanding four Nascent soul realm, cultivators like this was not a simple task.

"That should be enough. We can try entering now." The older brother said after an hour passed.

The three men pulled out some of the rocks around the hole out and made an opening that was wide enough for them to enter.