Chapter 716: Former Adviser

Hearing Lin Mu's words, King Hong sighed.

"The person who returned and recorded his experience… is already dead." King Hong replied.

"Huh? Who was it?" Lin Mu asked.

"Back then he was just a common woodcutter that went a little too far to get some good timber and stumbled into the Wandering sinkhole. Five hundred years later, that man found a way to leave the wandering sinkhole and returned to the kingdom.

He then became an adviser for the king due to the extensive knowledge he had gained during his time in the sinkhole. 

He is the Royal adviser from three generations ago surnamed Chu. He died about a year ago and had been serving as the protector of our kingdom all these years. He simply ran out of lifespan. That is also the reason why I am in a hurry to breakthrough since we only have a single Nascent soul realm cultivator in our kingdom now." King Hong replied.

"Huh? Wait a minute, how did you know he died?" Lin Mu questioned, remembering a certain someone.

"We stopped sensing his spirit Qi since then." Adviser Liu spoke.

Hearing this, Lin Mu was quite sure that these people were mistaken.

'If it really is that old man downstairs then it's now wonder that they don't really have a proper clue.' Lin Mu thought to himself.

"Just to confirm… did you see his dead body?" Lin Mu questioned.

To this, both King Hong and Adviser Liu shook their heads.

"No… we don't even know where the former adviser's seclusion chamber is. All that we know is that it is somewhere in the central district." King Hong spoke.

Hearing this, Lin Mu was absolutely sure that these people were mistaken.

"Well, if that is true then… I have both good and bad news for you." Lin Mu said.

"Good and bad news? What?" King Hong asked, feeling curious.

"I think I know where your former adviser is, and the good thing is he is still alive." Lin Mu replied.

"WHAT!" King Hong and Adviser Liu said in shock.

"Indeed… but not for long. His life is slipping away as we speak… I can still sense him. I understand that you all might not be able to sense him, but my spirit sense is far greater than most others." Lin Mu explained.

"WE HAVE TO SEE HIM!" King Hong stood up urgently.

"Before we go, let me just inform you that he might not even be conscious. If his spirit Qi signature fell this much, then there is a great chance that he didn't do it himself but rather his body did it for himself." Lin Mu warned.

He couldn't just say that he had seen the old man and thus this was the best excuse he could come up with.

"We understand. If I get to see him just once, I'll be content. A man like that needs a proper burial!" King Hong stated righteously.

Lin Mu nodded his head and hoped the old man was still having a bit of life left in him. At least enough to talk with them.

"Where do you sense his spirit Qi?" Adviser Liu asked.

"Far in the depths of the palace." Lin Mu replied.

"Below? But there's only the repository and the meeting room there… what else?" Adviser Liu muttered to himself.

"If it is the former adviser, perhaps he got a seclusion chamber made for himself unknown to us. After all, he has been part of the royal court for over five hundred years." King Hong suggested.

"Hmm… that could be it. It isn't unheard of for certain experts making their secret seclusion chambers. A lot of elders in the cultivation sects do the same." Hua San spoke up.

"Very well, we should hurry, then. Every second is precious!" King Hong stated.

"Follow me," Adviser Liu said and brought them downstairs.

The Hua brothers had already seen a few of the floors but the ones below it were only seen by adviser Liu, and King Hong. Lin Mu had seen them too of course, but that was under different circumstances.

About five minutes later, Lin Mu and the rest reached an old room that was filled with old and dusty furniture and objects that were not used for a long time.

"What is this room?" Hua Wu questioned curiously.

"As far as I know, this used to be the personal study of some of the advisers in the past. Later on we added more floors to the palace upward and expanded it a bit, thus the past two generations of advisers have been using a different place." Adviser Liu answered.

"Is the seclusion chamber really here? If it was, we should have known or discovered it at some point." King Hong spoke doubtfully.

"It's below this… I can sense it to be stronger." Lin Mu spoke.

"Then how do we get there?" King Hong asked.

Lin Mu closed his eyes and let his spirit sense wander. Adviser Liu, and the two Hua brothers did the same and tried to see if there were any hidden entrances. When Lin Mu had used phase to go below, he hadn't really paid much attention to the entrance.

He observed the area and realized that there really wasn't a specific entrance to it.

"He may have sealed it entirely when he entered it. He probably decided it to be his final resting place." Xukong suddenly spoke.

"Seems like it, senior. They even placed a spirit sense dampening formation below the floor, thus they can't even tell there is empty space there." Lin Mu replied.

"Just go in, directly. If there is no entrance, make one," Xukong suggested.

Lin Mu internally nodded and looked at King Hong.

"If you don't mind, I can just make an entrant for us?" Lin Mu asked.

King Hong thought for a bit, but agreed.

"This matter is of grave importance. You can go ahead, it doesn't matter if this place gets, damaged we can always repair it." King Hong replied.