Chapter 160: You Do Not Want Your Money Tree Anymore!
Li Mu quickly came to the end of the long queue.
He said to the staff member, “Hello. I am an Eighth Grade Martial Artist. How much is the fee?”
That person very skillfully pointed to the end of the line.
“Come, stand over here first!”
In just the time it took to say that, two or three people had already lined up behind him.
“Eighth Grade Martial Artist, right? What unit are you from?”
“The Abyss-Suppressing Army! Wanren Military District!”
Li Mu said it very openly.
Although those two soldiers had said that the Liang Family seemed to have some opinions about the Abyss-Suppressing Army, they had originally been preparing to come here too. That meant the Liang Family still had not completely barred the Abyss-Suppressing Army from participating.
The staff member immediately glanced at Li Mu with a slight frown and said flatly, “Oh, the Abyss-Suppressing Army gets no discount. Original price, one million and one hundred thousand!”
“All right!”
Li Mu did not hesitate.
He had never entered any kind of mystic realm before, so he wanted to go inside this Spirit Tree and take a look.
Right now, he had over nine million in his card.
Previously, Wang Longcheng had reimbursed him three million, and he had given it to his mother.
Later, when several of them ate together, he felt around in his pocket, then asked Zhang Zhiwei to pay the bill.
As a result, not long after the meal, his mother transferred ten million to him.
She said that Zhang Group had bought several jin of wine from her and paid ten million.
Li Mu did not refuse.
Li Mu’s current identity was different now. Zhang Zhiwei could not directly transfer money to Li Mu.
One was the heir to a military-industrial enterprise, and the other was a military officer.
A large, unexplained transaction on the books between the two of them would be difficult to explain. If someone caught hold of that weakness, it would be disgusting.
Li Mu took out his card and was about to swipe it.
As the staff member took out the machine, he rapidly recited, “Please note, active refunds are not supported. You cannot line up on someone else’s behalf. After entering the mystic realm, you bear all consequences yourself! We are not responsible for death or injury.”
“The waiting time in line is uncertain. One person inside comes out, one person outside goes in. Do not urge us, do not ask questions, and do not make a scene. Making a scene will automatically count as forfeiting your entry, and the money will not be refunded!”
Li Mu felt extremely uncomfortable listening to him.
This was a typical case of a powerful store bullying its customers. The Liang Family’s mystic realm clearly had a monopoly.
When an industry had no competitors, there was no need to provide good service at all.
Li Mu did not care. After agreeing, he paid the fee.
In just this short while, more than thirty people had already lined up behind him.
And people were still continuously arriving.
Because the queue was circular, Li Mu was not too far from the entrance.
Around the enormous ancient tree were seven rings of light. Clearly, they were the entrances to the mystic realm.
Their colors ranged from light to dark. The lightest was white, while the darkest was almost black.
The higher the grade of the Martial Artist, the darker the ring of light they entered.
So far, Li Mu had only discovered two or three people entering the Ninth Grade ring of light.
There were also only around a dozen people entering the Eighth Grade ring of light.
Most people were at Fifth, Sixth, or Seventh Grade.
Among them was a whitest ring of light. In the empty space ahead of it, light would occasionally flash.
Martial Artists who were panting heavily or injured would appear out of thin air.
Clearly, this white ring was the exit passage for people leaving the mystic realm.
Whenever someone came out in front of this white ring, the entrance would let one person in.
However, Li Mu also noticed some cases of people cutting in line.
After some people arrived, they went straight to the registration personnel at the entrance.
There sat a richly dressed family scion.
After these people arrived, they exchanged a few laughing words with him, then directly cut in at the front of the queue.
The people waiting in line dared to be angry but did not dare speak.
Li Mu’s main goal was to figure out this mystic realm. As long as he could enter, he was temporarily too lazy to pursue the matter.
Very soon, it was his turn.
The person at the entrance instructed Li Mu, “Whichever gate you enter, try not to run around from that place! In particular, do not explore inward, or you may end up reaching a higher-grade area.”
“If you are injured or your True Qi is exhausted, come out. Do not be greedy. Just crush this Exit Stone.”
As he spoke, he handed Li Mu an Exit Stone.
Li Mu accepted it and put it away, then was about to walk inside.
At that moment, two people jogged over from the side, one middle-aged and one young.
The entrance staff member hurriedly blocked Li Mu again.
The middle-aged man went straight toward that richly dressed family scion.
“Oh, Young Master Liang, hahaha, long time no see!”
“Haha, Section Chief Zhou, what brings you here?”
“Ah, it is just that Xiaotong insisted on coming. We also came out late, so I came to ask you for some convenience.”
“Hahaha, easy, easy!”
Young Master Liang gave the gatekeeper a look, and the gatekeeper immediately smiled and opened the gate for Section Chief Zhou.
“Originally, there were no spots, but since Section Chief Zhou has spoken, we naturally had to leave a spot for your son.”
Section Chief Zhou also knew that this gatekeeper was merely taking credit and being polite.
Li Mu had clearly been about to be let in just now, so how could there be no spots?
He did not expose it and instead cupped his fists with a smile. “Haha, much obliged!”
As he spoke, he hurriedly pushed the young man behind him forward.
That young man entered through the gate right in front of Li Mu.
Li Mu’s expression had already darkened somewhat.
After exchanging a few polite words, Section Chief Zhou withdrew to the distance to wait for his son to come out.
Unexpectedly, Young Master Liang then took another phone call.
The signal in the Abyss was extremely poor. To take a phone call, the caller had to be very close by.
Young Master Liang laughed a few times on the phone before hanging up.
It was probably another person trying to use connections, and they were about to arrive immediately.
At this moment, someone came out in front of the white ring of light.
The gatekeeper prepared to let Li Mu in.
But then Young Master Liang suddenly gave a few coughs and sent the gatekeeper another look.
The gatekeeper immediately closed the gate again.
Li Mu was so angry that he laughed.
It was bad enough that people could cut in line!
Even a phone call could cut in line?
And the person had not even arrived yet. Someone had already come out on the white ring’s side, yet they still wanted Li Mu to wait until that person arrived?
Even bullying people had its limits.
Li Mu sneered and said, “There should be a limit to cutting in line, right? I paid too!”
The gatekeeper glared at Li Mu impatiently.
“What are you in such a hurry for? You are next! Wait properly!”
“I have already lost my patience. I am going in now.”
Li Mu’s voice suddenly turned cold.
The gatekeeper immediately frowned deeply.
Several people beside Young Master Liang were clearly the sort who “watched the place,” and one of them even had the aura of a Profound Rank expert.
They all looked toward Li Mu at the same time.
Sensing the terrifying aura on Li Mu, the gatekeeper subconsciously took a step back and looked toward Young Master Liang.
Young Master Liang lifted his eyelids and looked at Li Mu.
A scoff came from his nostrils, and with an extremely disdainful smile hanging on his face, he took out nail clippers and began trimming his nails.
He did not take Li Mu seriously at all.
At that moment, three people quickly ran over from the distance.
Young Master Liang smiled and stood up, taking the initiative to greet them from afar.
“Oh, Assistant Song, why did you even call ahead? Whenever you come, there will always be spots!”
The man called Assistant Song smiled and said, “Was I not afraid of making things difficult for Young Master Liang? Minister Zhang instructed me that I absolutely must not cause you trouble.”
“Minister Zhang is still as thoughtful as ever. Quick, quick, please go inside. The spot has been left for him.”
Assistant Song hurriedly gestured to the two people behind him.
The two of them quickly stepped forward and were let in by the gatekeeper.
Li Mu thought to himself that no wonder they had stopped him. It turned out two people were cutting in at once.
After Young Master Liang finished arranging this, he looked at Li Mu with a face full of smiles.
Then he said to the gatekeeper, “Tell the people behind... do not let any Abyss-Suppressing Army people in today. Refund their money.”
“As for this one, there is no need to refund him. He made a scene at the entrance...”
At the end, Young Master Liang made a dismissive gesture, like he was shooing away a fly.
He was indicating that Li Mu had already violated the rule against making a scene, so his money would not be refunded either.
His expression was precisely one of bullying Li Mu to death and waiting to see what Li Mu could do about it.
The Liang Family had already been very dissatisfied because they had failed to meddle in the Abyss-Suppressing Army’s resources before.
Their conflict with the Abyss-Suppressing Army was very serious. Allowing members of the Abyss-Suppressing Army to come to the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree was only a superficial gesture to avoid completely tearing off all pretense.
Today, he had not expected Li Mu to become unwilling after just a few people cut in line.
He had even said something about losing his patience!
Threatening him!
Then Li Mu could go back to wherever he came from. If Young Master Liang let him enter today, then he would no longer call himself Young Master Liang.
Li Mu smiled, and his smile was extremely relaxed.
Without saying a word, he quickly left.
Young Master Liang and the others merely chuckled. To them, this was nothing more than a very amusing little interlude.
After entering the forest, Li Mu used Seventy-Two Transformations to become a Flying Mosquito, then circled back.
As long as he did not come within one meter of that Profound Rank Martial Artist, no one could sense Li Mu’s Flying Mosquito aura.
Li Mu came near the Eighth Grade ring of light.
He deliberately waited until an Eighth Grade Martial Artist entered the ring of light, then swiftly flew into the ring along with him.
He had long since seen through it. The people outside could not monitor how many people were inside or where exactly they were.
They had simply calculated the rough limit on numbers according to experience, then operated by letting one person in for every one person out.
The numbers were not that precise.
Therefore, Li Mu’s entrance did not attract anyone’s attention at all...
Li Mu had already made up his mind.
I respected the fact that it was not easy for your Liang Family to take down this resource. I lined up. I paid.
I even endured a few people cutting in line. I did not expect that shitting on my neck was not enough for you, and that you had to give me diarrhea too!
Then do not blame me, Li Mu, for being ruthless.
If I do not smash over this money tree of yours before dawn tomorrow, then my name is not Li Mu.
However, what Li Mu wanted to do was enter and see whether there was any possibility of taking this tree for himself...