Meeting the Soldier King Again

Xu Mu stopped in front of a cage and looked at a man with a stern face and disheveled hair.

The man was dressed in rags, and his hair looked as though it had not been washed for several months. He was curled up weakly inside the cage, emaciated to the point of looking like skin stretched over bones.

If he had not activated the Divine Eye, Xu Mu would not have recognized the man even if he had seen him before.

But the information revealed by the Divine Eye left him stunned.

Name: Lin Yang

Character: Protagonist of The Mercenary King Returns

Fate Power: 746

Fate Level: 7 (Maximum Level: 10)

Xu Mu could hardly believe that the person in front of him was the first protagonist he had ever encountered—the legendary Mr. Mercenary King.

Back then, Xu Mu had cut his Fate Level down to that of an ordinary person. Just as he was about to kill him, Lin Yang had escaped into the thick fog and managed to survive.

Xu Mu had originally assumed that Lin Yang would continue developing in secret, lurking like a venomous snake and waiting for the chance to deliver a fatal blow when Xu Mu was at his weakest.

Unexpectedly, after his Fate Power had been reduced to the level of an ordinary person, it had never risen above ten.

“Please buy me! I’m willing to serve you…”

When Lin Yang noticed someone stopping in front of his cage, he assumed the man was interested in him.

He immediately fell to his knees, putting on the most servile posture possible. He had endured enough of this kind of life.

At that moment, all he wanted was to get out and eat a proper meal.

But when Lin Yang clearly saw the man standing before him, he froze completely.

[Fate Power -100]

Xu Mu could not help raising his eyebrows. He had not expected that even after Lin Yang’s Fate Power had fallen below ten, he could still absorb it.

Lin Yang immediately lowered his head, but Xu Mu had already stopped in front of him. Clearly, the other man had recognized his identity.

At a time like this, what did face matter?

“Xu Mu! I was wrong! Please, be magnanimous and don’t hold my past mistakes against me. Save me, and I’ll work like an ox or a horse for you! I really can’t take this anymore!”

Lin Yang knelt on the ground, crying bitterly.

He had originally been a nobody. Later, he went overseas to work as a mercenary and made a name for himself.

He did not know why, but after becoming a mercenary, his luck had suddenly become extraordinarily good.

Whenever there was a treasure, it would inevitably fall into his hands.

Whenever he encountered mortal danger, he could always escape with his life.

He felt as though he had been favored by the Goddess of Fortune.

Later, he returned to his homeland, and his luck remained excellent. However, that was when he encountered Xu Mu.

He had initially thought Xu Mu was merely a rich heir, but who could have imagined that he would be so powerful?

Every time Lin Yang fought Xu Mu, he ended up losing.

The last time, Xu Mu had nearly killed him.

Lin Yang had originally believed that he would rise again. After all, he had always been incredibly lucky.

But it seemed that the Goddess of Fortune had abandoned him from the moment he crossed paths with Xu Mu.

He had gone to a ruin in search of treasure. Normally, the treasure should have ended up in his hands, but instead, he had been beaten half to death.

He decided that his homeland was a place of disaster for him, so he went overseas to train. There, he was beaten half to death again.

Later, inside a ruin, he was captured on the spot by an alien race and taken to the Inner Realm, where he was sold to an old alien woman.

What kind of person was Lin Yang? How could he possibly accept living under someone else’s thumb?

He escaped under cover of night, but his Divine Ability realm was simply not enough to survive in the Inner Realm.

After the old woman caught him, she broke his legs outright.

For the next several days, Lin Yang was tormented by the old woman until he developed an aversion to women.

Later, she grew tired of him and sold him again.

After being passed from one buyer to another several times, Lin Yang was eventually dumped here.

He regretted it. He truly regretted it. If he had not been so arrogant and provoked Xu Mu back then, he would never have ended up in such a miserable state.

“Xu Mu! I admit defeat! Please let me live like a human being! My life belongs to you!”

Lin Yang knelt beside the cage, weeping bitterly.

Xu Mu paid no attention to his words. He was considering only one thing: whether he should kill Lin Yang and eliminate the threat once and for all.

However, Lin Yang’s words were most likely genuine for now, because his Filial Piety Value was only 3.

As he pondered, Xu Mu continued walking deeper inside. He decided to take advantage of the opportunity to see whether there were any other heroines here.

The fat man in the distance jogged over. He had witnessed everything that had just happened.

Clearly, Xu Mu knew the man inside the cage.

In situations like this, the chances of making a sale were usually quite high.

“Sir, that man just now is quite a good prospect. He’s young and strong, and at such a young age, he’s already close to the Grandmaster realm.”

The fat man described Lin Yang’s only remaining value.

“If you buy him, then once he reaches the Grandmaster realm, he can earn money for you in the Holy War Arena.”

“How did all the servants here end up in this place? You didn’t secretly kidnap them, did you?”

Xu Mu asked with a smile.

“Absolutely not. Our boss is the only person in the Holy War Arena authorized to sell servants.”

The fat man’s expression immediately turned serious.

“They were already slaves without freedom. We merely spent money to acquire them.”

Xu Mu snorted coldly. In other words, they had simply taken ownership of the slaves and sold them again.

For example, if Xu Mu casually captured someone and claimed that the person was his slave, he could sell them to this place.

Still, in the Inner Realm—a world where the strong preyed upon the weak—such things were perfectly normal.

Suddenly, Xu Mu stopped walking.

In the innermost part of this illusion formation was a cage. Inside lay a golden-haired girl, thin enough to resemble a skeleton.

Although her hair was golden and her skin exceptionally fair, her features were not Western. Her appearance clearly reflected Eastern ancestry.

Upon closer inspection, her eyes were also like golden gemstones.

Judging from her appearance, she seemed even younger than Ye Yu—at most, around middle-school age.

Of course, as a member of an alien race, her actual age was certainly much greater.

That was merely the beautiful side of what Xu Mu saw.

In reality, the girl’s eyes were hollow, and hunger had reduced her body to skin and bones. She looked as though she might die at any moment.

Xu Mu had not expected to find such a girl after failing to discover any heroines.

Name: Ying Weiyang

Identity: Descendant of the Dragon Clan

Favorability: 0

Fate Level: 7 (Maximum Level: 10)

There was very little information—only a few brief words.

But she was a member of the Dragon Clan. That single reason was enough for Xu Mu to buy her.

“What race does this woman belong to?”

Xu Mu looked at the fat man beside him.

“I’m not sure. She’s probably a mixed-blood from some other race. If you want her, I’ll give you a huge discount—five hundred jin of spirit stones, final offer.”

Xu Mu felt a surge of delight. A legendary member of the Dragon Clan, and she only cost five hundred jin of spirit stones?

To him, that was practically the same as getting her for free.

But Xu Mu was no fool. He did not know this fat man at all, so why would the other man offer such a huge discount?

“Too expensive,” Xu Mu said flatly.

“Sir, just look at this girl’s appearance. I wouldn’t call her a peerless beauty, but she’s certainly attractive enough. Besides, she’s still young. Once she grows up, she’ll definitely become even more beautiful.”

The fat man narrowed his eyes with a smile.

“Just look at her figure. At her age, she’s already more developed than some grown women.”

Xu Mu glanced at Ying Weiyang. That was indeed true.

Although she wore a coarse cloth dress, her figure was already approaching a B cup.

She would certainly develop further in the future.

“Is there something wrong with this woman?”

Xu Mu gave a faint smile.