Chapter 166 : Chapter 166
Chapter 166 This Matter Is Suspected of Colluding with the Enemy and Betraying the Nation!
Li Mu had not shown himself for the past two days because he had ridden the Somersault Cloud back to Ironhand City that very night.
He had done nothing else during these two days. He had spent the entire time collecting the herbs needed for Low-Grade Qi-Gathering Pills.
If he bought them here, he would have to spend money, or else go looking for them himself.
It was far faster, and also saved money, to have Zhang Zhiwei mobilize the pharmaceutical companies under Zhang Group.
Li Mu did not make things difficult for them. He did not ask for already grown medicinal herbs.
He only wanted seeds.
Afterward, he farmed inside the Blessed Field Art.
In a single night inside the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree, Li Mu had slaughtered his way to 240,000 Triumph Points.
After deducting the 40,000 points he had added to Heavenly Might, he still had more than 200,000 points left.
So Li Mu upgraded the Blessed Field Art again.
He spent a total of 40,000 points and lit up three entries.
[The fertility of the soil within the Blessed Field has increased to five years in one day.]
[The Blessed Field has expanded to 500 mu!]
[Obtained one Blessed Field Immortal Ape!]
The final Blessed Field Immortal Ape was worth 18,000 points, but Li Mu felt it was extremely worthwhile.
It was a Spirit Ape covered in silver fur, slightly larger than an ordinary ape.
Other than being unable to speak, its eyes and movements were extremely lively and intelligent.
The Immortal Ape could not leave the Blessed Field, but it could help Li Mu manage all the medicinal herbs in the Blessed Field.
Sowing seeds, watering, harvesting—it could do everything for him.
Although it was not as fast as Li Mu using incarnations, it lived in the Blessed Field all day long!
Li Mu only needed to give it medicinal herb seeds, and it would go off and amuse itself by farming when it had nothing to do.
Of course, Li Mu had also obtained the Lu Family’s High-Grade Spiritual Energy Concentrate and tasted it.
The difference was too great!
Moreover, he had also tasted enough to tell that the large bottle of Spiritual Energy Concentrate he had received as the reward for winning the Abyss First Battle had been produced by the Lu Family.
Its price was around six hundred thousand.
The Spiritual Energy Concentrate made by dissolving one of his Qi-Gathering Pills was at least six times stronger than the Lu Family’s Spiritual Energy Concentrate.
Moreover, the Lu Family’s High-Grade Spiritual Energy Concentrate came in large bottles of about two hundred milliliters.
Li Mu’s one Qi-Gathering Pill was dissolved into five hundred milliliters of Spiritual Spring water.
Li Mu could dilute the Spiritual Spring water into three bottles, for a total of fifteen hundred milliliters, and its medicinal effect would still be twice as strong as the Lu Family’s product.
That meant one pill was equivalent to eight bottles of superior-grade High-Grade Spiritual Energy Concentrate.
One pill made eight bottles. One thousand pills made eight thousand bottles!
Li Mu had already asked around about the Lu Family’s production volume.
The Lu Family’s monthly production of High-Grade Spiritual Energy Concentrate was around four hundred bottles.
This industry alone could create roughly 2.8 billion in annual revenue for the Lu Family.
Li Mu did not know how much their costs were.
Even if they only earned half as profit, the Lu Family’s pure annual profit was at least 1.4 billion.
Adding in their other two businesses, they had to be raking in at least 2 billion a year.
No wonder they had gradually become a Quasi-First-Rate Family.
The Lu Family’s current scale had at least surpassed several tens of billions.
If the Lu Family knew what was good for them and did not make a move against him, Li Mu could let them keep hopping around for a few more days.
If the Lu Family did not know what was good for them, then Li Mu would have to bring blessings to thousands upon thousands of Martial Artists.
When Li Mu returned to Linyuan City, it was nearly noon.
He planned to take a look at Linyuan City’s hillside Military Residential District.
One of Linyuan City’s major features was its various mountain-backed, sea-facing villas.
On the eastern and western mountains, no hillside villa was worth less than ten million. These houses faced the ocean, leaned against the mountains, and looked down over the entire Linyuan City.
Living here was absolutely the height of enjoyment.
Commercial villas ranged from tens of millions to several billion or even tens of billions.
Naturally, the Abyss-Suppression Army also had a large Military Residential District designed in this style.
Li Mu planned to take a walk around the Military Residential District himself.
If he did not like it, then the commercial real estate near the Military Residential District was not out of consideration either.
After finding a restaurant and finishing his meal, Li Mu walked out, preparing to head toward the hillside villas.
Suddenly, a shrill wail rang out.
“Rapist! You rapist!”
Amid the wailing, an old woman pointed a trembling finger at Li Mu. Her face was full of anger, and her whole body shook from rage.
A woman in her thirties, tears streaming down her face, supported the old woman.
She also glared at Li Mu with hateful eyes.
Li Mu glanced at the two of them and laughed inwardly. The Lu Family’s movements really were not slow.
However, the Lu Family was indeed more troublesome than the opponents he had encountered before.
Not only did they know to cut off his escape routes before dealing with him, but their methods were also extremely cautious.
This time, it seemed they were using a soft knife.
When the passersby heard the words “rapist,” they instantly turned into spectators eager for gossip and all looked over.
There were not only surveillance cameras around them, but also some “passersby” holding professional equipment who quickly began recording.
Clearly, these people had prepared long ago.
“Madam, you cannot say such things carelessly. Be careful, or I will sue you for defamation.”
Li Mu shook his head very cooperatively and spoke.
“It was you! The night before yesterday, it was you who broke into our house! You forced me to... and you still dare deny it!”
The woman immediately pointed at Li Mu and screamed loudly.
At this moment, the old woman’s acting skills came online.
She raised both hands high and shouted toward the people around her.
“Everyone, come and look! This Abyss-Suppression Army soldier relied on his power to rape my daughter!”
“He even threatened us and said that he was from the Abyss-Suppression Army. If we dared speak of it, he would silence us!”
“He is simply lawless! Who will uphold justice for us? Oh, heavens...”
As she spoke, the old woman plopped down onto the ground and began wailing as though the sky itself had wronged her.
Li Mu was amused.
This old woman even knew he was from the Abyss-Suppression Army?
It seemed the people who had sent them here had only told them that he was an Abyss-Suppression Army soldier.
They had not told them he was an officer.
Otherwise, even for money, these two would not have had the dog courage to frame him.
The woman pulled at her mother while shouting loudly, “Mom! Let us go! Stop shouting!”
“We cannot afford to provoke them! We will accept our fate! Let us go, Mom! What if they have us taken away...”
As she spoke, she fiercely wiped away her tears, looking as though she had been driven to tears by grief and anger. She really did evoke pity.
The old woman also seemed to begin feeling afraid.
As she rose, she cried and wiped her tears.
“The heavens are unjust! The heavens are unjust!”
“We cannot afford to provoke them! We cannot afford to provoke the Abyss-Suppression Army!”
As she spoke, the woman supported her and tried to leave.
All of this was perfectly recorded from every angle by the people holding professional equipment not far away.
They would not even need to edit it when they went back.
It was a vivid documentary of the Abyss-Suppression Army using power to oppress people, violating women, and escaping justice.
“Stop.”
Li Mu’s voice suddenly came from behind them. It was not loud, but it had extremely strong penetrating power.
The two of them clearly froze.
They had not expected Li Mu to call them back.
Logically speaking, when Li Mu encountered this kind of situation, he should have avoided it as much as possible. He would definitely turn around and leave, then go suppress public opinion over this matter.
After all, their purpose today was to let the media capture the scene just now.
What happened afterward was none of their concern.
“I already said it. You cannot say such things carelessly. I will sue you for defamation.”
As Li Mu spoke, he had already arrived in front of the two of them.
In truth, Li Mu had to admit that this move was extremely despicable, but also extremely useful.
Now that things had developed to this point, no matter what Li Mu did, once this video was reported by the media, it would be very hard for him to clear his name.
If he could not wipe away this dirty water, then at the very least, he would have to slink back to Ironhand City in disgrace.
But that was only what they thought.
Li Mu naturally had a way to wash away the filth they had thrown on him!
If he truly followed their script, feared media exposure, and acted timidly, then he would be playing right into their hands.
Li Mu had to add fuel to the fire.
After all, his style had always been to “make the matter bigger.”
Seeing Li Mu block the two women’s path, some of the people around them were already discussing in hushed voices and pointing, but they only talked from afar. None of them dared get involved.
The old woman and the younger woman secretly exchanged glances.
With a plop, the old woman knelt again and wailed, “Military lord, I was impulsive just now. We do not dare pursue the matter anymore!”
“Please let us go. We truly do not dare pursue it anymore. I beg you!”
“We wronged you. We mistook you for someone else. Please let us go. Please!”
She portrayed the pathetic appearance of someone terrified of officials and power to perfection.
Many of the people around them were already growing indignant.
But Li Mu calmly took out his phone and dialed a number.
“Hello, is this the Law Enforcement Department?”
“I want to report a crime. Zhongshan District, Happiness Street, outside Huamei Restaurant.”
“Someone is attacking me in the street.”
“Yes. Please hurry.”
This was Zhongshan District, and Zhongshan Law Enforcement Headquarters was precisely under the responsibility of the second-generation Lu Family member above Tong Longyi.
Li Mu wanted to see how he would handle him.
After Li Mu finished speaking, the old woman and the younger woman realized that something was wrong.
Their mission was to frame him and then quickly get away. As long as they got away, no matter how this matter developed afterward, Li Mu would never be able to clear his name.
But they had never expected Li Mu to take the initiative to call the Law Enforcement Department.
The two exchanged a look and prepared to leave quickly.
Unexpectedly, Li Mu swept his foot across the ground, and a Safe-Haven Method appeared on the spot.
It trapped the old woman and the younger woman inside.
This action frightened the surrounding people, and they retreated one after another with cries of alarm.
The people responsible for taking photos also grew excited and snapped pictures wildly.
They felt that Li Mu was simply seeking death.
If he had merely argued with these two women, that would have been one thing.
But he had actually used Martial Artist methods against these two women?
He was handing them material on a platter!
Those with sharp eyes might be able to tell that Li Mu was only using a restraining method, but how many ordinary people had sharp eyes? Were they not all fooled by whatever the media told them?
This large golden circle emitted golden light. Even if they said it contained the power of flames, there would be people who believed it!
Li Mu did not care about their frantic photography at all.
He sat down on the stone steps to the side and waited for the Law Enforcement personnel to arrive.
The two women were also badly frightened by the golden circle.
They had not touched the barrier of the Safe-Haven Method at all, but they did not dare step out of the circle. Who knew whether that golden circle would cut people apart?
They had taken money to do a job, but they would not risk their lives over this stupid matter.
More and more people gathered around them, and more and more people began taking photos.
Very soon, a Law Enforcement vehicle drove over quickly.
Four Law Enforcement personnel got out of the vehicle. The moment they got down, they faintly surrounded Li Mu in the middle.
Li Mu thought to himself that they were really willing to spend heavily on this.
Two Ninth Grade and two Eighth Grade!
He had merely reported that someone was attacking him, yet four people at Battalion Commander level had come.
It would be strange if they had not come specifically for him.
“What is going on? Why are you attacking civilians?”
A Law Enforcement Captain looked at Li Mu warily and shouted.
Li Mu stood up, casually waved his hand, and dismissed the Safe-Haven Method. Then he took out his identification documents and said directly, “Correction. It was not an attack. It was a restriction of movement!”
“My name is Li Mu. I am currently serving as the Temporary Overall Commander of the Abyss-Suppression Army’s Tiger Roar Camp! These are my credentials!”
“I now suspect that someone is deliberately framing me in an attempt to damage my image and shake the reputation of the Abyss-Suppression Army.”
“This matter is suspected of colluding with the enemy and betraying the nation! I demand an immediate and thorough investigation.”