"I've already rebelled!"
"You still dare tell me to get lost?"
"Go die for me..."
The tree wished for stillness, but the wind would not cease.
The gate could shut out the clamor of the outside world, but it could not shut out the disorder sweeping in.
Hearing the commotion coming from the street, what little leisure Chu Mu had left vanished along with it.
Chu Mu raised his head and looked in the direction of the Mine. His gaze fixed there for a moment before shifting to Wangcai, who had already risen warily.
"Wangcai, come here!"
Chu Mu called out, and the Dog Cub immediately came scampering over, tail practically wagging off.
After putting away the drying Medicinal Materials and moving them from the courtyard into the room, Chu Mu changed into his Patrol Inspector armor and grabbed the saber hanging nearby.
"Stay in the house. Don't make a sound."
Chu Mu rubbed the dog's head. Without caring whether the Dog Cub understood or not, he shut the door and returned to the courtyard.
He did not go out. Chu Mu simply sat on the steps before the door, silently listening to the movement outside the courtyard.
Just by listening to the sounds drifting in from outside, he could almost tell just how chaotic Nanshan Town had already become.
So many Patrol Inspectors had been routed by Forced Laborers in revolt?
Chu Mu did not believe it. If nothing else, even if the immortal cultivator of the Nanshan Li Family was not there, with Li Jinghong's cultivation capable of splitting mountains and shattering stone, the situation absolutely should not have spun out of control.
In other words, it was only the remaining dregs who had escaped and were causing trouble? Chu Mu had a guess in mind, but he