Trouble, Strategic Retreat!

"Thank you for your trouble. You can stop here. This is the final payment."

Lin Ze said with a smile to a burly man.

The burly man said enthusiastically, "Do you need me to help you carry it inside?"

"Haha, no need. I'm not so frail that I can't walk these few steps."

Lin Ze handed over the Gold Coins, adding one more as a tip for the burly man's hard work.

The smile on the burly man's face became even more sincere.

Then he put down the sack on his back.

A heavy sack of Magical Beast Meat!

"Then I'll be going now, customer. I'll definitely give you a 10% discount if you patronize me again!"

Lin Ze smiled and watched the burly man leave, then used his strength to carry the heavy sack inside.

Only after closing the wooden door did the smile on Lin Ze's face slowly fade.

Someone was following him!

And it was someone from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

He had previously used the delivery man's body to Concealment, and had seen the Wolf Head Emblem on the follower's chest out of the corner of his eye.

Had the matter of killing Liu Dali been exposed?

As soon as this thought appeared in Lin Ze's mind, he quickly realized something was wrong.

Because when he left this morning, he had also seen people from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group several times.

Those mercenaries were either indifferent to him or gave him mocking glances.

There was no suspicion, vigilance, or hatred.

Lin Ze stood still and turned his head, carefully looking outside through the crack in the door.

The wooden door of this small courtyard had an eave, and the sunlight cast a shadow, making it slightly dark.

If one didn't get close, it would be difficult to notice someone peeking out from the crack in the door.

With the enemy in the open and himself in the dark.

Lin Ze quickly saw the mercenary from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group who was following him through the crack in the door.

After seeing the mercenary's face, Lin Ze did not stare at his face for a long time.

After memorizing his face, Lin Ze immediately picked up the Magical Beast Meat from the ground and returned to the house.

Carefully recalling past memories.

Lin Ze confirmed that he had no grudges or conflicts with that mercenary.

He thought about it again, sorting through everything that happened today from the beginning.

When he left in the morning, he didn't notice any mercenaries following him. Clearly, the people from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group hadn't suspected him of Liu Dali's death.

So, when did the mercenary tracking begin?

Lin Ze couldn't determine the exact starting time.

But there was a very crucial turning point: after he left Wan Yao Zhai!

Wan Yao Zhai... Xiao Yi Xian!

Lin Ze quickly grasped this key clue.

He soon remembered seeing that mercenary beside Mu Li, the Young Leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

After figuring out the key to this, Lin Ze couldn't help but laugh in anger.

Damn it, what an idiot!

He sent Death Soldiers to kill people from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and wasn't suspected or tracked.

Instead, after saying a few more words to Xiao Yi Xian, he was tracked by a mercenary from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

After cursing Mu Li in his heart, Lin Ze began to consider how to deal with the situation.

Sitting around and waiting to die was definitely not an option.

If Mu Li could send mercenaries to track him today, who knows what more extreme actions he might take.

His current strength was still only Dou Disciple Rank 9, and the Bronze Mirror needed time to develop.

For now, he would endure and avoid their sharp edge.

After all, he was not Xiao Yan, who had the old man Yao Lao as a backup. In the Qingshan Town area, no matter how reckless Xiao Yan was, he would never be in mortal danger.

But Lin Ze was different. Although he had the Bronze Mirror, he still needed time to develop.

His own strength was not enough to deal with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

So, he would make a Strategic Retreat.

Lin Ze thought for a moment, absorbed most of the Magical Beast Meat in the sack, and left a portion for A-Er to replenish his energy.

After spending some time tidying up things at home.

Lin Ze first had A-Er go out the back of the house. Only after confirming no one was watching from behind the house did he follow.

Lin Ze left Qingshan Town, not choosing to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Instead, he traveled along the edge of the Magical Beast Mountain Range towards another town that lived off the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

With his current strength, entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range would be more dangerous than staying in Qingshan Town.

As the saying goes, he didn't have the backup of someone like Yao Lao, who could possess him at any moment and unleash the power of a Dou Emperor.

He wouldn't dare to barge directly into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

One makes choices based on their strength.

The Magical Beast Mountain Range was filled with magical beasts, danger, and opportunity. It was an incredibly vast treasure mountain, continuously attracting humans to explore it.

From ordinary Dou Practitioners and Dou Masters to mercenary groups, all the way up to Yun Yun, the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, they all had to come to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to "dig for treasure."

And this treasure mountain, the Magical Beast Mountain Range, had given rise to countless human settlements on its periphery.

From small towns like Qingshan Town to larger settlements like Wutan City, which ranked among the major cities of the Jia Ma Empire.

Therefore, since he couldn't stay in Qingshan Town, Lin Ze made a strategic retreat, taking A-Er to Fire Wolf Town, next to Qingshan Town.

Fire Wolf Town was named after the abundance of magical beasts called fire wolves in its vicinity.

Many towns around the Magical Beast Mountain Range were named in this manner.

However, before leaving, Lin Ze summoned the two death soldiers from earlier in a hidden location.

He named them A-San and A-Si.

Lin Ze, in turn, had the two death soldiers stake out the perimeter of his house.

He wanted to see how things would develop.

After more than half a day of non-stop trekking, they finally arrived at Fire Wolf Town as night approached.

This relentless journey left Lin Ze, whose injuries had not yet healed, aching all over.

He even had A-Er carry him for a portion of the way midway, otherwise, it would have been even more uncomfortable.

However, Lin Ze did not regret his decision.

Since he had already offended the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and even the Young Leader Mu Li had shown clear malice towards him.

Under such circumstances, staying at home and desperately hoping the other party wouldn't take more drastic actions was clearly unwise.

Lin Ze didn't want to wait until Mu Li could surround his house and prepare to attack him before regretting it.

Lin Ze, with his pack on his back and slightly disguised, entered Fire Wolf Town with A-Er's support and found an Inn to stay in temporarily.

The veteran mercenaries of the Iron Blood Mercenary Group had pooled some money for him, and his parents had also left some money at home.

Therefore, Lin Ze still had some savings on him.

"Hoo..."

Lin Ze lay down on the bed and let out a long sigh.

He then forced himself to get up and glanced at A-Er, who was seamlessly cultivating under his command.

Lin Ze chuckled and also sat cross-legged on the bed to cultivate.

Now, he could summon two Death Soldiers every day.

Two Death Soldiers kept watch around his original home, paying attention to the movements of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

One hunted in the outer areas of the Magical Beast Mountain Range near Qingshan Town, obtaining Flesh Essence.

The remaining one followed him, protecting him while also working hard to improve his cultivation.

"With Death Soldiers, it's indeed convenient. Otherwise, with so many things to do, I'd definitely be overwhelmed if I had to do it all myself."

This thought flashed through Lin Ze's mind, and his anticipation for the Bronze Mirror grew.

"I've accumulated for a long time. The opportunity to break through should be within these few days. After my strength breaks through, I should be able to get more Death Soldiers..."

"I'm really looking forward to it!"