Chapter 197: Appearance of the Superpower User
Chapter 197: Appearance of the Superpower User
After having a great time playing in Guangdong for several days, Lin Mu and Yao Xianxian learned that the film crew had already finished shooting the remaining scenes in Jingdu. So they simply decided not to return to Jingdu and took a plane directly back to Donghai.
Since they hadn’t had time to buy gifts in Jingdu to bring home, the two did some serious shopping in Guangdong instead. When they got off the plane, they were carrying large and small bags all the way home.
Yao Xianxian had other work to attend to. After a reluctant farewell with Lin Mu, Lin Mu alone carried a huge pile of things back to Huacheng Mingyuan.
Today happened to be Saturday. As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Ye Zixi standing in the living room in her pajamas, awkwardly brushing her teeth with her left hand.
“A-Mu is back!”
In her excitement, Ye Zixi accidentally swallowed a bit of toothpaste foam. She immediately felt nauseous and dry-heaved, then quickly scurried off to the bathroom.
Hearing the commotion from upstairs, Song Yuru and Ling Xuanrong hurried down. When they saw Lin Mu carrying all the bags, they couldn’t help but laugh.
“How was the filming in Jingdu?”
Song Yuru took the things from Lin Mu’s hands, placed them on the living room coffee table, and asked with a smile.
“Ah, don’t even mention it. The filming itself was okay, but there was also a bunch of troublesome stuff in Jingdu. I ended up helping the local police solve a case.”
Lin Mu sighed, looking completely exhausted.
“Weren’t you there to film? How did you end up solving a case?”
Ye Zixi wiped her mouth and came out of the bathroom, asking in confusion.
“How should I know? I got dragged into it for no reason. I thought I could have a good time, but who knew I’d be busy there too.”
Sinking into the sofa, Lin Mu stretched out his limbs and completely relaxed.
“Liar! Going to film with Yao Xianxian, how could that be tiring? So many people want to see her but can’t even get the chance!”
Song Yuru covered her mouth with a laugh, then crouched by the coffee table and started looking through the many packaging bags.
“Huh? Weren’t you filming in Jingdu? Why did you bring back all these specialties from Guangdong?”
After going through a few bags, Song Yuru immediately noticed something strange.
“Our scenes were done, but the crew still had to stay there to shoot things like voice-overs. So we went to Guangdong for a trip. We even met two very impressive people there. This trip was definitely worthwhile.”
Lin Mu smiled slightly.
But the three girls automatically ignored the latter part of Lin Mu’s words and only heard that he went to Guangdong for a trip, and not alone.
“Did you go with Yao Xianxian?”
Ye Zixi sat next to Lin Mu, pouting as she asked. Song Yuru, who was still looking through the bags nearby, didn’t turn around, but her ears were already perked up, listening to how Lin Mu would answer.
“Yeah, of course I went with her. Who else would I go with?”
Lin Mu said matter-of-factly.
“Tell me quickly! Did you do something to her?”
Ye Zixi waved her arms and claws like a mother tiger, ready to scare Lin Mu, the little white rabbit.
“How could I? She’s a big star! What could I do to her? We just filmed together, got familiar, and naturally ended up hanging out together!”
Lin Mu scratched his nose and gave an awkward laugh.
“Impossible! A lone guy and a girl, the two of you went to Guangdong to play for several days, and nothing happened?”
Ye Zixi pinched Lin Mu’s nose and shook it side to side.
Lin Mu quickly struggled free, accidentally bumping into Ye Zixi’s body. Ye Zixi immediately let out a pained cry.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Half-leaning on the sofa, Lin Mu turned his head to look at Ye Zixi and asked.
“Nothing, just a minor injury on my shoulder.”
The pain made Ye Zixi’s face turn pale, but she shook her head and forced a weak smile.
“It hurts that much and you say it’s nothing? Let me see quickly!”
Lin Mu gave Ye Zixi an annoyed glare, then gently pulled aside the collar on her right shoulder. He immediately saw that her entire right shoulder was tightly wrapped in bandages. No wonder she was brushing her teeth with her left hand this morning; her right hand basically couldn’t move.
“What happened? I’ve only been gone for a few days. How did you get injured so badly?”
Lin Mu looked at the others with a puzzled expression.
“Sigh, we can’t hide it from A-Mu. We should just tell him.”
Song Yuru sighed, turned to look at Ye Zixi, and said. Lin Mu also turned to look at Ye Zixi, frowning slightly, waiting for her answer.
“It’s like this. A few days ago, I started noticing that no matter where we went, it seemed like someone was sneakily following us. I asked around through some connections and found out there are many rumors lately, all asking about your situation.”
Faced with their stares, Ye Zixi had no choice but to explain.
“Asking about my situation?”
Lin Mu repeated in confusion, “Do you know who these people are?”
“Because we don’t know who they are, I did a counter-surveillance on one of them. I managed to find out their meeting spot. The person following us was just an ordinary person, but the person they met was an expert.”
Ye Zixi grabbed Lin Mu’s arm and said quietly, with an embarrassed expression. “I was discovered while eavesdropping and ended up fighting him. I couldn’t beat him and got a little injured.”
“You!”
Lin Mu angrily poked Ye Zixi’s forehead. “How could you just casually counter-follow someone like that? Luckily you came back this time, but what if next time you can’t even escape?”
“I’m not that weak, you know!”
Ye Zixi pouted and defended herself in a small voice.
“Then how did your shoulder get so badly injured?”
Lin Mu said bluntly. “You can’t even move it now. Is that a minor injury? It’s already damaged the tendons and bones!”
Ye Zixi’s lips moved a couple of times, but she didn’t say anything. She just sat there pitifully, head lowered.
“Alright, A-Mu, don’t blame Zixi. She just wanted to help you investigate and find out who’s behind this.”
Song Yuru stepped in to smooth things over.
“What if she got herself caught up in it? I was so far away; I couldn’t just fly from Jingdu to Donghai in an instant. I wouldn’t even have time to save her. If something happened, wouldn’t I feel guilty for the rest of my life?”
Lin Mu sighed and gave Ye Zixi an exasperated look. “What was the background of the person who injured you?”
“Probably a Superpower User. When he moved, there was a scorching heat. Maybe a fire-type superpower. That person was very strong. We fought for dozens of rounds. He found an opening and hit me once on the shoulder.”
Ye Zixi looked up at Lin Mu with a wronged expression.
“Did he see your face?”
Lin Mu asked again, mainly worried that if Ye Zixi’s appearance was revealed, someone might come for revenge. After all, before this, they were only secretly investigating him, which wouldn’t pose much danger to them.
“No, I wore a mask. He didn’t see what I looked like.”
Ye Zixi shook her head.
“You really make me angry, ah!”
Lin Mu shook his head and got up, laying Ye Zixi flat on the sofa.
“What are you doing?”
Ye Zixi was startled, staring blankly at Lin Mu.
“What else? To take advantage of you now?”
Lin Mu rolled his eyes helplessly. “Of course, to check your shoulder injury. If it doesn’t heal quickly, who knows if there will be any after-effects.”
“Oh, I see.”
Ye Zixi’s face turned red, and she responded in a very small voice.
After removing Ye Zixi’s pajamas, Lin Mu also detached the right strap of her bra. Now Ye Zixi’s upper body only wore a bra, revealing large areas of fair skin. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her face was turned toward the inside of the sofa, not daring to look at Lin Mu.
Lin Mu’s hand swept over his waist. A flash of light appeared briefly. The tightly wrapped bandages on Ye Zixi’s shoulder immediately split into four or five pieces, falling to the floor in fragments, revealing a blackened wound underneath.
Lin Mu reached out a finger and gently touched the surface of the wound. Ye Zixi immediately cried out: “Gently! It hurts!”
“Now you know it hurts? Why were you so bold back then?”
Pinching Ye Zixi’s little nose, Lin Mu scolded her. “Wait for me. I’ll go get the Silver Needles.”
After saying that, Lin Mu walked back to his room, took out the Acupuncture Pack from his Ring, and then returned to the sofa.
The moment he lightly touched the wound earlier, Lin Mu had sensed that some Alien Energy remained inside Ye Zixi’s shoulder wound. The aura was very hot. If this energy wasn’t expelled from her body, the wound would heal very slowly.
Opening the Acupuncture Pack, Lin Mu selected the longest Silver Needles and slowly inserted them into several major acupoints on her shoulder. Then, he hovered his right hand above these Silver Needles. With a slight push of the Zhenqi inside him, a suction force suddenly appeared out of thin air.
The surfaces of those Silver Needles gradually turned red, and then a faint wisp of flame actually rose from them. Although these flames were very weak, they gently flickered in the air without extinguishing.
As Lin Mu gradually increased the suction in his palm, the small flames at the tips of the Silver Needles also gradually grew stronger. After about five minutes, he suddenly released a burst of Zhenqi from his palm, instantly blowing out those flames.
With a sweep of his left hand over the Acupuncture Pack, over a dozen Silver Needles were instantly drawn out. Combined with the needles already inserted in her shoulder, Lin Mu once again performed the dazzling Inchlight Sun-Seizing Secret Art.
A dense cluster of silver threads enveloped Ye Zixi’s shoulder. The black impurities at her shoulder joint were disappearing at a visible rate. Fresh, pink skin was slowly emerging. In just over ten minutes, her shoulder had mostly returned to its previous appearance.
This was because Lin Mu spared no consumption of Zhenyuan, forcibly accelerating the repair of the skin on her shoulder. Under the supply of Zhenyuan, the rate of cell division and proliferation was astonishing. If a doctor saw this, their jaw would probably drop in shock.
This was because Zhenyuan was originally refined from the essence within the body, full of vigorous vitality. Using Zhenyuan to nourish any area had remarkable and magical effects.
Applied to wound recovery, Zhenyuan shortened what would normally take ten days to half a month to heal to just over ten minutes. This shows that the efficacy of Zhenyuan is indeed extraordinary.
Song Yuru and Ling Xuanrong, who witnessed this firsthand, were already completely stunned. Their mouths were slightly agape as they stared blankly at Lin Mu performing the needle technique, unable to even speak.