All the way across the floor Lin Mu saw a man sitting. The man was dressed in some blue and gold luxurious robes and had a sword at his waist. He was sitting along with a few other people, some of which were disciples of sects.

This man was none other than Wu Hei himself. Although he looked much different from before. He did not have the same scholarly aura that he used to have and even his clothes did not seem to suit him that much.

Lin Mu quickly withdrew his gaze from them so as to not arouse any suspicion but his spirit sense was still trained on them.

"Is there a problem, senior?

" The female clerk asked seeing him suddenly stop.

"No, nothing. I was just looking around, this place is nice.

" Lin Mu said making up an excuse.

"I know right! This is my first time coming up here, I've only heard of how good the food is here. Back when the union was still populated by everyone, I used to hear the senior mercenaries talk about how the food here was good.

" The female clerk replied.

"I see…

" Lin Mu said before walking to the table that the waiter had picked for them.

The table was located quite far from where Wu Hei and the others were sitting and there was even a wide window behind them, from where they could see the view of the city. Though the most prominent part was the royal palace and the beautiful garden that surrounded it.

The entire place could be seen from here, which had made this a prime spot for people. They only got the table here, since another pair of customers had just finished up their meal and stood up, vacating it for them.

Lin Mu and the female clerk sat down while the waiter gave them a menu.

"What would you like sir?

" The waiter asked.

Lin Mu pretended to look at the menu, but his attention was focused on Wu Hei and the rest. It was now that he found something strange. Usually even at this distance if Lin Mu focused on something he would be able to hear them, but right now he was unable to.

'This is unusual…' Lin Mu thought.

He extended his spirit sense closer and then sensed something.

'A formation…' Lin Mu recognized.

"Hmm… seems like a sound isolating talisman which can create a temporary formation that isolates sounds. Very useful to hide your conversation when you are in a public space.

" Xukong informed.

"Can I find a way through it?

" Lin Mu questioned.

"At your level no… if you try and fail, it will alarm them.

" Xukong answered.

~Sigh~

"I can't take that risk… at least not now. I'll just wait and watch then.

" Lin Mu replied before actually looking at the menu.

"Have you decided what to get senior? I'm gonna get the braised treasure duck.

" The female clerk spoke.

Lin Mu furrowed his brows and looked through the prices that were all written in silver coins or even gold coins. Feeling it a bother to calculate, he just decided to go ahead.

"I'll take everything.

" Lin Mu answered.

"Hm? I'm sorry, everything?

" The waiter asked, thinking that he must have heard something wrong.

"Yes. Get me one of everything.

" Lin Mu spoke.

The waiter's eye couldn't help but twitch upon hearing Lin Mu's words and he was about to speak but was then interrupted again.

"No, wait. Get me one of everything and keep them coming.

" Lin Mu said before putting a small pouch on the table.

~shing~

The pouch made a clinking sound and just from the waiter could roughly tell it was filled with coins.

~gulp~

He secretly gulped before opening the pouch to take a look, only to find it filled with gold coins. There were about twenty gold coins in it, which were more than enough to buy the dishes a few times over.

"As you wish, senior.

" The waiter said before swiftly leaving.

He was actually scared that Lin Mu may go back on his words and take back his money. This was a lot of money for him and usually, he would get a share from each customer that he served. It was about five percent of the total cost of the meal and just from Lin Mu's meal, he was getting an entire gold coin, which was usually what he got in a week.

The restaurant was inherently expensive and as such even the positions such as those of waiters were very lucrative. There were many people among the commoners applying for jobs such as these, and the competition was tough.

Lin Mu though was completely unaware of the thoughts of the waiter and was just focused on Wu Hei and his current companions. The female clerk, on the other hand, was trying very hard to not look at him awkwardly.

'Why did he order so much? Is he gonna keep some for later?' She wondered.

Then she realized another fact.

'He didn't even think about me tagging along for a meal… now that I think of it… isn't he a bit of a scatterbrain?' She thought.

Since the start, while she had found Lin Mu to be quite handsome, he had been acting strange. He didn't mind all the expensive prices. He went and bought a mid grade communication jade as if it was nothing and he even wanted all the information that had in the union no matter how old it was. Then he went and sat in the library for the entire night.

'Hmm… he did say that he has been in seclusion for the past two years, so maybe it's related to that. No wait! He said he's a wandering cultivator, then where would he even go to seclusion at? It isn't like he just went into seclusion in a random cave, did he?.' The female clerk thought.

Unknown to her, all of her assumptions were rather accurate, but the man in front of her showed zero interest.