With Xukong having given Lin Mu a path, he felt a lot lighter.

Plus Lin Mu now knew exactly what he needed to do.

'Even if I don't know what the rest of the Sutras would need to progress, I can still continue with the ones that I have right now. It is not good to over think on goals like these.' Lin Mu thought to himself.

Lin Mu continued to cultivate for a few more hours, until he felt like it was time for him to wake up. It would not be good if he got too engrossed in cultivation and forgot about the time.

Xukong had also returned to the ring some time ago and was busy in cultivation again.

"Let's get back…" Lin Mu said before standing up. "I'll call you when I need you Shrubby," he spoke.

"I'll wait for it." Little Shrubby replied. "We also need to go back for a feast with the Saintess and the twins." He reminded.

"Ah, of course. After this is over, perhaps we should go out for a tour of the Continent. After all, we have been stuck here for a while." Lin Mu suggested.

"YES! We can find so many new ingredients that way." Little Shrubby agreed.

"Haha, yeah." Lin Mu chuckled before closing his eyes.

~SHUA~

His senses changed and he found himself back in the real world. The first thing he did was to check the time till the match.

"Just about four hours. Enough for me." Lin Mu muttered.

~huu~

Taking a breath, Lin Mu rose from the bed and walked out.

"Ah, you're up!" Lu Xu and Qian Wen were waiting for him outside.

"Yeah." Lin Mu replied. "Were you standing here all this time?" he asked.

"Nah, just for an hour." Lu Xu replied.

"Ming Dandan and Ming Aolian have gone on ahead to the tournament grounds to get us some good seats while Luo Liqin has gone to the betting pavilion. He said he'll be quickly settling everything once your match is over and bring over the winnings." Qian Wen explained everyone's whereabouts.

"I see… guess I should get going to." Lin Mu replied. "Also any news from the Crown Prince or others?" he asked just in case.

"Uh… one of the servants did come to tell us that they've gone somewhere too. And if you needed to contact them, you can just use the jade slip." Lu Xu answered.

'Seems like they're busy preparing for something. Or perhaps just the expedition.' Lin Mu thought to himself.

He also remembered that the Crown Prince was recruiting people for the second expedition team as a disguise.

"Alright. Guess we'll head out now." Lin Mu said seeing that they had little left to do here now.

"Yeah, let's go!" Lu Xu said in an excited voice.

With that said, the trio headed to the tournament grounds.

The moment they stepped out on to the main street, they could see vast swathes of crowd heading to the Tournament grounds too. They all talked excitedly and had been waiting for the finals for a week now.

While this was not the first time a fight had been delayed, it was rarely the case for the Finals.

As such the people were not used to it. But it still helped in whetting their appetite.

Seeing the vibe of the city, Lu Xu couldn't help but feel excited too. After all, this was due to none other than his friend Mu Lin. A surge of pride couldn't help but fill his heart seeing this.

He had been a resident of the Capital City since his birth and his family was one of the smaller powers of the city too and ran a few business. As such, he was attached to the city and liked it a lot.

To have respect in the city was a huge thing to him and his family and simply being associated with someone Lin Mu could be considered a great gain.

As such he was really happy that Lin Mu could do all this and was having such an effect on the populace.

Qian Wen on the other hand, was thinking a bit more rationally.

"Brother Mu Lin should put on a mask. We do not want to get overwhelmed by the people. I don't think they'll be able to resist not talking to you after seeing you." Qian Wen suggested.

Lin Mu saw the benefit in the man's advise and agreed. "Yeah, I should."

He quickly took out the mask he had got from Qiao De and put it on. It suppressed his energy fluctuations and also hid his aura for the most part.

And with the kind of robes he was wearing, he wasn't going to attract any attention either. They were rather normal looking after all.

'The self repairing robes I got have been damaged too… I need to either get more or find a way to fix that one.' Lin Mu had gotten two of those earlier, but one of them was still damaged from the fight against Yao Changying.

It was clear that the robes had a limit to the kind of damage they could withstand and the woman's attacks were too much for it to heal.

Lin Mu reckoned he could take a look at the formations to see if he could fix them or just get more later.

The trio was slowed down by the crowd, but eventually reached the Tournament grounds in an hour. The limitation to flying was an inconvenience in times like these.

"Ming Aolian managed to get us seats in the central ring!" Lu Xu said after getting a message on his Jade Slip.

"Perfect, now we can watch Brother Mu Lin's victory in person!" Qian Wen was happy too, while Lin Mu just smiled. is the owner.

With that said, the trio entered the main ring and split up. Lin Mu went up to the platform in the middle where the elders from the temple were already waiting.

"Oh? High Elder you're overseeing personally this time?" Lin Mu saw the old man.

"Of course, how could I not for the finals?" The old man smiled.