The Clown didn't act hastily like the Old Nun and the Charming Daoist Nun in confronting Mu Jinyu. He had already thoroughly investigated the situation and knew that the production of the Beauty Pill required the coordination of a Spirit Gathering Array.
And there was a high probability that the Spring of Life had fallen into Mu Jinyu's hands.
That's why he made such a request.
As for the matter of the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, except for Mu Jinyu herself, not even Wang Zhengbiao and his people knew about it.
Therefore, the Clown did not bring up the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core.
"Fine, but let me be clear beforehand. I only have five bottles of the Spring of Life in total. After you get them, don't think that I'm hiding more," Mu Jinyu said upon hearing the Clown's demand, a flicker in her eyes.
"I know that most of the Spring of Life was destroyed by that python, leaving not much behind, but surely there should be more than this minor amount?" the Clown said, sitting up straight with eyes that were usually full of mockery but now shone with a serious and venomous light.
Mu Jinyu replied, "Originally, I could have obtained more than ten bottles, but several people with me were severely injured at the time, with their lives hanging by a thread. I took out a few bottles to save them!"
The Clown could tell from the changes in Mu Jinyu's eyes while she spoke that she wasn't lying, and suddenly, cursed in frustration, "You fool! Aren't you supposed to be a miser?! Why waste the Spring of Life on a bunch of losers, you really are stupid enough!"
Mu Jinyu kept silent.
Giving the scarce Spring of Life to Uncle Li and the other bodyguards of Lin Qingxue to save their lives was indeed a wasteful action. Originally, Mu Jinyu thought she could be indifferent to the life and death of others, but when it came down to it,
she found that she just couldn't do it. To watch others die before her eyes for a Spring of Life she might need in the future, she ultimately couldn't harden her heart.
After cursing Mu Jinyu for a while, the Clown thought that five bottles of the Spring of Life, if used sparingly, should be enough for their laboratory research. He suppressed his anger and said, "Alright, hurry up and deliver these things to the trash can in front of Zhen Xiang Milk Tea Shop in Area C of River City Yida Plaza. Someone will come to collect them..."
As he spoke, the Clown paused, his tone filled with violence and ferocity, "Don't you dare play any tricks, like having someone follow or monitor the drop-off. If you keep watching after placing the items, my Withered Tree Quest for Spring will find out. Then, don't blame me for tearing up the ticket first."
"Hahaha..."
Amid the cold laughter, the screen twisted and shook once more, finally turning into static noise, and with a bang, the whole phone was rendered useless.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu let go of her original plan to have the phone examined by pros from the Dragon King Hall.
"Not to have anyone follow? You can find out? Haha... You underestimate me, Mu Jinyu!"
Mu Jinyu threw away the broken phone in her hand, her eyes radiating a cold light, the sublimation of boiling murderous intent reaching its pinnacle.
After that, Mu Jinyu did not go to check on Lin Qiaoxia's family situation in Villa Number Three,
as the video had already shown that her whole family had been kidnapped.
Upon stepping out of Villa Number Two, Su Zijin and Mei Yinxue had already dealt with the security guards.
It was mainly thanks to Mei Yinxue's efforts. Even though Su Zijin had an extraordinary identity, she had no influence in River City, and Gu Xiyan, as the CEO of Jinyu Group, was not recognized by the people in the villa district, so naturally, she couldn't handle the situation either.
But with Mei Yinxue's status, a simple phone call to the boss behind the Seaview Garden Villa District, informing him that they were only dealing with their own property, was enough to have the boss order the security guards to stand down and not interfere further.
"How's the situation?"
Su Zijin, seeing Mu Jinyu walk out of the villa with a somber face, asked anxiously.
"It's alright, it will be resolved soon."
A forced smile appeared on Mu Jinyu's face, to put Gu Xiyan and the others at ease.
If the adversary had not been Withered Tree Quest for Spring, and if the situation did not seem extremely thorny, with both Yu Linglong falling into his hands, Mu Jinyu would not have even bothered. He would have simply ordered people from the Dragon King Hall to find and exterminate him.
But now, hesitant to risk any harm to Yu Linglong, Mu Jinyu found he could not gamble on whether the Dragon King Hall could rescue them safely and had to employ his own methods to save them.
He returned to Number One Villa.
Mu Jinyu took out paper and pen, wrote down the method for setting up the Spirit Gathering Array, and after retrieving the Spring of Life from the safe, he also took out a bottle of medicine powder. He applied it to the paper and the plastic bottle before putting both into a bag.
After doing all this, he then produced a bottle of peculiar facial cream and placed it beside the table before summoning a few subordinates from the Dragon King Hall into his room.
After instructing them, Mu Jinyu opened the bottle of cream, started to apply it to the face of one whose height was similar to his own, and then began to knead.
Swiftly, the man's face, under Mu Jinyu's manipulation, gradually changed to resemble Mu Jinyu's own.
Unless one looked closely, it would be impossible to detect that this was an impostor.
The so-called Divine Doctor, if unable even to manage a disguise, would not be worthy of the title.
Then, Mu Jinyu also applied the cream to his own face, changing his appearance to that of the subordinate.
The reason Mu Jinyu was doing this was that he strongly suspected that the surveillance systems around the nearby community had been taken over by the Clown. If he did not appear for a long time, it was likely the Clown would suspect he had slipped away.
Therefore, he purposely chose a subordinate of similar height to temporarily take his place.
Meanwhile, he would be able to head out, following the flow of the Spring of Life and the layout of the Spirit Gathering Array to trace their headquarters.
"Let's go."
Tearing his gaze away from the mirror, Mu Jinyu said softly to the two subordinates.
"Yes."
"Mu Jinyu" and a skinny man responded, following the disguised Mu Jinyu out of the room.
Gu Xiyan and the other women, seeing them emerge, first looked at the "Mu Jinyu" behind him, about to ask whether he had a good plan to rescue Yu Linglong, when something seemed amiss.
That "Mu Jinyu" had the wrong look in his eyes.
They then turned their attention to the young man at the front, familiar and stern in gaze but unremarkable in appearance, and exclaimed, "Jinyu, how did you change into this look?"
Mu Jinyu thought to himself, "Indeed, those who are too familiar are able to spot that something is off at a glance. But since I did not send 'Mu Jinyu' to meet with the Clown, and only had him stay at home as a puppet waiting for news, the Clown, monitoring this place, should not be able to see through the ruse!"
Thus, Mu Jinyu gave them a significant look and then glanced outside the glass window, before turning to address "Mu Jinyu" with deference, "Dragon Master, we are leaving now."
The other subordinate called by Mu Jinyu also said at the same time.
Having said this, Mu Jinyu did not look back at Gu Xiyan and the others, nor did he explain, thinking they were shrewd enough to have guessed his intentions.