Mu Lin gradually pulled his consciousness back from its wandering state. Inside the dimly lit basement, with his current cultivation level, he could already see Mei Fang, who was studying at MIT. His spiritual awareness was expanding—it was the middle stage of the Golden Core! Mu Lin couldn’t help but feel amazed.
Looking at the two sleeping girls beside him, Mu Lin chose not to wake them and quietly got up, stepping outside. In a flash, he reached his bedroom on the second floor, where Claire and the others were waiting. Upon seeing him, their faces lit up with infatuation. They rushed forward, tightly embracing him, nibbling and kissing passionately—acts clearly unsuitable for children.
“Hey, come on, we haven’t been apart that long. Why are you all so excited? Besides, it’s still daytime. Mei and the others will be back soon!” Puzzled by their unusually passionate behavior, Mu Lin raised his voice in surprise.
He felt a slight pain in his waist muscles before the women finally loosened their grip. Looking at them, their hair was disheveled from clinging to him, their faces flushed with desire. Their eyes overflowed with affection, as if they could melt him with their gazes, though their expressions remained lucid.
In Mu Lin’s memory, this was how they usually reacted when they were deeply aroused. But how could they be so worked up the moment they saw him? They had only parted ways yesterday, not after a long separation. Why did they seem like newlyweds reuniting after ages apart?
“Hey, what was all that just now? Why were you so intense?” Mu Lin felt deeply perplexed, a sense of unease creeping into his heart. He decided he must get to the bottom of this today.
“Don’t you know yourself?” Kelly asked softly in reply.
“Of course not! If I knew, why would I ask you?” Mu Lin’s tone turned slightly annoyed.
“Hehe! Mu Lin, you don’t realize that when you walked into the room, your entire body exuded an indescribable charm. We couldn’t think of anything else but your handsome figure, wanting nothing more than to throw ourselves into your arms and let you love us passionately,” Claire shyly explained, seeing Mu Lin’s irritation. As the eldest among the women, she dutifully took the lead in responding.
“No way! If that’s the case, I’m doomed!” Mu Lin exclaimed in shock, his mouth wide open. He had completely lost his usual calm and composed demeanor.
He had never imagined that his cultivation technique could have such an effect. It was like how animals in nature attract mates when they reach their peak—his power seemed to irresistibly draw women toward him.
Now he was convinced that his martial arts style was indeed connected to the Yellow Emperor. But if this was the case, how could he dare to go outside in the future? Imagining a parade of women of all appearances and ages trailing behind him, he felt a headache coming on. After a long silence, he hesitantly asked, “You’re all back to normal now, right?”
“More or less. After your reminder, we practiced our techniques and managed to shake off that feeling,” Claire answered again, with the other women nodding in agreement behind her.
“So you’re saying that if you hadn’t practiced your techniques, you wouldn’t have been able to resist it at all?” Mu Lin asked cautiously, his expression growing serious.
Seeing the women nodding vigorously, Mu Lin completely abandoned his plan to go out for a walk. The thought of being followed everywhere by a crowd of women—beautiful or plain, young or old—labeled as a pervert, made him almost wish he could run into a wall.
“Now I’m really in trouble! Now I’m really in trouble!” he muttered to himself, unable to imagine how he would live from now on.
“Mu Lin, what’s wrong?” The four women noticed his strange expression and cried out in alarm.
Their cries snapped Mu Lin out of his thoughts. He shook his head with a bitter smile and said, “Nothing, I was just thinking about something. Anyway, I need to go back down to the basement to continue my retreat. I came up just to let you know that my cultivation has broken through, but I still need to consolidate my progress.”
With that, he got up and walked toward the basement, determined to find a solution. The women followed closely behind him, led by Claire, into Mu Lin’s cultivation chamber.
It had been half a year since he returned to Boston. With the media widely publicizing his movements, both France and Country U had dispatched their national police forces to escort him, ensuring a smooth return.
During this half year, the first major event was the complete shutdown and reorganization of Mu Lin’s chain of clinics. Initially, when Claire, acting on Mu Lin’s behalf, announced the clinic’s temporary closure, it didn’t attract much attention—only sparking some speculation.
In the Oval Office of the White House, the President and the Director of the FBI were discussing.
“Director Freer, do you think Daniel Clinic’s announcement of closure is genuine? Could there be something hidden behind it?” the President asked.
“Mr. President, according to reports from our agents inside the clinic, all the doctors are preparing to attend medical universities for a year of further training, with the clinic covering all expenses. Currently, there isn’t a single doctor left in the clinic. Based on this, the closure announcement appears to be legitimate.
“As for whether there’s a hidden motive, we haven’t conducted a full investigation yet. However, we have analyzed the situation. It’s possible that the clinic’s board believes Dr. Daniel’s abilities are still unstable. They may not want to face complications in treating critical cases due to his inconsistent performance.
“Taking all this into account, we believe that Dr. Daniel’s health is indeed an issue—this is beyond doubt. Otherwise, they wouldn’t close down a chain enterprise that earns billions annually, especially during a crucial expansion phase. Their closure announcement is a normal risk-avoidance measure for the company.”
Similar conversations were happening in Buckingham Palace in Country Y and the Élysée Palace in France. No one had guessed that this was actually a strategic move by Mu Lin, nor could anyone predict how much this move would ultimately benefit him.
Secondly, through other channels, Mu Lin had transported two of the Y Emperor’s former handmaidens—now his own servants—to Boston. He planned to use their unique physical constitution, rich in primordial yin energy, to break through from the upper level of the early Golden Core stage to the middle stage.
The result was successful—he successfully absorbed their primordial yin energy, and his cultivation broke through accordingly. However, the consequences were something he had not anticipated.
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