Having gained a few loyal servants, Lin Wu's work in the Hu Continent would now become a lot easier.
He sent away Hu Peiliang and Hu Dagao to do their work and went in another direction. Lin Wu changed his form while underground and returned to being the Calamity Fiend. This was the reason why Hu Dagao had thought that Lin Wu Seemed to be smaller than usual.
It was simply because he was using his avatar.
His avatar could still revert to the crystalline form after all and this helped him flip the odds in certain situations. Plus, it was easy to throw off the attention of people if he did this.
Another reason was that just like Long Continent, he needed two camps on the Hu continent. One would be the 'righteous' camp, which would be the Hu clan and its other subordinate parties.