Seeing that Linlong's gaze was fixed on him, the old man hurriedly said, "Greetings, Young Master Lin."
"You said that you would only tell the truth after seeing me. How do you know that I am Lin Li?" Linlong asked.
"I've seen you in White Flame City, Young Master Lin, so I know what you look like," the old man replied.
Linlong couldn't help but nod, and then asked, "Is it true that you have the Cat Shadow Jade Pendant?"
"It is indeed true." As he said that, the old man looked at Shi Hong at the side. His meaning was obvious — he was afraid that Shi Hong would find out if he said it out loud.
"It doesn't matter," Linlong said.
Upon hearing Linlong's words, the old man said, "The Cat Shadow Jade Pendant is in my house, and my house is just outside White Flame City."
"You said that the Cat Shadow Jade Pendant is in your house? Is there a powerhouse guarding it?" Shi Hong asked.
"No, I'm the only one who knows about the Cat Shadow Jade Pendant," the old man said.
"Are you the only one in your house? Don't you have any other relatives?" Shi Hong asked again.
"I'm not the only one in my house, but only one person in each generation knows about it. In my generation, I'm the only one who knows about it. I will only tell my children where the Cat Shadow Jade Pendant is before I die," the old man said.
"Since you have the Cat Shadow Jade Pendant, why did you take it out?" Linlong asked.
"Because our ancestors said that if we find any powerhouse in this world who can gather the other four jade pendants, we are to give him our last jade pendant," the old man said.
"Why is that?" Linlong asked.
"I don't know, that's the last words of our ancestors." The old man shook his head.
"If that's the case, don't any of you want to take the jade pendant for yourself?" Shi Hong asked.
"Of course, but those who have such thoughts can't get the jade pendant at all." The old man smiled bitterly.
"Why is that?"
"Because they met with an accident before they even touched the jade pendant. With such a precedent, none of us in the younger generation dare to have any thoughts about the jade pendant," the old man said.
"Did something happen to them?" Shi Hong asked curiously.
"I don't know. In any case, when they approached the location of the jade pendant, they were so frightened that their bodies trembled and their souls left their bodies. In the end, even if they managed to leave that place, they were unable to regain their normal consciousness. After a few more days, their bodies would become thin and they would die a muddle-headed death. Only at the moment of their death would they regain their consciousness and say the last words of their ancestor," said the old man.
"Oh? There's actually such a strange place? Then I'll go take a look." Linlong's interest was piqued. He had a feeling that the elder wasn't lying.
"Who is your ancestor?" Shi Hong asked.
"Our ancestor was the one who collected the Cat Shadow Jade Pendant" the old man said.
"What?" Even Linlong was surprised to hear that.
"It is absolutely true. This is a piece of white jade that my ancestor once carried with him." As he said that, the old man took out a piece of white jade.
After taking a look at the white jade, Linlong realized that it was just an ordinary piece of white jade. There was nothing special about it.
Taking a closer look, he realized that there was a word at the bottom of the white jade that could not be detected without using his Spiritual Force.
It was the word "Liu".
"Is your ancestor's surname Liu?" Linlong couldn't help but ask.
"Yes." The old man nodded.
"Other than that, is there any proof that that person is really your ancestor?" Linlong asked again.
"No." The old man shook his head.
"In that case, call Xu Tianwen over," Linlong said immediately.
The reason why he said that was because that expert was from the Wenchang Sect.
Very soon, there was a reply saying that Xu Tianwen had already left and would most likely not return today.
Xu Tianwen didn't come, but a few elders from the Wenchang Sect did. However, after these elders took a closer look at the white jade, they all shook their heads. They said that the expert's surname was indeed Liu, but they didn't know if the white jade belonged to that expert.
However, this was enough. Linlong felt that there was hope.
"Where is your house? Bring us there now," Linlong said to the old man immediately.
Very soon, the old man brought Linlong to his house. His house was in an ordinary small village outside White Flame City.
The old man's house was just a few simple stone houses. At a glance, one could tell that it couldn't be any more ordinary.
He didn't have many family members, only about a dozen or so.
"My Liu family doesn't have many people, so …" he explained.
As he spoke, he brought Linlong and Shi Hong to an old well in the backyard.
At this moment, a little boy who had followed them all the way but didn't dare to approach finally mustered up his courage and said, "Grandpa, didn't you say that going close to that old well would make you go crazy? Why are you still bringing them there?"
"Little Cow, don't worry. Young Master Lin is powerful. This old well can't do anything to them," the old man said with a smile.
Then, he quickly got a woman behind the child to bring him out. Not only the child, but the other family members who had followed him were also chased out.
"Elder Liu, is the jade pendant in this old well?" Linlong asked.
"It's in this old well. Back then, my ancestor personally put it down. He also said that only those who can gather the other four jade pendants can enter. That's why he allowed them to enter," the old man said.
"Oh, is that so? Then I'll go in and take a look," Linlong said.
Hearing Linlong's words, Shi Hong, who was at the side, hurriedly said, "Young Master Lin, let me go in and take a look first."
"There's no need." Linlong shook his head. He felt that this old well was a little strange. Letting Shi Hong go in would be completely useless. It might even harm Shi Hong.
Hearing Linlong's words, Shi Hong dispelled that thought.
"I'm going in. Watch from outside." With that, Linlong directly flipped over and entered the old well.
Linlong easily entered the bottom of the old well. At this point, he didn't discover the reason why something was wrong.
He probably hasn't reached there yet. With that thought, Linlong carefully examined the bottom of the old well. Very quickly, he found a mechanism.
After activating the mechanism, there was a clicking sound. On the left side, a hole that could only accommodate one person appeared.
Once this hole appeared, Linlong's powerful Divine Will immediately let him know what he felt that something was wrong.
This was because there were obviously spirits in this hole.
After entering the hole, Linlong realized that there was a staircase in front of him. After walking for a few feet, he reached the end of the staircase and shockingly, a dark room appeared.
This dark room wasn't big. Once he entered the dark room, Linlong was attracted by an item hanging on the wall in front of him.
This was a long sword. It was completely black, but within this darkness, there was a strange glow.
When his Divine Will shifted to it, Linlong felt that the demonic aura on the sword was very thick. Apart from that, there seemed to be countless spirits inside.
Linlong could tell that this was a demonic sword at a glance.
Thinking about it, this was the demonic sword that caused such strange things to happen to the Liu Family for generations. As there were no demonic techniques in this world, they had no idea how to defend against this demonic thing. Linlong thought to himself.
At this point, the truth was naturally revealed. However, Linlong still didn't understand.
That expert with the surname Liu was clearly from this world. How could there be such a demonic thing? Also, why did it say that only those who gathered the other four jade pendants could enter this place?
After thinking about it, he came to a conclusion. That powerhouse must have entered the place indicated by the five jade pendants and taken out the Demon Sword from there.
As for why only those who gathered the other four jade pendants could obtain this demonic sword, it was probably because only those who gathered the four jade pendants had the ability to defend against the spirits inside. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to control this demonic sword at all.
As for why they wanted to control this demonic sword, it was probably because this demonic sword would be useful after entering that place.
With this guess in mind, Linlong reached out to grab the demonic sword.
However, just as he grabbed the demonic sword, his mind buzzed. In an instant, he felt as if he was in a place filled with spirits.
"Linlong, you've caused me so much trouble. I want you to die!"
"Linlong, I bet you didn't expect that you would also enter hell!"
At the same time, his mind was filled with such eerie voices. If it was someone from this world, even an expert like Shi Hong would be in trouble. However, how could a demonic cultivator like Linlong be bewitched by such a simple illusion?
With a soft shout, all the illusions immediately disappeared without a trace.
Then, Linlong directly grabbed the trembling demonic sword in front of him.
As soon as he grabbed the blade of the demonic sword, it immediately quietened down.
Linlong knew that the spirits in this demonic sword had already been subdued by him.
After taking the demonic sword off the wall, Linlong noticed that a jade pendant had also fallen. When he took a look at it, he realized that it was the Cat Shadow Jade Pendant.
After carefully observing this Cat Shadow Jade Pendant, Linlong discovered that it was different from other Cat Shadow Jade Pendants. This was because its back was filled with densely packed small words. These words were so small that people with poor eyesight and Spiritual Force wouldn't be able to see them at all.
After reading this large paragraph of words, Linlong finally understood the ins and outs of what had happened.
It turned out that the expert had indeed entered that place. At that time, when he entered, he was the only one who had the strongest Spiritual Force, because he had directly encountered an illusion.
The others were directly chased back to their original world.
Although he had entered alone, that expert was extremely happy. He thought that he had obtained the treasure that he had been dreaming of.
However, the reality made him greatly disappointed and horrified. He realized that he had entered another world. The beasts in that world were actually extremely powerful. They could even take human form.
Most importantly, it didn't take long for such a ferocious beast to attack him.
That expert didn't want to become a prisoner, so he tried his best to escape. However, how could he escape the pursuit?
In the end, he was severely injured. However, at this time, an old man appeared out of nowhere and rescued him.
After rescuing him, the old man asked him where he was from. He told him everything in detail, and the old man directly advised him to return the way he had come.
After he finished speaking, the old man left.
That expert wasn't willing to give up, so he didn't leave. He still wanted to continue exploring this world.
However, before he could go far, he was caught by a group of those beasts again. The outcome was the same as before.
Just when he thought that he couldn't be saved this time, unexpectedly, the old man appeared again and rescued him.
This time, the old man didn't try to persuade him at all. Instead, he directly brought him to the spatial crack where he had entered the other world and forced him to return.
Before leaving, the old man gave him the demon sword and told him, "If one day, there is someone in your world who can subdue this sword, then let him come here. At that time, ask him to bring this sword to me."
With that, the old man forcefully shoved him into the spatial crack.
In the end, that expert even explained the use of the five jade pendants.
These five jade pendants actually didn't just have a map drawn on them. They were also things that could activate the Runic Magic Formation in that place. Only by activating the Runic Magic Formation could one forcefully tear open the spatial crack that led to that world.
It seemed like that was the world of the Demon Clan. Perhaps the powerful beasts that the formation spirit had mentioned were in that world. I have to go there no matter what. Linlong immediately made up his mind.
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