In an instant, the group of seven or eight people retreated a few steps in unison.
A rank three martialist's strength surpassed theirs by an entire rank.
"Don't panic. We have so many people, and he's just one person. Why should we be afraid of him?" A middle-aged man hurriedly said.
This middle-aged man seemed to be the leader of the group of seven or eight people.
"That's right. We have so many rank two martialists. Why should we be afraid of him?" The others couldn't help but say the same after hearing the middle-aged man's words.
They all secretly heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this.
Although the other party was strong, they had the advantage in numbers. Other than two rank one martialists, the rest were all rank two martialists.
In their opinion, they could deal with Lin Long like ants biting an elephant to death.
"Everyone, let's attack together!" The middle-aged man coldly shouted.
The group of seven or eight people all unleashed their strongest strength and charged at Lin Long.
In an instant, seven or eight forces attacked Lin Long.
Bang!
The forces hit, and Lin Long was forced to retreat. He only stopped after taking more than ten steps back.
Such a situation made the faces of these people even more joyful.
"Kill!"
With another roar, the group of seven or eight people charged at Lin Long again.
Lin Long's expression froze, and he directly took out his rune sword. Not only that, but he also used Wu Lin's sword skill and Cold Moon Ice Technique.
In an instant, unpredictable sword techniques immediately met the group of seven or eight people. Not only that, the sword qi that attacked was like rays of cold moon, turning the surrounding space into a world of ice and snow.
"Not good!"
Seeing this scene, a few people couldn't help but cry out.
They wanted to do something, but it was already too late. In the next moment, they heard a series of muffled sounds, and all of them fell to the ground.
"Could this be an ice attribute cultivation technique?"
"Why is his sword technique so unpredictable? Could it be a powerful sword skill?"
After falling to the ground, they all cried out in surprise.
Knowing that they weren't Lin Long's match, they wouldn't stay there and fight him. Therefore, they all crawled up from the ground and ran with all their might.
However, how could Lin Long possibly allow them to escape? In just a short while, all seven or eight people, with the exception of the middle-aged leader, were killed by him.
Lin Long had killed so many of them in such a short period of time. The middle-aged man was completely stunned.
He had seen too many third-level warriors, but he had never seen such a powerful one.
"You are from the Lei Family?" After killing the others, Linlong walked up to the middle-aged man and asked coldly.
"Yes … yes, I'm from the Lei family," the middle-aged man hurriedly said.
"Oh, how many more does the Lei Clan have …"
Linlong didn't continue asking because a group of people surrounded them. Needless to say, they were definitely the people from the Fan Family who had chased after them.
"I'll deal with them first. I'll ask you later," Linlong said as he moved towards the people surrounding him.
"Lin Li, it really is you. Let's see where you can escape to today!" The members of the Fan Family cried out in joy when they saw Lin Long.
However, in the next moment, fear was written all over their faces. Every time Lin Long attacked, one of them would fall to the ground.
In a short period of time, none of the people who had charged towards them had the ability to retaliate.
"You … you're a third-level warrior!"
"Wait, weren't you just a first-level warrior? How did you suddenly become so strong?"
"Also, what sword skill is that?"
"Isn't it an ice attribute technique?"
"A powerful sword skill coupled with an ice attribute technique. How did you do it?"
These people all cried out in shock. Linlong couldn't be bothered with them. Similarly, he left the leader alive and killed the others.
The reason why Linlong left the two people alive was naturally to probe the strength of the Lei and Fan Family. After interrogating them and obtaining the information he wanted, Linlong killed the two of them.
During this period of time, the surroundings were already quiet. It was obvious that the Lei and Fan Family thought that these people were enough to deal with him.
In the eyes of ordinary people, these people were more than enough to deal with Linlong. This was because most of them were peak second-level warriors. Dealing with a first-level warrior like Linlong was definitely a waste of their talents.
However, they didn't know that Linlong was not a first-level warrior, but a third-level warrior.
The Fan Family was not easy to deal with, but the Lei Family was much easier to deal with. Linlong immediately headed towards the Lei Family's stronghold.
Lei Peng's men did not live in the city center. Instead, they bought a courtyard in the east of the Xing Wu City.
It was at the edge of the Xing Wu City, and the guards in the city would not go near it. This was more suitable for Linlong's operation.
Soon, he arrived at the center of the Xing Wu City. However, just as he was about to continue towards the courtyard where the Lei Family resided, he stopped in his tracks. A look of surprise appeared on his face.
This was because he realized that one of the people walking in the distance was the subordinate of Xie Cheng whom he had met in the Xing Wu Mountain Range.
This group of people was obviously accompanied by the people from the City Governor's Mansion.
Could it be that these people were from the Fourth Marquis' Mansion? Linlong couldn't help but be shocked.
Originally, he wanted to rush to the Lei Family's side, but he stopped when he saw these people.
The leader of this group of people was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man. Although he looked ordinary, Linlong could sense a battle-hardened aura from him. In addition, with his powerful Divine Will, Linlong could immediately tell that this person had the strength of a fourth-level warrior.
A fourth-level warrior … Linlong sized him up a few more times.
Apart from this person, the others were not weak either. There were at least six or seven of them who had the strength of a third-level warrior.
After following them for a while, Linlong realized that these people were obviously heading towards the Xing Wu Academy.
It seemed like they were really here for Xie Cheng. Linlong thought to himself.
These people most likely knew that Xie Cheng was dead. They were probably here to ask Guo Xiaoxiao about the situation. If they continued to investigate, Guo Xiaoxiao would be in trouble. With this thought in mind, Linlong naturally followed them.
Although Guo Xiaoxiao always had a cold expression, Linlong had already treated her as his woman after their relationship. Now that Guo Xiaoxiao was in trouble, he naturally wouldn't sit by and watch.
After following them for a while, these people really walked into the Xing Wu Academy.
After entering the Xing Wu Academy, a few elders hurried over to welcome them. Then, these elders brought this group of people into the main hall at the center of the Xing Wu Academy.
Linlong naturally didn't dare to follow them in. Instead, he found a place outside to observe every move of this group of people.
Apart from Linlong, there were naturally some disciples who saw these people being brought into the main hall by the elders.
Among these disciples, there were obviously people who knew who these people were. One to ten, ten to a hundred, so as time passed, more and more disciples gathered outside the main hall.
At this time, Linlong didn't hide anymore. He simply blended in with these disciples.
"This is really strange. Why does the Fourth Marquis Residence's General Jiang have the time to bring so many people to our Xing Wu Academy?"
"Is it really General Jiang? That's a fourth-level warrior! "
"Why would I lie to you? I saw it with my own eyes. "
"Could it be that something big happened?"
…
While the disciples were discussing, the Xing Wu Academy's elders, teachers, and other people entered the main hall one after another. In the end, the disciples realized that Principal Teng had also entered the main hall.
After entering the hall, Principal Teng of the Xing Wu Academy saw General Jiang and the others with gloomy faces.
"General Jiang, what wind blew you all here?" Principal Teng's old face was full of smiles.
Hearing Principal Teng's question, the others also shifted their gazes to General Jiang's face. Just now, they originally wanted to ask, but after seeing General Jiang's expression, they didn't dare to.
"Principal Teng, to be honest, this time, we are here for the heir," General Jiang said straightforwardly.
Heir? What does our Xing Wu Academy have to do with the son of the Fourth Marquis? Hearing General Jiang's words, a puzzled expression appeared on the faces of most of the people present.
"Hmm, what happened to the heir?" Principal Teng asked doubtfully.
As the dean, he naturally knew that Xie Cheng had entered their Xing Wu Academy as a disciple.
As he said this, Principal Teng couldn't help but look at an elder on the right. This elder was none other than Xie Cheng's master, Elder Qian Hetong.
This elder was also confused.
General Jiang's expression was ugly as he said, "His Highness discovered that the candle representing the heir's fate has been extinguished …"
"What?" Before he could finish speaking, Principal Teng, Elder Qian, and the others all cried out in alarm.
They knew what it meant for the candle representing the fate of the heir to be extinguished.
"Xie Cheng was fine before, how did something like this happen in just a few days?" Elder Qian couldn't help but shout.
Xie Cheng was the son of the Fourth Marquis? Hearing Elder Qian's words, the people present who didn't know about this before looked at each other in shock.
"General Jiang, what exactly is going on?" Principal Teng asked anxiously.
If Xie Cheng really died, and the Fourth Marquis blamed the Xing Wu City, they would be in trouble.
"Huang Ji, explain it to Principal Teng and the others." General Jiang looked at the person beside him and said.
The middle-aged man called Huang Ji immediately stood up and said, "It's like this. About ten days ago, the heir and a female disciple of your academy went to the Xingwu Mountain Range to complete a mission. During the mission, the two of them suddenly disappeared. We thought that they were intentionally avoiding us, so we also left. Who would have thought that we would never see the heir again. In the end, the prince discovered that the candle representing the heir had already been extinguished."
If Linlong was inside, he would definitely realize that Huang Ji was the person he had just recognized.
"Then do you know who the heir went to do the mission with?" Principal Teng hurriedly asked.
"It's a disciple called Guo Xiaoxiao from your Xing Wu Academy," Huang Ji said again.
"Guo Xiaoxiao might know the reason behind the heir's death. That's why His Highness asked us to come to your academy," General Jiang said.
Guo Xiaoxiao?
Hearing those words, everyone immediately shifted their gazes to a beautiful middle-aged woman.
This was because Guo Xiaoxiao was this middle-aged woman's disciple.
"Elder Yao Xue, is Guo Xiaoxiao here?" Principal Teng immediately asked the middle-aged woman.
"Xiaoxiao is here. I'll order someone to bring her here immediately," Yao Xue immediately said.
Soon, Guo Xiaoxiao was brought into the main hall.
Seeing that Guo Xiaoxiao was the only disciple brought into the main hall, the disciples outside were naturally extremely surprised and started to guess the reason.
However, how would they know the reason? Only Linlong knew the reason.
Hearing that the people from the Fourth Marquis' Palace had come, Guo Xiaoxiao was also surprised. However, she still looked very calm when she entered the main hall.
"Xiaoxiao, this is General Jiang from the Fourth Marquis' Palace." After Guo Xiaoxiao entered, the middle-aged woman, Elder Yao, introduced.
"Greetings, General Jiang." Guo Xiaoxiao bowed in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.
General Jiang did not say anything. Instead, he coldly stared at Guo Xiaoxiao as if he wanted to see something from her.
Huang Ji said, "Miss Guo, previously, you went to the Xing Wu Mountain Range with the heir to do a mission. During that period, you suddenly left without saying goodbye. What exactly happened?"
"May I know why Uncle Huang is asking this?" Guo Xiaoxiao frowned.
In fact, she did not know that Xie Cheng had already died.
That day, when she woke up, she did not see Xie Cheng's corpse. She only thought that Xie Cheng had left for some reason and let Linlong take advantage of him.
At that time, because she was extremely embarrassed, she did not even have the mood to ask Linlong what exactly happened. Instead, she directly left the scene.
Therefore, now that she heard the question, she was naturally very confused.
"You just need to answer truthfully," General Jiang suddenly said coldly.
Looking at the expressions of these people, Guo Xiaoxiao felt that something must have happened.
She was drugged by Xie Cheng and then taken advantage of by another person. How could Guo Xiaoxiao possibly say such a thing?
Therefore, after a moment of silence, she opened her mouth and said, "At that time, I had some conflict with Senior Brother Xie and we parted on bad terms. As for where Senior Brother Xie went after that, I don't know."
"You're lying!" Hearing Guo Xiaoxiao's words, Huang Ji immediately retorted, "At that time, we clearly heard the sounds of a man and a woman making love. How could there be any conflict between the two of you?"
Guo Xiaoxiao's brows could not help but furrow even more. She did not expect that the other party would actually hear such sounds.
To be honest, at that time, she was in a confused state of mind and did not know the specific details.
Hearing Huang Ji's words, everyone from the Xing Wu Academy looked at each other. They did not expect that Guo Xiaoxiao, who was usually cold and had almost no contact with male disciples, would actually have such an affair with Xie Cheng. Moreover, it was in the wilderness.
Even though they felt that Guo Xiaoxiao and Xie Cheng were well-matched in terms of social status, they still felt that it was extremely strange.
"Guo Xiaoxiao, what exactly happened at that time?" General Jiang asked again.
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