After a while, seeing that no one else was bidding, the secret manual was naturally sold to Lin Long.
Once again, the auctioneer personally handed it over to Lin Long.
After storing the secret manual into the spatial ring, Lin Long said to Mo Qiu. "Mo Qiu, since we revealed our wealth, there will definitely be many people watching us. Are you ready?"
Mo Qiu immediately patted his chest and said. "Young master, don't worry. Since I'm the leader of an assassin organization, I naturally have the ability to deal with them.
Soon after, an auctioneer came to the entrance.
Mo Qiu obviously recognized this person and immediately said to him, "Bring us out of the auction house safely."
"Yes!" That person respectfully said, "All of you, follow me."
"Young master, let's follow him." Mo Qiu said.
The few of them immediately followed that person out. The auctioneer did not lead them back the way they came, but instead opened up a secret door at the side.
After entering the secret door, Lin Long discovered that it seemed to be a private room.
The auctioneer walked to the left side of the wall, and after tapping on it a few times, another secret door opened up. This time, it revealed a passage leading downwards.
"Once we get out of here, we will be safe outside." The auctioneer said.
"Young master, let's go." Mo Qiu said as he walked in.
After the four of them entered, the secret door behind them closed.
"Young master, there are several passages like this in the auction house. I spent a huge sum of money to obtain one of them. Moreover, you can rest assured that only I know about this passage. No one else will know about it. The auction house will not act recklessly on this point." Mo Qiu said.
"That's good." Lin Long nodded.
After walking for an incense stick's time, the group finally reached the end of the passage. After exiting, Lin Long discovered that they had arrived at a dense forest.
"This forest is to the north of Mo Shi City. As long as we head south, we will be able to reach Mo Shi City in no time." Mo Qiu said.
At this moment, Lin Long suddenly furrowed his brows. He discovered that there was a person not too far away from his left, and his strength was not weak.
Moreover, the other party was clearly staring at them.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Long did not move. Instead, he pretended to follow Mo Qiu and the rest towards the south.
The moment they moved, the person behind them also moved. His footsteps were so light that Mo Qiu and the rest didn't notice him at all. Clearly, the other party was proficient in concealment. If not for Lin Long's powerful spiritual will, he wouldn't have been able to detect him.
"Someone's following us. I'll go to the left, you three go to the right," Linlong whispered to Mo Qiu and the others.
Someone is following me? Everyone was astonished.
Inwardly, he was surprised that Linlong could discover it.
Although their strength was limited, their divine senses were not. They were still the same as before, so they were naturally surprised.
They followed Linlong's instructions and headed to the right.
After that, the person tailing them hesitated. In the end, he chose to follow Mo Qiu and the other two.
As soon as he followed, Linlong immediately stopped and released the runic wooden figure.
The other party seemed to be a Level Five martial artist, so he didn't want to take a Level Four Qi-strengthening Pill. Naturally, he took out the Rune Wooden Man to stimulate his Level Five martial artist strength.
As soon as he released the Rune Wooden Man, he and the Rune Wooden Man immediately chased after the person.
When they got close, the person, whose attention was focused on Mo Qiu and the others, finally noticed them. But before he could do anything, he was surrounded by Linlong, the Rune Wooden Man, Mo Qiu, and the others.
"Who are you?" Mo Qiu asked coldly.
The person was masked and dressed in black, so they couldn't see what he looked like.
The person snorted coldly and attacked the Rune Wooden Man with a palm.
It seemed like he thought that the Rune Wooden Man was the weakest.
Mo Qiu and the others were speechless. They thought to themselves, "You didn't choose the weakest among us, but chose the strongest one. Isn't that courting death?"
Seeing his palm attack, the Rune Wooden Man immediately punched out.
As soon as the punch was thrown, the masked man's expression changed drastically. He realized that the Rune Wooden Man was a Level Five martial artist, and not a weak one at that.
"Bang!"
The black clothed man was sent tumbling by the force of the attack.
Before he could stand up, Mo Qiu and the other two's Rune Swords were already slashing at him.
He hurriedly raised his palm to block.
"Bang, bang, bang!" With these three sounds, Mo Qiu and the other two were forced to retreat. After all, they only had the strength of a Level 4 Martial Artist, so how could they withstand a single blow from this black-robed man?
However, this gave the Rune Wooden Man an opportunity.
Before the masked man could even catch his breath, the Rune Wooden Man's fist came smashing at him again.
He hurriedly raised his palm to meet the attack.
This time, the hasty attack was unable to block the Rune Wooden Man's fist, and he was seriously injured by the Rune Wooden Man.
The Rune Wooden Man followed up with another attack, and after a few more punches, the masked man was lying on the ground.
At this time, Linlong walked to the masked man's side. With a flick of the sword in his hand, the mask on the masked man's face was immediately removed, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.
"That's Mo Tao, the Great Elder's man!" Mo Qiu, who had come over, immediately said.
"Since that's the case, let's leave this place first. Otherwise, it won't be good if the Great Elder brings people over," Luo Yuan hurriedly said.
"Alright." Linlong nodded.
Immediately, Luo Yuan carried Mo Tao on his back, and the few of them continued southward. However, this time, they obviously took a different route.
Not long after, they entered the northern part of Mo Shi City. In order to prevent others from noticing, they changed Mo Tao's clothes into black.
After entering the northern part of Mo Shi City, Mo Qiu brought them to a secret stronghold of the assassin organization.
This was a courtyard that looked like an ordinary family's residence.
After knocking on the door, a young man opened it.
"Who is it?" the young man asked as he looked at Mo Qiu and the others.
Mo Qiu immediately told him the assassin organization's secret code, and after confirming that it was correct, the young man hurriedly let them in.
Since he had never seen Mo Qiu and the others' faces, the young man did not know that Mo Qiu and Luo Yuan were the Great Elder and Third Elder of the assassin organization.
After entering the courtyard, Mo Qiu was still worried, and he directly brought them to the courtyard's basement.
After entering the basement, they placed Mo Tao on the ground. Mo Qiu coldly said, "How did you know that we would come out from there?"
"I don't know. The Great Elder instructed me to do so," Mo Tao said honestly.
"Could it be that he knows about the secret passage?" Mo Qiu could not help but frown.
"Big Brother, don't worry. He probably doesn't know about it. Otherwise, he would have already stopped us in the passage," Luo Yuan said.
"That's true." Mo Qiu nodded.
"It should be a guess. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent only one person," Lei Cheng said.
"That's good. If he knows about the secret passage, we won't be able to use it in the future," Mo Qiu said.
After asking Mo Tao a few more questions, Mo Qiu looked at Linlong and asked, "Young Master, can we keep this person alive?"
"Kill him," Linlong said indifferently.
Currently, he was in Mo Shi City and did not have the time to deal with this matter. Hence, it was better to kill him.
After hearing Linlong's words, Mo Qiu directly killed Mo Tao with a single palm strike.
After that, the few of them left the stronghold. Lei Cheng returned to his home, while Mo Qiu and Luo Yuan returned to the assassin organization.
Before leaving, Linlong said to Mo Qiu and Luo Yuan, "Pay attention to that Du Xiu. If there's an opportunity, kill him!"
Since he did not know where Du Xiu was, he decided to leave this matter to Mo Qiu and Luo Yuan.
Naturally, Mo Qiu and Luo Yuan agreed to this task.
As soon as they entered Xie Zhe's courtyard, a disciple saw Linlong and said, "Junior Brother Lin, where did you go? Master has been looking for you for a long time. He said that you should go to his study when you return."
"Thank you, Senior Brother." After saying that, Linlong walked towards Xie Zhe's study.
They arrived outside Xie Zhe's study. Before they knocked on the door, Xie Zhe said, "Come in."
Pushing the door open, Linlong saw Xie Zhe sitting in front of the study table.
Xie Zhe had a calm expression on his face, as though he had walked out of the shadow of the previous incident.
Seeing Linlong enter, he raised his head and asked, "Lin Li, where did you go?"
"I went out with a friend to take a stroll," Linlong replied.
"Did you forget what I told you previously? What if Du Xiu found out that you went out?" Xie Zhe frowned.
"Disciple will not dare to do it again," Linlong immediately said.
Seeing Linlong's expression, Xie Zhe nodded his head and said, "One and a half months later, our Mo Family will hold a martial arts competition for disciples of suitable age."
"Martial arts competition?"
"Yes. Only those who obtain a certain ranking in the competition will be able to enter the secret realm for training," Xie Zhe said.
"Secret realm for training?" Linlong pretended to be confused.
"Our Mo Family has a secret realm in Mo Shi City. This secret realm is the place where generations of Mo Family's patriarchs and experts passed away. Entering the secret realm to train will give you a chance to obtain the treasures they left behind. Hence, this is a good opportunity for you. The reason I called you here is because I hope that you can obtain a slot to enter the secret realm for training. In other words, I hope that you will obtain a good result in the martial arts competition in one and a half months," Xie Zhe said as he looked at Linlong.
"It's just that I have just entered and the runes I know are ordinary. I'm afraid that I won't be a match for my senior and junior brothers," Linlong said worriedly.
"Hence, you will need to work hard. However, I have high hopes for you. You are very talented in the study of runes. I feel that you will be able to obtain a chance to enter the secret realm in one and a half months," Xie Zhe said.
After a slight pause, he continued, "Of course, it's impossible to not work hard when you have talent. Hence, you have to work even harder in this one and a half months. Because your talent is incomparable to others, if you practice the same content as others, it will drag down your progress …"
"Master, what do you mean?" Linlong asked doubtfully.
"I mean to give you special attention. From today onwards, you will come here to learn runes from me every three days. I will adjust your learning content according to your progress," Xie Zhe said.
"Thank you, Master," Linlong said.
"Mm, then I will start teaching you from now on," Xie Zhe said.
Immediately, he took out some books on runes and incantations for Linlong. Then, he did not just let Linlong read them. Instead, he personally taught Linlong, which made Linlong feel a little touched.
After all, there were very few masters like him.
In the beginning, Xie Zhe taught him some basic knowledge. However, it was different when it was taught by an expert in runes and incantations like Xie Zhe. Linlong obviously learned more things.
The more he taught, the more surprised Xie Zhe was. He realized that Linlong's basic knowledge was very solid. It was much better than when he was young.
If he knew that Linlong had just come into contact with runes and incantations not long ago, he would probably be so shocked that his eyeballs would fall out.
After teaching for a long time, Xie Zhe finally let Linlong go back.
After returning to his room, Linlong took out the incomplete secret manual.
Once he took it out, he read it seriously. Although it was incomplete, he seemed to have discovered a different path from the secret manual. If he learned runes and incantations from this path, he would probably be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort.
This discovery made Linlong study the book even more seriously.
What made him sigh was that some of the things that Xie Zhe taught him made it easier for him to understand this book.
Not only did Xie Zhe teach him these things, but the Xiang family's secret manual that he obtained from the Xiang family also played a role.
Unknowingly, Linlong read until midnight.
By this time, he had already finished reading the entire book. However, due to the incomplete parts of the book, he could not completely grasp this book.
He could only form a method in his mind that he could not grasp at the moment.
Knowing that this could not be accomplished overnight, Linlong did not continue thinking about it. Instead, he went to sleep first.
When he woke up the next day, he went to report to Xie Zhe.
After teaching Linlong for a while, Xie Zhe had some matters to attend to. However, Linlong did not leave. Instead, he stayed in the study.
Taking advantage of this time, he simply flipped through the books in Xie Zhe's study.
There were many books in Xie Zhe's study. Linlong slowly flipped through them.
This time, he actually flipped through them for an entire day. By the time Xie Zhe returned, the sky was already extremely dark.
Seeing that Linlong was actually still in the study, Xie Zhe was naturally surprised. "You've been reading in there until now?"
"Yes." Linlong nodded.
During this period of time, other than eating, he spent the rest of the time reading.
"Indeed, success is not a coincidence. For a person like you, if you do not succeed, there is no justice in the world!" Xie Zhe could not help but exclaim.
"Thank you for your praise, Master." Linlong smiled faintly.
At that moment, he did not continue to stay and directly left the study.
After staying for such a day, he had gained something. The reason why he stayed for so long was that the more he read, the more he realized that he seemed to understand the incomplete secret manual.
Perhaps he could really solve the mystery of the incomplete secret manual if he finished reading it, Linlong thought to himself.
He naturally knew that it was not that easy to solve the mystery of the incomplete secret manual. Otherwise, the original owner of this book would not have put it up for auction.
The original owner must have thought of many ways to solve the mystery of the incomplete secret manual. In the end, he reluctantly put it up for auction.
I'll read it tomorrow and finish reading it once. This thought flashed through Linlong's mind as he left.
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