Lin Long didn't chase after him because he felt that there were other powerhouses in that direction.
After the two of them chased for a while, the person in front stopped and turned around. If Lin Long was here, he would definitely recognize that it was Zhang Chaoran.
The masked man also stopped, pulled down his scarf, and looked at Zhang Chaoran respectfully.
"You did well." Zhang Chaoran nodded, and then said, "You can go now."
After saying that, the masked man immediately left. Zhang Chaoran also left.
Zhang Chaoran directly rushed towards the Northern Chill City.
After entering the Northern Chill City, he went to the room in the teahouse again. After entering the room, he saw the woman in black again.
The woman in black who was playing the guqin stopped and raised her head to ask, "Yes, what's the matter?"
"Miss, I have already sent someone to fight with Lin Li," Zhang Chaoran answered.
"What's the result?" The woman in black asked.
"It seems that Lin Li is at most a level-2 beast in the mid-stage," Zhang Chaoran said.
"Is he really a level-2 beast in the early stage? Would the person she found be so weak? "The woman in black frowned.
"Miss, this is also expected. After all, Miss Liang has not been involved for long. Or perhaps, she is simply not interested in this matter or the things in the secret realm," Zhang Chaoran said.
Hearing his words, the lady in black furrowed her brows, then said, "Since this person's strength isn't that great, there's nothing to be afraid of. You just need to pay attention to him. As for what to do, it's up to you."
"Miss, I understand," Zhang Chaoran said respectfully.
"Alright, you can go out." The woman in black waved her hand.
Zhang Chaoran immediately left the room and closed the door.
In the Feixue Mountains, after hunting enough ferocious beasts, Lin Long didn't directly walk out of the Feixue Mountains. It was too early to go out at this time, and he was afraid that only a few people had left.
Hence, after a while, he walked out. At this time, he naturally had five beast cores on him.
Soon, he returned to the place where he came in, and after handing the beast cores to an elder, he completed his mission.
By this time, there were already a lot of people coming out. After waiting for a while and seeing that there were no more people coming out, an elder began to do a headcount.
After counting for a while, he frowned slightly.
"Elder Du, what is it?" Another elder involuntarily asked.
"We're missing eight or nine people," Elder Du said.
"Why are there so many people missing?" Another elder couldn't help but be surprised.
It was understandable if two or three people were missing, but it was an accident if so many people were missing.
After the two of them discussed for a while, they said to everyone. "You guys return to Northern Chill City first. We will go in and take a look to see what happened!"
"Yes!"
After responding in unison, the newcomers turned around and headed in the direction of Northern Chill City.
As for the two elders, they turned around and entered the dense forest.
Linlong wasn't worried that they would discover anything because he didn't leave any traces behind.
Sure enough, the two elders didn't find anything. When they returned to the Northern Chill City, the two elders followed them back to the Li family.
Once they returned to the Li family, the two elders immediately reported this matter to the Li family's patriarch.
"Patriarch, could it be the doing of the other three factions?" Elder Du asked worriedly.
The four factions all wanted to obtain benefits from the secret realm. If one of them weakened, it would naturally be a good thing for the other three factions. Therefore, it wasn't surprising that one of the factions wanted to play tricks in the dark.
After thinking for a while, the Li family's patriarch said, "Those who died were all newcomers, so it should be an accident. However, tell the others to be careful and immediately report to me if anything happens. As for your elders, send more people to the Soaring Snow Mountain Range to prevent something like this from happening."
"Yes!" The two elders immediately responded.
Soon after, they passed on the patriarch's message.
Two days later, the two elders discovered that it wasn't just the newcomers. Even Zhang Mao seemed to have disappeared on that day.
The list of missing people quickly spread throughout the Li family. When a hall master saw the list and saw Zhang Mao's name, his expression immediately turned gloomy.
This hall master's surname was Zhang Xing. He was actually Zhang Mao's cousin. The reason he pretended not to know Zhang Mao was because he didn't want the weak Zhang Mao to affect him.
However, this didn't mean he didn't care about Zhang Mao. Now that he saw that Zhang Mao might have died without a trace, how could his expression be good?
'I want to see what exactly happened!' With that thought in mind, he immediately went to look for the two elders.
After asking around, he learned that Zhang Mao and the others might have died.
This made his expression even uglier.
Zhang Mao might have died in the mouth of a beast, or he might have been killed by someone. However, Zhang Xing felt that it was more likely that he was killed by someone because it wasn't Zhang Mao's first time in the Soaring Snow Mountain Range. Moreover, Zhang Mao was very cautious and definitely wouldn't be killed by a beast.
'Could it be someone from the Li family who had a grudge against Zhang Mao?' This thought flashed across Zhang Xing's mind.
After that, he immediately asked someone to investigate the newcomers. Soon, he shifted his attention to Linlong.
This was because Zhang Mao had just had a conflict with Linlong and was defeated by him. Moreover, according to some information, Zhang Mao had the intention to deal with Linlong in this trial.
'Could it be that something happened when Zhang Mao asked someone to deal with Lin Li, and he was killed by Lin Li?' Zhang Xing made such a deduction.
Because of this deduction, he quickly went to Linlong's room to look for him.
"Knock, knock, knock …"
As he knocked on the door, Linlong opened it.
"Hall Master, what can I do for you?" Linlong asked with a puzzled expression.
"You are Lin Li?" Zhang Xing said coldly.
"That's right." Linlong nodded.
"Then let me ask you, did Zhang Mao's disappearance have anything to do with you?" Zhang Xing asked in a deep voice.
"Zhang Mao? Did he go missing?" Linlong asked with a puzzled expression.
"That's right. He went missing after following you to the Feixue Mountains. I suspect that this matter has something to do with you!" Zhang Xing stared at Linlong, trying to find any clues from his expression.
"Hall Master, I did not see Zhang Mao in the Feixue Mountains at all," Linlong denied directly.
He did not look flustered at all, so how could Zhang Xing see anything?
"Is that so?" Zhang Xing frowned, and then suddenly reached out to grab Linlong.
Linlong could tell that Zhang Xing was just testing him, so he pretended to be panicking and retreated. Sure enough, Zhang Xing's hand stopped when it was just a little bit away from his body.
"Brat, don't let me find any clues, or I will definitely not let you off!" After threatening Linlong, Zhang Xing left with a gloomy expression.
Zhang Mao's strength was ordinary, so why would this Hall Master stand up for him? Could it be that they had some sort of relationship? Linlong thought to himself as he watched Zhang Xing's departing figure.
"Eh, Brother Lin, why did Hall Master Zhang look for you?" At this moment, Cai Ying, who was outside his room, walked over with a puzzled expression.
"Is his surname Zhang?" Linlong asked.
"Yes, his surname is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Xing. He is a Hall Master," Cai Ying answered.
His surname is also Zhang, so it seems that he is really related to Zhang Mao, Linlong thought to himself.
Then, he said, "He came over to ask about Zhang Mao. He asked me if I saw Zhang Mao in the Feixue Mountains."
"Is that so? But why would he ask about Zhang Mao, and why would he ask you?" Cai Ying was puzzled.
"I don't know about that." Linlong shook his head, and then asked, "Is he related to Zhang Mao?"
"I don't know. Brother Lin, you can ask someone else." Cai Ying shook his head.
What puzzled Linlong was that after asking a few people who had entered the Li family before them, they did not think that Zhang Xing and Zhang Mao were related. In their opinion, Zhang Mao and Zhang Xing only had the same surname.
Although these people said so, Linlong could tell from Zhang Xing's behavior that Zhang Xing was definitely related to Zhang Mao.
I just have to be careful of him in the future, Linlong thought to himself.
He naturally did not take Zhang Xing seriously because Zhang Xing's strength was not stronger than his. If Zhang Xing wanted to deal with him when he left Northern Chill City, he was not worried at all.
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