While Lin Long and the rest were in Baiyi Villa, the members of the Li family gathered at the training field in the Li family's courtyard in Northern Chill City. In front of them was the patriarch of the Li family with a solemn expression.
The reason for this was naturally because the patriarch of the Li family had heard from Li Qianjing and the rest of the people who had returned.
Seeing that the patriarch of the Li family was silent, someone could not help but say, "Patriarch, that brat Lin Li injured so many people from the Li family and stole the treasures. We have to capture him!"
"That's right, Patriarch, we must capture him!" Many people echoed in agreement.
On the contrary, Li Qianjing, who was beside him, did not say anything because he knew his father would definitely not let Lin Li go.
As expected, the patriarch of the Li family said, "Everyone, don't worry. I will definitely not let Lin Li go."
"Patriarch, what exactly is behind those three jade tokens? Is it really a supreme cultivation technique?" Someone suddenly asked this question.
"That's roughly it, but we don't know what kind of cultivation technique it is … Everyone just needs to know that it is definitely a powerful cultivation technique," the patriarch of the Li family said.
"Since that's the case, we can't let Lin Li go!" Many people said in unison.
"However, that brat disappeared without a trace after coming out. We don't even know where to look for him. What should we do?" Someone began to worry.
"Where is that brat from? Is there anyone in Northern Chill City who is related to him? As long as we capture those people, we don't have to worry about him not appearing!" Someone suggested.
As soon as this was said, someone immediately said, "As far as I know, Cai Ying has the best relationship with him. He should know some information about him."
Hearing those words, those who knew who Cai Ying was immediately turned their gazes to Cai Ying.
Seeing that everyone's gazes were on him, Cai Ying could not help but panic.
Before anyone could ask who Cai Ying was, he had already hurriedly said, "Patriarch, I only met Lin Li on the day of the assessment. I do not have a deep relationship with him and do not know him very well."
Hearing this, the patriarch of the Li family shifted his gaze to Cai Ying and asked, "You are Cai Ying?"
"Yes." Cai Ying hurriedly nodded.
"Since you are related to Lin Li …" At this point, the Li Family's Patriarch suddenly looked at the Third Elder, and said, "Third Elder, I'll leave this person to you. I hope that you will be able to obtain valuable information from him."
"Yes, Patriarch." The Third Elder nodded.
Just as he was about to grab Cai Ying, someone in the crowd said, "Master, I know who is close to Lin Li in the Northern Chill City, and I have already captured those people."
"Oh, who are they? Where are they?" Li Family Head's eyes immediately lit up.
"It's three people who aren't very strong. They're locked up in one of the Shi family's courtyards," the man replied.
"Since you are a member of our Li Family, why did you lock them up in the Shi Family's courtyard?" Li Family Head asked curiously.
"Since you are a member of the Li family, why did you lock them up in the Shi family's courtyard?" The Li family's patriarch was puzzled.
If Lin Long was here, he would definitely remember this name because Lv Gongyi and the other two had said that Gu Zhong had captured them and brought them to the Shi family.
"Actually, Elder Song Jia asked me to do this," Gu Zhong hurriedly said.
"Elder Song Jia shouldn't have locked them up in the Shi family's courtyard." The Li family's patriarch couldn't help but frown.
"Patriarch, this is a helpless move because Elder Song Jia was already locked up in the dungeon. If he brought them to our Li family, there would definitely be people gossiping. Moreover, no one in the Li family was willing to listen to him. Because of this, Elder Song Jia had no choice but to seek help from his friends in the Shi family and finally locked them up in the Shi family's courtyard," Gu Zhong explained.
"Elder Song Jia was locked up in the dungeon? What is going on?" The Li family's patriarch was puzzled.
When that happened, he wasn't in Northern Chill City. After returning, no one mentioned it to him, so how would he know?
Li Qianjing hurriedly said, "Father, Elder Song Jia was locked up in the dungeon because he made some mistakes."
That mistake happened to be related to Lin Long. At this time, how would Li Qianjing dare to tell him the details?
"Is it something serious?" The Li family's patriarch asked with a frown.
"It's just a small matter. It's not important," Li Qianjing said.
"In that case, if Elder Song Jia made a great contribution in capturing Lin Li, then let him be released," the Li family's patriarch said immediately.
"Thank you, Patriarch," Gu Zhong couldn't help but say happily.
He was Song Jia's subordinate. If Song Jia could be released, he would naturally be happy.
Then, he said, "Elder Song Jia had always felt that there was something wrong with Lin Li, so after the secret realm opened, he sent me to capture the three people who were close to Lin Li."
"Mm, not bad." The Li family's patriarch nodded in approval. Then, he said, "Now, bring a few elders to bring those three people to the Li family!"
With that, the Li family's patriarch arranged for the three people to follow Gu Zhong.
Two of the three people were elders of the Li family. One could imagine how important this matter was to the Li family's patriarch.
The group soon arrived at the Shi family's courtyard. However, before they entered the courtyard, Gu Zhong felt that something was wrong. There were obviously more people from the Shi family inside and outside the courtyard than before.
He even saw the Shi family's enforcement elder.
Could something have happened? Gu Zhong's heart couldn't help but pound.
On the contrary, the people who came with him nodded in approval. They thought that the Shi family valued those three people very much, so they sent so many people to guard the place.
If that was the case, they wouldn't have to worry about anything happening.
The group soon arrived at the gate of the courtyard.
"Is Steward Gu here?" Gu Zhong asked the guard at the gate.
Before the guard could answer, someone walked out from the inside. It was Steward Gu.
Actually, Steward Gu was a relative of Gu Zhong.
Seeing Steward Gu's gloomy face, Gu Zhong felt that something was wrong. He quickly asked, "Steward Gu, what happened?"
"Elder Shi Heng, who was in the courtyard, was killed," Steward Gu said in a low voice.
"What? Your Elder Shi Heng was killed? Who has such guts? "The two elders of the Li family who came with Gu Zhong exclaimed.
It was not a small matter for an elder with the strength of a fourth grade beast to be killed.
"I don't know," Steward Gu shook his head.
"Then, are the three people locked inside still there?" Gu Zhong hurriedly asked.
Steward Gu shook his head and said, "They're not there anymore. They should have been rescued. Elder Shi Heng was killed in the basement where they were locked up."
"What?" Hearing this, Gu Zhong and the others couldn't help but exclaim.
They thought that they would be able to bring the three people away. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen?
"Steward Gu, can you let us in to take a look?" Gu Zhong asked unwillingly.
After casting a glance at the two elders of the Li family beside Gu Zhong, Steward Gu said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to ask the Enforcement Elder."
"Alright," Gu Zhong nodded.
"Everyone, please wait outside for a moment." After speaking, Steward Gu immediately walked in.
Not long after, he walked out with a dignified-looking elder following behind him. It was the Enforcement Elder of the Shi Family.
"Elder Li He, Elder Chen Meng, why are you here?" The Enforcement Elder of the Shi Family hurriedly asked when he saw the two elders of the Li family.
"Isn't it because the three prisoners of the Li family are locked up here?" One of the two elders of the Li family immediately replied.
"Is that so? That's a pity. We don't know who rescued the three of them, and they even killed an elder of the Shi Family," the Enforcement Elder sighed.
"Elder Shi Song, can we go in to take a look?" Elder Li He of the Li family asked.
"Of course. Everyone, please follow me," the Enforcement Elder of the Shi Family named Shi Song said.
As he spoke, he led the way and brought the few of them in.
Very quickly, they were brought into the basement. It was naturally empty and there was nothing there. Of course, there were slight traces of fighting on the ground.
However, these traces of a fight were useless.
After coming out, they saw Shi Heng who was already dead.
At this moment, how could the few people of the Li family still not believe that the three people had been rescued?
"Everyone, we are really sorry. Our Shi Family was unable to stop that thief," Shi Song said with a sigh.
"Elder Shi, don't blame yourself …"
After a round of pleasantries, the few people of the Li family quickly left and returned to the Li family.
Seeing that the few of them did not bring anyone back, the Patriarch of the Li family's face darkened and asked, "Why? Only the few of you?"
"Patriarch, the three of them have been rescued. Moreover, an elder of the Shi Family has been killed," Gu Zhong hurriedly said.
"Patriarch, this is absolutely true. We saw Elder Shi Heng who was killed in the courtyard of the Shi Family," Li He also said.
After hearing the words of the two, Li Qianjing said without hesitation, "In my opinion, it must be that Lin Li's doing!"
Having seen Lin Long's prowess in the secret realm, he naturally did not doubt that Lin Long could not do this.
"Is that Lin Li really that powerful?" Someone asked doubtfully.
"Of course he is. Otherwise, how could he snatch the three jade tokens from the hands of so many of us?" Li Qianjing frowned.
"It seems that we are still a step too late," the Patriarch of the Li family said with a frown.
Seeing his expression, Gu Zhong did not dare to mention the matter of releasing Song Jia.
"Patriarch, I suggest that we search the entire city. Lin Li and the others must still be in the Northern Chill City. As long as we search seriously, we will definitely be able to find them!" Someone immediately suggested.
"Alright!" The Patriarch of the Li family immediately nodded his head and then instructed the Third Elder, "Third Elder, I will leave this matter to you. Bring some people with you to search immediately!"
"Yes!"
After responding, the Third Elder immediately led some people to the courtyard and searched seriously for Lin Long and the others.
After the Third Elder left, an old man beside the Patriarch of the Li family suddenly said, "Patriarch, I think there is a way to quickly find Lin Li!"
"Oh, Great Elder, what is it?" The Patriarch of the Li family's eyes lit up as he looked at the old man.
This old man was the Great Elder of the Li family.
"Patriarch, do you still have the black rune stone that you obtained from the secret realm?" The Great Elder asked.
"Of course, but what does it have to do with that stone?" The Patriarch of the Li family was puzzled.
"Previously, I found a paragraph of text related to that stone in an incomplete book of the Guwen Sect. I think that the stone should be the Sensing Stone in the Guwen Sect," the Great Elder said.
"Sensing Stone? Is it true? "The Patriarch of the Li family couldn't help but ask.
"Sensing Stone? What is that? "An elder was puzzled.
The Great Elder explained, "There is a Sensing Stone in the Guwen Sect. There is a special Rune Array in it. Within a certain distance, it can sense some key figures in the Guwen Sect or the weapons in their hands. Didn't Qian Jing say that there is someone with Lin Li who has the Black Profound Rod? The Black Profound Rod is a famous weapon in the Guwen Sect. If the Sensing Stone is useful, it will definitely be able to sense its location within a certain distance."
After hearing the Great Elder's words, the Patriarch of the Li family took out a black stone from his body.
Is this the Sensing Stone?
Once he took it out, everyone's attention was focused on the black stone.
The stone was the size of an egg and looked like a cobblestone. However, upon closer inspection, they could see that there were strange runes engraved on it.
"Great Elder, this is the stone. Could it really be the Sensing Stone?" The Patriarch of the Li family said to the Great Elder as he handed the stone over.
The Great Elder immediately took the stone and looked at it seriously. After a few glances, he nodded and said, "It should be the Sensing Stone."
"Then how do I activate it?" The Patriarch of the Li family asked.
"Patriarch, you only need to inject your own energy into it to activate it," the Great Elder said as he handed the black stone back.
After receiving the stone, the Patriarch of the Li family followed the Great Elder's instructions and injected his own energy into the black stone.
As soon as the Strength Qi in his body entered the black stone, the originally dark stone suddenly began to shine. After a while, the runes on its surface even came to life.
However, everyone only noticed that the runes had come to life. They didn't discover that the stone could sense anything.
The Patriarch of the Li family, who was holding the stone, suddenly closed his eyes. It seemed that he was sensing something.
Could it be that the Patriarch could sense it? Seeing this situation, the people present were naturally overjoyed.
After a while, the Patriarch of the Li family suddenly opened his eyes.
"Patriarch, can you really sense the existence of the Black Profound Rod?" someone hurriedly asked.
Unexpectedly, the Patriarch of the Li family directly nodded and said, "I have already sensed its specific location. It is in the direction of the Bai Yi Villa."
"Bai Yi Villa? Could it be that Lin Li is related to the Bai Yi Villa? "someone couldn't help but exclaim.
The Bai Yi Villa had always been a mysterious existence to the four great families. They didn't dare to provoke it.
"No matter what, let's go and take a look first. If it is really in the Bai Yi Villa, then we will talk about it!" the Patriarch of the Li family said coldly.
After saying that, he stood up and said, "Everyone, follow me to the Bai Yi Villa!"
Soon after, the group of people from the Li family directly charged towards the Bai Yi Villa.
…
Linlong and the rest didn't know that such a thing had happened. At this moment, He Yudan replied, "I want to investigate the cause of my brother's death, so I can't stay here any longer."
Linlong couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that there is a hidden story behind your brother's death?"
He had heard He Yudan mention it once before, but he didn't know the specifics.
He Yudan clenched her fists and said, "I have a vague feeling that there is a hidden story behind my brother's death. It was just that I wasn't strong enough before, so I couldn't investigate it. But now, it's different. My strength is no longer the same as before!"
Previously, her strength was weak, but now that she was a level-4 beastmaster, she was equivalent to an elder of the four great factions like the Li family. Naturally, she wouldn't be afraid of anything.
"Alright, but you have to be careful." Linlong nodded.
After saying that, the two of them left the Bai Yi Villa. Xiao Qin, Lv Yue, and the rest were naturally reluctant to leave.
After coming out, He Yudan asked, "Junior Brother Lin, where are you going?"
"I'm not sure yet. I need to find a place to recuperate first," Linlong replied.
His injuries hadn't fully recovered, so the most important thing now was to find a safe place to recuperate before thinking of a way to break the Innate Divine Technique.
When he heard from the white-clothed lady that the Innate Divine Technique could make a ferocious beast's innate talent stronger, Linlong was naturally interested.
"What about you?" Linlong asked.
"I'll make a trip to Northern Chill City's Fallen Leaves Town first," He Yudan said.
"Then, Miss He, take care." Linlong nodded.
"Alright, Junior Brother Lin, take care too." He Yudan was obviously reluctant to part with him, but she quickly hid her emotions.
Just as He Yudan was about to leave, Linlong frowned. He felt that many auras were coming towards them.
Knowing that enemies were coming, Linlong immediately said to He Yudan, "Miss He, there are people coming towards us. Let's leave this place quickly!"
Although they were outside the Bai Yi Villa, Linlong had never thought of relying on the Bai Yi Villa. Moreover, the white-clothed lady had said that if it was her junior sister, it would be useless for Linlong to stay in the Bai Yi Villa. Hence, Linlong's first thought was to leave this place.
Although He Yudan couldn't sense the surrounding auras, she knew that the situation was urgent. Seeing Linlong in this state, she hurriedly asked, "Where are we going?"
"Follow me!" Linlong frowned, then turned and sprinted towards the right.
The direction he was sprinting towards was the weakest of the surrounding people. With his Divine Telekinesis, he could naturally sense it easily.
He Yudan hurriedly followed behind Linlong.
The reason why Linlong didn't activate the Scarlet Eagle's Origin Talent was because flying in the sky would be too obvious. Their main task now was to get away from the encirclement before the other party could react.
After sprinting for a while, Linlong and He Yudan bumped into three people head-on.
They were from the Li family! Linlong immediately recognized that the three people were from the Li family.
This undoubtedly made him heave a sigh of relief. This meant that the people surrounding them were not the more difficult to deal with, the white-clothed lady's junior sister.
The three people naturally noticed Linlong and He Yudan and immediately issued a warning.
A hurried whistle immediately resounded in the surrounding void.
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