Soon, Linlong walked out of the camp and headed towards Wuyang Lake.
This time, it seemed that no one was following him, which surprised him.
After spending some time, Linlong arrived at Wuyang Lake.
Before him was an extremely calm lake. Just as Linlong was wondering if Uncle Hu was here and where he was going to look for him, sounds of fighting suddenly came from the mountain to the right of Wuyang Lake.
Linlong immediately snuck toward the source of the sounds of battle.
In next to no time, he saw an old man in a fierce battle with three ferocious beasts, and this old man was none other than Uncle Hu.
What a coincidence, Linlong thought to himself.
At this moment, Uncle Hu was facing three fierce beasts. They were all Class 3 fierce beasts from the Stonewood World. Uncle Hu held a runic stone sword in his hand. With the strength he displayed, he should be able to easily kill these three fierce beasts.
However, Linlong still showed himself and went over to help. After all, he had a favor to ask.
"Oh, Little Brother Lin, you're here?" Seeing Linlong appear, Uncle Hu's face was calm, as though he had expected Linlong to appear.
"I've already obtained the Black Ink Stone, so I'm here to ask you to remove the blood essence from the runic stone sword," Linlong said directly.
"Oh!" Hearing Linlong's words, a trace of surprise finally appeared on Uncle Hu's face.
Because of Linlong's participation, the three fierce beasts were quickly killed.
After stopping, Uncle Hu looked at Linlong and asked, "You really obtained the Black Ink Stone?"
"Yes," Linlong replied. As he spoke, he took out a black stone from his body. It was the Black Ink Stone.
"Yes, that's right. It's the Black Ink Stone." Uncle Hu nodded and said, "Follow me."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards Wuyang Lake.
Linlong immediately followed behind him.
Uncle Hu quickly came to a pit by the side of Wuyang Lake. There were a few large rocks and weeds growing in the pit.
"Uncle Hu, what are you doing?" Linlong was a little puzzled.
Uncle Hu did not reply. Instead, he knocked on one of the large rocks and made a mark. Then, with a "kacha" sound, a small cave appeared below. Linlong looked down and saw a flight of stairs leading downwards.
Obviously, this was a very well-hidden underground cave.
Uncle Hu said, "This is a hiding place that we found by chance. It's very well hidden. This way, we won't be discovered if we remove the Blood Essence inside."
"I see." Linlong nodded as he secretly used his Divine Telekinesis to probe the area below.
What made him slightly relieved was that there didn't seem to be any danger below.
"Alright, come with me." As he spoke, he strode towards the flight of stairs. As for Lin Long, he followed behind him.
This staircase could accommodate two people at the same time. After walking down for a while, a small stone room appeared in front of them.
There were two stone stools and a stone table in the stone room. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
The surrounding stone walls and the ground were also smooth, without any words or runes.
"Hand over your Runestone Sword and Black Ink Stone to me," Uncle Hu said.
Linlong took out the Runestone Sword and the Black Ink Stone and placed them on the stone table.
After glancing at the Runestone Sword, Uncle Hu picked up the Black Ink Stone and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, he said, "You got this Black Ink Stone from those giant spiders, right?"
"That's right, I got it from a giant spider." Linlong didn't intend to hide it and immediately answered.
"Oh." Nodding, Uncle Hu didn't ask anything else. Instead, he took out a small bottle of medicinal liquid and a porcelain bowl from his spatial ring.
He poured some of the medicinal liquid into the porcelain bowl and then placed Linlong's Black Ink Stone into it. There wasn't much medicinal liquid in the porcelain bowl, so the liquid only touched the bottom of the Black Ink Stone.
However, after the Black Ink Stone was placed in, the medicinal liquid in the porcelain bowl began to emit white smoke. After a while, the liquid inside started to boil.
Even so, the amount of medicinal liquid didn't seem to decrease. At this moment, Uncle Hu took out the Black Ink Stone.
Linlong discovered that even though such a reaction occurred, the Black Ink Stone was still as black as ink. There wasn't any change.
After that, Uncle Hu took out a piece of black cloth and poured all the medicinal liquid in the porcelain bowl onto the black cloth. After that, he used the black cloth to wipe Linlong's Runestone Sword.
He wiped it over and over again, and very slowly. If someone didn't see the previous scene, they would definitely wonder what Uncle Hu was doing.
This was because the Runestone Sword in his hand was extremely clean. Other than the runes engraved on it, there was nothing else.
After wiping it for an unknown number of times, Uncle Hu was still wiping it. Linlong discovered that as time passed, the black cloth in his hand began to turn white. In the end, the original black cloth turned into a piece of white cloth without a single black dot on it.
At this moment, Uncle Hu wiped off the sweat on his forehead. "It's done."
After saying that, he handed the Runestone Sword over and said, "Give it a try."
Linlong immediately received it and stimulated the energy within his body. What made him happy was that this time, there were no more obstructions. The energy that he stimulated directly entered the Runestone Sword.
This meant that the blood essence within had already been removed by Uncle Hu.
"Thank you, Uncle Hu." Linlong immediately said.
"There's no need to thank me. Give me the Black Ink Stone, and I will help you remove the blood essence." Uncle Hu said indifferently. After a short pause, he said, "Let's go out."
Then, he walked towards the stairs with Linlong following behind him.
Soon, the two of them reached the outside. As soon as they were outside, Linlong frowned. This was because he realized that there were people around.
Sure enough, before they could do anything, two people walked over from behind a big tree in front of them.
The person on the left was a young man in his twenties, while the person on the right was a middle-aged man.
Beside the middle-aged man was a wolfhound. As soon as it appeared, the wolfhound barked at Linlong.
This middle-aged man had met the wolfhound Linlong before. It was when they left the campsite and headed to the north.
"Black Ink Stone!" As soon as they arrived, the young man on the left stared at the Runestone Sword in Linlong's hands.
After removing the blood essence from the Runestone Sword, there was still a little smell of Black Ink Stone on it. This smell would disappear very quickly, but as it had only been for a short period of time, there was still a little smell left. Hence, people with a keen sense of smell and an understanding of Black Ink Stones would be able to detect it.
Obviously, this young man in front of them was such a person.
"Are you guys using the Black Ink Stone to remove the blood essence from the Runestone Sword?" Seeing that it was the Black Ink Stone, how could the young man not know what Linlong and Uncle Hu were doing?
After confirming this, the young man glared at Linlong and coldly said, "Lin Li, seems like you are hiding something!"
Hearing this, Linlong immediately guessed that the young man was sent by Yao Hongsheng and the two elders. The reason why they were looking for him was probably because of the wolfhound in front of them.
Afterward, the young man looked at Uncle Hu and said, "And you, Hu Wen. I didn't expect that the person removing the blood essence from the campsite would be you!"
Clearly, this Uncle Hu was called Hu Wen.
Hu Wen and Linlong did not speak. Since the other party was caught red-handed, they naturally did not know what to say.
"Follow me obediently. Otherwise, I don't mind attacking you!" the young man said again. As he spoke, he pressed on the Runestone Sword at his waist.
This person's Runestone Sword was obviously an iron sword, which meant that his strength was above the two of them. Coupled with the middle-aged man and the wolfhound, Linlong knew that it would be difficult for him and Hu Wen to escape.
Linlong could also see that this young man was protecting the order of the Stone Wood World, just like Fang Liang. After all, only those with Iron Sword Rank strength could continue to stay in the Stone Wood World.
As for those with Iron Sword Rank strength, they could not stay in the Stone Wood World. This was the rule of the Ash Cloud Rune College.
At this moment, Hu Wen suddenly said, "Kong Wu, we will go with you."
Clearly, the young man in front of him was called Kong Wu.
Linlong's guess was right. Kong Wu was the person sent by Fang Liang. After Fang Liang had ordered him to follow Linlong, he had gone straight to Linlong's residence. However, to his dismay, Linlong was not there at all.
He hurriedly searched the campsite and found out from the mouths of others that Linlong had just left the campsite.
If he chased like this, how could he catch up with Linlong? Therefore, he immediately went to look for the middle-aged man and used the wolfhound's sense of smell to chase after him.
The situation before him naturally made him heave a sigh of relief. His efforts had not been in vain. Not only had he discovered that something was wrong with Linlong, but he had also found the person who had been secretly removing the blood essence from others. This was also a great achievement.
After bringing these two back, he would definitely be handsomely rewarded.
Seeing that Hu Wen and Linlong were so obedient, he smiled and said, "Alright, throw me the Runestone Sword in your hands."
Knowing that he couldn't keep the Runestone Sword for the time being, Linlong wanted to throw it over.
It was also at this moment that Hu Wen, who was standing by the side, threw several round balls at Kong Wu and the middle-aged man. In an instant, more than a dozen round balls shot forward.
These round balls were the size of a fist and there were rows of runes on them.
Linlong could tell at a glance that these were runic bullets.
Why did Hu Wen have so many runic bullets? Linlong was puzzled.
Due to the special rules of the Stone Wood World, the runic bullets' might was at most equivalent to the Runestone Sword. However, this wasn't the main point. The main point was that these runic bullets were very troublesome to produce and consumed a lot of energy. It could be said that the gains did not make up for the losses.
It was already very surprising for an ordinary person to have one. Now that Hu Wen had so many, Linlong was naturally shocked.
Not only was Linlong surprised, but Kong Wu and the middle-aged man were also extremely shocked.
"Where did you get so many runic bullets!" Kong Wu exclaimed in surprise.
While he exclaimed in surprise, he hurriedly swung the iron sword in his hand to block the runic bullets.
The other middle-aged man also did the same.
However, because there were too many runic bullets, and they were thrown by Hu Wen all of a sudden, the two of them were caught off guard and couldn't block all the runic bullets.
In an instant, a few runic bullets exploded around them.
Kong Wu was still fine. Since he was wearing the Stone Veined Clothes, the runic bullets didn't cause any fatal damage to him.
However, the middle-aged man and the wolf dog were different. They directly fainted from the explosion.
When the runic bullets exploded, Hu Wen immediately turned around and ran away. Seeing that Hu Wen had left, how could Linlong stay where he was? He immediately turned around and ran away.
What he didn't expect was that Hu Wen could actually activate the Stone Veined Steps. Because of this, Hu Wen's speed was extremely fast, and he quickly left Linlong in the dust.
Linlong didn't intend to follow behind Hu Wen, so he chose to escape to the left in the opposite direction of Hu Wen.
What made him depressed was that after escaping for a while, someone actually chased after him.
When Linlong turned around, he realized that it was Kong Wu. Kong Wu's face was covered in blood, but it was obvious that he had suffered some minor injuries, which was why he was able to keep up with Linlong.
Kong Wu was also extremely fast, and he closed the distance between him and Linlong in a short time. Linlong didn't need to take a closer look to know that he definitely had the Stone Veined Steps.
What else could Linlong do? He could only rush forward with all his might.
"Brat, stop right now!" Kong Wu's roar came from behind.
He was originally confident that he would succeed, but Hu Wen's runic bullets messed things up. He was naturally furious.
In his anger, the distance between him and Linlong was getting shorter and shorter.
Linlong knew that he would definitely be caught up if this went on, so he immediately sprinted to his right.
He didn't head there because he wanted to meet up with Hu Wen, but because there were a few dire beasts there.
Soon after, he rushed to the vicinity of these fierce beasts and used his powerful Spiritual Force to make these fierce beasts surround Kong Wu.
Linlong naturally heaved a sigh of relief when this method worked. However, he knew that this would only make Kong Wu pause for a moment.
Unless he had other methods, he would still not be able to escape the fate of being caught up and taken down by Kong Wu.
After all, the strength of those dire beasts wasn't enough to stop Kong Wu.
Sure enough, after hearing the screams of the dire beasts, Kong Wu's footsteps could be heard. Needless to say, those dire beasts had already been killed by Kong Wu.
Kong Wu was much stronger than those dire beasts because he was able to use his iron sword.
Seeing that Kong Wu had caught up, Linlong naturally continued to run forward. As he fled, he used his Divine Will to the extreme to see if there were any more dire beasts nearby.
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