Hearing Lin Long's question, Ji Ming couldn't help but sigh. He immediately said, "It's a long story. Many years ago, when Peng Hongda and I were only at the Wood Sword rank, I went out to hunt and found a Mysterious Crystal Rock. Junior Brother Lin, you naturally know what this Mysterious Crystal Rock means to someone at the Wood Sword rank."
"At that time, I killed two fearsome beasts and was prepared to snatch the Mysterious Crystal Rock. Who would have thought that a few people would appear at the critical moment? One of them was Peng Hongda, and he was the leader. The moment they appeared, they attacked me without saying a word and eventually snatched the Mysterious Crystal Rock.
"My status was low, so I naturally could not do anything to them. But I will always remember this, even if Peng Hongda grew stronger and stronger.
"So when I saw you being chased by him, I wanted to save you. Unfortunately, although his eyes were injured, I was still no match for him. Otherwise, I would not have let go of such a good opportunity!"
"I see." Linlong nodded. Hearing Ji Ming's words, he naturally understood what was going on.
"But aren't you worried that he will do something to you?" Linlong asked.
"Of course I'm worried, but I masked my face. He couldn't tell who I was at all," Ji Ming said.
"Then that's good," Linlong said.
"Alright, Junior Brother Lin, I have something to do," Ji Ming said.
"That's good." Linlong nodded.
With that, Linlong left the place.
Then he went to Hu Wen's residence. To his delight, Hu Wen was inside.
After he knocked, the door opened, and Hu Wen's face appeared.
Seeing Linlong, Hu Wen frowned. At the same time, he opened a gap for Linlong to enter.
Linlong immediately walked in.
"What's the matter?" Hu Wen asked.
"It's like this. I'm being chased by someone, and that person is Peng Hongda. He has the strength of an Iron sword. Luckily, I was lucky enough to escape. But if he catches up to me again, I don't think I'll be so lucky. So, I hope you can help me." Linlong went straight to the point.
"I have to ask about this. Come back tomorrow at noon," Hu Wen said.
"Alright," Linlong said.
With that, he left and returned to his residence.
Soon, it was noon the next day. He directly went to Hu Wen's place.
When Hu Wen saw him, he said, "I can help you deal with that person. However, it must be done in three days."
"This …" Linlong could not help but hesitate.
He didn't know if Peng Hongda would come out to deal with him if he went out. After all, he didn't know if Peng Hongda's eyes had recovered during this period of time.
If his eyes hadn't recovered, he wouldn't have dared to follow them out.
"Don't worry," Hu Wen said. "Peng Hongda's eyes have almost recovered. When you go out in three days, he will definitely follow you out."
Hu Wen must also know about Peng Hongda's matter.
"In that case, I'm relieved." Linlong nodded.
…
Linlong didn't know that Peng Hongda had already followed Ji Ming out of the camp.
After confirming that the person who helped Linlong escape was Ji Ming, Peng Hongda began to pay attention to Ji Ming. Over the past two or three days, his eyesight had improved a lot, so he naturally followed behind Ji Ming.
He didn't know that Ji Ming was the one who had his mysterious crystal rock snatched away by them. It could be said that he had completely forgotten about that matter.
To him, Ji Ming was the person who helped Linlong escape. He naturally couldn't let such a person go, even if he didn't know why Ji Ming did it.
Ji Ming didn't expect Peng Hongda to discover him, so he didn't pay attention to him at all.
He only reacted when he entered the northern mountain range of the camp and was blocked by Peng Hongda.
"Senior Brother Peng, what are you doing?" Ji Ming asked with a frown.
While there's life, there's hope. Hence, even if he thought that Peng Hongda already knew who he was, he didn't want to expose himself immediately.
"Haha, Ji Ming, why are you still asking?" Peng Hongda sneered before saying, "A few days ago, were you the one who stopped me and helped Lin Li escape?"
Many people in the camp, including Yao Hongsheng, already knew that Peng Hongda had been injured during this period of time. However, Peng Hongda said that he was injured in the Bronze World, so they didn't pursue the matter.
"Senior Brother Peng, what Lin Li are you talking about? What stopped you?" Ji Ming asked with a confused expression.
"Pretend, you're still pretending!" Peng Hongda sneered again.
With that, he took out his runic iron sword.
Seeing this, Ji Ming hurriedly took out his runic stone sword as well.
"A mere Stone Sword Rank person dares to fight against me, who has the strength of an Iron Sword Rank? You're really audacious!" With this sneer, Peng Hongda directly attacked Ji Ming with his sword.
Ji Ming hurriedly raised his sword to block, but how could he block this sword? With a "crack", his stone sword was directly broken by the other party. Not only that, the other party's sword Qi even drew a wound on his neck, and blood immediately dripped down.
Fortunately, this was only a superficial wound.
"What, Ji Ming, you still won't admit it?" Peng Hongda sneered.
In this short period of time, he had already confirmed that this Ji Ming before him was the person who saved Lin Long. Although Ji Ming had covered his face, he could confirm this from his body shape and voice.
At that time, Ji Ming did not expect that Peng Hongda would find him, so he did not even conceal his voice.
At this time, Ji Ming also knew that he could not hide it anymore, and immediately said coldly, "That's right, I was the one who let Junior Brother Lin Li escape!"
"Very good." Peng Hongda sneered again, and then said, "Ji Ming, I have no enmity with you, why did you help that kid escape?"
At this time, Ji Ming naturally also saw that Peng Hongda did not remember who he was, and immediately sneered. "Senior Brother Peng, have you forgotten that many years ago, you and a few other people snatched a Mysterious Crystal Rock from someone's hands?"
"Snatch the Mysterious Crystal Rock?" Peng Hongda was stunned. He had robbed many people, so how could he remember who this person in front of him was?
"At that time, it was in this northern mountain range, and seems to be not far from here," Ji Ming said.
"In other words, you are here for revenge?" Peng Hongda asked.
"That's right, I am here for revenge!" Ji Ming said coldly.
"Tsk tsk, with your strength, how can you take revenge?" Peng Hongda sneered, "After so many years, you still have this little strength. Let me say, why are you so stubborn?"
Hearing this, Ji Ming could not help but fly into a rage. The half of the runic stone sword in his hand fiercely attacked Peng Hongda.
Peng Hongda did not give him a chance, and just as he moved his hand, Peng Hongda's runic sword had already swept over.
"Ah!"
With a scream, not only was the half of the runic stone sword in Ji Ming's hand sent flying, but his left arm was also cut off at the shoulder.
Looking at Ji Ming, Peng Hongda sneered, "Kid, let me tell you, if I didn't want to use you to deal with Lin Li, I would have killed you right now!"
After saying that, he directly knocked Ji Ming out, and then locked him in a nearby cave.
Peng Hongda also had a few followers in the camp, but Peng Hongda didn't want them to get involved in this matter. After all, the more people there were, the more mouths there were. It wouldn't be good if someone revealed that Elder Miao De was behind his back.
After locking Ji Ming up, Peng Hongda returned to the campsite, and this time, he directly went to find Linlong.
Seeing Peng Hongda, who only had one eye, Linlong smiled, and said, "Senior Brother Peng, could it be that you can't hold back and want to make a move in the campsite?"
Peng Hongda sneered, and said, "Kid, let me tell you, that Ji Ming has already been captured by me."
"What?" Linlong could not help but frown.
Since Lin Li could say Ji Ming's name, he already believed him.
"Ji Ming is locked up in a cave in the north. If you want him to come back alive, you will have to go to that cave with me," Peng Hongda said.
After saying that, he even threw out a severed hand, and then said proudly, "See, this is Ji Ming's severed hand."
After a slight pause, he continued, "Of course, you can also leave him in the lurch."
"Give me some time to think about it," Linlong said with a frown.
"Sure … I will give you 10 minutes. I will wait for you at the north gate. If you do not come by then, then Ji Ming can only die," Peng Hongda said without hesitation.
It seemed that he was not worried that Linlong could stir up any trouble.
After saying that, Peng Hongda left. After Peng Hongda left, Linlong directly went to Hu Wen's residence. At this time, he could only ask Hu Wen for help.
Fortunately, Hu Wen was in his house.
"What's wrong?" Hu Wen asked.
"That Peng Hongda has captured a friend of mine. He wants me to go with him right now. Otherwise, he'll kill my friend. I can only go with him later. In other words, if you guys don't rush over to help me in time, I'll be captured by that Peng Hongda," said Linlong.
"You can choose not to go." Hu Wen frowned.
"No, if I don't go, my friend will be killed by him," Linlong said.
Ji Ming saved his life, so he naturally could not watch Ji Ming be killed by Peng Hongda.
"Then I can't help even if I want to." Hu Wen spread out his hands.
"Alright then," Linlong said helplessly.
After saying that, he left and headed towards the north gate.
However, when he was about to reach the north gate, he hid to the side. He knew that if he went there like that, it would be useless. When the time came, not only would he not be able to save Ji Ming, but he would also die.
Unknowingly, 10 minutes had passed.
Seeing that Linlong did not appear on time, Peng Hongda's face couldn't help but turn ugly.
However, he still restrained himself. Then, another half an hour passed. Seeing that Linlong still did not appear, Peng Hongda finally could not sit still anymore.
"Damn Lin Li, do you believe that I will not go over and kill that Ji Ming?" He roared in a low voice.
With Linlong's divine sense, he could naturally hear what he said.
However, Peng Hongda obviously didn't dare to kill Ji Ming just like that, because it would be useless. Therefore, he left the north gate and headed towards Linlong's residence. Linlong wasn't there, so how could he find him?
Soon, he appeared at the north gate again.
"Lin Li, you're ruthless enough, but I'll be even more ruthless than you. I'll cut off one of Ji Ming's ears and give it to you!" With that said, Peng Hongda walked out of the north gate with a gloomy face.
As for Linlong, he quietly followed behind him. At the same time, Linlong released the bamboo rat.
Linlong did this to let the bamboo rat sense Ji Ming's aura so that he could rush to the cave and rescue Ji Ming before Peng Hongda.
It was not that Linlong previously let the bamboo rat remember Ji Ming's aura, but the broken arm just now allowed the bamboo rat to do this.
This was very dangerous, but in order to save Ji Ming, he could only do this.
Soon, the bamboo rat sensed Ji Ming's aura.
'He's not far away,' Linlong thought to himself.
However, it was a little difficult for him to rush to Peng Hongda's side and rescue Ji Ming at this time because Peng Hongda was very fast. Perhaps by the time Linlong circled around and rushed to the cave, Peng Hongda would already be there.
Fortunately, a few ferocious beasts appeared in front of Peng Hongda at this critical moment, and Peng Hongda could only stop to deal with them.
Linlong naturally seized such a good opportunity and sprinted forward.
After running for a while, he finally stopped in front of a cave. According to the bamboo rat's senses, this was the cave.
Through his divine thoughts, Linlong could also sense that there was a person inside.
He immediately rushed in, and to his delight, there was indeed a person inside, and it was Ji Ming.
Ji Ming did not seem to be in a good state. His broken arm was not bandaged, and it was obvious that he was affected by this.
Ji Ming opened his eyes when he saw someone appear. As soon as he saw Linlong, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.
"Junior Brother Lin …" he said.
However, his voice was obviously weak.
"Senior Brother Ji Ming, don't talk," Linlong said. As he spoke, he loosened the rope that bound Ji Ming and made him consume a supreme-grade Healing Pill.
After that, he immediately brought Ji Ming out of this place.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they left the cave, a person sprinted over from afar. It was Peng Hongda.
At this time, there was no way to run far, so Linlong could only hide behind a big tree with Ji Ming.
At this time, he could only pray that Peng Hongda would not carefully search the vicinity, or else he would definitely find the two of them.
As soon as they hid, Peng Hongda arrived at the cave entrance.
"Brat, I'll bring back one of Ji Ming's ears now!" Peng Hongda said angrily as he walked inside.
Soon after, his angry roar was heard from inside the cave. "Damn it, where did Ji Ming go?"
After roaring angrily, Peng Hongda rushed out of the cave.
As soon as he came out, Peng Hongda muttered to himself, "Who saved Ji Ming? Are they still nearby?"
After pacing around the cave entrance for a while, his expression became even worse because he could not find any traces.
After a while, he frowned and said, "Search the vicinity first. If we really can't find anything, we'll expand the search area."
As he spoke, he obviously searched the vicinity according to what he said.
Looking at Peng Hongda, who was not far away, Linlong frowned. He did not expect things to develop in the worst direction.
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