1774: C1774 Zhang Xing

C1774 Zhang Xing

Lin Long did not chase after him, because he felt that there were other Rankers in that direction.

The two of them chased for a while before the person in front stopped and turned around. If Lin Long was here, he would have definitely realised that the person was Zhang Chao Ran.

The masked man also stopped and pulled down his handkerchief. He looked at Zhang Chao Ran respectfully.

"You did well." Zhang Chaoran nodded and said, "You can go now."

After saying that, the masked man left. Zhang Chaoran also left.

Zhang Chao Ran immediately ran towards the Northern Frosty City.

After entering the Northern Frosty City, he came to the room at the teahouse. After entering the room, he saw the woman in black.

"Well, what is it?" The black-clothed woman who was playing the zither stopped and raised her head to ask.

"Miss, I've already sent people to fight with Lin Li." Zhang Chaoran answered.

"What was the result?" The woman in black asked.

"It seems like Lin Mu is at most a second level intermediate stage cultivator." Zhang Chaoran said.

"Is it really an early stage second rank beast? Will the person she sent for be that weak? " The woman in black frowned.

"Miss, this is also within my expectations. After all, Miss Liang just joined this matter not long ago. Or perhaps, she is simply not interested in this matter and isn't interested in the things within the secret realm." Zhang Chaoran said.

Then, she said, "Since this person's strength isn't great, then there's nothing to be afraid of. You only need to pay attention to him a bit in normal times. As for what you're going to do, you decide."

"Miss, I understand." Zhang Chaoran said respectfully.

"Alright, you can go now." The woman in black waved her hand.

Zhang Chaoran immediately left the room and closed the door.

In the Snowy Mountains, Lin Long did not immediately leave the Snowy Mountains after hunting enough vicious beasts. It was too early for him to go out at this time, so he was afraid that not many people had gone out yet.

Therefore, after a while, he finally walked out. At this moment, he naturally had five beast cores on him.

Very quickly, he returned to the place where he had come from. After handing over his beast core to an elder, he completed his mission.

At this time, a lot of people had already come out. After a while, when no one came out, an elder began to count the number of people.

After counting for a while, he frowned.

"Elder Du, what's wrong?" Another elder could not help but ask.

"There are eight or nine people missing." Elder Du said.

"Why are there so many less people?" The other elder could not help but be surprised.

It was understandable to have two or three less people, but it was an accident to have so many less people.

After some discussion, the two of them said to the crowd, "Return to Northern Frosty City first. We will go inside to see what is happening!"

"Yes sir!"

"Yes!" All the newbies turned around and headed in the direction of the Northern Frosty City.

As for the two elders, they turned around and entered the forest.

Lin Long was not worried that they would discover anything, because he did not leave any traces behind at all.

As expected, the two elders did not discover anything. When they returned to Northern Frosty City, the two elders also followed them back to the Li Clan.

As soon as they returned to the Li family, the two elders immediately reported this to the Li family's patriarch.

"Patriarch, could it be that the other three forces are behind this?" Elder Du said worriedly.

The four great forces wanted to gain benefits from the secret realm. If one of them weakened, it would be a good thing for the other three forces. Therefore, it was not an accident for any of them to try to do something in secret.

"Those who perished were all newbies, so it should be an accident. However, let the others be careful, if anything happens, report back immediately. As for your elders, send a few more people to the Snowy Mountains, in case something like this really happens."

"Yes sir!" The two Elders immediately responded.

After which, he passed on the Patriarch's message.

After another two days, the two elders discovered that it wasn't just these newbies, even Zhang Mao seemed to have disappeared on that day.

The news of Zhang Mao's disappearance quickly spread throughout the Li family. When one of the hall masters saw Zhang Mao's name on the list, his expression darkened.

This hall master's surname was Zhang. He was actually Zhang Mao's cousin. The reason he usually pretended not to know Zhang Mao was because he didn't want the weak Zhang Mao to affect him.

However, this did not mean that he did not care about Zhang Mao, this cousin of his. Seeing Zhang Mao fall without a sound like this, how could his expression not be good?

I'll see what happens! With this thought, he immediately went to look for the two elders.

After inquiring for a while, he obtained the news that Zhang Mao and the others were likely to perish.

This made his expression even uglier.

Zhang Mao might have died in the mouth of a berserk beast, or he might have been killed by someone. However, Zhang Xing felt that the chances of being killed was the highest because it wasn't his first time in the Snowy Mountains.

Could it be someone from the Li Family who had a grudge with Zhang Mao? Such a thought flashed across Zhang Xing's mind.

After that, he called for people to investigate around the newbies, and very quickly, his attention landed on Lin Long.

This was because Zhang Mao had just had a conflict with Lin Long and was defeated by him. Furthermore, from the information he had gathered, Zhang Mao had intended to take care of Lin Long in this trial.

Could it be that something unexpected had happened while Zhang Mao was ordering his men to deal with Lin Li, and he ended up getting killed by Lin Li instead? Zhang Xing made this deduction.

Because of this deduction, he quickly arrived outside Lin Long's room to look for him.

"Bang, bang, bang ?"

As he knocked on the door, Lin Long opened it.

"Pavilion master, what's the matter?" Lin Long asked with a puzzled expression.

"You're Lin Li?" Zhang Xing said coldly.

"That's right." Lin Long nodded.

"Then let me ask you, is Zhang Mao's disappearance related to you?" Zhang Xing said in a deep voice.

"Zhang Mao, has he gone missing?" Lin Long asked with a puzzled expression.

"That's right, he went to the Snowy Mountains with you and then disappeared as well. I suspect that this matter is related to you!" Zhang Xing stared at Lin Long, trying to see any flaws in his expression.

"This hall master, I have never seen Zhang Mao in the Snowy Mountains before." Lin Long immediately denied.

He didn't show any signs of panic, so how could Zhang Xing tell?2

"Is that so?" Zhang Xing frowned, then fiercely grabbed towards Lin Long.

Lin Long could see that the other party was only testing him, so he pretended to be panicking and retreated. As expected, Zhang Xing's hand stopped a bit away from his body.

"Brat, don't let me discover any clues, or else I will never forgive you!" After threatening Lin Long, Zhang Xing left with a gloomy face.

Zhang Mao's strength was mediocre, so why would this Hall Master stand up for him? Could there be some sort of connection between the two of them? Watching Zhang Xing's back as he left, Lin Long silently said to himself.

"Eh? Brother Lin, why is the Hall Master looking for you?" Cai Ying walked over from outside his room and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Is his surname Zhang?" Lin Long asked.

"That's right, his name is Zhang Xing. He's a hall master." Cai Ying replied.

His surname is Zhang too, looks like he has something to do with Zhang Mao, Lin Long thought.

He then asked, "He came over to ask about Zhang Mao's matters, and asked if I had seen him in the Snowy Mountains."

"Is that so? It's just that, why would he ask about Zhang Mao's matters, and why would he even ask about you?" Cai Ying asked doubtfully.

"I don't know about that." Lin Long shook his head, then asked: "What does he have to do with Zhang Mao?"

"I don't know. Brother Lin, go ask someone else to take a look." Cai Ying shook his head.

What made Lin Long suspicious was that after asking a few people who entered the Li Clan first, these people did not think that Zhang Xing and Zhang Mao were related. In their eyes, Zhang Mao and Zhang Xing only had the same surname and surname Zhang.

Although they said it like that, but from Zhang Xing's actions, Lin Long knew that Zhang Xing was definitely related to Zhang Mao.

In the future, just be careful of him, Lin Long thought to himself.

Of course, he did not think much of the man, because the man was not any stronger than him. If the man wanted to deal with him when he left the Northern Frosty City, he would not have to worry at all.

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