Chapter 1150: The Vineyard
According to the surveillance footage, the news of Lin Yifan appearing in West Kaierhan Town was true, and the young man posting the notice did not deceive him.
The young man posting the notice was just an ordinary person, without any mana, even if they saw Lin Yifan with their own eyes, they couldn't capture Lin Yifan.
So, they really did their best.
The head of the Mu Family, as per the previously agreed-upon reward, instructed his men to pay these young men posting the notice a certain fee.
The few young men who posted the notice were thrilled after receiving this generous reward; this informant money was quite a lot, more than ten thousand.
Although they didn't manage to capture Lin Yifan, they did learn something: Lin Yifan has been active around the Sarata Great Desert recently; if luck is on their side, they might even catch Lin Yifan.
The head of the Mu Family once again felt curious about Lin Yifan's actions, and he already informed the stationed elder of this news, believing the Wudang Sect would take action.
Sure enough, a day later, the Wudang Sect sent experts to their mine.
The purpose of these experts coming here was to figure out why Lin Yifan came and to investigate any recent actions by Medicinal Saint Valley.
They were very worried that another Immortal Ring would fall into the hands of Medicinal Saint Valley, at which point they would be very passive, potentially losing any bargaining power.
These two days, the head of the Mu Family had split open over a thousand ores, but did not find any extraordinary ore, as if it didn't exist at all.
Now, they couldn't help but question their initial guesses and judgments.
If Lin Yifan did this deliberately to play them, while they took it so seriously, they'd be laughed at until their teeth fell out.
"What exactly did he obtain from that emerald-like stone?"
The members of the Mu Family and the disciples of the Wudang Sect were all very curious.
From the surveillance footage, it was clear that Lin Yifan was extremely angry, something that didn't seem fake; and when entering the warehouse, he immediately removed their cameras, certainly intentional.
Additionally, from the mine all the way to the Sarata Great Desert, there were lingering traces of Sword Qi left behind, and there's no reason for Lin Yifan to exert such effort on such a boring thing, he must be pursuing something.
Now, capturing Lin Yifan is the only way to find out what Lin Yifan is up to.
So, they decided to split up. The disciples of the Wudang Sect went out to find the whereabouts of Lin Yifan; while the Mu Family members were responsible for excavating ores in the mine; if anything new was discovered, they needed to immediately inform the Wudang Sect disciples who were looking for Lin Yifan.
On the other side, news from the Mu Family had already reached the ears of Xu Anzhi.
In fact, he had been suspicious of Lin Yifan two days ago.
After Lin Yifan drove him away, he returned to the Gambling Stone Workshop, and even attacked and injured the Mu Family elder, his purpose being to learn the origin of the emerald-like stone.
His suspicions were the same as the Mu Family elder's, but he had a clearer understanding of what Lin Yifan was doing.
Lin Yifan was definitely dispatched by Medicinal Saint Valley to find the whereabouts of the Desert Dynasty, with a mission almost identical to his own, no wonder they would compete for the emerald-like stone.
For the past two days, he had been secretly observing the movements around the Mu Family's mine, and he himself had also arrived at Tiemuer Town.
The current situation was very disadvantageous to their Kunlun Sect.
Firstly, the first emerald ore was taken by Lin Yifan, and only Lin Yifan knew its secrets.
Secondly, the place where the emerald ore appeared was in the hands of the Wudang Sect, and now the Wudang Sect had already sent experts, even if he saw something secretly, he wouldn't dare to make a move against the Mu Family directly.
Of course, he wasn't fighting alone; the Kunlun Sect had already sent experts to assist him.
Now, everyone was searching for Lin Yifan's whereabouts, all wanting to hear from Lin Yifan's mouth about that important secret.
These past two days, Lin Yifan also realized that his situation was very unsafe, so he generally pretended to go out or lingered in deserted places.
There's indeed nothing fun in the wilderness, so he was very bored now.
Having nothing to do, he took out a small bottle of green Holy Water from the Orange Immortal Ring and placed it in an open area, wondering if the long-horned squirrel would come out.
Of course, he had already hidden, and the green deep water was his bait.
However, after waiting a long time, the long-horned squirrel didn't come out; this made him puzzled, could it be that the long-horned squirrel's panic hadn't been eliminated?
Doing this out of boredom, he not only failed to lure out the long-horned squirrel, but instead attracted disciples of the Kunlun and Wudang Sects.
The disciples of the Wudang and Kunlun Sects didn't find him, only chased here; so he still had time to escape.
"Seems like these people have already guessed or know something."
Lin Yifan felt that his big disturbance two days ago was a bit reckless, if he had been more patient, perhaps he wouldn't have attracted so much attention.
The key to everything was still in his hands, so he still had a chance to win.
So he used his Qinggong and slipped away quietly.
If he were to be caught, he might be tortured for a confession, and if the Medicine Saint didn't come with him, he would be done for.
Away from the desert, he found another small town.
This small town was full of notices about him, so he had to keep moving locations.
Walking along, he suddenly encountered a vineyard.
There were many grapes here, all over the street.
Besides, he met an acquaintance here, who was the Sixth Elder of the Long Family who took him to the Gambling Stone Workshop two days ago.
At this moment, the Sixth Elder of the Long Family was leading a team handling affairs, his brows furrowed, looking like the progress was not going smoothly.
The Long Family was on the same side as him, so he wasn't afraid the Sixth Elder would give him away and have him captured.
So he landed on the ground and arrived at this vineyard.
"What are you doing, Sixth Elder?"
Lin Yifan walked over with his hands behind his back, curiously asking.
His sudden appearance startled a group of people, including the Sixth Elder of the Long Family.
The Sixth Elder of the Long Family glanced back, and upon seeing it was Lin Yifan, he breathed a sigh of relief.
However, now the entire Northwest was wanted for Lin Yifan, showing up here at this time, was he trying to drag their Long Family into the water?
Filled with a trace of tension, he asked, "Brother Lin, your sudden visit, for what purpose?"
Seeing the Sixth Elder's anxious face, Lin Yifan asked disdainfully, "What, can't I just visit an old friend?"
"It's not that you can't, it's just that Brother Lin is currently wanted by the Mu Family... perhaps..."
The Sixth Elder was somewhat embarrassed to say it, fearing Lin Yifan would turn against him on the spot.
"Being wanted by the Mu Family, will the Long Family not save me?" Lin Yifan asked with amusement.
If that's the case, he would definitely never help the Long Family again in the future.