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Soon, Hong Huang arrived at the scene, and Lin Fan told Hong Huang everything he had just seen. After listening, Hong Huang planned to investigate the watermelons taken from the watermelon stall first, so he took out the watermelon in front of Lin Fan and told Lin Fan his idea.

"You mean you took this watermelon from that watermelon stall? So you stayed here just for this watermelon, but is this watermelon any different from the other watermelons?"

Facing Lin Fan's question, Hong Huang didn't answer immediately. Instead, he pointed at a small hole in the watermelon and explained, "Remember what I told you before about the problem? This small hole is the problem. So I want to cut this watermelon open to see what they injected into it."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, then let me split this melon."

After saying that, Lin Fan took out his weapon from the storage bag and chopped it down at the melon on the ground.

Soon, the originally whole watermelon was split into two halves in an instant, but it was also Lin Fan's sword that allowed them to discover new clues.

A red gem appeared in the middle of the two watermelon halves, and judging from the outline of the gem and the gap in the center of the watermelon, the gem was originally located in the center of the watermelon.

Lin Fan picked up the red teardrop-shaped gem. The gem was about the size of his little finger. Lin Fan held the gem between his thumb and index finger and stared at it carefully, as if staring at the gem would reveal new clues.

Hong Huang saw all of Lin Fan's actions just now. When he learned from Lin Fan's actions that Lin Fan also didn't know the origin of this gem, he lowered his head and continued to check the watermelon on the ground.

There was nothing unusual about the two slices of watermelon lying on the ground, but Hong Huang was still worried, so he chose one of the slices of watermelon, dug out a small piece of flesh, held it in his hand and observed it from all angles, but in the end he found nothing.

As for Lin Fan standing aside, he was no ordinary person either. He put the teardrop-shaped gem in his mouth and shook it, then showed an expression that the gem was very hard.

It was Lin Fan's bite that gave Hong Huang new inspiration, but he didn't dare to eat the two slices of watermelon directly, so he just dug out another piece of watermelon flesh and put it in front of his nose and smelled it carefully.

You don't know until you smell it. Once you smell it, you'll be shocked. Although the taste is not much different from that of ordinary watermelon, Hong Huang can still sense a slightly different smell, so he called Lin Fan over to smell it.

Originally, he just wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect that Lin Fan actually smelled something. This different smell was the smell of blood. The reason why he could distinguish this unique smell was due to the time when he was training in the Spirit Beast Forest. During that time, Lin Fan also killed some violent spirit beasts. Perhaps Lin Fan and Hong Huang didn't expect at the time that the spirit beasts they killed at that time could still provide them with certain help.

After hearing Lin Fan's answer, and considering that Hong Huang had just dug out the pulp from the center of two watermelon halves, he quickly realized the importance of the teardrop-shaped gem. Although Lin Fan was a beat late, he still reacted.

The two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding between them made them understand each other's thoughts in an instant. Without saying anything more, Lin Fan directly put the red gem in front of his nose and smelled it.

"Yes, this gem smells of blood, too, and it's quite strong."

"It seems that the small hole in the watermelon is related to this gem. However, since there are not many clues at the moment, we can't draw any conclusions. Therefore, our next target is the abandoned well. Let's go and take a look."

After saying that, Lin Fan and Hong Huang came to the side of the dry well. From the outside, the dry well looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. There were weeds all around the dry well, and even some moss had climbed on it.

"You mean the purple-clad man just threw the watermelon down without using any tools?"

"Yes, at least from my perspective he threw it directly down, and after throwing it, he even looked towards the dry well."

Hong Huang looked towards the bottom of the dry well, but all he saw was darkness, with no other colors. He then picked up a stone from the ground and threw it down, then called Lin Fan to listen to the sound of the stone falling to the ground.

After a while, Lin Fan didn't hear any movement, so he shook his head at Hong Huang.

"If the bottom of this dry well wasn't very deep, you should have heard the sound of stones falling or water falling, but now you hear nothing, which means this dry well is not as simple as it seems."

"Should we go down and investigate? I think if we work together, we can escape even if our opponent is at the high Foundation Establishment stage."

"Before we go down to investigate, I'll offer two hypotheses. After you've heard them, you can decide whether to go down. The first is that the bottom of this dry well is a great distance from where we are now, so great that you can't hear any sound. In this case, if we jump in, we'll definitely be shattered to pieces. The second is that this dry well has a teleportation formation. If we jump in directly, it will most likely trigger it, but we don't know where we'll be teleported to, so it's also very dangerous. Okay, make your choice."

Lin Fan was silent. After listening to Hong Huang's analysis, he knew that no matter what the possibility was, it was not something they could solve at the moment.

"There's no shame in retreating, and there's no shame in asking the sect elders for help. Furthermore, we still have a sect mission to complete. If we continue to waste time here, we won't be able to complete the mission. So, my suggestion is to return to the sect and report this matter to them."

"I was reckless. I'll listen to you. Let's go back."

After saying that, the two of them left the dry well. On the way back to the sect, Lin Fan's thoughts were on the dry well, which made him subconsciously look at the teardrop-shaped red gem in his hand. Then his expression became serious, as if he had made some kind of decision.

This experience once again made Hong Huang and Lin Fan realize the importance of strength. Due to lack of strength, they could not investigate the forces behind the robbery gang. Also because of lack of strength, they once again gave up the opportunity to investigate the conspiracy. However, it was precisely because of these two unwilling experiences that they became more determined to practice hard and improve their strength.