Long Xiao had the nanny lie on his bed. He took out silver needles from his pocket and began to perform acupuncture on her.
Several silver needles pierced the nanny's body, blocking the meridians around her lungs while leaving only those leading to her hands. Long Xiao grabbed the nanny's hands and channeled a stream of five-element vital energy into her, directly dispelling the yin and cold energy from her lungs.
The yin and cold energy flowed out through the nanny's right hand and into Long Xiao's body.
Long Xiao quickly retracted his five-element vital energy, protecting his dantian, while the yin and cold energy remained within the meridians of his arm.
The nanny felt a warm current enter her body. The coldness within her vanished instantly, making her moan in comfort.
Long Xiao shivered a few times and quickly retreated, slumping onto the floor.
The nanny opened her eyes and saw Long Xiao's face slightly darkened and his arm covered in frost. She rushed to ask, "Brother Hu, are you alright?"
Long Xiao shook his head, his voice weak. "I'm fine. You can pull out the silver needles yourself. I'll write you a prescription later."
The nanny felt no discomfort in her body. She stood by, watching Long Xiao with concern, worried about him.
Long Xiao sat on the ground, slowly channeling the yin and cold energy into his dantian.
This was Long Xiao's first time refining yin and cold water vapor. The process was much slower than transforming wood energy into other vital energies.
The nanny stayed by Long Xiao's side. By the time it was nearing dinner, the frost on Long Xiao's arm had disappeared, and his complexion had returned to normal.
Seeing Long Xiao open his eyes, the nanny happily helped him up and said, "Brother Hu, thank you so much."
Long Xiao checked the nanny again, ensuring that the yin and cold energy in her body was completely gone before they went to the dining room together.
After dinner, the nanny returned to Long Xiao's room, and Long Xiao gave her a prescription.
After receiving the prescription, the nanny did not leave. She told Long Xiao the specific location of the ice marrow and drew him a map.
The nanny's name was Zhao Lingyan. Her parents were servants in the Nangong family, and she had lived in the Nangong household since childhood.
When Nangong Jindong took over as chairman of the Zhen Dong Company, she followed him to Mian Yin City and lived in this villa.
The location where the ice marrow was hidden was accidentally discovered by her father when he was young and accompanied the Nangong family head on an outing. Because they had to leave in a hurry, they only recorded the specific location of the ice marrow and did not attempt to retrieve it.
After arriving in Mian Yin, Zhao Lingyan took an opportunity during an outing to visit the cave her father had told her about. The ice marrow was deep within the cave, and it was guarded by a cold ice python.
In order to obtain the ice marrow, her two escorts were almost eaten by the cold ice python. Although she almost managed to get the ice marrow herself, she was injured in the lungs by its coldness because she could not shield herself from it.
"Brother Hu, if you want to get the ice marrow, that place is not hard to find. The difficult part is finding a way to deal with that cold ice python."
"Is the cold ice python very powerful?" Long Xiao asked.
Zhao Lingyan nodded. "The cold ice python lives near the ice marrow year-round. Its strength is immense. It can condense its cold energy into a stream that can break through anything."
"I'll go take a look if I have time. It would be great if I can get it, but if not, it's fine."
As Zhao Lingyan was leaving, she warned Long Xiao to be careful, stating that Nangong Jindong was ruthless, and the Japanese people cooperating with the Nangong family were extremely cunning.
After Zhao Lingyan left, Long Xiao immediately opened the electronic map on his phone and, according to Zhao Lingyan's description, checked the specific location of the cold ice cave again.
Xiao Ming and the others escaped from the Nangong family villa and drove directly back to their residence. As soon as their car stopped, the Zhang siblings' car arrived.
Luo Tianshu got out of the car and glanced at Zhang Minlan, who had just exited hers. "This is all your fault. Otherwise, I would have gone in."
Zhang Minlan said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Luo. At the time, I thought you were one of the people from the villa. I really didn't know you were also looking for Brother Hu."
Xiao Ming chuckled and said, "Sister Zhang, weren't you guys going to Donghai? Why are you here?"
Zhang Minlan pouted and said, "How dare you mention it! You two tricked us. Long Xiao wasn't in Donghai at all."
"Brother Hu did call Brother Long, and Brother Long promised to help you. He's alive, and it's normal for him to leave Donghai for something. Isn't it?"
"Where is Long Xiao now?" Zhang Mingguang asked.
Xiao Ming shook his head. "I don't know about that. The Nangong family captured Brother Hu, so Brother Long will definitely come here to save him. If you want to see Brother Long, I suggest you stay in Mian Yin and wait. You'll definitely see him."
Zhang Minlan looked up at the villa. "Okay, we'll stay here and wait for Long Xiao."
Luo Tianshu quickly said, "It's not convenient for you to stay here, is it? We're staying as guests at someone else's place."
Zhang Minlan chuckled. "Don't be so stingy. We won't be staying for long. As soon as we find Long Xiao, we'll leave immediately."
Seeing that Zhang Minlan was determined to stay, Luo Tianshu said no more and turned back to his room.
That evening, Xiao Ming and Luo Tianshui went to Night Owl's room to discuss tomorrow's actions.
They called Long Xiao and asked for his thoughts.
Long Xiao told them that Night Phantom's people were monitoring the research institute. Besides not touching the institute, they could cause some trouble for Zhen Dong Company to put some pressure on them first.
After some discussion, the three decided to start with the hospital. Once the hospital was in chaos, they would move on to other parts of Zhen Dong Company.
After their discussion, Night Owl and the others went to Zhang Minlan's room. Since the Zhang family had arrived, they might as well be useful.
The Zhang family was a Xuan术 (mystic arts) family on par with the Luo family. The Luo family were masters of corpse herding, and their mystic arts mostly related to it. The Zhang family had deep roots in Taoism and were most skilled in the five arts of Taoism.
"Little sister Minlan, I want to go to the hospital tomorrow. Will you accompany me?" Night Owl asked Zhang Minlan after they had become more familiar.
Xiao Ming told Zhang Minlan that Night Owl was Long Xiao's best friend and that she had come to Mian Yin with Long Xiao to rescue Hu Lei.
Zhang Minlan was eager to know where Long Xiao had gone. Night Owl told her that they had parted ways upon arriving in Mian Yin.
She was now waiting for news from Long Xiao, but she didn't know where he was and couldn't contact him.
Since Zhang Minlan needed Long Xiao's help, and Night Owl was Long Xiao's best friend, she naturally wouldn't refuse to accompany Night Owl to the hospital.
Seeing that Zhang Minlan had agreed to go to the hospital, Night Owl revealed his purpose for going and asked if she could help him cause chaos in the hospital as quickly as possible.
Zhang Minlan replied without hesitation, "That's easy. I can set up a formation to create illusions in the hospital. It would be strange if the hospital wasn't in chaos."
Luo Tianshui was well aware of the power of formations and had seen experts set them up.
"Minlan, what items do you need to set up a formation?" Luo Tianshui asked.
Zhang Minlan glared at Luo Tianshui. "Do you have what I need?"
"I can have someone prepare it."
Zhang Minlan quickly listed a long string of items. Luo Tianshui took out his phone and called Lu Yuman, asking him to prepare the items she wanted as quickly as possible and deliver them.