With news of Long Xiao, Xiao Ming and Luo Tianshui immediately found a map of Mianyin City to locate the exact spot.
After finding the location, the two meticulously studied the situation of the scene and prepared to go find Long Xiao.
Long Xiao knew Xiao Ming and the others would definitely come, so he spent his days lying in his room cultivating, waiting for Xiao Ming and the others to contact him.
After two days of waiting without receiving a call from Xiao Ming, and with no progress in his cultivation, Long Xiao called Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming and Luo Tianshui arrived near the villa. Xiao Ming was responsible for guarding the outside, while Luo Tianshui went inside to find the person.
As soon as Luo Tianshui left, Xiao Ming's phone vibrated.
He took out his phone and saw Long Xiao's number. Xiao Ming was stunned.
He pressed the answer button but remained silent. He had always assumed that after Long Xiao was captured, his phone would have been confiscated.
"Xiao Ming, why aren't you talking?" Long Xiao asked.
Xiao Ming asked in surprise, "Brother Long, they didn't confiscate your phone?"
"No, the Nangong family is very confident. They don't take the Martial Alliance seriously at all. They aren't afraid of me calling anyone."
"Brother Long, we searched for two days to find you. If I had known, I would have just called your older brother, and it wouldn't have been this troublesome."
Xiao Ming informed Long Xiao that Luo Tianshui had gone in and would arrive soon.
Long Xiao opened the window and saw Luo Tianshui hiding in the bushes, looking up at the building.
Long Xiao waved at Luo Tianshui. Seeing Long Xiao, Luo Tianshui hurried to the ground floor.
As Luo Tianshui prepared to go upstairs, Long Xiao dared not make a sound. He used his left hand to point at the phone in his right hand.
Seeing that Long Xiao had a phone in his hand, Luo Tianshui understood his meaning and quickly retreated, preparing to leave. Before he could retreat back to the bushes, a girl leaped over the wall into the yard.
Their eyes met, and neither knew what to do.
Long Xiao saw Zhang Minlan enter the courtyard and quickly waved at her, urging her to leave quickly.
Zhang Minlan stared at Luo Tianshui, completely ignoring Long Xiao. Seeing that Luo Tianshui hadn't called for help, she charged forward at top speed, intending to subdue him in the shortest possible time.
Seeing Zhang Minlan make a move, Luo Tianshui quickly dodged her attack using the 'Ghost Profound' movement technique.
Long Xiao saw them fighting and couldn't shout, so he turned around, picked up the ashtray from the coffee table, and threw it into the bushes.
Hearing something thrown from upstairs, Zhang Minlan quickly retreated and looked up at the building. Long Xiao hastily waved, urging them to leave quickly.
The moment the two started fighting, they immediately alerted the people inside the villa. Four bodyguards rushed out, charging towards Luo Tianshui and Zhang Minlan.
Luo Tianshui dodged very quickly. As he passed by Zhang Minlan, he said, "You can't achieve anything, but you can ruin everything. I'll settle the score with you later."
Watching Luo Tianshui escape, Zhang Minlan did not dare to engage the four bodyguards and quickly retreated, fleeing the villa.
Luo Tianshui leaped over the wall and left the villa, only to see Xiao Ming grinning at him mockingly.
"I told you to watch out, why didn't you notify me when someone came in."
Xiao Ming pointed at the Zhang brothers not far away and said, "They are also here to find Brother Hu."
The villa gate opened, and the bodyguards came out. Zhang Minlan shouted, "Let's go, let's get out of here first."
The five of them got into a car and fled the villa. Long Xiao sat on the sofa, and soon Xiao Ming's call came through.
"Xiao Ming, didn't the Zhang siblings go to Donghai? Why are they here?" Long Xiao asked.
"I don't know either. I'll ask them when I see them again."
Xiao Ming carefully explained to Long Xiao the situation after the three of them arrived in Mianyin City. Long Xiao said, "The Nangong family and those islanders are definitely up to no good. It seems I can't leave here for now."
"Brother Long, what do we do next?" Xiao Ming asked.
"The three of you continue to investigate. I'll find an opportunity here to inquire about the Nangong family's situation. We'll discuss it after we figure things out."
After ending the call with Xiao Ming, Long Xiao called Ye Mei to ask if she had any news.
Ye Mei had the same thought as Xiao Ming, believing that Long Xiao's phone had been confiscated by the Nangong family. Hearing Long Xiao's voice, she sounded a bit agitated.
After Ye Mei shared the information she knew with Long Xiao, Long Xiao said, "Ye Mei, have your people primarily keep an eye on that biological laboratory. See what exactly they are doing."
Not long after Long Xiao ended the call with Ye Mei, a bodyguard knocked on the door. Long Xiao asked sleepily, "Is something wrong?"
"Someone broke into the villa just now. Are they from your Martial Alliance?" the bodyguard asked.
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "I didn't see anyone, how would I know."
"It's best if they aren't from your Martial Alliance, or you'll be in trouble," the bodyguard threatened.
Long Xiao smiled and said nothing. The bodyguard left. Just as he was about to close the door, the maid walked over with some fruit.
Seeing that she was bringing him fruit, Long Xiao smiled and said, "Thank you, sister."
The maid smiled and said, "Staying inside all day will cause internal heat. Eat more fruit."
As the maid placed the fruit plate in Long Xiao's hand, her hand brushed against his. Long Xiao felt a chill, indicating that the maid had some health issues.
"Sister, are you having trouble with your lungs lately?" Long Xiao asked.
The maid looked at Long Xiao in surprise, coughed a couple of times, and said, "How did you know?"
Long Xiao smiled and said, "I've been learning medicine from my family since I was young. I can usually tell about seventy to eighty percent of a person's illness just by looking."
"Can you cure my illness?" the maid asked.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "I can cure most common illnesses. If it's a special condition, I might need to get some medicine."
Hearing that Long Xiao could cure her illness, the maid happily entered Long Xiao's room, sat on the sofa, and extended her hand for Long Xiao to take her pulse.
Long Xiao's fingers rested on the maid's wrist. A trace of life energy entered her body and quickly revealed that her lungs were enveloped by a cold energy.
This cold energy was actually water qi from the five elements. Long Xiao was secretly delighted, thinking it was a good thing to encounter such an opportunity while treating someone.
If he directly suppressed this water qi with life energy, the water qi would dissipate. Long Xiao decided to first use acupuncture needles to lock down this water qi.
"Brother Hu, can you cure it?" the maid asked, seeing Long Xiao frown without speaking.
Long Xiao let out a long breath and said, "I can cure it, but it will be somewhat difficult. Have you been living in a very cold and damp place, or have you eaten anything cold and damp?"
The maid hesitated for a moment and said, "I did come into contact with something extremely cold and damp. I didn't have the ability to obtain it. If you can cure my illness, I will tell you."
"Sister, I can cure your illness. Please tell me first what you came into contact with, so I can determine how to treat you."
The maid nodded and said, "I came into contact with a piece of Ice Marrow. The cold energy from the Ice Marrow entered my body, and no matter what I did, I couldn't get rid of it."
Long Xiao's heart stirred with excitement upon hearing that the maid had encountered Ice Marrow.
The "Dragon Scripture" recorded dozens of objects containing five-elemental qi. These objects had strange names, and Long Xiao had never heard of any of them, let alone searched for them.
Since his Dantian had five-elemental qi, Long Xiao had carefully studied these items, but the results were very disappointing, as he couldn't find any of them.
Currently, the only qi he could find in large quantities was wood qi, also known as life energy. If he could find objects containing the other four types of qi, absorbing all five types of qi simultaneously would surely cause the five-elemental qi in his Dantian to surge.