Two days later, Long Xiao received news from Ye Xiao.
Just as Long Xiao finished his morning practice and arrived at the Apricot Grove Medicinal Hall, he received a call from Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao informed Long Xiao that he had found three hideouts for the Hanshan Temple and had obtained photos of over a dozen Hanshan Temple assassins in Donghai.
Long Xiao sat under a tree, drinking tea and looking at the photos. After reviewing them all, he called Luo Tianshui.
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The first batch of charging stations were completed and transported to major parking lots across the city for installation.
Zhao Tongxiang's work was going smoothly. A group of people from the Dragon Year had been eliminated, and it was unlikely they would still be after the batteries.
With Xin Sihai and Xin Yifei accompanying him, his safety was assured. Long Xiao decided to recall Luo Tianshui to help him surround and eliminate the Hanshan Temple assassins.
When Luo Tianshui returned, Long Xiao handed him his phone and let him look at the photos first.
After looking at the photos, Luo Tianshui asked, "Brother Long, are these people all here to kill you?"
Long Xiao nodded and said, "They ambushed me once, but failed. I plan to eliminate them all and teach the Hanshan Temple a lesson."
Luo Tianshui put down his phone and asked, "It's said that the Hanshan Temple has a multitude of experts. Will killing so many of them cause bigger trouble?"
"I already have enough trouble, I don't fear adding the Hanshan Temple."
Having decided to eliminate the Hanshan Temple assassins, Long Xiao made simple preparations.
He first gave Luo Tianshu and Xiao Ming a few detoxification pills and internal and external wound medicine each. He also took an old ginseng root and a mature lingzhi mushroom from the pharmacy for each of them.
After receiving the medicine, Xiao Ming immediately put it in his mouth and chewed on it, then praised Long Xiao as a good boss.
Luo Tianshui did not have the same ability. Long Xiao rubbed his hands together, ground the two herbs into powder, and put them in a cup for him to consume.
After taking the powder from the two herbs, Luo Tianshui quickly felt a surge of heat throughout his body. Long Xiao held Luo Tianshui's hand, helping him guide the vital energy contained in the powder into his dantian.
"Brother Long, what is this vital energy? Why do I feel so warm all over?" Luo Tianshui asked excitedly, having received a trace of vital energy.
"This is vital energy. The amount is small, but it can help you recover quickly after injury."
With everything prepared, and several hours remaining until dark, Long Xiao decided to rest for a while to conserve his strength for the night's operation.
As he stood up and before he could enter the house, Ji Yuelan ran in in a panic.
"Brother Long, my second uncle has had an accident. Do you have time? Can you come and take a look?"
Looking at the flustered Ji Yuelan, Long Xiao asked, "What happened?"
Ji Yuelan shook her head and said, "I don't know. My brother just called me. His parents suddenly fainted. They were taken to the hospital, and all tests came back normal, but no matter what they do, they can't wake up."
Long Xiao took out his phone and checked the time. "I have about four or five hours. Let's go to the hospital."
Luo Tianshui drove, and Long Xiao followed Ji Yuelan to the Third Hospital.
In the ward, Ji Yuelan's cousin was pacing anxiously. His parents and wife were lying on the hospital beds, their eyes closed and motionless.
Hearing the door open, Ji Yuehui turned and saw Long Xiao and the others. He rushed forward and said, "Master Long, you've finally arrived! Have my parents been possessed by evil spirits?"
As soon as Long Xiao entered the room, he sensed a Yin Sha energy. He had a good idea of why the three people on the bed were unconscious.
He walked to the bedside to take a look. Before Long Xiao could speak, the 'Crimson Flame Worm' poked its head out from Long Xiao's collar, then crawled out and perched on Long Xiao's shoulder.
Sensing the 'Crimson Flame Worm' had appeared, Long Xiao pointed to the three people on the bed and said, "Let's draw out the Yin Sha energy from their bodies first."
Yin Sha energy is extremely harmful to humans, but it is a great tonic for the 'Crimson Flame Worm'.
The 'Crimson Flame Worm' happily hopped a few times on Long Xiao's shoulder, flapped its wings, and flew towards the three people on the hospital bed.
Soon, Long Xiao saw black Yin Sha energy entering the 'Crimson Flame Worm's' body.
A few minutes later, no more Yin Sha energy appeared. The 'Crimson Flame Worm' seemed drunk, flying unsteadily back to Long Xiao's shoulder.
This was the first time Long Xiao had seen the 'Crimson Flame Worm' act like this. He looked at it with concern. The 'Crimson Flame Worm' burped and burrowed into Long Xiao's clothes.
It seemed the little guy had eaten too much and was a bit tipsy. Long Xiao smiled and reached out to grasp Ji Tianlu's wrist to check on him.
Although Ji Tianlu no longer had Yin Sha energy in his body, the damage caused by the Yin Sha energy still remained.
He took out silver needles from his pocket and used the 'Tiangang Divine Needle' technique to help Ji Tianlu repair his internal organs. Soon, Ji Tianlu opened his eyes.
Seeing his father wake up, Ji Yuehui said happily, "Thank you so much, Master Long, thank you so much."
Long Xiao smiled, disinfected the needles, and began to treat Ji Yuehui's mother and wife with acupuncture.
In about half an hour, the three unconscious members of the Ji family woke up. Long Xiao asked them about the situation.
The Ji family were all antique dealers and had some understanding of mystical arts.
Ji Tianlu sighed and said, "Master Long, someone placed a restriction in my house. I tried to remove it, but I accidentally triggered a mechanism, which caused the three of us to fall unconscious."
There wasn't enough time to go to the Ji family's house now. Long Xiao said, "Mr. Ji, I have an urgent matter to attend to tonight. Don't go home yet. I'll go with you tomorrow during the day, and we'll remove the restriction first."
Ji Tianlu nodded and said, "Master Long, I'll be counting on you for this matter."
As Long Xiao and the others were leaving, Ji Tianlu wanted to give them money, but Long Xiao refused.
"Mr. Ji, it's just a small matter. No need for money," Long Xiao said with a smile.
Seeing that Long Xiao insisted on not accepting, Ji Tianlu didn't press the issue.
As they left the ward and were going downstairs, they saw Zhao Sikai walking towards them.
Zhao Sikai was surprised to see Long Xiao and immediately extended his hand, approaching with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Long."
Long Xiao shook hands with Zhao Sikai and said, "Director Zhao, working the night shift?"
Zhao Sikai nodded eagerly, "Yes, working the night shift."
As he spoke, Zhao Sikai looked around. After a few people walking past them moved away, Zhao Sikai said in a low voice, "Mr. Long, some people are colluding with the Japanese to target traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in Donghai."
"Targeting Donghai's traditional Chinese medicine practitioners? How will they do it?" Long Xiao asked.
Zhao Sikai told Long Xiao that some members of the Donghai Pharmaceutical Association were planning to join forces with the Japanese next month to establish an anti-TCM association specifically to target TCM practitioners.
Long Xiao smiled and said, "With them, they want to target TCM? They're just a bunch of clowns."
"Mr. Long, these people appear respectable on the surface, but they are full of wicked schemes. You must be careful."
Long Xiao patted Zhao Sikai on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Director Zhao. A few small fry won't cause any major waves."