Long Xiao and the others returned to Gejia Village in the afternoon of the next day. As soon as they entered the village committee office, Xiao Ming and Meiling loaded all the barbarian dragon meat onto the truck, and the remaining food items were thrown off.
The children in the village were surprised to see Xiao Ming and Meiling throwing out all sorts of exquisitely packaged food items, and they gathered around to watch. Xiao Ming generously gave them everything.
All the children in the village came to share the food, as if it were a New Year’s celebration. The villagers were very grateful, and some villagers started to worry about how the medicinal herbs Long Xiao purchased would be transported.
When Long Xiao proposed hiring two trucks, someone immediately made a phone call to help arrange it, and less than an hour before dark, two Ouman trucks drove into the village committee courtyard.
A large number of villagers spontaneously came to help load the trucks. By the time it was dark, the trucks were loaded and ready to go.
At the village head’s request, Long Xiao and the others stayed another night at the village committee office and had a big drink at the village head’s house.
Since everyone was very happy, they all drank quite a bit.
They stumbled out of the village head’s house, preparing to return to the village committee office to rest, chatting as they walked.
Halfway there, Long Xiao felt something was wrong. A few people were watching them not far behind. These people were not villagers of Gejia Village.
“Daoist Priest Xiao, someone is watching us. Have we encountered bandits?” Long Xiao asked worriedly.
Old Taoist Priest Xiao chuckled and said, “I like bandits. I have traveled the world with my disciple and encountered bandits many times. Every time I encountered bandits, I gained something.”
Xiao Ming also smiled and said, “I also like bandits. Getting rich always starts with being robbed.”
Meiling looked at the old man and the young man and said, “What kind of people are you? Isn’t it hard for robbers? Coming out to rob in the dead of night, can’t you pity them a little? Robbers are also people, they have parents and siblings, and grandparents. If they are killed, someone will be sad.”
“I’m not going to kill them, killing is against the law,” Xiao Ming said.
Long Xiao looked at Old Taoist Priest Xiao, thinking he would also say not to kill the robbers. Unexpectedly, Old Taoist Priest Xiao sighed and said, “If their families would be sad if they were killed, then kill them all, and no one will be sad.”
As they walked, they discussed how to deal with the robbers, and the people following them slowly caught up.
Long Xiao looked back and said, “Daoist Priest Xiao, we saw these four old men in the dragon cave.”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao sighed and said, “We were too careless and didn’t even know we were being watched.”
As Long Xiao and the others neared the village committee office, the four elders stepped forward and blocked their path.
One elder said, “Hand over the things.”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao smiled and asked, “What things?”
Another elder said, “Don’t play dumb, we want the Nine Yang Divine Needle manual.”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao looked at Long Xiao and said, “It’s on him.”
Long Xiao said unhappily, “Daoist Priest Xiao, why are you betraying me?”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao chuckled and said, “Betraying you to a few dead people, it shouldn’t be considered betrayal, right?”
Long Xiao nodded and said, “It seems to make some sense. Daoist Priest Xiao, I remember you said you never reason with people.”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao nodded and said, “That’s right, I said that, but that was with others. With you, Long Xiao, I still reason.”
The elder standing at the back said, “Stop the nonsense, quickly hand over the Nine Yang Divine Needle manual, or none of you will live.”
Long Xiao looked at Old Taoist Priest Xiao, hoping he would make a move. Old Taoist Priest Xiao said, “Long Xiao, you do it. Young people need training, and such a good training opportunity cannot be missed.”
Long Xiao thought about it and felt that what Old Taoist Priest Xiao said made sense. If he wanted to improve his strength, he not only had to find pure elemental energy, but also temper himself in combat and improve his practical combat skills.
Long Xiao stepped forward and said, “Will the four of you attack together, or one by one?”
The four elders looked at each other and burst into laughter. One elder said, “Young man, you have a big mouth. Beat me first, then we’ll talk.”
Saying that, the elder suddenly attacked, lunging at Long Xiao’s eyes with both hands.
The elder’s hand speed was extremely fast. Long Xiao dared not be careless. He spread his elemental energy throughout his body, using the ‘Chi Mei Xiao Yao Bu’ footwork, and his ‘Long Xing Shou’ hands, he also launched an attack on the elder.
The elder’s strength was comparable to Long Xiao’s, but his combat experience was very seasoned. After about a dozen exchanges, Long Xiao was kicked down.
As Long Xiao fell to the ground, Old Taoist Priest Xiao began to guide him, pointing out the weaknesses of both sides and the directions Long Xiao should attack.
Long Xiao flipped up and attacked the elder again. Having learned from his previous mistake, his attack methods became cautious and precise, no longer wide and sweeping.
After fighting for hundreds of rounds, with Old Taoist Priest Xiao constantly guiding him, Long Xiao gradually gained the upper hand and found an opportunity to punch the elder in the face.
The elder was knocked to the ground by Long Xiao. Just as Long Xiao was about to continue the fight, the other three elders, who had been watching, rushed forward.
Long Xiao could barely handle one, but three would definitely be too much for him.
He quickly retreated. As the three elders chased him, a powerful force crashed into them, sending them flying backward.
The three elders all coughed up blood. They got up from the ground, cautiously looking at Old Taoist Priest Xiao.
One elder asked, “Who are you?”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao sneered and said, “My surname is Xiao. Didn’t you hear Long Xiao call me Daoist Priest Xiao just now?”
The four elders were terrified and quickly retreated. One elder said, “You, you are Old Taoist Priest Xiao.”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao waved his hand and said, “Daoist priest is in a good mood today. Scram. If I see you again next time, not one of you will survive.”
The four elders, terrified, fled in a hurry. One of them even lost his shoes in his haste.
Long Xiao looked at Old Taoist Priest Xiao strangely and said, “Daoist Priest Xiao, they seem to be very afraid of you.”
Old Taoist Priest Xiao smiled and said, “I don’t reason with people, so they are all afraid of me.”
Meiling said, “My master said that if you treat someone with a pleasant expression, they will think you are afraid of them. If you don’t reason with them, they will avoid you, respect you, and fear you.”
Long Xiao sighed and said, “Daoist Priest Xiao, you’ve corrupted such a good girl.”
“A bad person doesn’t need to be taught to be bad, and a good person can’t be taught to be bad. My disciple is too kind, so I can only teach her like this, so she won’t suffer as much in the future.”
The next morning, after the drivers of the two trucks arrived, Long Xiao and the others set off.
Because they had two large trucks following them back to Donghai, they were much slower. They arrived back in Donghai at noon the next day. After unloading the medicinal herbs into the warehouse, Xiao Ming started clamoring that he was hungry and wanted to find a restaurant for a big meal.
Long Xiao smiled and said, “We’ll go to Donghai Grand Hotel for lunch. Tonight, I’ll have A Hu send a few chefs over, and we’ll host a dragon meat feast at Xinglin Caotang.”
After deciding on Donghai Grand Hotel, everyone prepared to get into the car. Lin Wei said, “You guys go eat, I need to go home and see.”
Since Lin Wei wanted to go back, Long Xiao had to ask Luo Tianshui to drive him home. Watching Lin Wei get into the car and leave Xinglin Caotang, Long Xiao felt that Lin Wei seemed to have become a different person.