'Ghost Hand' was the strongest among this group of people. Seeing that 'Ghost Hand' couldn't even withstand one move from Nangong Yue, no one dared to step forward.
Nangong Yue looked at Xue Shao and said, "If no one else is coming up, I'm leaving."
No one dared to speak. The group watched as Long Xiao, Nangong Yue, and Xiao Ming swaggered onto the elevator.
After the elevator doors closed, Xue Shao roared, "Investigate! Investigate who this old woman is! I want to kill her whole family."
A young man pulled out his phone and immediately made a call to arrange for someone to investigate Nangong Yue.
Long Xiao didn't pay much attention to offending a young master from the Xue family. Now that his mother-in-law was someone even he dared not provoke, anyone else who provoked her was asking for trouble.
Returning to the villa at Mangshan No. 1, Long Xiao observed Nangong Yue the entire way. Seeing that Nangong Yue was otherwise normal besides her voracious appetite, he gradually relaxed his worried heart.
Upon returning home, Lin Shijie and Lin Xuan both inquired about Nangong Yue's condition. Long Xiao told them that their outing for dinner had been very normal, and both of them were relieved.
This trip had depleted all of Long Xiao's commonly used elixirs for Xinglin Caotang. None of the medicine they had brought was left. Long Xiao decided to refine a batch of elixirs first.
In the afternoon, Long Xiao and Xiao Ming went straight to the pharmacy at Xinglin Caotang to check the inventory.
After Long Xiao and the others left, although Xinglin Caotang had acquired some more herbs, the variety had significantly decreased, making it impossible to refine many elixirs.
Long Xiao called Su Guoqiang and Jiang Ming separately, asking them to send him a batch of high-quality herbs as soon as possible.
Having benefited greatly from their dealings with Long Xiao, both of them were very prompt in delivering the herbs.
In just one day, both of them arrived at Xinglin Caotang with a cartload of herbs.
The herbs brought by the two were of excellent quality. After settling the bill, Long Xiao had them wait for a few hours while he refined some healing elixirs to give to them.
For the next few days, Long Xiao was busy refining elixirs.
Refining elixirs was very draining of vital energy. After refining elixirs for several days, Long Xiao cultivated in a room at Xinglin Caotang for another three days to recover the vital energy consumed.
A portion of the elixirs that were just refined were left at Xinglin Caotang, while a few healing elixirs were distributed among everyone to carry for emergency use if injured.
Long Xiao had been at Xinglin Caotang for the past few days. After finishing the elixirs, as Long Xiao was preparing to return to Mangshan No. 1, Lin Xuan called to inform him that Nangong Yue was missing.
Nangong Yue had been very well-behaved these past few days, and Long Xiao had inadvertently overlooked her.
After clarifying how Nangong Yue had gone missing, Long Xiao realized there was trouble. Nangong Yue's strength was considerable, and her mind flickered between clarity and confusion, making her extremely dangerous.
While Long Xiao and Lin Xuan were mobilizing everyone to search for Nangong Yue in Donghai, in a manor at the foot of Xishan, Long Nian had prepared a banquet and was entertaining Nangong Yue.
Nangong Yue had accidentally stumbled into this manor and injured several guards. Long Nian had gathered his men to surround Nangong Yue. When he noticed that Nangong Yue was sometimes confused and sometimes lucid, he decided to keep her to use for his own purposes.
With his glib tongue, Long Nian completely won over Nangong Yue.
"Ms. Nangong, you are the most skilled and beautiful woman in Donghai," Long Nian praised her even as she ate incessantly.
After she finished eating, Nangong Yue said, "Find me a room to rest."
Long Nian personally led Nangong Yue to a guest room. Just as he was about to praise her again, he discovered that Nangong Yue, who had followed him into the room, was gone.
Long Nian searched the guest room thoroughly but couldn't find Nangong Yue. In his panic, Long Nian shouted, "Ms. Nangong, where are you? Come out."
Long Nian heard a soft landing sound and turned to see Nangong Yue standing before him.
"Ms. Nangong, where did you go just now?" Long Nian asked.
Nangong Yue chuckled and said, "I was about to sleep, and when you called me, I came down."
Before Long Nian could fully comprehend the meaning of Nangong Yue's words, he was asked to leave by Nangong Yue.
Long Xiao had mobilized all his contacts, and the security department of Xuanxiao Company had also been deployed. They searched all day in Donghai but couldn't find any trace of Nangong Yue, not even a single clue.
Lin Xuan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and the Lin family was also worried. All their available connections were utilized.
Long Xiao was the most anxious, as he knew how dangerous Nangong Yue was. If she wasn't found quickly, someone could be killed by her.
After failing to find her after a day, Long Xiao reluctantly called Lu Tianxing and explained Nangong Yue's situation, asking him to mobilize the police force to help find her.
Upon hearing Long Xiao say that Nangong Yue was extremely dangerous, Lu Tianxing immediately deployed the entire city's police force to search for her. However, another day passed, and she was still not found.
Lin Wei, who was most skilled in divination, cast a hexagram. The conclusion was that Nangong Yue was unharmed and resting somewhere in the southwest.
Narrowing down the search area, Long Xiao found Brother Hu from Xicheng and drew a range on a map for him to have his men search within.
After searching for only half a day, news came back that a woman resembling Nangong Yue had entered a manor.
Upon receiving the news, Long Xiao immediately took Xiao Ming to the manor.
The manor was heavily guarded. They were stopped by the guards at the entrance.
"Visitors are not permitted without the owner's invitation," the guard said, blocking Long Xiao and Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming wanted to force his way in, but Long Xiao stopped him. The two retreated a few hundred meters. Long Xiao whispered, "The manor wall is so long. Let's find a deserted spot and climb over. Why bother confronting them?"
The two walked along the manor wall for a while. Seeing that there was no one around, they climbed over the wall and entered the manor.
Inside the manor, the vegetation was lush, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers. After entering, the two began to wander around recklessly, searching for Nangong Yue.
They searched the back of the manor without finding anyone. Long Xiao and Xiao Ming then moved towards the front of the manor separately.
Not long after Long Xiao had walked, he was spotted by a staff member of the manor.
"What are you doing?" the staff member shouted.
Long Xiao walked up to the staff member and asked, "I'm looking for a middle-aged woman. She is very dangerous."
"Dangerous? I think you're the dangerous one. I feel like I've seen you somewhere before."
"I haven't met you. You must have mistaken me for someone else."
"I can't be mistaken. I've definitely seen you, I just can't recall where."
As they were talking, Long Nian saw Long Xiao and hurried over.
"Long Xiao, why are you at my manor?" Long Nian asked Long Xiao, looking surprised.
Unexpectedly, this was Long Nian's manor, Long Xiao smiled and said, "Hello Long Nian, we meet again."
"Why are you at my manor? You're not here to steal, are you?"
Long Xiao said unhappily, "Why are your words so unpleasant? Steal what? I'm here to find someone."
Long Xiao explained the situation to Long Nian. Long Nian shook his head and said, "I haven't seen the person you're looking for. She's not in my manor."
"Long Nian, Nangong Yue's mind is currently unclear, and her strength is formidable. She is extremely dangerous."
"Long Xiao, compared to her, who is more dangerous? Get out of my manor quickly, or I'll call the police."