After everything was arranged, Long Xiao went to the hospital to see Huo Zhen the next day. Just as Long Xiao had thought, there was indeed a gathering of golden energy within Huo Zhen's body.
Long Xiao was very curious about the use of a formation to gather golden energy. Golden energy was harmful to most people, but it was useful to him.
The five-elemental vital energy cultivated in Long Xiao's dantian included golden energy, which he could absorb into his dantian using 'Dragon Swallows the Four Seas'.
Due to his cultivation technique, Long Xiao could currently digest wood energy, or vital energy of life, quickly. Pure yang vital energy was fire energy, which Long Xiao could only absorb slowly, at a pace far slower than wood energy.
For other types of vital energy, he dared not absorb large amounts without a counteracting vital energy being absorbed simultaneously.
In recent days, the 'Crimson Flame Worm' had not absorbed any yin evil energy, nor had it shared any pure yang energy with him. Therefore, Long Xiao had not helped Huo Zhen remove the golden energy from his body.
He had only written him a talisman to slow down the rate at which golden energy entered his body.
As the three of them just left the hospital, four Mercedes-Benz cars surrounded them. More than a dozen people, carrying short-barreled shotguns, emerged from the cars.
These individuals were all dressed in black suits, wearing sunglasses, military boots, and each had a military knife at their waist.
Long Xiao paid no mind to these well-trained, burly men. With his current strength, even more guns could not harm him in the slightest.
Huo Tianyi's face tensed upon seeing the newcomers. The Huo family bodyguards following behind them quickly stepped forward to shield them.
"Miss, you go first, we'll hold them off."
"Go? None of you are going anywhere." The leader of the burly men raised his hand to fire.
Long Xiao used the 'Chi Mei Xiao Yao Step' to flash forward, snapping the leader's arm with a crack. He then held a gun to the man's temple.
"Everyone, put your guns down," Long Xiao shouted.
None of these burly men had expected the gun to be in Long Xiao's hand so quickly.
As everyone stood stunned, the leader said, "Don't listen to him. This is Hong Kong. This mainland boy wouldn't dare kill anyone."
Long Xiao chuckled and said, "I really don't dare to kill."
The muzzle moved away from the man's temple. Just as the man was about to smirk triumphantly, he heard a bang. Long Xiao shot him in the leg.
As the man collapsed to the ground, Long Xiao fired another shot, hitting his other leg.
All the burly men were dumbfounded. Although they had guns, they rarely fired them casually in public; their guns served as a deterrent.
They never expected this fool from the mainland to open fire right at the hospital entrance.
Everyone knew that as soon as a gunshot was heard, the police would arrive quickly. These burly men hastily helped their boss up and tried to get into their cars to leave.
Long Xiao wasn't about to let them leave as they pleased.
He threw the gun in his hand on the ground and charged towards the men in black.
No one could see where Long Xiao was. All that could be heard was a series of cracking sounds and shotguns falling to the ground. In a short while, all over a dozen burly men in black had their arms broken.
Two police officers, whistling, ran over. Long Xiao quickly retreated, standing behind the Huo family bodyguards.
"Detectives, I am Huo Tianyi of the Huo family. These people tried to kidnap me," Huo Tianyi stepped forward and said.
The Huo family was a prominent clan in Hong Kong, and these two officers naturally recognized Huo Tianyi, the eldest daughter of the Huo family.
Seeing the scattered guns on the ground and the burly men clutching their arms, the two officers quickly called for reinforcements.
A few of the men in black, seeing the arrival of the police, believed Long Xiao wouldn't make a move and attempted to open their car doors to escape.
Long Xiao snorted and said, "Did I say you could leave?"
As Long Xiao spoke, a strange thing happened. A shotgun on the ground levitated and landed on the roof of a car, its muzzle pointing at the head of a man in black who was about to open the car door.
All the men in black who witnessed this were terrified. If Long Xiao wanted them dead, they would die without him even lifting a finger.
Soon, several police cars roared to the scene. The officers led the men in black into the police cars, and a Huo family bodyguard went along to give a statement.
After leaving the hospital, Long Xiao and his companions went directly to the Huo family villa.
The Huo family villa was several times larger than the villa where Long Xiao and the others lived. It had four small buildings, a swimming pool in the front, a dedicated flower garden in the back, and a helipad on the side.
Long Xiao spent the entire morning touring the villa but couldn't find any feng shui issues. The feng shui layout of this villa was reasonable, with vital energy continuously flowing into it; it was undoubtedly a place of good feng shui.
Long Xiao was puzzled as to where the golden evil energy within Huo Zhen's body originated.
During lunch, Long Xiao asked, "Miss Huo, has anyone tampered with your ancestral graves?"
Huo Tianyi shook her head and said, "No, absolutely not. Our ancestral graves have always been watched. If they had been tampered with, we would definitely know."
Long Xiao was still somewhat uneasy. In such situations, if the yang dwelling had no problems, the issue usually lay with the yin dwelling.
After lunch, they drove away from the villa, preparing to visit the Huo family graveyard.
As their two cars were descending the mountain, a Hummer suddenly emerged from a side road, directly flipping the Wrangler carrying the bodyguards. The driver of the Hummer slammed on the brakes.
"Don't get out. I'll go take a look," Long Xiao said as he opened his car door.
As Long Xiao stepped out, a squad of soldiers in combat uniforms, armed with assault rifles, emerged from both sides of the intersection, surrounding Long Xiao's car.
These soldiers were all masked, and their uniforms bore no identifying marks. However, based on their actions, they were clearly professionally trained soldiers.
Long Xiao found it strange to see soldiers here, so he didn't act, waiting for the leader of these soldiers to approach.
"Get down and put your hands up," a soldier shouted.
Long Xiao and the others put their hands on their heads and squatted on the ground. Soon, the bodyguards from the car in front were also pulled out and made to squat beside them.
The leader, noticeably taller than the other soldiers, walked from behind them and stood before Long Xiao and his group. He looked them over and said, "You all must die today."
The leader's Chinese was somewhat stiff. Long Xiao felt he was not a Chinese national, yet from their build, physique, and eyes, they were not Westerners either.
"Are you from the Island Nation?" Long Xiao asked.
"You talk too much. You're about to die. Who we are is none of your concern."
Long Xiao stood up, slowly lowering his hands, and said, "It's very much our concern."
Seeing Long Xiao calmly stand up, the leader raised his rifle and was about to shoot when a gunshot rang out. A bloom of blood appeared on the leader's head, and he fell straight to the ground.
With their leader assassinated, all the soldiers panicked, scanning their surroundings for the sniper.
"Stop looking. Put down your guns, and I'll spare your lives," Long Xiao announced loudly.
Several soldiers raised their guns towards Long Xiao again, preparing to fire. Suddenly, over a dozen pebbles from the roadside shot towards the soldiers' heads.
Blood splattered. Before the soldiers could fire, they were all shot in the head.
"Doctor Long, how did you know there was an ambush here?" Huo Tianyi stood up and asked in surprise.
Long Xiao shook his head and looked towards the distant trees. "I didn't know there was an ambush, but someone discovered it."
"Someone discovered it? Who?" Huo Tianyi asked again.
Luan Jiping smiled and said, "It's Long Xiao's people who have arrived. Don't worry, Tianyi, with my brother here, we'll definitely help you resolve the Huo family's issues."