Ma Long knelt down and checked the man's breathing, looking at his limp body.
"Young Master, he's dead! What do we do now?"
Han Lang was a little stunned.
It wasn't because he was afraid of killing for the second time.
To be honest,
Ever since he had killed the floral shirt guys last time, he had been adjusting his mindset for days.
The world of cultivators was ultimately a world where the strong preyed on the weak. Since he had entered this path, he would inevitably face such a life of bloodshed in the future.
Therefore, he was mentally prepared for this issue.
But what worried him now was the so-called Master Jin, who had sent cultivators to assassinate him, and the Gou family, whose intentions were still not fully confirmed and who had been targeting him.
"It's fine! I'll make a call!"
Saying that, he took out his phone and called Tang Qin.
"Hello, Tang Qin!"
"I was assassinated by a cultivator!"
"Oh! I'm fine. I'm on Lingyue Mountain, you can come over!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you!"
After hanging up, Han Lang's brows remained tightly furrowed. Ma Long, sensing something, cautiously asked.
"Young Master, are your injuries serious?"
Han Lang glanced at the torn flesh on his shoulder, extended his right hand to release spiritual energy for suturing, and replied.
"It's nothing! Just a superficial wound. Brother Ma, I'm mainly worried about..."
Han Lang hesitated, but Ma Long understood and continued.
"I know. You're worried that the Gou family will have no bottom line and continue to hire cultivators with heavy rewards, targeting Uncle and Aunt and Miss Luo, right?"
Han Lang nodded noncommittally. "It's not just them! Also Sister Wang Fang from Tianyi Pavilion and Old Sun. You've seen the Gou family's unrighteous revenge. If ordinary people like Sister Wang Fang, my parents, and the others face assassination by cultivators, they will surely be in grave danger!"
Ma Long also nodded solemnly. After a period of internal struggle, he seemed to have made a decision and replied, "How about I go and eliminate the Gou family to prevent future trouble?"
Han Lang looked at Ma Long in shock.
He knew that Ma Long, as a former soldier of the Xia Kingdom, had always been righteous and hated evil. But he was also kind-hearted and followed the rules.
Although the Gou family was not good, without sufficient evidence, disregarding the law and executing his entire family privately was not something Ma Long would do.
But now, for his sake, he was willing to break his own bottom line and principles to clear potential threats for the Han family. What kind of friendship was this?
At the same time, how much torment was he enduring internally?
Seeing Han Lang's silence, Ma Long roughly guessed his concerns. "Young Master, you don't need to doubt. I said before that you healed my leg and gave me a new life. From now on, I will follow your lead for the rest of my life! Moreover, you also guided me into the path of cultivation. Compared to these, my personal principles are insignificant!"
Han Lang patted Ma Long's shoulder, deeply moved.
To be honest, he also wished he could directly eliminate the Gou family, this potential threat.
However,
Ordinary people have ordinary laws, and cultivators have cultivator rules.
If he were to target ordinary people like this without reason, even if his relationship with Tang Qin, the director of the Le City Special Investigation Bureau, was close, it might not be enough to protect Ma Long.
"Brother Ma, you don't need to say such things anymore. It all started because of me. If it has to be done, it should be me. Besides, things will work themselves out when the time comes. We haven't reached a dead end yet, and I have other ways."
"The most fortunate thing is that bringing you and Han Kang into the world of cultivators was indeed a wise decision!"
"This way, you stay at Tianyi Pavilion for the next period of time and ensure the safety of everyone in Tianyi Pavilion."
"I will also give Han Lang the necessary instructions."
Ma Long nodded after listening. "Don't worry, Young Master. As long as I'm alive, I will protect Mr. Wang and Old Sun!"
"Okay! Then I can rest assured. I need to confirm something now, wait for me for a moment!"
After speaking, Han Lang picked up his phone again and called Zhao Tong.
"Hello, Zhao Tong!"
"Mr. Han!"
"How much longer will the Lingyue Mountain Villa project take to complete?"
Zhao Tong replied without hesitation, "It's almost at the end. It can be delivered in ten days at the latest!"
Han Lang frowned. "Ten days is too long! Can it be done in two days?"
"This..." Zhao Tong thought carefully, then replied decisively, "I'll send more people and guarantee the task is completed within two days!"
"Alright, then I'll trouble you!"
"It's my duty!"
According to Han Lang's plan, once the Lingyue Mountain Villa complex was completed, he could set up a spirit gathering array and a Qiankun killing array within it.
As long as his family and friends lived there, cultivators below the Golden Core stage would not be able to threaten their safety.
The current situation was not optimistic, which was why he was so eager to ask Zhao Tong to finish the construction in two days.
As soon as he hung up, Tang Qin sent a location sharing invitation.
After Han Lang joined, Tang Qin arrived shortly after, looking travel-worn.
Seeing Han Lang, the other person, and the corpse lying on the ground, she immediately started inspecting the body without delay and asked.
"What exactly happened?"
Han Lang recounted the entire incident, and Tang Qin finished her inspection and stood up.
"Okay! I understand the situation. I'll take the body back to the Special Investigation Bureau for further investigation. Don't put too much psychological burden on yourself. This kind of thing is quite common in the world of cultivators. Who is this?"
Tang Qin pointed at Ma Long, as it was their first meeting.
Han Lang quickly introduced, "He's my brother, named Ma Long. He's a retired special forces soldier and now also a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Condensation!"
Tang Qin shook hands with Ma Long incredulously, then said in surprise, "Young Master, you've been hiding too well! You have friends with such strength around you?"
Han Lang was also puzzled. "This, is he very powerful? He's only at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, the lowest existence in the cultivator world!"
Tang Qin rolled her eyes at Han Lang. "You're just showing off! Do you know how many martial artists are at the Outer Strength stage in the cultivator world?"
"The cultivation of the fifth level of Qi Condensation is already comparable to a martial artist at the peak of Outer Strength, yet you treat him like he's common."
"Not to mention anything else, my strength as the so-called director of the Special Investigation Bureau is only at the middle stage of Inner Strength, which is equivalent to the seventh level of Qi Condensation for your cultivators."
"Think about how many people are weaker than me?"
Han Lang and Ma Long were both dumbfounded by this.
So, in the world of cultivators, the fifth level of Qi Condensation was already considered quite good.
Was the cultivation environment on Blue Star really that poor?
If Tang Qin knew Han Lang's thoughts, she would surely give him a good scolding.
He was like a well-fed person who didn't know the hunger of a starving person.
For ordinary cultivators, without the support of sects and families, it was extremely difficult to even get started through self-exploration.
Where would anyone be like Han Lang, who directly broke through to the fourth or fifth level of Qi Condensation by taking a top-grade body-tempering pill?
Moreover, Ma Long's subsequent cultivation also had the top-grade spirit gathering pills provided by Han Lang. How could such cultivation speed be matched by those ordinary cultivators?
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Tang Qin mischievously leaned closer to Han Lang and asked with a smile.
"Young Master, what level is your strength at now?"