In the dark of night, a network car that looked compliant with national standards plunged into the woods like a fierce tiger.
A protruding small stone sent the entire car flying into the air, hitting a tree trunk and bouncing off.
Bang!
The loud noise woke up villagers several kilometers away.
"What's going on? Are the devils attacking again?"
"Grandpa, what era is this? If anyone's attacking, it's us attacking them. It's probably some bastard setting off fireworks."
"What nonsense! Blowing up mountain rocks in the middle of the night, I'm reporting it tomorrow!"
"Could it be war?"
The villagers' lights flickered on and off. Most reacted as if war was imminent, while others engaged in various speculations. No one suspected a car accident, however.
After all, no one could imagine someone speeding at a hundred miles per hour there!
When a person is about to die, the King of Hell comes for them. Who would have thought someone would actively seek him out?
With a surge of intense nausea, Li Chonglou slowly woke from his daze.
"Xiao Li, are you okay?"
An old man's worried voice echoed in his mind.
"I'm fine."
Although he was the only one in the car not wearing a seatbelt, as a semi-driver, he had used a subtle force to neutralize most of the impact with prior preparation.
And there was a cushion behind him.
Thinking of this, Li Chonglou looked back. A cold voice suddenly pierced his ears.
"How long are you going to sit there?"
His gaze focused, meeting the woman's icy stare.
"Are you okay?"
"Do you want me to be not okay?"
Cough, Li Chonglou just hadn't expected that this woman seemed completely unharmed after such a violent impact.
Even Adong and Ah Hai were in a daze. If even the former gangster was like this, how could she, a delicate woman, be fine?
The thought struck Li Chonglou, and a possibility immediately came to mind.
Before he could ponder further, he heard the woman's cold voice again.
"Get out!"
Damn it, could she really be a cultivator?
However, the car was already beyond recognition. Forget the passenger seat, even the adjacent car door was jammed shut.
Li Chonglou tried with all his might but couldn't move.
"Uh, we seem to be stuck..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Chonglou felt the person behind him move. The next second, the entire car door flew off!
She really is a cultivator!
Before he could react, Li Chonglou was pushed out of the car by the woman.
"It seems to be up ahead, hurry, quick!"
Unfamiliar voices came from the woods behind him. Just as Li Chonglou was about to turn around, he felt his feet suddenly leave the ground.
"What are you doing?"
"If you talk any more nonsense, I'll kill you now!"
Li Chonglou frowned, "What about those two?"
"They won't die, they're after me."
Fine, even if there was a problem, he couldn't resist now.
This woman is indeed a cultivator!
However, she seemed to have just entered the ranks of cultivators. Li Chonglou could feel her aura was unstable.
But carrying him with one hand was still manageable.
Li Chonglou sighed helplessly. This feeling was truly unpleasant.
It's a shame he's not what he used to be. Previously, he had only temporarily lost his internal energy or suffered actual losses due to accidents. Now, he was a complete ordinary person.
Even though the woman looked only about 1.67 meters tall and petite, she could probably deal with him with just a flick of her finger!
A few minutes later.
At the car accident scene, seven men in black were scattered around searching, while three stood by the car, occasionally looking at the unconscious Adong and Ah Hai inside.
"They must have escaped. Is the rumor true?"
"Not necessarily. Maybe it's someone else. I remember there should be four people in this car."
"Then what about these two?"
The three looked at the two again. Finally, a man with a hooked nose, a black-clothed man, made a decision in a deep voice.
"Take them back first!"
The woman held Li Chonglou's clothes in one hand. Due to her height, she had to lift him. In less than fifteen minutes, the woman stopped on her own.
She directly threw Li Chonglou onto the ground.
"Damn."
Rubbing his backside, Li Chonglou gave the woman a speechless glare and got up from the ground.
He first surveyed the surroundings. They had entered the deep mountains now, with dense woods stretching as far as the eye could see.
This environment was not particularly dangerous, after all, there was a cultivator here.
But it was a bit awkward for a lone man and woman to be in such a place.
He looked at the woman again. She was still wearing a mask and stretching her arms.
Indeed, she's a novice. Otherwise, if she just gathered her aura onto her arm, this soreness wouldn't have occurred.
"Where are you taking me?"
Li Chonglou thought about it and decided to speak first.
The atmosphere was a bit subtle, but his current appearance wouldn't easily lead people to think of the other side.
Of course, it was hard to say what outsiders would think.
The woman looked over, but instead of answering, she asked back.
"What's your name, who do you work for, do you have a boss?"
Was she asking for his personal details?
Li Chonglou raised an eyebrow but answered honestly.
"So, you're unaffiliated now?"
Her tone suddenly changed, and Li Chonglou's heart tightened. He had already guessed some things.
"Not exactly, Sister Feng of the Qing Gang is waiting for me to bring the item back."
Li Chonglou took out the ancient cloth he got from Dabao from his pocket. The woman suddenly walked over.
She snatched the item away without hesitation.
"What is this?"
"An antique, probably something Sister Feng used to bribe someone."
Li Chonglou proactively explained what had happened earlier.
When the woman heard that there were such perverts in the world who tortured and killed unarmed, weak women, a strong killing intent flashed across her face.
"Such people should be skinned alive and dismembered, cut into a thousand pieces!"
"I plan to find that person when I return."
Although that guy had already left Shangjing, according to Dabao, his mastermind wouldn't let him go. Returning to Shangjing might still give him a glimmer of hope.
If he continued to stay outside, it would likely be a matter of time.
The situation in Shangjing was complicated. The guy could temporarily survive by using the information he knew to find a relatively suitable faction. As long as he understood this, returning to Shangjing would be inevitable.
However, just as Li Chonglou finished speaking, he felt a killing intent lock onto him completely.
"Wh-what's wrong?"
Li Chonglou swallowed nervously.
"You told me so much, have you already realized something?"
The woman's eyes grew colder, and she approached him step by step, giving the impression that she would strike him dead at any moment.
"What realization? I don't understand what you're talking about."
"Pretend, keep pretending! If you didn't know, why aren't you surprised at all?"
Alright, it seemed it was time to lay it all out.
In fact, Li Chonglou hadn't intended to pretend; he just wanted to test her reaction.