That, strictly speaking, couldn't be considered a 'person'.

Chen Xiao returned to the Haitian Yi Pin villa and kicked the stone lion in front of the door.

"Old Shi, get your ass out here!"

Seeing this, Gongsun Yi, who was following beside him, was immediately filled with question marks.

"What's going on? Is Boss Chen driven crazy with worry?"

Just as he hesitated whether to persuade Chen Xiao, he saw a wisp of green smoke rising from the top of the stone lion's head.

Immediately afterwards, a stone lion spirit body, more than half a meter tall, appeared in front of him.

Gongsun Yi was dumbfounded. He looked at the stone lion, then at Chen Xiao.

He thought to himself, "Boss Chen's world is indeed beyond the understanding of normal people!"

Chen Xiao didn't waste any time and asked directly, "Old Shi, what happened at home? Do you know?"

The stone spirit widened its eyes and said seriously, "Of course I know. Chen Xiao, during the time you were away, a very powerful old Taoist came to the door and took all your family members away. It scared me to death!"

Chen Xiao was so angry that he slapped the stone spirit, although his hand passed right through it, it still scared the stone spirit into a shudder.

"You son of a bitch, knowing that someone was coming to kidnap my family, you just knew how to be afraid? Couldn't you have stopped them?"

The stone spirit said timidly, "Chen Xiao, you didn't see how powerful that old Taoist was. He had already formed a golden core (Jin Dan) within his body. Even in my prime, I might not have been his opponent, let alone now?"

"You're really a piece of trash!"

Chen Xiao was so angry that he kicked it again, but this time he kicked the stone lion itself, causing the stone spirit's spirit body to sway.

"Don't hit me, don't hit me, I know I was wrong, okay?"

The stone spirit pleaded bitterly, then defended itself, "It's not entirely my fault either. If you hadn't beaten me until my strength was less than one-tenth of my peak, how could I be so timid and cowardly? Don't you think that makes sense?"

"And luckily I hid well. If I had been discovered by that old Taoist too, wouldn't you be without even a shred of a clue now?"

Chen Xiao looked at the stone spirit with cold eyes. What it said made sense, and he was speechless.

Gongsun Yi was even more impressed with Chen Xiao after hearing this.

Even this ghostly, demonic thing was subdued by Chen Xiao. Was there anything in this world that this man couldn't handle?

Anyway, Gongsun Yi couldn't think of anything.

"Alright, then you better provide me with some useful clues, otherwise..."

A fierce light flashed in Chen Xiao's eyes, scaring the stone spirit into a shiver.

"I guarantee it'll be useful, I guarantee it. Your family has been kidnapped, you must want to know where they were taken, right?"

Chen Xiao's spirits immediately lifted, and he asked, "Do you know where they were taken?"

The stone spirit shook its head, "I don't know."

Chen Xiao: "Are you fucking kidding me..."

"Don't hit me, don't hit me, let me finish!"

The stone spirit hugged its head and said quickly, "I don't know where that old Taoist took your family, because he hasn't come out since he entered your house!"

Gongsun Yi thought, why does this stone spirit talk so much nonsense? If he went in and didn't come out, wouldn't it be enough to just say they were still inside?

At this time, he heard the stone spirit continue, "But I can also be sure that they are not inside the house, because I can't feel their aura at all..."

Chen Xiao frowned. The situation seemed to be getting more and more complicated.

"Follow me! Go inside and take a look!"

Chen Xiao waved his hand, but no one followed.

He turned around and saw the stone spirit and Gongsun Yi pointing at each other, asking in unison, "Are you talking about him or me?"

Chen Xiao said expressionlessly, "I'm talking about both of you!"

The group entered the villa, and as the stone lion had said, it was empty.

Moreover, Chen Xiao discovered that there were no signs of fighting in the house, which meant that Xuan Mingzi had subdued everyone without any effort.

His mother and Gu Yutong could be excused, but even Gu Zhendong was powerless to resist. It seemed that Xuan Mingzi was indeed capable, as expected of a Jin Dan stage expert.

But what if he was a Jin Dan stage expert? He couldn't just disappear into thin air, much less evaporate from the world.

So they must still be in this villa.

Chen Xiao made a decisive decision, "Go, to the basement!"

This villa has two underground levels. The first underground level is a parking lot, and the second underground level is a shelter.

All kinds of facilities are available, a bathroom, two bedrooms, and enough fresh water and food for more than three months.

In addition, there is also a video room and an arcade, completely prepared for the shelter.

Of course, this was not prepared by Chen Xiao himself, but came with the villa.

Moreover, Chen Xiao had never been here since he moved in. He only knew that there was such a space on the second underground level, that's all.

He had asked Lin Jie about it, and Lin Jie just said that the designer had designed it that way, but as for what considerations led to the decision, Lin Jie didn't actually know.

Chen Xiao led Gongsun Yi and the stone spirit on a sweep of the shelter, but still didn't find any clues.

Chen Xiao sat on the ground, closed his eyes, and frowned.

Gongsun Yi advised, "Boss Chen, you don't have to be so upset, maybe there will be a turning point..."

"Shut up!"

Chen Xiao interrupted Gongsun Yi. Only then did Gongsun Yi realize that Chen Xiao didn't seem to be upset, but was sensing something.

Gongsun Yi also began to sense things in the same way.

After a while, Chen Xiao asked, "Did you sense anything?"

Gongsun Yi shook his head, "I didn't sense anything."

"I didn't ask you!"

Chen Xiao frowned and then turned his attention to the stone spirit.

The stone spirit shook its big head, "The spiritual energy here is so strong. If I cultivate here, it won't take half a year for me to return to my peak!"

Chen Xiao asked, "Didn't you notice anything unusual? The spiritual energy here is so strong, but we can't feel it at all on the ground. Don't you think that's very strange?"

The stone spirit was slightly stunned. That's right, it really hadn't thought of that.

Logically speaking, this place is only about ten meters away from the ground. The spiritual energy felt on the ground, even if it wasn't as good as here, wouldn't be too different.

It immediately realized that there must be something wrong here.

"Search separately!"

With an order from Chen Xiao, he walked towards the corridor on the left.

The stone spirit turned to the right.

Only Gongsun Yi stood there, looking confused.

"What are we looking for? Can you two tell me too?"

He was, after all, a top thirty expert on the Heavenly Ranking on the outside, but by Chen Xiao's side, he felt like a fool who didn't understand anything!