Yezhong Xiuyuan returned to the dojo. His disciples expected a great battle, but to their surprise, Yezhong Xiuyuan entered with a smile, attempting to forge a connection with Old Man Xiao.
"Mr. Xiao, the island nation and Huaxia are separated by a narrow strip of water. We are all brothers. How could I possibly capture your Huaxia people?" Yezhong Xiuyuan said with a smile.
"Who captured him? Tell me the truth, or I will destroy your dojo," Old Man Xiao threatened.
Threatened, Yezhong Xiuyuan, who was known as the foremost figure in the island nation, did not get angry. He smiled and said, "It was people from the Tongji Society who captured him. Our men even tried to help Long Xiao at the time, but we couldn't save him."
"You went to Funiu Town for Long Xiao, am I right?" Old Man Xiao asked.
Yezhong Xiuyuan nodded and said, "You are correct. We did go to Funiu Town to ask Long Xiao some questions."
Yezhong Xiuyuan told Old Man Xiao that he was in the open, while three Heavenly Realm experts from the shrines were in the shadows. They had rescued Long Xiao from Old Ancestor Nangong, but they encountered people from the Tongji Society on the way.
"Although Lawrence of the Tongji Society has mysterious powers, their strength has not yet reached the Heavenly Realm. They could not possibly defeat three Heavenly Realm experts," Old Man Xiao said, not entirely believing Yezhong Xiuyuan.
Yezhong Xiuyuan replied, "There were quite a few people from the Tongji Society who went to Funiu Town, not just Lawrence and Michelle. There were fifteen of them in total, and their strength was greater than that of Michelle and Lawrence."
Based on the facts, Yezhong Xiuyuan embellished the story with further details, making it more exciting.
After listening, Old Man Xiao nodded and said, "It sounds true. Da Cang Qiong Er told me the same thing."
Since there was no fight, the others saw no need to linger by the entrance.
They all entered the dojo together, and Yezhong Xiuyuan recounted the story again. His Mandarin was excellent, and he told the tale with such passion and vividness that everyone felt it was true.
"Brother Xiao Ming, our next stop should be Europe," Meiling said excitedly.
Xiao Ming sighed and shook his head, "Europe is so vast, where would we even start looking?"
At this point, everyone was at a loss. Even if the Tongji Society had taken Long Xiao, no one knew who had taken him or where he was being held.
Seeing Xiao Ming and the others in distress, Yezhong Xiuyuan said, "The Tongji Society has people all over the world. If you want to find them, Europe is a good place to start."
"We are looking for Long Xiao. The Tongji Society has so many people, and we don't even know who took Long Xiao," Old Man Xiao said.
Ye Xiao said, "How about I take some people to gather information first? Once we have news, then you can go."
Ye Mei looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Let's all go. It's not hard to find people from the Tongji Society. We can start by questioning a few of them, and maybe we'll find someone who knows about this."
Luo Tianshui looked at the tour guide and asked, "Does your travel agency have a seven-day tour of Europe?"
The tour guide quickly waved his hands and said, "No, really no. Our travel agency doesn't offer routes to Europe."
"We'll be in Europe for a while, we can't go with a tour group," Xiao Ming said.
"How will we get there?" Ye Mei asked.
Xiao Ming thought for a moment and said, "We can apply for business visas. I think those visas allow you to stay for several months."
Applying for business visas would take a long time. To get to Europe as soon as possible, Xiao Ming directly took out his phone and called Luan Jiping, asking her to find someone to handle it.
After leaving Yezhong Xiuyuan's dojo, they spent a day shopping in Okinawa and had a big meal before starting their journey home.
Once on the plane, the tour guide breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he would never lead a tour with so many elderly people and children again. It could even cost him his life.
While Xiao Ming and the others were planning their trip to Europe, Long Xiao was trapped in an ancient castle. He communicated with Shenzi, asking him to help open the formation and release him, but Shenzi refused.
Shenzi thought highly of Long Xiao and wanted to take him as a disciple, but Long Xiao did not agree.
The days were very monotonous, filled only with meals and chanting scriptures of unknown content.
The big man taught Long Xiao the pronunciation of the scriptures. Long Xiao took three days to master the correct pronunciation of all the characters.
On the fourth day, after breakfast, Long Xiao followed everyone to the place that resembled a church.
This was the first time Long Xiao was chanting the scriptures with standard pronunciation. As the clear scriptures were recited, Long Xiao felt the speed at which the mysterious power entered his body increase several times.
After chanting scriptures for a morning, Long Xiao felt his dantian bulging, and the mysterious power grew stronger, feeling like it couldn't be contained.
In the afternoon, Long Xiao continued to chant. As he chanted, he observed the others. They were all chanting seriously, and no one showed any unusual reactions.
Long Xiao felt as if he was about to explode. His face began to turn red, and his body felt hot.
Long Xiao knew that without a cultivation method to safely store this mysterious power in his dantian, he would explode and die.
Long Xiao quietly stopped chanting and opened the "Dragon Scripture" to search for a method to absorb this mysterious power.
He opened more than a dozen ancient texts, but Long Xiao could not find a suitable method.
Soon, the afternoon chanting session ended. When everyone turned around and saw Long Xiao's flushed face, they were all very surprised.
"What's wrong?" the big man asked.
"Nothing, I'm just feeling a bit hot."
Shenzi glanced at Long Xiao, smiled mysteriously, said nothing, and turned to leave.
The big man looked at Shenzi's retreating back and said, "How about I take you to Shenzi so he can help you? When people here have physical problems, Shenzi helps them resolve them."
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "No need, perhaps it's because our bodily structures are different. I'll be fine in a few days."
Back in his room, Long Xiao lay on the bed, motionless. He opened the "Dragon Scripture" in his mind, searching again for a method to absorb or disperse this mysterious power.
He opened a few more ancient texts, but still found no useful cultivation method. Just as Long Xiao was starting to get anxious, he opened another ancient text and saw hope.
This ancient text was a collection of demon clan cultivation methods. Besides recording a large number of demon clan cultivation methods, it also provided detailed descriptions of the demon clan.
Long Xiao thought carefully and felt that Shenzi and these cultivators were likely descendants of the ancient demon clan.
According to the ancient text, many races existed on Earth in the past, broadly divided into the Demon, Devil, God, and Immortal races.
This was the classification of the human race; other racial classifications were different. In fact, the human race and the demon race were the same, both having evolved from animals.
The demon race was diverse, and their cultivation methods varied. The energy absorbed by humans during cultivation was called spiritual energy from heaven and earth, while the demon race absorbed different energies, which humans called demonic energy.
Among the demon race, there was a type that cultivated by chanting scriptures. This race relied on the influence of sound vibrations on their bodies to accumulate energy for cultivation.
Long Xiao attempted to regulate the mysterious power in his body according to the demon clan's method of absorbing demonic energy. Soon, this power condensed into the five-elemental energy in his dantian.
Long Xiao internally observed his dantian and found that the five-elemental energy was around the outside, while the demonic energy was gathered in the center. He had expected the five-elemental energy and demonic energy to conflict, but to his surprise, they were very compatible and harmonious.