I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"It truly is the Great Perfection of the Earth Realm; I can't be mistaken!"

Qiao Song could understand the competitive spirit of martial artists. He couldn't bear to discourage his beloved disciple, but he also couldn't ignore the facts.

In fact, he was quite shocked when he saw Yu Jinghong again in Jinling. Yu Jinghong's cultivation speed was truly astonishing.

"But Master, even if Yu Jinghong is truly at the Great Perfection of the Earth Realm, is the death of Wu Nanzhi and the others really related to her? Among those Dongyang people who died, there was a man named Hashimoto Aoi who was also at the Great Perfection of the Earth Realm!"

"Moreover, the other dead people were not ordinary people either; they were all experts from the Jinghe Chamber of Commerce."

Shen Yulan still couldn't believe that Yu Jinghong could kill so many people and still be unharmed.

She thought for a moment and then said, "Master, it's very strange that so many experts from the Jinghe Chamber of Commerce have gathered together."

"We also found a lot of surveillance equipment in the room where Wu Nanzhi was murdered. These people from Dongyang definitely didn't do anything good!"

"If you ask me, they deserved to die!"

Qiao Song gently shook his head. "One thing at a time. No matter what they were doing or planning in their lives, it doesn't change the fact that they died in Jinling."

"Get back to work!"

......

Special care ward of military hospital.

Yang Xin'er knocked on the door three times, and without waiting for a response, pushed the door open and entered.

She looked at Lin Yao lying in the hospital bed. "How are you, Miss Lin? Are you feeling better?"

Qin Ge's smile was somewhat forced. "It's alright, but the injuries are too severe. It will take some time before I wake up."

"How's the situation in Nanjing right now? Has anything unusual happened?"

That day, at the moment when Hashimoto Aoi detonated the explosives at Seven Star Bay, Qin Ge circulated his spiritual energy to its maximum to protect himself, and at the same time protected Lin Yao.

They were then swept downstream by the river.

Qin Ge overestimated the power of spiritual energy; the eighth level of Qi Refining is still not enough!

Fortunately, they were already some distance from the explosion's epicenter; otherwise, he wasn't sure if he would have survived.

Looking back, Qin Ge realized he had been too impulsive and reckless; if he had been blown up, there would have been no chance to start over.

However, if he could do it all over again, he felt he would still go to save Lin Yao.

If you're not impulsive, are you even a young person?

Moreover, Qin Ge was confident in herself at the time.

Fortunately, they both survived the ordeal.

However, the explosion was so powerful that even Qin Ge was injured, not to mention Lin Yao, who was of average build.

Lin Yao's injuries were even more severe than Su Wenxi's. In addition, unlike Su Wenxi, she didn't have a martial arts background. If Qin Ge had used his spiritual energy to protect her heart meridian in time, she would have lost all ten of her lives.

Her life was saved, but she still needs time to recover and Qin Ge needs to treat her with spiritual energy regularly.

After some deliberation, Qin Ge contacted Yang Xin'er and then stayed at the military hospital arranged by Yang Xin'er.

"Nothing special. The Lin and Lu families are getting more and more into a fight. Also, a group of people from Dongyang have come to Jinling."

Yang Xin'er recounted the recent situation in Jinling to Qin Ge, and then asked, "How long do you plan to stay here? Waiting for Miss Lin to wake up?"

"Let them make a scene first!" Qin Ge pondered, his brows furrowed. "Before, I was schemed against openly by those in the shadows, but now the tables have turned. They all think I'm dead. How can I not figure out how to get back at them?"

"I'll see who's behind this!"

Yang Xin'er asked, "Who do you think it could be?"

"I don't know, maybe it's Lin Yuan, maybe it's Mo Yitang." Qin Ge had a strong intuition that the sniper in Qixing Bay was the same person he encountered when he first arrived in Jinling!

He changed the subject abruptly, "You just said that Qiao Song of the Shadow Martial Hall is completely going to help the Lu family, is that right?"

"Isn't Lu Qi Qiao Song's grandson? How can he be so composed?"

"It seems you don't know enough about Shadow Martial Hall," Yang Xin'er explained patiently. "Qiao Song would never step in to help the Lu family with something like this."

"The Shadow Martial Arts Hall has always handled matters impartially; no one dares to show favoritism, including the various branch hall masters!"

"Small matters are fine, but no one dares to be careless about big matters."

"Besides the strict discipline of the Shadow Martial Hall, it's also because of their head hall master."

"That's a truly ruthless person. He's like a dragon, appearing and disappearing without a trace, and could show up at any branch at any time."

"He holds the power of life and death; if anyone in the Shadow Martial Hall commits a crime, he can kill them at will, without having to answer to anyone!"

"With someone like that around, it's like a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads. Do you think the Shadow Martial Hall would dare to act recklessly?"

"Is it that powerful?" Qin Ge asked with considerable regret. "If the Shadow Martial Hall doesn't help, the Lu family won't be able to defeat the Lin family!"

"You describe Shadow Martial Arts Hall as something so terrifying, so where do they recruit their people from?"

"You could lose your life at any moment. Is this job absolutely necessary, just because it includes room and board?"

Yang Xin'er smiled faintly, "It's not as scary as you say. Their headmaster just has that kind of power; he's not someone who acts recklessly. Do you think everyone is like you?"

She adjusted her glasses, her expression turning very serious. "The Shadow Martial Arts Hall is a very respectable group of people!"

"Then you can stay here for now. It's safe here, no one will know you're here. I'll let you know as soon as there's any new situation."

Just as Yang Xin'er was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something. "I understand your thoughts, but what about Miss Yu? Aren't you going to contact her?"

"Let her stay here for now, as long as she's alright." Qin Ge had thought about contacting Yu Jinghong before, but after learning about her situation from Yang Xin'er, she gave up the idea.

The enemy was still hiding in the shadows and hadn't surfaced; he didn't want them to know he was still alive.

There's no way to guarantee that someone isn't secretly watching Yu Jinghong's every move. If we tell her that we're still alive, it might raise suspicion, and bringing her here would likely expose us.

"Don't you know how heartbroken she is?"

"They really don't know how to cherish women at all. Miss Yu is quite pitiful."

Yang Xin'er muttered a couple of complaints and then turned and left the ward.

Qin Ge paused for a moment, then looked at Yang Xin'er's retreating figure and curled her lip. "She's quite generous, even showing concern for Jinghong?"

"Doesn't she know that they're rivals in love?"

Jinling Martial Arts Hall.

"Master, the person has been brought back."

Shen Yulan returned with her men less than two hours later, bringing Yu Jinghong back with her.

"So fast?" Qiao Song was slightly surprised.

"She didn't resist." Shen Yulan's expression was strange. She found Yu Jinghong and explained her purpose, and Yu Jinghong came back with her without saying anything.

"Master, I think she's acting strangely. Maybe something happened to her. When I talk to her, she just nods, like she's lost her mind."

"I don't know how to describe that feeling, it was as if she were a body without a soul."

"Master, could you...?"