Why did you provoke me?

The long-haired man saw his gaze and said, "Are you serious?"

The cripple let out a sigh of relief. "Hurry up, we only have half an hour."

The long-haired man's expression changed. "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

The cripple rolled his eyes at him. "Would it have been any better if I'd told you earlier?"

The long-haired man stopped arguing and had the cripple shoved into the car.

He then turned to Chen Ming and said, "Give them whatever you have on you."

Chen Ming noticed that the man's expression changed after that person said there was only half an hour left.

Without saying a word, he took a small backpack from the car and tossed it to his brothers who were still in a daze.

The car sped away.

The man in his thirties picked up the backpack, dusted it off, and carried it into the house.

"Wasn't it supposed to be double? Why did you only get one bag?"

"Brother, how many do you want?"

"He drove here, he must be someone important. Brother, didn't you order too much?"

The man in his thirties gave a wry smile, "Before I could even react, they drove off. I didn't even have a chance to ask how much it cost."

The elderly father sat on a chair nearby. "Open it and see what's there. As long as we have a clear conscience, that's fine."

The older brother opened the backpack a crack and then stopped moving.

"What's wrong? What's inside?" A younger brother craned his neck to peek inside. Then he snatched it away, pulling hard with both hands until the entire backpack was fully exposed to everyone.

"Money, it's all money." His voice trembled. He grabbed the person next to him and said stupidly, "Hit me, see if it hurts."

With a "smack," she said, "I told you it was a dream, it didn't hurt at all."

"Second brother, you hit me." A sobbing voice rang out.

"Close the door and keep your voice down," the old father said again.

Let's leave aside the joy of this family and take a look at Chen Ming's motorcade.

The convoy finally reached the main road. Chen Ming carefully examined the cripple; he looked even worse than the man.

"Sir, would you like to find a place to rest?" The suggestion was phrased very tactfully.

"This car can't stop. Whoever is a good driver, let him drive. If anyone tries to stop us, just ram them." The cripple didn't close his eyes; he leaned back in the back seat.

Chen Ming glanced at the long-haired man, whose brows were furrowed as he looked at the cripple. "Is it really that urgent?"

"You'd better pray you have enough men and that you're fast enough," the lame man added.

"She's out?"

"I don't know, your people came at just the right time. Whether I can get out or not is up to you, I'm going to take a nap."

Chen Ming had been paying close attention to the conversation between the two. Although he didn't understand it very well, he could tell that the road back would probably not be peaceful.

The long-haired man didn't say anything more, but simply nodded to Chen Ming, "Listen to him."

Chen Ming took a small box from the car. "My father asked me to give this to you, saying that you might find it useful, sir?"

The long-haired man took it, opened it, and then smiled, "Your father is still as thoughtful as ever."

It turned out that the box contained materials he needed to set up the formation.

"Drive carefully, I need to do something."

"Yes."

The long-haired man's hands were steady and his movements were quick. In just a moment, he handed something to Chen Ming and said, "Put it on the roof of the car."

Although he didn't know what it was, Chen Ming did as instructed.

Along the way, many checkpoints were set up at some point.

The inspection was extremely thorough, even checking personal backpacks.

Chen Ming called softly, "Sir?"

"Just follow along, don't say anything more."

When they arrived at their car, the person who came recognized Chen Ming. "Young Master Chen, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

"Sigh, I have to be anxious, my family is waiting for news from me. Brothers, what are you guys investigating?"

"Something happened at home, and the head of the family ordered a thorough investigation. There's nothing we can do about it, so please don't take offense, Young Master Chen."

"How could that be? I promise to cooperate."

The person brought out something that looked like a magnifying glass and examined the car inside and out.

Chen Ming followed behind and asked, "Is this something you just researched? What does it check? Are you selling it?"

"It's still in the experimental stage, and today is the first time we've taken it out to use it," the person replied readily.

"Alright, no problem. Sorry for taking up Mr. Chen's time. Next time, it'll be my treat."

"What are you saying? It's your job, I understand." Chen Ming sat back in the car, rolled down the window, and said to him again, "If you're going to sell that thing, remember to save one for me."

The car drove smoothly out of the last checkpoint.

Chen Mingcai spoke again, "Sir, an airplane is ready ahead. Shall we take it?"

Once he boarded the plane, Chen Ming finally felt relieved.

"Just take me back to the clubhouse!" The cripple perked up.

Aren't you coming to my place?

"No, you can't cure my problems." Perhaps realizing there was something wrong with her words, she added, "What about you? When do you plan to go see her?"

"I haven't decided yet."

"Okay, I'll take care of my business first, you can postpone it. Let's go together, so as not to scare her."

"Okay, send me another one of those communication bells when you get back, it'll be more convenient."

"You wish! I don't even know where my own is!"

……

Yu Meng boarded the plane that came to pick her up and sent a message to Niannian to ask about her situation. Hearing that everything was going smoothly, she went straight back to Jingchuan.

She needs to go back and study what the Overlord brought back.

She always felt that this thing was very important, and if she could figure it out, she could break through the final barrier.

Yu Meng returned to Jingchuan, and the happiest people were Secretary Wu and Xiao Hao. Secretary Wu, under the pretext of reporting on work, spent the afternoon with Yu Meng.

Even Xiao Hao tugged at him several times, saying, "Auntie just got back, she's tired, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Secretary Wu patted his little head. "You don't understand. Teacher Yu is busy right now. She might leave again tomorrow. Who am I supposed to turn to then?"

Yu Meng shook her head and could only smile.

I went back to my room and had a wonderful sleep.

The next day, she went to the sect's backyard again. There were still some parasites there who hadn't joined the sect but were already living normal lives. They had also retained their physical forms, but they hadn't passed the sect's assessment and didn't want to go home, so they stayed there.

Secretary Wu only received a token fee; normally, they were responsible for Jingchuan's security.

People like this continued to arrive, but the Jingchuan Guild Hall no longer had a bone-drawing master in charge.

Yu Meng originally wanted to take in that talented girl and train her, but unfortunately, they weren't meant to be.

Upon hearing Yu Meng mention this, Secretary Wu asked earnestly, "You really want to take on a disciple?"

"It's not about taking on apprentices, it's about training someone who can work in Jingchuan."

"Then who will teach her? The bone-drawing masters here are all from sects."

"But even if I take on an apprentice, I won't know how to teach them." Yu Meng didn't want to go through that ordeal again.

"What does it matter? As long as you take her on, Teacher Qing and Teacher Sun can both teach her. You can give her some pointers when you have free time, how could she not be good?" Secretary Wu said eloquently.

Yu Meng looked at him suspiciously, "You already have someone in mind?"