Why did you provoke me?

Nian Nian has always agreed with Jing San's words.

"Third Brother, what should we do?"

"Niannian, this really can't be rushed. We need Teacher Yu's approval first."

"Okay, but it's difficult to get Fourth Sister to agree. She doesn't like this kind of aggressive behavior."

Jing San nodded, "I know, but if we offend her, things might change."

Niannian narrowed her eyes. "Third Brother, what are you going to do?"

"Even without doing anything, with Teacher Yu's talent, he will be on Guihong Pavilion's talent list sooner or later." Jing San didn't say the rest.

Niannian took a step back. "Third Brother, I have something to do, so I'll have to talk to you later." She then turned and left.

Jing San frowned slightly. Is there something I don't know about Niannian? Why are you in such a hurry?

Back in her room, Niannian clutched her chest, where her heart was pounding violently.

What is Third Brother trying to do? He's plotting against Fourth Sister. How dare he?

At this moment, Yu Meng was looking at the message sent by Mi Ying. The young geniuses of the Jing family had been moved away, supposedly to improve their strength quickly through practice.

The second note read that the people had been taken to the front-line laboratory. There were three batches, nearly fifty people in total.

Yu Meng clutched the note in her hand; she didn't want to care. But then she thought about how none of the bone-drawing masters who went to the front-line research institute had ever returned unscathed.

Moreover, it seems that Xiao Hong's daughter is also there. If it's for Xiao Hong's sake, it would be reasonable to go and help her.

Yu Meng tried to find an excuse; she couldn't say that she had fallen for those young geniuses, lest they all become her tools. All she had to do was talk.

For some reason, the intelligence reports from Secret Shadow these past few days have all been about these young geniuses.

Perhaps it was because of her high profile. Yu Meng decided to ask the long-haired man for his opinion on these young prodigies.

"Yu Meng, are you going to compete with him for her?" The long-haired man's words were as blunt as ever.

"Who wants to take it from him? The number of aliens is decreasing, and he's brought so many children there; don't you find that strange?"

"Hmph, the Jing family has always been sending bone-drawing masters to him, what's so strange about that?" The long-haired man didn't think too much about it.

"But now the Jing family is mine, so those people should be mine too," Yu Meng said, explaining her reasoning.

"When did the Jing family become yours? How come I didn't know?" The long-haired man looked puzzled.

"Without this benefit, why would you think I would interfere in Jing Ancheng's affairs?" Yu Meng said bluntly.

"Does he have that much authority in the Jing family?" The long-haired man was still somewhat skeptical.

Yu Meng held the token in her hand and waved it in front of the long-haired man. "You should recognize this, right?"

The long-haired man stared intently at the token in Yu Meng's hand. "Who gave it to you? What else did they give you?"

"They gave me so much, so much that it hurt my heart to refuse," Yu Meng said with a smile, pressing her hand to her chest.

The long-haired man pondered for a moment, then asked an unexpected question. "Do you want the mountain range where the Jing family lives?"

Yu Meng blinked. "Didn't you tell me not to mess with Guihong Pavilion?"

"Yu Meng, you dare to take in members of the Jing family. You can't even handle Guihong Pavilion?" The long-haired man clearly didn't believe Yu Meng's words.

"How can these be the same? The Jing family was given to me by Jing Ancheng. I haven't even figured out what kind of power Guihong Pavilion is."

The long-haired man relaxed and leaned back in his chair. "The Jing family's mountain range is now managed by Guihong Pavilion. But as you know, I've set up a lot of formations there. If you want it, it's not that difficult."

"Didn't you tell me not to mess with Guihong Pavilion? What, now it's okay to mess with them?"

"This Guihong Pavilion is a bit special; it's a place set up here by people from our area."

Yu Meng was surprised, "You know about this too? What's the situation now? How dare you provoke them?"

The long-haired man smiled faintly. "The Jing family was the base we built back then. Now that the head of the Jing family is dead, neither the cripple nor I can support that foundation. So, despite our resentment, we have no choice but to give up."

Yu Meng looked at him without saying a word.

"Yu Meng, you're special. Haven't you noticed? Everyone who's met you wants to work with you."

Yu Meng pouted, "Don't flatter me. It's only because I'm not a burden. If I were an ordinary person, would you still say that?"

The long-haired man laughed. "You said it yourself, that's just a hypothetical. I'm saying this to tell you that you have the ability to attract people to work for you. In our country, someone as talented as you is either recruited to your side or eliminated to prevent them from becoming an enemy."

"So extreme?" Yu Meng couldn't quite understand.

"Look at your current strength. Haven't the world changed dramatically because of your intervention, while you've remained perfectly hidden?"

"When did you start targeting me?"

The long-haired man couldn't help but roll his eyes. "I've been watching you all along, how can that be called 'staring'?"

"You didn't have someone spy on me. Then how did you know I was doing this so discreetly?"

"You don't need to know any of this. I just want to ask you, do you want the Jing family's mountain range or not?"

"You're planning to pack it up and give it to me."

"I can help you solve the problem of that mountain range. But I can't deal with the people from Guihong Pavilion; you'll have to handle that yourself," the long-haired man said, revealing his plan.

"Alright, I appreciate the favor. Now tell me, how powerful are the people from Guihong Pavilion?" Yu Meng wasn't being coy. The long-haired man had practically fed her, so she wasn't going to refuse.

"They seem to have inherited orthodox cultivation methods. They know some techniques that you haven't seen in your world."

Yu Meng became interested. "For example..."

"For example, they will make use of the power of nature."

"How do you borrow it? The power of nature, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning?" Yu Meng asked with great interest.

"Pretty much. For example, they can use the power of the wind to fly through the air. They can also use the power of the wind to create columns of wind that destroy everything."

"You mean a tornado?"

"Yes, if they are powerful enough, they could destroy the world."

Yu Meng seemed to be deep in thought, and asked a crucial question. "What qualifications should someone possess to enable them to utilize this power?"

"His body can absorb this energy and circulate it through his meridians. It's like how some of you can cultivate internal energy."

"You mean he can absorb the power of the wind? How does he absorb it, with lines?" Yu Meng was now completely interested in Guihong Pavilion.

"It wasn't lines. When we first encountered them, they just waved their hand and we were sent flying. We didn't see any lines."

"Is it another system of spiritual practice?"

"That should be true."

Yu Meng asked in confusion, "How does your faction cultivate? What do you specialize in? I don't see any lines on your bodies."

The long-haired man gave a wry smile. "The place we're in is a tenement, basically a place where people with nowhere else to go huddle together for warmth."

"Then how do you cultivate?"

"Read books? There are plenty of books there; as long as they're not damaged, you can read whatever you want."

Yu Meng fell silent. What kind of cultivation manual could be in a book that someone could just casually read?