Long Xiao and the Divine Son talked for a long time. He felt that the Divine Son was a decent person, not only powerful in divine energy but also kind.
Learning that other races had infiltrated among humans, Long Xiao's understanding of the various classics in the "Dragon Sutra" completely changed. What he couldn't understand before was now clear.
"So that's how it is. Some strange things can now be fully understood," Long Xiao murmured to himself.
"Brother Long Xiao, are the ancient secrets you know passed down from the Long family, or does your Long family truly possess a secret treasure?" the Divine Son asked.
"Are you also interested in the Long family's secret treasure?" Long Xiao inquired.
The Divine Son shook his head and said, "I am not interested in the Long family's secret treasure. Before the great ancient war, every race had its own secret treasure. The human race defeated other races one by one, and your Long family collected the secret treasures of various races into the Long family's secret treasure."
"Don't you want to see the Long family's secret treasure?" Long Xiao asked again.
The Divine Son shook his head and said, "There's no need to see it. I believe our race and your humans are friends, not enemies. There's no need for me to understand the human race's secret treasure."
Long Xiao sighed and said, "Only the head of the Long family can see our Long family's secret treasure. If I have the opportunity to become the head of the Long family, I will be able to see it too."
The Divine Son shook his head again and said, "Although you are from the Long family, your understanding of the Long family is not as deep as mine. The Long family's secret treasure is divided into two types. One is the Long family's secret treasure that only the head of the family can see. Much of this part has been lost over generations, and it may not even be one percent of the true Long family's secret treasure."
"The other type of Long family's secret treasure is the true Long family's secret treasure, right?" Long Xiao asked.
The Divine Son nodded and said, "You are correct. Unfortunately, the other type of Long family's secret treasure is lost. There is also a saying that this other type of Long family's secret treasure is hidden within the genes of the Long family, and any member of the Long family can obtain it if they find the key to unlock it."
"Key? What key?" Long Xiao asked curiously.
The Divine Son shook his head and said, "I don't know. The key is a secret of the Long family. Perhaps even the head of the Long family does not know this secret."
The Divine Son knew a lot about the Long family. He told Long Xiao that the more than one hundred branches of the Long family were merely the surface. There was an ordinary Long family and a hidden Long family.
The true inheritance of the Long family existed within the hidden Long family. Although the ordinary Long family appeared powerful on the surface, they actually relied on the hidden Long family as their backing.
The Divine Son knew a lot about the situation of the hidden families in Huaxia, but he only revealed a small portion and then stopped. Long Xiao found it difficult to ask further.
Leaving the Divine Son's room, Long Xiao returned to his own residence and fell into deep thought. He had to find a way to leave this place. The conspiracy of the Tongji Association absolutely could not be allowed to succeed, or humanity would face a devastating disaster.
When Long Xiao moved into the castle, Xiao Ming and the others had also finished their search in FunNiu Town.
They had searched almost the entire area around FunNiu Town. They found all the Japanese people who could be found, but there was still no news of Long Xiao.
The Nangong family suffered a severe blow. Two Nangong ancestors, along with the surviving members of the Nangong family, left FunNiu Town. No one knew where they went.
After a few days, Xiao Ming and the others returned to Donghai, feeling helpless.
Lin Xuan, upon learning of Long Xiao's disappearance, put aside her work and came to XingLin Caotang. She listened carefully as Xiao Ming and the others recounted the circumstances of the disappearance. She said nothing and returned to MangShan No. 1 Villa.
The day after Luan Jiping returned to Donghai, she convened a meeting of Donghai's Three Dragons, Two Tigers, One God of Wealth, and Four Great Blacks. After deliberation, they formed a search team and once again headed to FunNiu Town to investigate Long Xiao's disappearance thoroughly.
Old Cui, leading the Dark Dragon Guard, had not left FunNiu Town. They had been investigating the matter, but after more than ten days, they had found no useful clues.
Soon, Zhan Hai, a capable subordinate of Long Huai, arrived in FunNiu Town with a group of people and also began his investigation.
Various forces gathered in FunNiu Town. Just days after the massacre targeting the Nangong family ended, FunNiu Town became lively again.
There were outsiders everywhere, unfamiliar faces, and people everywhere asking what had happened on the wedding day and where Long Xiao had gone.
Old Dao Xiao returned to Donghai with Xiao Ming and the others. After staying at XingLin Caotang for a few days, he decided to return to FunNiu Town again.
Long Xiao was his only hope. He believed that only by finding Long Xiao could he have a chance to obtain the cultivation technique for absorbing extremely pure spiritual energy and restart his blocked cultivation path.
Before long, Xiao Ming, Luo Tianshui, Night Owl, and Night Charm also came to FunNiu Town again.
All investigations eventually focused on the Japanese people. A list of Japanese individuals who had visited FunNiu Town was quickly compiled.
After obtaining the list, Xiao Ming and the others began to search for these Japanese individuals one by one.
Since more than ten days had passed since Long Xiao's disappearance, some of the Japanese people on the list had gone to other cities, and some had already returned to their country. Through customs investigations, they excluded those who had returned home and began to track the Japanese individuals still in China.
Nangong Jindong was dead. The Zhen Dong Company in MianYin Town was closed and vacated, leaving only an old gatekeeper.
Xiao Ming and the others inquired, and the old gatekeeper told them that the people from the Nangong family had all disappeared, and the property of Zhen Dong Company had been looted clean.
"Why are you still here as a gatekeeper?" Luo Tianshui asked strangely.
The old gatekeeper smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm all alone and have nowhere to go, so I had to stay here. Even without a salary, at least I have a place to live."
They did not get any information from Zhen Dong Company, which greatly disappointed them.
Afterward, the group split up and began searching for Japanese individuals who had cooperated with the Nangong family in MianYin City.
After two days of effort, Luo Tianshui found a Japanese person who had previously worked in the laboratory of Zhen Dong Company in a small hotel.
This Japanese person, lacking the money to return home and fearing being implicated by the Nangong family, had hidden in a small hotel, planning to leave MianYin City after some time.
Interrogating with torture was Xiao Ming's specialty. Under Xiao Ming and Luo Tianshui's threats and inducements, this Japanese person revealed information about some other Japanese individuals, one of whom had gone to FunNiu Town.
Longxing Garden was an old residential area in MianYin City, with dilapidated facilities. The property management company had fled due to unpaid fees, and the entire area was filled with garbage and chaos.
The Japanese person who had been to FunNiu Town was hiding in a rental room in this residential area.
Upon entering the residential area, Luo Tianshui remained at the entrance, while Night Owl and Night Charm stayed on the ground floor. Xiao Ming and his master, Old Dao Xiao, went upstairs to knock on the door.
Xiao Ming knocked, and there was a faint sound of footsteps from inside. Soon, someone quietly peeked out through the peephole.
"Open the door, Mr. Matsumoto," Xiao Ming said.
"Who are you? My name is Zhao Hai, not Matsumoto," the person inside said.
Old Dao Xiao stepped forward, pushed Xiao Ming aside, and punched the door.
With a boom, a hole was smashed in the anti-theft door.
Reaching inside, the door was opened, and Matsumoto had retreated to the living room.
"You, what do you want?" Matsumoto asked nervously, looking at Xiao Ming and the others.
"Matsumoto, tell me who took Long Xiao away in FunNiu Town?" Xiao Ming asked.
Matsumoto shook his head and said, "I don't know. The Nangong family invited me to the wedding, and then there was killing everywhere. I got scared and ran back to MianYin City."
"You're not telling the truth, are you? I'll kill you and then find someone else to ask," Xiao Ming said, stepping forward and grabbing Matsumoto's arm.
"I'm telling the truth, I'm not lying to you..."
Before Matsumoto could finish speaking, with a snap, his arm was broken by Xiao Ming.
Amidst Matsumoto's screams, Xiao Ming grabbed his other arm.