Five minutes later, Meiling walked in front with her hands behind her back, the old man's two hands hanging limply, his head down, following her.
Everyone present was an elite from the East Sea, some of them powerful, able to walk sideways in the East Sea without anyone daring to provoke them.
As soon as the old man appeared with Meiling, someone recognized him immediately.
"Isn't that the second master of the Luan family from the capital? He's at the peak of the Earth realm, how did he end up like this?" someone whispered.
Everyone was looking at the second master of the Luan family. Upon seeing him, Luan Jiping quickly got up to meet him.
"Second Grandpa, how did you become like this?" Luan Jiping asked anxiously.
The second master of the Luan family looked at Meiling and dared not speak. Meiling smiled and said, "Sister, I just reasoned with him, to let him know what the truth of the world is."
This was a phrase Xiao Laodao often said, and now his disciple was using it.
Meiling returned to her seat, waiting for the barbaric dragon meat to be served. Luan Jiping quickly called for Long Xiao to treat the second master of the Luan family's arm.
Long Xiao stood up and came before the second master of the Luan family, smiling and saying, "I heard second master wanted to see me, is there something?"
The second master of the Luan family had originally intended to intimidate Long Xiao with his strength, to make Long Xiao stop interfering in the Luan family's affairs.
He never expected to be beaten by a girl around ten years old right at the entrance of Xinglin Caotang, and be unable to fight back.
The second master of the Luan family was at the peak of the Earth realm, one step away from the Great Perfection of the Earth realm. There were very few people with Celestial realm strength. Legend had it that only a few old ancestors of aristocratic families possessed Celestial realm strength, and it was unknown if these ancestors were still alive.
The second master of the Luan family had thought that as long as the Celestial realm did not appear, those at the peak of the Earth realm could walk freely in China, and even if they encountered a master at the Great Perfection of the Earth realm, they could still protect themselves.
Being beaten by a little girl to the point of not being able to fight back, if this little girl were in the Celestial realm, he wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death.
If the little girl were at the Great Perfection of the Earth realm, he had dealt with such masters before and could fully protect himself, and even escape if he couldn't win.
The second master of the Luan family looked at Long Xiao, his feelings extremely complicated. He didn't know what to say now. Threatening Long Xiao would be a joke, and would make the elites of the East Sea present laugh at him. If he didn't threaten Long Xiao, he would have come for nothing.
"I just wanted to see you," the second master of the Luan family said in a low voice.
Long Xiao smiled, took out a pill, put it into the second master of the Luan family's mouth, and then set his broken arm bones, applying a cast.
After Long Xiao finished, the barbaric dragon meat was served. Lu Yuan said, "Old Luan, why don't you sit down and have a drink with us? We have barbaric dragon meat here, you've never had it."
The second master of the Luan family had no face to sit down and eat. He looked at Lu Yuan without a word, stepped back a few paces, and left Xinglin Caotang.
Barbaric dragons were common in the past, but in modern society, they were almost extinct. This barbaric dragon had lived in a dragon cave for hundreds of years, and now it had become a delicacy for Long Xiao's guests.
Rare ingredients, coupled with the superb cooking skills of the chefs at the East Sea Hotel, everyone present ate to their heart's content.
After the banquet dispersed, Long Xiao stood at the entrance of Xinglin Caotang, seeing off the guests one by one to their cars.
Lin Xuan came out of Xinglin Caotang and, as she was about to get into her car, asked, "Long Xiao, are you going home today?"
Long Xiao quickly smiled and said, "Yes, of course."
"I'll wait for you, we'll go together in my car," Lin Xuan said gently.
After Long Xiao sent off all the guests, he got into Lin Xuan's car. Lin Xuan said, "Long Xiao, Grandpa said he had something to do and left the East Sea. Do you know where he went?"
Long Xiao was surprised that Lin Wei had left. He thought for a moment and shook his head, saying, "Grandpa didn't tell me he was leaving, I don't know."
"When Grandpa left, he left a box for me to give to you. I didn't bring it."
The two returned to Mangshan No. 1 Villa. Long Xiao went to Lin Xuan's room, and Lin Xuan pulled out a white jade box from under the table.
The box was about the size of a shoe box. Lin Xuan pointed to the box and said, "Open it and see."
He lifted the lid, and a surge of extremely pure fire attribute energy appeared. Long Xiao was surprised to find that the box contained a "Fire Pill Stone" the size of a fist.
Long Xiao immediately understood that the "Fire Pill Stone" in the Qilin Cave had been taken by Lin Wei, and he had taken it for him.
Lin Xuan could not sense the energy. She saw a stone in the box and asked curiously, "Long Xiao, why did Grandpa leave you a stone?"
Long Xiao couldn't tell the truth. He smiled and said, "Grandpa knew I liked stones, so he left me his best one."
Lin Xuan knew that Lin Wei liked to collect rare stones, but this stone looked unremarkable and had no special features, so it couldn't be considered a rare stone at all.
Seeing Lin Xuan's confusion, Long Xiao explained, "Rare stones are not just those with peculiar appearances. Stones with rare materials are very precious and are also called rare stones."
This was the first time Lin Xuan had heard Long Xiao say this. However, she didn't understand rare stones, so she wouldn't doubt anything Long Xiao fabricated.
Long Xiao carried the jade box and the stone back to his room. He examined them for a while longer before closing the box and putting it under the bed.
He now had three of the five elemental energies. The remaining two were earth and metal energies.
Since Lin Wei was gone and he couldn't contact him, Long Xiao had to research the information he currently had. The information was chaotic. Long Xiao called the people who provided the information, but most of it was hearsay, and it was impossible to confirm whether it existed.
The chance of finding the earth and metal energies was very small. The Luan family was also urging Luan Jiping to go to the capital, so Long Xiao decided not to look for the two energies for now and to go to the capital with Luan Jiping first.
To go to the capital with Luan Jiping, he had to explain it clearly to Lin Xuan, which made Long Xiao feel conflicted. He didn't want to lie to Lin Xuan, but he was afraid that Lin Xuan would get angry if he told her the truth.
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good solution. Finally, Long Xiao decided to tell Lin Xuan directly. Because she would find out about such things sooner or later, it was better to say it earlier than later.
Just as Long Xiao was hesitating, Xiao Lao called and told him that Luan Jiping had returned to the capital with the second master of the Luan family.
Time was of the essence. Long Xiao was worried that something might happen if he was late, so he quickly called Lin Xuan and explained everything.
On the phone, Lin Xuan was silent for a long time and said, "You're really going."
Long Xiao hummed, "I can't watch Sister Luan fall into a fiery pit, I have to help her."
"Go, for the sake of a beauty's anger. I believe you can help her get out of it."
After saying that, Lin Xuan hung up the phone without waiting for Long Xiao to speak.
Long Xiao sighed helplessly, put away his phone, and rushed to the airport.
He left in such a hurry that he didn't even bring Xiao Ming. He was worried that if he was late, Luan Jiping might be in trouble.
On the way, Long Xiao was constantly thinking about how to handle this matter. The children of large families had their advantages and their sorrows.
The children of large families relied on their families to get whatever they wanted, but sometimes they became sacrifices for their families, sacrificing themselves for the family.
When Long Xiao landed, he didn't go to the Luan family. He went to the restroom, took out a human skin mask, and changed his identity to Hu Lei.
Hu Lei was an elder of the Martial Alliance's Law Enforcement Hall. This identity was very noble and powerful. It could be used when necessary.