Chapter 116: Tracking

  "If you've had enough, go back now." Li Meng was no longer interested in continuing to accompany Fan Yi's nonsense. The kid was too much for him. He had already asked Zi Yue about the situation, and although the other party had some wrongdoing, the main reason was still due to Fan Yi's cheap mouth, otherwise there would be no reason for this kind of trouble to arise.

  "Three days, your mission time is three days. Unless I want to return ahead of schedule, you don't have the right to request a return halfway." Fan emphasized with a wave of his small hand.

  Although Zi Yue didn't want to make things difficult for Li Mang, looking at his reluctant expression, he obviously wasn't eager to return yet.

  "......Alright, it's already evening now. Let's find a hotel to stay in first and talk about other things tomorrow!" Li Mang reluctantly agreed.

  Because he was worried about their safety, Li Meng found a better hotel and opened a two-bedroom suite, letting the two good friends sleep in one room while Li Meng slept alone. Afterwards, he didn't care how they made noise, Li Meng took out his mobile phone which hadn't been used for a long time, and browsed through the names on his contact list one by one.

  Back in the city, he couldn't help but think of his loved ones and friends, feeling it necessary to get in touch with everyone. His first phone call was back home.

  "Hello, is that Mangzi?" A woman's voice came from the receiver, it was Li Mu, a nearly fifty-year-old rural woman.

  For some urban women, they can still dress up to look young and beautiful at the age of 40 or 50. However, in rural areas, people tend to show signs of aging earlier. Half a year ago when Li Mang last met his mother, he saw that she had already gone grey and had more wrinkles on her forehead, showing clear signs of aging.

  As he recalled his mother's appearance, Li Mang felt warmth in his heart, but also a tinge of sadness and concern. He opened his mouth for a long time before finally responding, "Mom, it's me. Are you and Dad both doing well?"

  "Great! Since drinking the honey wine you sent back last time, my husband and I have been in good health, and we even feel much younger. Everyone is so envious!" As she said this, Mrs. Li couldn't stop smiling. It was just honey wine. They also had it in their hometown, but originally she didn't understand why her son would send this thing back, only to find out after drinking it that this wine was different.

  Mrs. Li said that she felt much younger, and it was not just talk, the effect of Tang Tian's honey on ordinary people is very good, although it has been diluted by Li Mang. It still successfully cured some minor ailments and even years of stubborn diseases in Mr. and Mrs. Li's bodies.

  Feeling his mother's delight, Li Meng's mood was also pleasant, but he felt guilty. A few bottles of diluted honey wine made his mother so happy, but he alone possessed the entire Shan Hai Jing, almost every day with mountain delicacies and seafood, yet he couldn't share them with his family. This feeling was really unbearable.

  However, he is still weak now and it's not suitable to show off too much. Can't bring his parents close to the Shanhaijing residence, can he? Shaking off the distractions, Li Mang started chatting with his parents.

  "Alright, alright, I'll take a break and head back home for a bit after some time. You guys take care of your bodies." Li Mang hung up the phone after nearly half an hour. In fact, he could have returned home at any time now that he had joined a group and was absolutely free to do so. However, since he still needed to cultivate the Xuanwu True Classic and hadn't even entered the door yet, it was better not to leave for now.

  Li Meng had actually planned to leave the mansion and live independently after a while, return to his hometown, open a mountain villa, and freely roam in the Shan Hai Jing, hunting ancient beasts, far away from the mysterious disputes of the cultivation world, thinking about such a life made him feel nostalgic.

  Then Li Mang contacted some relatively close classmates and friends, as well as former colleagues, chatted and laughed, feeling great for a while.

  Li Mang finally called Xiao Yangzhou, wanting to ask about the progress of Taoshang Mountain Villa's construction. As for investing in Taoshang Mountain Villa, Li Mang was not just having fun, but rather took it very seriously, only trusting those two brothers and not asking any questions.

  "Li Dong, you've really abandoned us thoroughly! For over a month, no news or inquiry, don't you worry that we'll abscond with the funds?" Xiao Yangzhou had always been a steady person, but he couldn't help but make a sarcastic comment this time.

  Li Mang handed over the huge sum of money to them and didn't bother with it anymore. Xiao Yangzhou and Ge Xuelin spent the money with trepidation, especially when they encountered huge expenses in the hundreds of millions. They all wanted to consult Li Mang, but since he had told them not to contact him unless there was something special, they gritted their teeth and made their own decisions.

  "It doesn't matter, even if you escape to a primitive tribe in Africa, I can still catch you and put you in prison for the rest of your life." Li Mang said with a hearty laugh.

  "...In the distant Taohuayuan Village, Xiao Yangzhou's face turned a bit dark, and he stopped joking about it. He then said: "The mountain villa has already started construction, whenever you have time, come over for a visit, or else our hearts will be unsettled."

  "This... tomorrow or the day after!" Li Meng thought for a moment before saying, although in the past he was just going through the motions, but at least he could let his two brothers feel more at ease. Moreover, with only these two days left, it's better to take Fan Yi down to the countryside for a walk rather than letting him run wild and cause trouble everywhere.

  In addition, Li Meng also misses the tiger crocodile's nest in Gui Hu. With his current strength, he can already go down and try it out. He is looking forward to finding something below.

  Hanging up Xiao Yangzhou's phone, Li Meng flipped through it again and saw the names of Chen Zixuan and Xiaoyi Shuang. After thinking about it, he still didn't dial the number.

  As for these two women, Li Mang didn't dislike them, but he also didn't have a strong feeling. Fundamentally speaking, they were people from two different worlds and it was hard to spark emotional collisions between them.

  "Whatever, this thing has to take its natural course," Li Mang shook his head, put away his phone and sat cross-legged with a serious expression. He first recalled the route of the Xuanwu True Classic, confirmed that there was no mistake, then calmed down completely and began his first cultivation practice.

  Although he had memorized the secret recipe, when it came to actual operation, it was extremely difficult. He knew how to cultivate, but now the problem was that he couldn't freely control the flow of internal energy in his body, resulting in chaotic collisions of energy, making his meridians and acupoints ache, and sweat spreading all over his body in an instant.

  "Hmm!" Li Meng gritted his teeth and refused to give up, having made up his mind to endure hardship from the moment he chose martial arts, so he didn't regret it.

  Enduring hardship can constantly remind him not to indulge in comfort and dare not slacken his cultivation, isn't this a benefit of enduring hardship? All things have two sides, but one cannot only look at one side.

  The door of the adjacent suite was half-closed, just enough to see the door where Li Meng and others were. If Li Meng saw the people inside, he would absolutely not be strangers, but Ye Zhou, Dai Junping and Wei Chongrong and three others.

  Wei Chi's expressionless face was watching the opposite side, while Ye Zhou and Dai Junping inside had ugly faces. They were now tightly holding a long sword in their hands, with dark faces.

  Ye Zhou's right hand was wrapped in white cloth, and Dai Junping, although already rescued, still shuddered from time to time, apparently due to the lingering negative effects of the palm thunder injury.

  The physical harm was actually secondary, what she couldn't accept was the humiliation. The previous incident kept replaying in her mind, causing her upper and lower teeth to grind together, making a "ga ga" sound. If Fan Yige were in front of her now, Dai Junping would really pounce on him and bite.

  "Are we going to stand here stupidly and wait for nothing?" Dai Junping asked in a cold voice.

  “……” Ye Zhou glanced at the long sword in his hand, but didn't say a word. He was skilled in swordsmanship, and with the long sword in hand, he could exert several times his actual strength. He was confident that next time he fought Li Meng, he would be able to emerge victorious, and must win, and must do so in one battle; otherwise, this would become a shadow on his path of cultivation.

  The guard at the door, Wei Chi, fell silent for a moment, thinking deeply, and finally shook his head: "It's better not to make trouble in this kind of place. If we're discovered by Yan Huang, we won't have a good outcome. Moreover, the identities of these few people are still unclear to us, so we must be cautious."

  "Damn the Huang... Are they going to get away with it?!" Dai Junping gritted her teeth and asked, extremely unwilling. How she wished she could rush over right now and kill all three people inside.

  "No rush, let's wait for an opportunity!" Wei Chi Rong still shook his head and stopped talking, silently staring at the door of the house opposite.

  The three of them did not know that the door to the next room was also half-closed, and a man wearing a black Zhongshan suit stood like a wooden post, motionless for a long time, with only a hint of disdain and mockery at the corner of his mouth. He was sent by the Fang Gu Dao faction to protect Fang Yi, but he would not take action until the critical moment, and was always lurking in the shadows nearby.

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