At 2:30 a. m., on the Baiyun Expressway, a black SUV was traveling at a speed of nearly 200 miles per hour.
Baiyun Expressway is a direct expressway connecting Baihai City and South Yun City.
The last place Ding Chunqiu was seen was a small border town on the southern border of South Yun City.
South of the town lies the South Monkey Country, a small country rife with warlordism and constant warfare, and also the Southern District's production base for laundry detergent.
If Ding Chunqiu were to capture the South Monkey Country, it would be considerably more difficult to bring him back.
Therefore, it is imperative to Capture or kill Ding Chunqiu before he enters the South Monkey Country.
Inside the car were Ling Yi, Huang Rong, and Gao Xiaolan.
Gao Xiaolan's presence with Ling Yi is Gao Liang indication of her intention. With Gao Xiaolan around, Ling Yi can better connect with higher-ups at all levels, saving him a lot of trouble and providing him with informational assistance.
As for Huang Rong, she insisted on following along.
" The South Monkey Country has been quite active these past few years, causing a lot of trouble for the southern regions of our Ancient Country, especially with laundry detergent."
Gao Xiaolan, sitting in the passenger seat, was fiddling with her phone as she spoke.
"About 60 percent of the laundry detergent in our Ancient Country kingdom comes from the South Monkey Country."
"It's just a tiny country, we can just wipe it out!" Huang Rong chimed in from behind.
"It's not that easy. If it were just a South Monkey Country, with the strength of our Ancient Country, even if we couldn't wipe it out, teaching it a lesson and making it obedient would be no problem."
"But the South Monkey Country is connected to several other countries, and a single move could have far-reaching consequences. If we were to take forceful action, it would be very troublesome."
"How troublesome could it be? Our Ancient Country is so powerful, even if we destroy this South Monkey Country, what can other countries do?" Huang Rong shook her head and said.
In the Jianghu world, strength is paramount. In her view, the weak who provoke the strong are courting their own destruction.
"Although our Ancient Country is powerful, we cannot easily start a war; we still need time to develop!"
"So, in other words, we're strong now, but not strong enough?"
Gao Xiaolan nodded. "That's right."
"Then I don't understand. Wouldn't it be better to send Ding Chunqiu to the South Monkey Country to cause trouble?" Huang Rong asked again.
"With Ding Chunqiu's strength, he's sure to cause a Tilling in the South Monkey Country!"
"That's true, but that's not the point. The point is that the existence of you transmigrators must never be known to people in other countries."
"These film and television visitors, although they have brought some trouble to our Ancient Country, can also enhance our Ancient Country's strength if managed properly."
Huang Rong nodded. "That makes sense."
"Putting everything else aside, the military has already begun to try to popularize internal energy cultivation techniques; you should know how powerful they are."
"They don't need to be too strong. As long as all the warriors of our Ancient Country reach the Acquired Third Layer, their strength will increase several times over."
Ling Yi nodded.
For Martial Practitioner with Internal Energy at the Acquired Third Layer, their attributes receive a comprehensive boost.
Their strength, stamina, agility, reaction time, Perception, eyesight, hearing, Sense of Smell, and so on will far surpass those of ordinary people.
If you add modern weaponry to it, wow, just thinking about it is incredibly exciting.
"Moreover, this is just the boost from Martial Arts Expert. In the future, who knows, we might see characters from science fiction movies appearing." Gao Xiaolan said, her eyes burning as she looked at the road illuminated by the high beams.
"I doubt we can keep this a secret for long," Ling Yi said, shaking his head.
"It won't take long; just give our Ancient Country a buffer period. A step ahead leads to a step ahead in every step!"
In terms of technology? Ling Yi frowned.
In Ling Yi's view, compared to martial arts and fantasy, technology is actually more uncontrollable.
Viruses in a zombie world, biotechnology in a cloning world, artificial intelligence and robots in a science fiction world.
Technology going out of control is a collective loss of control, while Martial Arts Expert going out of control is merely an individual loss of control.
The harm it causes is simply incomparable to what was done before.
At this moment, Huang Rong yawned.
"I'm so sleepy, I'm going to take a nap first, when we get there... Oh no!"
Before Huang Rong could finish speaking, the car suddenly came to a stop, and the ear-piercing screech of brakes echoed through the night sky.
The immense inertia nearly caused Huang Rong to tumble from the back row to the front.
Fortunately, she was Martial Practitioner with reflexes far exceeding those of ordinary people, allowing her to control her body in time and avoid injury.
Gao Xiaolan, who was in the passenger seat, was leaning forward so much that she would have been thrown out if not for the seatbelt.
At 200 miles per hour, going from motion to stillness in just over ten seconds—anyone who has driven knows how difficult and dangerous that is.
It's already quite impressive that Ling Yi didn't mess things up.
" Ling Yi!" Huang Rong roared, touching her forehead after recovering.
"What's wrong?" Gao Xiaolan subtly rubbed her headlight.
Although she wasn't injured, the headlights definitely suffered from the yanking of the seatbelt.
Ling Yi pointed ahead, then opened the car door and got out.
Huang Rong and Gao Xiaolan then had time to look ahead.
Under the high beams, there was a tall black horse in the middle of the road, and at the horse's feet, a dark figure that looked like a human was lying on the ground.
The black horse occasionally stamped its forelegs on the ground.
Then he looked in Ling Yi's direction.
An ordinary horse would have run away after such a fright, but this black horse did not.
At this moment, Ling Yi had already arrived in Horse-Face and was bending down to examine the figure lying on the ground.
Huang Rong and Gao Xiaolan quickly got out of the car and ran over.
The person lying on the ground was a woman wearing a long black dress.
Because he was lying diagonally on the ground, and most of his black hair covered his face, it was indeed impossible to see his appearance.
However, Ling Yi Perception a faint Internal Energy within the woman's body.
This, too, is a Martial Practitioner.
Ling Yi placed one hand on the woman's back and slowly channeled the Northern Darkness True Yuan into her body.
The Northern Darkness True Yuan circulated around and immediately discovered that the woman's lungs were injured and ruptured.
The woman was on the verge of death; without treatment, she would surely die.
Ling Yi attempted to treat the woman's lung injury using the Northern Darkness True Yuan.
The Northern Darkness True Qi itself has extremely strong healing effects, especially the Perfection Northern Darkness True Qi from Ling Yi's thirty-six Northern Darkness Diagram.
Furthermore, with the Fusion of forces and the transformation of True Qi qi into True Yuan, the therapeutic effect is even stronger.
The internal energy cultivation techniques of the Carefree Sect are all geared towards health preservation and treatment.
Such techniques include the Northern Darkness True Qi and Wu Xingyun's Heaven-and-Earth Enduring Ageless Eternal Spring Art.
Otherwise, Li Qiushui wouldn't look like a young woman in her twenties even though she's over 90 years old.
Wu Xingyun is even more amazing; although he suffers from qi deviation and rejuvenates every 30 years.
In the original version, Wu Xingyun's internal skill was the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Supreme Skill. However, in this world, in Ling Yi's " Murong Fu " version, Wu Xingyun's internal skill was changed to the Ageless Eternal Spring Art.
However, the premise of going mad from internal energy remains unchanged, as does the premise of reverting to youth every thirty years.
Both the Northern Darkness True Yuan and the Eternal Spring Ageless True Qi can keep people young and prolong their lives.
Ling Yi even suspected that if Li Qiushui and Wu Xingyun hadn't died in the original story, they could have Longevity.
This is no longer martial arts, but cultivating immortality.
When Fusion with internal energy, the healing effect of the Northern Darkness True Yuan becomes even stronger.
Let's get back to the main topic.
With the healing power of Northern Darkness True Yuan, the woman's lung injuries were rapidly recovering.
In just a few minutes, the lung meridian was reconnected.
This was also the first time Ling Yi had used the Northern Darkness True Yuan to treat someone, and the treatment effect surprised even Ling Yi.
Withdrawing his hand, Ling Yi then said to Gao Xiaolan beside him, "If you want to take her into the car, check her injuries!"
He paused, then added, "This person is very likely also a time traveler."
"Good!"
Gao Xiaolan picked up the woman, carried her to the car, and placed her in the back seat.
He then took out a first-aid kit from the storage compartment, began to examine the woman's injuries, and provided basic first aid.
"What should we do with this horse?" Huang Rong looked at the tall, handsome black horse with obvious delight.
That horse is so handsome!
Under the light, the hair on his body looked like silk.
Huang Rong tried to approach the black horse, but the horse snorted and dodged away.
Huang Rong was unconvinced and tried to get closer, but the black horse Leap off the highway and rushed down the slope into the Lin Zhong.
Just before disappearing, it glanced back at Ling Yi and the others, as if trying to remember them.
Huang Rong wanted to give chase, but Ling Yi stopped her.
"Alright, business is more important. Besides, how are you going to chase after them in the dark?"
"Alright!" Huang Rong glanced somewhat reluctantly in the direction where the black horse had disappeared, then helplessly followed Ling Yi back into the carriage.
"He's injured in the ribs, it looks like a bullet wound. The wound is infected, and it seems to have damaged his lung. The bullet must be removed as soon as possible, otherwise he might not make it through the night."
Gao Xiaolan has already given the wound basic treatment.
"It's not a bullet, it's probably an arrow or some kind of Hidden Weapons!" Ling Yi shook his head.
"How did you know?" Gao Xiaolan asked.
"I didn't find a bullet inside her, and if it were, she probably wouldn't have survived this long. Although her lung was injured, the wound wasn't large."
"I've already treated him with the Northern Darkness True Yuan; he should wake up soon."
Gao Xiaolan looked at Ling Yi with disbelief.
She had only just begun to understand Internal Energy Entry, so naturally she didn't know the wonders of internal vision.
She knew that Internal Energy could Healing, but she didn't think it could be that powerful.
"Black clothes, black horse, black veil, doesn't this look familiar?" Huang Rong asked, leaning over the passenger seat and looking at the woman in the black dress in the back seat.
" Mu Wanqing?" Gao Xiaolan suddenly realized.
Ling Yi nodded; it was indeed possible that it was Mu Wanqing.
" Brother Yi Lingyi, if you remove Mu Wanqing's veil and see her true face, she will marry you. Do you want to give it a try?" Huang Rong asked Ling Yi with a playful wink.
Ling Yi flicked her nose.
"Young in age, but shrewd. Sit tight and fasten your seatbelt."
Ling Yi started the car again and drove off once more.
About ten minutes later, perhaps due to the bumps in the vehicle, the wound started to hurt.
The woman woke up.