What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

I looked him in the eyes and said calmly:

"I just received intelligence that Li Qing was being chased and injured in the southern border region. His whereabouts are currently unknown."

Upon hearing the words "Li Qing is being hunted down," Jin Wanliang's fat face visibly trembled.

His face, which always wore a friendly and prosperous smile, instantly turned so gloomy it seemed as if it could drip water.

He slapped his thigh and couldn't help but swear.

"Damn it... I knew something was off about Southern Xinjiang lately!"

Jin Wanliang paced back and forth anxiously in the room for a couple of steps, then suddenly turned around and looked at me.

"Brother, you can't shoulder this responsibility alone."

Those bastards from the southern border were able to hunt down Li Qing, clearly because they had set up an inescapable trap.

I'll go wake Ma San up right now and have him bring all the capable brothers from Chuncheng.

We'll bring our weapons and go into the mountains with you!

"If Li Qing loses even a single hair, I, Lao Jin, will sell everything I own to turn the entire Ten Thousand Mountains upside down!"

Seeing his excited expression, I felt a warmth in my heart, but my expression remained unchanged.

"Old Jin, calm down. Listen to me."

I reached out my right hand and gently placed it on his shoulder.

The faint, cool sensation traveled through my palm, calming his agitated emotions slightly.

"I appreciate your kindness. However, Ma San and the others cannot come with me."

I gently declined his proposal and patiently explained the pros and cons to him.

"You know the environment deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains; it's full of miasma and poisonous insects that are impossible to avoid."

Moreover, the internal situation of the Lan family is currently unclear.

Moreover, anyone who could drive Li Qing into a corner must be a master.

This indicates that the ensuing battle has exceeded the scope of what ordinary firearms can handle.

Ma San and his companions are ordinary people. If they go there, they will not only be of no help, but they will also become live targets for those endless Gu techniques and die in vain.

Then I'll have to take care of them too.

Jin Wanliang opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but in the end he just sighed dejectedly.

He's a smart man, so he naturally knows that what I'm saying is the truth.

Faced with the absolute power of folk magic, ordinary martial arts practitioners are indeed not even qualified to serve as cannon fodder.

"So you're just going to go and brave that den of dragons and tigers all by yourself?"

Jin Wanliang was still somewhat unwilling.

"I'm not going to fight head-on."

I withdrew my hand and continued speaking.

"I'll go directly to Lan Manshan."

The story of Grandpa Hei in Luohua Town was a perfectly reasonable stepping stone.

I need to borrow his eyes and his manpower to find people.

After a pause, I looked at Jin Wanliang and began to issue the follow-up arrangements in an orderly manner.

"But not letting you go doesn't mean you can't participate in this matter. You have to be there to cover for us from the outside."

First, get me a sturdy off-road vehicle and fill it up with gas.

"The second thing is that since you know about those three truckloads of goods, you should personally lead the team back to Jiangcheng as planned."

After you've finished dealing with the mess in Jiangcheng, immediately return to Yunnan Province with reliable people.

Don't go into the Ten Thousand Mountains; just find the nearest border town on the outskirts.

For example, secretly setting up a hidden outpost in a remote village in Jinghong or Pu'er.

"That outpost will serve as the last line of defense and supply station for Li Qing and me after we retreat from the Ten Thousand Mountains."

If we manage to break through despite our injuries, you'll be our backup.

After hearing my detailed plan, Jin Wanliang's expression became extremely serious.

He nodded heavily and slammed his hand on the door.

"Don't worry, brother. I'll have the car ready for you within ten minutes."

Jin Wanliang gritted his teeth and solemnly promised.

"I will handle things in Jiangcheng as quickly as possible."

Two days, at most two days, and I'll make sure you have a safe house and medical equipment ready for you.

You must come out alive and find me!

"Don't worry, I'm tough as nails, even the King of Hell wouldn't dare take me."

I smiled at him, turned around and walked out of his room.

Back in my room, I quickly checked my gear.

After confirming that everything was correct, I turned around and strode downstairs.

Fifteen minutes later, a heavily modified black Toyota Prado pulled up at the exit of the logistics park.

The vehicle has been fitted with all-terrain mud tires, a snorkel, and sturdy front and rear anti-collision beams. The fuel tank is full.

There were also two cans of spare gasoline and several boxes of high-calorie compressed dry food in the trunk.

I rolled down the car window and waved to Jin Wanliang, who was standing by the roadside watching me go.

The engine let out a deep roar, and I stepped on the gas. The SUV sped out of the logistics park like a black beast.

Then, following the navigation, I turned directly onto the highway leading to the heart of southern Xinjiang.

After leaving Chuncheng, I did not choose to enter the Shiwan Mountains via the wide and flat provincial highway near Luohua Town.

That road was easy to travel, but it had too many twists and turns.

For me now, time is more precious than anything else.

With my exceptional memory, I turned the steering wheel and steered the car onto a secluded side road.

This road is the same difficult shortcut that Lao Hei took when he led Jin Wanliang and me into the mountains.

When I say it's difficult to travel, I don't mean the kind of muddy, rutted road that's easy for vehicles to get stuck in.

Rather, it was because the road surface was in disrepair, uneven, and very narrow, barely wide enough for one vehicle to pass through.

This is why Lao Hei's delivery convoy takes the main road in Luohua Town, because heavy trucks simply cannot travel on such roads.

Fortunately, the car that Jin Wanliang prepared for me had a high enough chassis and very powerful engine.

I held the steering wheel with one hand and casually rested the other hand on the window, feeling the slight bumps the SUV made on the bumpy road.

The malevolent energy within his body was now flowing smoothly and resiliently through his meridians, completely dissolving the discomfort caused by the turbulence.

As the vehicle continued deeper into the area, the surrounding population became increasingly sparse.

The traces of modern civilization are gradually stripped away, replaced by the primitiveness and wildness unique to this ancient land of southern Xinjiang.

Along the way, I saw the black stilted building of Luohua Cave, built against the mountain, in the distance.

But I didn't let go of the accelerator and sped past without stopping.

That was just a small stop on our previous journey.

Now, there is no point in me stopping to pursue my true purpose in finding Li Qing.

I drove at high speed, and except for the occasional stop to refuel the car, I hardly stopped at all.

Before we knew it, several hours had slipped away as the wheels spun.

As the light outside the car window began to dim at a visible speed, I had completely entered the heart of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

I glanced at the time on the car's center console; it was already 5:40 PM, almost evening.