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

Lu Yan simply nodded slightly to him, then turned her gaze to the medical team that was in the process of handing over duties.

She glanced at Sun Yidao and clearly recognized the doctor who was quite famous in Jiangcheng's black market.

However, considering the special circumstances, she didn't say much, but simply acquiesced to Sun Yidao's accompaniment.

"I arranged for the bureau's internal medical team to accompany me in the ambulance."

Lu Yan turned to look at me and explained the next steps in an orderly manner.

"Let's go to the city hospital. They have a special department dedicated to our folk customs bureau, and it's equipped with the most complete facilities."

Several senior experts from the bureau who specialize in studying the backlash of techniques and meridian damage are already waiting in the department.

"The city hospital is the safest option; I'll follow your advice."

I nodded without saying anything more.

We went there to get treatment when we encountered trouble or got injured in Jiangcheng before.

That place not only has top-notch medical facilities, but also a very high level of security, so there will absolutely be no outsiders disturbing you.

The handover process was very quick and professional.

In less than five minutes, Li Qing, along with all the life support equipment, was safely transferred to the ambulance.

As the primary physician who knew Li Qing's initial injuries best, Sun Yidao also boarded the ambulance with the bureau's medical team to facilitate communication about the patient's condition at any time.

"Get in the car, we can talk as we go."

Lu Yan gestured to a black special operations SUV parked next to her.

Jin Wanliang and I followed Lu Yan into the car.

Lu Yan sat in the passenger seat, while Jin Wanliang and I sat in the back.

At Lu Yan's command, the convoy did not turn on its sirens, but instead flashed silent warning lights, and quietly drove into the night of Jiangcheng along the airport's special passage.

The sound insulation inside the carriage is excellent; you can barely hear any tire noise from outside.

About half an hour later, the convoy drove directly into the underground parking lot of the First Municipal Hospital.

The procedure was similar to the one Zhou Ming went through when he was rescued.

After being pushed out of the ambulance, Li Qing was taken directly to an intensive care unit at the end of the corridor.

Several elderly men with gray hair and distinguished bearing immediately surrounded them.

After the door closed, a red "Diagnosis in progress" indicator light immediately lit up above the examination room.

The corridor fell silent.

After seeing Li Qing being pushed inside, Jin Wanliang ran to the side to make a phone call.

On the bench in the corridor, only Lu Yan and I remained, sitting side by side.

"Now you can tell me, right?"

Lu Yan handed me an unscrewed bottle of mineral water, her gaze fixed on my face.

"What exactly happened on your trip to southern Xinjiang?"

How could Li Qing have been injured like this?

I took the bottled water, took a sip, and moistened my throat.

"Actually, I have no idea why Li Qing went to southern Xinjiang."

I leaned back in my chair and calmly recounted what had happened.

"Initially, a batch of goods belonging to Jin Wanliang was robbed in Luohua Town. He couldn't find any clues and asked me for help."

Following the clues, we discovered that the robbers were acting on the orders of the Lan family.

After learning of this clue, I originally planned to take Jin Wanliang and leave Yunnan Province, and then make further plans after returning to Jiangcheng.

However, shortly afterward, I received news that Li Qing was being hunted down in the southern borderlands.

I did not reveal the specific source of the information here, but Lu Yan did not ask any further questions.

She simply replied, "So, that's why you ventured deep into southern Xinjiang?"

"Yes."

I nodded and continued:

"Originally, I was thinking of relying on my connections with the Lan family to get them to help me find Li Qing's whereabouts."

But I never expected that the Lan family was already completely rotten inside.

It wasn't until I arrived at the Lan family's residence that I realized that from the moment Jin Wanliang's shipment ran into trouble in Luohua Town, it had all been a trap specifically set for me.

After pausing and organizing my thoughts, I continued:

"The elder Lan Manshan, who was once close to me, has already died in the power grab."

Meanwhile, the other three elders of the Lan family who held real power were secretly recruited by the people of Wandie Valley.

The offer from the Valley of Ten Thousand Butterflies was very tempting: a so-called secret technique for achieving immortality.

At this point, I smiled, a smile tinged with sarcasm.

The allure of immortality, such an ethereal concept, is unimaginably strong for elderly people who are half-buried in the ground and whose mental capacity is impaired.

That would be enough to make them betray their family's centuries-old tradition.

"The Lan family elder Lan Haiping, who orchestrated all of this, was actually instructed by a masked man, who was also acting on the orders of Wandie Valley."

They deliberately used that shipment to lure me to the Lan family's main stronghold, intending to capture me alive there.

I fiddled with the mineral water bottle in my hand and continued calmly:

"And the envoy from Wandie Valley who wore a bronze mask was of very unusual status."

He was the last surviving member of the Sang family.

Upon hearing the words "orphan of the Sang family," Lu Yan's previously calm expression changed slightly, and her beautiful eyebrows immediately furrowed.

"The last surviving member of the Sang family? The envoy from Ten Thousand Butterfly Valley is actually him?"

Lu Yan turned to look at me, a hint of seriousness flashing in her eyes.

"Does my senior brother know about this?"

Upon hearing this, I was slightly taken aback.

As far as I can remember, Lu Yan did not participate when Zhang Xuanqing and I went to Laoxiongling in western Hunan to deal with the ancient tomb incident.

Logically speaking, she shouldn't have known about the existence of the Sang family's orphan.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, I quickly felt relieved.

When Zhang Xuanqing and I returned to Jiangcheng from Beijing, Lu Yan seemed to have mentioned it casually.

She said she used her authority as the branch director to request a detailed briefing on the Xiangxi mission from the headquarters.

I nodded and looked at her, saying, "Master Zhang knows."

When I was at Lanjiazongzhai, I took advantage of the moment when the masked man was retreating to make a special phone call to Master Zhang.

It was through him that I finally confirmed the masked man's true identity.

Lu Yan nodded slightly, her slender fingers gently stroking the edge of the mineral water bottle, seemingly digesting the massive amount of information.

"Let's leave the Lan family's affairs aside for now."

Later, following the trail left by Li Qing, I tracked him all the way to a precipice deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

I steered the conversation back to Li Qing, my voice calm and composed.

"When I arrived, Li Qing was being besieged by more than a dozen assassins skilled in Gu poison, and his situation was extremely critical."

When I rescued him, I learned from his enemies that the force hunting him was called Black Dawn.

"Black Li?!"

Upon hearing this name, Lu Yan reacted even more strongly than when she heard about the orphan of the Sang family.

She turned her head abruptly, her eyes filled with surprise.

"Why was Li Qing being chased by them?"

Lu Yan stared intently at me, her tone filled with deep confusion.

"I don't know either."

I shook my head frankly.

"When I arrived, he was already on the verge of death, and later he even vomited blood and fell into a coma. I didn't even have a chance to ask him anything."

"But judging from your surprised expression, you seem to know something about this organization called Black Dawn?"