From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Lu Yunzhou walked up to Bai Wantang with the booklet and handed it to her.

"Forget about the techniques for now, just practice your breathing."

Bai Wantang caught the book and turned to the first page.

The paper contained few words, but each of the three techniques—starting the breath, stopping the breath, and taking in the breath—was clearly explained.

She sat cross-legged and inhaled according to the method described in the book.

The first breath into the chest immediately tenses the shoulders and neck.

As soon as he took his second breath, the medicinal power within his body dispersed, rushing wildly along his shoulders and back.

Bai Wantang gritted her teeth, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her breathing quickly became erratic.

Lu Yunzhou reached out and pressed down on her shoulder: "Don't push back, your airway is blocked."

Bai Wantang opened her eyes, her right shoulder still trembling slightly: "I've gotten used to this power, so why can't I even take the first step?"

Lu Yunzhou didn't explain much, and took out his needle case and spread it on the ground.

The medicinal power in her body had been purging her meridians for a long time, forcibly pushing her body to the seventh rank of combat strength, but the energy channels left behind were scattered and disordered.

Each time Qi enters the shoulders and neck, it is interrupted by several blocked nodes.

This kind of path, if explored on your own, may not be straightened out even after several years.

Lu Yunzhou picked up a silver needle and placed it on the Guanyuan acupoint.

The second needle was inserted into the Tanzhong acupoint.

Several silver needles were arranged along both sides of her spine, their ends trembling gently with her breathing.

Bai Wantang tensed her back, pressed her palms against her knees, and endured the soreness and distension coming from the acupoints.

Lu Yunzhou sat behind her, his palm pressed against her back through her clothes, sending his true energy into her body.

"Inhale."

Bai Wantang immediately did as instructed.

The true energy was pushed upwards along the blockages in her body, and the airflow in her shoulders and neck was forcibly separated and dispersed to both sides.

The chaotic force found an outlet, flowing down the spine and finally settling into the dantian.

Bai Wantang let out a muffled groan, and another layer of sweat broke out on her back.

Lu Yunzhou pressed down on the needle's end: "Steady, don't chase the energy."

She closed her eyes and tried to regulate her breathing.

Each inhalation is deeper, and each exhalation becomes longer.

After a few breaths, the numbness in my shoulders and neck lessened somewhat.

Bai Wantang tried again.

The breath enters the chest, passes through the center of the chest, and flows downwards along the meridians on both sides.

When they reached Guanyuan, the medicinal power in their bodies suddenly surged up, almost shattering the newly established path.

She frowned and swayed forward slightly.

Lu Yunzhou immediately pressed his palm against her back: "Protect your lower abdomen."

Bai Wantang forced herself to steady herself, her teeth clenching until they ached.

The medicinal power circulated through the meridians a few times before finally settling down.

This time, the aura did not dissipate.

It penetrates muscles, bones, and skin, creating tiny suction effects throughout the body.

The air in the courtyard entered her body with her breathing, seeped into her pores, and then gathered in her dantian.

Bai Wantang's breath hitched.

She heard her own heartbeat and felt the newly established energy pathway inside her body.

Lu Yunzhou withdrew his hand and removed the last silver needle: "Continue practicing."

Bai Wantang did not answer.

She was too preoccupied to speak; all her attention was focused on that aura.

For the first time, she was able to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through her own body.

The power from the potion was still within his body, but now there was another cycle belonging to the cultivator.

Fifteen minutes later, she exhaled a breath of stale air and opened her eyes.

"I managed to hold my breath."

She looked at her palms, her voice low, but her eyes were red.

Lu Yunzhou put the silver needles back into his needle case: "Today marks the beginning of your training. From now on, practice for two hours every day, and the disordered energy left by the medicine will gradually be restored."

Bai Wantang lowered her head and touched her chest, where there was still breath flowing: "I used to only rely on the power of drugs to beat people, and I didn't even know what was wrong with my own body."

She was silent for a moment, then looked up at Lu Yunzhou and said, "Thank you."

Lu Yunzhou patted her on the shoulder: "Only by surviving can you have a chance to settle accounts with Gray Tower."

Bai Wantang gripped the thin book tightly and remained silent.

Lu Yunzhou returned to his study on the second floor and laid out all of Ning Shuang's activity records from the past half month.

Access control times, vehicle entry and exit records, meeting attendance records, and screenshots of port area surveillance footage left by Gu Nanqiao filled the entire table.

Ning Shuang handles risk control matters at Fengming Group during the day and rarely returns home at night.

After she left the company several times, her vehicle disappeared on the outer ring of Donggang, only to reappear the next morning.

In the previous records, the car was parked in different locations.

Gu Nanqiao rearranged the surveillance time, and Lu Yunzhou quickly found the duplicates.

Before each vehicle disappeared, Ning Shuang would linger near the No. 7 gate of Donggang for three to five minutes.

She got out of the car, walked around the abandoned warehouse, and left through a blind spot in the surveillance cameras.

The place has been abandoned for many years, with only an old dock, repair shed, and a disused No. 3 pump house remaining in the surrounding area.

Lu Yunzhou drew a circle on the port area map with a pen.

Ning Shuang's actual place of residence is likely near the pump house.

Footsteps came from outside the study door.

Ye Zhiwei pushed open the door and came in, carrying a stack of documents.

She was wearing a black short jacket, her trousers were covered in mud, and she was carrying an old canvas bag in her right hand.

"We have obtained the deployment data for the port area."

She placed the documents on the table and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "There are two roads outside the No. 3 pumping station. Vehicles can enter the storage yard on the north side, but only pedestrians can enter the ditch on the south side. Seven of the surveillance cameras are broken, but the rest can be avoided."

Lu Yunzhou pushed the map in front of her: "Let's make our move tonight and capture Ning Shuang."

Ye Zhiwei glanced at the circle, then pressed her hand against the corner of the document: "Capture alive?"

"Alive."

Ye Zhiwei nodded and began unpacking the equipment from the canvas bag.

The sound of chair legs scraping against the ground came from downstairs.

Bai Wantang put away the booklet and went upstairs.

Her steps were still unsteady, but her breathing was much smoother than before.

Ye Zhiwei glanced at her: "You think you can take action?"

Bai Wantang put on her coat and buttoned it up: "Yes."

"Having barely scratched the surface of cultivation, you already want to deal with Nightingale?"

Bai Wantang raised her hand to press down the short blade at her waist, her face showing no sign of backing down: "Ning Shuang has carried the blood debt for so many years, I can't push her to the front alone."

Ye Zhiwei paused in her movements.

Bai Wantang continued, "I also want to collect the debt that Gray Tower owes to the Twelve Crow Feather Squads."

Lu Yunzhou closed the documents and folded the map neatly: "Then let's go together."

Ye Zhiwei took out three headsets and handed them to the two people respectively.

She spoke quickly, but her points were clear: the entry route, evacuation location, and contact codes were all marked on the paper.

Lu Yunzhou put the silver needle into the leather case and then checked the pistol magazine.

Bai Wantang stood to the side, her palm pressing down on the book "Guiyuan Yinxi Pian".

Her breathing was still weak, and she occasionally felt soreness in her shoulders and neck.

She looked up at Lu Yunzhou, her gaze darkening.

"I won't hold anyone back."

Lu Yunzhou picked up the car keys: "Those who are dragging our feet, stay inside."

Ye Zhiwei put on her headset, turned around and walked downstairs: "Enough nonsense, time's almost up."

The three of them left the study one after the other.

The courtyard gate opened, and the night wind swept across the steps.

Lu Yunzhou got into the driver's seat, Ye Zhiwei sat in the passenger seat, and Bai Wantang closed the back door.

As the car drove out of the small building, Lu Yunzhou slowed down.

In the passenger seat, Ye Zhiwei unfolded a map of the port area and traced the outer ring road all the way to the riverside villa district.

"Access control records show that Ning Shuang has entered this serviced villa four times in the past two weeks."

She withdrew her hand and her gaze fell on the red-marked building.

Lu Yunzhou looked at the map, his old shoulder injury throbbing slightly.

He had already captured Ning Shuang at Fengming Group last time.

During their fight, Ning Shuang's old injury to her left shoulder flared up, slowing her movements and causing him to pin her against Shen Luoyan's desk.

There was no complete evidence that time.