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"Drink...keep drinking!"

Erniu was slumped over the table, yelling. Chu Nan turned to look at Jiang Yingxue and said with a wry smile, "Erniu is so drunk, we definitely can't talk today."

"Today is a big day for him. He's been toasted by the whole village, so it's normal for him to get drunk. But Dingye has entrusted him with the affairs of Nanxiang, which shows that Erniu's status in Qiaobei has changed. Let's talk about it again tomorrow when he's sober."

Jiang Yingxue nodded. "It just so happens that my plan also needs to be adjusted. It was originally prepared for Master Ding, but now that Erniu has changed the person in charge, we need to change our approach when talking to young people."

After confirming the details, the two got into the car, and Jiang Yingxue started the engine and drove out of the village.

But after driving a short distance, she suddenly said, "Thank you for today."

Her tone remained habitually cold, but after speaking, Jiang Yingxue paused and added, "I was referring to the Three Horse Club matter. If you hadn't been there, Master Ding might already be—"

"Is this really what you're thanking me for?"

Chu Nan chuckled lewdly, "Compared to saving Master Ding, you should be more grateful to me for saving your Nanxiang Project, right?"

Feeling embarrassed by having her thoughts exposed, Jiang Yingxue still stubbornly said, "I... I just didn't have a chance to ask. If I had, I might not need your help!"

"You're lying, because... your ears turned red."

"No!"

"Yes, it turned red when I said thank you."

"I said I didn't!"

Chu Nan didn't say anything more, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

He discovered that whenever Jiang Yingxue tried to be stubborn, her ears would betray her first.

He discovered this pattern when he first took her pulse at the villa, and it remains valid to this day.

The car drove along the dirt road out of the village. The brick houses on both sides of the road had their lights off, with only a few houses occasionally showing faint lights from their windows.

Just as Jiang Yingxue was about to step on the gas to accelerate, a figure suddenly darted out of the darkness ahead and stood in the middle of the road.

They were too close, so close that the car headlights illuminated the other person's face, so close that Chu Nan could see that the person was wearing a dark gray robe, with his hair draped over his shoulders and straw sandals woven from hemp rope on his feet.

Jiang Yingxue slammed on the brakes and instinctively jerked the steering wheel.

The tires screeched on the dirt road, the vehicle tilted violently, and the front of the car headed straight for the roadside ditch.

Chu Nan grabbed the steering wheel, used his wrist to turn the steering wheel back, and at the same time stepped on the brake with his right foot.

The car slid sideways a short distance on the dirt road and finally stopped less than half a meter away from the drainage ditch.

"Stay in the car."

Chu Nan frowned, unbuckled his seatbelt, and pushed open the car door. "No matter what happens, don't get out."

Jiang Yingxue gripped the steering wheel, saying nothing, but her eyes were fixed on Chu Nan's back.

Chu Nan walked to the front of the car and looked at the uninvited guest who had suddenly appeared in the middle of the road.

The other person was a middle-aged man around forty years old, wearing a dark gray robe with some dark patterns that Chu Nan couldn't understand embroidered on it. He had a hemp rope tied around his waist and wore a pair of straw sandals.

This outfit doesn't look like that of a local from Nanxiang. The man's face is expressionless, but when his eyes fall on Chu Nan, they have a cold, venomous look, like a viper scrutinizing its prey.

"You're Chu Nan?"

The man spoke, his voice hoarse and deep.

"That's right."

Without further ado, the other party extended his hand from his sleeve, fingers spread, palm facing up.

A ball of deep blue light appeared out of thin air in his palm. The light was like a water ball compressed to its limit, spinning rapidly between his fingers and emitting a deep rumble like waves crashing against rocks.

Chu Nan saw something vaguely moving inside the water sphere, like some kind of deep-sea creature shrunk countless times and imprisoned inside.

Chu Nan frowned slightly.

This person's approach is completely different from Situ Lei's.

Situ Lei is a pure martial arts master who uses his true qi to draw upon the power of heaven and earth.

The person in front of me looks more like a sorcerer.

His power did not originate from his meridians, but rather he summoned it by condensing a water sphere with the surrounding spiritual energy.

With a flick of the man's wrist, the water sphere exploded violently.

Instead of exploding into splashes of water, it exploded into dozens of thin water arrows.

Each one was only as thick as a bamboo chopstick, but the tip was as sharp as a needle, and under the car headlights, it shimmered with a deep blue luster like the deep sea.

Dozens of water arrows accelerated simultaneously, shooting towards Chu Nan's vital points all over his body.

Chu Nan dodged the first volley of water arrows as they grazed his clothes and landed on an old locust tree behind him.

Dozens of holes, each about the thickness of a thumb, were pierced through the tree trunk. The bark around the holes quickly turned black and cracked, as if something had sucked out all the moisture.

Chu Nan glanced back at the locust tree, then turned back to look at the man in the long robe in front of him.

"Who are you? Why are you trying to kill me?"

The man did not answer, but instead extended both hands from his sleeves, palms facing each other.

A larger ball of water condensed between his palms, and this time Chu Nan could see what was swimming inside it.

It wasn't an illusion; there really was a strange, bluish-black fish in the water sphere, its scales gleaming with a dull luster, and its eyes a murky grayish-white.

The strange fish slowly circled inside the water sphere, then suddenly opened its mouth, revealing a set of fine, sharp teeth.

The man pushed forward with both palms, and the water sphere exploded. The phantom of the strange fish swelled dozens of times in the air, transforming into a dark blue-green water column, its mouth full of sharp teeth snapping down at Chu Nan.

Chu Nan raised his right hand, his five fingers spread.

The lotus tattoo on his chest, located in the Qian position, was slightly warm. A surge of true energy flowed from his dantian, gathering along his meridians to his palm.

A lotus flower of true energy bloomed in his palm, its petals unfolding outwards in layers, illuminating the surroundings with golden light as bright as day.

He pushed the lotus forward, and the lotus spun rapidly in mid-air, swelling in the wind, and crashed into the dark blue-green water column.

With a deafening roar, the water column shattered upon impact with the lotus flower. The illusory image of the strange fish let out a hoarse scream amidst the golden light, before vanishing into the night sky along with the spray of water.

The man's expression changed slightly, he took a step back, and his hands formed a hand seal again.

This time he held back. The god's dark gray robe fluttered without wind, and the dark patterns on the robe began to emit a ghostly blue light.

The dark patterns resembled living vines that traversed his body, shining from the hem of his robe all the way to his collar.

He raised his hands above his head, interlacing his fingers, and uttered a series of syllables that Chu Nan couldn't understand. His voice grew faster and higher, eventually turning into a roar that was almost like that of a wild beast.

The ground within a radius of tens of meters began to tremble slightly, and the water surfaces in the roadside ditches, rice paddies, and drainage ditches all shimmered with a faint blue luster almost at the same time!