In a small town three hundred kilometers east of Luancheng, a Land Rover suddenly stopped.
An old man, dressed in a loose black hooded sweatshirt and carrying a black leather briefcase, stepped out from the back seat.
Xu Shao locked the car and also got out from the driver's seat.
He looked at the old man's eyes with reverence.
Back home, he had learned many of Master Lou's extraordinary abilities from his father through subtle hints.
But no matter how much he heard, it was not as powerful as what he saw with his own eyes.
Throughout the journey, Master Lou's displayed abilities were simply inscrutable!
When those people conducted infrared human scans, they seemed to completely ignore the briefcase in the back seat.
He even watched with his own eyes as, at a checkpoint while exiting the highway, someone was checking each printed photo of him.
At that moment, Xu Shao even wanted to just step on the accelerator and rush through, but Master Lou had simply said lightly:
"Proceed normally, they won't recognize you."
Then, they passed through the checkpoint without any hindrance.
After a journey fraught with peril but ultimately safe, Xu Shao had already come to regard Master Lou as a divine being!
With Master Lou present, what reason was there to fear that their great plan would not succeed! What reason was there to fear that his great revenge would not be avenged!
Now that the little girl was present, was there any fear that Gu Jiangyan and Jian Junru, that pair of despicable individuals, would not fall into their trap obediently?
Thinking of Jian Junru's graceful figure and captivating face, and the even more tender little girl in the suitcase, a lecherous glint flashed in Xu Shao's eyes.
This was a small town very close to the border, and besides Chinese people, there were many burly white men.
The remaining road could not be driven on, so they needed to change supplies here and then cross the border on foot.
With Master Lou present, Xu Shao felt at ease and had no panic about illegally crossing the border.
As for telling Gu Jiangyan the address, it was merely a place to send someone to collect money.
And their own location, other than him and Master Lou, no one else knew!
After the two got out of the car, Xu Shao found a place to relieve himself.
And in the short time he was away, the situation here took a dramatic turn!
Master Lou opened the briefcase and pulled out the little girl inside.
As he held the little girl by her collar, he suddenly felt something was not right, but he couldn't pinpoint what the problem was.
How could he not know Xu Shao's intentions? He had been observing coldly and even assisting, merely to utilize the Xu family's influence abroad.
This little girl was of great use to him.
She was not meant to be indulged by a profligate like Xu Shao.
Master Lou's dried, bark-like palm pressed against the little girl's forehead, and a suction force came from his palm.
A fluctuation in his spiritual energy seemed to be pulling it out of his body.
Jian Sheng's heart leaped in shock, and her terrified gaze met Master Lou's cold, sinister eyes.
Master Lou forced a stiff smile: "Little girl, don't be afraid, at most you'll feel weak for a while, it will pass quickly."
After the Xu family ran into trouble, he was preparing to find a new patron, but he hadn't expected to encounter this little girl.
The faint spiritual energy within the little girl had attracted him.
Master Lou had immediately determined that the little girl possessed a very rare cultivation physique.
Even without cultivation, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth would still be attracted to her physique and absorbed into her body.
Thus, he approached Xu Shao, who, having failed to cause the car accident, was preparing to flee.
He abducted the little girl from the hospital.
This way, he would have a continuous, inexhaustible human spiritual energy extractor!
It was laughable that Young Master Xu Shao, having fallen to such a state, still did not recognize his own position.
If it weren't for the fact that the little girl was of great use to him, and that Xu Shao could help him bring the little girl abroad,
Then how could a spoiled second-generation heir whose family was in ruins possibly command him?
It just so happened that his spiritual energy had been significantly depleted from frequently casting spells along the way.
Now, he could absorb some spiritual energy from the little girl to replenish his own losses.
Then.
A minute passed.
Master Lou could still feel the vibrant spiritual energy contained within the little girl under his palm.
But no matter how he performed his cultivation technique, he couldn't draw any spiritual energy from the little girl's body.
A flash of surprise and joy appeared in Master Lou's eyes.
It seemed the little girl's physique was even more extraordinary than he had imagined.
If the little girl was sufficiently obedient, he wouldn't mind taking her as a disciple.
Then, two minutes passed.
Three minutes passed.
Master Lou even saw the figure of Xu Shao walking out from behind the tree.
No matter how special her physique was, she was just an ordinary person who hadn't cultivated. How could she last this long?
Suspicion began to rise in Master Lou's heart.
Jian Sheng was suppressing the turmoil of spiritual energy within her body. Seeing Master Lou's increasingly grim expression, a hint of helplessness flickered in her eyes.
This was a very typical evil cultivator!
He viewed human lives as less than grass!
Jian Sheng had no doubt that if the other party discovered the problem, he would not hesitate to act against her!
Her mind began to wrestle with a dilemma.
Should she take the opportunity while the other party was unprepared and subdue him directly?
Or should she allow a small amount of spiritual energy to be siphoned away, and then continue with the plan, following them back to their lair?
Finally, Jian Sheng relaxed her control slightly, allowing the spiritual energy within her body to be absorbed by the other party.
She could always replenish the lost spiritual energy with pills at any time, but missing the opportunity to capture them all at once would be a true loss!
A moment later, Jian Sheng, pale and looking extremely weak, was thrown into the back seat.
Master Lou smiled with satisfaction.
Although the amount of spiritual energy absorbed was not much, the spiritual energy was pure and of high quality.
He had already begun to fantasize about taking the girl back, keeping her by his side, and teaching her to cultivate.
At that time, by absorbing the little girl's spiritual energy, his strength would surely advance by leaps and bounds!
Let's see how those old geezers would chase and pester him then!
Not long after, Xu Shao returned with bags and bags of supplies.
Seeing the weak little girl lying in the back seat, Xu Shao's brows furrowed slightly.
But when he saw Master Lou looking at him with chilling eyes, Xu Shao's heart jolted, and he quickly suppressed those lewd thoughts for the time being.
The Land Rover drove a bit further until the road completely disappeared ahead.
Master Lou shouldered a large backpack, tossed Jian Sheng inside, and directly carried it into the mountains.
He moved with great speed, showing no sign of the slowness expected of an elderly person.
Sometimes, when Xu Shao was tired and couldn't walk, Master Lou would give him a dark red pill.
After taking it, Xu Shao felt a continuous surge of strength erupting from within him, completely free from fatigue.
Some of his own private thoughts were also temporarily buried in his heart.
About half an hour after they entered the mountains.
A well-equipped team of over ten people arrived at the location of the off-road vehicle.
After a brief inspection, one of them took out a walkie-talkie and reported:
"Report, N1 has arrived at the scene, confirmed to be the target vehicle!"
"Based on the residual clues at the scene, the other party consisted of two individuals, with each carrying a load of about thirty kilograms!"
"Judging by the footprints, the other party left between thirty to forty minutes ago, and their direction of travel points directly towards the border!"