Chapter 7: The Crisis of Life and Death

  Wang Long, a 15-year-old from Nan Shan Village Group 8 in XL City. At the age of five, he mysteriously disappeared and reappeared two years later at the age of seven. During this period, there were rumors that he had gotten lost, but no clues could be found. When he returned home at the age of seven, he attended Nan Shan Primary School near his home and entered TZ Middle School with the first place in the city's entrance examination, declining the invitation from XL Middle School, which was considered the best junior high school in the city. During his three years in middle school, he studied hard and had good relationships with his classmates, but often went out for a period of time after class and couldn't be found doing anything specific. He was popular among his peers, and several female students even wrote love letters to him. In 2006, he entered EN High School with the first place in the school's entrance examination. His family consists of his parents and a younger sister. His father, Wang Bing, dropped out of school after finishing primary school and helped his parents with farm work. He is honest by nature and has five siblings: his second brother is the principal of a primary school, his third brother is the principal of a kindergarten, his fourth sister runs a small company in Shanghai worth over 10 million yuan, and his fifth sister teaches at his second brother's school. Wang Long's mother, Liu Chujia, also comes from a family of four siblings who are all honest and hardworking farmers. Wang Long's younger sister, Wang Feng, is currently attending Nan Shan Primary School in the third grade...

  Looking at the materials in front of him, Ou Yang Xiong's eyes emitted a faint red glow, his fingers lightly tapping on the table in front of him, his face covered with dark clouds, and a ferocious smile appeared in his eyes. He called out to the door, "Old Three, come in for a moment." The large gate was pushed open, and a black-suited burly man walked up to Ou Yang Xiong, who began to give low-voiced instructions.

  It's been a week, and whether it's the new freshmen in high school or the old students in grades 10 and 11, everyone has slowly gotten used to their high school life. Wang Long attends classes on time every day. Xiao He is studying liberal arts, and his class, grade 10 (2), is just upstairs from Wang Long's class, grade 9 (2). Occasionally, when they run into each other on the way to class, Wang Long always smiles and greets him, while Xiao He responds shyly but with excitement in his eyes. After getting his textbooks for grade 9, Wang Long relied on his photographic memory to finish learning all of the material within a week. Of course, it wasn't just memorization - with his current level of understanding, he could easily solve the extra practice problems at the back of the textbook. He had truly mastered the material. Wang Long still maintained his habit of listening carefully in class, and as a result, he left a very good impression on all of his teachers. Wang Long also slowly got to know Dongfang Lan better. Under the prodding of their roommate Gong Guang, it turned out that Dongfang Lan came from a high-ranking official's family - her father was one of the top ten generals in the country, Dongfang Hong. However, for Wang Long, Dongfang Lan's background wasn't important. The reason he had a good impression of her was simple: he felt that this child of a high-ranking official didn't have any bad habits, and she always treated her classmates with warmth and courtesy. Her personality was also bold and generous, like a boy's. Since Wang Long had practiced the "Five Elements Body Refining Technique", he naturally gave people a feeling of wanting to get close to him - it was the ordinary person's yearning for and affection towards gods. Although Wang Long couldn't be considered a god yet, he had already developed some aura of a divine being, making people want to make friends with him. Dongfang Lan also found it strange that she had an inexplicable good impression of this boy who didn't usually like to talk. She always hoped that she could become friends with Wang Long. As for Wang Long, he was polite and courteous to everyone, and soon became friends with all of his classmates.

  In the blink of an eye, a week had passed, and Wang Long's heart always had a strange palpitation, as if something was going to happen. Perhaps it was because he was worried that the Ouyang family would take revenge, Wang Long thought secretly. Since Wang Long injured Ouyang Li last time, he has been practicing in the back mountain after self-study every night. Now, the "Five Elements Cultivation Technique" already had signs of breaking through to the late third layer.

  This weekend at noon, Wang Long was chatting with Liu Wei and Kong Yong in the dormitory when the phone rang. "Ding ding ding" The dormitory's phone rang out. Liu Wei picked up the phone on the table: "Hello, who is it?" After listening to the person on the phone, Liu Wei handed the phone to Wang Long, "Wang Long, your call." "Thank you," Wang Long took the phone and was a bit surprised, wondering who it could be. "Hello, I'm Wang Long." "Little boy, your sister is now in our hands, you must arrive at Wutong Mountain outside the city at 9 o'clock tonight, otherwise... hehe, you'll have to collect her body." The phone transmitted his sister Wang Feng's crying voice, "Who are you? What do you want?" Before Wang Long could finish speaking, the phone was hung up with a "beep" sound. Wang Long stood there holding the phone, stunned and motionless. "Wang Long, what's wrong?" His dormitory mates saw Wang Long's lost expression and came over to ask with concern. Wang Long quickly regained his composure and tried to calm down the unease and anger in his heart: "I'm fine, just a small family matter, don't worry about it, I'll handle it. You guys go ahead and play, I'll step out for a bit." Once outside the school, Wang Long called a small shop near his home because they didn't have a phone at home. After connecting with his father's phone, he learned that his parents were fine but still unaware of his sister's situation. He told his father what happened, saying only that some thugs had kidnapped his sister and asking him not to worry, promising to bring his sister back home. Wang Long's father also knew about his son's martial arts skills, so although he was still a bit worried, he trusted his son's abilities and went home to wait for news.

  Suppressing the anger and unease in his heart, Wang Long still finished his evening self-study. Since the school was not too far from Wutong Mountain, as soon as the 8 o'clock bell rang, Wang Long rushed straight to Wutong Mountain.

  On an autumn night, the moon shone brightly on the dark velvet-like sky, like a jade plate filled with gold. The twinkling stars seemed to be scattered golden dust from the plate. The dense darkness was like a master painter's brush, dyeing everything with mysterious colors. Wang Long stood at the foot of Wutong Mountain, feeling that the rustling sound of leaves on the mountain concealed a surge of demonic energy and killing intent. It was almost eight thirty, half an hour before the appointed time. Wang Long tried to calm down the anger and anxiety in his heart, it seemed that this night would not be peaceful.

  At 8:50, Wang Long started taking big strides towards the top of Wutong Mountain. The tall trees around him seemed like giants with their mouths wide open, emitting a terrifying aura that made his killing intent even stronger. Some night birds were startled and flew up into the sky, making a "whooshing" sound. When Wang Long reached the middle of the mountain, he shouted loudly: "Wang Long is here! Where is my sister?" His voice enveloped the entire Wutong Mountain, startling even the ants underground to scurry about in all directions. "Keep moving forward, don't stop." A hoarse voice echoed through the mountain, making Wang Long's heart secretly tremble with surprise. From the sound of it, the person who responded had martial arts skills that were not inferior to his own. Wang Long activated the Five Elements Divine Technique, and his eyes emitted red, yellow, blue, green, and purple divine lights. His divine sense covered the entire Wutong Mountain, where he detected at least a hundred people. Among them, two auras were evenly matched with his own, and these two auras carried strong evil and demonic energies. The demonic energy was identical to that of the person he had encountered behind the school last time. Wang Long instantly understood that all of this was the doing of the Ouyang family. And among them, he also detected the aura of his sister, Wang Feng. Wang Long cautiously made his way towards the top of the mountain.

  As he walked past the winding path in front, Wang Long could already feel that there were at least a hundred people ambushing ahead. With a sudden movement, Wang Long appeared abruptly on the mountain top. "Rat-a-tat-tat", "Clang-clang-clang", "Dud-dud-dud-dud", and various types of gunfire erupted, including submachine guns and American-made guns. It seemed that the Ou Yang family was determined to kill him.

  Under the protection of the Five Elements Divine Light, bullets were like hitting an invisible net, stopping in front of Wang Long one meter away. Seeing his sister Wang Feng being tied to a tree about ten meters away, Wang Long moved instantly, his palm cutting through the rope like a knife, and he picked up his sister. Wang Feng had fainted from excessive fright and was already unconscious in Wang Long's arms.

  A crisis suddenly emerged as two powerful forces came from both sides, sharp black energy quickly invading Wang Long's protective divine light, like boiling water emitting wisps of smoke. Wang Long felt like being caught in a net, with the two black energies entering his body through his pores, like mice gnawing at his internal organs. Many of his meridians were severed, and when the black smoke dissipated, Wang Long was struck by the two powerful forces, flying into the air before heavily falling to the ground.

  Two men in suits quickly emerged from behind a slope nearby, one of whom was the black-clad man who had fought with him at school. The other was also around 1.8 meters tall, with a physique like an iron tower and a scowling expression.

  Liu Hu Fa sneered: "You little brat, today is your day of death. You dared to cross us, the Ouyang family, and even severely injured our young master, causing me to suffer a serious injury last time and lose face. Now that you've fallen into our hands, I'll make sure you die without a complete corpse." He raised his hands, which were emitting black energy, and slowly struck out with a palm. This strike seemed careless, but it contained a fierce anger that made the surrounding guards feel suffocated and terrified even before it was released. The leaves on the nearby trees spun around in the air and turned into flying ash. A massive black serpent-like entity shot towards Wang Long. The iron tower-like giant beside him was also laughing maniacally, thinking that with Wang Long severely injured and unable to resist, he would definitely not be able to withstand Liu Hu Fa's angry strike and had no chance of escape.