Chapter 4: The Witch's Gate

  The masked man's hand was broken by Wang Long with one move, and he quickly turned around and disappeared into the mountain forest.

  Wang Long hastily ran to Mr. Misan's side, picked him up and took a look, only to see that the arm injured by Mr. Misan had already swollen up, turned dark purple, with black blood still oozing out of the wound, the entire arm was swollen to the size of a bowl mouth.

  Wang Long hastily put his mouth to Mi San's wound and sucked it out, mouthful by mouthful. After ten or so minutes, the toxic blood had basically been sucked out by Wang Long, and Mi San's arm gradually changed from a dark purple color back to normal. The toxic blood that Wang Long spat onto the ground caused the small grass on the ground to wither and turn black instantly.

  Wang Long carefully examined Mi San's wound, tore off his own sleeve, and helped Mi San uncle simply bandage it, then carried him back home.

  In a grand and majestic stilted building, a black-robed masked man who had lost one arm stood there with his head hung low in despair. By the side of the burning brazier, a man in his forties dressed in magnificent attire sat with an unpredictable expression on his face warming himself by the fire.

  Suddenly, the robust man lifted his head, raised those two horizontal eyebrows that flew to both temples, and said viciously: "Trash, you can't even do such a small thing well. What have I been raising you for all these years? You still have the face to come back? Don't take off that cloth covering your face and pretend to be mysterious in front of me?"

  The masked man trembled with fear, hastily removing the black cloth covering his face to reveal a small nose and beady eyes on a rather unsavory-looking face. He stuttered as he spoke to the dignified-looking man, "Master, I could have completed my mission without any issues. It was all because of that young whippersnapper by his side that ruined everything for me. However, Mi-san also got hit with the 'Seven Poison Powder' on my blade. This 'Seven Poison Powder' is made from seven of the world's most venomous creatures - centipedes, scorpions, red-headed vipers, poisonous snakes, and more. If it's not treated in time, he won't last an hour. Even if the poison is sucked out in time, it'll still take several days for him to recover."

  The man with the majestic appearance listened, waved his hand impatiently, and said to the black-clad person with a look of disgust: "Get out, seeing you makes me annoyed." The black-clad person secretly let out a sigh of relief and quickly turned around and ran out of the room.

  The robust man muttered to himself: "How did a little kid suddenly appear out of nowhere, it seems like there will be some small trouble." After finishing speaking, he continued to put his hand over the fire to warm up, and his entire hand was about to stretch into the brazier, but he seemed to feel nothing.

  Mr. Misang had woken up by the time he got home, and hastily asked Ali to prepare a few herbs for him and Wang Long to drink. After Mr. Misang lay down again, Wang Long curiously asked: "Uncle Misang, what's going on?"

  "Alright, Aliya, you go prepare some food first. I and Adan are both hungry." Aliya listened and went out to cook.

  Mi Sang's face suddenly turned a bit gloomy, and he said: "Ah Dan, I've implicated you in this. This matter was originally our Miao people's own affair, but now it has also dragged you into it. My heart is truly uneasy."

  Wang Long shook his head and said, "Uncle Mi San, don't say that. Since I'm living in your house now, I have a responsibility to help you with some things. Tell me about it, okay?"

  Mr. Mei grasped Wang Long's hand excitedly and said, "Thank you, Adan, you're a good kid. I'll tell you briefly, but you have to promise me that if anything happens to me, you'll take care of Aliyi for me. She doesn't know much about my business, and I've never wanted her to get involved."

  After finishing speaking, Uncle Mi San told Wang Long about his own affairs.

  The Miao people have had five major migrations in history, and the story begins with the second migration. The second great migration was when the ancestors of the Miao people lived in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River for a long time, and their population grew large, known as the "Nine Li", and they conflicted with the Yan Emperor tribe in the south, defeated the Yan Emperor tribe, and some chased after the Yan Emperor tribe to the north bank of the Yellow River. After many years here, the power of the Nine Li tribe became stronger and stronger. At this time, Chi You was born, intelligent and brave, good at learning, and later became the leader of the Nine Li tribe, manufacturing various weapons, with strong military strength, leading his nine brave subordinates, and frequently having armed conflicts with the Yellow Emperor tribe from the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Initially, the Yellow Emperor lost nine battles, but later joined forces with the Yan Emperor tribe and others to have a great battle with Chi You at Zhuolu, resulting in Chi You's defeat and death, with his head and body separated.

  Chi You died in battle, leaving behind some ancient shamanic magic. Originally known as the Witch Gate, it was led by the greatest witch god. From then on, the witch gods led everyone to fight against the Yellow Emperor's clan for a long time, but they were defeated repeatedly.

  In the slow development process, the Wu Men became fragmented and gave rise to four factions: Bai Miao, Hei Miao, Wu Shu, and Gu Shu. Each faction had its own set of ancient residual techniques for cultivation, with varying levels of strength. Despite this, they still chose a strongest member from among the four factions as the Wu Shen to manage the four factions and lead them in peaceful development. However, over the past hundred years, no Wu Shen has appeared who can reunify the four factions under their control. As a result, everyone is dissatisfied with each other, and there are many open and secret struggles.

  Mi Sang, as the leader of the White Miao, mainly studied life-saving magic and medicine, so in terms of magical power, he was the weakest among the four leaders. However, as a respected doctor, he was also the most popular one.

  So what happened this time might be done by people from other doors, because there are still half a year before the four-door witch god conference. In the witch god conference, compare witchcraft, compare popularity, and then everyone jointly elects one to take on the role of witch god. If Mi San can be eliminated, the hidden black hand behind the scenes will have one less competitor.

  Wang Long felt extremely surprised, in the few days of living in Damiao Village, on the surface it seemed so simple and beautiful, but unexpectedly there were also many open and secret struggles going on behind the scenes.

  After Uncle Mi San simply told Wang Long about the witch's secrets, Ali came in knocking on the door and smiled at Wang Long and Mi San: "Dad, brother Dan, what are you talking so seriously about? Let's go eat."

  Mr. Mi nodded and winked at Wang Long, saying: "Nothing, let's just chat casually, come on, go downstairs to eat." Wang Long knew that Mr. Mi didn't want A Li to worry, so he hastily agreed, saying: "Yes, I'm discussing herbal medicine with your father, I want to learn medicine from him."

  A Li jumped up excitedly and asked, "Dad, is it true? Then will Ah Dan stay in our village of Da Miao to be a doctor too?" Mi San looked at A Li with affection and said, "Yes, I plan to teach Ah Dan medicine. Whether he stays or not depends on his own decision."

  Ari looked at Wang Long with a shy glance and asked in a low voice, "Wang Ge, are you going to stay?" Wang Long replied, "It depends on the situation. Wherever I'm needed, that's where I'll go."

  Ariya smiled and said, "Then you must be staying, we all need you here." Misato-san joked on the side, "Ariya, it's you who needs him to stay, right?"

  A Li's face turned even redder, and she said coquettishly: "Dad likes to tease me, I won't tell you guys anymore, I'm going downstairs to eat." After finishing speaking, she quickly ran downstairs.

  Mr. Mei and Wang Long exchanged a glance, then burst out laughing. Ali heard the laughter behind her, stomped her foot in a pretend tantrum, but was secretly delighted. Ever since Adan had come to her home, she had been even happier than before. If only Adan could stay, that would be just perfect. Ali thought to herself, a happy smile spreading across her face.

  Lingyunzi had sent out batches of people to search for Wang Long after his disappearance, but there was no news at all. After Mozu Lainhe's last outing, the activities of some evil spirits in the human world became more frequent, and Lingyunzi was busy to the point of being overwhelmed. He could only go to his own sect to ask for help, and later the five major sects sent another batch of elite disciples to assist him, which made Lingyunzi feel a bit better, but he also felt increasingly struggling.

  According to the information from the Information Department, the forces of evil seem to be slowly infiltrating into the politics and economic life of human countries. More and more high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants are being manipulated by evil spirits through various means, making things increasingly complicated.

  In Lingyunzi's mind, the mastermind behind the scenes was Mozu Lainheita. However, Wang Long, who had the best chance of defeating Mozu Lainheita, was nowhere to be found, and it was unknown whether he was still alive or not. Thinking about Wang Long made Lingyunzi feel heartbroken.

  Recently, there have been several batches of children aged 3 to 7 who have gone missing, and it is likely that all of them are the work of Lai Rongtai. Although there have been several operations, catching some of his subordinates and rescuing some of the children, Lai Rongtai has vanished into thin air, and even the special task force members cannot find any news about him. Only by eliminating Lai Rongtai can we solve these problems from the root cause.

  He stopped thinking, Lingyunzi picked up a stack of documents on the table and slowly looked through them. These documents were all information from the Science Department that required special attention to key targets. Moreover, these people had an important characteristic, which was that they were all high-ranking officials in the government. Lingyunzi muttered to himself: "Dongfang Hong, Li Gong, Lü Hang..." Looking at this large pile of names, Lingyunzi's head ached and he let out a sigh, closing his eyes and lying down on the chair to rest, with his eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown.

  Wang Long was lying on the bed, ready to sleep. During this time in Dami Village, he had indeed been very happy. Although he couldn't remember his past, these carefree and joyful days were something everyone yearned for.

  It's just a pity that he doesn't even know who his own parents are, and seeing how much Misang cares for Aerie, Wang Long can't help but feel a little jealous of her.

  His parents must have been very good to him too? Wang Long thought to himself in his heart, then quickly fell asleep.