Lin Fan immediately saw through Yun Qingyao’s lie and warned her, prompting Yun Qingyao to stop hiding anything from him and explain the situation of the Yun Sect.

It turned out that the Yun Sect was a family hidden deep in the mountains of Southern Yunnan, with ancient history. In ancient times, it was a prestigious clan in the Central Plains Region but later moved to Southern Yunnan due to war and chose to live secretly.

Although it’s a hidden family, the Yun Sect is not isolated from the world. On the contrary, to maintain the family’s continuity, the Yun Sect has always been connected with the secular world, such as doing business among ordinary people to sustain its development. However, those Yunmen disciples who come to the secular world must conceal their Yun Sect identity as per the family rules and are not permitted to reveal their identity lightly.

After gaining a detailed understanding of the Yun Sect, Lin Fan temporarily let Yun Qingyao off.

He wanted to understand the Yun Sect because he was planning his next strategy against it. His goal this time, traveling far to the Yun Sect, was to completely resolve the trouble it posed.

The car drove for half an hour, reaching the border of Yun City, and Lin Fan then directed the car onto the highway. Most of the upcoming journey would be on the highway.

Before getting on the highway, Yun Qingyao kept watching outside the car, seemingly searching for an opportunity to escape. However, once the car hit the highway, it seemed like she lost hope and simply closed her eyes to sleep.

Lin Fan ignored her, continuing to drive.

After more than an hour on the highway.

Yun Qingyao woke up. Music was playing in the car; to prevent fatigue driving, Lin Fan played songs to stay alert, humming along. Yun Qingyao unexpectedly thought Lin Fan sang amazingly. Still, she cast a disdainful glance at him, then looked out the window, seeing the car passing by fields and forests.

As the day grew dim, with the sun setting in the west and twilight enveloping the countryside, night was about to fall.

Yun Qingyao suddenly said, "I need to go to the toilet!"

Lin Fan was listening to music and didn’t respond.

Yun Qingyao said indignantly, "I need to go to the toilet, do you hear me? You wouldn’t be so heartless as to not even let me go to the toilet, would you?"

Only then did Lin Fan turn his head to look at her and said, "Miss, do you see any toilets on the roadside here? Do you intend to go in the open? Hold it in for a bit; we’ll soon reach a service area, where I’ll let you use the toilet."

Even through a mask, Yun Qingyao’s face seemed flushed: "You rotten scoundrel!"

Lin Fan felt wronged, "How am I a scoundrel again?"

Yun Qingyao retorted, "You just are!"

Lin Fan: "..."

Yun Qingyao huffed, "I ask you, now that I’m shackled by you, how do you plan to let me use the toilet once we reach the service area?"

Lin Fan replied, "You’ll find out when we get there."

Yun Qingyao persisted, "How long until we reach the service area?"

Lin Fan glanced at the navigation, "About half an hour."

Yun Qingyao insisted, "I can’t wait that long."

Lin Fan saw she wasn’t pretending; indeed, she needed to use the toilet, "There’s no toilet out here, really planning on the open-air? Alright then."

Lin Fan assessed the road conditions and then pulled the vehicle to the emergency lane.

Yun Qingyao said, "Help me undo the restraints."

Lin Fan then pulled out a few silver needles blocking her acupoints, leaving only the one in the dantian.

Yun Qingyao instantly felt her strength return, as if it had been sealed before, but now with the needle removed, her energy was freed.

Yun Qingyao secretly marveled at how magical Lin Fan’s technique was.

"You now have regained your freedom of movement, so using the toilet shouldn’t be any problem. However, I must warn you, don’t try to remove the silver needle from your dantian, or the consequences will be severe," Lin Fan reminded Yun Qingyao with a smile.

Yun Qingyao flexed her limbs, and indeed regained her mobility, though her hands and feet felt weak. Initially, she thought of attacking Lin Fan as soon as she regained her mobility but had to abandon the idea. Right now, let alone attacking Lin Fan, even killing a cockroach would be challenging.

Lin Fan pointed to the roadside, "There’s a bush over there; you can go there to solve it. Here’s some paper."

Yun Qingyao blushed as she took the paper and then opened the car door and got out: "I warn you, don’t peek; stay in the car and wait for me."

Lin Fan said, "..."

Yun Qingyao ignored Lin Fan and walked toward the roadside. Although she had the ability to move swiftly over rooftops, she had to cross the roadside railing carefully, entering the bushes and disappearing there.

Lin Fan patiently sat in the car waiting.

A moment later.

"Ouch!"

From the bushes came Yun Qingyao’s painful cry.

As if expecting it, Lin Fan got out of the car, walked to the roadside, and gently leaped over the railing, stepping into the bushes.

He found Yun Qingyao lying in the grass, her forehead sweaty, clutching her stomach and trembling in pain. Beside her lay a silver needle. Seeing Lin Fan approach, Yun Qingyao showed a pleading look in her eyes, clearly in great difficulty.

Lin Fan shook his head, "I told you not to pull out that silver needle, but you insisted."

Originally, Yun Qingyao planned to take advantage of the wilderness’s complex terrain to escape using her need to use the toilet as an excuse, believing Lin Fan had to oblige her. Despite Lin Fan’s precautions and warnings, Yun Qingyao didn’t trust him, thinking he was just bluffing; she didn’t believe in his craft.

So, after using the toilet, she pulled out the needle blocking her dantian, thinking that only by restoring her cultivation could she ensure her escape. Otherwise, feeling weak, she couldn’t run far, and after a few dozen meters, she might be out of breath and captured by Lin Fan again.

Yet no sooner had she pulled out the needle than she felt severe pain in her dantian, dizziness, icy hands and feet, akin to going berserk, uncontrollable, collapsing in the bushes. She realized the situation was dire, unable to suppress a cry.

Lin Fan bent down, gingerly using his index and middle fingers to touch her a few times before picking up the silver needle and inserting it back at her dantian’s location.

Only then did Yun Qingyao’s agony ease, and after a while, her body returned to normal.

"What exactly did you do to me?" Yun Qingyao asked, both shocked and furious, glaring at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan said, "In simple terms, I used a medical skill technique to seal your dantian, preventing you from mobilizing too much energy. Only I can help you remove this restraint; if you rashly pull out the silver needle, it will lead to the result you just experienced, not only failing to recover but also causing damage to your dantian."

Yun Qingyao was stunned; she couldn’t help but ask, "Who exactly are you?"

Lin Fan’s technique for sealing the dantian wasn’t unheard of but rare. It required mastery in medical skills and profound knowledge of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians in Ancient Huaxia Medical Skill. Yun Qingyao had vaguely heard from her elders about such masters existing in ancient times, but in modern times, they were hard to see; even if any existed, they would be descendants from long-hidden lineages!

Could it be, Lin Fan was also from the Hidden Sect? If so, the sect Lin Fan belonged to must be incredibly mysterious and powerful!