Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

"Take care of yourself, don't get carried away. If they really can't find anything, then don't get tested. I'll always believe in you!"

An Li, on the other hand, was overjoyed. While expressing her longing for Shen Bai, she also showed concern for him.

"I've made some progress and am just waiting for the right opportunity. Thank you for taking care of Wenwen."

Shen Bai has the deepest feelings for the top student. The two treat each other with respect and affection, and in addition to their romantic relationship, they also share a strong sense of family.

This is something that no one else can match.

"Your sister is also my sister. And with Teacher Yang Xiao and Tang Xinyue taking care of her, I didn't really do anything. She just misses you so much."

An Li and Shen Bai recounted the little things that had happened during this time. She didn't say a word about missing him, but every word revealed her longing for him.

"Be prepared for a long-term situation; I may not be returning to Tsinghua University in the near future."

Shen Bai revealed a little about his plan, which reassured An Li but also filled her with deep worry: "You must be careful. I'll wait for you to come back."

What sets An Li apart from others is that she is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. She doesn't ask too many questions, but she quietly transforms her love into tender affection.

……

"Sister Qing, I haven't been able to see you again for the past few months. I really want to eat the spiritual porridge you make."

When chatting with Si Qing, Shen Bai adopted a more coquettish tone, like a little man. This is how flirting works with different people; you have to master different personas and methods, otherwise, becoming a playboy isn't so easy.

Sister Qing is the older sister; those tricks of domineering CEOs won't work on her.

"Be careful, I'll be waiting for you."

The gentle and unassuming Si Qing didn't utter many sweet words, but the firmness in her tone showed that her love for Shen Bai was no less than that for anyone else.

……

Shen Bai quickly exchanged information with his women. After a long while, he lifted his head from Mei Mei's breasts and stretched, saying, "This group of people is still so boring fighting each other. They don't even have a decent expert."

Mei Mei giggled and said, "Master is the number one sword cultivator below the Golden Core stage, so naturally he looks down on these ordinary people."

"Let's go back."

Shen Bai tossed out a luxurious flying boat, which was a gift from Rogge to win him over. He ostentatiously led thirteen blonde, blue-eyed female cultivators back to the Rota Club.

Over the next few days, Shen Bai would occasionally take his secretaries on sightseeing tours around the capital.

But he would always be in Vanka’s office right on time at four o’clock in the afternoon.

A bouquet of roses every day and a date every day caused their relationship to heat up rapidly.

Throughout the entire Rota Club, everyone was certain that Shen Bai had indeed won over Vanka, Rota's top socialite.

Fei Pu's jealousy of Shen Bai grew stronger with each passing day.

In less than three days, he reached the maximum value of 100 points, but he didn't do anything about it.

Shen Bai also extracted the fifth-tier "Heavenly Bliss Sutra" and "Heavenly Wounded Heartless Sword" from him.

These two techniques were merely supplements to Shen Bai's cultivation methods, and were quickly absorbed by the Wuji True Scripture and the Sword Wandering in the Void.

Even now, among the scions of some great families, unless they are at the Nascent Soul True Monarch level, there are not many cultivation techniques and skills that can be provided to Shen Bai.

Shen Bai's focus now shifts more towards those extraordinary talents or physiques.

……

"Today, Li Bai took his secretaries to eat the famous Peking duck in the capital, and then visited several historical sites in the capital..."

In Vanka's office, Rogge was bowing his head and reporting Li Bai's whereabouts to Vanka.

A shrewd glint flashed in Vanka's eyes: "Have you noticed any signs of him contacting outsiders?"

Roger shook his head and said, "No, he's very well-behaved; he just eats, drinks, and has fun."

Vanka nodded in satisfaction: "Inform him that the murderer in the rape/murder case has been found. This time, let him silence him."

"You and True Lord Fei Li are secretly working together. I need to be absolutely certain that he has no problems!"

There was a strange emotion in Vanka's tone.

It was a mixture of anticipation and fear.

She didn't know what she was looking forward to, nor what she was afraid of.

She just wanted to know the exact result.

……

"Is there a result in the rape and murder case?"

Shen Bai looked at Rogge with considerable surprise. Although he had a premonition, he never expected that Rogge would find the other party so quickly.

It seems that the intelligence agencies of various countries are quite powerful.

So far, Night Fiend Hall only has clues and cannot pinpoint the other party's location, so there are only two possibilities.

Either someone within the Night Fiend Hall is up to no good and doesn't want to be found out.

Either someone outside the Night Fiend Hall is obstructing them and doesn't want the Night Fiend Hall to investigate.

If interference is eliminated, Shen Bai believes that with the strength of the Night Fiend Hall, finding the murderer will not be too difficult.

Just as Vanka said before, there are far too many people, both domestic and foreign, who want to destroy him!

"Miss Vanka means that you should lead the team to eliminate the enemy tonight, which will also shut some people in the club up."

Roger gave him a knowing look.

Shen Bai immediately realized that this was yet another test.

It is a test of both ability and loyalty.

Having been undercover for so long, the tests have been constant. Even though he and Vanka are now very close, they still have to face scrutiny time and time again.

"Very good, my flying sword is ready to unleash its full power!"

Shen Bai didn't ask any further questions, but turned and went back to his room: "Call me when you're ready to act."

Roger nodded in satisfaction and left.

……

That evening, at 21:40 PM.

Shen Bai led three cultivators at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment to quietly arrive near a private residence in the southern suburbs of the empire.

Once they arrived at the location, Roger telepathically told Shen Bai, "The target is in that red house about 100 meters to the left of this residence."

You only have three minutes. If you cannot evacuate within three minutes, the Night Fiend Hall and the Enforcement Hall of the Xuan Yuan Empire will arrive.

Shen Bai was not surprised that the location given to him was off-target, and that he was only given three minutes, which clearly meant that he was not given any chance to tip off the other party.

But do you think this will stump me?

You underestimate me, don't you?

Without hesitation, Shen Bai led his team to charge towards the house where the enemy was hiding. Before they even arrived, the heavy sword intent of Chongyue had already pressed down on the house with unparalleled power.

"boom--"

A deafening explosion rang out, and the entire house was crushed to dust. Shen Bai's expression changed: "Why is nobody here?"

Roger, standing some distance away, was also dumbfounded.

What's going on?

How can it be empty?

Shen Bai didn't linger at all; he transformed into a streak of sword light and vanished from the spot.

The three Foundation Establishment cultivators at the Great Perfection stage did not dare to pause for the slightest and followed closely behind.

Rogge looked at True Lord Feli beside him, who shook his head and said, "There's no aura at all; this is an empty house!"

Roger was dumbfounded. He looked at the spy who had been monitoring him all day: "What happened? Wasn't he here this morning?"

Anzi was dumbfounded: "I haven't taken my eyes off him all day. After that person went in, he never came out again."

True Lord Fei Li stopped Rogge from asking further questions: "Let's go first, we'll be at the Night Fiend Hall soon!"

The group sheepishly returned to the Rota Clubhouse, where Shen Bai was angrily complaining to Vanka, "What exactly happened? Why is it an empty house?"

Vanka was also unsure of what had gone wrong, so she could only reassure Shen Bai: "You go and rest first, I'll investigate and see who leaked the information."

Shen Bai got up and left angrily.

Vanka turned to look at Rogue and the others who had just returned: "What happened?"

Roger looked completely bewildered: "The scouts watched for a whole day, and that person went into the house and never came out again! Li Bai didn't have any chance to send out any messages either, because Li Sen and others controlled the flying boat all the way. I only told him the exact location after we arrived at the destination."

Moreover, his communication token was confiscated by me after the last operation was leaked, so he had no chance to send any message at all.

Vanka's beautiful eyes flickered with deep doubt: "Are you going to tell me that you leaked the mission's objectives?"

Roger panicked immediately: "How is that possible? I've been following Lord Feli from beginning to end. Lord Feli can vouch for me."

Vanka looked at True Lord Feli, who shrugged: "I didn't find any possibility of any leaks along the way, so it must be that the murderer used unknown means to escape from that hideout beforehand."

Vanka's divine sense rapidly calculated every possibility, and after a long while, she suddenly thought of one possibility.

"Are there any problems with the three people who followed Li Bai?"

Roger paused for a moment, then quickly picked up the communication talisman to contact the three, but only two of them replied, while Li Sen remained unreachable.

"Miss Vanka, Li Sen has gone missing!"

Rogge, his face pale, looked at Vanka, who sighed dejectedly and said, "Go all out to track down Li Sen's whereabouts. Conduct a new internal review of Li Sen's file. Now, all of you, leave!"

After everyone left, Vanka sat heavily back in his office chair.

"Why Li Sen of all people?"

A thousand thoughts flashed through her mind, but she couldn't verify them all and could only wait for further information to arrive.

……

The following day, the Xuan Yuan Empire announced that the rape/murder case had been solved.

The perpetrator was an unorganized member who was employed by a mysterious person and required to impersonate Shen Bai at a specific time to rape/murder the young girl.

He couldn't say for sure who the person who hired him was, because the two parties communicated through the Spirit Network and had never even met in person.

Although the truth has not yet come to light, Shen Bai's reputation has been restored.

Shen Bai, accompanied by Shen Wenwen, went to the Night Fiend Hall to handle related matters. After assigning tasks to Huang Ying and his subordinates, he returned to his cave at Qingbei Daoyuan.

After making a high-profile announcement that he would be going into seclusion to attempt to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, Shen Bai disappeared from everyone's sight once again.

Shen Bai's appearance also completely dispelled Vanka's doubts about whether Li Bai and Shen Bai were the same person.

Because when Shen Bai appeared, Li Bai was giving himself a full-body massage.

……