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

The peerless swordsman Li Bai, who had not appeared for a long time, reappeared in Luota City.

The moment Li Bai stepped out of the teleportation array, he immediately attracted the attention of many people. Soon after, this news was quickly relayed to the ears of Vanka, the most famous socialite in the Kingdom of Rota.

"Li Bai is back?"

Vanka was handling official business at the time.

Today, the population of Rota City has exceeded 500 million and is heading towards 1000 million, with more and more people from the Kingdom of Rota immigrating to Rota City.

This place has few people, abundant land, and strong spiritual veins, which provides an advantage for cultivation. Naturally, many powerful and influential families from the Kingdom of Luota send their descendants here.

With more businesses, the demand for basic labor has also increased, and countless Qi Refining stage cultivators and martial artists have flocked to the area.

When Shen Bai left Luota City, it was just beginning to take shape. Now, when he returned, Luota City was no less than a second-tier city.

As cities grow larger, matters such as defense, people's livelihood, and public security become increasingly complex.

Vanka is a super workaholic with a strict daily routine: 10 hours of work, 12 hours of self-cultivation, and 2 hours of rest and personal affairs.

When Vanka heard that Li Bai had returned, she immediately dropped all her work and rushed to the office door.

Many of the officers were quite surprised to see this.

Many newcomers didn't know much about Li Bai, and some didn't even know who he was. They found Vanka's appearance rather strange.

"Who is this Li Bai? Why would he make Miss Vanka so flustered? This is Miss Vanka's time to handle official business!"

"Don't you know who Li Bai is? The sixth-order spiritual vein of Luota City beneath our feet was found by Li Bai after spending several months."

Luota City was originally a temporary outpost built on a fourth-order spiritual vein. Li Bai made great contributions to the defense of that outpost.

Li Bai was also the first to discover that spiritual tides could turn people into beasts, and that sword intent could ignore spiritual tides.

"That's amazing? No wonder Miss Vanka was so excited. Someone like that definitely needs to be taken seriously."

"Not only that, I heard Li Bai and Miss Vanka are a couple!"

"A couple? Miss Vanka already has someone? And that Li Bai guy? Is he that amazing?"

……

Vanka paid no attention to her subordinates' whispers; her mind was preoccupied with only one figure constantly swirling in her head.

After a hundred breaths, a handsome figure overlapped with the one in her mind, and a happy smile appeared on Vanka's beautiful face.

"You're back!"

Vanka's welcome was met with a passionate kiss.

Many officers were stunned to see the two passionately kissing.

Is this still the stunningly beautiful and most famous socialite of the Kingdom of Rota?

How come she's no different from an ordinary girl who's deeply in love?

Isn't Vanka always indifferent to her suitors?

How come she becomes such a fangirl when she's around Li Bai?

Moreover, Li Bai's aura doesn't seem very strong; he's only at the late Golden Core stage.

Under the watchful eyes of numerous officials, the kiss lasted for more than five minutes before it ended.

Many people even noticed that Vanka's lips were smudged with saliva when the two separated.

But this is not the end.

Vanka had just begun to ask, "Are you tired?"

Another passionate kiss sealed her lips.

Vanka shifted her body slightly and then collapsed into Li Bai's arms.

The numerous administrative officers looked at each other in bewilderment.

Even if the people of Rota are open-minded, could you please be a little more considerate of our feelings?

The kiss was a little short, ending after just over two minutes.

The officials breathed a sigh of relief, but before they could even exhale, Li Bai had already kissed them again without hesitation.

"Ahem, everyone, let's head back now. Miss Vanka's rest time is up."

Vanka's assistant said something softly, and the numerous administrative staff reluctantly stood up and filed out.

The two, deeply in love, were completely oblivious to the stares of others.

After everyone left and the assistant closed the door, Li Bai simply tossed the Vanka onto the sofa.

Without saying much, their clothes were quickly torn to shreds.

The embarrassing sound quickly escaped, only to be swiftly concealed by the array.

……

"Have you missed me?"

"When I'm practicing, I'm always thinking that I'm on the verge of going astray every day."

"Me too."

"Then why don't you come back to see me?"

"Don't I text you all the time?"

Shen Bai held her alabaster-white body in his arms, stroking her silky hair, and said proudly, "Besides, I said I wanted to seek an opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. How can I be worthy of you if I don't reach the Nascent Soul stage?"

"And now?"

Only then did Vanka have time to carefully sense Li Bai's aura. When she discovered that Li Bai's aura had reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm, she was stunned.

"How could you have reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm so quickly? Just over two years ago, when you left, you had only recently entered the Golden Core stage!"

Shen Bai said arrogantly, "I haven't dared to stop for a single moment in the past two and a half years!"

Vanka was filled with awe and pride.

What's astonishing is that Li Bai's talent is so high that he broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm in just two and a half years, which is simply unbelievable.

I'm proud that this powerful man is mine.

The desire for strength is even stronger in the Kingdom of Luota than in the Xuan Yuan Empire.

In the Kingdom of Rota, as long as you are strong, you can obtain everything you want.

Although Vanka had confidence in Li Bai before, he never expected that Li Bai would be able to break through to the late stage of Golden Core in two and a half years.

At this level of attainment, one can be one's own Daoist partner without any further doubts.

Many people might even envy them.

"However, I'm still not satisfied, after all, I've reached a bottleneck!"

Shen Bai sighed slightly, then said, "I came back this time because I wanted to use your connections to enter the Huangshan Secret Realm of the Xuan Yuan Empire. There lies the inheritance of a peerless sword immortal. If I can obtain it, I am confident that I can break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the shortest possible time!"

Vanka stroked Li Bai's handsome, angular face and nodded, saying, "No problem, I'll pull some strings, the Xuan Yuan Empire should be able to give us a spot."

Shen Bai smiled with satisfaction, then flipped over and pinned Vanka beneath him again: "To thank my queen, let me, your subordinate, once more soothe your longing feelings!"

Vanka buried Li Bai's head in his own furrow: "Let me help you break through a minor realm first."

……

Within just three days, everyone in Rota City knew that Miss Vanka, the chief administrator of Rota City, had her boyfriend back.

Unfortunately, Miss Vanka didn't leave her office for three whole days.

For the past three days, all matters have been postponed by Vanka's assistant.

Such high-profile behavior naturally attracted the attention of many forces.

First, there's the Kuna family.

The deaths of the two direct descendants of the Kuna family were related to Li Bai. After that, all the Kuna family’s attempts to establish a new city on Qiyuan Star were thwarted. Forced by circumstances, they had no choice but to establish their own enterprise in Luota City.

Fortunately, the other family, the Spoo family, successfully established a new city on a fifth-order spiritual vein last year. As a result, the Kuna family was no longer in such an awkward position and began to vigorously develop its power in Spoo City.

Despite the setbacks in their development, the Kuna family has never given up on investigating the murderer and the mastermind behind their city-building efforts over the past two and a half years, but they have not made much progress.

The biggest suspect in the Kuna family right now is Vanka.

Everyone believes that Vanka was the mastermind behind this, because Vanka was the biggest beneficiary.

However, no matter how they guessed, Vanka showed no intention of explaining. Instead, he openly suppressed the Kuna family in Rota City.

This made the Kuna family feel that it wasn't Vanka who did it.

After all, Vanka is always meticulous in his actions. Even if he wanted to suppress the Kuna family, he wouldn't obstruct them in secret and then suppress them openly.

After screening through various forces, the Kuna family turned their attention back to Li Bai.

They became increasingly suspicious of this person who could withstand a Nascent Soul beastman and had disappeared for two and a half years.

Therefore, the moment Li Bai returned, the Kuna family was already discussing whether to capture Li Bai for interrogation.

However, the fact that Li Bai was so intimate with Vanka as soon as he returned made them hesitant to act rashly.

……

The Vanpu family has also taken notice of the matter involving Vanka and Li Bai.

Before this, the Wanpu family had sent people to warn Li Bai, but Li Bai slapped them in the face and suppressed them. Now, when old Wanpu learned that Li Bai had been so intimate with Wanka after returning, he was so angry that he almost went mad.

"Is this brat's background really legitimate?"

Old Wanpu looked at the butler, who nodded and said, "There's really no problem. His family and hometown have confirmed that everything he's been through is fine."

"You just said that his cultivation level is now at the late Golden Core stage?"

Old Wanpu suddenly thought of a question and asked in confusion, "How come I remember him being in the Foundation Establishment stage?"

The steward exclaimed, "When we were resisting the spiritual tide, he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. During the battle against the Nascent Soul beastmen, he broke through and entered the Golden Core stage."

This is a very normal phenomenon among sword cultivators, who often break through to the next level in the heat of battle.

For the past two and a half years, his whereabouts have been elusive. Some people have seen him in various cities on Qiyuan Star, some in the wilderness, and some on Blue Star.

Three days ago, when he returned to Luota City, he attracted the attention of many people. His cultivation had already broken through to the late Golden Core stage, and his personality made no attempt to conceal his cultivation level.

After a few seconds of silence, old Wanpu suddenly asked, "How old is he this year?"

Without hesitation, the butler replied, "Two and a half years ago, he was already 33 years old. He entered the Golden Core stage at 33, so he should be 36 years old now."

Old Wanpu was taken aback for a moment, then sighed, "A 36-year-old in the late stage of the Golden Core realm is considered a prodigy in the entire Luota Kingdom, isn't it?"

The butler nodded and said, "This talent is already not much worse than Miss Vanka's."

Old Man Wanpu fell into deep thought.