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

Last night, Deng Zhi personally led a team to the home of an important figure in the Xuan family of Xuanhua Pharmaceutical to arrest him, while the Enforcement Hall sealed off Xuanhua Pharmaceutical's floating island.

Xuan Ye, the current head of Xuanhua Pharmaceutical, kept denying any knowledge of the matter when confronted by the Night Fiend Hall. However, when Deng Zhi produced an image of Xuan Nie's corpse, Xuan Ye lost control and attacked Hall Master Deng, only to be killed on the spot by Deng Zhi.

Upon hearing the news, Master Ge rushed over, but didn't say a word.

Because Hu Weiwei was standing in front of the other party.

Hu Weiwei, who had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, showed no fear in the face of a Golden Core cultivator. She only uttered one sentence, and Master Ge turned and left in a fit of rage.

"My father has been promoted!"

The news of Hu Fangkun's emergence from seclusion made Master Ge realize that the struggle between Xuanhua Pharmaceutical and Bai's Pharmaceutical had come to a complete end.

Xuanhua Pharmaceutical is finished!

With the patriarch killed and all other key members apprehended, the Night Fiend Hall and the Enforcement Hall immediately began investigating Xuanhua Pharmaceutical.

"All the evidence is still being collected, but it's basically certain that Xuanhua Pharmaceuticals will never recover. They've done a lot of bad things over the years, and if we follow the evidence, we'll find it every time. Their family members will also turn on each other to save their own lives, so there won't be many innocent people left."

Hu Weiwei recounted everything that had happened the previous night in vivid detail, and at the end, she didn't forget to thank Shen Bai: "Thank you so much this time, and I'm sorry to have startled you. My father is currently stabilizing his cultivation level, and once he's fully emerged from seclusion, he will definitely thank you properly!"

The friendship of the Nascent Soul True Monarch invigorated Shen Bai, but he was more concerned about something else: "Will True Man Ge retaliate against us?"

Hu Weiwei denied it without even thinking: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"How do you know it's impossible?" Shen Bai asked skeptically.

"His relationship with Xuanhua Pharmaceutical is merely close, but that doesn't mean he'd face the retaliation from the Night Fiend Hall, the Enforcement Hall, Bai's Pharmaceutical, and my father just because of that connection. Putting aside everything else, my father has now become a Nascent Soul True Monarch; just based on that alone, he knows very well what he can and cannot do!"

Hu Weiwei understood Shen Bai's concerns and reassured him, "Not everyone is as brainless as Xuan Nie. If Xuan Ye finds out that he secretly went to take revenge on you last night, he will probably stop him immediately."

His lack of intelligence doesn't mean Xuan Ye or any Golden Core cultivator lacks intelligence!

Shen Bai remained noncommittal, but some things cannot be ignored because of external forces.

The power of a Nascent Soul True Monarch is indeed formidable, but what happens when the Nascent Soul True Monarch leaves?

What should I do then?

Shen Bai was never one to place his hopes on others.

"If you're still not comfortable with this, you can come to my house during the Chinese New Year holidays. Once the holidays are over, things will be pretty much settled."

Hu Weiwei understood Shen Bai and Shen Wenwen's concerns and readily agreed to take over their security duties.

Shen Bai shook his head and refused, saying, "It's alright, I believe Hall Master Deng won't let us get hurt again."

Hu Weiwei and Hu Feier exchanged a smile. They both understood that if Shen Bai got into trouble again in Jiangbei City, Deng Zhi would lose all face.

After breakfast, the Hu sisters said their goodbyes and left. They still had to take care of some follow-up matters. Before leaving, Hu Weiwei gave Shen Wenwen a jade pendant. Shen Wenwen declined it for a while, but finally accepted it.

"This jade pendant is a defensive magic artifact I used before. It can withstand attacks from mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators. I'm about to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, so I'm giving this jade pendant to my younger sister. Once I become a Foundation Establishment master, I'll find you an even better defensive magic artifact!"

Hu Weiwei ruffled Shen Wenwen's pigtails, then boarded the flying boat with Hu Feier and left.

Once the house was completely quiet, Shen Bai pulled Shen Wenwen back to sit on the sofa: "Are you still scared?"

"Afraid!"

Shen Wenwen rested her head on Shen Bai's shoulder. It was the first time the young girl had experienced something like this, and even though Hu Feier had comforted her all night, she was still a little scared.

When she saw Shen Bai make a "three" gesture to her, she already knew that Shen Bai was about to make a move. She quietly reached under her armpit and adjusted the modes of both Desert Eagles to burst mode.

She knew very well that grenades had a flash effect, so she closed her eyes at the time. When she heard Shen Bai shout that, she almost instinctively drew her dual pistols and fired them forward.

She only breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw the other person fall to the ground under the gunfire.

She felt no resentment towards this matter, because she knew very well that what her brother asked her to do was definitely the right thing to do!

That bastard deserves to die!

"This is cultivation!"

Shen Bai held Shen Wenwen in his arms, offering little comfort, but instead conveying a hint of coldness: "Your parents died in the White Sand Secret Realm, and we almost died last night too. Such things will happen again in the future! If you want to cultivate immortality, you must face these things."

The path to immortality is never smooth sailing. The sooner we understand this, the longer we can live in this world!

"I see!"

Having gone through such an experience, Shen Wenwen seemed to have undergone a transformation overnight. In the eyes of the young girl, there was less innocence and more determination and courage.

She unconsciously reached for the two guns under her armpits.

"Shen Bai, teach me marksmanship later!"

A pang of reluctance and heartache flashed through Shen Bai's mind. Children his age were still being pampered by their parents, while his younger sister had to learn these skills of killing and self-defense at such a young age.

"We'll definitely be under the surveillance and protection of the Night Fiend Hall and the Enforcement Hall for the next few days. Once things have calmed down, I'll add a soundproofing array to the basement. You can practice on fixed targets in the basement first, and once you're comfortable, we'll find a place to practice on moving targets."

Shen Bai's family also has a basement, but it's not as spacious as An Li's. On the contrary, it's damp and cold. The two siblings had never used the basement before, but now they have no choice but to practice their marksmanship there.

After chatting for a while, the two siblings got up and began preparing the ingredients for today's New Year's Eve dinner.

Shen Wenwen brandished a cleaver, chopping the spirit beef into minced meat. Shen Bai added a little starch and sesame oil to it, stirred it, heated the oil, squeezed the minced meat into meatballs, and put them into the oil. After frying them until golden brown, they were scooped out with a slotted spoon.

Shen Wenwen couldn't wait to pick one up, blow on it to cool it down a bit, and then immediately put it in her mouth. After chewing it a couple of times, the rich and sweet aroma of the spirit meat overflowed from her mouth.

"Good...good...good!"

Shen Wenwen jumped up and down happily. She could only eat beef balls like these when her parents were alive.

After frying over a hundred meatballs, Shen Bai set them aside and started kneading the dough, while Shen Wenwen immediately began chopping the dumpling filling.

On New Year's Eve, hot pot is a must, and dumplings are indispensable.

The two siblings happily made dumplings, occasionally reminiscing about their childhood. Their joyful laughter gradually echoed in the courtyard, dispelling the bloodshed of the previous night and easing the fear of the attack.

The crackling sound of firecrackers began to echo throughout Jiangbei City.

On this Lunar New Year's Eve, apart from the members of the Xuan family, most people will probably be very happy.