Just as Bai Jiao felt shy and proud, thousands of kilometers away, inside a villa's courtyard facing the sea.

A young girl in a swimsuit with a shapely figure, looking at her mobile phone, exclaimed, "Young Master, Young Master, come look, Shen Qiang is bullying people again."

Dressed in a white long dress, a woman with a gentle demeanor, who was quietly reading in the courtyard, slightly surprised, looked up and frowned, "Abi, I've told you many times, don't always clutch your mobile phone, gossiping endlessly in the Pill Pavilion group."

"Those people are all high-born youngsters with nothing better to do, and aside from boasting, they are good for nothing."

The shapely swimsuit girl said, "Young Master, with your esteemed status, of course, you don't care about them, but among them, many are indeed very capable."

"Capable?" The lady in the white dress, with a gentle demeanor, smiled and said, "That's because the truly strong disdain to associate with them."

The swimsuit girl said in a coy voice, "Young Master, can't you be a bit more approachable? We're staying here the entire summer vacation, and if we don't chat with people, I'll go crazy."

The woman in the white dress smiled slightly and said, "I don't mind chatting, but what are you guys talking about? Besides boasting, it's just bullying people. Why can't you learn something legitimate?"

The swimsuit girl, helplessly, said, "Young Master, it's not me who is bullying people, it's Shen Qiang.

"Do you know the Life-extending Hall? Not only did Shen Qiang smash their sign, but he also ordered them to leave Provincial City within three days."

Hearing this, the young lady watching the book, Liu Mei slightly frowned, "Life-extending Hall? I remember them; their Life-extending Needle Technique is one of the eighteen Needle Techniques in the cultivation world, although it ranks slightly above third-rate and below second-rate."

"But Life-extending Hall, having existed in the cultivation world for not a short time, isn't someone who just submits to adversity. Is Shen Qiang so arrogant that the Life-extending Hall just accepts it?"

Hearing this, the swimsuit girl took two steps in three strides to the side of the lady in the white dress and excitedly said, "Young Master, the strange thing is right here. When Shen Qiang went to smash the Life-extending Hall's sign, both Xu Nan from Wan Xinhe Sheng and Bai Jiao from Cheng Xinyi went there with people, not only that, but Shen Qiang also has a very capable female subordinate who instantly defeated a Yang God realm expert from the Life-extending Hall."

Hearing this, the beautiful lady in the white dress frowned thoughtfully and said, "Xu Nan and Bai Jiao? Those two have very high standards, and ordinary people find it hard to even speak to them. They went to support Shen Qiang? That's so strange, Wan Xinhe Sheng and Cheng Xinyi are top-notch wealthy families in the cultivation world, they wouldn't easily get involved in cultivator disputes."

The swimsuit girl's eyes lit up, then she widened her eyes and said, "Exactly, that Xu Nan and Bai Jiao, at first glance, are not good people. You'd say, their status and position, even if not equal to Young Master's, are not far off, why didn't they find something better to do than follow Shen Qiang to smash someone's sign? It's degenerate!"

Hearing this, the lady in the white dress laughed, "Perhaps it was just by chance."

The swimsuit girl pouted and said, "Hardly likely. Zhong Yongxi said that Xu Nan and Bai Jiao are good friends of Shen Qiang."

Hearing this.

The young lady in the white dress frowned and said in amazement, "Both of them are good friends with Shen Qiang? How is that possible, ever since that year at the Kunlun Immortal Conference, when Xu Nan made Bai Jiao cry, they have been incompatible like water and fire, fighting intensely."

"Is that so?" The curvy swimsuit girl's eyes lit up.

The lady in the white dress laughed, "Of course, we were all little back then. Xu Nan had short hair, looked like a tomboy, very naughty and quite bossy. Bai Jiao, on the other hand, loved to act spoiled. She was very pampered at home and a bit selfish. I remember there was an elder from one of the five major sects, riding a huge Immortal Crane."

"Back then, Xu Nan kept pestering that elder to ride the Immortal Crane. The elder agreed, and then Bai Jiao wanted to ride too, but she wouldn't let Xu Nan ride and even called her a tomboy and a mannish girl. Then Xu Nan ended up making Bai Jiao cry."

The swimsuit girl's eyes sparkled with excitement as she hurriedly asked, "What happened next?"

"What happened next?" The lady in the white dress smiled. "Afterwards, Xu Nan was scolded by her grandfather but refused to apologize. The wronged Bai Jiao said at the time, 'You mannish girl, just wait, I'll definitely get back at you when I grow up.'"

The lady in the white dress laughed with her eyes curving, "Who would have thought, after so many years, these two have actually become friends."

The swimsuit girl asked with bright eyes, "Young Master, you know them both?"

The lady in the white dress smiled and said, "Not very well, I just met them twice at the Kunlun Immortal Conference. The second time at the conference, their rivalry was even fiercer. They started by comparing academic achievements, then cultivation, and finally had a spar—with Bai Jiao winning once and losing twice."

"After that, I never saw them again, but their rivalry was fierce, and both their talents and cultivation were quite impressive."

The swimsuit girl's eyes shone brightly, then she snorted arrogantly, "Compared to Young Master, they're far behind, especially now, they have fallen so low as to associate with people like Shen Qiang, whose cultivation has only reached the Foundation Establishment Stage. It's truly contemptible."

Frowning upon hearing this, the lady in the white dress pondered for a moment before saying solemnly, "Shenghe Chengxin Yi and these other families are prestigious in the Cultivation World—lots of rules, lots of constraints. If both of them are really friends with this Shen Qiang, then he must be quite extraordinary."

"Extraordinary?" The curvy swimsuit girl scoffed disdainfully, "A lone Loose Cultivator with no sect who only reached the Foundation Establishment Stage in his twenties is simply weak."

The lady in the white dress chuckled and said, "You silly girl, spending too much time with the folks at Pill Pavilion has really dulled your intelligence. Think about it, Xu Nan, the heiress of Shenghe Chengxin Yi, a contender for the future leadership, and Bai Jiao, the only daughter of Cheng Xinyi, the definite future leader of the family."

"Who they befriend is not something they can decide on a whim. And you mentioned, Bai Jiao and Xu Nan, both taking people to help Shen Qiang? Without internal approval from Shenghe Chengxin Yi and Cheng Xinyi families, even if they are heirs, they currently can't mobilize those people."

"So…" The lady in the white dress hesitated and then said thoughtfully, "This Shen Qiang, he must be no simple person. He's a doctor, his acupuncture technique has reached the level of Flower Opening Nine Branches, and he has a guard powerful enough to instantly take down someone from the Yang God Realm…"

"Putting all this together, it all becomes clear."

"First of all, being able to use the Flower Opening Nine Branches Needle Technique shows that Shen Qiang himself is very skilled in acupuncture. The person who could train a disciple like Shen Qiang must also be extraordinary, considering the capability to instantly take down a practitioner from the Yang God Realm. Behind Shen Qiang, there must be a powerful force."

Turning her head with a smile towards the curvy swimsuit girl, the lady in the white dress said, "So I'm confident, you've misjudged. This guy called Shen Qiang is definitely not any weakling. In terms of cultivation, he might not yet be outstanding, but in other aspects, he must be a genius!"

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