The bigwigs present were all deep and calculating individuals; they all acted as if nothing had happened.

I just did what I was supposed to do, but I could feel everyone's secretive gazes watching me.

Who wouldn't want a secret method to synthesize immortal spiritual power? But to save trouble, I simply handed it over to the sect.

The secret techniques seem impressive, but the methods of cultivating immortality are not secrets at all; they are all about finding wonders in the ordinary.

The method is public knowledge, but they just won't admit that they're incompetent and can't train it.

So they focused on secret techniques that could condense immortal spiritual power, but a useless person is useless; no matter what secret techniques they have, they're useless.

But it's annoying. Once the secret techniques are handed over to the state, it's no different from making them public. Then no one will be watching me anymore. If they bother me again, I can kill them and no one will care.

The staff at the state guesthouse had seen it all, and they quickly cleaned up the scene.

Everyone returned to their seats as if nothing had happened, chatting and laughing, and no one brought up what had just happened.

I apologized to everyone and went downstairs to rest for a bit, but I only took Brother Wen and the others upstairs.

I called a waiter who led us to our room. I told Kuroki to watch the door from outside, and the rest of us followed me into the room.

As soon as we entered the room, the guesthouse attendant transformed into Mr. Ban.

Before I could even ask, he spoke up: "Everything today was caused by an illegitimate son of the Ye family in the capital."

The Ye family is a top-tier family in Beijing, with its main sphere of influence in the military. The current leader of this family is Ye Baixiao.

The next level down has two people named Ye Baikui and Ye Yuqing.

The Ye family is a political family that grew up alongside the country, and they don't have much advantage in terms of influence in the underworld.

The direct descendants are better off, but Ye Bailin, being an illegitimate son, has to rely on himself to get ahead.

But he was, after all, the young master of the Ye family, and he still received a lot of respect in the martial arts world.

After hearing that, I closed my eyes and thought about my next step.

Suddenly, he told Wen Ge, "Wen Ge, the four of you go and block Ye Bailin at the door right now."

We should beat him up so everyone knows, make a big scene, and let as many people as possible know you're all here.

Then he instructed Master Ban: "Go to the Ye family and cripple all the legitimate sons, let them fight amongst themselves."

Then we'll see how things develop further.

The group were all intelligent; they immediately understood what I was going to do.

Well

Old Mo isn't exactly straightforward, but he's even less so than Blackwood.

Wen and Ban both accepted their orders and went to carry them out. Wen had just stepped outside when he saw Kuroki blocking Wang Jie's way.

Sister Wang didn't force her way in; she just stood there quietly waiting. Brother Wen glanced at Sister Wang, signaling that she could go in, and then called Hei Mu to go and cause trouble for Ye Bailin.

I recognized Sister Wang, and without even opening my eyes, I ordered, "Sister Wang, get me a glass of water."

I stayed curled up on the sofa the whole time, and Sister Wang didn't say a word, just quietly did her work.

After pouring out the water, he silently placed it on the coffee table in front of me, and then slowly massaged my temples.

I pulled her into a tight hug, buried my face in her chest, and took a few deep breaths.

He told Sister Wang, "Sister, I'm fine, don't worry."

Sister Wang smiled and patted my head, replying, "Yes, it's good that you're alright."

After she finished speaking, she continued to hold me affectionately. Everything was so warm and cozy. It would have been even better if she hadn't slapped away my big hand that was groping her.

Instead of going directly to the banquet to find Ye Bailin, the four men from Wen Ge chose to wait at the entrance of the state guesthouse.

As long as everyone can see that they can be witnesses to the passage of time, that's fine.