Fang Zheng'ao and Xue Qiao'er reflexively turned their heads to look at Lan Baizhi.
"Miss, may I ask who you are?" Fang Zheng'ao asked.
"I am Qin Yi's senior sister!" Lan Baizhi answered frankly without any pretense.
Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng'ao's eyes lit up. "Oh? Isn't Qin Yi without a sect or school?"
"Not having a sect or school doesn't mean he doesn't have a master!" Lan Baizhi gave Fang Zheng'ao a look as if he were an idiot.
Fang Zheng'ao felt a jolt, a mixture of surprise and embarrassment. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Qin Yi was also a bit embarrassed. His senior sister really wasn't giving Fang Zheng'ao any face! Regardless, the other party was from the Order Hall and was a team leader!
Thus, Qin Yi coughed and explained, "Cough, cough, Group Leader Fang, please don't misunderstand! Senior Sister Lan didn't mean anything else!"
"Don't worry, I'm not that petty!" Fang Zheng'ao waved his hand at Qin Yi and then asked Lan Baizhi, "You just said that the Order Hall's temple is too small to accommodate Qin Yi! Are you serious about that?"
"Do you know that in terms of strength, our Order Hall is a top-tier existence in the entire Divine Continent's martial arts world, the undisputed number one!"
"The resources and authority we possess... almost no force in the Divine Continent's martial arts world can compare!"
The Order Hall was an officially established force, and it could be said that it had the support of the entire country behind it. In such a situation, how could other forces compare? Therefore, Fang Zheng'ao's face was filled with pride and confidence as he spoke these words.
"Heh heh..." However, Lan Baizhi chuckled upon hearing this. Ren Shuman, standing beside her, also wore a knowing smile. Seeing this, Fang Zheng'ao's proud and confident expression vanished.
Xue Qiao'er couldn't help but ask, "What are you laughing at? Is there something wrong with what Group Leader Fang said?"
Lan Baizhi looked at Xue Qiao'er and said, "The Order Hall is the number one in the Divine Continent's martial arts world? No force can compare?"
"That's just you praising yourselves! I know of a force whose strength is no less than the Order Hall's, and it can even be said to be much, much stronger than your Order Hall!"
Xue Qiao'er's body trembled, and she blurted out, "Are you kidding me???"
"If you think I'm kidding, then so be it!" Lan Baizhi shrugged, showing no intention of explaining further. She turned to Qin Yi and said, "Let's go quickly, it's getting late, and we still need to get back to Haicheng!"
"My apologies, Group Leader Fang, Group Leader Xue!" Qin Yi apologized to the two of them and, with Lan Baizhi and Ren Shuman, set off again, leaving their original spot.
"You guys..." Xue Qiao'er, not understanding, wanted to call out to Lan Baizhi to clarify.
Fang Zheng'ao stopped her. "Forget it, let them go!"
"Group Leader Fang, Qin Yi's senior sister was clearly talking nonsense. Why are you stopping me?" Xue Qiao'er said with some frustration.
"Sigh..." Fang Zheng'ao sighed lightly, hesitated for two seconds, and said, "Actually, she wasn't wrong!"
Xue Qiao'er: "What???"
"Group Leader Xue, I joined the Order Hall a few years earlier than you, and I know a bit more about some things," Fang Zheng'ao said. "Our Order Hall truly doesn't rank as the number one in the Divine Continent's martial arts world! With that force around, we can only rank behind them!"
"Which force?" Xue Qiao'er was both shocked and curious. In her understanding, the Order Hall was backed by the government and had the support of the entire nation, always being the number one in the Divine Continent's martial arts world, in every aspect!
"Shen Men!" Fang Zheng'ao uttered two words.
"???" Xue Qiao'er's face immediately filled with question marks. Shen Men, what kind of force was that? Why had she never heard of it before?
Fang Zheng'ao looked at her expression, turned, and gazed into the distance, saying faintly, "Shen Men is a force that is both powerful and extremely mysterious! If our Order Hall is the number one force in Divine Continent, then it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Shen Men is the number one force in the world!"
Upon hearing this, Xue Qiao'er's mouth formed a slight 'o' shape, utterly shocked. If Fang Zheng'ao hadn't looked so serious, she would have thought he was joking with her.
After a moment, Xue Qiao'er came back to her senses and said, "Since Shen Men is so powerful, why have I never heard of it? And there's no information about it in our Order Hall's database?"
"I just said, besides being powerful, Shen Men is also very mysterious!" Fang Zheng'ao recalled. "Once, our Order Hall tried to investigate and collect information on Shen Men, wanting to understand this force! However, our Order Hall spent a lot of time and energy, but in the end, we found nothing, absolutely nothing!"
"Finally, the Hall Master personally ordered us to stop the investigation! From then on, Shen Men became an eternal mystery to us in the Order Hall..." Fang Zheng'ao withdrew his gaze and looked at Xue Qiao'er. "At that time, you had only recently joined the Order Hall, you were just an ordinary member, not yet promoted to team leader, so you wouldn't know about these matters!"
Xue Qiao'er listened and stood there, feeling nothing but shock, speechless for a long time.
...
Qin Yi, Lan Baizhi, and Ren Shuman left Fengwang Valley, hailed a taxi, and returned to Haicheng. They arrived in Haicheng around five in the afternoon. Qin Yi took the two women directly back to the Rich and Noble Home residential area. As soon as Lan Baizhi and Ren Shuman entered the door, they acted as if they were home, wandering around and looking things over. Qin Yi, having already understood their personalities, didn't say anything, as long as they didn't go too far or start fighting in his home.
"Little Junior Brother, I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?" A moment later, Lan Baizhi walked into the kitchen herself, rummaged through everything, and took out a pile of vegetables from the refrigerator. "Little Junior Brother, cook these for us. We'll have these for dinner!"
Qin Yi shook his head helplessly, but didn't refuse, and went into the kitchen to start cooking dinner. It was just about the right time for Qin Lei to come home from work, so he could eat directly once it was ready. Afterwards, while Qin Yi was cooking, Lan Baizhi and Ren Shuman found several bags of snacks, brought them to the living room, and began eating while watching television.
About half an hour later, as Qin Yi was finishing up several dishes, the villa door opened, and a figure walked in. Without surprise, the owner of the figure could only be Qin Lei.
"It smells so good! Brother, you're back?" Upon entering, Qin Lei smelled the aroma of the food and immediately asked.
Qin Yi heard her voice and walked out of the kitchen. However, before he could get close to Qin Lei, she saw Lan Baizhi and Ren Shuman in the living room and stopped in surprise.
"Who, who are you???"