No mention was made of how the plainclothes outside were searching for Baldy and the monk, but at this moment, Feng Junzi on the second floor was smiling as he extended his right hand to Aphrodite. Aphrodite's expression still looked like she had seen a ghost, subconsciously raising her right hand, but it wasn't a handshake gesture, with her palm facing down and the back of her hand facing forward, asking: "Who are you?"

  "My surname is Feng, and my given name is Junzi."

  Feng Junzi! No wonder, that's exactly what he was called. Earlier, when Aphrodite heard the host call out this name, she had a strange feeling in her heart, but for a moment, she couldn't quite put it together. The Feng Junzi in front of her saw Aphrodite stretch out her hand and was taken aback for a moment, then took her hand and bowed to give her a somewhat awkward kiss on the back of her hand.

  Aphrodite withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted, and only then did she regain some clarity. She looked at Feng Junzi with an incredulous gaze: "Mr. Feng, have we met before?"

  Feng Junzi smiled and replied, "Does Miss An also have this feeling? I felt a sense of familiarity when I first saw you, but I couldn't recall where we had met before." He was being somewhat overly familiar, using her given name on their first meeting.

  Aphthita was convinced that the person in front of her was indeed the young Feng Junzi from back then, but as soon as they met, he seemed to have completely forgotten about their past encounter. What kind of trickery was this? Aphthita had come to Zhixu Country with a new identity and a secret mission, not wanting anyone to expose her true intentions. Since Feng Junzi didn't reveal her true identity, Aphthita naturally wouldn't bring up their past either. She took a deep breath to calm herself down: "I just feel like I've seen Mr. Feng somewhere before, but I couldn't quite put my finger on where."

  These two people's behavior was abnormal from the moment they met, especially Aphrodite's reaction was very unusual, and everyone around them noticed it. Gu Ying was surprised, she knew that Aphrodite had many suitors of high status around her, but Aphrodite never gave them any attention, could it be that this man...? Xiao Bai felt it even more directly, he could sense Aphrodite's emotions - shock, anger, fear, shame, curiosity and so on, very complex. Xiao Bai couldn't help but think: "Are these two old lovers? Someone must have wronged someone in the past, was it Feng Junzi who dumped Aphrodite? It doesn't seem like this Mr. Feng has such a move? Otherwise, how could this woman have such complex emotions?"

  Luó Xī only then pulled on Bái Xiǎo's sleeve and asked, "Who is this Mr. Fēng? Do you know him, Little White? Why didn't you introduce us?"

  Bai Shaoliu: "This Mr. Feng Junzi is a senior of mine, a very famous securities analyst in Zhixu Country, Miss Luo should have heard of him... ...Mr. Feng, the successor of the Heluo Group, Miss Luoxiao doesn't need my introduction, does she?"

  Feng Junzi turned around and shook hands with Luo Xue: "Hello, Miss Luo. You may not know me, but I know you. Nice to meet you for the first time. Please take care of me from now on... Xiao Bai, who is this beauty?"

  "My name is Gu Ying, I'm the chief consultant of the He Luo Group." Gu Ying didn't wait for Xiao Bai to introduce herself and took the initiative to greet her, but didn't shake hands.

  Feng Junzi: "Gu Yingfeng's Gu Ying?"

  Gū yǐng dàn dàn dā dào: "Gū yǐng zì lián de gū yǐng."

  Translation:

  "Self-pitying self-reflection's self-reflection."

  In the distance, Shang Yunfei saw Feng Junzi and Aphrodite standing together talking, his brow furrowed slightly as he prepared to walk over. Just then, his expression suddenly turned solemn, and he turned his head in another direction. The place he was looking at was a mural on one side of the hall, behind which should be a rest room, and beyond that, outside the Hotel Ritz-Carlton. But Shang Yunfei's gaze was clearly not on the mural, as if he had seen through all this to look at the empty night sky in the distance.

  Xiang Yunfei turned his head, and Aphrodite seemed to have a reaction too, turning her head in the same direction. Immediately after, Gu Ying also reacted, looking at the mural with a puzzled gaze. If one observes carefully, in the four corners of the banquet hall, each person stopped their movements, turned their heads, and stared intently in one direction. These four people were of different identities, including event staff and guests.

  Xiao Bai had been undergoing the training arranged by Luo Bing for some time and was very sensitive to the changes around him. He immediately noticed that Aphrodite and Gu Ying were acting abnormally at the same time, and quickly scanned the hall to find that Shang Yunfei and others were also acting strangely. Feng Junzi naturally discovered it too, and whispered in Xiao Bai's ear: "What's going on? Why did everyone suddenly turn into penguins? Has the killer Qingchen arrived?"

  Bai Shaofeng was startled by the words, could it be that Qingchen had really arrived? The scene today didn't look good! He noticed that the person who reacted most unusually was Shang Yunfei. It seemed that Shang Yunfei muttered something to himself, his right hand weaving a strange hand seal with his five fingers, then he lowered his head and stood still.

  Has Qingchen arrived? She really has! Before she even appeared, the 7-foot-2 red-tasseled spear had already flown to the window of the second-floor rest room, and was about to break through the wall. This strike would have taken Hong Yunsheng's life. But a strange thing happened: the flying spear seemed to enter another space, and despite its tip vibrating with an eerie tremor as it flew rapidly, it couldn't fly into that window no matter what.

  ……

  Qingchen's boldness wasn't without reason; her recent martial arts training had made a huge breakthrough. Her original spear technique was already unmatched in the world, seemingly having reached the realm of unity between human and spear, the ultimate goal of the world's martial path. Since childhood, her cultivation had created an unusual connection between her and the long spear, allowing her internal energy to flow through the spear body, making it seem as if the Red Tassel Spear was a part of her own body when in motion. However, Qingchen had yet to find the door to break through to the next realm.

  He Hei and Mr. Mei fought hand-to-hand, and twice saw how he used the hundred-foot-long silk in his hands. After the event, she always felt that Mr. Mei was giving her a demonstration, as if it was a kind of silent guidance, a bright line appearing vaguely in the darkness. On a certain day, while meditating and circulating internal energy, Qingchen suddenly had an epiphany and made rapid progress in her cultivation, taking it to another level. In fact, it was just a state - controlling the tool with one's mind. At this point, Qingchen's cultivation had reached this state, entering the Tao through martial arts, achieving sudden enlightenment after long and bitter practice.

  The current Golden Crow's Purple Gold Spear is truly one with the body and mind. The internal energy of the martial arts that has been cultivated through long-term bitter practice also undergoes a strange transformation at this time, becoming a power that can be freely controlled by extending it according to one's thoughts. As long as the thought can reach, no matter where the spear is, it can be used like it's in hand, just like another hand leaving the body. After flying out, this heavy long spear is still agile and nimble, changing freely and being grasped firmly.

  Qing Chen still didn't know that she hadn't gone through the trials of a cultivator, yet directly grasped the technique of controlling instruments from the Taoist methods. She walked a different path, entering the Tao through martial arts. That's why she had the confidence to kill Hong Yunsheng in front of everyone, also repaying Xiao Bai's lifesaving favor.

  ……

  The long spear of Qingchen flew out, feeling still under his control as it struck, but outside the window of the second floor of Xiangxi Li's house, it seemed forever unreachable. The short distance turned into an eternal eternity. Is this a distortion of time and space?

  The Purple Golden Spear flew in mid-air, not advancing. The figure of Qingchen also appeared, wearing a black robe and a veil, jumping down from the rooftop of a building across the way, grabbing the Purple Golden Spear in mid-air. Holding the spear in hand, she shook it with all her might, releasing a burst of internal energy that broke free from the invisible magical binding. With a turn in mid-air and a flick of her wrist, Qingchen was about to strike again when suddenly she heard someone recite a phrase in her ear, only three words: "A, ma, hou".

  After the three sounds, everything around changed again. The starry sky, the ground, and the towering buildings in front of her became like an illusory scene rather than a real one, extremely close yet extremely far away, so close that she could touch them with her outstretched hand, yet so far that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't reach. Qingchen felt herself suspended in this three-dimensional hologram-like image, and no matter what actions she took, she seemed to remain at its center.

  Qingchen made great progress, came with full confidence, but didn't expect to encounter the best in the world as soon as he took action. Shang Yunfei sensed the technique in the banquet hall, using the Great Divine Ability to transform the world into a bubble-like human realm, trapping Qingchen out of thin air. Qingchen couldn't feel her own changes because in her eyes, it was the surrounding scenery that changed, but from an outsider's perspective, it was different. Qingchen wielded the purple gold spear, suspended in mid-air with a flying strike pose, being "frozen" outside the building. Shang Yunfei didn't intend to hurt her personally, but Qingchen exposing herself like this was very dangerous, as there were many people nearby preparing to capture her.