Just as Xu Mu was about to speak, the several security guards around them suddenly charged at him from behind.
Clearly, they also knew that Xu Ningbing was not to be trifled with, so they wanted to pick on the soft target.
However, before Xu Mu could even make a move, Xu Ningbing appeared by his side a step ahead of him.
Her strikes were clean and decisive; in just a few quick moves, she had beaten all the security guards to the ground.
The guests watching from all around were filled with disbelief.
As a hidden family, the Cui family's security guards were not like ordinary ones outside.
When these Jiangnan businessmen occasionally went abroad to negotiate deals, they would rent the Cui family's security guards at outrageously high prices.
They never expected that a dozen or so of these guards would be easily dispatched by a female CEO.
The surroundings had long since fallen into a dead silence.
"Let me tell you, our Xu family doesn't give a damn about a mere hidden family!"
Xu Ningbing raised her hand and aimed it at the wooden table in front of her.
Crack!
The wooden table suddenly collapsed, and the plates and wine glasses on it shattered all over the floor.
"Externalizing Gang Qi!"
Cui Yunshen was dumbfounded. He had originally thought Xu Ningbing was just an ordinary ancient martial artist.
He hadn't expected her to have already reached the Gang Qi realm at such a young age.
Cui Rui and Cui Sen also looked at each other in dismay.
It should be known that Cui Sen, the current head of the family, was only at the late Gang Qi stage.
This twenty-something-year-old Xu Ningbing in front of them had actually reached the Gang Qi realm.
"We will entertain a business rivalry to the very end, but if you want to do things the way of ancient martial artists, I couldn't ask for anything more!"
After Xu Ningbing finished speaking, she looked at Xu Mu, "Xiao Mu, let's go!"
Xu Mu smiled, stood up, and went down the mountain together with Xu Ningbing.
Only after leaving the mansion did Xu Mu ask in a low voice, "How was that for showing off? Feel good now?"
Xu Ningbing cast a faint glance at Xu Mu. "I wasn't showing off."
It would be a lie to say she wasn't feeling good. Since childhood, she had preferred fighting, and ever since becoming an ancient martial artist, she had dreamed of showing off her skills.
Today, this wish was finally fulfilled. Seeing the shocked looks on those people's faces made Xu Ningbing feel incredibly satisfied.
Not long after they left the mansion, they were intercepted by over a dozen security guards.
"You insulted us in our Cui family's territory and beat up our people. If I just let you walk away like this, what face would I have left to stand in Jiangnan?"
Cui Rui walked out with a gloomy expression.
Cui Sen said from the side, "Dad, leave it to me. As the current head of the family, I have the right to defend the dignity of our Cui family."
After saying that, he walked toward Xu Mu and the others.
The guests watching the spectacle were all buzzing with discussion.
"It looks like the Cui family is truly angry. The family head is personally taking action."
"To a hidden family, their face is more important than their lives. Being publicly humiliated like this, anyone else wouldn't be able to tolerate it either."
...
When these people looked at Xu Mu and Xu Ningbing, their eyes were full of sympathy.
With the family head taking action personally, even if these two didn't die today, they would be stripped of a layer of skin.
"As the head of the family, are you sure you dare to attack us in the outside world?"
Xu Mu looked at Cui Sen and asked calmly.
"Now you know fear? But it's already too late."
Cui Sen sneered. "The reason we can't fight in the outside world is for fear of affecting ordinary people. But this entire mountain belongs to our Cui family, so naturally, it won't affect anyone else. Furthermore! Taking care of you will only take a second. Even in any other place, I could still kill you!"
Boom!
The ground beneath Cui Sen's feet suddenly caved in, and his figure rapidly charged toward Xu Ningbing.
As he closed in on the two, Cui Sen suddenly erupted with Gang Qi.
The externalized power swept toward Xu Mu and Xu Ningbing.
Right at this moment, Xu Ningbing suddenly took a step forward, and all the Qi within her body was also released.
The two sides hadn't even physically clashed, yet their externalized Gang Qi was colliding with each other.
Crack!
The ground beneath their feet began to fracture and continued to collapse.
A dense spiderweb of cracks constantly spread outward.
Even Xu Ningbing's tied hair came undone and danced in the wind. Facing Cui Sen's Gang Qi, she continued to step forward.
After merely taking two steps, Cui Sen's body jolted violently. With a loud boom, he was sent flying backward, landing right in front of Cui Rui.
"Ugh!"
Cui Sen spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Seeing this, the entire venue was shocked into a pin-drop silence.
What was going on?
The dignified head of a hidden family had actually been defeated by a young woman.
How could this be possible?
Everyone stared at Xu Ningbing. They remembered that the Xu family was not a hidden family, so why was Xu Ningbing so strong?
Peng Huihuang stroked his chin, completely unable to conceal the smile on his face.
He definitely had to get this woman. Aside from those two terrifying assets, he hadn't expected her talent to be this astonishing as well.
Cui Yunshen was thoroughly terrified. No wonder she hadn't even looked him in the eye when he wanted to pursue her earlier.
Now he finally understood that he and she were simply not from the same world.
The surrounding guests were also deep in thought, especially the three CEOs who had taken the initiative to terminate their cooperation earlier; they were now scared out of their wits.
If the Xu family held a grudge against them, they might just disappear someday without a trace.
"It seems the so-called hidden Cui family is nothing more than this."
After Xu Ningbing finished speaking, she looked at Cui Rui. "Are you going to make a move too? I just said, if you want to do things the way of ancient martial artists, I couldn't ask for anything more."
Cui Rui clenched his fists, his eyes ruthless. "Interesting! A mere peak Gang Qi stage dares to be so arrogant. Do you really think my Cui family has no one capable?"
By now, Cui Rui had been pushed into a corner. If he didn't win back their face, the Cui family would only become the laughingstock of Jiangnan from now on.
"Hubby! Say something!"
Cui Nannan grabbed Peng Huihuang's arm and shook it. "Our Cui family and you are one family. This wretched woman bullying my dad is the same as bullying your dad, isn't it?"
Hearing this, Cui Rui chimed in, "Huihuang, you must stand up for our Cui family!"
Hearing this, Peng Huihuang nodded slightly. Earlier, when they were beating up the security guards, he really had no reason to intervene.
But now, Xu Ningbing had injured Cui Sen. If he didn't take action, wouldn't his previous words be nothing but hot air?
Peng Huihuang took a few steps forward, looked at Xu Ningbing, and said, "Cui Sen can be considered my elder. By injuring him, you are slapping my face. If you two kneel down and kowtow three times each, this matter will be over."
Of course, he knew these two wouldn't kowtow, which meant he could then proceed with what he had planned next.
"What kind of thing are you? Why don't you kowtow?"
Xu Ningbing snorted coldly.
"You dare insult me? Then you're done for! I want you to become my servant and serve me for the rest of your life. If you perform well, I can make an exception and let you become a concubine."
Peng Huihuang spoke his true thoughts. "Otherwise, the Xu family will be destroyed!"
"Hubby, how can this wretched woman be worthy of you?"
Cui Nannan immediately walked over and said.
"Get lost!"
Peng Huihuang glared at her. "Are you questioning my taste? You're just a concubine too, don't think too highly of your own status."
Hearing this, Cui Nannan immediately shrank her neck.
The other people around weren't surprised. Even becoming a concubine was considered a glory for the Cui family.
"Serve your f*cking mother!"
Xu Ningbing cursed angrily, then grabbed Xu Mu's hand. "Let's go!"
"Go? You can't leave!"
Peng Huihuang unleashed his power and forcefully threw out a phantom sword.

his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…

nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.

world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...

to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”