Chapter 57: Imperial Guards (Part 1)

The Luo Medicine Hall on Mountain Feng Tong had a room specially reserved for Luo Qian. When there was nothing else to do, Luo Qian would rest here. His dream mansion started with this room. Other than Luo Qian, even Du Lengning wouldn’t go in casually. But now, there was a small and exquisite Clearjade Kirin on the table in the room.

Luo Qian found it when he entered the room. The door and windows didn’t have any signs of being broken into. Clearly, someone highly-skilled had placed it in the room.

He was not shocked. Instead, he closed the door and windows properly and infused some of his Immortal aura into the statue. The Clearwater Kirin statue cracked with a crisp sound like breaking glass.

One more thing appeared in Luo Qian’s hands. A message emerged from the fragments of the Clearwater Kirin statue and projected in front of Luo Qian: Secret Number One, closely monitor Ge Yi Zhang’s every move and report immediately.

This was the way the Dark Arrest Council sent orders to secret supervisors. Luo Qian received a mission for the first time after he became a First-Grade secret supervisor.

There was a cloth bag with three items inside. A mask as thin as a cicada’s wings, a medicine bottle, and an instant communication jade talisman. The mask was to conceal one’s identity. It was to be worn when performing a mission. Even if one was dead, it couldn’t be removed without the Dark Arrest Council’s secret technique. There were three pills containing poison in the medicine bottle. One pill was sufficient to kill even Immortals. To conquer or to die, this was the rule of all secret supervisors. Luo Qian never thought that he would be an exception. The instant Communication Jade Talisman served as a walkie-talkie in the Immortal Realm. It was named a communication talisman in the Immortal Realm. It could be used to report the target’s latest actions to Zheng Daoguang.

Ge Yi Zhang was the name of a ready-to-wear garment store. The store was near Luo Qian’s medical hall. The shopkeeper, Zhang Laocheng, was an honest and sloppy Immortal. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. However, since the instructions for him was so, there was nothing he could say about it. He could only follow the instructions. In any case, the order was to monitor him. There was nothing he was asked to investigate or find specifically.

Luo Qian climbed onto the roof of Luo Medicine Hall. His medicine hall was the tallest building in the neighborhood. It was the right height for monitoring others. Luo Qian was not very capable, so he couldn’t use any covert investigation techniques, but he had his ways.

He found the sniper rifle from the warehouse, which had a scope on it. Xiao Xiangzi had made the scope into an Immortal Artifact. One would not be discovered if they used the scope to monitor others.

He told Du Lengning that he was cultivating in the secret room on the roof, brought enough juice and dry rations, and climbed up.

The scope was like a monocular telescope. Although the effect was not bad, it was quite uncomfortable after a while as he needed to squint with one eye. However, Luo Qian was already satisfied. He played with the sniper rifle and removed the magazine. There were still six bullets in it. The bullets were genuine ‘sniper bullets,’ just that elixirs were placed at the bullet’s hollow part.

The design of the sniper rifle was user-friendly. In order to facilitate the sniper to lie in position and wait for their target, the barrel was lowered, and there were two foldable supports. Luo Qian opened the supports and looked through the scope to observe Ge Yi Zhang, which was three buildings away.

The shop’s facade was very small; the area was only as big as five or six banners. Usually, they would cut cloth and sew clothes on weekdays, but business was pretty good recently. Ge Laocheng couldn’t make the fashionable suits that Luo Qian liked, but they were very popular among some older Immortals. Their clothes were made to order and had fine stitches.

In ordinary people’s eyes, he was a typical traditional craftsman; there was nothing suspicious about him. That was what Luo Qian thought of Ge Laocheng. He stayed on the roof for a long time, only to see Ge Laocheng walking in and out, carrying cloth, cutting cloth, and sewing clothes.

One got hungry quickly, especially when there was nothing to do. The same applied to Immortals.

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Half a day passed.

Luo Qian had cleaned out three boxes of pastries and five juice bottles. Seeing that there was nothing else to eat, Luo Qian went downstairs and prepared more supplies.

As soon as he went downstairs, someone came to the door and saw him. He rushed over and grabbed Luo Qian. “Brother Luo, thank you so much. You must accept this. Otherwise, I won’t dare to ask for other favors from you.”

That cannot happen. You are one of the important potential customers I have groomed. Please ask me for more favors in the future. Luo Qian accepted the things unceremoniously and asked with a smile, “How is it? Did Miss Yun look at you differently?”

Yin Quanyin appeared pleased. He straightened his clothes. “Haha, yes. We have agreed to be each other’s lifelong companion. I will visit her house to propose to her after she tells her parents.”

Luo Qian was shocked. He smacked Yin Quanyin’s shoulders hard. “You rascal, not bad!”

Yin Quanyin said again, “Thank you, Brother Luo, for your great idea. I apologize for my disrespect previously.” As he spoke, he cupped his fists together.

Luo Qian chuckled. “So, it seems I’m not too bad as an adviser.”

“Yes!” Yin Quanyin gave a thumbs-up, and both of them laughed together.

He led Yin Quanyin into the VIP reception room, and Yin Quanyin said embarrassedly, “I didn’t think Brother’s Luo’s trick would be so wonderful. I made some arrangements to ‘accidentally’ appear in front of her wearing that underwear. It made her feel really confused, but I left a deep impression in her heart. It was such a deep impression that she couldn’t forget me!”

Luo Qian secretly thought: Fortunately, you’re smart enough not to appear in front of other ladies with your leopard-print underwear. Otherwise, you would become the first exhibitionist case in the Immortal Realm.

“Brother Luo, Xi’er likes the Flaming Red Lips you developed. This time, I’m here to thank you. I’m also here to ask for a few more bottles of the Immortal beverage.”

Luo Qian nodded. “No problem. I have some ready-made ones here, so you can take them back.”

Yin Quanyin took out a fist-sized white jade bottle. “Brother Luo, this is a jade bottle. It may look small, but it can contain several large buckets of water. Prepare more Flaming Red Lips for me and put it inside here. I’ll come back for it the next time.” As he spoke, he put down the jade bottle and a white jade box.

“What’s this?” asked Luo Qian, pointing to the box.

Yin Quanyin said, “Inside are five Exquisite Water. I know that Brother Luo is not a crude man. Hence, I will not bring up money anymore. However, I can’t let Brother Luo suffer a loss. You must accept these five Exquisite Water!”

He was decisive, and Luo Qian’s impression of this Immortal rose sharply. This rascal is very sensible. Crude, I’m a crude man. I cannot be any cruder. However, I won’t mind at all if you keep using something like Exquisite Water to test whether I’m crude or elegant!

“You’re too kind. I already received your 50,000 Superior Immortal Jade…” said Luo Qian evasively.

Yin Quanyin took a few bottles of Flaming Red Lips from Luo Qian and said goodbye. “Five Exquisite Water only cost 500 Superior Immortal Jade. It’s no big deal. If you refuse it, how can I come here in the future?”

This rascal sure can sweet talk. The things he says are much more pleasant than that Du Lengning. Both are rich, young men in the Immortal Realm. How could they be so different?

Luo Qian smiled as he sent Yin Quanyin out the door. The sexy Immortal straightened his hair scarf; a blue cloud floated up, and he disappeared into the sky.

“Brother Luo.” With a call from the side, Qi Ren walked out with a smile. He looked at Yin Quanyin in the distance, amused.

“Brother Qi, what brought you here?” asked Luo Qian as he pretended to crane his neck to look.

Qi Ren laughed and patted his shoulder, then whispered, “Your idea really worked? Otherwise, Yin Quanyin won’t be so friendly with you. Did he really wear that thing?”

Luo Qian looked around and held back his laughter. “Brother Qi, let’s talk inside.”

Young Master Yin Quanyin had just left the VIP reception room, and he welcomed mogul Qi Ren. Luo Qian didn’t have time to put away the gift on the table. He quietly put it inside his sleeve, and Qi Ren pretended not to see anything.

He seemed very curious about Yin Quanyin putting on the leopard-print underwear; he asked again, “Brother Luo, really?”

Luo Qian nodded. “The effect is also very good. It’s beyond one’s imagination.”

Qi Ren was taken aback. He had a strange expression on his face as if he was imagining Yin Quanyin wearing only that piece of cloth.

“Brother Qi, you came to look for me?” Luo Qian felt that it was nasty for a man to be imagining another man’s half-naked body. Do good and accumulate virtue. It was better for him to interrupt Qi Ren’s imagination.

“Oh, I happened to be passing by. I’m running out of medicine at home. Hence, I came over to see if you still have anymore,” said Qi Ren.

Luo Qian felt his pockets and found a pill. “This is the most popular sex drug in the Human Realm. You can try it first. If you think it’s good, I’ll get this for you next time. The price is higher than the previous ones. However, I don’t think the price is Brother Qi’s concern.”

Qi Ren laughed loudly at his unadulterated flattery, grabbed the blue pill, and said, “Okay, I’ll try it.”

He got up to leave. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and asked mysteriously, “Brother Luo, that, that underwear, do you have any more of them?”

Luo Qian looked at him, surprised.

Qi Ren blushed and smiled lewdly. “I was thinking that if it works on an innocent little girl like Yun Xi, won’t it drive my concubines crazy if I put it on?”

Luo Qian chuckled and asked, “Should I deduct the cost of the underwear from your accounts?”