Immortal Realm’s Smuggling Kingpin

Chapter 36: Assassination (Part 2)

Pei Sefei was surprised. “Did you really give him two billion?”

Luo Qian nodded. He didn’t look like he was joking.

Pei Sefei looked at him in shock and stammered, “You, you…” Would even the richest man in the world be willing to spend 300 million USD on a woman? Just to get even?

Luo Qian shrugged and said, “You are one of my people. He dared to provoke my people, is he tired of living?” Luo Qian’s words were prideful. As an Immortal, he was absolutely qualified to say things like that. However, it was obvious that Pei Sefei had misunderstood Luo Qian’s meaning. She could not tell the difference between ‘my people’ and ‘my woman.’

The girl’s eyes filled with crystal tears as if her heart had been touched. “Luo Qian!” Pei Sefei finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. She threw herself into his arms and closed her eyes. Ignoring the noisy crowds and the bustling city, she concentrated on experiencing this hard-won feeling—at least, that was what Pei Sefei thought.

Luo Qian’s actions had already proved to her that he had no ulterior motives. Why would someone who was able to put out 300 million US Dollars easily have any designs on her?

Luo Qian was embarrassed. He was an Immortal, but he hadn’t practiced any Immortal arts that could thicken one’s skin. He was still very easily embarrassed.

The many pairs of eyes around him at that moment were more lethal than a magnesium powder flashlight. There were eyes that were envious, jealous, mad, and teasing… all of which were flashing around him. The people moved like tides, and their looks were also like tides. Luo Qian was a little overwhelmed.

“Ahem, I know you feel guilty, but you don’t have to express it like that?” Luo Qian was a little dense, but he vaguely felt something strange in his heart. No way, is this little girl in love with me? Luo Qian knew that it was impossible for him to have relations with a girl from the Human Realm. It was a very dangerous thing to do!

“Grandpa!” Pei Sefei suddenly saw a person standing behind Luo Qian. It was her grandfather. She hurriedly pushed Luo Qian away and stood aside. “Uncle Liu, you’re here too.”

Uncle Liu stood behind the old man and shrugged. He pointed at her grandfather, then pointed at himself, and shook his hand side to side. It meant that this had nothing to do with him.

Her grandfather laughed. “Xiao Fei, this is Luo Qian?” The old man’s eyes scanned him from top to bottom like a scanner.

Luo Qian felt uncomfortable. Why does it feel a bit strange?

Her grandfather seemed to be very satisfied with Luo Qian and nodded. “Okay, let’s not stand around here. Let’s talk at home.”

At home! Luo Qian felt faint. No way…

A black Audi nearby drove over. The driver hurried out of the car and opened the door for the older man. Pei Sefei pulled Luo Qian with her by his arm. In a daze, he headed to a ‘meeting with his in-laws’ for the very first time in his life.

With a soft ‘ping,’ the car window next to her grandfather shattered.

Uncle Liu’s expression changed drastically, and he drew a small pistol from within his clothing. While blocking Pei Sefei’s grandfather, he looked around vigilantly. The driver was also highly skilled. He quickly blocked most of the angles which Pei Sefei’s grandfather could be attacked from with his body and escorted him into the car. The car looked inconspicuous, but it was bulletproof. Although the bullet hit the glass window, it couldn’t penetrate it.

Pei Sefei’s face was pale. Luo Qian’s ears twitched. He had already detected a bullet flying towards Pei Sefei. It seemed that the assassin had realized that he had no chance of assassinating Pei Sefei’s grandfather and had already changed his target.

Luo Qian’s hand moved, then stopped. He could catch the bullet, but he didn’t know how he would explain it to Pei Sefei and her grandfather afterward. There was also Uncle Liu, who looked like he was from some secret agency.

Luo Qian gave up his plan of catching the bullet. He moved his body horizontally and opened his arms wide to stand in front of Pei Sefei.

“Ah!” Pei Sefei screamed. She clearly saw the bullet hit Luo Qian’s chest. The impact pulverized the clothes on his chest!

A high caliber sniper bullet could kill people on impact. It didn’t need to hit the vitals. However, a blow of this degree was like a mosquito bite for a tough Immortal body. It couldn’t even penetrate the skin. The severely deformed bullet slipped from his chest. Quietly, Luo Qian took it in his hand without comprehension and pushed Pei Sefei into the car. “Go!”

Once the door closed, the car screeched away. Startled passers-by shouted. Luo Qian had already identified the assassin’s location, so he walked over casually with the bullet in his hand. His consciousness had already locked on the assassin. He knew that the assassin was hurriedly retreating from his sniping position; he could hear his panicked steps on the emergency fire exit’s stairs.

Luo Qian could almost hear his rapid breathing, which sounded as panicked as his footsteps.

The assassin had a car downstairs. He threw the box with the rifle into the back seat, started the car quickly, then stepped on the accelerator.

Hum…

The car didn’t move at all!

The assassin was taken aback. What happened?

He was a very cautious person. All assassins were cautious, but he was particularly outstanding. Before each mission, he would plan an escape route to ensure that he could escape safely. Assassins were like death gods, so they knew how to stay away from death. Before each mission, he would check the vehicle three times to ensure that nothing would go wrong.

The car was definitely not broken, and the assassin stepped on the accelerator again.

Hum…

It made a muffled sound. He even felt the wheels spin against the ground, but the car never moved.

The assassin was so anxious his head was covered in a cold sweat. He stepped on the accelerator again and again as the sweat kept dripping down, soaking his steering wheel.

Suddenly, the assassin saw a strange scene in the rear-view mirror. His limbs went weak, and he stopped stepping on the accelerator.

Luo Qian was holding the rear of his car with one hand and waving to him with the other!

Didn’t this guy die? The assassin was sure that his bullet had hit Luo Qian’s vitals. Even if this guy is a cat, he should be on the way to the hospital. How could he be uninjured and alive behind my car? He is also extremely strong! One thought rose in the assassin’s mind: Ghost!

The assassin—who had killed countless people in his life—was so frightened that his entire body became weak, and he slumped in the car, paralyzed with fear.

Luo Qian executed an illusion technique and immobilized the car before walking slowly to the side of the driver’s seat. He stretched out his hand to tear open his clothes. There was crimson blood, ruptured internal organs, and torn muscles…

He took his internal organs out handful by handful and threw them away. At the same time, he laughed eerily while a cold wind blew around them. “Hohoho.”

The assassin’s eyes widened, his throat clicked, then his eyes bulged out suddenly, and his body stiffened. Just like that, he stopped moving!

Luo Qian was taken aback. He didn’t need to touch his pulse to know that the man was dead. “Really? It was just an illusion, and you got scared to death?!”

The blood on Luo Qian’s hand had disappeared, as had the ruptured internal organs. His clothes were intact except for the one spot on his chest that had been pierced by the bullet.

He shook his head and ‘regretfully’ said, “Oh, if I knew you were so timid, I wouldn’t have joked with you like this…” He opened the door and saw a long and narrow silver box on the back seat. Luo Qian took it out and opened it, seeing a dismantled sniper rifle inside.

Luo Qian took the box and left. I’ll take it as the performance fee for my illusion. Anyway, you don’t need it anymore.

He had been delayed in the Human Realm for seven days this time. It was the longest time he had stayed here in his smuggling career.

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Immortal mountains in the Immortal Realm were naturally extraordinary. The bustling regions in Mountain Ning Yao were all commercial shops. These places were only around Mountain Ning Yao’s periphery regions. The place where the real Immortal energy condensed and the Immortals cultivated was in Mountain Ning Yao’s core. The main mountain range was beautiful, and in it were unimaginable wonders of the Immortal Realm. Cultivating here would result in one progressing greatly with just half the effort!

A place like this would never be sold to those Immortal merchants. People who were able to buy such places were those from certain backgrounds in the Immortal Realm.

Faraway Hall Gate was located on Chuyun Peak, the main peak of Mountain Ning Yao. Chuyun Peak was 10,000 meters tall. The top of the peak was above the clouds. It was as if it was from another realm. Around the main peak were five floating islands in the shape of inverted peaks, which floated around Chuyun Peak in a pentagram formation. In sync with the sun and the moon, they slowly rotated around the main peak.

This Five-star Protector was a great wonder of Mountain Ning Yao.

At the western foot of Mountain Ning Yao was a pair of peculiar peaks; one was vertically erected, and the other floated in mid-air horizontally. The vertical mountain peak had been shaped into a bell shape with a magical axe, while the small horizontal peak suspended in mid-air looked like a bell hammer. Every day, this peculiar ‘Twin Peaks Clock’ would ring exactly nine times nine, which was 81 times. The sound reverberated far and wide, echoing in people’s hearts.

Twin Peaks Clock—this was another wonder of Mountain Ning Yao. It was as famous as the main peak’s Five-star Protector. Inside the ‘bell hammer’ was a stone cave. This was originally the place where Faraway Hall’s disciples went to cultivate in seclusion. At the current time, Du Zhongping had loaned it to the Zuo Family as a temporary base.

After the calamity, the number of Zuo Family members had dropped sharply. The entire clan, including Zuo Lingchuan, barely numbered 200. They were scattered all over the mountain. The conditions here were, of course, not as good as the Zuo Family Manor’s, but it was better than having to wander around the Immortal Realm.

Zuo Lingchuan settled his clan members. At the same time, he started looking for a place for his family, searching for new footholds everywhere. After all, it was not a long-term solution to continue staying on someone else’s land. All of the family affairs were on Zuo Lingchuan’s shoulders alone. The third uncle of the Zuo family, who used to ignore the family’s day-to-day affairs, was now exceedingly busy.

But Zuo Lingchuan was taking a leisurely stroll with someone on the ‘bell hammer’ today. There were many strangers in the valley. They seemed to stand randomly around the bell hammer but were actually guarding it vigilantly.

Zheng Daoguang was no longer who he used to be. When Zuo Lingchuan saw him come to talk to himself on behalf of the entire Imperial Guard, he had already guessed in his heart that Sir Zheng’s position had soared suddenly.