As He Wished: Qin Luo, Deputy Commander of the Demon Suppression Bureau

After sending Sima Hao away, Qin Luo fell into deep thought. Heroic Martial Marquis's earlier preparations had nearly been enough to get him into the Tenth Guard of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

But now, more and more voices were calling for him to go to the Southern Border, and public opinion throughout the entire Imperial Capital had even been stirred up.

"Are they so determined to see me dead? Do they bear such a deep grudge against me?"

"Something must have gone wrong somewhere," Qin Luo muttered.

In the end, he felt it was probably still because of Lin Xuan.

"A dead man—no matter how valuable he once was, he is already dead. Though the living may wish to avenge the dead, that is limited to their closest kin, such as..."

That so-called saintess of the Myriad Phenomena Sacred Land.

As for the others, they simply wanted Qin Luo dead. Now, Qin Luo felt they had deeper reasons.

Still because of Lin Xuan—the conclusion was obvious.

"Dragon Scale!" Qin Luo seized upon the heart of the matter.

"They want to kill me, then take back Lin Xuan's Dragon Scale!"

"The Southern Frontier Battlefield offers them the best opportunity!"

"But I am not going to the Southern Border!"

The Southern Border faced the Barbarian Tribe. They were born with immense strength, and their bloodlines were inherently different from those of ordinary members of the Human Race.

It could be said that the war between the Great Qin Dynasty and the Barbarian Tribe was a racial war.

The barbarians feared neither heaven nor earth, and their strength was formidable. The Great Qin Dynasty's army had suffered appalling casualties.

There was another point of particular importance: the barbarian lands were desperately poor in resources!

If Qin Luo wanted to develop, going to the Southern Border would be the worst possible choice.

His best choice lay in the Ten Thousand Mountains!

There were not merely a hundred thousand sects within the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Sects and sacred lands were the greatest breeding grounds for one kind of creature—the Children of Destiny!

"If you want to kill me, I'll give you the chance!" A trace of madness flickered in Qin Luo's eyes.

Intelligence had also arrived from Zheng Tuo, saying that Ye Chen's exact location had been discovered.

He was currently at Myriad Sword Manor, and he was getting quite cozy with the manor lord's daughter.

"Sure enough, a Child of Destiny who lives off women can get by anywhere."

But there was another piece of news that surprised Qin Luo somewhat.

Liu Ruyan was getting married. She was to wed the young master of Divine Weapon Valley.

Divine Weapon Valley had even produced a powerful Saint Artifact as the betrothal gift.

"Liu Ruyan, Liu Ruyan, you were meant for a Child of Destiny. How can you just marry someone else?"

"Perhaps one of those classic scenes from novels ought to play out again—say, a wedding snatching!"

At that thought, Qin Luo began to feel faintly excited.

"I wonder whether Ye Chen will go."

"No, no. Even if he doesn't want to go, I have to make him go. With something this entertaining, how can he not take part?"

"The Ten Thousand Mountains are a must!" Qin Luo slapped the table and said in a deep voice.

If it truly came to it, he could have Su Qianchen step in. Of course, if Su Qianchen stepped in, he would owe the Qin Emperor a favor—and favors had to be repaid.

After Sima Hao returned to the Sima Clan, he immediately went to find his father.

"Qin Luo wants to join the Demon Suppression Bureau?"

"That's right. He said that if our Sima Clan helps him join the Demon Suppression Bureau, he can allow me to become his retainer."

Sima Hao gave a bitter smile. Whenever members of the Sima Clan sought to attach themselves to other princes, which prince did not value them? Yet Qin Luo was different—he simply did not want them at all.

But Sima Hao had no other choice.

"The people of the Demon Suppression Bureau hold grudges against Qin Luo. Qin Luo has repeatedly slapped the Demon Suppression Bureau across the face, and both Lu Cang and Chu Heng have openly expressed hostility toward him."

"For Qin Luo to set such a difficult problem is simply making things hard for me. It seems he does not want me, Sima Hao, to follow him."

Sima Hao smiled bitterly.

"Otherwise..."

"There is another place within the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"The Tenth Demon Suppression Guard!" Sima Xin said.

Sima Hao froze. "But most of the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard are criminals. Qin Luo is a prince."

"He is also a criminal!"

"And he can only join the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard. Otherwise, he can only go to the Southern Border!"

"I'll go find the clan head. This matter may still be workable. I heard that Heroic Martial Marquis had previously been persuaded to propose that Qin Luo join the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard to atone for his crimes through meritorious service."

"But joining the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard means gaining a stain on his name, and there will be no potential for promotion. How can the Ninth Prince compete for the position of heir apparent in the future?" Sima Hao grew anxious.

He wanted a bad hand, but he did not want a hand full of nothing but threes!

Joining the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard meant everything would fucking depend on himself. Moreover, Qin Luo was destined to have no path for advancement and would receive no cultivation resources.

It was not as if princes could obtain vast resources just because they were princes. They had to earn merits before they could receive resources from the Imperial Dynasty, while the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard's resources were pitifully scarce.

The highest position one could rise to in the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard was commander.

And once one joined the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard, one could never leave for the rest of one's life! One could not be transferred to any other government office—unless one died while carrying out a mission!

Qin Luo's chances of competing for the position of heir apparent had become almost zero. Unless he grew powerful enough by himself that no one could resist him—but was that possible in the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard?

"Compete for the position of heir apparent?" Sima Xin sneered. "He should first see whether he can break through to the Saint Realm!"

"We are merely placing an idle piece on the board. This is the ancestral teaching of our Sima Clan! Otherwise, do you think our Sima Clan would invest in a prince like this?"

Sima Xin's words were like an arrow piercing viciously into Sima Hao's heart.

So he had already been abandoned.

With the Sima Clan taking action, public opinion indeed began to shift somewhat.

"The Sima Clan wants Qin Luo to join the Demon Suppression Bureau? What an utterly ridiculous joke. Would the people of the Demon Suppression Bureau allow it?" When Qin Feng heard the news, he sneered with undisguised contempt.

"Your Highness, perhaps the Demon Suppression Bureau truly may allow it. Have you forgotten that the Demon Suppression Bureau still has the Tenth Guard?"

At those words, Qin Feng was stunned. Then he frowned. "Qin Luo will go to the Tenth Guard?"

"You must know that if he enters the Tenth Demon Suppression Guard, he will have to leave the Imperial Capital."

"Sometimes, it is not up to him, wouldn't you agree?"

"His Majesty should be about to make his decision."

That was right. The Qin Emperor was about to make his decision.

An order was issued.

"By His Majesty's decree, summon Su Qianchen for an audience!"

After Su Qianchen met the Qin Emperor, he was bestowed the title of first-rank marquis.

As for Qin Luo—

The old eunuch looked at Qin Luo and said, "His Majesty gives you two choices. First: remain in the Imperial Capital and serve in the Imperial Clan Court for ten years without leaving. Second: leave the Imperial Capital and join the Tenth Guard of the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"I'll go to the Demon Suppression Bureau." Qin Luo made his decision without hesitation.

The old eunuch did not waste any words. "From this day onward, Ninth Prince Qin Luo shall serve as deputy commander of the Tenth Guard of the Demon Suppression Bureau!"

The news was kept secret, yet the moment Qin Luo became deputy commander of the Tenth Guard of the Demon Suppression Bureau, every force in the city that wished to know about Qin Luo learned of his appointment.

An invisible hand delivered the intelligence to everyone who wanted to know.

It even provided Qin Luo's exact time and route for leaving the Imperial Capital after he took over his duties.