Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Will Save Them - Competition for the Job (Part One)

If something made the heir to the illustrious Clear Xiang Aristocratic Clan call it "a bit troublesome," it could not be simple. Luo Qian was a strong young crocodile, only just hatched but full of promise, its teeth beginning to show their edge. Yet compared with an Immortal Realm clan that had endured for thousands, even tens of thousands, of years, he was more than a million miles behind. Luo Qian believed he knew Hua Shiwei. Though this resembled the affair with the crystal mine in the Western Divine Realm, Hua Shiwei was certainly nothing like the God King.

Luo Qian smiled faintly and did not press the matter. Instead, he asked, "How is your husband?" Hua Shiwei brightened. "Much better. In a few days, he'll be able to get out of bed and walk. Young Master Luo, I really must thank you..." Luo Qian joked, "Heh, if you two have a beautiful daughter, you could take me as a son-in-law. Then you can keep the Immortal Jade mine." Hua Shiwei gave a rueful smile. "We don't have a daughter. The Immortal Jade mine was the payment I promised you. There shouldn't have been any complications. I had it all planned: when the mine was discovered, I ordered the news sealed. Apart from a few elders in the Lineage, ordinary members knew nothing of it. Once we returned from the Buddha Realm, you would sign an agreement with the Clear Xiang Aristocratic Clan, and the mining rights would be yours. But..."

Trouble showed on Hua Shiwei's face. "But the news leaked anyway. Now certain people in the Immortal Court have become involved, and that makes things difficult." Luo Qian frowned. "The Immortal Court? Is His Majesty the Immortal Emperor backing them?" Hua Shiwei shook her head. "No. His Majesty generally