Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One, Only I, the Demon, Deliver Them - Between Gain and Loss (Part One)
Tian Shun'er was young, but he had quite a reputation among the Immortal Realm's escorts. Years ago, in the Six Suchness Wasteland, Luo Qian had saved his life with a precious Great Dream Golden Divine Pill. When they parted, Tian Shun'er left Luo Qian his contact information and promised to repay him.
Luo Qian contacted him, and Tian Shun'er gathered six experts to put Luo Qian's plan into motion. For some reason, the plan kept reminding Luo Qian of Adolf's rescue of Mussolini—perhaps, deep down, he didn't think he was a good person either.
Tian Shun'er was working for free, but the other six experts commanded steep fees. Taking the danger of this operation into account, Luo Qian would have to pay a total of 8.5 million High-Grade Immortal Jade! If he hadn't been flush with money, if the plan hadn't concerned a mine with vast Immortal Jade reserves, and if Hua Shiwei hadn't shown him such steadfast loyalty, he would never have staked so much on it.
"You all understand the plan: slip into the Clear Xiang Aristocratic Clan, rescue someone without being discovered, and make it look, as much as possible, as though she escaped on her own." Luo Qian finished and asked, "What are your chances?" Tian Shun'er and the others discussed it before answering. "With an ordinary Aristocratic Clan, we'd have at least a ninety percent chance. But this is the Clear Xiang Aristocratic Clan, so it's only seventy percent."
One of them said, "If we can delay two days, I can fetch a Magic Treasure for stealth. I believe that would raise our chances by another five percent." Luo Qian considered it. "Two days? Fine. I'll pay the cost of renting the Magic Treasure separately." The man nodded without standing on ceremony. After all, he