Volume Four: The Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Deliver Them - The Fish-Pot Monster (Part One)

Could this unremarkable young man be the legendary crown prince? Lin Man began frightening himself. He glanced at Luo Qian again. Luo Qian looked distinctly unhappy, but in Lin Man's eyes, even that gloomy expression became the poised bearing of a great general.

The Supreme Pure Emperor had no son, but rumors always circulated. According to them, he had an illegitimate son, and the stories were told in such vivid detail that people even knew exactly what he had said during his secret meetings with the boy's mother. They rivaled the legends of the lower realms. As for the tales and their details, people naturally believed them without question.

With four Heaven Ranking experts at his side, what could this young man be but someone of such exalted status? Not even a prince could command such an escort.

Lin Man counted himself lucky that he had not lost his temper. The thought left him shaken.

Luo Qian could not understand why the tall, sturdy General Lin had gone from arrogance to deference, even sending his own War Chariot to carry them into the river. Luo Qian soon saw through it: everything Lin Man did was aimed at him, not at the four people behind him.

Lin Man sent an aide to prepare a generous gift as quickly as possible. Before Luo Qian and the others entered the river, he presented it with both hands. Luo Qian was hesitant to accept, but one sentence from Lin Man settled the matter.

"A small token of my regard. Nothing valuable, just a few local products from the Heavenly River."

Luo Qian thought that, with the Heavenly River closed off, these things would surely be in demand outside. There might even be something he needed. Lin Man, meanwhile, had laid a solid foundation for