Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Offer Salvation - Dark Sword (Part One)

Tian Shun'er and Hua Shiwei looked grave. Luo Qian sat between them as the heads of the Luo Company gathered. Tian Shun'er spoke first. "Old Luo, you've heard what's been happening. Seven mines in the Upper Three, Lower Ten have been destroyed, yet no one has found the slightest clue. The culprits are cunning." Luo Qian said nothing. Hua Shiwei added, "Young Master Luo, Shun'er and I have ordered tighter security at the mines. But after the first three were destroyed, the owners of the next four posted three times their usual guards. They still couldn't escape."

Luo Qian thought it over, then nodded. "We'll take every precaution. Fairy Hua, since you're the master of the Guxu Realm, why not put the entire realm on lockdown? We'll work together to get through this." Hua Shiwei hesitated. Only after some thought did she reluctantly nod. Luo Qian understood that locking down an entire realm was no small matter. She might even have to explain herself to the Immortal Emperor.

He offered her some reassurance. "Don't worry, Fairy. I'll explain it to His Majesty. If we survive this calamity, I won't forget the Clear Xiang Aristocratic Clan's great kindness!" Hua Shiwei smiled. "What great kindness? There's no need to stand on ceremony with us."

"Little Tian, I'll give you another two hundred bodyguards. Surround that mountain on every side. I refuse to believe anyone can still threaten us." Luo Qian's resolve hardened.

Across its businesses, the Luo Company employed more than six hundred bodyguards. Luo Qian had assigned two hundred in one stroke. Added to the hundred guards already stationed at the mine, that made over three hundred people—half the company's armed strength.

Luo Qian ruled out the possibility of a diversion. After all, who would blow up seven High-Grade Immortal Jade