Volume Two: Naked Primitive Accumulation of Capital - Piracy Strikes (Part One)

After symbolically accepting two hundred pieces of High-Grade Immortal Jade from Lu Mei, Luo Qian left the Lu Household. He made a circuit outside, then doubled back. Hiding behind a large tree, he furtively buried something: a signal transmitter tightly wrapped in a Jade Casket. Once it received the Listening Device's signal, it would relay it to the device in Luo Qian's hands far away. With such high-tech equipment, Luo Qian was full of confidence.

He dug a deep hole, buried the receiver, filled the hole with earth, and piled several large rocks on top. Only when nothing looked out of place did Luo Qian release the Thundercloud Fire Leopard from the Beast-Sealing Puppet and return to True Transformation Source.

The Jewelry Shop at True Transformation Source had now replaced the apothecary on Phoenix Paulownia Mountain as Luo Qian's base. Luo Family Jewelry was a seven-story octagonal tower adorned with glazed jade tiles and gleaming crystal windows, its air rich with treasure. On the seventh floor, Luo Qian had a Secret Chamber that no one but he himself could enter.

After sealing the door, Luo Qian took the listening terminal from his Traveling Bag and connected its power box. The terminal started up and automatically picked up the relayed signal.

At the Lu Household's grand residence, in Lu Mei's chamber, the young woman sat leaning to one side. The wind stirred her hair, making it drift like gauzy mist, as elusive as the thoughts in her heart.

Lu Mei toyed with the thumb ring Luo Qian had just brought her. A strange light flickered in her beautiful eyes as she murmured, "Did he mean all those wild things he said to me? My elder brother has a grudge against him, so he certainly won't agree. Father values cultivation above all