Chapter 1422

The entire brothel was quiet; there wasn't a single person.

The guests had left, and the brothel girls and waiters had all been driven out.

Inside the private room, the table was filled with wine and dishes, just packed from next door and still hot.

Chen Guanlou drank his wine, looking like he was enjoying himself.

"Let's talk about your situation first. You're an Embroidered Uniform Guard leader; what kind of opportunity do you want? Could it be that you're still hoping to ascend to the Grandmaster Realm?"

"I have martial arts talent, I'm still young, and I can still fight; why can't I ascend to the Grandmaster Realm?" Xiao Jincheng was unconvinced.

Chen Guanlou sneered, "Because you are the Emperor's dog. The Emperor needs you to do things. Your current cultivation is just right. If you ascend to the Grandmaster Realm, you can no longer serve as the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander."

"People who can serve as Commander can be found by just picking one or two dozen from the Embroidered Uniform Guard. But ascending to the Grandmaster Realm is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I don't want to give it up."

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows slightly, "Let me see what realm your cultivation has reached."

Before his words fell, he had already struck.

Xiao Jincheng didn't even see how the other party struck; he was already lying outside the door, with no power to fight back.

He had a look of disbelief.

He couldn't even withstand a single move!

How could this be!

Chen Guanlou's expression was slightly disgusted, "You need at least ten years to reach the peak of the Ninth Rank. And that's on the premise of having no inner demons, no cultivation deviation, and diligent practice. If there's even the slightest accident, this time will be pushed back. You're in a hurry to find an opportunity now; there's simply no need."

"It's very necessary! Because I've encountered a bottleneck and haven't made an inch of progress in a year!"

"That's normal. Ninety-nine percent of Ninth-Rank warriors encounter bottlenecks!"

"Why don't you have one?"

"Me?!" Chen Guanlou laughed, "How can you compare yourself to me? I am gifted. As everyone knows, I have no martial veins, yet I can still practice martial arts. Why? Because I am Heaven's favorite."

He boasted shamelessly, starting his self-praise mode.

For a moment, Xiao Jincheng felt incomparable anger and bad luck.

Seeing the other party's expression change, Chen Guanlou slightly restrained his smile and said, "I don't have a bottleneck because I'm open-minded, I don't take things to heart, and I take revenge on the spot. You have bottlenecks, of course, because you aren't geniuses among geniuses, and you often can't let things go. Especially you, working under high pressure for a long time, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work for the imperial court. If you don't have inner demons, I'll count you as tough!"

"I need an opportunity!" Xiao Jincheng couldn't be bothered to argue with the other party and directly stated his request.

Chen Guanlou picked up a cigarette and took a puff, "In your current situation, you do indeed need an opportunity. You should know that last year I went to the Great Wilderness. Want to know what I went there to do? That's right, just as you guessed, I went to look for an opportunity.

I was very lucky and got some benefit from following the cult leader. It's a pity that the place exploded. However, the opportunity might still be there. Maybe the cult bandits have already cleared out the explosion site! I can give you the address, give you a map, and even help you contact Zhang Daohe!"

"Why? Just because I let your disciple go?"

"He's not worth that much!" Chen Guanlou chuckled, expressing indescribable disgust for his disciple.

After a pause, he continued, "I'm not helping you for free; you know my price."

"Just for money?" Xiao Jincheng didn't believe it.

Chen Guanlou shook his head, "In the early Great Yu Dynasty, there were many legends of immortals descending to the world. On the murals of the underground palace, I saw them too, and you must have an impression of them as well. The current imperial palace was built on the foundation of the Great Yu Dynasty's palace, and only after repairs did it reach its current scale. It is also the only building in the capital that has not been destroyed by the flames of war. The Great Yu Dynasty lost the capital several times and took it back several times, and the imperial palace has always maintained a certain degree of integrity."

"What do you want to do? Do you want to assassinate the Emperor?" Xiao Jincheng was slightly nervous.

Chen Guanlou rolled his eyes, "Is your brain flooded? I'm not the Emperor, so why would I assassinate him? My meaning is, since a large number of immortals once stayed in the imperial palace, I need you to carefully check if the palace has any strange objects, or strange locations, or some dusty files about immortals."

Xiao Jincheng frowned deeply, "I am an Embroidered Uniform Guard; I cannot stay in the imperial palace without an imperial decree. This errand is obviously more suitable for eunuchs to handle. You know so many eunuchs, why find me?"

"Eunuchs... this place..." Chen Guanlou pointed to his own head, "usually have some problems. Their thinking patterns are not quite the same as us normal people. They can handle other things, but I'm not very reassured about handing this kind of thing to them."

"You're afraid they'll leak the news? Aren't you afraid of me?"

Chen Guanlou smiled softly, looking completely indifferent, as if he had heard a funny joke.

He explained, "I'm not afraid of anyone leaking the news. The reason I'm entrusting this to you is because you know how to investigate cases, you know how to find clues from traces, and you can arrest people for interrogation. These are abilities and conditions that eunuchs don't possess.

Eunuchs only believe what they want to believe; they are good at being arbitrary, good at guessing and suspicion. You are a proper investigator; you value evidence more. And what I want is evidence! You won't lose out in this cooperation.

You are an Embroidered Uniform Guard; you should be clear that my cooperation with Zhang Daohe is to find a path to immortality. To be precise, it's to find the passage to the cultivation world left behind by those immortals who descended in the early Great Yu Dynasty!"

"You believe it?" Xiao Jincheng looked like his eyes had been opened. He thought that such superstitious behavior shouldn't appear in Chen Guanlou, as it didn't fit the other party's persona.

"I believe it!" Chen Guanlou smiled, "Do you want to ask me why I believe it? I can only tell you that immortals did indeed descend to this realm in the past!

In places we don't know, there is indeed a cultivation world! It's just that communication is now cut off, and the passage has been hidden and closed.

What we need to do is find it and take a look at the cultivation world. Whether to cultivate or not is a personal choice. The important thing is to broaden our horizons and enjoy the resources of the cultivation world. Why can't we cultivate in this realm? Is there a barrier? Or was an array set up by someone!"

Xiao Jincheng was speechless, looking shocked and needing time to digest it.

After a while, he asked, "Are you sure there really are immortals, and it's not a legend?"

Chen Guanlou nodded, "I'm very sure!"

"Have you seen them?"

"Just assume I have!"

Xiao Jincheng frowned in deep thought, "Did Zhang Daohe convince you? Have you verified it yourself?"

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled, "How about we discuss the opportunity first? I'll give you an opportunity; whether you can catch it depends on your ability. You help me check the situation in the palace, find some clues, find some evidence, in short, search as much as possible according to my requirements. This deal doesn't make things difficult for you, and the price is fair. What do you think?"

Xiao Jincheng thought for a long time and finally made a decision, "Help me contact Zhang Daohe first; I want to see him."

"Set an ambush to catch him?" Chen Guanlou teased.

"You definitely won't believe me if I promise not to catch him. Let him decide the meeting place; I will cooperate throughout!"