“Luoshui Guard?” Tao Tingfeng was dumbfounded. He had heard his clan uncle mention this organization. It was established by the imperial court specifically to deal with high-level cultivators.

He had listened to it as an amusing story, never expecting the real deal to come knocking on his door.

Yu Qian and the other two simultaneously produced command tokens engraved with the characters for “Luoshui.”

“Concealing proceeds of crime? Me?” Tao Tingfeng usually didn’t pay much attention to criminal law, forgetting whatever he heard. How could I have imagined I’d break the law when I’ve just been going about my life?

Yu Qian’s eyes narrowed slightly as they bore into Tao Tingfeng. “Tell me, how did you meet the Chess-Observing True Lord back then, and how did you make the Golden Cicada Shell recognize you as its master?”

This was a secret spell of the Luoshui...