Chapter 867 - 259: Lin Qingquan’s Head-On Wake-Up Call
Chapter 259: [Lin Qingquan’s Stern Warning] (7000)
Thinking of this, Chen Yan took out his phone to open WeChat, scrolling through a list of contacts.
"Old Deng, are you there?"
Chen Yan’s fingers flew as he sent a message.
It had been a while since he contacted Old Deng, and he didn’t know where that guy had wandered off to now.
Soon, there was a reply on WeChat.
It was a meme of a famous giant panda rolling around on the ground.
Scram!
Oh? Chen Yan raised an eyebrow, quickly typing on his phone:
"Fellow Daoist Lin, that’s quite impolite, considering we’re neighbors."
Over there, Lin Qingquan finally replied again: "Alright, what do you want?"
Chen Yan thought for a moment: "A batch of demon cultivators has been naturalized in the Domain Realm. This was handled by the Inspection Bureau. Did you know?"
This time, Lin Qingquan didn’t respond immediately, taking a long pause.
Growing impatient, Chen Yan directly called him using a voice call.
After more than ten seconds, the other side finally picked up.
The surrounding environment on that end seemed quite noisy, with voices of both men and women speaking.
Lin Qingquan’s lazy tone came through: "Kid, what’s up?"
"Did you hear about what I asked?"
"...I know, but why are you asking about this? You’re just an assistant at the Inspection Bureau, a trainee at that. Why are you poking into the high-level business?"
Without wasting words, Chen Yan got straight to the point: "I have a friend who was naturalized but doesn’t want to return to the Domain Realm. You can’t forcefully make someone drink water if they don’t want to, right?"
"...Hold on." Lin Qingquan’s tone seemed to shift slightly: "Wait a moment, I’ll find a quiet place to talk to you."
After waiting a while, Lin Qingquan had evidently moved to a quieter place, his tone carrying some curiosity: "You have demon cultivator friends? And they made it to the naturalization list?"
"I’m just asking if the Domain Realm really does things with such force? If they don’t want to be naturalized, do they get forcibly taken back?"
"Don’t ask me about this. It’s a task handed down from above, the Inspection Bureau just executes it, following the decree from the Immortal Platform." Lin Qingquan deflected, but left a hint: "Who is your friend? Just tell me what you want to do."
"Can we negotiate and remove this person from the naturalization list?" Chen Yan laughed.
There was a quiet pause from Lin Qingquan’s side, and he said nothing for a while.
Suddenly, Chen Yan’s heart raced, realizing this matter might not be simple.
Chen Yan considered: "How about we meet and talk? Where are you?"
"We can’t meet, I’m not in Jinling Prefecture right now." Lin Qingquan sighed.
"That’s a coincidence, I’m not in Jinling Prefecture either." Chen Yan replied with a smile.
Suddenly, he heard a vague voice around Lin Qingquan on the other end of the line.
It seemed like someone was saying "Scene three, take six, cut!" "Move to the next scene!"
Chen Yan’s mind sparked: "You wouldn’t happen to be..."
"I’m busy, I’ll contact you later!" Lin Qingquan suddenly rushed to hang up the call.
Chen Yan looked at the disconnected call, frowning in thought.
Beside him, Lin Xianyu looked at Chen Yan eagerly: "Um, Lord Immortal Official, I..."
Chen Yan thought: "Don’t worry, I need to meet someone for this matter first."
Lin Xianyu appeared worried, but Chen Yan reassured her: "Rest assured, since I have enlightened you, as long as it’s possible, I’ll make sure to protect you."
After speaking, he asked Lin Xianyu to wait there. In the motorhome, Chen Yan shook himself, transforming into a sparrow, asking Lin Xianyu to open the window, and flew out through it.
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The sparrow flew low, and Chen Yan had already activated the Qi Observation Skill, surveying the surroundings.
About half an hour later, at the palace exterior shooting location, the sparrow Chen Yan transformed into finally landed, perched on a white jade railing, chirping a few times before quietly observing the bustling crowd ahead.
Inside a side hall, a photographer stood behind a camera filming, while nearby, a director-like figure was watching on a makeshift monitor, looking quite young but wearing a large vest.
In the side hall, two staff members holding fill lights stood around.
Old Deng was sitting on a chair, dressed in a Qing Dynasty emperor’s dragon robe, with an expression that was somewhat smug, yet also a bit lewd.
In front of him, a sultry-looking actress was kneeling on the ground, her heavily painted face twisted with expression, loudly reciting her lines.
"Your consort cannot do it~~"
"Cut!"
The director shouted, then jogged over to Lin Qingquan, looking obsequious: "Boss, that scene was pretty good, do you want to check it out?"
"Hmm!" Lin Qingquan snorted through his nose, swaying as he followed the director to take a look at the monitor.
"Not bad, the actress’s emotions are quite rich, just that..."
"No, boss, it’s fine as is! If we keep shooting, we’ll exceed our rental time for the set, and the light is running low. Should we move on to the next scene?"
The director chuckled, maintaining a humble demeanor.
Chen Yan was initially taken aback but understood immediately when he saw Zhao Shanhe standing outside the hall.
"Chirp chirp!!"
The sparrow chirped twice. Lin Qingquan instinctively turned his head, staring at the sparrow, his eye suddenly twitching.
The sparrow then flapped its wings, perched high, watching Lin Qingquan from above.
Lin Qingquan sighed, saying to the director in a calm voice: "Alright, let’s not change scenes today. The old man is tired. Let’s continue tomorrow."