Who?
Qin Jiang?
Old Batou and White Whip were both stunned.
Black Knife: "Right! It's Qin Jiang! Don't forget he's on this cruise ship. We can go find him and seek help."
Old Batou: "Find Qin Jiang? That won't really work! I admit he's pretty awesome, but this isn't the North, it's not his turf. Plus, that Denison clearly has an extraordinary relationship with the ship's owner and is a local powerhouse... In this situation, I doubt looking for Qin Jiang will help. A powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake!"
White Whip didn't agree with Old Batou, because he remembered the scene he saw of Qin Jiang outside the cruise ship.
That scene: still luxury cars leading the way, followed by hundreds of underlings!
Most importantly, he witnessed with his own eyes how the top big shots of the Pu Region were respectful to Qin Jiang, even humble and ingratiating.
Although he didn't know why Qin Jiang could be so successful in the Pu Region, it was clear he was very capable locally.
So, did he have a say on this cruise ship, and could he protect their safety?
Thinking of this, White Whip: "Old Batou! I think what Black Knife said is worth a try! Let's find Qin Jiang!"
Old Batou: "Why are you saying that too? Going to find Qin Jiang now is just asking for trouble for him..."
"He's unfamiliar with the place here and just came for an auction. Even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake."
Black Knife: "A powerful dragon might just suppress the local snake!"
White Whip: "Qin Jiang isn't an ordinary powerful dragon either!"
Old Batou: "You two..."
He was a bit confused: he didn't understand why Black Knife and White Whip, who clearly hadn't trusted Qin Jiang's power before, were now so admiring, acting as if Qin Jiang's power worked very well here. Who gave them this confidence?
Black Knife: "No time to explain, let's go! The enemies are almost catching up. Besides, even if Qin Jiang can't protect us, at worst we can just jump into the sea. Presumably, with Qin Jiang's status and power, he'll be fine, so we wouldn't be causing him trouble..."
White Whip: "It's still better than just jumping into the sea..."
He had been prepared to jump into the sea, but now that he heard there was a third option—and it was that person, Qin Jiang—for some reason, he had an inexplicable conviction.
It was as if Qin Jiang could really save them!
White Whip: "Wait... where is that Qin Jiang? How do we find him..."
Black Knife: "In Suite 888!"
He took the lead and rushed toward the direction of Suite 888 to clear the way, with White Whip pulling Old Batou closely behind.
Seeing this, Old Batou could only run wildly after the two...
Behind them, a large number of cruise ship guards and Bodyguards were in hot pursuit...
It could be called: A life-and-death escape!!!
Suite 888!
It was absolutely bustling: all the major families of the Pu Region swarmed over, holding the Qin Dynasty artifacts that had just been auctioned.
To this, Qin Jiang didn't refuse and accepted them all!
Although the future focus of the Black Dragon Group would not be in the Pu Region, it still needed to build some connections. If the Zhong Family wanted to stand firm in the position of agent in the future, they would have to rely on these people present to give them face. Making enemies on all sides was something only fools did!
Besides, one doesn't hit a smiling person; since people came to offer gifts voluntarily, there was no reason to push them away.
After a long while, once those big shots had left, the table in the room was covered with various Qin Dynasty antiques.
Dozens of pieces! Valued at: over a hundred million!
But Qin Jiang didn't even look at those antiques much; instead, he sat there quietly looking at the Qin Dynasty bamboo slips:
Longevity Technique, huh?
To say he wasn't curious at all would be pure nonsense!
Qin Jiang definitely didn't recognize the characters on the bamboo slips, but in this technological age, Zhao Shanhe took out a computer and analyzed the general content: it was written by a major Qin Dynasty family, likely of high status, recording how much manpower and material resources the Qin Emperor had spent to collect the Longevity Technique, as well as the actual results collected.
Basically, they were all ancient folk alchemical recipes! Or some widely circulated legends!
West Kunlun! Changbai Mountain! Mount Tai! Overseas Immortal Islands!... and so on!
According to the records on the bamboo slips, the Qin Emperor had sent out many teams to search for the Longevity Technique, some large and some small, but not many returned to report: as for whether they died or ran away, it was unknown.
And those who did return to report did indeed bring back some strange things, even things said to be able to prolong life.
Were they effective? Hmm! Of course, they were basically useless, or even had side effects. One didn't even need the bamboo slips to know this, just looking at the Qin Emperor's lifespan was enough. The bamboo slips even recorded a few alchemical recipes and special methods for longevity, but one didn't need to think to know they didn't work. If they were truly effective, not to mention those ancient people would definitely have achieved longevity, at the very least they would have been able to prolong their lives.
Moreover, if these recorded things were truly useful, they would never have appeared at an auction.
They would have been hidden away by someone long ago.
As for the other content recorded above: Qin Jiang only glanced at it roughly and didn't care much.
Overall: what was recorded on these bamboo slips was not the Longevity Technique at all; it was more a record of the price the Qin Emperor paid in his search for the Longevity Technique, and the impact it had on society at the time.
This was a subtle critical record.
In modern reading comprehension terms: it meant that he admired the Qin Emperor's grand strategy immensely, even to the point of being willing to die for him, but he felt extremely regretful about his obsession with longevity and his early death. In his view, if the Qin Emperor hadn't been obsessed with the Longevity Technique, the Qin Dynasty would never have fallen in the second generation, and the future landscape would have been very different...
Clap! Closing the bamboo slips, Qin Jiang's expression was calm, without any surprise.
Longevity Technique... Heh... It would be strange if it were real. Qin Jiang had absolutely no interest in those recorded alchemical recipes and methods.
Zhao Shanhe: "Brother Jiang! Aren't you going to record these important contents? Should we..."
Qin Jiang: "No need!"
Zhao Shanhe: "What if..."
Qin Jiang: "If there were truly a 'what if', this thing would never have ended up in the hands of people like you and me. Besides, we bought this thing at an auction..."
"If it were even slightly effective: let alone longevity, even if it could extend one's life by ten or eight years, what kind of value would it have..."
Zhao Shanhe:...
What kind of value? Even if he didn't have a specifically concrete concept, he knew it couldn't be measured in the tens of millions: at the very least, it would be in the hundreds of billions or even more.
Qin Jiang: "The truly valuable thing in here is the recorded events, which can allow archaeologists to know some history of the Qin Dynasty. The rest of the value... is just pure antiques..."
Zhao Shanhe: "Alright!"
Just then. Beep beep...
The cruise ship sounded a low alarm and warning sound.
Zhao Shanhe puzzled: "Are there thieves? What kind of thief is bold enough to rob things on the high seas? Never mind whether they can successfully rob it, even if they could! How would they escape? Where would they escape to?"
"Cough, cough..."
Black Knife, covered in blood, brought White Whip and Old Batou and roared: "Hold on, we're almost at Qin Jiang's suite!"