CHAPTER 493: 492

Ye Tian was clueless about what had happened, so he asked what the matter was. Chu Tianying slapped his forehead and said, "Early this morning when I got up, I saw you floating in the air, and then with a smack, you crashed to the ground. I thought you went astray with your magic!"

Hearing this, Ye Tian came to his senses. It seemed last night wasn’t a dream; all of this actually happened. He focused on feeling his body and found a surging, majestic power boiling within him.

Looks like I’m going to be entangled with this magic from now on.

"Do you have a phone? I need to make a call."

Chu Tianying thought for a moment, "Will a satellite phone do?"

"What do you think?"

"Sure!"

The situation was getting unpredictable, Ye Tian felt it was necessary to touch base with the home country.

"Will the Nepalese military notice these satellite signals?"

"Of course, they will."

Chu Tianying gave a look as if Ye Tian was an idiot, but thinking about the scene of him floating, even he, the so-called Fire Baby who boasted of spitting fire, felt somewhat inferior. "Don’t worry, the satellite signals are encrypted; they can’t crack them."

"Can they trace me here?"

"If it’s for a long duration, yes. Short duration, difficult."

"How short is short?"

"Possibly ten minutes, maybe one."

"Then I’ll make it ten minutes."

"Don’t, don’t, don’t," Chu Tianying knew that if he didn’t stop him, the kid really would talk for the full ten minutes non-stop and only end up attracting the police, "Better to keep it within three minutes. This is the Capital, their security forces are not to be trifled with."

"Why didn’t you say so earlier?"

Ye Tian rolled his eyes, took the phone, which was the size of a regular mobile, "Pretty high-tech, huh? Weren’t they always bulky before?"

"The society progresses, so does technology. Captain, tell me, with all the time you’ve been given, you’ve just lived it up with women!"

That careless remark touched upon Ye Tian’s sore spot. He thought of Tang Su, who had suffered in the house of the city’s Party Secretary from a young age, Chen Pingrui’s three women—one cunning as a fox, one calm as still water, another vicious as a wolf—as well as Chen Xing with her dyed yellow hair. Oh, almost forgot, there was also Gu Yue, the youngest daughter of the Gu Family with a long military lineage. By now, they were probably scattered to the ends of the earth, never to meet again.

Seeing that he had unintentionally hit a nerve, with the captain being unusually silent unless troubled by thoughts, Chu Tianying sniffed and turned to arrange his gear.

"Hello, is this the Political Commissar? Yes, it’s Ye Tian. There are some matters I need to report to you." Ye Tian rolled his eyes, clearly unimpressed with the words from the other end of the line, "Commissar, I’m currently overseas and using a satellite phone. Theoretically, the positioning system can locate me in just thirty seconds, and our call has already lasted for forty-five seconds, so if you want to keep talking, I’ll have to hang up."

A smile appeared on Ye Tian’s lips, "That’s more like it. Yes, yes, I’ll keep it straight to the point. I’m abroad and what I need to report to you is that I’ve encountered an emergency, experienced some irresistible factors, and what I can do for now is to follow their lead, otherwise, there’ll be no opportunities at all. Don’t rush me! You’re all grown-ups, take care of your hearts. Alright, alright, I’ll stop here. That’s the situation and how you handle it, I don’t care, I’m still looking for the item and I’m on the right track, but there’s not just one piece, huh? Right, there are several pieces, you understand now? Okay, I’m hanging up!"

With a snap, Ye Tian threw the phone back, and Chu Tianying caught it and tucked it away like a treasure, "Be careful with that thing, our lives are depending on it."

Ye Tian sat on the edge of the bed not in the mood to chat, and asked, "Where’s Gui Xiao?"

"He’s checking out the museum. He said in a few days there’ll be some Buddhism conference here, and the museum will open for free. That’s a good opportunity."

It must be that Buddha Bead Relic Conference. "Do you know what that event is about?"

In the Esoteric Master’s courtyard, due to the sudden incident and Jenny needing urgent medical attention, Ye Tian didn’t get a chance to learn much about the conference. Now reminded by Chu Tianying, he realized he knew absolutely nothing about it.

"I’m not too sure myself, I haven’t been to Nepal much, the few times I’ve just been passing through. Not too familiar with the local customs here. Let’s ask Gui Xiao when he gets back."

Ye Tian nodded; among the three of them, Gui Xiao was the only guide.

"Has Qiao contacted you lately?"

That arms dealer always gave Ye Tian an inexplicable sense of crisis. Although he could now easily kill him, it’s best to keep him alive until the whole situation is clarified. Such a low-profile yet indispensable figure helps maintain stability in some areas. Killing him would be akin to exposing oneself too quickly, not worth it.

Chu Tianying secured his backpack and sealed it, then turned around and said, "No, he’s been quite well-behaved these past days. I asked Gui Xiao, and he said he hasn’t seen him again. Seems like, well, as if he suddenly disappeared."

"Disappeared? That can’t be right, even for someone of stature, disappearing like that is a loss of face."

"Who knows with these things. He might just be out doing business. These types of people roam everywhere; their noses are even better than dogs at sniffing out money. Who would keep their eyes on your undecided matter?" Chu Tianying patted his shoulder and said, "Stick to the original plan. You’ve got to hurry on your end, without a pass, we can’t enter that layer of the museum."

"How do I look?"

Chu Tianying seriously scrutinized Ye Tian, nodded his head after a once-over, "Top-notch!"

"It’s you who’s the ’goods’!" Ye Tian swatted at Chu Tianying’s head, but he dodged it, laughing and left the room.

...

Although the Political Commissar was a bit frustrated after being hung up on by Ye Tian, he wasn’t so upset as to lose his cool. He was used to dealing with troublesome matters and didn’t mind one more.

At the right corner of the desk was a model of the 99 main battle tank, a reward from the higher-ups from last winter’s military exercise; originally two tanks, a 99 and an 87, the latter being taken away by an admired battalion commander. He didn’t mind it; he just reminded him to encourage the soldiers and try to get more interesting items from those higher ranking old men. What he didn’t realize was that he’d become one of the old men himself.