Chapter 43 Master Six

The man walked slowly into the house and studied us both. "Who drew the sword? What is your purpose of summoning me?" he asked. The then-Chen Yixuan stood forth and greeted him. "And you are..." The immortal cut him off, saying curtly, "You can call me Master Six, for I am the sixth in my family." Immediately Chen Yixuan muttered reverently, "So it is thus, Master Six..." and he began telling the immortal of his story. At the end of his story, Master Six pondered quietly. "The promise I had made so many a year ago to the founder of your order was that I will help to the best of my abilities if your order is in grave peril," said the immortal at last. "Which is it you want, for me to help you with the case or to cure him of his sickness?" Chen Yixuan began bickering with his junior; he wanted the immortal's help to cure his junior, but his junior insisted that the immortal should be helping him with his case. Master Six watched them quietly, until he spoke up. "How about this? I will help you cure your junior's sickness and will also help you with your case. But I have one condition!" The immortal continued without allowing them to speak, magically extracting an urn from within his robes and tossed it to Chen Yixuan's junior. "Take one tablet every day. In one month you should be fully cured!" He said before turning to Chen Yixuan. "I will help you find out the whereabouts of the item. But I will not help you retrieve it. As for the condition..." Master Six paused, "I'll need a temporary identity as a police officer. We'll need the cooperation of the local police force as our investigation continues. I'll also need 2500 dayang coins, two strong horses, two police officer's uniforms, and two German-made Mauser pistols, each with 200 bullets as ammunition!" Chen Yixuan gave his assent. He said his goodbyes to his junior and left with Master Six to take a train to Tianjin. Back at Tianjin, he arranged for Master Six's lodgings at a hotel while he returned to the police station to make the requested preparations.