The result was obvious, or rather, not.
At this moment, Tian You walked over, slung an arm around his shoulder, and said with a faint smile, "Don't worry, to join the Divine Envoy organization, you still have to complete a mission. The person just now was merely a warm-up."
Li Chonglou asked doubtfully, "What mission?"
"We don't know that. Your examiner isn't one of us."
"Examiner? Who?"
Just as Su Qi was about to answer, Tian You stopped him with a look and gave a vague reply.
"Naturally, it's someone from our organization. But you don't need to worry, they will arrange the mission according to your strength."
Li Chonglou fell silent.
The two exchanged a smile, showing no signs of nervousness, and seemed unconcerned that Li Chonglou might refuse.
Li Chonglou originally intended to go along with the flow and finish smoothly. However, upon further thought, he realized this might be too easy and could raise suspicion.
So, after considering it, Li Chonglou finally spoke up, "Say, you two, aren't you afraid I'll stubbornly refuse? If something happens to me here, you won't escape either, will you?"
Su Qi replied with a smile, completely unconcerned, "Then you can try. At most, we'll be suspected and monitored for a few months. Do you think they'll investigate us thoroughly for the sake of a dead person?"
"Why wouldn't they?"
Li Chonglou looked at Su Qi curiously, unable to understand the source of his confidence.
"Heh, kid, if you weren't following Old Tie, you'd definitely know us. In the General Bureau, besides us, who else dares to take on those difficult cases?"
Li Chonglou's heart leaped. Ah, he almost slipped up. Fortunately, Old Tie's status was rather special. Although he wasn't sure, it was clear that neither of them suspected his General Bureau identity because of that.
However, Su Qi's mention of Old Tie caused Tian You's expression to turn serious.
"Right, can you contact Old Tie now?"
This was a trick question, a seemingly casual inquiry, but if Li Chonglou couldn't contact him, even with a reason, it would raise suspicion!
Fortunately, regarding the mission, Old Tie had given him his personal contact information, making it convenient for Li Chonglou to find him immediately if he encountered any problems.
After all, he was his old comrade. At the time, Li Chonglou hadn't thought much of it, believing it wouldn't be of much use even if he had it, as Old Tie couldn't help with mission matters.
He never expected it to help him in such a way...
Li Chonglou nodded, and then, at Tian You's request, he directly dialed Old Tie's number and put it on speakerphone.
A moment later, the call was answered, and Old Tie's voice came through: "Little Li?"
"It's me,"
Li Chonglou paused here, looking at Tian You. The latter quickly made a gesture to hang up, because from the sound of it, both of them had recognized the identity on the other end of the line.
It was indeed Old Tie!
Seeing this, Li Chonglou had no choice but to pretend nothing was wrong and calmly said, "There's been a slight accident with the mission. I might be back a bit late."
"Accident?"
The voice on the other end of the line was clearly full of confusion.
Now this was bad. Not knowing how to salvage the situation, Li Chonglou shot Tian You a blaming look. The latter immediately averted his gaze, appearing to want nothing to do with it.
Li Chonglou thought for a moment and could only come up with a random excuse, saying, "Yes, I might be back late. I'll tell you if there's any progress on the mission. I'll hang up now?"
Old Tie was completely bewildered, but Li Chonglou had already hung up the phone.
Tian You, sensing something was amiss, suddenly stepped forward and blocked Li Chonglou's escape route, "Are you sending a message?"
Li Chonglou rolled his eyes directly.
"Do you think my relationship with him would be that polite?"
Tian You was stunned. Thinking more deeply, it actually made a lot of sense.
From the beginning, Li Chonglou had said he was in a master-disciple relationship with Old Tie, and Old Tie was looking after him out of brotherhood. Such a relationship meant it wouldn't be like a typical master-disciple relationship from the start.
Su Qi, standing nearby, reacted the fastest and quickly tried to smooth things over, "Brother Lou, don't worry, we definitely believe you. It's just that this matter is too important, so please understand our position."
Li Chonglou didn't dwell on this topic and directly steered the conversation back, "So, do you believe my identity now?"
Suddenly asking him to call Old Tie was a test that any fool could see. Li Chonglou's reaction was quite normal, after all, no normal person would want to be misunderstood.
The two exchanged another knowing glance and walked over in unison.
They both put their arms around him. Su Qi spoke first, "Brother Lou, rest assured, when the captain comes later, I'll put in a good word for you. We'll try our best to get you to join us soon!"
Tian You, on the right, chimed in, "Also, you don't need to worry about the mission. Basically, every mission the organization assigns will not exceed your personal capabilities. Even if you're not from this circle, as long as you want to, you can complete it!"
Li Chonglou's eyebrows shot up, and he asked curiously, "What exactly is the mission? And you mean the person assigning me the mission is also coming soon, the captain?"
With three questions in a row, it seemed the recent test had yielded the desired results, and this time, they didn't hide anything.
Su Qi explained, "We don't know about the mission. It's not fixed; it will be tailored to your actual situation. The captain is a position within our organization. Those like us are below the captain."
Li Chonglou nodded. So, he was just a minor figure?
For a moment, Li Chonglou fell into contemplation.
The two, thinking he was worried about the future, even took the initiative to tell Li Chonglou many small secrets about the Divine Envoy organization.
For example, its welfare system.
For the two of them, the reason they accepted such an international criminal organization was that only it could bring them substantial improvement and security.
"Substantial improvement?"
Li Chonglou was a little taken aback, not quite understanding what they meant.
Su Qi gave a mysterious smile and suddenly whispered, "Do you know what 'limitless advancement' is?"
Li Chonglou shook his head. Limitless advancement? He had truly never heard of it before.
Su Qi continued in a low voice, "Let me tell you, in this world, only the Divine Envoy organization can achieve this! Even the General Bureau cannot reach this level!"
Li Chonglou said with a touch of exasperation, "You might as well tell me what 'limitless advancement' is first."
Tian You, standing beside him, smiled and said, "Let me explain. Limitless advancement means that when you reach your own bottleneck, you can still take another step forward. Don't underestimate this step; sometimes, taking this step is equivalent to opening a new door to your world!"
Li Chonglou glanced at the two of them. Both of their cultivation realms were at the third level. Although he didn't know the specific extent, it was likely far from the peak.
In that case, this third level was also something they achieved through others?