Luke Price avoided this awkward topic: “I think the current issue is that the other cities—Chengdu, Luoyang, Yecheng, and Xiangyang—all have Star-Gazing Towers, and each has an immortal who sells advanced flying talismans. They should also be able to see the fall of the General Star, and might come over on flying talismans to pick up General Star fragments or something. It doesn’t matter if Xiangyang doesn’t have any experts, and Luoyang and Yecheng are too far away to say for sure, but Chengdu will definitely send someone over…”

　　Chicken Bro’s face darkened: “So?”

　　Luke Price said hesitantly, “So we can’t act rashly. We still need to win over Big Charles! But Chicken Bro isn’t suitable to meet him in person; we should send a familiar face to make first contact.”

　　Chicken Bro understood: “So he doesn’t get cocky and embarrass me if we meet?”

　　“Yes. I’ve already thought of someone—the same Scott Bolton.”

　　Chicken Bro frowned: “What use is that guy?”

　　Luke Price said awkwardly, “He’s a bit slow, always hanging out with those other silly and annoying guys, but it seems like only he and Big Charles can actually have a conversation. I hope Chicken Bro can assign him under my command, so it’s easier for me to give instructions.”

　　Chicken Bro said in a deep voice, “Fine! I’m not afraid of Big Charles getting cocky, I’m just afraid he has no friends. Do it!”

　　“I’ll get on it right away.”

　　Chicken Bro added, “Also, have all the group members in the gang monitor each other. If any big shot flies in, no one is allowed to talk to them alone in private—anyone who does will be treated as a traitor!”

　　“Chicken Bro, you’re wise!”

　　Just then, there was another commotion at the village gate: “Who goes there? Password?”

　　“From the gang, Chicken Dances in the Nine Heavens…”

　　Chicken Bro was stunned: “What now?”

　　Luke Price chuckled, “I’ve gotten good at moving stuff these past six months—can they outrun me? To avoid awkwardness, I’ll slip away first.”

　　The next moment, a group of gang members burst in, panting: “Chicken Bro, big news!”

　　Chicken Bro snapped, “Is it that Big Charles ranked 103, the General Star fell, and the drought is saved?”

　　The gang members were shocked: “As expected of Chicken Bro!”

　　Damn it, even flattery gets you nowhere!

　　Chicken Bro shouted angrily, “You woke the chickens up! Get out—wait! Notify the Cockfighting Squad to gather in the square, I’ll be there soon.”

Chapter 11: Qian Qiu Xue

　　Chengdu, one of the ten most prosperous cities of the Han Dynasty, the largest city in the southwest.

　　During the festival, Chengdu was ablaze with lights at night, and the night market was packed with people.

　　Jinxiu Workshop, Chengdu’s signature embroidery and rouge shop, was especially crowded with customers.

　　However, acting workshop master Ethan Frost was very frustrated—the month-long operation to capture the spirit pet panda had failed. Although this failure didn’t shake her third-place “Three Lords” ranking, it definitely allowed fourth-place Brian Marshall to close the gap in strength. It was precisely because Brian Marshall had a spirit pet BMW that Ethan Frost was motivated to attempt this pet-catching operation.

　　Ethan Frost was actually from Suzhou and Hangzhou, a beautiful heiress from a wealthy family whose family business was clothing and embroidery. She had received a good education since childhood, was well-versed in history, and had years of successful business management and social experience. She always felt that her starting point in life was too high—life wasn’t exciting or challenging enough.

　　At that time, she came to Chengdu to tour and study Shu embroidery, when suddenly a thunderstorm struck, the world turned white, and a system prompt appeared to choose a starting location and name.

　　She was stunned—what was going on? Wasn’t she just in Chengdu? So her starting location was Chengdu, and for her name, she casually picked “Qian Qiu Xue” from the poem “The window frames the snowy peaks of Xiling for a thousand autumns.”

　　It turned out she had transmigrated! But not into a palace intrigue novel as a concubine.

　　At first, Ethan Frost panicked—she wasn’t even a commoner, where would she spend the night? Wouldn’t she be kidnapped by thugs? She had to find a big household to take her in.

　　Looking around, she immediately spotted the most luxurious building complex on the street. Upon closer look, it was the Qiao residence!

　　Qiao Zhou!?

　　He was a famous surrender advocate in the Three Kingdoms! When Liu Bei entered Shu, he led the call for Liu Zhang to surrender; when Deng Ai invaded Shu, he led the call for Liu Shan to surrender. Ethan Frost truly disliked people like him. But there was no choice—how many noble families in the Three Kingdoms weren’t surrender advocates?

　　Fortunately, Qiao Zhou also had the reputation of being the “Confucius of Shu,” so he should be a decent person. The Qiao residence’s doormen were impressive—three green-robed pages on the left, three white-robed maids on the right, all greeting her politely: “How may we help you?”

　　Even by modern standards, this was five-star doorman service. Generally, if the servants are arrogant, the master is probably no better.

　　Ethan Frost was impressed by the first impression and immediately recommended herself: “I’m especially skilled at embroidery and would like to find some work.”

　　The doormen were quite surprised: “You look very pleasing to the eye…”

　　And so she was hired, assigned to work as an embroidery girl at Jinxiu Workshop, a Qiao family business. For Ethan Frost, who was skilled in industrial embroidery and traditional hand embroidery improvements, this place was her domain. She quickly stood out and earned the workshop master’s appreciation and promotion.

　　She then went all out, spending a whole month working day and night to complete a double-sided embroidery masterpiece: on the front, a picture of lotuses and carp playing in the water; on the back, pandas big and small frolicking. Double-sided embroidery was like a celestial technique in this era—the workshop master was amazed, calling her a weaving fairy descended to earth, and even the Qiao residence was alerted.

　　Thus, Ethan Frost met Qiao Zhou, gentle and elegant, with a flowing long beard, possessing the aura of an immortal like Li Bai!