The Miracle of Longevity had been on the air for forty eight hours. That is a long time long enough for a video to become super popular all around the world and long enough for a country to get its secret agents ready.
While people watching the show were still talking about Director Wangs hair and the old people from the village running around something big was happening in Peach Blossom Village.
By two o'clock in the afternoon the whole atmosphere in the valley changed. It was not a happy change but a heavy scary one.
You could hear the rumble of engines coming from the mountain pass. Then a bunch of armored cars showed up in the village square. They were all shiny and black. They had a special paint that helped them hide from radar.
There were no license plates on the cars a red symbol on the doors that looked like an eye. This was the sign of Bureau 749 a group secret that nobody knew how much money they had and their agents were like ghosts.
The leader of the group Agent Li got out of the car. She was a looking woman with a black suit and her hair pulled back tight. She did not look at the villagers or the film crew she just looked at the tablet in her hand.
The tablet showed a map of the village. It was not showing heat it was showing something called Emanation. The whole village was glowing red on the map and the spot where Chen Qing lived was white like a hole.
Agent Li told everyone that nobody could come or go from the village. She said they had to take all the drones and if any signal got out of the valley without their special code they would stop it.
The soldiers moved fast. Put up yellow tape all around the village. The tape said that it was an area and if you went in you could get hurt.
Director Wang ran down the hill shouting at Agent Li. He said they could not do this they were filming a show and had a permit.. Agent Li just showed him her badge and told him that the village was now a restricted area.
She said they could keep filming. Now they had to follow the rules of Bureau 749. Director Wang had to sign a paper that said he would not talk about things or he would get in big trouble.
Agent Li told the soldiers to set up a line around Chen Qings house and nobody could cross it. She said they were not there to arrest him. To make sure nobody made him angry.
Inside his courtyard Chen Qing felt the presence of the soldiers and the electronic signals, in the air. But he did not care he just wanted to plant his vegetables.
As he dug in the ground his hoe hit something. It was a sword hilt and it felt sharp and powerful. When he touched it he got a message on his screen.
It said he had found the Ruins of the Ancient Sword Sect and he could open a dungeon called the Sword Grave.. It warned him that it would be very dangerous and could hurt a lot of people.
Chen Qing was curious. He wanted to see what would happen. So he pulled out the sword hilt and a big pillar of light shot up into the sky. It was so powerful that it melted the soldiers equipment and made them fall to their knees.
Agent Lis tablet broke into pieces in her hand. She looked up at the sky. Her face turned really pale. The map on her tablet just went blank. It did not just turn white it turned black. All the sensors around her stopped working because of the burst of Sword Intent.
The Red Line she thought was supposed to keep her safe.. Now she was not so sure. The air felt sharp and painful. "The Red Line..." she said, holding her chest tightly. "The Red Line did not protect us. It just let us watch the end of the world from a close distance."
Above the courtyard the air started to change and twist. A huge gateway made of swords and shining energy began to appear in the air.
[Dungeon: The Sword Grave. Opening...]
Chen Qing was standing in the middle of all this wearing a robe that was blowing in the wind. He looked very calm and peaceful like the quiet spot, in a world that was falling apart.
[End of Chapter 11]