Chapter 1227: Chapter 1226 Instigator

"The Spirit Fruit is gone?" Lu Yang asked.

Meng Jingzhou nodded.

Why do things keep happening one after another in the middle of the night? Not only have we captured a group of robbers, but now we’ve stumbled upon a theft case?

We came here to catch ghosts. Where are the ghosts?

Normally, after receiving a report, we should take a statement, but considering that taking a statement now could delay us and potentially allow the thief to escape, we’ll have to fill out the statement after catching the thief.

"Tell us what happened; when do you think it was stolen?"

"Someone bumped into me right before I arrived at the hotel..." Meng Jingzhou shared his suspicion.

After hearing this, Lu Yang and his companion had a general understanding of the case and got up to pack their things.

"Alright, you wait here; we’re going to catch the culprit."

Meng Jingzhou opened his mouth, looking at the room full of geniuses bound by Meng Jingzhou, terrified.

With Meng Jingzhou here, these people didn’t dare do anything, but once Lu Yang and his companion showed their capabilities, merely being tied up might not be enough to hold these geniuses.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Lu Yang noticed Meng Jingzhou’s concerns, swept his gaze over the geniuses, and commanded coldly,

"[No one move]"

The intangible rule was set, and the geniuses felt something beyond ropes binding them, rendering them unable to move even a little despite their efforts.

They panicked, this power was only ever felt when facing their sect elders.

This was the power of the [Rule]!

To establish such a rule so effortlessly that it suppressed them, this power was even more formidable than their elders’!

Who exactly are these two constables!

Isn’t it said that great powers like to disguise themselves as street beggars? Why have they now disguised as constables?

Lu Yang and his companion leaped out the window and flew over Quyi County. At the same time, they expanded their Spiritual Sense to envelop the entire city, searching for any suspicious cultivators.

The two locked onto a figure that blended perfectly into the night, strolling leisurely on the street. Numerous cultivators passed by him without noticing his presence, showcasing the extent of his stealth technique.

"Found him!"

The figure continued to leisurely walk down the street, humming a tune, tossing the Spirit Fruit around. Even when he saw two patrolling constables nearby, he ignored them.

Just as he passed by the two constables, they both struck, pinning him down and subduing him.

"You, you can see me?!"

The figure was shocked; this was impossible!

"A Nascent Soul Stage managing to steal from someone in the Divinity Transformation Stage? You’re quite skilled," Lu Yang teased.

Meng Jingzhou managed to obtain the Spirit Fruit in the Four Treasures Secret Realm, and it certainly wasn’t due solely to luck; his abilities were among the best even at the Initial Stage of Spirit Transformation.

But this little thief being at the Nascent Soul Stage and still being able to steal from Meng Jingzhou showed that his skills were formidable.

He must be kept under strict watch.

Meng Jingzhou snatched the Spirit Fruit, frightening the thief into silence.

He was proficient in Space Technique, capable of instantaneously moving to another location, but when he secretly tried to activate the Space Technique, he found that the surrounding space was completely locked; there was no escape!

It wasn’t even an intentional space lock; they were just so powerful that they unintentionally distorted the space!

Was it just bad luck stepping out today? Where did these two deities spring from?

"Instead of learning good, you only know how to steal," Meng Jingzhou said after confirming the Spirit Fruit was real, tapping the thief on the head.

"What’s your name?"

"Fang Ning, two lords above, this is really the first time I’ve made a mistake—please spare me, I dare not do it again!" As Fang Ning spoke, he burst into tears, his face streamed with mucus and tears, touching anyone who saw him.

Lu Yang and the other remained unmoved, deceiving others was one thing, but trying to deceive them with such fake crying was another.

Besides, having cultivated thievery to such a perfected extent at the Nascent Soul Stage, it was apparent that this wasn’t his first offense.

Considering his skills, it was feared that the local constables would find it hard to catch him once Fang Ning committed a crime.

"Search him."

Meng Jingzhou grabbed Fang Ning’s wrist, and Lu Yang searched him, quickly finding a storage ring that seemed very expensive just by its style.

"Is this the storage ring you stole?"

"No, this is my storage ring."

"Then open it."

Fang Ning hesitated, and from his reaction, Lu Yang concluded that indeed, it was the stolen storage ring.

Days had passed since Fang Ning stole the ring, and due to the overly complex seal attached to the ring, he couldn’t open it; he had been studying how to unlock the ring these past few days.

"The seal is quite intricate," Lu Yang remarked. With a slight movement, he sent out a Sword Qi and forcibly broke the seal of the storage ring.

Lu Yang took out the contents of the ring—just a few items, suggesting that its owner didn’t use this storage ring often.

Among the items in the ring, a book caught Lu Yang’s attention: ’Hundred Officials’ Descriptions?’

Although unsure of the content, its title alone seemed completely unrelated to Fang Ning.

"Where’s your identity proof?" Lu Yang now suspected that even the name Fang Ning was fake.

"I didn’t bring it," Fang Ning said earnestly.

"Where did you leave it, take us there."

"In Yunzhou," Fang Ning deliberately named a distant place.

Lu Yang was unfazed, "No problem, we can make a trip."

Fang Ning was on the verge of tears; this was the first time his schemes had backfired.

A calm voice came from the end of the street as a middle-aged man in a black robe and cap walked towards them.

"Hehe, the young disciple was merely completing my test, my friends. Could you consider letting him off this time for my sake?"

"Master!" Fang Ning called out excitedly, deeply moved—had his master been secretly watching over him as he completed the test?

After the middle-aged man appeared, the surrounding air seemed to solidify with his presence. He emitted an aura like a fierce beast of the Desolate Ancient, terrifying to the extreme, chilling to the bone.

"Encouraging theft and still talking sense? Arrest him!"

Lu Yang and his companion moved simultaneously, frightening the middle-aged man so much that he withdrew his aura and dodged quickly. Why were they fighting without a word?

Couldn’t they all, being in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, sit down and talk?

Just as Lu Yang and his companion were about to touch the middle-aged man, he instantly reappeared ten meters away.

"Space Technique? No, just pure high-speed movement." Lu Yang raised an eyebrow, such quick movement at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage was rare—this speed might even compare with the Black Feather Venerable of the Kunpeng Clan.

The middle-aged man was secretly shocked; usually, those who engaged him for the first time mistook his speed for a Space Technique. Who exactly were these two who saw through this at a glance?

Of course, Lu Yang and his companion could see through it; the Vaste Sea Ancestor often demonstrated the embryonic form of Spatial Dao Fruit before them, they couldn’t be more familiar with what a Space Technique looked like.

"It’s rare for someone of the Human race at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage to reach such speed, are you the Thief Ancestor?"

"No, the Thief Ancestor has only one leg which is why he claims to be unrivaled in speed, and no one disputes this."

"In that case, you must be the Thief King!"

"Ah? Master, you’re the Thief King?" Fang Jin was utterly shocked; his master had never revealed his true identity.

The middle-aged man remained silent, as if a single move from the opposition could expose all his secrets.