The Spirit World

Chapter 442 Thief?
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There are two small earthen houses, with water flowing down the tiles on the roof and dripping gently on the grass and trees in between, recording the tranquility here.

"The rain has stopped! We can leave now!"

There was a hearty yawning sound, the sound was very thin, as if it was made by some small object.

"Don't worry, I need to get out of this crappy place first... It's too small... I've been sleeping with my legs bent all night... Ah... It hurts... It's numb... Help me..." Another voice sounded tender and painful.

"Okay, okay... I know you've worked hard..." The tiny voice was comforting. It was so dark here that you couldn't even see your hand in front of you.

"No, I feel someone coming... I heard a sound..."

"What! Quick! Hide! Maybe the owner of this house has returned!"

“How is this possible? Where can I hide? I seem to be stuck. Ahhhh! It hurts so much…”

"Shh! Shh! Don't make such a loud noise! ​​I haven't opened the door yet! We're hiding inside! Don't make any noise! ​​Shh!"

“Okay… okay… but my leg… really hurts… wuwuwuwu…”

"Shh! Shh! Stop talking! Shh--"

The sound in the earthen house suddenly disappeared, and it seemed that an eye was open through the gap in the door. The eye was red, with a transparent pupil, like a small ring.

"Are you okay?" the owner of the eye said softly. There was no one outside, just an empty path overgrown with weeds.

Its sound was like it was facing a great enemy.

"No...ah...my legs...maybe they're congested...this is where dwarfs live...how can we live here...it's like a coffin..." The person in the room was still complaining in pain. She rubbed her legs, which were already numb, as if thousands of ants were biting her.

"Shh! Ah, shh! Keep your voice down!" The little creature blinked and stared outside: "Here they come! Two people..."

The little creature spoke softly, its eyes rolling around, and the red halo made the dark room look slightly redder.

"These two people...are they a couple...what do they look like? Hiss...it hurts...ah..."

Only then could the people in the room see that she was hugging her legs and rubbing them vigorously.

"A man, who looks gentle and refined, has a sword, wears black clothes, and looks very young... and..."

"Handsome?"

"How would I know? I'm not you... He has a... pet on his shoulder? No, it's in human shape... It shouldn't be a pet... It's wearing a blue dress... It's a bit weird... I've never seen such a small person... And quite pretty..." The little thing said, pulling at the collar of his clothes.

"Heh... Aren't you still in the same state? Where's that woman? Are they coming here? Hiss——" The person in the room stretched her legs diagonally. The numb feeling made her scratch her hands constantly, and her facial expression could not be maintained... She looked ferocious, and a tear fell on the bed.

"That woman... is a little short... but very cute... and very pretty. I don't know what they are talking about... where they stopped..." The little thing scratched its head, making a rustling sound.

"Listen...ah..." The person in the house rolled over in pain, but because he couldn't move his body, he climbed up tiltedly.

"Let me listen..." The little thing put his ear to the crack of the door and took a deep breath.

"That man said... we should go to... Qingfeng City first... she has something... that needs to be dealt with there..."

"Qingfeng City? We are going there too... Could this be the owner of this house..." The people in the house relaxed a little and spoke a little louder...

But Xiaowu didn't, and continued to whisper: "The woman said...then why did they come here...the man said, to get some...things..."

"What do you mean? Here?" The person in the room put his foot on the ground and tried it like a dragonfly touching the water. It was a little painful, but he still put his entire foot on the ground. There were floor tiles with some small barriers drawn on them.

"Here we go... shh... shh - when they aren't paying attention, we'll use the magic of speed to escape!"

The sounds in the house stopped again, and almost no movement could be heard.

After a while, the two men slowly came over from the path.

"Wow...you used to live here? Are you sure?" Junyi Tachibana looked at the water platform and scooped a handful of water from the platform. The clear water reflected on her fair face.

"Are you sure?" She asked again: "Here? How can we survive?"

"Well... life is still simple... after all, if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry." Chang Yufeng chuckled. He looked at everything familiar, feeling quite nostalgic, and took a deep breath very unnaturally.

Chang Yufeng first glanced at the closed wooden door next to him. That was the warehouse he built to store processed dried meat.

He walked straight over and found something different. He pushed the door. It should have been locked, but now it opened...

Maybe there was a thief...

He did not immediately enter the warehouse, nor did he seem to care about Jun'ichi Tachibana's question. Instead, he gently closed the door of the warehouse.

He became alert and watched everything after the rain carefully.

[This man seems to have discovered something...]

[It's okay... I've already figured out how to leave here...]

【it is good! 】

"Young master, have you really lived here during the time we haven't seen each other? Why did you leave Wenti County? Isn't that family pretty good... Why do you want to live a hard life here?" Xiao Lan flew to the water platform, stood on the platform and watched Chang Yufeng walk gently to the side of the water platform.

"Maybe... it's out of helplessness..." Chang Yufeng answered, his eyes fixed on the bottom of the water platform. There was a pair of larger footprints, not like the ones Junyi Tachibana had just stepped on...

He looked around to see if there were any other footprints.

But no, the rain may have washed away the lighter footprints.

"I feel... a thief has been here..." Chang Yufeng walked straight to the mud house where he slept, put one hand on the doorknob, and wanted to pull it open gently, but he didn't expect that it would not open, as if it was locked from the inside.

"Thief? There's really nothing good for a thief to break into this shabby house... Could it be that someone was looking for you... but they didn't find you... This footprint... is quite big..." Tachibana Jun'ichi moved closer to Chang Yufeng and took a look at his movements.

"The door is locked..." Chang Yufeng looked at her and overturned her guess.

"Is there a back door?" Jun'ichi Tachibana walked along the short earthen house and circled around her.

"I built this house myself, of course I understand... there is no back door... the door is locked... I want to go out... I hope he won't lock himself in..." Chang Yufeng pulled the door and confirmed that it was locked.

"Oh! Oh my God! Your little house has a curse seal to ward off demons! It's a bit strange...your house...is too...exquisite...it has all this..." Junyi Tachibana pointed to the lace pattern on a layer of soil. Those winding and curly lines were the curse seal to ward off demons.

Of course, Junyi Tachibana was not being sarcastic, but it was indeed rare. This kind of house made of mud blocks...

"I slept soundly..." Chang Yufeng touched the soil. It was a little muddy after the rain. The footprints were very shallow, as if they had just been stepped on...

"If I were a thief, I would never come here to steal... What could I steal?" Tachibana Junyi knocked on the door of the warehouse, which was also painted with a spell to prevent demons. "It's true that nothing can be stolen... But I still think a thief has entered... It's very likely that the thief hasn't left yet..." Chang Yufeng squatted down, trying to see the situation inside through the gap between the door and the house.

There's no one inside, the door can't be locked...

"If there is a thief, he would have run away long ago after hearing our noise... What thief would be so stupid as to lock himself up..." Tachibana Jun'ichi also joined in the fun. Because the mud house was built for the young man, they did not have the energy and financial resources to make it too big, so there was only a front door. In order to guard against mountain goblins and evil spirits in the wilderness, Chang Yufeng always rested early and drew enough spells.

Especially when sleeping at night, the monster would come out from the untreated soil under the bed to eat people, so Chang Yufeng was more careful in his defense... After all, this place was too remote, standing on a hill. If the law enforcement department came here, he would be dead and there would be nowhere to escape.

Bailing Mountain is a place with deep and extensive spiritual energy. Demons and ghosts would come here to try to save those who practice cultivation carelessly and fall into their hands.

【? ? 】

【! ! 】

"I don't really understand...how did they lock the door..." Xiao Lan put his eyes in the gap and looked inside. There was only a relatively small bed, and the rest of the low-level bed was barely enough for a person to stand on. How could there be someone inside...

"Xiao Lan, can you feel any trace of someone?"

【above!】

【it is good! 】

Chang Yufeng also looked into the gap, but because the body shape was different, it was difficult to see clearly.

In fact, this is also very dangerous. If there is a malicious person in there, my eyes would have been blinded long ago...

But Chang Yufeng didn't think about this, and gave up because this posture was uncomfortable.

"It seems... yes... but it's not accurate... I can only feel that someone has passed by here, and so many spell marks have disturbed me..." Xiao Lan stopped looking and rubbed her eyes. She had opened them too wide and they were a little dry, causing tears to flow from her eyes.

"Then someone has definitely lived in there..." Chang Yufeng grabbed the doorknob and pulled it hard, but because it was locked, he couldn't pull it open, and only heard the sound of the iron ring knocking.

"Do you want to force it open?" Jun'ichi Tachibana looked at the shabby little door. According to his estimation, this small house was completely for children to live in. However, the material was unexpectedly well chosen and very solid. It could even give people a sense of security. It was square and had many carefully crafted seals on it.

I have to say, I worked hard to sleep more soundly.

In the wilderness, you have to guard against wild beasts, monsters, and evil spirits. I'm afraid only in this way can you truly sleep peacefully every night.

She hadn't seen the inside yet, but judging from the appearance, such a small house must be more comfortable the smaller it is. Although she didn't know if she would feel uncomfortable sleeping in such a small place every night, but if you really want to destroy it and say that it was done by the man in front of you...

It's really surprising. It's rare. It's really rare.

This person who calls himself stupid is also a strange person... To be honest, I can't help but admire him... It's just pure admiration...

If a child could really be so thoughtful... I'm afraid only this person could do it.

"Well... this is the only thing we can do..." Chang Yufeng nodded and put his hand on the sword at his waist. The sword was a very ordinary long sword, but the red tassels were shaking, and it had some very graceful curves.

【Prepare! 】

【Um! 】

"It's a pity that my soul is gone... Let's forget about swordsmanship..." Tachibana Junyi quickly hid behind Chang Yufeng. Xiaolan also flew away immediately.

Chang Yufeng concentrated his mind and energy, raised the sword to his middle, put the index and middle fingers of his left hand together and moved along the sword, a white sword energy rushed to the sky. Chang Yufeng looked serious, let out a light shout, swung the sword out, and the sword energy hit the gap in the door with a bang.

He wanted to destroy the interface between the door latch and the door lock so as not to damage the entire house.

The sword energy hit the gap, and with a loud bang, the doorknob and chain in the house broke straight down. The door also moved slightly, making a crisp creaking sound.

It's too late, it's faster than that!

A gust of wind swept in with the dust in the house like a raging wave.

【boom! 】

A loud bang!
The door suddenly collapsed and smashed towards Chang Yufeng. Chang Yufeng was caught off guard and hurriedly pulled the sword in front of his eyes to protect his head.

"Run!" A small voice inside the house yelled, and then rushed out of the house in an instant. The black figure rushed out like an agile wolf. Chang Yufeng reacted and swung out another sword!
"Who are you!"

Although the momentum was powerful enough, the sword energy did not hit, but was quickly dodged. The man kicked the half-dry and half-wet mud in front of the door diagonally as if stepping on it. The sticky and gray mud rushed to Chang Yufeng's body. Chang Yufeng blocked it with his arm and stepped back. Xiao Lan and Ju Junyi had not reacted yet and were hit by the dust mud.

After just two moves, peace returned here in an instant.

Chang Yufeng raised his sword and stepped up, stepping on the beam of the hut. Looking around, he saw a figure riding a wolf leaping beside the hill, and it was difficult to catch up for a while.

He thought that there were two people on his side who didn't know what was going on and had no fighting ability. It would be terrible if he chased them and got lured away from the mountain... So he just looked at the back.

It was indeed a running wolf that was bigger than a human… The person sitting on it was wearing black and white clothes, and judging by the narrowness of her shoulders, she must be a woman…

How did they hide in such a small place...

And why are you hiding here?
"Puff——" Junyi Ju and Xiaolan both spat out muddy water. The mud on Chang Yufeng's body also looked like an ugly scar on his black clothes.

"It turns out we arrived just in time... There really are thieves who lock their own doors..." Jun'ichi Tachibana touched his face, revealing his eyes, and walked towards the water platform.

"No... it's hard to say that this is a coincidence... I'll go see if there's anything left behind..." Chang Yufeng knew that he had closed the door and left... the lock was gone, and it was the warehouse, so someone must have been there, but I didn't know if the thief hadn't left yet...

Although there is really nothing to steal... But that's why I feel weird...

Could it be that someone has been targeting me again...

Whose side are they on this time?

If they were to track me down and track me down to here... then the road ahead would indeed be filled with dangers...

This is in line with what I am thinking. I am afraid that those people will stop contacting me. The more this happens, the closer I will be to the truth.

Chang Yufeng entered the inner room with a sword in hand. Fearing that a trap had been set, he was extremely cautious and held the sword across his eyes.

They should be hiding above the door where they can't be seen. With such exquisite evasion skills, it is really difficult for Xiaolan and I to find them. This is not surprising...

He looked over and saw that the small quilt on the bed where he once slept seemed to have been used... but there was nothing on the bed and the floor tiles. The sheets were not moldy and were quite clean. He carefully turned over the small quilt, expecting something to be revealed.

But unfortunately, no.

He sighed, a little disappointed.

"There's something here..." Junichi Tachibana shouted outside the house.

"It looks like... a... hairpin? A lady's..."

(End of this chapter)