"Sister Lan, how long do I have to pretend to be this girl's mother? I really can't stand it anymore." The rabbit demon pouted playfully.
It is really difficult to take care of a child. She is a rabbit demon who yearns for freedom, but now she is trapped in this small space and feels uncomfortable.
"Wait a little longer. Once I find that thing, I'll send her to Xianyun Sect."
"Um, well, okay then." The little white rabbit felt a little aggrieved.
"This child is so pitiful. Her father died early, and her mother raised her alone with great difficulty. But because of her awakened aptitude for cultivation, she is coveted by others... Alas!" Lan Ruoyu originally thought that she would not easily feel sympathy, but she was wrong.
"Those people are unworthy of being righteous monks. To control a good seedling, they actually did such a thing. They are worse than us monsters."
"Wait, sister hasn't told me what's on your mind today?" said the rabbit demon.
Lan Ruoyu paused, not knowing whether she should tell others about it.
But countless melancholy thoughts surged the moment she saw that person. Perhaps because she had been holding it in for too long, she finally couldn't help but want to confide in him. Her beautiful eyelashes fluttered gently, and her red lips parted as she said, "I met one of my disciples."
"Is it the male one or the female one?"
"It's my little apprentice, but he didn't recognize me."
"Why didn't my sister recognize him?"
"I……"
The words were stuck in Lan Ruoyu's throat, and all she could swallow was a mouthful of bitterness.
She never mentioned what happened between her and Zhao Kangping to anyone else.
After all, it shouldn't happen between a master and a disciple.
But she actually saw him doing such inappropriate behavior with his female disciple.
Her mood at this moment was complicated.
……
"Female burglar?"
Zhao Kangping stood before a bounty order, looking at the crude portrait and wondering, who could possibly recognize this?
The female thief in the portrait was wearing a silver mask that only revealed her eye sockets, and her facial features could not be seen at all.
"He specializes in stealing monks from big families, yet he has managed to escape safely so many times. He's really amazing." Zhao Mengyao said after reading the words on the bounty order.
Luo Xueqing also came over. She looked at the wanted poster curiously and asked with a puzzled look, "Since nothing was stolen, why are they still issuing a wanted poster for her?"
Recently, a strange female thief appeared in Baishan City. She specializes in sneaking into some prominent monk families.
It is said that this female thief just rummaged through the treasure houses of these families but did not take anything, which is very strange.
But even if nothing was taken, this was already a provocation to those families who cared about their reputation.
"Why don't we catch this female thief too." Luo Xueqing suggested.
"Okay, okay." Zhao Mengyao found it interesting and it was rare for her to reach a consensus with her senior sister.
If he were young, he might be very interested in the reward for catching a thief, and even take off the mask of the female thief to see whether she is beautiful or ugly after catching her.
But Zhao Kangping is not young anymore and no longer has the drive he had in the past. He doesn't want to waste too much time.
"Are you still short of that little bit of spirit stone reward?" He said, stroking his disciples' backs.
"There's nothing urgent to do back home anyway, so why not take this bounty while we're out having fun?"
Needless to say, Luo Xueqing's nosy nature must have broken out, she said.
Zhao Kangping thought for a moment and said, "How about you two work together to catch the thief? I won't get involved."
His idea was to cultivate cooperation and tacit understanding between the two disciples and promote harmonious relationships between them.
Of course, when he said he would not participate, he only meant that he would not participate in catching the thieves. He would still hide in the dark to protect them.
If something happens that they can't handle, he will take action.
The two girls looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, they nodded in agreement.
They all have their own ideas.
Luo Xueqing thought that it was really troublesome to bring her junior sister with her. But as a senior sister, she had to take good care of her junior sister. Being a senior sister was not easy.
Zhao Mengyao thought that if she could catch the female thief before her senior sister, her master would definitely reward her well.
After a preliminary discussion, Zhao Kangping took them to Jubaozhai in the city to choose a gift for his second disciple Zhao Mengyao.
After some selection, Zhao Mengyao chose a magic weapon to save her life.
This item can be activated before the wearer suffers fatal damage. It will randomly teleport the wearer to a place within five miles and can quickly heal the wearer's injuries.
However, this effect cannot remove negative states such as poisoning, curse, and paralysis.
Also, this life-saving effect can only be triggered three times, after which it will be useless.
Zhao Kangping advised her to look at other magic weapons, but she insisted on this one.
Just because this magic weapon looks like an exquisite crystal necklace, the girl thought it was beautiful and wanted it.
In Zhao Kangping's plan, he didn't want Zhao Mengyao to travel far away, nor did he dare to let her go out to gain experience alone.
In this case, she probably won't need this thing.
But if she likes it, then let her do it.
I just hope I never have to use it.
After leaving Jubaozhai, they went to take on the bounty mission.
After further investigation, they learned more details.
A total of three monk families were visited by this female thief.
This female thief has a very regular pattern in her crimes, and she always commits crimes on Wednesday nights. Coincidentally, today is Wednesday.
Someone summarized the families that had been invaded by the flying boat before and found their common points.
According to intelligence, about ten years ago, the tomb of a Nascent Soul cultivator was discovered in the mountains more than sixty miles south of Baishan City. At that time, many families in the city joined together to explore the tomb.
From the perspective of the Purple Sun Holy Land, the cultivators from the families of Baishan City were hardly worthy of their attention. Several families here rarely even had Golden Cores, let alone Nascent Souls.
Therefore, that big tomb is the treasure trove in the eyes of these people.
There were seven families that participated in this exploration.
Ten years later, some of those families have declined, some have moved out of Baishan City, and some have become rich overnight and have grown by leaps and bounds.
The three families that were visited by the thieves happened to be the seven families that originally participated in the treasure hunt.
According to this logic, the next family to be victimized would probably be the remaining four.
Of course, excluding the family that moved out of Baishan City, there are only three families left.
"Which family do you think it is?" The three of them were in a pavilion at this time. Zhao Kangping found a piece of white paper and wrote and drew on it with a brush, drawing a rough topographic map of Baishan City.
It was difficult to buy maps in those days, so he had to draw his own. Fortunately, his drawing skills were decent, and the topographic maps he drew made it easy to tell where things were at a glance.
The remaining three families are the Wang family in the east of the city, the Chu family in the southeast of the city, and the Situ family in the north of the city.
Luo Xueqing looked at the handmade map carefully, but she did not give an answer immediately.
She took the brush from Zhao Kangping, circled three points on the map, and said, "These are the families that were previously broken into by thieves. You see, they are all close to the river in the city, so I suspect the next family should also be close to this river."
As she spoke, Luo Xueqing circled one of the families in the southeast corner of the map. She said, "The Chu family is by the river. I suspect the female thief will appear here tonight."
After listening to her analysis, Zhao Kangping also felt that it made sense. He couldn't help but clap his hands and said, "Xueqing's words are well-reasoned. Mengyao, what do you think?"
He felt that Xueqing was already capable of standing on her own, so he felt more at ease with her.
I just don’t know if this silly girl Mengyao has any other opinions.
In fact, Zhao Mengyao looked at it for a long time without seeing anything, but in front of her master, she wanted to argue a little, "This must be wrong. The Chu family has fallen on hard times. I've heard that there are less than ten people in the Chu family now, and the highest cultivation level is only the fifth level of Qi training. How can such a family have any treasures?"
What she said seemed to make some sense.
Luo Xueqing frowned after hearing this, and she even began to doubt her own judgment.
"Then which one do you think it is?" Zhao Kangping asked.
Zhao Mengxue actually thought about it with her not-so-bright little brain, and then pointed her finger at the Situ family in the north of the city. But she hesitated and changed her mind, saying, "That shouldn't be right. It could be the Wang family in the east of the city."
"Are you sure? I see that you yourself don't seem very confident." Zhao Kangping said with a smile.
"I am sure."
"What's the reason?" Zhao Kangping asked.
Zhao Mengyao scratched her head and said, "Because apart from the three families that were broken into by the thieves, the Wang family is the richest."
Simple reasons.
But the corners of Zhao Kangping's mouth twitched.
He always felt that she was talking nonsense.
Luo Xueqing said: "The first family I ruled out is the Wang family. I feel that the Situ family is more likely than the Wang family."
"What makes you think so? If it were me, it would definitely be the Wang family."
"This female thief has visited so many houses. She must be looking for some valuable treasure. I suspect only a powerful family could keep such a treasure. If you don't believe me, what are you willing to bet on?"
"Who wants to bet with you? I think it should be the Chu family. It has nothing to do with whether it is declining or not."
"What, are you afraid of losing?"
"You, who's afraid of you? Just bet, what do you want to bet on?"
"Then let's do this. We'll each guard a household we think we'll identify. Whoever catches the enemy will be the winner. The winner can practice dual cultivation with Master every day for the next period of time, and the loser can only watch from the sidelines."
"You, you are shameless."
Zhao Kangping: “…”
Chapter 5.8: Better Not to See You [k -in- Chapter]
The two sisters were deadlocked and neither could convince the other.
In the end, they decided to each defend one side, and whoever caught the female thief would win.
Why does it feel like a joke?
After all, they had been in Baishan City for too short a time and had not experienced the previous three cases.
Moreover, there are too few clues, and it is obviously unrealistic to piece together the truth based solely on the known information.
What they said seemed to make some sense, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that it is a bit far-fetched and lacks logic.
Zhao Kangping estimated the time and it was almost 3 p.m., and they were still as lost as headless flies.
How can we catch a thief like this?
Baishan City is quite large. If their judgment is wrong and the female thief's target has nothing to do with the seven families, it will be too late for them to rush to the scene of the crime.
If he had enough time, Zhao Kangping would like to go to the three houses where the crimes occurred to collect more clues.
But it was too late.
But there was no need to take it too seriously, and he didn't expect his disciples to catch the thief.
They came out to have fun, not to catch thieves, so why do they have to be so nervous?
"I think you can go and scout the area first. Of course, don't alert the enemy. Don't let the people from those two families find you."
"If the thief really appears on your side, don't try to be brave. If you can't deal with him, call me."
Zhao Kangping warned earnestly.
The two girls agreed.
Then they split up.
After they walked away, Zhao Kangping secretly followed Zhao Mengyao.
He was quite worried about his second disciple, mainly because he was worried that Mingluan would cause trouble.
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