REINCARNATION OF THIEVING GIRLS
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Chapter33: Finding Other Targets (3)
Since she was satisfied with the completion of her first trade transaction, Shen Yanxiao felt very happy as she returned to the Vermilion Bird Family home. For the following days, his training in magic and battle also went smoothly.
Shen Jiayi finally recovered after a period of healing. However, just as he had threatened Shen Yanxiao that day, the fire had burned all of his hair and eyebrows. Shen Jiayi's head looked like an egg, and other than the facial features, it was clean.
The vain Shen Jiayi cried and grieved over what happened to her every day. She did not want to take a single step from her room, and she kept her mouth shut about what happened to her that tragic day. Even if Shen Yue wanted to cause trouble for Shen Yanxiao, he had no reason to do so.
He could only visit the various auction houses and spend a large sum of money on potions that could promote hair growth to refine Shen Jiayi's bald head.
In order to avoid any other unwanted occurrences before they could invite the sages to their homes, Shen Feng immediately tasked someone to send the Snow Spirit Fox to the God Realm. Not long after, he received news from them.
Within ten days, the wise man would go to Longxuan Empire, and he would also decorate the Vermilion Bird Family with his presence to wake up Vermilion Bird.
That good news caused the entire Vermilion Bird Family to cry out in excitement.
They finally saw a glimmer of hope after they suffered for over a hundred years. During those ten days, everyone was 120% more attentive to their tasks. It was a rare sight in the Vermilion Bird Family where all the family members were working towards the same destination. They wanted to make sure that they could give the wise man a very good impression when he arrived.
As for Shen Yifeng, Shen Jiawei and Shen Jiayi who were qualified as candidates to inherit the Vermilion Bird Family, they were repeatedly dragged into their rooms by their father for more closed-door lessons. They know that it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if they succeed, it means instant success for them.
In ten more days, the Vermilion Bird Family would usher in another peak to regain their long-lost honor.
As for Shen Yanxiao, who was not related to the Vermilion Bird Family, what was the relationship of the sage's visit with her? While others were busy with the preparation of the wise man's visit, he enjoyed himself as the days passed. He worked hard for his magic training and battle aura, and he even found time for a short trip to the Qilin Auction House to retrieve the 3728 demon cores Qi Meng had prepared for him.
When he went to retrieve the demon core, he forgot to disguise himself for the trip. However, he did not meet the handsome young man anymore.
With the reason for the happy and fruitful cooperation, Qi Meng gave him a high-grade interspatial ring and the storage space for it was a hundred cubic meters. He could easily store thirty thousand cores in that space, not to mention only 3728 demon cores.
Shen Yanxiao was confused by Qi Meng's sudden good intentions, but she would be an idiot if not to make use of it. Furthermore, Qi Meng was completely unaware of his identity, and he would be a fool if he did not accept it.
Over three thousand low-level demon cores were brought back to the Vermilion Bird Family. He quickly closed the door of his room as he took out a handful of demon cores from the ring. He was ready to begin the process of feeding for a certain master.
Unfortunately, Xiu did not do any special tricks. He was still inside her and could only use Shen Yanxiao to absorb the energy within the core.
Shen Yanxiao was intrigued when the demon core in her hand turned into a strand of light that flowed through the middle of her eyebrows.
In just one night, Xiu had absorbed all of the demon cores. Unfortunately, such a small amount was practically meaningless to him.
Chapter 34: Crazy and Ridiculous (1)
If he wants to satisfy Xiu's appetite, then he should be ‘hunting’ outside ‘hose’. The Vermilion Bird Family had tightened their security after the last incident. Although the strength of the guards was as strong as the floating clouds, Shen Yanxiao was unable to determine whether Shen Feng would take drastic measures if he continued looting from them. After all, the wise men would soon arrive, and they were unable to bear the calamity anymore.
However, other than the Vermilion Bird Family, where else could he gain so much wealth so quickly?
Suddenly, a fantastic idea flashed through his mind.
In the entire capital, who else would be comparable to the Vermilion Bird Family if not the other four great noble families?
An evil smile appeared on his lips. With that smile, the Azure Dragon Family became the first to be hit by the attack and then followed by the other families. All of them eventually met the same fate as the Vermilion Bird Family.
It was a period that continued to be miserable for the five great noble families. After the Vermilion Bird Family was first plundered, the Azure Dragon Family, the White Tiger Family, and the Black Tortoise Family then successively suffered at the hands of a heartless little thief. Fortunately for the Qilin Family, they were the only aristocratic family to be spared from that fate.
Like the Vermilion Bird Family, the three noble families also decided to shut up about the theft because they wanted to protect the dignity and reputation of their families. Except for members in their own families, no one else knew about the losses they suffered at the hands of thieves.
Of course, that meant the victims thought they were the only unfortunate family whose wealth was plundered. To avoid scandal and to protect their dignity, they could only suffer in silence. There was no visible chaos on the surface, but they had sent troops to track down their stolen goods secretly.
Finally, all investigations led to one of the five great families, the Qilin Family Auction House.
Had the other four families gathered together and had a quiet discussion, they would have found common ground between the heists.
However, after a string of robberies, the four noble families were as anxious as a bird struck by the twang of a bow, and they increased the security in their barn to threefold.
The little thief could only test the water, and he probably wouldn't go soft the next time. All the items they had in the warehouse were extremely valuable, and they would most likely vomit blood if they lost any of those items.
During that period, four families lived in fear and fear. However, the little thief seemed to have disappeared and did not bother them anymore.
At the same time, Qi Meng from the Qilin Auction House had received a number of luxury items from Shen Yanxiao.
As he looked at the golden items and jewelry piling up like a small mountain, Qi Meng wanted to cry. The amount of items the customer sent out was almost equivalent to that of the Qilin Family. When the customer sent the luxury items surging, Qi Meng honestly wanted to take his hand and ask him to bring other items instead. If they continued to sell luxury items, then everyone in the capital might assume that their Qilin Auction changed their standards to auction off luxury items.
Chapter 35: Crazy and Silly (2)
When Shen Yanxiao plundered from the Vermilion Bird Family, she still embraced the concept of how one should not steal from one's family and she only did so because she wanted to test her abilities. Hence, they got off easily as he only took a little of them. However, for the other three families, it was a different matter.
Plus, he had a reason for his actions …
It was because he saw an opportunity to take the feathers from the flying goose! His actions were so cruel that it made one's hair stand in anger!
One example was the Seven Star Treasure Sword hanging at the head of a certain young master's bed in the Azure Dragon Family. The dazzling gems and even the gold ornaments on those luxurious sarongs had been eroded entirely.
There was also a white jade chessboard belonging to a certain mistress of the White Tiger Family. The chess pieces and chessboard disappeared without a trace. Even the two gold boxes holding chess pieces were stolen, along with the lid made of pure gold.
Another example was from the Black Tortoise Family, where he found a deep blue crystal chain hanging on the young miss's neck and wrist.
The necklace and bracelet were a gift for the young miss when she celebrated her maturity, and she never parted with it, even when she bathed and slept. As a result, the accessory was taken for granted after sleeping all night and they assumed that the heartless thief had personally taken the accessory from the young miss.
The incident almost caused the holy young lady to drop herself onto the head of the bed in desperation, to guarantee her innocence. As a result, the Head of the Black Tortoise Family had to forcibly restrain him. He also gave a special order in secret that if the thief was found, they should not just kill him, and instead, he should be brought back to the estate.
Is that a sign that a certain young lady will marry someone of a lower status?
After all, the members of the three families were in a panic and chaos due to the callous little thief who managed to collect so much money in a frenzy.
With just three ruthless actions, Shen Yanxiao had managed to hoard over twenty thousand demon nuclei. Coupled with the two thousand cores Xiu had spent before, he only needed five thousand more cores to reach the thirty thousand he needed!
When he saw Xiu absorbing all of the twenty thousand demon cores, Shen Yanxiao's mood shone like spring, and was as bright as a flower.
As he looked at the seal on his arm, he could imagine a scene where he would laugh out loud in the sky when Xiu would finally release the second seal as he gave him the last few thousand demon cores that would make the total number to three tens of thousands of cores.
However, for the money to buy the last five thousand low-grade demon cores, he wondered ‘who would pay for it’?
He had never considered the Qilin Family. Even though they were rumored to be very rich, well, it was not like he could steal from them and then arrange to sell those items at their auction house, was it?
As for the other four families, he estimated that the advantages he could continue to obtain from them would not amount to much due to the previous atrocities, and thus, he had directly missed it.
In that case, there might only be one place in the entire capital whose trip would be worthwhile.
The palace!
Deep in the palace, an old man, wearing a crown pinned with jewels, suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Unfortunately, before he had the chance to extend his evil claws to the palace, the sage from the Realm of Gods arrived with his team and had entered the capital of Longxuan Empire.
The arrival of the wise man had awakened all the higher-ups in the capital.
From the most influential monarchs of Longxuan Empire to commoners of lower status, this city was filled with the arrival of sages.
The God Realm was a strange existence, and it did not belong to any Kingdom in the Brilliance Continent. It had independently occupied a plot of land overlooking the sea, and the area was not large, nor did it have a very large army as a guarantee of their military prowess. However, the existence of the God Realm was something that no kingdom would dare to offend.
