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Chapter 806 - 44 Domestic Thief? [Combined]_3

Chapter 806: Chapter 44 Domestic Thief? [Combined]_3

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Meanwhile, atop Shu Mountain.

"Master Chu, did you call me over concerning our campaign for the Ten Earth Sects?" Huan Leisheng eagerly inquired.

As the turmoil in the Nine States rose again, the competition for the Ten Earth Sects had become a major event that captured the attention of the entire world. However, Chu Liang remained seated calmly like an old angler, spending his days treating him to victory feasts, welcome banquets, and reception dinners... In short, they were all sorts of business collaborations that gradually put the business of the Talisman Sect on the right track.

But he hadn’t uttered a single word about the election.

Although Huan Leisheng wasn’t particularly attached to the whole Ten Sects affair, since they had registered, they couldn’t simply show up as a laughingstock, could they? At the very least, they should recruit a couple of disciples to make up the numbers.

But Chu Liang not only forbade it, he even turned down Huan Leisheng’s requests to bring back the disciples he had previously dismissed.

Chu Liang’s reasoning was, "Our Talisman Sect is different from the past. Now that you’re under my banner, you’re considered a Sect under the orthodox subordination of Shu Mountain. Your Sect disciples’ benefits and treatment should match those of Shu Mountain disciples, which is akin to an... uh, establishment. This thing can’t be given away lightly, it concerns the interests of the Sect, do you understand?"

Of course, Huan Leisheng did not understand anything about benefits, treatment, or establishments. He only knew that due to this matter, battles had erupted everywhere, even a Sect Leader had died, and yet Shu Mountain was still prattling away here every day.

When the time came, what could he, a Guang Gan Sect Master, use to compete with others?

However, Chu Liang was after all the Head Master, and even Huan Leisheng had to be subordinate to him. Even without this position, he had a blind trust in Chu Liang’s wisdom. For all these reasons mixed together, he refrained from rebutting.

Thus, Huan Leisheng helplessly asked, "Then what do you want me to do, Master Chu?"

"I wanted to ask if you, Mr. Huan, have any Talismans that are capable of theft prevention?" Chu Liang spoke up.

It turned out there had been an incident in his orchard at Silver Sword Peak. Previously, he had been "laying to rest" many malevolent cultivators beneath the orchard, "sowing to commemorate" them, and "cleaning daily," presenting a thriving scene.

But a few days ago, a very serious Spirit Plant theft occurred in the orchard, and an "Supreme Qing Sanxuan Spiritual Grass" that was on the verge of maturing was lost, causing Chu Liang’s heart to ache as if it was being cut with a knife.

After all, it was something he had painstakingly "commemorated."

Since the development of Red Cotton Peak, the First Tier grand formation on Shu Mountain had been constantly active, preventing outsiders from easily entering. Consequently, if there was a theft, it was highly likely to be an inside job.

On Silver Sword Peak, there were only a few creatures alive, and his prime suspect was naturally his master. However, he dismissed the thought upon consideration. If the Empress wanted a Spirit Plant, she could have forcibly taken it out in the open, so why would she need to stealthily steal?

The next suspect was naturally the Golden Fur Beast. Recently retired from Red Cotton Peak, it had nothing much to do and spent its days playing wild games with Baize Cubs all over the place. It was entirely possible that the creature got a mischievous idea and sneakily ate a Spirit Plant.

After that was the Raging Dragon Colt, a wild horse that probably lacked the concept of stealing, but if it recklessly trampled a plant and then ate it to destroy the evidence, that scenario wasn’t beyond the realm of possibility either.

As for the sisters Liu Xiaoyu and Liu Xiaoyi, they were always well-behaved and didn’t seem like the types to steal.

Moreover, he had originally set up a Formation around the Spirit Plants, but it was crudely shattered. Such a method seemed to be the work of the beasts mentioned earlier, not the sisters’ style of conduct.

After some contemplation, Chu Liang still decided to enhance security measures, which is why he came to consult Huan Leisheng.

"Oh, that’s simple." When it came to his area of expertise, Huan Leisheng grew confident. He said, "Just modify the Tailing Talisman slightly and bind it to a powerful Killing Spell. I can set up a Rune Array... When the thief touches the Spirit Plant, they will be attacked by Talismans from all directions..."

Chu Liang nodded repeatedly as he listened to Huan Leisheng speak eloquently.

Once Huan Leisheng left, Chu Liang carefully repaired the Formation and set up the Rune Array, then quietly waited for the thief to strike.

That very night, the Rune Array yielded results.

Chu Liang was holding his breath, meditating to comprehend the Yin Yang Seed, when he suddenly felt a disturbance in his heart—it was a response from the Tailing Talisman. He then heard an explosion coming from the direction of the orchard.

Boom—

"A thief?!" He shouted, and instantly broke through the air.

Faster than him was Empress Feng. He saw his master brandishing her claws, rushing forward as a ball of fire, and she bellowed, "Which thief dares to steal from Silver Sword Peak!"

The master and disciple arrived in quick succession to see that in the orchard where the Spirit Plants were grown, there was a hole in the ground from the Rune Array’s explosion.

The thief had vanished, leaving behind only a few strands of black and white hair on the spot.

They swept the area with their Divine Sense and spotted a shadow hiding in the darkness at the edge of the hillside.

The shadow was about half the height of a person, short and chubby, with a small medicine basket on its back. Its plump, round body had black and white intermixed fur.

A small chubby thief?

The figure was familiar to Chu Liang.

Empress Feng also expressed her surprise, "An Iron Eating Beast?"